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Date	Title	Related Media
02/10/2012	Van Andel gift establishes distinguished professorship
	Miami University's Farmer School of Business announced that The Steve & Cindy Van Andel Foundation has given a $300,000 gift to establish the Steve Van Andel Distinguished Professorship, which will be used to support a top faculty member at the Farmer School.
02/10/2012	William Cronon to give John E. Dolibois Prize Lecture
	The Michael J. Colligan History Project will continue its 2011-2012 series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, in Parrish Auditorium, with the 2012 John E. Dolibois History Prize Presentation & Lecture featuring William Cronon. His topic will be "Values on the Land: City & Country in the History of the American Landscape."
02/09/2012	"A moment with ... Mike Pearson"
	Take "A moment with ... Detroit native Mike Pearson." The assistant athletic director for communications and technology at Miami, his wife says he was born 30 years too late because his favorite athletes are Babe Ruth and Red Grange.
02/09/2012	Miami offers retirement incentive program
	Miami University is offering eligible staff members a retirement incentive program. Applications for the incentive program will be accepted from Feb. 10 through March 16, 2012.
02/09/2012	Lilith Theatre Company presents "Strangers/Extranjeras"
	The Looking for Lilith Theatre Company presents the two-woman play "Strangers/Extranjeras" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at Leonard Theater in Peabody Hall. The play, written by Jennifer Thalman Kepler and Charity Thompson based on their experiences living as volunteers in Guatemala for a year, is free and open to the public.
02/08/2012	Gift supports international study for more students
	A $100,000 gift from a Miami University alumnus who works in global business will enable more Farmer School of Business students to study abroad.
02/08/2012	Help Coach Coles and the Miami RedHawks box-out cancer
	On Saturday, Feb. 11, Head Coach Charlie Coles and the Miami University men's basketball team will be boxing-out more than just their opponent; the RedHawks will be fighting to box-out cancer.
02/07/2012	Racial Legacies & Learning features Miami alumnus Juan Gilbert
	Miami University regionals welcome alumnus Juan E. Gilbert (Miami '91) as the keynote speaker for Racial Legacies & Learning Town Hall XXVII, Feb. 14 and 15.
02/07/2012	University Senate action Feb. 6
	On Monday, Feb. 6, University Senate heard reports from: (1) Provost Bobby Gempesaw, executive vice president for Academic Affairs, and chair, University Senate; (2) Steven DeLue, chair, executive committee of University Senate; (3) Michael Kabbbaz, associate vice president for enrollment management, enrollment update; (4) Michael Curme, ad hoc digital evaluation committee, fall pilot of the "What Do You Think Platform"; and (5) David Prytherch, chair, sustainability committee.
02/06/2012	Call for proposals: Student Technology Fee projects
	Funds from the Student Technology Fee are available to stimulate the development of innovative student-focused technology projects on the Oxford campus. A total of $525,000 is available and any student, faculty or staff member may apply for funding. The deadline for proposals is Monday, Feb. 13.
02/03/2012	Ayers' gift establishes endowments for Spanish majors and men's basketball
	A $100,000 gift to Miami University from Carol Peery Ayers (Miami '77) and Randy Ayers (Miami '78) has established endowments supporting study abroad experiences for Spanish majors and scholarship support for the men's basketball program.
02/03/2012	Faculty receive promotion and tenure
	During the Feb. 3 meeting, Miami University's board of trustees approved recommendations for promotion and tenure effective July 1, 2012.
02/02/2012	"A moment with ... Yvette Kline"
	Take "A moment with ... Yvette Kline," Miami's first director of sustainability and energy conservation. She focuses on sustainability in university operations and on the implementation of the sustainability commitments and goals (SCAG), announced last spring.
02/02/2012	Anthropology teaching laboratories host open house
	Miami University's department of anthropology will host an open house 2:30-4 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 3) to officially open three new laboratory classrooms in a suite of rooms in 180 Upham Hall.
02/02/2012	Willeke Lecture: "The Global Nexus of Energy and Water"
	Michael Webber, associate director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Texas at Austin, will present "Thirst for Power: The Global Nexus of Energy and Water" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in 128 Pearson Hall.
02/01/2012	L. A. Theatre Works presents "The Rivalry" Feb. 7
	The Miami University Performing Arts Series presents L.A. Theatre Works with its acclaimed radio-theatre production of "The Rivalry" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in Hall Auditorium.
01/31/2012	Communication professor Ann Frymier honored for scholarship and teaching
	Ann Bainbridge Frymier, Miami University professor of communication and associate dean of the graduate school, is the recipient of the 2012 Elizabeth G. Andersch Award from Ohio University's School of Communication Studies. The award is presented to distinguished members of the communication discipline to acknowledge excellence in scholarship, teaching, leadership and mentorship.
01/31/2012	"Third Nature" Humanities Center symposium Feb. 3
	"Third Nature: Reconsidering Boundaries between Nature and Culture," a Miami University Humanities Center symposium, will be held 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in 212 MacMillan Hall.
01/30/2012	Proposal for regional campuses goes to University Senate
	A proposal from Provost Bobby Gempesaw to University Senate's executive committee Jan. 30 requests that Senate consider creating a new academic division for the regional campuses.
01/30/2012	Ancient Cypriot Votive Sculpture topic of AIA lecture
	Ann Marie Knoblauch, associate professor of art history at Virginia Tech, will present "Ancient Cypriot Votive Sculpture and the Folk Art Tradition" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the Miami University Art Museum. Her talk is part of the Archaeological Institute of America's lecture program, now in its 116th year.