The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on March 3, 2021: DEI Implementation, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition
The highly competitive fellowship will allow De Alwis to work in the lab group of Athina Anasasaki, assistant professor of polymer materials, at ETH Zurich, university for science and technology in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Oxford native graduated from Miami in 1905, having earned a two-year teaching certificate. She became the first Black educator to student teach in the communitys public schools to a mixed-race class.
Now, she is the first woman of color to have a building named in her honor at Miami.
Michael Schwerner, 24, James Chaney, 21, and Andrew Goodman, 20, were among approximately 800 volunteers who trained at the Western College for Women, which is now part of Miamis Western campus.
Miami President Gregory Crawford said that history is now part of Miamis heritage, and that the spaces were dedicated to honor their lives and elevate their example.
The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on February 24, 2021: Subscribe to the DEI Listserv, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition
Dr. Jefferson-Jenkins, former president of League of Women Voters and voting rights activist ( and a 1974 Western College for Women alumna) to speak May 15
Miami University will honor NBA executive and basketball icon Wayne Embry (Miami '58) and his late wife, Terri Embry (Miami '60), with the Freedom Summer of 64 Award. The award is bestowed by Miami each year upon a distinguished leader who has inspired the nation to advance civil rights and social justice.
The Weekly Three posting from the Office of Institutional Diversity on February 17, 2021: Leadership Training Opportunity, Community Updates, and Celebrations and Recognition
