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Masks to be required at Miami
Many Miami faculty, staff and students are breathing a sigh of relief this morning. President Crawford has announced that masks will be required indoors as of August 9. This will significantly increase the safety of our community. As a community leader, it is important that Miami University models care for our community and science-based decision-making.…
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COVID safety email from Miami leadership misleads
Today’s COVID safety email from Miami’s Provost states that “all Ohio universities are following [Ohio’s vaccine requirement] prohibition.” This is misleading. At least one university is both following the law AND requiring vaccines. Cleveland State University’s website clearly states that CSU is requiring vaccination (with reasonable exceptions) for students in dorms: “Vaccination or documentation of…
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A Call for Action: Love and Honor is a Matter of Public Health
As a public university, Miami has a responsibility to lead our community through the pandemic by promoting public health information and best practices. But despite the approaching return of students and start of classes, Miami University leadership has yet to release a COVID safety plan for the Fall 2021 semester. We are hearing from worried…
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The Teacher-Scholar Model is at Risk at Miami
Having scholars in the classroom matters to the value of a Miami education and degree. But changes in workload have been throwing the teacher-scholar model out of balance, risking loss of the scholarship component.
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On Workload Changes at Miami
Faculty Working Conditions are Student Learning Conditions COVID-19 has stretched higher education in ways that we could not have imagined. Faculty and staff at Miami have spent the last year working under extraordinary conditions to continue to provide a high-quality education, serve our community, and produce top research. Throughout, we have heard from senior Miami…
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#StopAsianHate Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Atlanta Shooting
The Asian American Association (AAA) of Miami University has organized a memorial event for the victims of the Atlanta shooting, a candlelight vigil at 6:30-7:30pm at the Seal on April 3. It is open to all Miami students and faculty. People are free to bring poems/speeches, candles, as well as pictures if desired. This vigil…
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Solidarity with our Asian/Asian American co-workers and students
We stand with our Asian American and Asian colleagues, staff, students and community members and deplore the recent tragedy in Atlanta. Asian Americans and Asians in the United States are facing a frightening uptick in hate crimes. We encourage all our colleagues, fellow employees and students to express support for, stand in solidarity with, and…
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Trustees Refuse to Support Adding Faculty to Board
What happened at today’s public meeting of the Board of Trustees was a remarkable example of the problems with shared governance at Miami, and clear evidence of the need to pass the Faculty Assembly Resolution in its entirety. The Board was presented with a resolution supported by 95% of faculty — the Faculty Assembly Resolution…
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For transparency and accountability, we need faculty on the Board of Trustees
[Note: This post was mistakenly left unposted in late October 28, 2020. We are posting it now for the record. We are grateful to faculty for turning out in such numbers to support and vote for the Faculty Assembly Resolution, which passed at the end of fall semester.] Is Senate advice — advice that represents…