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Student Success

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Our inclusive excellence approach means we intentionally support student success through an infrastructure that is welcoming and supportive to all students. This includes curricular and co-curricular efforts, programming, academic and non-academic procedures and policies, communities of belonging, communication, and additional support services.

Resources

First-Generation Students

Students with Disabilities and Accessibility

Veteran and Current Military Students

Diversity of Thought

Rural Students

LGBTQ+ Students

Students of Color

International Students

Additional Resources

Programming

Programming

Capacity-Building and Professional Development

Capacity-Building and Professional Development

Community Building

Community Building

  • Students with Disabilities Advisory Council
    • The Students with Disabilities Advisory Council (SDAC) is a student-led group focused on being the leading voice for all students with disabilities on Miami’s campus. SDAC aims to raise awareness about disability-related issues among students and faculty, and to provide support systems for Miami’s disability community. As an advisory council, SDAC acts as a liaison between university stakeholders and Miami students with disabilities.
  • Veterans Integration to Academic Leadership (VITAL) 
    • Veterans Integration To Academic Leadership is a Veteran-centered, results oriented, collaboration between the Cincinnati VA Medical Center (CVAMC) and higher education. VITAL strives to enhance academic retention and success. They understand the unique factors facing our Veteran students. They are there to help. If you are a Veteran or concerned about a Veteran enrolled at Miami University, VITAL will partner with you to resolve issues and find resources.
  • College Republicans
    • College Republicans meet to discuss current political issues and inform the student body about the conservative movement. Relevant speakers, events, and volunteer opportunities are provided in order to engage students in our mission.
  • College Democrats 
    • The College Democrats at Miami University work to exhibit and promote progressive values on campus and Oxford. Whether it is registering voters, knocking on doors, phone banking, fundraising or simply coming together to chat politics, anyone left-of-center can call the College Democrats their home.
  • IGNITE Women in Politics
    • IGNITE is a movement of young women who are interested in politics. 
  • Miami University Green Team 
    • As Green Team, our goal is to collaborate with the Institute for Food Farm to spread awareness surrounding sustainable agriculture within the Miami University community, as well as within the city of Oxford. We seek to empower students in pursuing hands-on work at the farm and to be involved in educating others in the community about their food origin and about sustainable agriculture.
  • Internship+
    • A partnership among local employers, Miami students, and Miami University. Internship+ addresses employers' needs to find staffing for specific positions. Internship+ provides opportunities for students who left to attend Miami University to return and intern with local businesses. The internships focus on first- and second-year students who will return to their community during their winter and summer breaks. The initial internship begins during the winter break of the student’s first year of college. Should the business enjoy the experience, the business may ask the student to work remotely from Oxford during the student’s second semester. When that term ends, the student returns to the business as an on-site intern for the summer. Internship+ allows students who have gone away to college to have exposure to internship opportunities in their home town during their formative college years. Future internships will be compared to the ones in those first two years in your community. The one day a week exposure to the greater community will provide the student with the knowledge that returning home post-graduation to begin one’s career is a viable and welcome option.
  • Hometown Talent Initiative
    • The Hometown Initiative seeks to build pathways that enable, provide, and celebrate students investments in Darke County. Our vision is to partner with you to inspire transformation in our young people to become the next generation of community leaders and workforce talent. 
  • GRN Mentorship Program 
    • The primary goal of the mentorship program is to make the GRN feel more like a community and to provide more opportunities for students to get more involved in the organization, network with other GRN members, and stay connected long-term regardless of involvement in ASPIRE/GRN projects.
  • Asian American Association 
    • AAA at Miami University is one of the largest multicultural organizations on campus. We aim to promote and provide cultural awareness through bi-weekly meetings, special events, and service projects. Feel free to stop by one of our general body meetings for more info!
  • Best Buddies
    • Best Buddies is a non-profit organization dedicated to establishing a global movement that creates opportunities for college students to have one-to-one friendships with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities!
  • Black Student Action Association
    • The Black Student Action Association was the first multicultural organization on campus. BSAA was formed by the Black students of Miami University in 1967 to increase Black representation on campus and to better the conditions of Black students and we have been striving to do so ever since. 
  • Chabad Jewish Student Group at Miami University
    • Chabad provides vibrant, practical, traditional Judaism and all Jewish needs to the students at Miami University, MU faculty, and Jewish residents of, and visitors to, the Oxford area in a friendly and warm atmosphere. Our philosophy states that every Jew deserves an equal opportunity to experience and enjoy their heritage. This will be achieved through regular classes on a variety of Jewish topics, various programs, trips, fun and social events and more, plus all prayer services and meals for Shabbat and the holidays.
  • Diversity Affairs Council
    • The Diversity Affairs Council is committed to enhancing the climate of respect for diversity at Miami. The council is dedicated to learning more about diversity in its complexities and exposing members to new experiences. They work to foster more co-sponsorship of programming efforts and promote the activities of other student groups and administrative offices who are interested in issues of diversity. They strive to channel the energy, interest, activity, and information within the university community to the best advantage.
  • Empower 
    • Welcome to Empower! It can be isolating to be LGBTQIA+ going into the realm of business or any professional job. We have also noticed that it is difficult to navigate professional situations and find affirming companies. Empower wants you to know that you are NOT alone! Our goal is to discuss these topics, including resumes, professional dress, networking, and more along with creating a welcoming and affirming community within our organization.
  • FUSE
    • FUSE serves to build community around Queer and Trans/Non-binary students of color and create an environment where individuals can come together to share and embrace identities freely. As an organization, FUSE strives to focus on the social support and development of its members to promote academic and community excellence. Through programming, service, and leadership opportunities, FUSE guarantees the equal opportunity of inclusivity to all students who participate in membership. (link) 
  • Graduate Student Pride Association 
    • The purpose of GSPA is first and foremost to provide a safe and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ and queer graduate and professional students at Miami University. Safe spaces cultivate community for marginalized groups and are thus vital to LGBTQ+ and queer graduate students. Furthermore, GSPA will represent and give voice to the concerns of LGBTQ+ and queer graduate and professional students at Miami University.
  • Hillel: Association of Jewish Students
    • Hillel: The Association of Jewish Students provides a wide variety of social, educational, community service, religious and cultural programming for the Miami University community. Hillel designs programming with a focus on deepening the understanding of Jewish life and Jewish issues within our campus. Hillel holds Jewish holiday celebrations open to the entire Oxford community including weekly Shabbat services followed by a home cooked dinner, High Holiday services, Passover Seders and kosher for Passover meals. One of the main aspects of our mission is to ensure that all students on campus may express their identity freely.
  • International Leadership Council
    • The International Leadership Council (ILC) gives membership to representatives from global facing organizations on Miami University's Oxford campus and provides a collegial forum for members to advance international projects, programs and perspectives.
  • Latine Student Alliance
    • Our goal is to create an environment where Latinx and Hispanic students can encourage unity and free expression at Miami University! Our mission is to promote the understanding and appreciation of diversity on campus through the celebration of Latinx and Hispanic culture. This organization strives to be a sustainable support system that will help each individual with academic, professional, and social growth! We’re here to create a family away from home!
  • Miami Firsts
    • Miami Firsts is a student run organization at Miami University. The purpose of Miami Firsts is to provide a community and support system on and off Miami's campus for those who identify as first-generation college students.
  • Miami University Italian Club 
    • Increasing the interest in Italian culture and language by getting together with other students and faculty that share similar interests. Including hosting events focused on promoting the culture. Anyone interested in Italian culture is welcome.
  • Multifaith Engagement for Transformative Action
    • The META student organization is a unifying network of student leaders at Miami University with many different perspectives on faith, religion, spirituality, secularism, meaning, and purpose. They seek to develop a campus and community climate where people commit to understand, respect, and appreciate others’ religious, spiritual, or secular meaning-making, confront religious intolerance, and work toward equity for all.
  • Spectrum
    • Spectrum is a student-led organization for students of all sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) devoted to raising awareness through education and activism. This group strives to form an inclusive and supporting community where all individuals can feel safe to self-identify. Spectrum also functions as a visible presence on campus through partnering with LGBTQ+ Services to provide information and events for the general population of Miami University.

Student Awards and Recognition

Student Awards and Recognition

University Awards and Designations

University Awards and Designations

  • Top 100 - Best Colleges for Future Leaders (2023)
    • Miami University has been named one of the Best Colleges for Future Leaders in a recently released list from TIME magazine. Miami is No. 35 overall and the top-ranked university from Ohio on the list, which analyzed the resumes of 2,000 top leaders in the United States - from politicians to CEOs, Nobel Prize winners, and more. From there, a list of the top 100 colleges shaping U.S. leaders was formed.
  • A Purple Star Campus (Ohio Recognition)
    • Miami University was among the first group of Ohio colleges and universities designated as Collegiate Purple Star campuses for its efforts to support students with military backgrounds. Ohio was the first state in the nation to offer these designations.
  • Purple Heart University 
    • This designation requires a college or university to develop purposeful approaches to supporting not only the military-affiliated population but those that have sacrificed their most precious resource, their bodies, in the defense of this nation. These institutions have not only met the minimum standards in providing specific programs to aid this population in their academic endeavors, but they have by far exceeded those benchmarks.
  • 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award
    • Miami University has again been awarded a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The national honor recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. Miami also received the honor in 2022, 2021, and 2020.
  • 2023 Inspires Programs in STEM Award 
    • The magazine INSIGHT Into Diversity has bestowed its 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM award on Miami University’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, which provides incentives and opportunities for high-achieving underrepresented minority students to achieve their goals in STEM degrees, careers, and graduate school. Funded by the National Science Foundation, LSAMP was named in honor of former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes (D-Ohio), who represented the east side of Cleveland as Ohio’s first elected Black congressman and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
  • 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award
    •  Miami University Libraries has been named a recipient of the inaugural Insight Into Diversity magazine 2024 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award. The LEAD Award honors academic library programs, policies, and initiatives that encourage and support diversity, equity, and inclusion across their campus and surrounding community. These include, but are not limited to, research, technology, accessibility, exhibitions, and community outreach.
  • 43rd Annual Bronze Winner - The Telly Awards
    • Miami University's renowned teaching and commitment to diversity are brought to life beautifully in award-winning video. Our online DEI modules received a Telly Award -- a global honor -- in 2022.

Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence

Our mission is to empower each student, staff, and faculty member to promote and become engaged citizens who use their acquired knowledge and skills with integrity and compassion to improve the future of the community and the world.

Contact Us

M. Cristina Alcalde, Ph.D. 
Vice President, Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence
Hanna House
513-529-1715
vpDiversity@MiamiOH.edu