Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) held two elections and passed a bill advocating for longer time periods before students are charged for staying during breaks, last week.
University Senate has yet to make a decision on the contested proposed reporting arrests policy that faculty assembly voted to return to them for further discussion on Sept. 10.
Adrienne was a studio art major, but her love for art extended far beyond academics. Her mom, Jennifer, said she became fascinated with art at just five or six years old. Whenever it was raining outside, Adrienne and her siblings would have sticker parties, covering the dining room table with stickers, construction paper and crayons. As she grew older, Adrienne never lost that love for creating.
City Councilors approved the repaving of High Street and Patterson Avenue and the addition of median dividers on those roads during the Oct. 1 City Council meeting.
Miami University received the 2019 Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) Employer Partner of Inclusion Gold Award in September. OOD is an organization based in Columbus that helps people with disabilities become employed and develop independence. This is Miami’s second year receiving an OOD award. The university was given the Champion of Opportunity Award in 2017, which honored Miami’s effort to hire OOD job seekers particularly that year.
A 17-year-old boy was targeted in a shooting at a car wash in Oxford on Sunday, Oct. 6, said Lara Fening, an Oxford Police Department (OPD) Lieutenant.
Miami University's College Democrats (Dems) and College Republicans (CRs) recently started a Twitter feud over voter registration tables neither group organized for National Voter Registration Day.
Jason Osborne loved college so much he decided he never wanted to leave. Osborne never set out to become a provost; he just knew he wanted a job where he could keep learning. The university has always been his playground. As Miami University’s provost, or chief academic officer, Osborne spends much of his time in Roudebush Hall studying how to improve Miami as an academic institution.
Miami University spent $34,000 on equipment for three vehicles equipped with License Plate Recognition technology.
Last semester, during a shift at Paesano’s Pasta House, junior Alyssa Burnett went in the back to check her phone and saw two safety bulletin sexual assault report emails. After realizing that she had to walk home alone, Burnett began making plans. There would be no headphones, no stops in Armstrong and, even though her calves ached from standing all evening at work, no loitering. She is not alone in her realizations or in her fear.
Miami University’s Phi Delta Theta (Phi Delt) fraternity has begun the process of “recolonization” after being suspended in the fall of 2017. An informal recruitment process is beginning this fall, and formal recruitment for freshmen will take place during the spring of 2020.
Miami University is building a new health science facility, which will house the current Nursing and Speech Pathology/Audiology programs, as well as the inaugural Physician’s Assistant program.
On Thursday, Sep. 26, Miami University tweeted a statement in response to a student’s actions on Twitter, identifying him only as a member of the community.
Two years ago, Jaylen Perkins and dozens of other students in the Black Action Movement (BAM) 2.0 demanded action from the university on diversity and inclusion. Only after several demonstrations did they get a meeting with administrators. But today, Perkins does not have to demand a seat in the rooms where decisions are made. He’s the student body president.
“The dance, sometimes, between medicine and media can be a bit awkward and emotionally challenging,” Gupta said.
Five candidates are running for three open seats on Oxford City Council. Election day is on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
A group of nearly 300 students, faculty and Oxford residents swarmed the sidewalk in front of Miami University President Greg Crawford’s house, Lewis Place, sweating in the early heat on Friday morning, chanting “Systems change, not climate change … Miami must do more!”
The Institute for Food at Miami University hosted an open house on Friday, Sept. 20 at its farm. The event coincided with the United Nations Global Climate Summit. During the open house, attendees could pick their own cherry tomatoes, purchase salsa and posters at a table in the front of the farm and tour the farm. A handful of people participated in the first hour of the event.
Over 200 people gathered in Wilks Theater to participate in the Diversity Affairs Council’s (DAC) second annual Inclusion Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The forum served to create a dialogue between administration and the student body concerning issues about diversity and inclusion at Miami University.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) held its first internal elections of the year on Tuesday, Sept. 17, electing two students to both the steering and student trustee selection committees.