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(02/27/04)

Miami Trustees set 2004-05 tuition for Hamilton, Middletown campuses

At their regular business meeting on Feb. 28, Miami University's Board of Trustees set tuition and general fees for the Hamilton and Middletown regional campuses which will be in effect for the 2004-2005 school year.

According to data from the Ohio Board of Regents, Miami's regional campuses currently have the lowest annual fees for lower division students among all regional campuses in Ohio. That data also shows that Miami's regional campus annual fees are $949 below the state average for all of Ohio's regional campuses.

Miami regional campus officials anticipate that for the coming year they will again be the lowest in the state among all of Ohio's 23 regional campuses.

The regional campuses are not included in the Oxford campus tuition plan (www.miami.muohio.edu/tuitionplan).

"Miami Hamilton and Miami Middletown are among the best bargains in higher education in Ohio," Miami President James Garland said.

Garland explained that tuition at Miami Hamilton and Miami Middletown has gone up 16 percent over the past three years, while during that same period annual fees at other Ohio regional campuses increased between 24 and 49 percent.

"For more than a decade we have been working to hold the line on student fees," said Michael Governanti, executive director of Miami Middletown, "and in the past we were able to minimize annual increases and even reduce fees."

Daniel Hall, executive director of Miami Hamilton, pointed out that increasing operation costs, such as wages and salaries, and improving instructional facilities and technology to meet student needs present two of the greatest challenges for the regional campuses.

"As area students realize the value of a Miami education, and the convenience offered by the regional campuses, our enrollments have increased," Hall elaborated. "Our challenge has been providing the courses and support services to help students attain their educational and career goals in the face of declining state support."

"We do have increasing demands for service," Governanti noted, "and are working to meet those needs by adding courses and programs - but we have to do that within available resources."

Miami's regional campuses serve approximately 6,500 undergraduate students each year, offer graduate courses business and education, and through graduate workshops provide professional development opportunities for more than 500 primary and secondary school teachers each year.

In addition to offerings at the Hamilton and Middletown campuses, the regional campuses, through their Extended University initiative (now in its eighth year), offer Miami courses at off-site locations in Trenton and West Chester in Butler County, Lebanon in Warren County, and Eaton in Preble County.

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(02/24/04)

Appalachia Lecture at MUM on Feb. 24

MIDDLETOWN, OH - John Winnenberg, a community organizer and developer, will give a public lecture on the History of Appalachia at Miami Middletown on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 11:30 am. Free and open to the public, the lecture will be held in the Johnston Hall Balcony Lounge.

Special attention will be given to Athens, Hocking and Perry counties in Ohio. Included in Winnenberg's talk will be a discussion about coal mining and its impact upon the region.

For more information, call (513) 727-3386. Miami Middletown is located at 4200 E. University Blvd. in Middletown.

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(02/18/04)

32 First-time Students Honored

Last semester, Miami Middletown had 32 first-time students who earned a GPA of 3.8 or above, taking at least 12 hours. They were recently invited to attend an Academic Recognition Banquet in Oxford.

They are: Kristen Benzig, Lauren Blanton, Tivoli Coleman, Jenna Copenhave, Jennifer Drennan, Andrea Kimbrough, Zachary Morningstar, Thomas Paige, Lindsay Schaefer, Sarrah Schultz, Ted Thompson and Roxanna Woyat of Middletown; Jessica Bennett of Franklin; Wales Brown, Erin Caylor, Debra Emmons and Anthony Pasquale of Dayton; Ryan Jarrell and Brittany Via of Camden; Lauren Brogan and Jonah Salyers of Lebanon; Rachael Fryman of Hamilton; Jamie Boeckman of Cincinnati; Patricia Reuss of Oxford; Renee Barnett of Brookville; Kelly Bridgeford, Jennifer Spanyer and Lindsay Williams of West Chester; Alex Slamka of Trenton; Lindsay Meibers and Valerie Mitchell of Mason; and Elizabeth McDaniel of South Lebanon.

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(02/18/04)

Kiteley Reading Rescheduled

he reading by author Brian Kiteley previously scheduled for Monday, Feb. 9 has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m. in Verity Lodge. This event is free and open to the public.

Kiteley will read from his forthcoming historical novel, The River Gods, a 400-year history of the author's hometown of Northampton, Massachusetts.

Written in brief, lyrical vignettes, Kiteley's provocative novel explores the line between fact and fiction. In his own words, he "creates another version of both past and present, not necessarily interpretation of past, but illumination of the passage of time…"

Brian Kiteley is Associate Professor of English at the University of Denver. His books include the novels Still Life With Insects, I Know Many Songs, But I Cannot Sing, and The River Gods, as well as a collection of fiction exercises, Each Sentence Educates the Next (forthcoming). His fiction has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Four-Way Reader, and he is the recipient of Guggenheim, Whiting and NEA fellowships. For more information about him, visit his web site at .

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Co-Curricular Programs and the Miami University-Middletown Community Chest fund.

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(02/18/04)

CAMPUS TO HOST MARCH 6 GOLF CLINIC

PGA Professional Tony Elieff of the N.C.R. Country Club will be at Miami University Middletown on Saturday, March 6 to provide individualized instruction covering putting, chipping and full swing. Sessions will be held at 9 and 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Each golfer will work in small groups and will receive a total of two hours of instruction from Elieff and the Miami Middletown golf team. Also, each golfer will receive a video of their swing.

The Golf Clinic will be held at the Bennett Recreation Center at Miami University Middletown. The cost is $40, with proceeds benefiting the Middletown campus golf team. This clinic has a limited enrollment so don't delay.

For more information or to register, call (513) 727-3317.

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(02/18/04)

Tech Challenge Returns on April 30

High school students from around the region are gearing up for Tech Challenge 2004, to be hosted by Miami University Middletown on Friday, April 30. This event attracts over 300 students and their teachers to campus to compete in a variety of contests including a LEGO Mindstorms Robotic Contest sponsored by Miami Middletown's Engineering Technology Department.

New this year is a crime scene challenge sponsored by the Chemical Technology program which asks students to solve a mystery using some of the techniques seen on crime scene television programs. Also new this year is a computer programming contest which challenges students to create a PC-based computer game that can be won or lost within five minutes.

Other Tech Challenge events include contests in video production, web design, Flash and multimedia.

Contest entries must be received no later than March 15. For more information, call (513) 727-3251 or visit the Tech Challenge web site at www.mid.muohio.edu/admission/events.cfm. High school aged home-schooled students are invited to participate in all aspects of Tech Challenge.

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(02/06/04)

Campus Loses A Friend

As many of you are already aware, Senator Barry Levey, a long time area leader in this community and a great friend of the Middletown Campus, passed away recently.

From 1962 to 1970 he served in the Ohio House of Representatives, and during that time was instrumental in securing the initial $1 million of state funding that led to the establishment of the Middletown Campus. While still serving in the House, his efforts on our behalf helped secure the funding for Thesken Hall as well as for the Bennett Recreation Center.

He returned to Columbus to serve in the Ohio Senate, where he served from 1987 to 1995. It was during this time that he aided the campus in obtaining $10.3 million in state funding for the construction of our new science building which now bears his name.

Senator Levey served on Miami’s Board of Trustees from 1977 to 1986, was elected Secretary of the Board in 1979, and elevated to Chair of the Board in 1980. In his role he also led the search committee upon the retirement of Dr. Phillip Shriver, which brought Dr. Paul Pearson to Miami University.

In 1986 we recognized Senator Levey with the Miami University Middletown Citizen of Recognition Award, and two years later, in 1988, Miami University bestowed upon him an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. In recognition of his service to higher education, Miami awarded him its Presidential Medal for Commitment to Public Service in April of 1992.

Yesterday, on learning of Senator Levey’s passing, Miami President James Garland said “Miami University has lost a good friend, but Barry Levey's legacy will live on through all the university programs his leadership helped make possible.”

Senator Levey was an integral part of the life of our campus from securing initial funding back in the 1960s, through the building of our new science hall that bears his name, to his continuing service as honorary chair of our Campus Center fundraising drive. His combined vision and hard work served his community, and Miami University, very well. The generations of people who have visited this campus to take classes, attend arts or civic events, or walk our nature trail, have all benefited from his dedication.

In Levey Hall there is a wall of tribute to the Senator, tracing his career as well as the history of Miami and its Middletown Campus. Above the display there appears this most fitting quote from the Senator that epitomizes his lifelong belief and passion: "A sound education is the basis of an individual’s self reliance and success."

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