Ten Miami news highlights for 2020
As the Miami University community prepares for winter break and the new year, here’s a look back at 10 headlines that captured collaborations and recognition in 2020.
Miami was awarded a 2020 HEED Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
Altman Institute named 2020 NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence
Miami's John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship in the Farmer School of Business was named a winner of the 2020 NASDAQ Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.
Miami Regionals ranked in top 20 Best Online Colleges for ROI: Bachelor’s Degrees
The Regionals’ online bachelor’s degree program placed 17th in the 2021 Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees: Colleges with the Highest Return on Investment ranking.
The Miami board of trustees approved renaming the Campus Avenue Building to Nellie Craig Walker Hall after Miami's first Black graduate.
Miami names building after first Black graduate
The board of trustees approved renaming the Campus Avenue Building as Nellie Craig Walker Hall.
Work + Program inspires new state legislation, becomes a model for Ohio
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed HB614 requiring the Chancellor of Higher Education Randy Gardner to create a template for the Work + Program.
Miami donates protective health gear to area health facilities
Area health care workers benefitted from donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) collected across Miami University’s Oxford and Regionals campuses.
Miami is a Top 100 Sierra Club Cool School and a Princeton Review Green College
Miami ranked 71st among the Sierra Club’s “Coolest Schools” 2020 for the greenest colleges. Miami is also again listed in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2021 Edition.
As the coronavirus pandemic battered the job market, Miami launched Miami MiniMBA: Beyond Ready For the Future, a series of free, online business modules that culminate in a professional certificate of completion.
Construction of the Richard M. McVey Data Science Building is slated to begin in late spring 2021.
Miami President Greg Crawford underscored that the gift is central to making Miami’s vision of creating an academic epicenter for data science a reality.
Mid-American Conference creates stand-alone esports conference
Aiming to recruit and engage more competitive video gamers, a dozen schools in the Mid-American Conference, including Miami, created a stand-alone esports conference to offer structured competition without the extensive rules that govern intercollegiate athletics.
