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(02/24/05)

Student Researchers Sought for Oxford Forum

The Undergraduate Research Forum is an annual event that is open to all Miami students from the Middletown, Hamilton, and Oxford campuses.

The forum showcases what Miami does best: undergraduate inquiry and research. Again this year, the Graduate School, Honors and Scholars Program, Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship, the Western College Program, the Ecology Research Center, and College of Arts and Science have collaborated to offer undergraduate students the opportunity to communicate the results of their independent research. Last year, over 200 Miami undergraduate students participated in the forum, which is open to all undergraduate students.

This will be the eleventh year the University has sponsored this Undergraduate Research Forum. Detailed information about the Forum is available on the OARS web site from the Undergraduate research main page at http://www.units.muohio.edu/oars/undergrad_research/

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February 28, 2005 is the registration deadline for students to sign up to present their oral or poster presentations on April 28 at the Shriver Center in Oxford.

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(02/23/05)

Women's History Events Set for March, April

Miami University Middletown is sponsoring a number of events in March and April for Women's History Month. All are free and open to the public. The schedule includes:

March 1, 8, 22 and 29, Tuesday Film Series, noon - 1 p.m., Tuesdays during the month of March. Featured films include: "Jane Goodall: My Life with the Chimpanzees," "Fly Girls," "Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed" and "China's Lost Girls"; Room 110 Johnston Hall.

March 3, Health and Happiness - Does Chocolate Have It All Wrapped Up?, noon - 1 p.m., Room 120 Johnston Hall. Nutritionist Jenny Sliger will share the health secrets of chocolate and why it just might be good for our hearts after all. This event includes a complimentary chocolate tasting.

March 24, Wellness Classes Sampler Presentation, noon. - 1:00 p.m., Room 120 Johnston Hall. What is Body Recall? Would you enjoy Yoga? How can you get fit in 2005? Attend and find out!

April 7, "Women Revolutionaries, Revolutionary Women," Dr. Kristine Byron of Michigan State University presents a multimedia presentation and discussion about women who have worked to create a revolutionary change around the world. Dessert reception to follow; 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., Room 100 Levey Hall.

April 8, Dr. Kristine Byron, "Becoming a Revolutionary - Making Change Happen in Our Lives", closing round-table discussion. Light refreshments, 10 a.m., Room 110 Johnston Hall. For more information on any of these events, call (513) 727-3431.

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(02/22/05)

ThunderHawk Men to Semi-Finals in Chillicothe

The ThunderHawk Men's Basketball Team is on its way to the ORCC State Tournament Semi-Finals this weekend in Chillicothe.

A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24 in Johnston Hall to wish them good luck. All are invited to greet the players, coaches and our own Flash.

For anyone interested in going to the game in Chillicothe on Saturday, Feb. 26, a van will be leaving Miami Middletown at 2:30 pm. The $5 ticket, available in Johnston Hall Room 124, includes van transportation and a game ticket.

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(02/18/05)

Miami Middletown Offers Golf Clinic

MIDDLETOWN, OH - Too cold to go outside? Why not get a jump-start on next season's golf game by attending the 7th Annual Golf Clinic at Miami University Middletown?

PGA Professional Tony Elieff of the N.C.R. Country Club will be at Miami University Middletown on Saturday, March 5 to provide individualized instruction covering putting, chipping and full swing. Sessions will be held at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Each golfer will work in a small group and will receive a total of 2 hours of instruction. Also, golfers 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. Do not delay as this clinic has a limited enrollment.

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

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(02/14/05)

Students honored for academic achievement

Attending the Academic Recognition Banquet in Oxford last month were: (seated, from left) Danielle Blevins, Hope Specht, Amanda Shepherd, Kyerra Shepherd, Bethany Butler, Tiffiny Smallwood, (standing, from left) Jason Williamson, Chris Blinn, Zach Frymoyer, Frederick Boebel and N. Matthew Miller.

Miami Middletown had 32 first-time students who earned a 3.73 or above, taking at least 12 hours, during fall semester 2004 and were invited to attend an Academic Recognition Banquet in Oxford.

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(02/14/05)

Hotel Rwanda Manager to Speak at MUM

Black History Month continues at Miami University Middletown with a lecture by real-life "Hotel Rwanda" Manager Paul Rusesabagina on Feb. 23. Free and open to the public, this lecture will be held in Dave Finkelman Auditorium at 10 a.m.

Over the course of 100 days, in 1994, almost 1 million people were killed in Rwanda as the majority Hutus set out with clubs, guns, and machetes to exterminate their Tutsi countrymen. During the genocide, Rwandan hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina risked his life and took courageous action, using the Mille Collines Hotel to shelter over a thousand refugees from death. This inspirational story is the subject of the film Hotel Rwanda, starring Oscar nominee Don Cheadle.

For more information, call (513) 727-3353. Miami Middletown is located at 4200 E. University Blvd.

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(02/11/05)

Free Brass Concert on Feb. 18

Miami University Middletown continues its "Fantastic Free Fridays" program with a performance by the Queen City Brass on Friday, Feb. 18 at 10 a.m.

The Queen City Brass is a select quintet of Cincinnati Symphony and Kentucky Symphony Orchestra musicians. This performance, entitled "Gershwin and All That Jazz" is an introduction to jazz composers, important musical terms and the influence of African-American music on jazz.

The "Fantastic Free Fridays" series of performances is designed to provide opportunities for schools, area seniors and Miami Middletown students to enjoy a wide variety of performances during the week.

All Fantastic Free Fridays events are free and open to the public. Miami University Middletown is located at 4200 E. University Blvd. Call (513) 727-3200 for more information.

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(02/04/05)

Hamilton and Middletown Campuses set fees

Miami University trustees today (Feb. 4) set tuition and general fees for 2005-06 on the Hamilton and Middletown campuses.

Tuition and general fees for full-time regional campus lower division undergraduates (those with up to 68 Miami credit hours) will go from $3,840 to $4,218 annually. For full-time upper division undergraduates (68 credits or more), the cost will increase from $5,832 to $ 6,402. Both increases are 9.8 percent.

Miami's regional campuses have had the lowest charges among Ohio's 23 regional campuses for the past two years. In 2004-05, Miami's annual regional fees were $1,003 below the state average.

Miami's regional campuses serve about 6,000 undergraduate students each semester in Hamilton and Middletown and at offsite locations in Butler, Preble and Warren counties including Eaton, Lebanon, Trenton and West Chester.

In all, 22 percent of Miami undergraduates are registered as regional campus students.

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(02/03/05)

Sommers Receives Knox Teaching Award

Dr. Jeffrey Sommers, professor of English at Miami Middletown, was named a recipient of the E. Phillips Knox Teaching Award at the university's Dec. 17 commencement.

The $3,000 award was established by E. Phillips Knox (Miami '68) to recognize creative, innovative and engaging teaching methods at the undergraduate level.

Miami's committee on the enhancement of learning and teaching selected him for the honor.

This is the 10th year the award has been presented. Philip Cottell, professor of accountancy at Miami, also received the award on Dec. 17.

Both are gifted and enthusiastic teachers who have exceptional reputations for their commitment to innovations in teaching," said President James Garland in making the presentations. "In addition to fostering students' critical thinking skills they each have a strong interest in curriculum design and see teaching as an interactive, collaborative endeavor."

Sommers, who has been on the Miami Middletown faculty since 1981, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and master's and doctorate from New York University. He is the co-author of several textbooks on college-level writing as well as numerous articles and book chapters.

Past winners of the Knox Award include Osama M. Ettouney, manufacturing engineering, 1995; Donald Kaufman, zoology, 1996; Steven Bauer, English, 1997; Glenn J. Platt, economics, 1998; Claire Boge, music, 1999; Joan Fopma-Loy, nursing, 2000; Kay Snavely, management, 2001; Timothy Melley, English, 2002; and Yildirim Dilek, geology, 2003.

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(02/03/05)

Black History Month Events Set for February

Miami University Middletown is sponsoring a number of events in February for Black History Month. All are open to the public and many are free.

A lecture by "Boondocks" cartoon creator Aaron McGruder, previously scheduled to speak at Miami Middletown on Feb. 7, has been cancelled, while a lecture by real-life "Hotel Rwanda" Manager Paul Rusesabagina on Feb. 23 has been added.

The schedule now includes:

Feb. 3, African-American Read-In, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Johnston Hall Balcony Lounge. Bring something to read representative of the African-American experience, free.

Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25, Friday Film Series, 1 - 3 p.m., every Friday during the month of February. Featured films include: "A Raisin in the Sun," "Tupac's Resurrection," "Ali" and "Boycott"; Room 120 Johnston Hall, free.

Feb. 10, Soul Food Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Verity Lodge. Experience a taste of soul food, reminiscent of the South, $6.

Feb. 11, "My Soul is a Witness," a documentary drama about the key people and events of the Civil Rights Movement; 11 a.m., Dave Finkelman Auditorium, free.

Feb. 23, Paul Rusesabagina, real-life manager of the "Hotel Rwanda" and survivor of 1994's brutal massacre, 10 a.m., Dave Finkelman Auditorium, free.

Feb. 24, Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Verity Lodge, everyone is welcome to recite or read poetry, lyrics and spoken word.

For more information on any of these events, call Miami University Middletown's Office of Multicultural Affairs at (513) 727-3353.

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