Armstrong Student Center Donor Stories

9/13/2017
Wayne ’67 and Susan Warden ’67 continue connection to Miami with Miami Merger Room in Armstrong Student Center East Wing

2/8/2014
Additional support  announced at Armstrong Student Center dedication

2/1/2013
When Bob and Dorothy “Do” Haines attended Miami University in the midst of the Great Depression, there was no student center where they could stop for a quick bite or to meet up with friends.

2/14/2012
When Mike Champa ’05 and Katie Freking Champa ’05 stood at the front of their wedding reception in October 2010, they wanted to make sure their guests understood why they had made the trek to Oxford, Ohio.

7/26/2011
A $350,000 pledge from Sue Henry '73 and Carter Phillips has named the student activities suite within Miami University's new Armstrong Student Center.

4/6/2011
At the direction of Debra Cafaro and Terry Livingston of Winnetka, Ill., a $150,000 gift has been directed from the Cafaro Livingston Trust to name The Pavilion Lounge within Miami University's Armstrong Student Center.

3/25/2011
Roy and Barbara Ostberg, both 1962 Miami graduates, have chosen to honor their Miami connection with gifts naming two meeting rooms and a quiet study room within the Armstrong Student Center.

12/15/2010
For David “Gates” Smith ’65, there is not a day of his 43-year marriage to Kathryn Walter Smith ’66 that he would give back.

12/8/2010
Just as the Armstrong Student Center is poised to become the heart of student life on Miami University’s campus, the Center for Student Engagement and Leadership (SEAL) is the heart of the ASC itself.

9/23/2010
Looking back, Bob Pulley ’52 still cannot help but feel a little awkward when he recounts the story of how he came to meet and eventually ask out his bride of now 58 years.

8/31/2010
Though a number of major gifts have added recent momentum to the campaign supporting the Armstrong Student Center, Miami University is especially grateful to a pair of prominent Miami families who provided the first major gifts supporting a new student center on Miami’s campus.

6/30/2010
A $15 million commitment from 1961 Miami graduates Mike and Anne Armstrong has provided the primary leadership gift for the university’s Armstrong Student Center.

6/29/2010
A gift from the Shade Family Foundation has named the Shade Family Room within the forthcoming Student Center.