IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: All in-person camps and conferences for the summer of 2020 are canceled. Millikin plans to offer on-campus instruction for the fall 2020 semester. For more information, visit millikin.edu/covid19.
When it comes to job creation, small businesses play a huge role. On Dec. 13, issues of USA Today included an insert that offered business owners solutions to overcoming possible challenges, drive growth, and to create a competitive advantage for their company and employees.
It's been a decade in the making, but Benjamin Levy's vision for opening his own French patisserie and café in the northern suburbs of Chicago has come to life.
On Friday evening, Nov. 9, when most students took a break from their classwork, a number of aspiring business owners came to Shortcut to Startup, an event held at Millikin University's Center for Entrepreneurship co-working hub at BLDD Architects in downtown Decatur (Ill.).
Brooke Brasile considers herself an explorer and someone who tries to use art as a way to communicate with the general public.
The third floor lobby of the University Commons at Millikin University was buzzed with excitement on the evening of July 26 as community members came together on Idea-to-Incubator's (i2i) Demo Day to hear pitches from student innovators about their business start-ups.
Now more than ever, young people value the prospect of becoming entrepreneurs. However, Millikin University's Center for Entrepreneurship knows that turning an idea into a running business is a difficult task, especially for students who have schoolwork and other priorities to balance.
Millikin University art therapy major Brooke Brasile is spending her summer furthering her education on new art concepts and techniques as part of a residency she is doing at Blue Connection, Millikin's student-run retail art gallery.