Miami University Facts for Kids

This is the university in Ohio. For the university in Florida, see University of Miami.

Alumni Hall which is on the campus.

Miami University is a public, coeducational university in Oxford, Ohio. The university has about 20,126 students. It was founded in 1809. The current president of the university is David C. Hodge.

Sports

The athletics teams of the university are called the RedHawks. They have 8 varsity teams for men and 10 for women, most of which play in the Mid-American Conference. The men's ice hockey team plays in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

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The original Harrison Hall, known as Old Main, was built in 1818 and housed Miami's first classrooms. It was replaced by a new structure in 1959.
Satirical map of Miami University.
Miami University campus in 1909.
The "Beta Bells" of Miami University were built with funds donated by the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on its Centennial in 1939.
Clawson Hall was part of Western College until it was absorbed by Miami in 1974.
The Tri-Delta Sundial is one of several iconic campus locations, with MacCracken Hall across the quad behind it.
MacCracken Hall, located on Central Quad, houses four sorority chapters.
The Armstrong Student Center.
King Library on the Oxford campus is the main library in the university's library system.
Differdange Castle in Luxembourg, home to the Dolibois European Center.
The Farmer School of Business was ranked 40th in the country for undergraduate business schools by Bloomberg.
McGuffey Hall houses departments in the College of Education, Health & Society.
Roudebush Hall is the primary home of university administration.
The Armstrong Student Center houses most student-run organizations, in addition to having multiple restaurants and lounges.
The first issue of The Miami Student.
The Miami University Men's Glee Club performing at its Fall Concert in Hall Auditorium
Built in 1835, Stoddard Hall is one of the oldest remaining buildings on campus.
2004 Greek Week Puddle Pull tug of war contest.
A football game at Yager Stadium.
Miami facing off against the Wisconsin Badgers in 2013.
23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison (B.A., 1852)
American football coach and executive Paul Brown (B.Ed., 1930)
American theoretical physicist Benjamin W. Lee (B.S., 1956)
70th Governor of Ohio and former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine (B.S., 1969)
American journalist and political satirist P. J. O'Rourke (B.A., 1969)
36th Prime Minister of South Korea Chung Un-chan (M.A., 1972)
Pulitzer-prize winning American poet and essayist Rita Dove (B.A., 1973)
American author and political scientist Darrell M. West (B.A., 1976)
U.S. Senator from Washington Maria Cantwell (B.A., 1980)
American architect Greg Lynn (B.Ed., B.Phil., 1980)
American animation script writer Mark Hentemann (B.A., 1991)
Chief Business Officer of Facebook Marne Levine (B.A., 1992)
54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan (B.A., 1992)
Former professional basketball player Wally Szczerbiak (B.S., 1999)
Super Bowl XL and XLIII champion quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (2000-2004; B.S., 2012)
Super Bowl LVI champion coach Sean McVay (B.S., 2008)

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