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11/07/2019
11-7-19 Weekly Three
Topics include: recent Senate discussion items, info about Open Educational Resource (OER) workshop, request for faculty to hold Thanksgiving week courses as scheduled, and reminders about the first-generation student celebration activities and HERI faculty survey participation.
11/07/2019
Bestselling author Ruta Sepetys reveals the compelling backstory behind the little-known truths that her novels convey
Internationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys visited Miami's Wilks Theater on Tuesday, October 15 to talk to students about her novels
11/07/2019
International Collaboration Brings 'Pulse' to Miami Stage
A composer, a violinist, and a choreographer quicken the 'Pulse' of Dance Theatre's Winter 2019 Concert
11/06/2019
How does avian decline affect the Midwest?
Faculty member Dave Russell, one of a handful of master bird banders in the country, works to improve birds' odds of survival.
11/05/2019
Senate News, November 4, 2019
Presentations were given for two new majors in the Farmer School of Business. The proposed majors are a Business Analytics Major (B.S. Business) and a Business Administration Major (M.S. Business Management. Jen Green and Kate de Medeiros, Co-Chairs of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Composition, lead a discussion on the Committee's report. They will return for more discussion at a future meeting.
11/05/2019
Enter the HWC Creative Writing Contest 2019
Calling all Miami writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction! The Howe Writing Center (HWC) is holding a creative writing contest focused on the theme "Change of Seasons."
11/04/2019
Menard Family Center for Democracy to promote civic engagement and discourse
Beginning in spring 2020, the new Menard Family Center for Democracy at Miami University will lead an expanded effort to develop the civic leadership of its students.
11/01/2019
New book looks at ISIS and its savvy use of media
Miami University's Rosemary Pennington warns that savvy use of media by the Islamic State group ISIS could sustain its terrorist network despite the recent reported killing of its leader.
10/31/2019
10-31-19 Weekly Three
Topics included provost comments on cold/flu season (flu shot, staying home when sick and dealing with student sickness), update on HLC Accreditation, information about new HCWE Writing Award, and reminders about graduate research forum and Global Miami Plan Revision Committee listening sessions.