Meet Miami U

With a pop culture icon’s album dropping today, I was inspired to write these lyrics. These poetic lines are about Life of a Miami Student. Whether you’re a student or someone who graduated from Miami years ago, I hope these words resonate with you, too. Love and Honor.

(PS: I also made a playlist for you with some of my favorites.)

Debut

Your first steps on campus may seem overwhelming, 

The beautiful brick and wide open streets

But you can’t help yourself from dwelling

On all the beautiful firsts you’ll have, nothing competes

Your first friend, smiling from across the hall

Waiting for you for your first dinner away from home

With your new friends and your new place to roam 

You may get homesick, but you know your loved ones will always call 

Your first football game, cheering on your team

Maybe you know what’s going on, but maybe you just like the game-day traditions

Being in the student section makes you feel a wonderful connection

To your first moment of feeling that all your college dreams are at an intersection 

Welcome home, you’ll love it here

We can’t wait to see all the beautiful things you’ll create

As a newly inducted RedHawk, you’ll always be near

To a community that supports and celebrates

Red Era

It’s a new year, a new you!

This will be the year that everything comes together, 

The year when you will find your passions forever

This time around you know what to expect 

And you can’t wait to get back on campus to connect

With old and new friends, planning your year to be fantastical

It’s miserable and magical

You know all too well what the college scene is like

And you still have to do a little bit of a hike

From your residence hall to your classes, but do not fret

Because this year will allow you to become your best yet

You have new experiences, including your summer internship

New clubs, classes, and friends to interact with 

A season is coming for you to dwell 

That all’s well that ends well, with new stories to tell 

Reputation Era

You have officially become an upper-level student, 

But there is still so much to happen

In your college journey here at Miami

With your amazing college family 

The old you was nervous for the year

But the new you never shelters from the fear

Because you have a strong voice

And realize that not everything that breaks is broken, 

And all your future plans have awoken 

This year is sure to be busy

With classes, clubs, and internships, it could almost make you dizzy

But this is your year, 

Your time to shine and make your priorities clear

You are in a beautiful place after rebuilding and giving yourself some grace

You are coming back as a renewed scholar, friend, and peer

So let’s just make something clear

You have just one more year, so make more memories you will hold dear

Folklore Era

It’s your last year, 

Your last steps on the brick streets and hallowed halls 

Your last football game, cheering on your team 

Your last hangout with your friends, soaking up final nights out

All your memories slip into a daydream 

August slipped away into a moment in time, 

September leaves fall, surrounding your steps, purely divine 

October moves through last Halloween costumes with your friends

November calls you home for Thanksgiving, once again

December you go home, knowing this will be your last Christmas break

But, January comes and you just cannot wait

February brings one last fresh start to your final semester

March marches on for one last St. Patty’s Day agreement

April blooms show us that life will continue to be better 

May has come, the curtains have been drawn. It’s time to say see you later

But do not worry, for once you graduate, you’ll realize there was nothing greater

Than your time with your Miami family, cheering you on for one last achievement

You may always ponder 

When you will last scream “Love and Honor”

But Miami will always be near

So no need to shed a tear