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January
7, 2008
Volume VIII, Issue 6
Welcome {D}, to E-Connections, the Miami University Alumni Association
E-newsletter, a monthly publication, now in its eighth year!
Send your comments to alumni@muohio.edu.
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| WHAT'S
NEW AT THE MIAMI UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION |
Happy New Year!
With 2008 now upon us I encourage you to make the following resolution: Connect back to Miami or strengthen your connection - become a dues-paying member, attend a local chapter event, get on the alumni association web page and reconnect with fellow classmates to say hi, cheer on the RedHawks, or in some other way reengage with alma mater. It's a decision you won't regret, especially as we prepare to celebrate the university's Bicentennial.
With the Bicentennial celebration just a year away, we are pleased to provide you the opportunity to experience various aspects of Miami history. Oral histories from groups and individuals with importance to Miami are now available to the public through the digital collection, the Miami Stories Oral History Project.
The oral history project was established as a permanent program of the Miami University Libraries and operates out of the University Archives through the Department of Special Collections and Archives. You can access the collection at http://digital.lib.muohio.edu/miamistories.
Watch the calendar for upcoming events, including a visit by President Hodge to California and Middletown, Ohio, and a very special opportunity for Cincinnati alumni to celebrate their Miami ties at a Reds baseball day on April 20. Details for these and other events will be on the website, and in your mailbox soon.
Ray Mock '82
Executive Director
Miami University Alumni Association
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| CAMPAIGN
NEWS |
Professorships Initiative
Professors have inspired generations of Miamians.
Leave your bicentennial legacy at Miami University by
creating an endowed professorship. We'd love for you
to share with us your memories of your favorite professors.
Click here
to share your story
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Forsythe
gift to create information resources at Farmer School
A $10 million gift from information technology entrepreneur
Richard Forsythe ‘61 and his wife Sandra will ensure that the
Farmer School of Business can continue to offer its students
the latest technology and other leading-edge resources.
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GIVE ONLINE
 Start off the new year right - support Miami! Your gift to Miami University's Annual Fund benefits today's students in a variety of ways, including strengthening scholarships, academic programs and classroom and library resources. Click here to make your tax deductible gift.
Do you work for a matching gift company? If so, the value of
your gift may be doubled or tripled. Click
here to see if your company will match your contribution
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| MIAMI
UNIVERSITY NEWS |
Miami
trustees extend president's contract
At its Dec. 7 meeting, Miami University's board of trustees
voted to extend the contract of President David C. Hodge by
five years. "The trustees realized that we have an extraordinary
president who is leading Miami to an impressive future," said
board president Richard Smucker. "His fit at Miami is even better
than we could have imagined. His leadership skills and tireless
efforts will enable Miami to enhance its position in the world
of academic excellence."
Christine
Taylor new associate VP for institutional diversity
G. Christine Taylor, currently assistant to the president for
diversity/director of diversity and access, scholarship and
retention programs at Ohio University, will begin a new role
as associate vice president for institutional diversity at Miami
University March 1, 2008.
Zoology
eighth, composition and rhetoric 10th among top research universities
in scholarly productivity index
Miami University's zoology department is ranked eighth in the
country, and its composition and rhetoric doctoral program is
ranked 10th in the third annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity
Index. The index rates faculty members' scholarly output at
7,400 doctoral programs from 375 institutions around the country.
Common
word of mouth beats "highly-connected" influencers in social
networks
Old-fashioned "word of mouth" might be more useful in advertising
than previously thought, especially in digital media, according
to collaborative research by a Miami University faculty member
and his colleagues.
Miami students part of Cincinnati choir victory on NBC
Three Miami students and three alums are part of the Cincinnati choir that won NBC's "Clash of the Choirs" competition Dec. 20.
Art museum announces spring semester exhibitions
Spring semester at the Miami University Art Museum includes colorful works by Sally Heller and Philip Morsberger.
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| THIS
MONTH'S FEATURED MEMBER BENEFIT |
 
Miami University Recreational Sports Center - Make a new year's
resolution to get in shape or just have some fun by joining the
Miami
University Recreational Sports Center this year. Dues-paying
members save $45 off the yearly fee. If you are just coming to
Oxford for the weekend or a short visit, you can save $2 off the
daily pass rate.
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| MERCHANDISE
ITEM OF THE MONTH |
 Exclusive
Miami Merger Pin
$40.00
$35.00-Members only
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| PERSONAL
VACATION CLUB TRIP OF THE MONTH |
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