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Under the leadership of George Gwin, President, Jack Hazen, Vice-President, and Joan Banninster, Secretary-Treasurer, the activities of the Society began with its first meeting of the new school year on October 10, 1952.

The Division of Student Affairs is responsible for all aspects of student learning and student life. Student Affairs educates students in community living, social intelligence and responsibility, ethical behavior, citizenship skills and social justice, leadership skills, coping with adversity, health and wellness, diversity, and adaptive skills for living.

The Division of Enrollment Management at the University of Miami includes the Office of Admission, Officed of International Admission, Office of Financial Assistance Services, Office of Student Employment, Office of Technical Operations, Office of Market Research & e-Communications, and Office of Retention ('Cane Success Center).

The Division of Development Affairs (now known as the Department of Development under the administration of the Division of University Advancement) originated in 1939 as a separate office for fund raising. The unit has grown greatly over the years, with a larger staff and budget and a wider reach.

The University began offering Evening Division courses in 1926, as described in the University Bulletin "for the benefit of young men and women employed during the day." The Divison of Continuing Education was established in 1964. They were later combined in one unit and called the Divison of Continuing and International Education.

In 1989, the Division of Communication Services, which since 1961 had been a centralized audiovisual department for schools and departments under the Provost's office, and later under the College of Arts and Sciences, became a unit of the School of Communication. In its heyday, it had produced countless educational television programs in Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences for large classes taught in the Whitten Learning Center. The title of Communication Services changed to CAMM (Center for the Advancement of Modern Media) in 1995.

In 1947, Frank J. Rimoldi, a professor of applied tropical botany who taught landscape and conservation, began the arboretum on the University of Miami campus with a teaching collection of 250 trees and 100 shrubs. In 1949, the Arboretum was named in honor and memory of Dr. John C. Gifford, the first graduate forester in the United States, an expert on tropical woods and influential professor of tropical forestry. By 1951, the Arboretum, under the guidance of Chairman of the Botany Department, Taylor Alexander, had expanded to over 500 species.

The program "Miami Winter Symposium" was held annually in January for one week.  It was organized by the University of Miami Department of Biochemistry and the Papanicolaou Cancer Research Institute.  William J. Whelan was Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry.

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is a basic science, research-oriented unit within the University of Miami School of Medicine. The department consists of 42 faculty members, approximately 45 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, and a technical staff of 45. Departmental research efforts are supported by a number of core units including flow cytometry, transgenic/knockout, sequencing, imaging, and stem cell/hematopoiesis facilities. In addition to studying basic microbiological and immunological questions, the department also directs the Gene Transfer Immunotherapy Program together with physicians from the Division of Hematology and Oncology and maintains close ties with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Diabetes Research Institute through collaborative projects. Members of the department share a common belief that complex biological and medical questions are best solved by integrating investigators with differing expertise and perspectives.

The Industrial Education Department is now part of the the College of Engineering.  The College grew out of an engineering science major in the College of Arts and Sciences from 1942 to 1947, when the Board of Trustees established the School of Enginering with Professor John H. Clouse as Dean.  It opened with the electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering departments, followed by civil in 1948 and architectural in 1950.  The school was housed in the old Anastasia Building in the first 12 years, then moved to the McArthur Bilding on Main Campus in 1959.