Miami University Middletown
Calendar
January 8 - January 18
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Friday, January 8
- Bookstore open 9 am – 3pm.
- Walk-in Advising, 9 am – 3:30 pm, RM 1, Johnston Hall.
Saturday, January 9
- Orientation, 8:30 am – 1 pm, RM 142, Campus Community Center.
- Enrollment Services, Cashiers, Bookstore and Business Services are open 9 am – 1 pm.
Sunday, January 10
- Saturday Select Classes Begin.
- Saturday Select Course FSW 261 will meet at noon in RM 18, Johnston Hall.
Monday, January 11
-Spring Semester Class Begin.
- MUM Welcome Table, 8 am – 11 am, Hallway, Campus Community Center. Enjoy your choice of (hot chocolate, tea, coffee) and donuts and/or sign-up for student activities and various student organizations.
- Book Buy Back, 9 am – 7 pm, Bookstore, Johnston Hall.
- Academic Council Meeting, 12 – 2 pm, RM 137, Campus Community Center.
Tuesday, January 12
- Book Buy Back, 9 am – 7 pm, Bookstore, Johnston Hall.
- All Faculty & Staff Lunch, 12 pm, RM 136/137, Campus Community Center.
- Spring Baseball Meeting, 6 pm, Bennett Rec. Center.
Wednesday, January 13
- Book Buy Back, 9 am – 7 pm, Bookstore, Johnston Hall.
- Movie/Lunch Break: Julia and Julie, 11:30 am, Performance Area, Campus Community Center.
- Strategic Enrollment Taskforce Meeting, 2 pm, RM 136, Campus Community Center.
- Baseball Practice Begins, 7 pm, Bennett Rec. Center.
Thursday, January 14
- Blood Drive, 9 am – 12:30 pm, Balcony Lounge, Johnston Hall.
- MUM Book Discussion Group: Billie Letts’ Where the Heart Is, 12 pm, Blue Chairs, Gardner-Harvey Library.
Friday, January 15
- Registration/Change of Schedule through BannerWeb ends at 11:59 pm.
Saturday, January 16
- Gardner-Harvey Library Closed.
- Men’s ThunderHawk Basketball vs IU Southeastern, 2 pm, Bennett Rec Center, free with Miami ID.
Sunday, January 17
- Women’s ThunderHawk Basketball vs Cincinnati Christian, 2 pm, Bennett Rec Center, free with Miami ID.
Monday, January 18
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day, University Closed.
December 23 – January 10 Highlights
Call for 2010 Teaching Award. CTL is soliciting nominations for the 2010 MUM Excellence in Teaching Award. Deadline is Friday, Feb. 5. The Miami University Middletown Excellence in Teaching Award is given annually to honor faculty members whose work epitomizes the University’s ideals of dedication, commitment, and excellence in teaching. Awards will be presented in two categories: full-time faculty and part-time faculty. You may submit your nominations by email to mumctl@muohio.edu or to Angela Yesh (yesha@muohio.edu). You may also drop off your nominations to the CTL (room 11 JHN) or in Angela Yesh's campus mailbox in 205 Johnston Hall. For more information about the Teaching Award, please visit www.mid.muohio.edu/ctl/award.cfm.
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Now is the time to sign–up for the Miami Emergency Text Messaging System to get weather-related campus closings. With this system, you register your cell phone number to receive an emergency text alert. Please go to muohio.edu/police, click on the Emergency Text Message icon and follow the instructions. It only takes a few minutes to register. You'll be glad you did on those snowy, icy mornings when you receive a text giving you the latest information. Have you changed your cell phone number since last year? Stop by the Computer Center in Gardner-Harvey Library and show your Student ID, they will help get your new information updated.
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Nursing Applications are now available outside of RM 205 M, Thesken Hall. The deadline to return applications is February 1.
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Are you a Veteran? Do you need help with a developmental class in math, writing or reading? Veterans Upward Bound can provide a tutor to help you better understand the material. This is a free service funded by the US Department of Education. Please contact Veterans Upward Bound at 513-785-1822, or e-mail howarda8@muohio.edu.
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Dress Clothing Donations needed for women in need! We are looking for gently used work attire and dress attire for women. Donations will be given at first come, first serve basis for those in need. These donations will be providing women work attire for interviews. Please drop off donations at the Dean’s Office, Room 116 Johnston Hall. Please keep donations on hangers. Clothing in bags cannot be accepted.
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New Hours of Operation for Admission, Financial Aid & Records and Registration are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Students, if you need assistance between 5 – 7:15 pm, Monday – Thursday, visit the One-Stop Service Center window in Johnston Hall. What services are available at the One-Stop Service Center? At the One-Stop Service Center you can turn in forms and get answers to your admission, financial aid, and records and registration questions after 5 pm. Should you have a very specific question or need, the person at the One-Stop window will take your name and contact information. It will be given to the appropriate department which will contact you the following business day. Fall Semester One-Stop Service Representative Schedules will be as followed: Mondays: Financial Aid, Tuesdays: Admission and Wednesdays & Thursdays: Records & Registration.
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Miami Middletown and Miami Hamilton will no longer be printing a course schedule book beginning with Spring 2010. In the past, the information in these books was often out of date by the time it was printed. Student-friendly kiosks will be operational soon in the lobby of Johnston Hall and basement of Thesken Hall, allowing students to look up much of the admission, records and registration, financial aid and course information that they need.
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No More Mr. (or Ms.) Nice Guy. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, Miami Middletown security personnel began ticketing vehicles that didn't have valid parking permits. (They had been giving warnings.) To avoid getting a $10 ticket, stop by the Cashier's window in Johnston Hall and get a FREE parking permit. The Cashiers are open 8 am – 7:15 pm Monday - Thursday and 8 am - 5 pm on Friday.
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Having difficulty with math or writing assignments or want to improve your reading proficiency? The Math Lab located in RM 9, Johnston Hall, and the Writing and Learning Center in RM 2, Johnston Hall opens Monday, August 31. The Math Lab is open 10 am - 7 pm, Monday - Thursday and 10 am - 2 pm on Friday. The Writing and Learning Center is open 10 am-7 pm, Monday-Thursday and by appointment only on Friday.
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The Hawk's Eye, Miami Middletown's online campus newspaper, is now on Twitter. Yes, that's right, The Hawk's Eye tweets. Catch the newspaper's tweets here: http://twitter.com/thehawkseye. Visiting the newspaper's Twitter page will provide you with updates linking to recent Hawk's Eye stories and features, along with announcements of upcoming campus events and notes about area happenings. You can get updates as well by signing up for Twitter and following The Hawk's Eye from your own Twitter home page. You can check feeds, too, from the many tweeps The Hawk's Eye follows. If you have questions or comments, send them to John Heyda, at heydajf@muohio.edu.
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WMUM, Miami Middletown's campus radio station, is now on Twitter. You can catch WMUM’s tweets here: http://twitter.com/wmumradio Visit the radio station's Twitter page for updates on what’s going on at the station, news of area concerts and shows, and regularly-posted links to recently uploaded mp3s and videos from tristate-area recording artists (Heartless Bastards, Pomegranates, and many more), national acts (Flaming Lips, Of Montreal, etc.) and international stars (Bloc Party, Regina Spektor, etc.). You can check the latest tweets as well by signing up for Twitter and following WMUM from your own Twitter home page. Tweets this week include a reminder of this Wednesday’s Broad Street Bash, a schedule for this September’s bigger-than-ever MidPoint Music Festival in Cincinnati, and a link to Spin Magazine’s “20 Best Albums of 2009 . . . So Far.” You’ll find links, as well, to music from Sally Shapiro, Yo La Tengo, and more. You can check feeds, too, from the many tweeps WMUM follows by clicking on the "following" link on the station's Twitter profile page (the link provided above). If you have questions or comments, email the station at wmumradio@gmail.com.