Banner number
(plus number)
CAB
CAS
CDA
CCA
CEHS
CEC
COAD
CPSAS
Cradle of Coaches
Faculty Assembly
Force Add
FSB
FYA
FYI
University Honors
Hub
Living Learning
Communities (LLC)
Lux or MUDEC
Miami Merger
Metro
MPF, MPT, MPC
MUH
MUM
MUPIM
myMiami
Niihka
OCS
Prodesse quam
conspici
An unique identification number assigned to all students, faculty, and staff. This
number is considered confidential.
Campus Avenue Building, and administrative office building for Admission, Registrar,
Parking, Financial Aid, Scholarships, Bursar, Learning Assistance
College of Arts and Science
Chief Departmental Advisor
College of Creative Arts
College of Education, Health, and Society
College of Engineering and Computing
Council of Academic Deans
College of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences
The reputation earned by Miami for nurturing talented coaches, with more than 100
Miami graduates active in coaching or administrative work in the professional and
collegiate levels and eight national football “Coach of the Year” recipients
Governance entity comprised of Faculty all tenured and tenure-track faculty and all
librarians who hold the rank of Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, or Principal
Librarian.
The name given to the student process of using a Change of Schedule form to add a
course that is closed
Farmer School of Business
First Year Advisor, the head of hall in the university residence halls who also serves
as the academic advisor for most first-year students at Miami
First-Year Institute, a series of opening activities for incoming first-year students,
including University Convocation and the Summer Reading Program
Selective curricular program for high-ability students which includes honors seminars
and courses
The University Seal located in the center of campus where the sidewalk interlocks.
Tradition states that if a student walks across the Seal, he or she is mocking the
University’s values and will fail the next exam.
Students in every residence hall have opportunities for learning and growth beyond
the classroom. Many of the LLCs have a specific theme upon which aspects of the
community are built.
Miami’s campus in Luxembourg: the Miami University Dolibois European Center
When two Miamians are married. The merging rate at other institutions averages
3%, while at Miami, it is 17%.
Miami’s bus system that has regularly scheduled routes through campus and within a
mile square of Oxford
Miami Plan Foundation; Miami Plan Thematic Sequence, Miami Plan Capstone.
Courses that meet requirements for the university’s liberal or general education plan
Miami University – Hamilton (now a part of the unified regional campus division)
Miami University – Middletown (now a part of the unified regional campus division)
Miami University Information and Policy Manual
Web portal that provides a central access point to Miami services and information
for faculty, staff, and students
Our Collaborative Learning Environment. Uses Sakai programming, named for the
Myaamia word for “friend.”
Office of Career Services
Miami’s Latin motto which is translated as “To accomplish without being
conspicuous”
RA
Rec
Redhawk
Slant Walk
Summer Reading
Program
Sundial
Swoop
Toasted Roll
Tallawanda
UniqueID
University Senate
Uptown
VOA or VOALC
Western
Resident Assistant. RA is the undergraduate student who lives in a residence hall and
is responsible for community development, communication and programming for
the residence hall corridor
The Recreational Sports Center
Miami’s mascot
Sidewalk that connects Miami’s campus to the Oxford community
All entering students are assigned a book the summer before they arrive on campus.
A speaker addresses the book at Convocation, and discussion groups follow.
Large globe sundial in Central Quad which tells the correct time four times a year and
is propped on copper turtles. According to tradition, if a student rubs a turtle’s head
before an exam, he or she will receive an A.
Miami mascot.
A breakfast item and tradition at Miami since 1929. They were originally served at
Tuffy’s Place (corner of Tallawanda and High Street) from 1929-1973.
Valley in which the University was built
Unique identifier for a person throughout their association with the university.
Usually it is made up of the first 6 characters of the last name and the first and
middle initial.
Senate is the primary University governance body where students, faculty, staff, and
administrators debate university issues and reach conclusions on the policies and
actions to be taken by the institution.
Area of shops and restaurants around High Street which was located purposefully by
the original surveyors to be located on top of a hill
Voice of America Learning Center which offers some Miami courses and is located in
West Chester
The name of the former Western College for Women (1853-1974) which was located
on the southwest corner of campus. It became the School of Interdisciplinary
Studies in 1974. In 2007, it became an individualized studies program within the
College of Arts & Science.