Millikin University

Millikin University
Motto In His Plenitudo Vis
Type Private coeducational
Established 1901
Affiliation Presbyterian
Endowment $115.2 million (2016)[1]
President Patrick E. White
Administrative staff
 1,393, full and part-time
Undergraduates 2,000
Postgraduates 200
Location Decatur, Illinois, United States
39°50′33″N 88°58′30″W / 39.8425°N 88.975°W / 39.8425; -88.975Coordinates: 39°50′33″N 88°58′30″W / 39.8425°N 88.975°W / 39.8425; -88.975
Campus City, 75 acres
Colors Blue & White
        
Nickname Big Blue
Website www.millikin.edu

Millikin University is an American co-educational, comprehensive, private, four-year university with traditional undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, fine arts, and professional studies, as well as non-traditional, adult degree-completion programs (PACE) and graduate programs in business administration and nursing. Notable alumni include Jodi Benson, Luke Menard, Sierra Boggess, and Kim Sweeney. Millikin's campus is in Decatur, Illinois and serves approximately 2,200 students with a student/faculty ratio of 12 to 1 and an average class size of 23 students. The school was founded in 1901 by prominent Decatur businessman James Millikin. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Media

Decaturian

The Decaturian, also known as the Dec (official nickname), is the bi-weekly student newspaper. The Decaturian was established in 1903 and its issues are archived online from 1903–1951, made possible by the Digital-Decaturian Project.[2]

WJMU 89.5 The Quad

WJMU is Millikin University's student-operated freeform format radio station. In addition to its musical responsibilities, WJMU also creates its own public service announcements, liners, news, Millikin sports programming and promotional materials.

Fraternities and sororities

Co-Ed

Athletics

Millikin University teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Big Blue are a member of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Prior joining the NCAA Division III and the CCIW in the 1946–47 season, Millikin primarily competed as an Independent of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) back since their first year of athletics in the 1903–04 academic year. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball.

Notable alumni

Actors and musicians

Artists

Athletes and coaches

Millikin University was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1910 to 1937.

Authors and media figures

Business figures

Politicians

See also

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2016 Market Value of Endow" (PDF). NACUBO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Digital-Decaturian Project
  3. ↑ New York Times December 29, 1953 p. 18
  4. ↑ "Biography". www.alanheld.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  5. ↑ Tad Hilgenbrink Bio
  6. ↑ Ryman Arts. "Herbert D. Ryan biography". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  7. ↑ New York Times April 12, 1975, pp.31
  8. ↑ "Mike Rowland Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  9. ↑ "Caterpillar Officers".
  10. ↑ "Executive Profile Brian Curtis Taylor". Bloomberg Businessweek. November 9, 2014.
  11. ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?pid=169145379. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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