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CITIZENS OF TOMORROW

Who gets to be a citizen and who gets to decide?
What are the rights of citizenship? The responsibilities?
Is citizenship universal or culturally specific? 
Most of all, what kind of citizen do you intend to be?
In this intensive summer program, high school students students
engage with key texts from the ancient world, the Enlightenment, and the modern period.
Supported by full scholarships, participants live on campus, meet daily with Miami University faculty
for discussion-based seminars, and work with student-tutors on reading and writing assignments.
Dates: July 14-26, 2024
Instructor: Steven Conn, Professor of History, and other humanities faculty
Applications open: April 1| Due:  May 1 | Selections Announced:  May 15

Citizens of Tomorrow

Citizens of Tomorrow is a summer scholarship program focused on the humanities and designed for rising seniors who attend high schools in southwest Ohio (50 mile radius of Miami's Oxford campus).

Participants will explore the meaning of citizenship through rigorous examination and discussion of classic texts. They will engage in critical thinking and writing seminars with Miami faculty, form relationships with undergraduate student mentors, and experience the power of the humanities to address the social issues that confront us today.

The program will cultivate an appreciation of the humanities as a basis for active citizenship, and will help students:  

- Read and think critically    
- Write and speak persuasively   
- Pursue their college aspirations     

Through intense exploration of writings from across the centuries, the program offers students a sense of the college experience, one-on-one mentoring by a Miami University undergraduate, and exposure to some of Miami's award-winning faculty in a supportive seminar setting.  

Thanks to a grant from the Teagle Foundation, the Humanities Center, and the College of Arts and Science, this two-week residential experience on Miami’s Oxford, Ohio campus provides full tuition and all fees to a select group of rising high school seniors. Participants must demonstrate financial need and a strong desire to prepare for college success.

Program Dates: Summer 2024

July 14-26

*Note: After the summer program concludes, participants will be expected to return to the Oxford campus select dates throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. Students will return to campus for additional academic and college admission support. Dates to be announced.

A Day in the Life - Tentative Schedule

A group of students marching for the MeToo movement.

Connections Beyond Summer

The Citizens of Tomorrow program is not your average summer camp -- and not just because of its unique summer offerings. Beyond the two-week summer immersion into college life, participants will maintain a connection with program faculty and student mentors throughout the academic year.  

Returning to Miami's Oxford campus throughout the fall, participants will benefit from ongoing academic and college preparatory support. Not only does the program offer a glimpse into college life, but it also aims to help students with their college admissions aspirations. Applicants should be prepared to return to Oxford a handful of times throughout the academic year.

COVID-19 Precautions

Student Citizens is designed as an immersive, on campus experience. The program will run only if such an in-person experience is deemed safe by university, local, and state officials. To ensure the health and safety of all, the program will follow all CDC and local health department protocols and recommendations.

Black and white photo at a protest.

Applications are open!

Required Application Materials

Student Applicants
Applications will be live at the beginning of April. Once they are, students should complete the Citizens of Tomorrow applications via the above link and ask their High School Counselor for the materials noted below.
High School Counselors
High school counselors should submit the following items for any students who apply for the Citizens of Tomorrow Summer Program:

- 200-300 Word Essay
- Letter of recommendation

These items may be uploaded electronically via the application or sent to:

Citizens of Tomorrow Summer Program
Office of Admission
Miami University
301 S. Campus Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056

Download the Citizens of Tomorrow Flyer for High School Counselors and Teachers
Group of students protesting for MeToo movemnet.Black and white photo from Freedom Summer.