Constitution Day - 2025
Citizenship and Democracy Week – September 15-22, 2025
On September 17, 1787, delegates representing twelve U.S. states signed the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia, marking a new era in the development of constitutional democracy in the modern world. To commemorate this historical event, Miami University in September 2025 will host its tenth annual Citizenship and Democracy Week – a series of on-campus events and programs aimed at encouraging Miamians to think deeply about their roles and responsibilities as members of a pluralistic democratic society. Coordinated again this year by the University’s Menard Family Center for Democracy, this year’s Citizenship and Democracy Week includes the following events:
Constitution Day Events
Previous Constitution Day Events
In celebration of the 237th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution's signing in Philadelphia, Miami is holding its ninth annual Citizenship and Democracy Week in September 2024. Coordinated again this year by the University’s Menard Family Center for Democracy, this year’s Citizenship and Democracy Week includes the following events: 2024 Joyce Hulse Manko Lecture on Government; On-Campus Oral Arguments: Ohio Court of Appeals for the 12th District; Interactive Event: Can You Pass the U.S. Citizenship Test?; U.S. District Court Naturalization Ceremony; Rapid Rights Symposium/Discussion; Free Speech Forum; and, Ohio Intercollegiate Leadership and Government Conference.
In celebration of the 236th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution's signing in Philadelphia, Miami held its eighth annual Citizenship and Democracy Week. Coordinated by the University’s Menard Family Center for Democracy, the 2023 Citizenship and Democracy Week featured the following events, all free and open to the public: On-Campus Oral Arguments: Ohio Court of Appeals for the 12th District; How Does the Naturalization Process Work?; U.S. District Court Naturalization Ceremony; Rapid Rights Symposium/Discussion; Free Speech Forum; and, the Civic Career Fair.
In September 2022, Miami commemorated the 235th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution's signing in Philadelphia by holding its seventh annual Citizenship and Democracy Week, a series of events held in Oxford and at the Regional campuses to promote civic learning and engagement. Coordinated by the University’s Menard Family Center for Democracy, the 2022 Citizenship and Democracy Week included the following events, all free and open to the public: U.S. District Court Naturalization Ceremony; On-Campus Oral Argument Session: Ohio Court of Appeals for the 12th District; Rapid Rights Symposium/Discussion; Free Speech; Public Lecture: Daniel Ziblatt (Harvard University), "The Life and Death of Democracies"; and, the Civic Career Fair.
Miami’s annual Citizenship and Democracy Week was highlighted in the American Political Science Association’s Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines (2017) as a model of effective interdisciplinary civics programming within higher education.After a pandemic-related pause in 2020, Miami again commemorated the anniversary of the U.S. Constitution's signing on September 17, 1787, by holding its sixth annual Citizenship and Democracy Week, a broad multi-campus, multi-event program aimed at promoting civic learning and engagement in our local communities. Coordinated and sponsored by the University’s Menard Family Center for Democracy, the 2021 Citizenship and Democracy Week included public lectures, special session of the Ohio Court of Appeals, public symposium, free speech forum, naturalization ceremony, and simulation.
