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Juniper Springs Recreation Area—which encompasses the spring, Juniper Creek, and adjoining camping and trails—is a popular recreation spot for swimming, canoeing, kayaking, camping, and hiking. [5] Swimming is particularly popular as the water is 72 degrees, 365 days a year. [6] The Juniper Springs canoe run is a nationally recognized ...
Before King Library was built, Alumni Library was used as the main university library. When King Library was completed in 1972, Alumni Library was changed to Alumni Hall. When the library opened in 1966, sixty volunteer fraternity men transferred 40,000 volumes, pushing book trucks up and down ramps across the quad from the old Alumni library. [6]
There had been no library at the college, which was founded in 1853, up until this time. The nearest library to the campus was Miami University’s library that sat adjacent to the college. In 1967 plans were drawn up to complete the construction of the library and the Western Board of Trustees established an Executive Committee to solicit ...
The statue was given to the university in 1920 by Samuel Spahr Laws, Miami class of 1848. Alumni Hall is also attributed as the inspiration behind Marian Boyd Havighurst's 1934 mystery novel, Murder in the Stacks and sequences from the film Little Man Tate , directed and starring Jodie Foster , were filmed within the rotunda for Alumni Hall.
McGuffey Hall is an academic building at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. McGuffey Hall is home to Miami University's College of Education, Health and Society. The hall was named after William Holmes McGuffey, father of the McGuffey Readers textbook series. McGuffey Hall housed the School of Education (known as the "Ohio State Normal College ...
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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.
The Lottie Moon House is part of the historic neighborhood that surrounds Miami University. The house was built as a residence, but after Lottie Moon became famous for being a Confederate spy during the American Civil War, the house was deemed of historic importance, and it was donated to Miami University to be a part of their campus.