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03/31/2020
Miami donates protective gear to area health care facilities
Area health care workers benefitted from donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) collected across Miami University’s Oxford and Regionals campuses last week.
03/31/2020
Philip Smith on replication rate numbers for COVID-19
Philip Smith featured on Cincinnati.com
03/30/2020
Senate News, March 30, 2020
A meeting of University Senate was held on March 30, 2020 via WebEx. Provost Osborne provided a COVID-19 and campus update. Bill Knight, Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness presented information regarding potential changes to the academic program review process. Qihou Zhou, Chair and Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, introduced the proposed Robotics Engineering major. Paul Flaspohler, Associate Professor of Psychology and Process Coordinator for the sunsetting of the Family Science major, reported his findings. Likewise, Patrick Dowling, Chair and Professor of Mathematics and Process Coordinator for the creation of an Entrepreneurship department, reported his findings. Jeffrey Wanko, Associate Provost, briefly introduced proposed additional questions for the end of the semester course evaluations for the Spring 2020 semester.
03/30/2020
3-30-20 Message to Community
The provost shared thoughts on shared governance during the crisis and topics included: Topics: 1) Leadership transitions at MUDEC, 2) Credit/no credit guidance available; students can opt-in starting Wednesday, 3) Update on commencement from President Crawford and 4) Reminder to submit Provost questions by Wednesday
03/28/2020
3-28-20 Message to Community
Topics in this message include: 1) New dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, 2) New dean of Graduate School and Interim Vice President for Research & Innovation, 3) Goldwater Scholars, 4) Donations to Students in Need, and 5) Send in your questions for the Provost
03/26/2020
3-26-20 Message to Community
Topics for today included: 1) Maintaining privacy in COVID-19 times, 2) Donate to the Emergency Needs Fund, 3) Big Blue Button access ends 3/30, 4) Are we continuing with Boldly Creative while we face budget challenges? and 5) What the daily Provost staff daily check-in looks like
03/25/2020
Stacey Lowery Bretz named ACE Fellow
Stacey Lowery Bretz, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has been named an ACE Fellow by the American Council on Education (ACE).
03/25/2020
3-25-20 Message to Community
Notice that Governor issued a stay-at-home order for the state for the next two weeks. Essential staff are expected to report as scheduled. All others remain in remote work status. Those working remotely are expected to maintain normal business hours. All classes are being delivered remotely. There are no on-campus classes. Faculty are urged to teach from home if possible.
03/25/2020
How-To: Share Content and Annotate in Webex
When holding a video conference using Webex, you can also share content with the other participants in your conference. This means you can show them something on your computer screen, show them a file on your computer, or show them a whiteboard screen on which you can collaboratively draw and annotate digitally.
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