The Cincinnati Enquirer, Thursday, Oct. 7
Festivals are more popular than ever in the Tristate, where there seems to
be a celebration to satisfy every taste.  The festival boom stems in part
from people's renewed interest in their origins, according to Judith De
Luce (classics).  De Luce says, "As our communities become more complex and
the lives of individuals go in so many different directions, transcending
class and location, people develop a nostalgic longing for community and
activities."
And:
Story about plans to restore three structures on High Street in Hamilton
quotes Sherry Corbett (sociology, anthropology and gerontology), a historic
preservationist.  Also includes a photo of Corbett in one of the buildings.
And:
Princeton High School junior Oni Parrish participated this summer in Miami
University's Multicultural Leadership Program.

WCPN (Cleveland), Wednesday, Oct. 6
Cathy McGrew quoted in a story on depression and the elderly.

Journal-News, Thursday, Oct. 7
A $1 million gift from the estate of John D. Yeck (alumnus) will create a
fund to benefit Miami University's theatre department in several ways.
Quotes Paul Jackson (chair, theatre) and includes a listing of the
1999-2000 theater MainStage season at Miami.
And:
Free conflict resolution workshops will be held Friday and Saturday at
Miami University in McGuffey Hall.

Middletown Journal, Saturday, Oct. 2
The Levey Hall science building, named for Ohio Sen. Barry Levey, on the
Miami University Middletown campus was unveiled Friday afternoon.  Quotes
Fred Wall (member of Miami's board of trustees).  Other speakers included
Miami University president James Garland, Miami Middletown executive
director Michael P. Governanti and Levey (former board of trustee member).
Photo of Levey addressing the crowd.

WAKW-FM (93.3), Wednesday, Oct. 6
"Computerworld" magazine's third annual Top Techno-MBA Survey ranks Miami
University's Richard T. Farmer School of Business in the top 25 graduate
business programs for technologically savvy future executives.

The Florida Times-Union, Saturday, Oct. 2
Story about Anne Hopkins' inauguration as the University of North Florida's
fourth president says she is former provost and executive vice president
for academic affairs of Miami University, "a state university that has long
had a national reputation for undergraduate education."  Also says when
Adam Herbert, now chancellor of the state university system, was president
of UNF "he considered Miami as a kind of role model for its commitment to
undergraduate teaching."

Dayton Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 7
Today, University of Dayton will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its law
school's reopening, after the school fell victim to the Great Depression
and closed in 1935.  Serious interest in reviving the school didn't
resurface until the early 1970s and, at that point, UD, Xavier and Miami
University officials began discussing the possibility of a regional law
school.


Elsewhere in education:

The New York Times, Wednesday, Oct. 6
Approximately 380 Boston University students began the fall semester living
at hotels in Boston and Cambridge, symptoms of a shortage of dormitory
space that is affecting colleges not only in Boston but nationwide.
Colleges make educated guesses about how many of the students they accept
will actually attend, but that gets trickier as enrollments rise.

The New York Times, Thursday, Oct. 7
Yesterday, Harvard president Neil Rudenstine informed a gathering of alumni
that the university had not only reached the fundraising goal of $2.1
billion by Dec. 31, 1999 that they set in 1992 but had exceeded it, raising
$2.3 billion, with three months still remaining.

Dayton Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 7
Fritz and Dolores Russ, who founded a business in Beavercreek with desks
from Goodwill, gave Ohio University $5.8 million to fund a Nobel-like prize
for engineers, university officials announced on Wednesday.

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Thursday, Oct. 7
The supply of new teachers may exceed demand, says a study out Wednesday
that challenges the notion of a shortfall of 2.2 million teachers over the
next decade.  A survey of 1,354 higher education institutions by the Center
for Education Information says U.S. colleges and universities produce more
than
200,000 teachers each year.

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