On March 8, the world celebrated International Women's Day, marking the start of Women's History Month. Miami University has a long history of supporting women, especially since part of its campus was the location for the Western College of Women.
Two candidates for Associated Student Government president and vice president debated key campus issues, including the arena project on Cook Field and the potential impacts of Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1), in the Fritz Pavillion in Armstrong Student Center on March 11.
Miami University celebrated International Women’s Day by hosting a panel of three female deans who shared their experiences as women in leadership roles, with Renate Crawford, Miami’s ambassador, as the moderator.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government updated its standing rules during its meeting on March 4. Following this update, senators passed several Internal Operating Budget items from the last meeting, as well as previously denied items.
Claws With a Cause helps raise awareness about the abandonment and overpopulation of stray cats in Oxford.
After more than six months of using Workday for human resources and payroll, Miami University is beginning its second phase of the Workday transition from BannerWeb and Buyway.
The Miami Librarians Union reached a tentative contract with university administration on Feb. 25, one day after the Faculty Union.
Before Miami University bought the land where Cook Field sits today, The Oxford Retreat took up the prime real estate. The Retreat, founded in 1882, was an asylum for people with mental and nervous disorders and people with drug addictions. It was run by a man named Dr. Harvey Cook, who is the namesake for Cook Field.
Between Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, Oxford police responded to 15 different incidents, according to Oxford Police Department reports.
As the era of Millett Hall draws to a close, with the potential construction of the new sports arena on Cook Field, memories of the hall are represented through Millett’s iconic and versatile history.
At the University Senate meeting on Feb. 24, Miami University senators convened to vote on two new programs in the College of Engineering on Monday
Connie Walker, the Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning journalist of the podcast "Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's," spoke at Miami University on Monday, Feb. 24, about the impact residential schools had on Indigenous communities and how that directly affected her family and culture.
Connie Walker, the Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning journalist of the podcast "Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's," spoke at Miami University on Monday, Feb. 24, about the impact residential schools had on Indigenous communities and how that directly affected her family and culture.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) discussed its Internal Operating Budget (IOB) and denied certain funding for the spring semester during its meeting on Feb. 25. Senators also listened to a presentation on sustainability at Miami and elected a new parliamentarian.
A site survey committee made up of Miami University faculty, staff and alumni recommended a proposed new multi-use arena be built on Cook Field despite the location not being preferred in survey responses. The recommendation was unanimously decided by the committee.
