Recognition
Extracurricular Engagement
- Once again, Miami's Gamma Gamma chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon in the Farmer School of Business has been named top chapter in the nation. Competing alongside 70 chapters, they earned the 2012 Lewis F. Gordon Top Gold Chapter Award—their ninth over the last 14 years.
- The Miami University chapter of Best Buddies, an organization that promotes inclusion and friendship for people with intellectual disabilities, received the inaugural "Group Volunteer of the Year" award from the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities. (March 2011)
- The Miami University James Lewis Family Mock Trial program placed 4th in the 2012 Mock Trial National Championship tournament. The Miami program won the national championship in 2001 and tied for first in 2010. Miami has won 14 consecutive regional championships in mock trial and has qualified for 17 consecutive national championship tournaments. More than 600 collegiate mock trial teams exist nationwide. (April 2012)
- Miami University students are not just active—they are active leaders. In a 2010 national survey of student leadership outcomes, Miami exceeded all of the other participating institutions and most of similar schools in self-reported gains in leadership between first year and senior year. This follows a 2008 survey in which 70% of Miami students said they are involved in leadership programs, compared to 55% at peer universities.
- In March 2011, the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists recognized three Miami students for excellence in student journalism. The awards were in the categories of radio in-depth reporting, general column writing and online in-depth reporting. In addition to The Miami Student, “the oldest university newspaper in the United States,” Miami University has 10 student media organizations ranging from literary and fashion magazines to radio and television organizations.
- Miami University was among 363 schools competing in RecycleMania 2011, an intercollegiate recycling contest that has grown nationwide since it began in 2001 at Miami and Ohio University. Miami placed 50th in the Gorilla Prize Competition, for highest gross tonnage of recyclables (regardless of campus population), with 339,450 cumulative pounds recycled during the eight-week competition. Miami came in 96th (top 26%) in the Stephen K. Gaski Per Capita Classic, with 16.1 cumulative pounds recycled per person on campus during the eight-week competition.
