Millikin University's Spring 2017 Commencement ceremonies for all graduating students will be held on the weekend of May 20-21, 2017.
Millikin's traditional ceremony for students will be on Sunday, May 21 at 2 p.m. at the Decatur Civic Center. The commencement ceremony will be available for live stream viewing at millikin.edu/graduation.
"Heathers: The Musical" is coming to Millikin University. Students will perform the dark comedy Thursday, May 4 through Sunday, May 7 at Shilling Hall's Albert Taylor Theatre.
The outstanding academic work of Millikin University students will be showcased at Millikin's 2017 Celebrations of Scholarship (COS) on Friday, April 28. A full day of student presentations will be held from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. throughout Millikin's campus.
The Perkinson Music Center, home to Millikin University's School of Music, was built in 1911.
In a collaborative effort to "Knock Cancer out of the Park," the Millikin University campus community and the Big Blue softball team worked together to raise proceeds for Come Together Let's Walk to serve the Decatur and Macon County area in the fight against cancer.
For several years, the faculty, students and leadership of Millikin have nurtured a dream to create a much-needed, new Center for the nationally recognized School of Theatre and Dance. The time to dream is over.
The Millikin University softball team opened its new home, the Workman Family Softball Field, in impressive fashion by sweeping MacMurray College in a doubleheader on March 26 in Decatur, Ill., in front of a standing-room only crowd.