Housing and Locale

Oxford is a great place to be in the summer. One may wish to visit You’re Fired, a paint your-own pottery studio, enjoy a movie or play, visit the state-of-the-art university recreational center, or enjoy a fine meal. On Thursday evenings there is an outdoor summer music festival that brings to the Uptown Park a variety of musical performances from jazz to zydeco. On these summer evenings the park is filled with folks of all ages, including children who love to dance under the pavilion. Oxford has eleven parks, a heated outdoor municipal swimming pool, tennis courts, basketball courts, lighted playing fields, and the TRI recreation building housing classes for children and adults, a game area and exercise facilities (http://www.cityofoxford.org/Page.asp?NavID=585). During the summer Oxford’s charm as a small, secluded university town with great educational and recreational activities provides great advantages for people of all ages. The Oxford campus of Miami University provides a safe and beautiful background for a summer Institute. Miami has attractive, air-conditioned, fully networked residence halls available at reasonable rates - $107/week. Towels, sheets, pillows, and blankets are included in the price. I have arranged for all participants to be housed together in the beautifully located Havighurst Hall, less than a five-minute walk to the Institute. While on campus, you can purchase meals at the university’s Shriver Center or dining halls or in the many restaurants uptown, a short walk from campus. Meal plans for university dining also are available from the Office of Student Housing and Meal Plan Services, 513-529-5000. (Participants can pay cash at dining locations or go to the housing office at Shriver and purchase a meal plan: 21 meals per week = $120; 15 meals per week = $95; 10 meals per week = $70 and 7 meals per week = $50). For further details see, www.muohio.edu/conferences/. As with all residence halls on the Miami campus, there is ample free parking, easy access to restaurants, post office, banking, a bookstore, and a state-of-the-art recreational sports facility with a 50-meter lap pool. See the web site http://www.units.muohio.edu/rsp/RSCWeb/RSC/. Special Features of the recreational sports facility include:
	Olympic-size pool
	Water fitness programs
	Indoor running/walking track
	Comprehensive fitness center
	Aerobic classes
	40 foot indoor climbing wall
	Personal fitness trainers
	Outdoor team challenge ROPES course
Miami's campus also features outdoor basketball and tennis courts, 13 miles of nature trails, a par course, and softball and soccer fields. Summer music and art festivals abound. Thus the campus provides opportunities for recreation, quiet walks, and jogging. A new 18 hole golf course, Indian Ridge Golf Club, is in close proximity and Hueston Woods State Park, located approximately six miles north of Oxford, has a lake, boating, camping, hiking, and picnicking facilities, and an 18 hole golf course. (http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/parks/huestonw.htm). The Greater Cincinnati area is rich in cultural offerings, with an outstanding orchestra, theaters, museums, and a great variety of restaurants. Miami University is located thirty miles from the northern edge of Cincinnati and the downtown area is reached in fifty minutes.