Journal-News, The Cincinnati Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, Feb. 5
Miami University's board of trustees learned Friday that minority
applications have soared 27 percent over last year while overall
applications are up 12 percent.  Both are all-time records.  Journal-News
quotes Jim McCoy (admission) and Myrtis Powell (student affairs).  Enquirer
and Post cite Holly Wissing (news and public information) and McCoy.

Journal-News, Saturday, Feb. 5
Miami University President James Garland announced Thursday his "First in
2009" initiative.  The plan is for Miami, which celebrates its 200th
anniversary in 2009, to have achieved top status among public universities
that emphasize undergraduate education.  Quotes Garland.
And:
Story about the seminar "Career Coaching Your Kids" at the Miami-Hamilton
campus quotes Archie Nelson (admission, Hamilton campus) and includes a
photo of Nelson with others who are helping with the seminar.
And:
Story about the Ethos Percussion Group's performances at Miami includes a
photo of the group.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, Friday, Feb. 4
Public interest groups, many of them involving wrestling coaches and
officials, are urging presidential candidates to sign pledges that they
will change the way the federal government enforces Title IX in college
sports.  Supporters of this effort view is as a way to save their sports
from "gender quotas" mandated by the Clinton administration.  Mentions that
last year, Miami University, Brigham Young University and the University of
New Mexico all eliminated men's teams, including their wrestling programs.

Journal-News, Sunday, Feb. 6
Miami University's board of trustees presented board member Wayne Embry
(alumnus) with a resolution of appreciation at Friday's meeting.  Embry's
13 years on the board will end Feb. 29, when his full nine-year term
expires.
And:
Feature on William Holmes McGuffey says a museum exhibition at Miami
University and a house renovation are inspiring new interest in Miami's
famous professor.  During the renovation of the McGuffey house, an 1833
National Historic Landmark, a collection of art and furniture that examines
the McGuffey era at Miami will be on display at the Miami University Art
Museum.  Talks by Phillip Shriver (president emeritus) and Bonnie Mason
(curator of education) will examine McGuffey's importance in 19th century
America.  Quotes Edna Southard (art museum curator).
And:
Jason Irwin (graduate student) will discuss "Frozen Amphibians: In Search
of the Siberian Salamander" Monday at Oxford's Lane Library.
And:
"Career Coaching Your Kids" will be presented from 6-9 p.m. Monday at
Miami-Hamilton.

Journal-News, Monday, Feb. 7
Chemistry professor Joseph Cantrell, interdisciplinary studies professor
Bill Green and two students from the interdisciplinary studies program,
Joseph Shacat and Katheryn Green, went to Anarctica for a month last
semester to test the lakes there for chemical elements.  Quotes Cantrell.
And:
Feature on Darrell Hedric (alumnus and administrator emeritus,
intercollegiate athletics) and his influence on Miami University's
basketball program as a player, coach and athletic director says he
continues to play a major role in the Ohio basketball scene as the head
scout for the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Hedric says, "The greatest thing about
coaching was seeing the kids we recruited become Miami graduates.  Those
players have been successful in almost all walks of life."  Also quotes
former players Jim Thomas and Eddie Shilling.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, Feb. 6
In the quick growth of virtual college programs in Kentucky, 1,788 students
are taking 160 college courses through the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual
University, including classes from Northern Kentucky University.  While
Web-based classes are in the early stages in Ohio, "interactive and
televised distance learning is old hat" with Ohio SchoolNet, which links
students and teaches across the state."  Chart shows Miami as "just
venturing into online classes, with a few
offerings in technology."
And:
Feature on composer David Bell (alumnus) who scored the music for a
Showtime movie, "Sandy Bottom Orchestra."
And:
Calendar listings for lectures by Bonnie Mason (curator of education) and
Phillip Shriver (president emeritus) on William Holmes McGuffey at the art
museum; art museum exhibits; music department performance by Siol Lian Tan;
and the Ethos Percussion Group performance.

Dayton Daily News, Sunday, Feb. 6
Arts Headlines section mentions the Ethos Percussion Group's Sunday
performance at Hall Auditorium.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Saturday, Feb. 5
Calendar item for Olympia Brass Band performance as part of Miami
University Middletown's Artist and Lecture Series.
And:
"Get to it" column includes a performance by "III Tyme Out" at Miami-Hamilton.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Monday, Feb. 7
"Get to it" column includes the African-American Read-In Chain today at
Miami's King Library.

Dayton Daily News, Saturday, Feb. 5
Calendar item for the Olympia Brass Band performance as part of the Miami
University Middletown's Artist and Lecture Series.

Elsewhere in education:

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, Feb. 6
An Ohio State University alcohol policy committee recommended allowing
football fans to have tailgate parties on campus before games, including
alcohol, because kicking tailgaters off campus would likely cause more
problems.

The Cincinnati Post, Friday, Feb. 4
In launching a $25 million capital campaign this year, Cincinnati State
Technical and Community College hopes to attract not only new students--but
local employers as well.  Following a national trend, the school expects to
increasingly devote its efforts to training workers at area businesses on a
contract basis.  Employers typically pay for the courses and help design
the curriculum, ranging from basic skills through advanced high-tech fields.
And:
A report by the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute on what other states are
doing to retain their college graduates recommends that lawmakers, business
leaders and colleges should establish an ongoing system in Indiana for
tracking the migration and retention of the state's college graduates.

Kristal Humphrey
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