Miami University of Ohio

Majors I am Interested in:

Creative Writing, Business or Miami University's reputation
for offering outstanding
Marketing and Biology.
academic and professional
opportunities helps their
students succeed in the job
market and in top graduate
programs. It is ranked among
the top 50 “Best Values in
Public Colleges” by Kipler.
Miami effectively combines a
wide range of strong
academic programs with the
personal attention normally
found in smaller schools.
About Miami of Ohio
Honors Program: Yes
Extracurricular Sports/clubs I would
Freshmen Living Space
join: Student government, cheerleading,
 Includes Laundry
and community work.
Services
SAT range: reading and writing 540-660,
 Offer furnished rooms
Math 590-690
and extra-long matresses
 Network and internet
access

Career Interests
 Dermatology
 Being an inspiring
writer
 International
Marketing
 College Article
Miami University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in
Oxford, Ohio, U.S. The university is composed of seven academic divisions and
emphasizes a core curriculum in the liberal arts. It offers undergraduate and
graduate degree programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and business
administration. Miami has branch campuses in nearby Middletown (1966)
and Hamilton (1968) that award associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees and
professional certificates in several areas. There is also a European centre in
Luxembourg.
An act of the U.S. Congress in 1792 required that a university be established in
the Miami River valley north of the Ohio River. Although the university was
officially chartered in 1809, instruction did not begin until 1824. Financial
shortfalls forced Miami to close in 1873, but it reopened in 1885 with the
support of the state of Ohio. Women were first admitted in 1888.
U.S. President Benjamin Harrison graduated from Miami University in
1852. William Holmes McGuffey was a faculty member from 1826 to 1836, during
which time he created the first of his famous readers. The campus is the site
of the McGuffey Museum, a national historic landmark. Other notable
graduates include surgeon and librarian John Straw Pillings and former poet
laureate of the United States Rita Dove.
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