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News Archive
March 2004
(03/30/04)
Butler County Job Fair at Towne Mall, Miami HamiltonMark your calendars for the Butler County Job Fair 2004 to be held Wednesday, March 31, at Towne Mall in Middletown and Thursday, April 1, at Miami University Hamilton, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. at both locations.
Do you need a job? Are you looking for a new career? Or, do you need more training? More than 80 employers from Southwest Ohio will be on hand to discuss employment and job training opportunities.
According to event organizers, this looks to be the biggest job fair yet with the most number of employers already signed to participate. For a list of employers and Job Fair organizers, visit the Job Fair Web site at www.butlercountyjobfair.org. Or contact the Job Fair line at 513-785-5345.
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(03/30/04)
Students Raise Funds for VFW Project |
| Members of the Franklin VFW (seated, from left) Linda Stewart, Owen Stewart, Connie Fath and Jerry Fath accept a check for $647 from member of Miami Middletown's Business Club. The MUM students are (standing, from left) James Grant, Alisha Nolin, Lauren Zuschlag, Sergio Garcia and Lisa Williams. |
Miami University Middletown's Business Club was able to donate $647 to the Franklin VFW's "Operation Leap Frog," which is raising funds to buy telephone cards for local soldiers stationed overseas.
The Middletown students sold more than 2,000 roses on Valentine's Day to raise most of their donation.
"This is a way for our club to give back to the community and support our troops," said Lauren Zuschlag, a sophomore business major from Maineville and coordinator of the fundraiser.
The phone cards will be given to representatives from the Ohio National Guard who will get them to soldiers from the region who are stationed overseas.
Operation Leap Frog was organized by the Ladies' Auxiliary of VFW Post 7596 in Franklin. The donation made by the Miami Middletown students is the largest single donation made to the program to date. For more information on Operation Leap Frog call the VFW Post at (937) 746-7786.
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(03/30/04)
New Scholarships for Top High School Students AnnouncedMiami University Middletown has announced the establishment of a new scholarship program, the Miami Middletown Scholar Incentive.
This program will provide a $1,150 scholarship to one newly admitted student from each of 13 area high schools. The student with the highest GPA among those admitted to Miami Middletown from each school will receive the award.
Seniors from the following high schools are eligible: Carlisle, Edgewood, Fenwick, Franklin, Lakota East, Lakota West, Lebanon, Lemon-Monroe, Mason, Middletown, Madison, Preble-Shawnee and Springboro.
p> "The area's high schools send us some exceptionally well-prepared young men and women," said Miami Middletown Executive Director Michael P. Governanti. "We are pleased to be able to support their top academic achievers with these new scholarships."
Miami Middletown's deadline for awarding scholarships is May 1. Applications for admission, with accompanying transcripts noting the senior's grade point average (GPA), will be reviewed for consideration if received by May 1.
For more information on applying for this scholarship, call Miami Middletown's Financial Aid Office at (513) 727-3299.
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(03/29/04)
Scholars and Artists Week Begins April 7From jellyfish to Irish fiction and from honeysuckle to crisis nursing, a wide variety of topics will be covered at this year's Scholars and Artists Week Celebration at Miami Middletown.
Faculty and students at Miami University Middletown will be participating in the weeklong celebration, April 7-14. Posters will be displayed in Hawk Haven in Johnston Hall during the week. Brief, 10-minute presentations will be given by participating faculty on Monday, April 12 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. in Hawk Haven.
"Scholars and Artists Week is a celebration of the scholarly and creative achievements of Miami Middletown's faculty and students," said Dr.Paul Harding, assistant professor of zoology at the campus. "This year, our presenters will be covering topics such as virtual chat and students, domestic spaces in Irish lesbian fiction, jellyfish proteins, the eradication of honeysuckle on the MUM campus, Southwest Ohio oral history, a crisis nursing resource for the American Red Cross, and much more."
This event is sponsored by the research and grants committee at Miami Middletown and is free and open to the public. For more information call (513) 727-3200.
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(03/05/04)
Nimtz's Work to be Featured in Venice and the VaticanWhen the A Cappella Choir of Manchester College (IN) sets off on its spring break concert tour to Italy, a work by Rod Nimtz, assistant executive director at Miami Middletown, will be a featured part of their performances.
The Questions Asked was written and composed by Nimtz for an Oxford choral peace festival in October 1987 in memory of Eldon Hill. The work, which was written for adult choir and child soloist, was published by Mark Foster Music, and is now carried by Shawnee Press.
Dr. Debra Lynn, director of choral organizations at Manchester College, reached Nimtz by e-mail to confirm some biographical information for the tour program.
"We've actually had your piece in our repertoire for some time now," she wrote Nimtz. "We keep bringing it back because we love it and so do our audiences. We are a very peace-conscious campus here at Manchester. We even have a degree in Peace Studies. So your text is quite compelling and appropriate for many events connected with the college."
During the tour, Nimtz's work will be part of liturgies and concerts at such historic places as St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, at the Cathedral Di Palestrina in Rome, and at the Throne Altar of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
"I was greatly surprised by the e-mail," Nimtz said. "The piece was premiered on October 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, so having the piece performed as part of the a concert at the Basilica that bears his name is a great honor."
Manchester College is an independent, liberal arts college associated with the Church of the Brethren located in North Manchester, Indiana, with approximately 1,140 students. Dr. Lynn is an assistant professor of music and director of the choral program at Manchester College, which includes the A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, and Manchester Choral Society.
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(03/05/04)
Student, Enrollment Services To Close Early on March 15Miami Middletown's Offices of Student Services and Enrollment Services will be closed from 1 - 5 p.m. on Monday, March 15. The office staffs will be in training.
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