Students share a couch in Koffenya, the coffee shop uptown, watching a video on someone's phone.

Uptown Girl

Campus life at Miami is intertwined with life in Oxford.
For your morning cup of coffee or a late night music
show, Oxford is a big part of being a Miami student.

Students laughing and talking uptown Students talking and walking to class Students hanging out at the uptown park

Beginning junior year, many students

live off campus

in unique houses that are as much
a tradition here as rubbing the
turtles’ heads for good luck
(a time-honored Miami tradition).

Oxford, Ohio

In Uptown Oxford, you’ll find food to satisfy almost
any craving—from coffee at Kofenya to brunch
at Patterson’s to late night fries at Skipper’s.

Oxford, Ohio, named the best college town by Forbes.

Oxford, Ohio, is a college town, built for the

18,000+

students who call Miami home.

Students share a pizza in one of several pizza restaurants in town.
A group of students sing karaoke on the stage at Brickstreet Another student standing in the audience takes their photo Next, a male student sings.

Uptown Girl

Kat Howland

Mass Communications Major
Interactive Media Studies Minor

Kat Howland is a busy person. She’s majoring in mass communications and minoring in interactive media studies. She competes on Miami’s club synchronized skating team. And she also runs her own radio show, The Candy Shop, on Miami’s WMFR radio station. But somehow, Kat still has plenty of time to explore the town of Oxford.

As a senior, Kat lives off campus in Uptown Oxford. She loves all the unique off-campus houses, but particularly the big, bright, orange one she calls home. Each house has a personality and a name—be it Orange Crush, Cornered In, or Krazy Eights—and it’s all part of what makes Miami unique.

Uptown also has shopping, coffee shops, and restaurants aplenty. And as a part-time DJ and a full-time music lover, Kat visits Uptown establishments often to see the many musical artists who come to play in Oxford.

illustration of radio microphone
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