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Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio and the 10th-oldest public university (32nd overall) in the United States. [10] The school's system comprises the main campus in Oxford, as ...
Bachelor Hall (Miami University) Bachelor Hall is a three-story brick academic building on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio, United States. It was built in 1978 and named after Miami University and Harvard University graduate Joseph M. Bachelor (1889—1947). It houses the Math and English departments, the Speech and Hearing Clinic ...
MacCracken Hall was named after Henry Mitchell MacCracken, “one of America’s outstanding nineteenth century educators” and an 1857 graduate of Miami University. [2] [9] MacCracken was born in Oxford, Ohio on September 28, 1840, and he entered Miami University in 1852, when he was only 12 years old. [9]
Alfred H. Upham. Dr. Upham was born March 2, 1877, and is from Eaton, Ohio. He first came to Miami University as a freshman undergraduate in 1896. [4] He received his Master's Degree from Harvard University in 1901 and his Ph.D from Columbia University in 1908. He married Mary Collins McClintock on June 28, 1905.
127,969 sq ft. The Shriver Center, located at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, was first opened as the University Center in 1958. Later it was renamed as the Phillip R. Shriver Center, and provided space for not just the student body at the university, but also for faculty, staff and the greater Oxford community.
Statue of William Holmes McGuffey outside McGuffey Hall.. William McGuffey was a Miami professor of Latin, Greek, and Hebrew from 1826–32, a professor of mental philosophy, philology, and general criticism at Miami from 1832–36, and author of the famed McGuffey Eclectic Readers, which were widely used in schools throughout the nation during the last half of the 19th century.
Guy Potter Benton. [4] Benton Hall is named for Guy Potter Benton, president of Miami University from 1902 to 1911. One of the Miami's greatest presidents, the 11th president Guy Potter Benton was born in Kenton Ohio on May 26, 1856. Before coming to Miami in 1902, Benton served as superintendent of schools in Fort Scott, Kansas, professor of ...
Collins Hall is a residence hall at Miami University located on the eastern side of the university's main campus in Oxford, Ohio, United States. [1] It has a 37,144 square feet and 436,000 cubic feet. It contains 3 floors plus a basement and has a maximum occupancy of 250 students. It is a coed dorm for freshmen and upperclassmen. [2]