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Along Life’s Way
Miami Merger
By Lois E. Wilson
Nearly every February 14th, my husband and I receive a Valentine card
from Miami University’s Alumni Association. The cards are always
clever, colorful, and promote the university well.
For example, the design of one card was a red sheet of paper with a
heart shape cut out of the middle of it. Then they had cut the outside
sheet in half horizontally through where the heart was, and did a few
strategic cuts to make the letters “M” and “U” for Miami University.
The card reads, “When two hearts beat as one and both attended Miami,
it’s a Miami Merger.”
The cards always congratulate us for being a “Miami Merger.” My husband
received a MBA degree from M.U. in the 60’s; I later completed two
degrees there in the late 60’s. We guessed that led someone to jump to
the conclusion that we met and fell in love on the Oxford campus.
We questioned, isn’t the term “merger” more appropriate to the world of
business than romance? Is Miami promoting itself as an alternative to
eHarmony and Match sites? Is its promotion a suggestion that you will
find “the one” or your “soul mate” at Miami?
In our case, we both did attend Miami. But our years there were at
different times and after we had been married to each other for ten
plus years. We had two sons who watched us study as we crossed off each
course toward our degrees and eventually graduated.
Our choice to attend Miami was a combination of the majors it offered
and the convenience in commuting to it from Eaton, Ohio.
I do look forward to seeing how each year’s card is designed to contain
the Miami Merger theme. One of the more recent cards was printed on the
magnetic sheet so often used for advertising these days. It now holds
photos on the refrigerator.
That Miami Merger card has drawn in family pictures and held them
tightly so that they don’t slip or fall. It has attracted like a magnet
should; but it didn’t attract our sons or grandchildren to enroll at
Miami.
There are the great grandchildren. College is a good place to check out
prospective spouses, and students have the common interest of aspiring
to further their education. Maybe someday there will be a true Miami
Merger in our family. But so far, all we’ve had is the refrigerator’s
“Miami Mingle.”
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