Work started last week to prepare Laws Hall for the new department of sport leadership & management (SLAM). SLAM is now the third largest department in the College of Education, Health and Society, serving over 700 majors and minors.
In his end-of-year address, President Greg Crawford thanked the Miami University community for moving the university forward, despite the global pandemic.
Jason Lane, dean of the School of Education and professor of Educational Policy & Leadership at the University at Albany, will become dean of Miami Universitys College of Education, Health and Society (EHS) on June 1.
He will succeed Michael Dantley, who has been the EHS dean since June 2015. Dantley is retiring at the end of December. An interim dean will be appointed soon and will serve from Jan. 1 through May 31.
iami University will celebrate the achievements of its 2,350+ first-generation college students on Friday, Nov. 6. Miami First-Generation Day, held as part of the National First-Generation College Celebration, recognizes those who are the first in their families to go to college.
This winter term, Miami University will offer MiamiConnects Virtual Global Learning, its first fully developed virtual study abroad program. MiamiConnects offers online workshops that let students engage with different kinds of communities. All workshops will meet Global Perspectives Miami Plan requirements, with minimal participation costs.
What began as a conversation several years ago between Miami University President Greg Crawford and Ohio Senator William Coley (R-Butler County) is now new state legislation.
Translating the complexities of science and math work into a story for a general audience is key to challenging the anti-science and anti-evidence strains running through our mediated culture, say the Stats + Stories podcast team, which is honored with the 2021 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award.
Mentor to many, friend to all. Vice president emeritus for student affairs, Richard Nault profoundly touched hundreds if not thousands of lives during his 25 years at Miami University. He died Wednesday, Oct. 21, at his home in Oxford, Ohio.
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