Alumni College puts you back in the classroom. This is your opportunity to engage some of Miami’s most distinguished faculty on a variety of timely subjects. Whether your interests are in health, science, history, the media, or something else entirely, Alumni College’s Classes Without Quizzes have something for everyone. Alumni College also provides you with behind-the-scenes tours and interactive learning experiences through its Backstage Passes and Tours, which allow you to visit some of Miami’s newest facilities, enjoy a guided tour of the Equestrian Center, or even learn how to prepare a legendary Tuffy’s Toasted Roll.

The 50-year reunion class traditionally sponsors the Friday morning Opening Lecture. Dr. Curtis W. Ellison, editor of the "Miami University 1809-2009 Bicentennial Perspectives" book, will be the featured speaker. Although it is sponsored by the Golden Anniversary Class, the Opening Lecture is open to all.

Children ages 6-14 will also have the opportunity to attend Kids in College on Saturday. They’ll learn in an exciting college setting from engaging professors while their parents participate in an Alumni College session.

Backstage Passes & Tours
Experience Miami "behind the scenes" through different Backstage Passes & Tours. Whether you want to sneak a peak at the new Goggin Ice Center, or learn first-hand how to make a Tuffy's Toasted Roll, participate in one of these offerings for a hands-on experience. Some recent Backstage Passes & Tours have included:

• “From Dough to Delicious: Making Your Very Own Toasted Roll”
• “Rolling with Sushi: A MU Student Favorite”
• McGuffey Museum Tour
• Sticks and Pucks, and a Whole Lot More...The Goggin Ice Center Tour
• “Not Your Father’s Library: Discovering the World of Today’s University Library”
• Equestrian Center Tour
  
  

Kids in College
Kids in College offered in 2009 include:

• "Having Fun and Learning Something New with Miami Engineering"
• "Project Sasquatch: Exploring Mysterious Foot Prints, Monsters, and Myths with Mathematics"

Classes without Quizzes
Classes without Quizzes offered in 2009 include:

• “Financial Outlook in Uncertain Times”
• “Epidemiology: The Bedrock of Health Studies”
• “Will you Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I’m 84?”
• “The Social Life of Coffee, Past and Present”
• “Fletcher Knebel: Miami’s Political Thriller”
• “When What Goes Up…Better Come Down”
• “You Never Asked Me”
• “Queer Film: Choosing from an Embarrassment of Riches”
• “The U.S. Economy: Where Have we been and Where are we Going?”
• “America’s Racial Angst, Narratives and Possibilities: From Olaudah Equaino to Barrack Obama”
• “Mother of Fraternities: A Look at More than 175 Years of Fraternities and Sororities at Miami”
• “The Building of the Great Pyramids of Giza: Myth and Reality”
• “Queer Theory Turns Twenty: Tracing the Development of Two Decades of Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans/Intersex/and Queer Scholarship”
• “NASA and the Future of the U.S. Space Program”
• “Can You Be Fit, Fat, and Happy?”
• “Why Facebook and Twitter Matter to the ‘Over 30’ Crowd—an Introduction to Social Media”
• “Fatal Distraction? Cell Phone use While Driving”
• “Emerging Topics in Microbiology: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”