Millikin biology majors sweep presentation awards at regional convention
Millikin University biology students enjoyed a successful day at the 2016 Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society North Central District 1 Convention held April 2 at North Park University in...
View ArticleOlympian Lance Brooks '06 competes at Big Blue Invite
Millikin University was the host for the 2016 Big Blue Invite Track Meet on April 9 in Decatur, Ill. The event featured athletes from 10 competing schools. The men's competition had a special guest...
View ArticleMusical Theatre Connection
Andy Grobengieser '91 has had a wide variety of experiences in the music industry since graduating from Millikin University. The New York City-based music director and creative professional has engaged...
View ArticleMillikin University Board of Trustees approves contract extension for...
The Millikin University Board of Trustees has extended the contract of President Dr. Patrick E. White through June 30, 2020.President White was named the 15th president of Millikin University on Oct....
View ArticleLuxner looks at life after Millikin
The Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra's (MDSO) final concert of the 2015-16 performance season will be held on April 16 in Kirkland Fine Arts Center. After serving as a professor of music and the...
View ArticleSchool of Education students inducted into Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society
Millikin University education majors were inducted into the Pi Lambda Theta (PLT) Education Honor Society during a ceremony hosted by Millikin's School of Education on April 13 in Lower Richards Treat...
View ArticleShakespeare Corrected program continues to grow
Alex Miller, Millikin University associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance, began a program at the Decatur Correctional Center five years ago called Shakespeare Corrected. Shakespeare...
View ArticleBiology grads return to Big Blue campus to talk career opportunities
Millikin University biology majors and faculty were treated to a visit from three biology graduates on Sunday, April 3. The visit was part of an alumni panel discussion as the Big Blue alums talked...
View ArticleMillikin mathematics alum awarded prestigious grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded computer science professor and Millikin University alumnus Harley Eades III '09 with a grant to fund his research on attack trees, a visual representation of...
View ArticleLearning the Art of Entrepreneurship
Cordia Harrington, CEO and founder of The Bakery Companies, believes trust and respect are two important aspects when it comes to owning a business.Harrington and her husband, C. Thomas Harrington '70,...
View ArticleMillikin University names Dr. Najiba Benabess Dean of Tabor School of Business
Dr. Najiba Benabess, director of the School of Business and Management within the College of Professional Schools at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., has been named dean of Millikin University's...
View ArticleDennis students engage in plant studies at Millikin
Dennis Elementary School students visited Leighty-Tabor Science Center on the campus of Millikin University on April 19 to engage in the study of plants and their life cycles. The students also visited...
View ArticleMillikin Information Systems students collect awards at IS Competition
Information systems (IS) students from Millikin University's Tabor School of Business received four awards at the 5th Annual Information Systems Project and Case Competition. The 2016 competition was...
View ArticleCelebrations of Scholarship gives Millikin students chance to shine
Millikin University will celebrate the scholastic and artistic achievements of students throughout the campus community during its 2016 Celebrations of Scholarship (COS) beginning Thursday, April 28,...
View ArticleThe third annual True Blue Scholarship Challenge
Millikin's three-day fundraising blitz campaign seeks to raise $320,000 for annual student scholarships April 27-29. This is the third year for the annual spring challenge. Last year's challenge...
View ArticleMillikin's Gritti goes from lawyer to head football coach
Millikin University Head Football Coach Dan Gritti earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and U.S. History at Vanderbilt University in 1995, and earned a Juris Doctorate degree from the...
View ArticleMillikin alumna Jennifer C. Friday to deliver Spring Commencement Address
Millikin University will celebrate its Spring Commencement with two ceremonies on the weekend of May 21-22, 2016.Millikin's traditional ceremony for students will be on Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m. at the...
View ArticleTheatre & Dance, Pipe Dreams stage season finale performances
Millikin University's Department of Theatre & Dance will wrap up its 2015-16 production season with a performance of Federico García Lorca's "Blood Wedding," May 4-8 at Albert Taylor Theatre in...
View ArticleFind your Voice
Blue Connection, Millikin University's student-run retail art gallery, located at 117 N. Water St. in Decatur, Ill., will host "Find your Voice," on Friday, May 6, from 5 – 7:30 p.m. The event, free...
View ArticleDon't Underestimate the Importance of Timing
In the May 2016 edition of the Business Journal of Midcentral Illinois, Julie Shields, director of Millikin University's Center for Entrepreneurship, shared her thoughts on choosing your time wisely...
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