After Miami University leadership recommended terminating its contract with Proctorio in September 2021, University Senate began looking for alternatives to the remote proctoring service to better align with the interests of students and staff.
On Sept. 17, the university hosted a special session for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at Miami’s Hamilton Regional Campus. During the session, hosted outside of the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center, almost 70 immigrants took the Oath of Allegiance to become naturalized U.S. citizens.
Watching David Lowery’s “The Green Knight,” it’s hard to believe it’s based on the 14th-century tale. While I don’t watch that many movies, it has to be one of the most unusually clever and artistically adventurous films I’ve seen in ages.
Fifty-six years ago, the Western College for Women trained volunteers who would go on to participate in a fatal effort to register southern Black Americans to vote now known as Freedom Summer.
Miami University is looking to fill the position of associate provost and dean for undergraduate education. The new position serves as the campus leader for undergraduate education. The dean will be responsible for raising the standard for undergraduate and teaching, promoting excellence in undergraduate education and maintaining Miami’s reputation. The three finalists for the position are Jeffrey Wanko, Amy Bergerson and Daryl Maeda.
Tyler Perino testified before the Ohio Senate, advocating for Collin’s Law, a bill seeking to make hazing a felony.
Almost 25 years since “F# A# Infinity,” post-rock drone collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a meditative experience – a mix of noise, guitar, and vocals twists around, formulating a deceptively precise and metered adaptation of rock's inconsistent sounds.
While Rose Marie Ward would normally find herself visiting large, lecture-based courses to have Miami University students fill out the Student Health Survey, this year she relied entirely on email.
While students have used various methods to get themselves vaccinated, a vaccination plan at the university level has yet to be seen besides a scheduled clinic for selected students, faculty and staff.
Some Miami faculty use testing software when administering exams online, but a student petition alleges Proctorio, the most popular software, is ineffective, problematic and insecure with data. Miami teaching faculty and Proctorio officials weighed in on the controversy.