Miami University has 19 sports, not including club or intramural, and 540 student athletes. Each team requires coaches, funding and facilities. David Sayler, Miami’s director of athletics, is in charge of all of them.
On Monday, Provost Chris Makaroff spoke briefly to the University Senate about The Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. This is a Trump administration proposal to United States universities which would confer preferential access to federal funds in exchange for agreeing to certain demands. The offer was extended to any U.S. higher education institution.
This year, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) rated 257 United States universities on their free speech. Miami University received a “D-” rating in free speech climate, ranking 69 out of 257.
University Senate met on Monday to continue its discussion about the proposal to increase the teaching, clinical professors and lecturers (TCPL) cap for the College of Education, Health and Society (EHS), which would provide room for flexibility in the number of continuing faculty.
Miami University hosted its inaugural International Leadership Conference on Oct. 3-4. The conference included both lectures and breakout sessions with interactive components to engage students and other participants. Speakers discussed changes and challenges of being a leader in an increasingly polarized and technology-driven world.
Study away programs have provided opportunities to engage with professional industries for more than five years in cities all over the country, but changes to Miami’s teaching infrastructure have tested the only lifeline these programs have: faculty.
When it comes to wellness, Rebecca Young believes no one can do it alone. That philosophy of collaboration recently earned Miami University’s director of student wellness one of Ohio’s top community-based behavioral health risk prevention awards.
Miami University’s annual Suicide Prevention Week will be held Sept. 28 to Oct. 3. Here are some events to give students a strong, healthy start to the semester.
Upon arriving in Oxford for his teaching position in 2014, the first thing Todd Dupont did was buy equipment to brew beer.
University Senate met for the first time this semester on Sept. 8 with a long agenda after a summer of state legislation updates. Specifically, the effects of Ohio Senate Bill 1 (S.B. 1) that went into effect on June 27, 2025.
22 members of Miami’s Teaching, Clinical Professors and Lecturers (TCPL) faculty were promoted to higher positions within their tracks. This series of promotions comes after the University Board of Trustees voted to ratify the Faculty Alliance of Miami’s contract.
Back-to-school season is one of the most fun times of the year. From the fresh faces on campus to the leaves changing, there is no better time to explore Miami University and the surrounding Oxford community.
Miami University’s new budget model – RCM 4.0 – is a continued push by the administration to focus on higher-enrolled majors, while also identifying low-enrolled majors to the deans of their respective colleges for consolidation or elimination. The Responsibility Center Management (RCM) budgeting will draw institutional revenue from a student’s “primary” major.
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion hosted its “Through the Years” celebration to celebrate all their centers in staff ahead of their closing in the middle of June.
One thousand seven hundred and thirteen days passed between Paula Peña Martinez’s first and last field hockey games in Oxford.