Launch for Success Program
Thursday, August 22nd:
7:30-10:30 PM:
Various activities such as kickball, games, crafts, and more, with sweet treats and the Honors Student Advisory & Activities Board at the Honors Residential College.
Friday, August 23rd:
Also read the section below for titles and descriptions of each session option.
9-9:45 AM Session Options:
- Honors College: Making the Most of Miami
- Early Days as a Pre-Health Student
- Studying Abroad with the Honors College: Planning your Journey
- What Is Your Challenge?
- Your Leadership, Your Story: Personal Leadership and Community Transformation
- Find Your Place! Get to Know C-SEAL
- Connect with Honors Advisors
- Connect with Other Honors Students
- Morning Yoga*
- Creating Vision Boards in the King Library Makerspace*
- Move In Assistance
10-10:45 AM Session Options:
- Honors College: Making the Most of Miami
- Early Days as a Pre-Health Student
- Studying Abroad with the Honors College: Planning your Journey
- What Is Your Challenge?
- Your Leadership, Your Story: Personal Leadership and Community Transformation
- Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway: How to expect and embrace discomfort during your transition to Miami
- Level Up! Strategies for Navigating Academic Stress and Success
- Find Your Place! Get to Know C-SEAL
- Connect with Honors Advisors
- Connect with Other Honors Students
- Morning Yoga*
- Creating Vision Boards in the King Library Makerspace*
- Move In Assistance
11-11:45 AM Session Options:
- Honors College: Making the Most of Miami
- Early Days as a Pre-Health Student
- What Is Your Challenge?
- Your Leadership, Your Story: Personal Leadership and Community Transformation
- Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway: How to expect and embrace discomfort during your transition to Miami
- Level Up! Strategies for Navigating Academic Stress and Success
- Joining Your Community Leadership Team in the HRC
- Meet One of the University's Therapy Dogs
- Connect with Honors Advisors
- Connect with Other Honors Students
- Creating Vision Boards in the King Library Makerspace*
- Move-In Assistance
*Indicates sessions that require pre-registration due to limited seats.
Lunch:
Students should eat lunch at any of the open on-campus dining options. We recommend:
- Western Dining Commons
- Armstrong Student Center options
- Maplestreet Dining Commons
- Garden Dining Commons
1:30-5 PM Sessions:
- Honors College First-Year Welcome & Convocation
- Campus Resource Panel
- Breaks to connect with other Honors students
Friday Session Descriptions
Students will pick one of the following sessions to attend from 9-9:45 AM:
Your Leadership, Your Story: Personal Leadership and Community Transformation
Presented by Noah Montague & Scholar Leader Students
Description: What if we lead with who we are rather than what we do? In this session, we will discuss this question asked by Dr. Shamika Karikari in her TED Talk on Leadership. Using this as a guide, we will delve deeper into what it means to be a leader as well as how who we are plays into how we lead.
Location: Shideler Hall 009 (basement)
Room Capacity: 30
Studying Abroad with the Honors College: Planning your Journey
Presented by Erin Wahler & Kimberly Miller
Description: At Miami University, the entire world is within your reach! Join Honors College Assistant Director Erin Wahler and Kimberly Miller, the Assistant Director for MUDEC, to learn about new and exciting study abroad opportunities for Honors College students. We’ll help you think about how to start planning for study abroad and how to navigate all the opportunities you now have the chance to explore.
Location: Shideler Hall 032 (basement)
Capacity: 90
Create Vision Boards in the Makerspace*
Presented by Sarah Nagle, Creation and Innovation Services Librarian
Description: Join us in the Makerspace at King Library for a unique vision board activity. Using the Glowforge laser cutters, engrave a wooden board with words that represent your goals for your life at Miami. Then, use a variety of multimodal tools and techniques to decorate your board. You'll leave with a colorful, meaningful decoration for your dorm room that will remind you of your collegiate goals and dreams!
Location: King Library Makerspace, Third Floor
*Pre-registration required via an online form.
Find Your Place! Get to Know C-SEAL
Presented by Diana Kwak and Mmesoma Ejikeme- SEAL Ambassadors & Honors College students
Description: From student orgs, to Fraternity and Sorority Life, and community engagement, to Leadership and MAP, you will find your place at Miami! Join the SEAL Ambassadors for Leadership as they share all the ways to connect, lead, and engage on Miami's campus and beyond.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 2080
Capacity: 70
What Is Your Challenge?
Presented by Katie Southwood, Senior Associate Director for Career Development
Description: In this fast pace workshop, you will discover what challenges you want to help solve throughout your life and career. This discovery will not only help create a roadmap for your career success, but will also pique others’ interest in your story as you introduce yourself in networking spaces. With a small group, you will create a business or organization and pitch your idea to the whole session. Be ready to think on your feet and execute quickly!
Location: Shideler Hall room 237
Capacity: 40
Morning Yoga
Presented by Rec Center Staff
Description: This yoga class is a vinyasa flow style that links movement and breath to attain balance in the mind and body. Appropriate for all levels. Yoga mats provided. Yoga is a regularly Miami Recreation group fitness class.
Location: Armstrong Student Center 2084
Capacity: 30
*Pre-registration required via an online form.
Early Days as a Pre-Health Student
Presented by Tailyn Walborn, Assistant Director and PreHealth Professions Advisor, and Natalie Hicov, Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education student intern
Description: There are a lot of components that contribute to a strong application for a healthcare focused professional program (medical, dental, PA, optometry, veterinary, pharmacy, PT, OT, etc.), and it's easy to feel overwhelmed and behind, even when you're first starting out on these paths. The Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education is a resource designed to help you build your application, and during this program, will talk about what you should be focusing on during your first semester at Miami, as well as some tips for preventing that overwhelmed feeling.
Location: Shideler Hall room 001 (basement)
Capacity: 90
Honors College: Making the Most of Miami
Presented by a panel of HSAB student leaders from various majors
Description: Join honors student leaders who will discuss how they have made the most of their time in the Honors College through their various involvements and opportunities in and out of the classroom. Hear from your peers and get your questions answered about making the most of your time at Miami and in the Honors College.
Location: Shideler 152
Capacity: 200
Connect with Honors Advisors
With Honors College Advisors and HSAB Students
Description: Take the time to get to know an Honors Advisor or two. Feel free to join us in this space where we will have various activities that can help you recharge and reflect.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 1080
Capacity: 20
Connect with Other Honors Students
With Honors College Advisors and HSAB Students
Description: Join honors student leaders who will discuss how they have made the most of their time in the Honors College through their various involvements and opportunities in and out of the classroom. Come and learn more and get your questions answered about making the most of your time as an Honors College student.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 1086
Capacity: 50
Move In Assistance
Description: Help others and meet new people! Help other new students move into their residence hall on busy move-in day. Meet at the front door of Havighurst Hall (near the Honors residence halls) where PFD staff will give you directions.
Students will pick one of the following sessions to attend from 10-10:45 AM:
Your Leadership, Your Story: Personal Leadership and Community Transformation
Presented by Noah Montague & Scholar Leader Students
Description: What if we lead with who we are rather than what we do? In this session, we will discuss this question asked by Dr. Shamika Karikari in her TED Talk on Leadership. Using this as a guide, we will delve deeper into what it means to be a leader as well as how who we are plays into how we lead.
Location: Shideler Hall 009 (basement)
Room Capacity: 30
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway: How to expect and embrace discomfort during your transition to Miami
Presented by Dr. Steve Large, Assistant Vice President for Health & Wellness and Dr. John Ward, Director of the Student Counseling Services
Description: Transitioning to college is a huge adjustment that will naturally involve stressful moments. This interactive and fun 30 minute workshop will provide students with strategies to anticipate and become increasingly comfortable with discomfort. This engaging session will blend insightful discussions and interactive activities to help you better understand and manage your experience of stress.
Location: Shideler 053 (basement)
Capacity: 60
Create Vision Boards in the Makerspace*
Presented by Sarah Nagle, Creation and Innovation Services Librarian
Description: Join us in the Makerspace at King Library for a unique vision board activity. Using the Glowforge laser cutters, engrave a wooden board with words that represent your goals for your life at Miami. Then, use a variety of multimodal tools and techniques to decorate your board. You'll leave with a colorful, meaningful decoration for your dorm room that will remind you of your collegiate goals and dreams!
Location: King Library Makerspace, Third Floor
*Pre-registration required via an online form.
Find Your Place! Get to Know C-SEAL
Presented by Diana Kwak and Mmesoma Ejikeme- SEAL Ambassadors & Honors College students
Description: From student orgs, to Fraternity and Sorority Life, and community engagement, to Leadership and MAP, you will find your place at Miami! Join the SEAL Ambassadors for Leadership as they share all the ways to connect, lead, and engage on Miami's campus and beyond.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 2080
Capacity: 70
What Is Your Challenge?
Presented by Katie Southwood, Senior Associate Director Career Development
Description: In this fast pace workshop, you will discover what challenges you want to help solve throughout your life and career. This discovery will not only help create a roadmap for your career success, but will also pique others’ interest in your story as you introduce yourself in networking spaces. With a small group, you will create a business or organization and pitch your idea to the whole session. Be ready to think on your feet and execute quickly!
Location: Shideler Hall room 237
Capacity: 40
Early Days as a Pre-Health Student
Presented by Tailyn Walborn, Assistant Director and PreHealth Professions Advisor, and Natalie Hicov, Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education student intern
Description: There are a lot of components that contribute to a strong application for a healthcare focused professional program (medical, dental, PA, optometry, veterinary, pharmacy, PT, OT, etc.), and it's easy to feel overwhelmed and behind, even when you're first starting out on these paths. The Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education is a resource designed to help you build your application, and during this program, will talk about what you should be focusing on during your first semester at Miami, as well as some tips for preventing that overwhelmed feeling.
Location: Shideler Hall room 001 (basement)
Capacity: 90
Honors College: Making the Most of Miami
Presented by a panel of HSAB student leaders from various majors
Description: Join honors student leaders who will discuss how they have made the most of their time in the Honors College through their various involvements and opportunities in and out of the classroom. Hear from your peers and get your questions answered about making the most of your time at Miami and in the Honors College.
Location: Shideler 152
Capacity: 200
Morning Yoga
Presented by Rec Center Staff
Description: This yoga class is a vinyasa flow style that links movement and breath to attain balance in the mind and body. Appropriate for all levels. Yoga mats provided. Yoga is a regularly Miami Recreation group fitness class.
Location: Armstrong Student Center 2084
Capacity: 30
*Pre-registration required via an online form.
Level Up! Strategies for Navigating Academic Stress and Success
Presented by Jacqlyn Schott
Description: Join the Rinella Learning Center to not only hear about academic support services, but to also discover various time management, studying, and self-care "cheat codes" that could help you win the college game and become the hero of your Miami journey.
Location: Shideler 052 (basement)
Capacity: 40
Connect with Honors Advisors
With Honors College Advisors and HSAB Students
Description: Take the time to get to know an Honors Advisor or two. Feel free to join us in this space where we will have various activities that can help you recharge and reflect.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 1080
Capacity: 20
Connect with Other Honors Students
With Honors College Advisors and HSAB Students
Description: Join honors student leaders who will discuss how they have made the most of their time in the Honors College through their various involvements and opportunities in and out of the classroom. Come and learn more and get your questions answered about making the most of your time as an Honors College student.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 1086
Capacity: 50
Studying Abroad with the Honors College: Planning your Journey
Presented by Erin Wahler & Kimberly Miller
Description: At Miami University, the entire world is within your reach! Join Honors College Assistant Director Erin Wahler and Kimberly Miller, the Assistant Director for MUDEC, to learn about new and exciting study abroad opportunities for Honors College students. We’ll help you think about how to start planning for study abroad and how to navigate all the opportunities you now have the chance to explore.
Location: Shideler Hall 032 (basement)
Capacity: 90
Move In Assistance
Description: Help others and meet new people! Help other new students move into their residence hall on busy move-in day. Meet at the front door of Havighurst Hall (near the Honors residence halls) where PFD staff will give you directions.
Students will pick one of the following sessions to attend from 11-11:45 AM:
Your Leadership, Your Story: Personal Leadership and Community Transformation
Presented by Noah Montague & Scholar Leader Students
Description: What if we lead with who we are rather than what we do? In this session, we will discuss this question asked by Dr. Shamika Karikari in her TED Talk on Leadership. Using this as a guide, we will delve deeper into what it means to be a leader as well as how who we are plays into how we lead.
Location: Shideler Hall 009 (basement)
Room Capacity: 30
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway: How to expect and embrace discomfort during your transition to Miami
Presented by Dr. Steve Large, Assistant Vice President for Health & Wellness and Dr. John Ward, Director of the Student Counseling Services
Description: Transitioning to college is a huge adjustment that will naturally involve stressful moments. This interactive and fun 30 minute workshop will provide students with strategies to anticipate and become increasingly comfortable with discomfort. This engaging session will blend insightful discussions and interactive activities to help you better understand and manage your experience of stress.
Location: Shideler 053 (basement)
Capacity: 60
Create Vision Boards in the Makerspace*
Presented by Sarah Nagle, Creation and Innovation Services Librarian
Description: Join us in the Makerspace at King Library for a unique vision board activity. Using the Glowforge laser cutters, engrave a wooden board with words that represent your goals for your life at Miami. Then, use a variety of multimodal tools and techniques to decorate your board. You'll leave with a colorful, meaningful decoration for your dorm room that will remind you of your collegiate goals and dreams!
Location: King Library Makerspace, Third Floor
*Pre-registration required via an online form.
What Is Your Challenge?
Presented by Katie Southwood, Senior Associate Director Career Development
Description: In this fast pace workshop, you will discover what challenges you want to help solve throughout your life and career. This discovery will not only help create a roadmap for your career success, but will also pique others’ interest in your story as you introduce yourself in networking spaces. With a small group, you will create a business or organization and pitch your idea to the whole session. Be ready to think on your feet and execute quickly!
Location: Shideler Hall room 237
Capacity: 40
Early Days as a Pre-Health Student
Presented by Tailyn Walborn, Assistant Director and PreHealth Professions Advisor, and Natalie Hicov, Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education student intern
Description: There are a lot of components that contribute to a strong application for a healthcare focused professional program (medical, dental, PA, optometry, veterinary, pharmacy, PT, OT, etc.), and it's easy to feel overwhelmed and behind, even when you're first starting out on these paths. The Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education is a resource designed to help you build your application, and during this program, will talk about what you should be focusing on during your first semester at Miami, as well as some tips for preventing that overwhelmed feeling.
Location: Shideler Hall room 001 (basement)
Capacity: 90
Honors College: Making the Most of Miami
Presented by a panel of HSAB student leaders from various majors
Description: Join honors student leaders who will discuss how they have made the most of their time in the Honors College through their various involvements and opportunities in and out of the classroom. Hear from your peers and get your questions answered about making the most of your time at Miami and in the Honors College.
Location: Shideler 152
Capacity: 200
Level Up! Strategies for Navigating Academic Stress and Success
Presented by Jacqlyn Schott
Description: Join the Rinella Learning Center to not only hear about academic support services, but to also discover various time management, studying, and self-care "cheat codes" that could help you win the college game and become the hero of your Miami journey.
Location: Shideler 052 (basement)
Capacity: 40
Connect with Honors Advisors
With Honors College Advisors and HSAB Students
Description: Take the time to get to know an Honors Advisor or two. Feel free to join us in this space where we will have various activities that can help you recharge and reflect.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 1080
Capacity: 20
Connect with Other Honors Students
With Honors College Advisors and HSAB Students
Description: Join honors student leaders who will discuss how they have made the most of their time in the Honors College through their various involvements and opportunities in and out of the classroom. Come and learn more and get your questions answered about making the most of your time as an Honors College student.
Location: Armstrong Student Center room 1086
Capacity: 50
Joining Your Community Leadership Team in the HRC
Presented by Octavia Hubert, Emma Grupe, and Corey Friedrich (HRC Resident Directors) and students
Description: Come and learn more about getting involved in making the Honors Residential College the best on campus place to live for the 2024-2025 academic year. At this session, you will have the opportunity to learn more about leadership opportunities of joining the HRC Community Leadership Team being developed by your trio of Resident Directors who work collaboratively with the Honors College and Honors College students to make the HRC the place to be!
Location: Shideler Hall 032 (basement)
Capacity: 90
Meet One of the University's Therapy Dogs
Presented by Melanie Uy and Poppy the dog
Description: Come take a break and meet one of the university therapy dogs and a Miami University counselor!
Location: Shideler Hall Back Patio, facing Armstrong Student Center
Move In Assistance
Description: Help others and meet new people! Help other new students move into their residence hall on busy move-in day. Meet at the front door of Havighurst Hall (near the Honors residence halls) where PFD staff will give you directions.
Join other first-year Honors College students as you are officially welcomed into the Honors College by the Executive Director and by the Honors College advising team! Convocation is an academic tradition in higher education to welcome all incoming students and marks the beginning of your Miami University journey. The Honors College Convocation is specifically focused on integrating honors students to Honors at Miami. All Honors College students will also attend the Love and Honor Convocation with the entire Class of 2028 later in Welcome Weekend.
Students whose last name starts with A-M will attend the Honors College Convocation from 1:30-2:20PM in the FSB building, room 1000.
Students whose last name starts with N-Z will attend the Honors College Convocation from 2:45-3:45PM in Benton Hall, room 102. Students attending another Miami Bound program will attend this session time regardless of last name.
*Required for all students regardless of Miami Bound program.
FAQs
Yes, all first-year Honors College students will minimally attend the Friday afternoon Welcome & Convocation events.
Any first-year Honors College student that is not registered for another Miami Bound program will participate in all Friday events as their first introduction to resources and support from the Honors College and campus partners.
Students participating in another Miami Bound program or Miami University related involvements, such as university athletics or marching band, should plan to attend Launch for Success events on Friday morning as their schedule allows. As students complete their other Miami Bound programs Friday morning, they will join the rest of the first-year Honors College students for the required Friday afternoon Honors College First-Year Welcome & Convocation events.
You can still participate! Most events will take place in classrooms or outside and are available to all Honors College students. Check your email for more details.
During move-in, parking will be limited and it might be best to ensure you are ready with your parking pass for the upcoming year ahead of Friday and park in the remote lot closest to the HRC buildings, which would be the Ditmer Field Lot. It takes about 10-15 minutes to navigate from the Ditmer Field Lot to the HRC via the sidewalk along Route 73/Oxford-Trenton Road. The HRC building area will be accessible as you walk up towards campus. The BCRTA Oxford bus routes will not be running on Thursday, August 22, however, they will be running on Friday, August 23rd. Utilize the Western Campus/North Loop w/Ditmer bus route to get from the Ditmer lot to the central part of campus. Students, faculty and staff with Miami IDs can ride fare-free on BCRTA routes on campus.
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