This past spring, Miami University transitioned from Aramark to Chartwell Higher Ed for on-campus dining. As the fall semester got underway, complaints arose across campus regarding the food.
Miami University Police Department responds to a surplus of incidents from Sept. 9 to Sept. 16.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) elected Senators Victoria Rivas, Jacob Van Riper, Kadyn Werkhoven, Aiden Bryant and Kiser Young to the Senate Restructuring Committee, which focuses on reorganizing the Senate. The election was uncontested.
The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) has continued negotiating with upper university management toward a contract ensuring fair raises and more academic freedom.
Oxford police are investigating a fight that took place between four people on Saturday, Sept. 7 outside Brick Street Bar on East High Street.
Located within the walls of Peabody Hall on Western Campus, the Western Center for Social Impact and Innovation offers free programming for students every day.
Every fall, families descend upon Oxford to visit their Miami University students. This years falls on October 18-20. Parents follow their kids to Brick Street and attend events put on by the university – this year, Sal Vulcano will be visiting campus. No matter the activity your family chooses, there is one common challenge: finding housing.
Blocking out the rising sun, Yager Stadium stretches out on the edge of Miami University’s campus. The bleachers and handrails, still slick from the morning dew and rain, glisten softly in the light as people slowly start the trek to the top of the stadium.
The end of August welcomed thousands of students to Miami University’s red-brick campus to begin or continue studying their declared fields of interest.
Abby Bunch never imagined her first year in college would result in eight doctor visits, four trips to the university clinic, roughly two weeks of missed classes and an impending surgery.
The transition to college can be difficult, especially for first-year students. For many, it marks their first time living independently, far from hometowns and families.
When Brian Niccol, a Miami University alum from the class of ’96 and CEO of Chipotle, returned to Miami to deliver last spring’s commencement speech, it wasn’t just a trip down memory lane. Instead, he acknowledged the people and advice that helped him discover his true path.
Between Aug. 22 and Sept. 2, Oxford police responded to 27 incidents, according to the Oxford Police Department’s reports.
Miami University’s campuses underwent a change that hadn’t been made in nearly 25 years. This summer, roughly 4,000 Miami employees had to change pay and funding systems to Workday, a software used for finance, human resources and student information, just a few months before more than 20,000 students returned to Miami’s Oxford, Hamilton and Middletown campuses.
A diverse group of women took the stage at Wilkes Theater on Aug. 28 to discuss female health and safety tips to a crowd of roughly 40 people. The Phi Sigma Sigma sorority hosted the event, which featured eight Women’s Success & Safety panelists, all with ties to Miami University.
Last spring, protests on college campuses across the country generated rounds of headlines as universities grappled with how to appease student protesters and end the encampments on their academic quads. The high-profile protests across the nation led many to recall past periods of national angst marked by widespread protests, with many drawing parallels to the anti-war protests of the 1960s. Several history and political science professors at Miami contextualized the Palestine protests of last spring.
Devin Johnson, a junior football player at Miami University found guilty of misdemeanor charges of assault and resisting arrest following an incident that occurred outside Brick Street Bar on Nov. 18, received the sentencing for his charges on May 30 at the Oxford courthouse.
With 40% of graduate students feeling the weight of food insecurity and other essential costs, Miami University and the Oxford community offers several outlets for students to turn to when bills are through the roof.
For the past 36 years, Gary Speck taught courses in music education and conducted the melodic sounds of clarinets, flutes, trumpets, trombones and different percussion instruments. The melodies floated through the walls of Presser Hall, permanently staining the ears of anyone passing by. However, Speck’s time conducting the Miami University Wind Ensemble is coming to a close.
To say that senior Lucia Morello is important to the LGBTQ+ community at Miami University would be an understatement.