Mission and Commitment Statements

Miami University is a student-centered, public university, guided by the principles of Love and Honor. Leading with integrity, compassion, and respect, we pursue growth and excellence in a transformative learning environment. We embrace a holistic and personalized approach to education, infused with the humanities and liberal arts, to empower lifelong learners who use leadership, creativity, and innovation to shape the future. Our teacher-scholars and highly engaged staff inspire curiosity, intellectual depth, and career preparation across our communities through instruction, research, scholarship, experiential learning, co-curricular experiences, and civic engagement. We foster a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community where each individual is valued, respected, and appreciated. Our students, faculty, staff, and alumni develop the skills and knowledge to lead with confidence and courage and to provide solutions for local and global challenges now and in the future.

Statement of Commitment

Miami University declares...

• That it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
• That its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
• Its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
• It is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community. AND
• That its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, without regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

-- Ohio Revised Code 3345.0216