Every week, people go to the Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC) for an event, a class or simply a creative outlet. However, few know the building also has some of the richest history in Oxford.
At the corner of West High and North Beech Street sits a building with a history of horses, hardware and hot drinks. Kofenya Coffee House, located at 38 West High St., is frequented by Miami University students and professors alike.
Today, Brick Street Bar is a staple of the Uptown experience for Miami students. Still, you can tell from a glance at the building that there may be more history there than meets the eye.
The property at 108 E. High St. has remained empty since 2014. Before closing, Follet’s Miami Co-op bookstore had occupied the space since the ’70s.
Students in the 2027 graduating class and younger will be charged an overload fee if they exceed 18 credit hours when registering for classes.
In the basement of Miami University’s Hughes Hall, below the classrooms and past the various whirring machines, is a small laboratory where Michael Weeks works. Here, machinery for all different departments is created, made and repaired.
Miami has roughly 2,500 acres of grounds, much of which consists of grass in between various walkways and buildings, and these acres need to be maintained through irrigation.
If you’ve been anywhere in Oxford, chances are you’ve been in a building designed by Scott Webb. DuBois Book Store, Kofenya and Stewart Square are just some of the places where Webb has left his mark.
As the spring semester comes to a close, a new addition has been made to GrubHub on the Miami University campus: Starbucks
Kinshuk Tella has done many things during his four years at Miami University. He is a double major in environmental science and geology, a resident assistant, a treasurer on the Students with Disabilities Advisory Council (SDAC) and more. He’ll walk away from Miami with not just his two bachelor's degrees, but his master’s in environmental science with a concentration in water resources as well.