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The Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) building is the largest building of the Miami University College of Creative Arts. It houses the Miami University Theater, theater department, and music department. Originally these programs were distributed between Fisher Hall and Hall Auditorium, and were moved to CPA after its construction in 1969. [1]
8] Students in Collins Hall have the option of living in a single, double or triple room. Each room is equipped with a bed, dresser, desk, and closet and each student has access to a communal bathroom. The residence hall contains a living room, two pianos, a pool table, a TV room, a study lounge, a kitchen, and multiple vending machines.
Miami University's freshman retention rate is 89.2%, with 83% going on to graduate within six years. [61] Miami University is a college-sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program and sponsored 21 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 28 freshman students were National Merit Scholars. [62]
According to the Miami legend, “if you kiss your true love under the Upham Hall Arch, you will marry and the bond will never be broken.” [12] This may be the most famous of the Miami University legends. Related to the Upham Arch superstition is the term “Miami Mergers.” This term is used to describe a marriage between two Miami graduates.
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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]
By 1911, Miami's income had grown to approximately a quarter of a million dollars, and seven modern buildings had been erected in response to a constantly growing University constituency. President Benton was also largely responsible for the defeat of the Lybarger Bill, one of the greatest threats ever posed to Miami's existence as a university.