Miami University President Gregory Crawford and other top administrators met with student leaders from the Black Action Movement (BAM) 2.0 in a closed-door session Friday morning.
At Miami University, the number of Pell Grants awarded to low-income students has been decreasing steadily over the years, yet its graduation gap between students of different socioeconomic backgrounds is below the national average.
Miami's Class of 2022 will be the first to read alumn Wil Haygood's new book, "TIGERLAND: The Miracle on East Broad Street," as part of an exclusive debut.
Miami University's Shriver Center Heritage Room was warmly lit and packed with lively community members on Sunday evening, including local law enforcement officials, members of Oxford city council, Miami professors, Talawanda school district teachers, Oxford residents and Miami students.
Four students were kicked out of Miami's Alpha chapter of Delta Zeta (DZ) sorority Monday after a video of them repeatedly singing the N-word in the song "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown circulated on social media.
Oxford City Council unanimously approved every resolution, ordinance and request that was put to a vote on April 3.
College Democrats and College Republicans at Miami have different operating budgets based on disparities in revenue, reflecting different philosophies around how to handle money.
Junior Meaghan Murtagh has been elected as the student body president for Miami University Associated Student Government (ASG) for the 2018-2019 school year. She will be joined by her vice president, junior Vincent Smith.
BAM 2.0
On Monday night in Armstrong's Wiikiaami room, over 30 people sat in a circle, laughing and joking about their days. The room was open, comfortable and brightly lit. Each time someone entered the room, they were greeted with a smile.
Over 125 Miami Tribe members, Oxford leaders, university administrators and other attendees packed the Marcum Center last Friday for the eighth biennial Myaamiaki Conference.
Last year, Miami University lost over $400,000 in unpaid parking fines.
Akosua Boadi-Agyemang, like many college students, applied to internships relentlessly. She looked for ones that interested her and applied to those that would be a good fit. She spent time on the applications and made connections at career fairs.
Over the past decade, four-year colleges across the country have seen a dip in the number of students pursuing a humanities degree. Miami University is not immune to this trend. In response to the decrease in enrollment, departments in history, languages and identity-studies, among other disciplines, have adjusted their resources accordingly.
Miami University's Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) received manned affiliate status in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, March 28, expanding the program and bringing more officers to teach at Miami.
Oxford's local chapter of the NAACP is hosting their annual Freedom Fund banquet at 5 p.m. this Sunday, April 8 at the Shriver Heritage Center. Miami's very own professor of musicology, Tammy Kernodle, will be this year's keynote speaker.
Following last Monday's occupation of the Armstrong Student Center, black students and their allies at Miami University doubled their efforts to raise awareness about the lack of diversity and inclusion on campus.
The results from the Miami University Student Body President and Vice President election will be announced on Tuesday, April 3 at 7 p.m. during the Associated Student Government (ASG) meeting at Harrison 111.