IMPORTANT COVID-19 UPDATE: Beginning on 3/23, all Millikin University courses will be delivered in online or distant-learning modes for the remaining weeks of the semester. All on-campus events between 3/16-4/30 are canceled, as well as May Commencement. For more information, visit millikin.edu/covid19.
With the COVID-19 crisis bringing an early end to the careers of Millikin student-athletes, the Millikin Sports Information staff is using this opportunity to highlight several Big Blue seniors. While you will not find his name in any boxes scores, senior athletic training major Nathan Marshall of Oreana, Ill., has definitely left his mark on Millikin athletics.
The successful ongoing partnership between Dennis Lab School and Millikin University has made a positive impact throughout the wider Decatur, Ill., community. The partnership is designed to create a university-affiliated lab school that enhances 21st century project-based, real-world learning for Dennis students and provides increased teacher training opportunities for Millikin education students.
Noah Jahangir went through his first two years of college unsatisfied with the atmosphere that he was in. As a student at Illinois State University (ISU), Jahangir was spending his time in lecture halls with 300 students and wasn't studying what he wanted to major in. Not to mention, he wasn't playing soccer, one of his true passions.
Teams of Millikin University students are gathered in a classroom on the 1st floor of the Leighty-Tabor Science Center trying to find solutions for health-related issues on a global scale. As the teams huddle to discuss their solutions, Dr. Victoria Bam can only watch and admire the effort her students are putting into the project.
Millikin University's Summer Immersion courses provide unique opportunities for students to focus on one topic for a short term. Many of the classes offer creative learning activities to maximize student engagement.
Millikin University has transformed its Exercise Science and Sport Pavilion into a Performance Learning center where students can prepare for their careers in one centralized location on campus. Renovations and new equipment were added to the Pavilion thanks to the generosity of dozens of donors and the efforts of countless faculty members, students and volunteers.