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Miami Voices | Miami University
Miami Voices
Our students and recent graduates have amazing stories to tell about their Miami experiences.
Amitoj Kaur '23
When you go to Miami … Love and Honor is woven into every part of campus. It really is just a community environment, and that doesn’t stop when you graduate – which has just been ...
Political Science
• Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Jack Fazio '25
Since I joined Miami’s board of trustees as a student member, since joining the institutional mental health task force … I’ve been so shocked at how valued the student voice is an...
Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education
• Microbiology
Micah Ballard '24
For my research, I focused on what it takes to develop a game from the ground up, especially as an individual … All these experiences I've had at Miami will be very helpful for me in lan...
Music
• Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Lake Ernst '24
The Undergraduate Research Forum is a great opportunity to showcase and highlight all the amazing research that is done by the undergraduate students at Miami. It's a place where professors, s...
Biology
• Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education
Jeysla Rosario Santos '24
The connections that I have made here at Miami University allowed me to get an internship at the Cincinnati Opera this past summer, and I was able to work with the individuals there to learn more a...
Art
• Music
Katie Gabe '24
Uptown is the heart of Oxford. There's a ton of things to do and places to eat. I like how everything is super-walkable, and it feels really like a college town. Everything is fun here. Oxford...
Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
• Biology
Nick Wallace '24
Coming to Miami was the best decision I could have possibly made for myself and my future. I came into college not really sure of what I wanted to do, but going through classes and going through Mi...
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Lorena Ianiro '24
I think Miami has prepared me by giving me the space and the opportunities to pursue what's meaningful to me, and to learn through things and grow through things. I owe a lot of my growth to t...
Art
Jojo Peregrina '25
Miami has helped me a lot to build my professionalism and professional career by allowing me to speak with experienced designers as well as create classes that are catered towards my needs.
Art
Kylee Halter '24
Communication design has opened my eyes to seeing how big of a role design plays into everyday things … It's definitely my happy space, seeing the practical application and being able to...
Emerging Technology in Business and Design
• Art
Zachary Abrahms '24
Miami has the resources of a very large institution … If I went to an Ivy League school, a lot of my work would be reserved for a graduate student. Miami's access to different resources ...
Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education
• Biology
Peren Tiemann '24
The thing that I'm most proud of would be I started our national Students Demand Action Queer Students affinity group. For me, that was really important to emphasize the intersections of LGBTQ...
Political Science
Levi Grimm ’25
I knew I wanted to have a business of my own someday. So I thought this is the perfect opportunity … It's been incredibly helpful to do it at Miami that has such a real-world focus and h...
Entrepreneurship
• Information Systems and Analytics
Evelyn Morrison '25
I want to ensure that other people also have opportunities that I didn't have, and I think that should be the goal of any public servant — just making sure that each generation that come...
Political Science
Anastasija Mladenovska ’26
I’m really interested in creating new knowledge and sharing it out there with the community. I get to wake up every day thinking I'm doing something good, and that is so special as a sec...
GRAMELAC
• Political Science
Ava Shaffer '24
Literary London is a six-week summer program where you spend in London, in Stratford-upon-Avon, and other literary places around there, and it's a really hands-on experience.
Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry
• English
Chanakya Pandya '25
My professors have been very exceptional, and their support to me as well. I think the people that I've met, especially in this department, have all played their part in pushing me to get to w...
Physics
• Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Mathematics
Cece Meinking '25
I feel like Miami has done a really good job at allowing me to explore my music interests and my chemistry interests … I can take classes I genuinely enjoy and value, and where I still have t...
Music
• Chemistry and Biochemistry
Audrey Allen '25
What motivates me to work in this research field is the overarching goal of sustainability and environmental science. As climate change becomes a more pressing matter … it feels like a step i...
Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
• Geology
D.J. Henry '24
From my professors to the friends that I've met since freshman year, they have helped me to keep pushing forward and continue to grow. Miami will always have a special place in my heart for th...
Marketing
Lauren Tolliver '25
I met so many people with common interests through my classes and my organizations. Whenever I'm walking around campus, there's always someone to say hi to. So I feel really welcomed like...
Media, Journalism, and Film
• Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry
Nyah Smith '24
What I've been able to learn here is that there are so many different ways that I can apply what I'm learning in the classroom into my everyday life. I've been able to grow as a lead...
Family Science and Social Work
• Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health
Bradley Gartner '25
Without Miami, I would have never been able to start the opportunity from scratch. Most institutions would have made it a lot more difficult for me to start thinking of something from the ground up.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jules Jefferson '24
Research really pushes your brain in making sure that you're answering questions that no one knows yet. With those new hypotheses and new experiments, you're going into the challenging pa...
Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health
Tammy Sanow '24
I have a major in Theatre and a major in English Literature, and Miami has given me the opportunity to put them together and study them both. A lot of the places I looked at, I couldn't do that.
English
• Theatre
Brady Hershberger '24
Before Miami, I never knew how important it was to build a network, but Miami showed me how to. I made some of the deepest connections here in Miami … people that I know are there for me and ...
Justice and Community Studies
Jonathan Erwin '24
When I first met all those new people who had already been here for one or two years, and I was touring the basement of the arts building, they totally dropped everything they were doing to say hi ...
Art
• Theatre
Marissa McClurg '25
It's really important to build a great relationship with your professors because they can truly help you understand any questions or issues pertaining to particular projects or even your major...
Management
Shayna Pekay '24
Miami was a perfect choice for me because it wasn't too small. It wasn't too big. I knew that I wanted a school that had a campus feel, and I knew the minute I stepped on campus that Miam...
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Abbey Stoltzfus '24
Double majoring was important to me because I felt that the four years here are so experience-worthy, and I didn't want to waste any time, so I took every opportunity that came my way.
Political Science
• Sociology and Gerontology
Eric Kronz '24
I learned a lot from my internship — and it wasn't just technical experience. It's also the soft skills and little things that make a bigger difference in the world to communicate t...
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
• Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
Abby Rineer '25
Going to school in a college town is a very unique experience, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. You really have the opportunity to make that town your own, whether it's the people y...
Media, Journalism, and Film
Miami Voices
Our students and recent graduates have amazing stories to tell about their Miami experiences.
Amitoj Kaur '23
When you go to Miami … Love and Honor is woven into every part of campus. It really is just a community environment, and that doesn’t stop when you graduate – which has just been ...
Political Science
• Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Jack Fazio '25
Since I joined Miami’s board of trustees as a student member, since joining the institutional mental health task force … I’ve been so shocked at how valued the student voice is an...
Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education
• Microbiology
Micah Ballard '24
For my research, I focused on what it takes to develop a game from the ground up, especially as an individual … All these experiences I've had at Miami will be very helpful for me in lan...
Music
• Emerging Technology in Business and Design
Lake Ernst '24
The Undergraduate Research Forum is a great opportunity to showcase and highlight all the amazing research that is done by the undergraduate students at Miami. It's a place where professors, s...
Biology
• Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education
Jeysla Rosario Santos '24
The connections that I have made here at Miami University allowed me to get an internship at the Cincinnati Opera this past summer, and I was able to work with the individuals there to learn more a...
Art
• Music
Katie Gabe '24
Uptown is the heart of Oxford. There's a ton of things to do and places to eat. I like how everything is super-walkable, and it feels really like a college town. Everything is fun here. Oxford...
Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
• Biology
Nick Wallace '24
Coming to Miami was the best decision I could have possibly made for myself and my future. I came into college not really sure of what I wanted to do, but going through classes and going through Mi...
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Lorena Ianiro '24
I think Miami has prepared me by giving me the space and the opportunities to pursue what's meaningful to me, and to learn through things and grow through things. I owe a lot of my growth to t...
Art
Jojo Peregrina '25
Miami has helped me a lot to build my professionalism and professional career by allowing me to speak with experienced designers as well as create classes that are catered towards my needs.
Art
Kylee Halter '24
Communication design has opened my eyes to seeing how big of a role design plays into everyday things … It's definitely my happy space, seeing the practical application and being able to...
Emerging Technology in Business and Design
• Art
Zachary Abrahms '24
Miami has the resources of a very large institution … If I went to an Ivy League school, a lot of my work would be reserved for a graduate student. Miami's access to different resources ...
Mallory Wilson Center for Healthcare Education
• Biology
Peren Tiemann '24
The thing that I'm most proud of would be I started our national Students Demand Action Queer Students affinity group. For me, that was really important to emphasize the intersections of LGBTQ...
Political Science
Levi Grimm ’25
I knew I wanted to have a business of my own someday. So I thought this is the perfect opportunity … It's been incredibly helpful to do it at Miami that has such a real-world focus and h...
Entrepreneurship
• Information Systems and Analytics
Evelyn Morrison '25
I want to ensure that other people also have opportunities that I didn't have, and I think that should be the goal of any public servant — just making sure that each generation that come...
Political Science
Anastasija Mladenovska ’26
I’m really interested in creating new knowledge and sharing it out there with the community. I get to wake up every day thinking I'm doing something good, and that is so special as a sec...
GRAMELAC
• Political Science
Ava Shaffer '24
Literary London is a six-week summer program where you spend in London, in Stratford-upon-Avon, and other literary places around there, and it's a really hands-on experience.
Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry
• English
Chanakya Pandya '25
My professors have been very exceptional, and their support to me as well. I think the people that I've met, especially in this department, have all played their part in pushing me to get to w...
Physics
• Computer Science and Software Engineering
• Mathematics
Cece Meinking '25
I feel like Miami has done a really good job at allowing me to explore my music interests and my chemistry interests … I can take classes I genuinely enjoy and value, and where I still have t...
Music
• Chemistry and Biochemistry
Audrey Allen '25
What motivates me to work in this research field is the overarching goal of sustainability and environmental science. As climate change becomes a more pressing matter … it feels like a step i...
Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
• Geology
D.J. Henry '24
From my professors to the friends that I've met since freshman year, they have helped me to keep pushing forward and continue to grow. Miami will always have a special place in my heart for th...
Marketing
Lauren Tolliver '25
I met so many people with common interests through my classes and my organizations. Whenever I'm walking around campus, there's always someone to say hi to. So I feel really welcomed like...
Media, Journalism, and Film
• Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry
Nyah Smith '24
What I've been able to learn here is that there are so many different ways that I can apply what I'm learning in the classroom into my everyday life. I've been able to grow as a lead...
Family Science and Social Work
• Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health
Bradley Gartner '25
Without Miami, I would have never been able to start the opportunity from scratch. Most institutions would have made it a lot more difficult for me to start thinking of something from the ground up.
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jules Jefferson '24
Research really pushes your brain in making sure that you're answering questions that no one knows yet. With those new hypotheses and new experiments, you're going into the challenging pa...
Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health
Tammy Sanow '24
I have a major in Theatre and a major in English Literature, and Miami has given me the opportunity to put them together and study them both. A lot of the places I looked at, I couldn't do that.
English
• Theatre
Brady Hershberger '24
Before Miami, I never knew how important it was to build a network, but Miami showed me how to. I made some of the deepest connections here in Miami … people that I know are there for me and ...
Justice and Community Studies
Jonathan Erwin '24
When I first met all those new people who had already been here for one or two years, and I was touring the basement of the arts building, they totally dropped everything they were doing to say hi ...
Art
• Theatre
Marissa McClurg '25
It's really important to build a great relationship with your professors because they can truly help you understand any questions or issues pertaining to particular projects or even your major...
Management
Shayna Pekay '24
Miami was a perfect choice for me because it wasn't too small. It wasn't too big. I knew that I wanted a school that had a campus feel, and I knew the minute I stepped on campus that Miam...
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Abbey Stoltzfus '24
Double majoring was important to me because I felt that the four years here are so experience-worthy, and I didn't want to waste any time, so I took every opportunity that came my way.
Political Science
• Sociology and Gerontology
Eric Kronz '24
I learned a lot from my internship — and it wasn't just technical experience. It's also the soft skills and little things that make a bigger difference in the world to communicate t...
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
• Institute for the Environment and Sustainability
Abby Rineer '25
Going to school in a college town is a very unique experience, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. You really have the opportunity to make that town your own, whether it's the people y...
Media, Journalism, and Film