Miami Minutes

For a quick inside look at the Miami Experience, check out these 1-2 minute videos. To learn more about Miami University, please visit their website at: www.miami.muohio.edu

Faculty Spotlight: Tammy Kernodle

Watch excerpts from Down in Mississippi, a play commissioned by Miami University to commemorate the 45th anniversary of 1964's "Freedom Summer." Music director and professor Tammy Kernodle reveals how Miami students and members of the Oxford, Ohio, community forged a new-found connection through music. (2:14)

To learn more about Freedom Summer, where college students trained in Oxford before traveling to the deep South to register African American voters, and the vital role that Western College played during that time, here's one place to start: Freedom Summer.

Study Abroad: Dominica

Jessica Reading shares insights she gained from a geography department sustainability course on the island of Dominica. (1:01)

Visiting Professor: Tracy Chung

Visiting professor Hsing-lin Tracy Chung's adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" has been performed on stages worldwide. Theatre student Jake Carr brings us backstage at Miami's Center for the Performing Arts for an actor's take on Chung's "hands-on" directing style. (1:32)

Bird's Eye Miami

Reach out and touch the top of Bell Tower and sail over a quad as you enjoy a bird's eye view of a few highlights of the Miami University campus. (2:07)

Miami Middletown Downtown

Open mic nights, book clubs, seminars, and classes are only a few of the offerings hosted by Miami Middletown Downtown. As Director of the Campus Community Connection at Miami University's Middletown campus, associate professor of English Eric Melbye was instrumental in founding the cultural and educational venue. (2:10)