Want to run your own company?

Here at Miami we have a program to get you started. Not only does Miami offer over 100 majors, there are also about 90 different minors students may add on top of their focus of study and our Entrepreneurship Minor is a very popular choice. It is an 18 semester hour minor that complements the business school, but is open to all students on campus. The program’s strength was recently recognized by Entrepreneur.com and ranked 15th overall.

Students who take the entrepreneurship minor learn about new venture start-up, corporate innovation, and small business growth. Objectives include using tools, frameworks, concepts, and perspectives that are helpful in recognizing how entrepreneurship works. Students with this minor better understand how attitudes and behaviors play roles in both personal and professional lives.

Currently, 381 students are studying in this minor and getting involved in our four entrepreneurship clubs, four mentorship programs, as well as taking classes from professors who are all entrepreneurs. To learn more about the program, contact The Page Center for Entrepreneurship at 513-529-1221.

Out of this World!

The coveted Moonman: MTV’s version of the Grammy, was granted to a Miami University first year student and his band from Springfield, IL. This specific Moonman award, the “Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video,” is a new category created this year by Pepsi and Rock Band. A national call for bands to make a music video of themselves playing Rock Band resulted in over 650 submissions, and the top five videos were voted on by fans to determine a winner. This Miami student and his band, “Nerds in Disguise,” were featured on the MTV Video Music Awards this week and will appear in November’s issue of Spin Magazine.

Speaking of Moonmen, astronaut Al Worden, one of only 24 men who have been to the moon, will be on campus next week to present an award to yet another Miami University student. This student was recently awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. This award is the biggest merit-based scholarship given to science and engineering undergraduate students. A merit-based award is one that is granted solely on the basis of academic achievement, whereas need-based aid is given to students based on financial need. Don’t worry, Miami distributes both through our Office of Student Financial Assistance (www.muohio.edu/sfa). Miami University is one of only 19 schools in the country who is eligible to nominate students for the Astronaut Scholarship, and only 17 scholarships are given to students nationwide. Miami University is proud that our students accomplish so much in undergraduate research that they are able to compete and win for these nationally recognized scholarships.

Thanks for reading!
Mandy

Freedom Summer

One of the things Miami University is known for is our rich history dating back to our founding in 1809. An especially important part of Miami’s history includes the Freedom Summer project that took place in 1964 in conjunction with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). This project was established in order to register African American voters in Mississippi.

These volunteers were trained for Freedom Summer at the Western College for Women (which is now part of Miami University) and then traveled to Mississippi in order to organize Freedom Schools and to register people who had been denied access to the democratic process.

At 12:30pm on Tuesdays and at 3 pm Fridays through October 16 there will be a “Walk With Me: Freedom Summer Interactive History Tours.” This will mark the 45th anniversary of Freedom Summer. The tours will start on Miami’s Western campus and it will draw upon the oral histories, letters and diaries of 1964 Freedom Summer student volunteers who trained to register voters and taught in Freedom Schools in Mississippi.

For more information, please feel free to visit the website at www.muohio.edu/freedomsummer2009.

Where's my guidance counselor?

This week in Ohio, guidance counselors have been traveling to an annual program called Articulation, which was hosted by four universities across the state: Kenyon College, Ohio Northern University, University of Cincinnati, and University of Akron. Admission representatives have been meeting with your guidance counselors to give university updates and establish connections with high schools.

Next week may be a good time to meet with your guidance counselor to learn more about Miami since we were one of dozens of Ohio colleges and universities that attended all four Articulation locations. Some of our announcements were that:

-Miami received a record number of applications last year for first-year, transfer students, and international students
-Miami recently enrolled its most diverse class in history, 12% multi-cultural students
-93% of students submitted their applications electronically
-Miami has expanded its Bridges overnight multicultural program, which awards scholarships to participants if they choose Miami

Also, if you haven't made it to campus yet, be sure to schedule a visit soon since our schedule is filling up quickly! www.muohio.edu/visit

If you're interested in attending Bridges, an overnight hosting event for Ohio multi-cultural seniors, apply before September 18 at www.muohio.edu/bridges.

We're coming your way!

Want to get a glimpse of Miami University without having to travel to Oxford? We know that it's a busy time of year, so we invite you to come visit with us this fall in a city near you. We'll be able to answer all your questions about Miami, the application process, our Honors program, financial assistance and much more! Bring your family and see what the Miami Experience is all about! Find out more at www.muohio.edu/inmytown

Then come visit us in Oxford! Schedule your visit online at www.muohio.edu/visit

The Farmer School of Business Building

Yesterday, some Office of Admission Staff had the opportunity to take a tour of our brand-new Farmer School of Business Building here on Miami's campus. This building opened a few weeks ago, just in time for classes that started this fall! I had heard about the beauty and quality of this building, and after getting the official tour, I'm even more impressed with the facilities we have on campus available to all Miami students! Let's start at the beginning:

Here I am with some other Admission staffers, standing in front of the gates to the building. If you can't read it, that placard says "Knowledge is Power."

Next, we went into the main lobby of the building, were students can sit in plush, comfy chairs and study between classes. Or, this space can be reserved for student organizations to meet. Here you can see some Admission staff gathering in the lobby:

Next, we went around to various rooms in the building. We were extremely impressed with the center staircase, complete with gold railings!

One of the rooms in the building is designed for finance students to be able to practice stock trading. This room is equipped with a ticker that scrolls stock information from the New York Stock Exchange. Here I am under it!

This building also has a 400-seat auditorium, breakout rooms, almost 200 faculty offices, a Center for Business Excellence for all student services, a grab-and-go cafe, and of course, CLASSROOMS!!!

This building is hoping to be one of the first buildings in Ohio and definitely the first on our campus to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification. For more information on this building and the entire Farmer School of Business, visit www.muohio.edu/fsb.

Thanks for reading!