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Nancy Nix Maggie Simpson from the Menard Family Center for Democracy and Kathy Wyenandt at the Darrell West Lecture

Oxford and Beyond • Excellence and Expertise

Darrell West Lecture: Two Miami alumnae bring bipartisan perspective to campus

Campus Announcements

Miami names inaugural director of Center for Civics, Culture, and Society

From left to right: Karine Jean-Pierre and Marc Short

Campus Announcements

Karine Jean-Pierre and Marc Short headline the spring 2025 Janus Forum on April 8

Miami University students outside the Bastogne War Museum

Research and Innovation

MUDEC students help commemorate 80th anniversary of liberation of Luxembourg

Former U.S. Reps. Susan Brooks ’82 (R-IN) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)

Oxford and Beyond • Excellence and Expertise

'Is the Party Over?’ Next week’s Janus Forum confronts the long-term impact of the 2024 elections on our political parties

Miami University students Patrick Houlihan and Kate Louagie represented Ohio’s 8th congressional district at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Student Success

Miami students’ delegate experience ‘incredible, impactful’

Miami University students attended both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.

Oxford and Beyond

‘They were able to witness history’

Students at a Cincinnati Reds baseball game

Menard Family Center High School Civic Scholars Program

Student participants on pose for group photo on steps of a residence hall

Menard Family Center Pre-Semester First-Year Immersion Program

Beveled MMick Mulvaney, student moderator Grace Gaston, and Tiffany Muller at the spring 2024 Janus Forum

Oxford and Beyond • Excellence and Expertise

Janus Forum and Darrell West Lecture focus on American election integrity, impact, and data

Mick Mulvaney (left) and Tiffany Muller (right)

Excellence and Expertise • Oxford and Beyond • Campus Announcements

Bought and paid for? This spring’s Janus Forum set to discuss the ethics of money, voting, and elections in America

A student gestures during a discussion in the Constructive Dialogue pilot program.

More than 100 student leaders participate in Constructive Dialogue Perspectives

The 2022 Ohio U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate held at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio

Oxford and Beyond

Miami to host March 6 primary debate

Frank LaRose, Matt Dolan, Bernie Moreno

U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate

Anne Whitesell in The Conversation: ‘Voters don’t always have final say – state legislatures and governors are increasingly undermining ballot measures that win’

audience watches potential congress people debate on stage at Wilks Theater in Armstrong Student Center

Oxford and Beyond

The Miami Student Visits and Showcases the Menard Family Center mission

The Janus Forum audience inside Armstrong Student Center's Wilks Theater listens attentively to the two speakers.

Excellence and Expertise • Oxford and Beyond

“Is Higher Ed Woke or Broke?” Fall 2023 Janus Forum features former presidents of Purdue University and The Ohio State University

Menard Family Center for Democracy

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349 East High Street
Oxford, Ohio 45056

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