Miami University

Miami University

Latin: Universitas Miamiensis
Motto	Prodesse Quam Conspici
Motto in English	To Accomplish Rather Than to Be Conspicuous
Type	Public
Established	1809
Endowment	$460 million (2015)
President	Gregory Crawford
Provost	Phyllis Callahan
Administrative staff	1,400 system-wide
Students	24,505 system-wide
Undergraduates	22,119 system-wide; 16,981 Oxford
Postgraduates	2,386 system-wide
Location	Oxford, Ohio (main campus)
Campus	Rural, 2,138 acres (8 km2)
Newspaper	The Miami Student
Colors	Red and White
Athletics	18 NCAA Division I FBS Mid-American Conference National Collegiate Hockey Conference
Nickname	RedHawks
Mascot	Swoop the RedHawk
Affiliations	University System of Ohio
Website	www.miamioh.edu

Coordinates: 39°30′43″N 84°44′05″W / 39.511905°N 84.734674°W / 39.511905; -84.734674

Miami University (also referred to as Miami U, Miami of Ohio, Miami University, Ohio, or simply Miami) is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, although classes were not held until 1824, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio. In its 2017 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the university 79th among national universities, the 30th top public school, and 2nd (1st among public institutions) for best undergraduate teaching at national universities.

Miami's athletic teams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are collectively known as the Miami RedHawks. They compete in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) in all varsity sports except ice hockey, which competes in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

The foundations for Miami University were first laid by signed by President George Washington, stating that an academy should be located Northwest of the Ohio River in the Miami Valley. The land was located within the Symmes Purchase; Judge John Cleves Symmes, the owner of the land, purchased the land from the government with the stipulation that he lay aside land for an academy. Congress granted one township to be located in the District of Cincinnati to the Ohio General Assembly for the purposes of building a college, two days after Ohio was granted statehood in 1803; if no suitable location could be provided in the Symmes Purchase, Congress pledged to give federal lands to the legislature after a five-year period. The Ohio Legislature appointed three surveyors in August of the same year to search for a suitable township, and they selected a township off of Four Mile Creek. The Legislature passed "An Act to Establish the Miami University" on February 2, 1809, and a board of trustees was created by the state; this is cited as the founding of Miami University. The township originally granted to the university was known as the "College Township," and was renamed Oxford, Ohio, in 1810.