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Miami lands its biggest gift ever: $100M for Farmer School

Plus, a $5 billion data center fight and $450 million in Cincinnati Children's bonds.

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Miami University's business school gets a record $100 million gift from the Farmer family

The Farmer gift starts with $55 million and completes Miami's $1 billion goal

$100 million
from the Farmer Family Foundation over a decade
$55 million
in the first three years
$25 million
matching gift for other donors
$1 billion
campaign goal Miami has now reached

Sources: The Miami Student, WKRC, The Enquirer

If you're a Miami alum or just live nearby, here's the headline: the will receive $100 million, the largest donation in the university's 217-year history. President Gregory Crawford announced it Thursday, Nov. 5, in his 11th State of the University address.

The will give the money over the next decade, and WKRC reports it begins with $55 million over three years. Crawford said Miami will keep raising money until June 30, 2027.

  • Priorities: quantitative excellence, technology, experiential learning, career readiness
  • Farmer family: Dick graduated in 1956, Joyce in 1957
  • Also announced: Last Mile Scholarship for tuition left after aid

The Farmers' ties to Miami stretch from 1956 to this gift

  1. 1956Dick Farmer graduates from Miami with a business degree.
  2. 1968Dick Farmer founds what would later become Cintas.
  3. 2005The Farmers fund construction of the Farmer School's building.
  4. Nov. 5Crawford announces the $100 million gift.

Source: The Enquirer

Scott Farmer, the son of Dick and Joyce and executive chairman of Cintas, said in the release, “Our parents were shaped by their time at Miami.” The Farmer School dean, Jenny Darroch, said the money lets the school move "at the pace of business."

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Data center

St. Clair Township could ban data centers in its zoning, and a "yes" vote would further hinder a proposed $5 billion Amazon data center. The Enquirer looks at how one man is fighting the project. Cincinnati Enquirer

Hospital bonds

Cincinnati Children's issued two bonds on Oct. 28 through the : $297.6 million fixed-rate and $150 million variable-rate. Around $50 million of the proceeds will pay down prior debt. WKRC

Cincinnati Children's issued $297.6 million in fixed-rate bonds and $150 million variable

Source: WKRC

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Miami lands its biggest gift ever: $100M for Farmer School

Plus, a $5 billion data center fight and $450 million in Cincinnati Children's bonds.

The TLDR

  1. Miami's Farmer School of Business gets a record $100 million gift
  2. A township vote could hinder a $5 billion Amazon data center
  3. Cincinnati Children's issued about $450 million in bonds
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