The recipient of the Freedom Summer of '64 award is selected by President Greg Crawford, his executive cabinet and members of the broader Miami community who identify an individual, group, organization or institution who reflects the Freedom Summer legacy and Miami’s core commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.
For many other organizations like OMA, the Miami Initiative for Advancing, Mentoring and Investing (M.I.A.M.I.) Women’s Giving Circle has been funding projects since 2018 to encourage and support opportunities for women.
As Miami University faculty embark on their unionization journey, the Oxford Fire Department (OFD) has just signed its first labor agreement with the city. The OFD union, named Oxford Professional Firefighters Local 5272, is almost two years in the making.
Miami University has hired the law offices of Porter Wright to assist the university in navigating law surrounding unionization, wrote Jessica Rivinus, senior director of News and Communication, in an email sent to The Miami Student.
Oxford Mayor Bill Snavely said Oxford City Council will likely not renew the city’s emergency mask mandate, which expires March 1, at Council’s Feb. 15 meeting.
When senior diplomacy and global politics and political science major Halle Sarkisian started teaching group fitness classes at the Miami University Recreational Sports Center (the Rec) her sophomore year, she had no idea things would drastically change in just a few short months.
Talawanda School District elementary students can get a jump on learning new languages through the after-school foreign language program. Registration for this spring is closed, but applications are sent out each fall.
But even Oxford wasn’t free from fears of nuclear warfare at the height of the Cold War. In fact, the conflict’s memory lives on in a scattered collection of structures off Taylor Road and Todd Road, where the U.S. military planted a missile base to defend Cincinnati from Soviet attacks.
Forecasted hazardous weather and an ever-changing COVID-19 situation led to several changes to Miami University’s formal recruitment process for fraternities and sororities.
Though the Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) would be Miami’s first faculty union, the university has a history of labor activism that spans more than 50 years.
The announcement of unionization did not come quickly for Cathy Wagner, president of Miami University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). She’s been working on her plan to introduce collective bargaining to Miami faculty for two years.
Miami University faculty members announced a campaign to form a union at an American Association of University Professors (AAUP) advocacy chapter meeting Wednesday, Feb. 2.
Oxford City Council approved a resolution allowing the city manager to sign a union agreement with the local fire department and planned ahead for a potential weather emergency later this week at its Feb. 1 meeting.
Oxford Lanes is the only bowling alley in Oxford, located at 4340 Oxford Reily Rd. It offers bowling lanes, food and a bar.
When Preston Anderson submitted his painting to an online art show, he didn’t expect for it to be shown in a Chicago contemporary art gallery. When he found out his painting would be one of a few hung in the gallery, he was overjoyed.
Student organizations at Miami University are planning to meet in person this semester despite encouragement from the administration to hold virtual meetings when possible.
As the semester drew to a close last fall, low case numbers and high vaccination rates made Miami University students hopeful that the spring semester would look more normal.
Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision federally legalizing abortion made almost 50 years ago, has been drawing national attention as discussions swirl about a potential overturning. Many in Ohio are watching their own state legislature as it considers a comprehensive abortion ban.
In its Jan. 12 email, the Miami University COVID Response Team outlined new guidelines regarding testing and quarantine and isolation going into the spring semester.
Two months after the Hillcrest monoxide poisoning incident, Miami makes changes across campus. ASG plans to investigate air quality in residence halls.