Miami University

Thirteen students received the 2013 Provost's Student Academic Achievement Award for their outstanding contributions to Miami University's intellectual environment.

The following local students received awards through Miami University's department of geography:

The following students were recognized by Miami University's political science department on Wednesday, April 17.

Three Miami University seniors have been awarded 2013-2014 http://us.fulbrightonline.org/application-components/eta Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships. Miami seniors or recent graduates have won Fulbright awards to research or teach overseas 13 of the last 14 years. Fulbright http://us.fulbrightonline.org/eta-program-charts English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) places a Fulbrighter in a classroom abroad to provide assistance to teachers of English to non-native English-speakers. English Teaching Assistants help teach English language while serving as a cultural ambassador for U.S. culture. Miami's Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grantees:

Five Miami University students have been considered as finalists for the 2013-2014 Fulbright Awards. All of them applied for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships. Local students include:

The following local residents are among the 15 students at Miami University to receive the 2012 Provost Student Academic Achievement Award for their outstanding contributions to Miami University's intellectual environment:

OXFORD, Ohio - Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Arianne Wilt as the student trustee on the Miami University board of trustees.

Miami University's department of comparative religion presented awards to three students for their work during the 2011-2012 academic year.

The Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages (with Arabic, Hebrew, and Hindi) presented awards and prizes to numerous undergraduate students at its annual Awards Ceremony, April 17, at the Miami Inn.

Students were nominated by student affairs staff as well as faculty on each of the Miami University campuses. Students were recognized for their outstanding contributions in the way of their commitment to academic research as well as assuming leadership positions in many student groups on campus.

Students from local area are spending their spring break in Washington, D.C.

The group of students was led by Philip Russo, Miami political science professor and director of Miami's Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs (CPMRA), a group that co-produced a number of sourcebooks with the OTA.

Congratulations to the following students for receiving Undergraduate Research Awards for their research at Miami University.

The following students have received awards for participation in group undergraduate research projects at Miami University.

Members of Miami's Model UN team were recognised at the 18th annual Lake Erie Model United Nations Conference in Cleveland.

The following local residents were among the 24 students selected to participate in Wall Street Week, an immersion trip hosted by Miami University's Farmer School of Business in conjunction with the Royal Bank of Scotland:

Miami University's department of French and Italian has recognized the following students for the 2010-11 school year.

Eight senior botany majors at Miami University received the Young Botanist Award, Special Certificate of Achievement, from the Botanical Society of America.

The following students have been recognized by the economics department at Miami University.

Miami University holds Undergraduate Awards Ceremony

Miami's physics department held its annual Spring Awards Ceremony Wednesday, April 27. Award presentations included over $44 thousand in scholarship announcements, department awards and recognition for outstanding research and teaching. Two new scholarships were awarded for the first time and another new scholarship was announced by Miami Physics alumnus, Russell Starkey, who set up the scholarship for incoming Physics majors.

Miami's microbiology department presented awards and scholarships to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students Wednesday, April 27, during the Orton K. Stark Lecture given by B. Brett Finlay, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at the University of British Columbia.

Miami's political science department held its annual recognition ceremony for outstanding juniors and seniors Thursday, April 14, in the lobby of Harrison Hall. Participating in the ceremony was Darrell West (Miami '76), a former award recipient, currently vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington. After the presentation of awards, West gave a talk on "Obama, the Republicans, and the Tea Party." The following students at Miami University, were awarded the Howard White Award by Miami's political science department for excelling in scholarship and leadership:

According to Dr. Philip A. Russo, Director of Miami's Center for Public Policy and Regional Affairs, "the conference presented opportunities to attend policy related panels and workshops and interact directly with elected state/local government officials." The following students were selected to participate in the Ohio Township Association Annual Conference:

The following local Miami University seniors will present research on Friday, April 8, at the annual Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union held at the European Union Center (EUC) in Claremont, Calif:

Students from Miami University, recently attended the Inter-University Council of Ohio (IUC) Higher Education Day at the Statehouse. The event included office visits, conversations with elected officials, and a luncheon with the general assembly members in the Statehouse Atrium.

Eight students from Miami University will participate in "Finding Work, Finding Our Way: Building the Economy and Jobs of the Future," a digital town hall meeting originating at the Newseum in Washington D.C., and presented by The Atlantic Wednesday, Feb. 9. Miami is one of just two universities invited to participate in the meeting. The live webcast will air 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and can be seen online at www.jobsandeconomy.com. At this interactive site, visitors can submit questions and comments. Among speakers during the event are Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Miami students to participate are listed below.