Millikin University

Millikin University
Motto In His Plenitudo Vis
Type Private coeducational
Established 1901
Affiliation Presbyterian
President Patrick E. White
Administrative staff
 1,393, full and part-time
Undergraduates 2,400
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
Sports mascot Big Blue
Colors Blue & White
        
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. Millikin's campus is in Decatur, Illinois and serves approximately 2,400 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.

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.[1]

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. ↑ Digital-Decaturian Project
  2. ↑ New York Times December 29, 1953 p. 18
  3. ↑ Tad Hilgenbrink Bio
  4. ↑ Ryman Arts. "Herbert D. Ryan biography". Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  5. ↑ New York Times April 12, 1975, pp.31
  6. ↑ "Mike Rowland Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  7. ↑ "Caterpillar Officers".
  8. ↑ "Executive Profile Brian Curtis Taylor". Bloomberg Businessweek. November 9, 2014.
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