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service rooms. In the cornerstone on this building was placed a box which contained information about Dr. Upham’s life and death. Some of the materials included in this box were a student directory, newspapers, a 1946 campus yearbook which was dedicated to Dr. Upham, and a photograph of the current president of Miami.
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Perhaps the most famous part of Upham Hall is the Upham Hall Arch, located in the center of the building. Engraved over the arch, which was added to the building in 1948, are the words of John 8:32: “Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." The arch was a midpoint between the two
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Upham Hall is the home to many different departments at Miami
University. They include anthropology, the Center for Environmental Education, comparative religion, the Scripps Gerontology Center, history, humanities center, Jewish studies, pre-law programs, sociology and gerontology, and statistics.
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Construction on Upham Hall began on
February 16, 1946, with the laying of the cornerstone in honor of Dr. Alfred H. Upham. At the time, Upham Hall was to be the biggest building on campus. The first part constructed consisted of eighteen classrooms, two seminar rooms, 29 faculty offices, and other
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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.” 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
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card every year they are married, a tradition that started in 1973. Miami has an unusually large number of students who marry each other, approximately 14%, compared to 3–4% for other colleges and universities.
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from 1920 to 1928, when he then became the president of Miami
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for the most people renewing their wedding vows at once. This number almost doubled the previous record. All 26,472 mergers were invited to the event.
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parts of campus. To the west of the arch was the campus that already existed, and to the east was the part of Miami’s campus not yet built.
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in 1908. He married Mary
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and ecological issues. Open to the public, the Museum offers interactive spaces for younger children.
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On June 20, 2009, Miami broke a world record due to their long legend of Miami
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marriage between two Miami graduates. As a way to recognize these mergers, Miami sends them a
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Center
Section – C.F. Cellarius, North Wing and Southeast Wing – Cellarius & Hilmer
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A sketch of the center section of Upham Hall from the Miami
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Upham Hall at Miami
University from Bishop Circle in 2022
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Costing $ 3,460,400 with an area of 160,792 square feet
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University
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357:Wright, Gilson (February 8, 1946). "Upham".
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589:. Miami University. February 5, 2009
69:100 Bishop Woods, Oxford, Ohio 45056
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608:Staff Report (February 4, 2010).
374:The Buildings of Miami University
309:"Miami University – Inside Scoop"
771:Voice of America Learning Center
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438:Old Miami, the Yale of the West
146:is an academic building on the
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441:. The Republical Publishing Co
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388:"Miami University Presidents"
698:College of Arts and Science
507:"Farmer School of Business"
414:"Test Your Miami Knowledge"
116:dedicated February 17, 1946
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1133:Oxford Female Institute
1097:Miami University people
1087:William Holmes McGuffey
1076:Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
882:Sesquicentennial Chapel
311:. College Prowler. 2010
129:Design and construction
118:Completed Center – 1949
102:39.5086750; -84.7331722
1082:Robert Hamilton Bishop
971:Mother of Fraternities
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726:Centers, institutions
614:Hamilton Journal News
258:Guinness World Record
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122:Southeast Wing – 1965
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1021:Synchronized Skating
372:Glos, R. E. (1967).
359:Plain Dealer Special
194:the Great Depression
394:. December 15, 2005
190:University of Idaho
186:Columbia University
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58:Architectural style
45:General information
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1006:Women's basketball
331:"Miami University"
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1026:Cradle of Coaches
934:The Miami Student
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766:Hamilton
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