Millikin University was named one of the nation's Best Colleges for Financial Aid by LendEDU, an online platform that helps consumers learn about and compare financial products, including student loans. Millikin was listed No. 25 in the nation and first in Illinois.
Millikin University's Tabor School of Business honored students for their achievements and successes in the classroom during its annual endowed scholarships ceremony on Dec. 13, 2019, held in ADM-Scovill Hall on Millikin's campus.
One is studying biology, the other is studying business management. One is president of the Latin American Student Organization, the other is a linebacker on the football team. One is a Long-Vanderburg Scholar, and the other is a Presidential Scholar.
It's a day when no classes are held, but it doesn't mean the learning stops.
Millikin University's Celebrations of Scholarship is the culmination of the academic year; an all-day event that puts the outstanding achievements of students from all majors front and center for the entire campus community to witness. It's a forum that not only recognizes academics, it honors personal success.
At the end of every April, the Millikin University campus community comes together to celebrate the academic accomplishments of its students at the annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture and Honors Convocation. This year's event, held on April 25, recognized the outstanding work of students and faculty during the 2018-19 academic year.
Craig Austin, of Oreana, Ill., aspires to become a corporate accountant, and his journey to that goal is off to a good start as the junior accounting major will be working as a tax intern this summer at the Ameren corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Mo.
Millikin University's Hollis Prize is the highest award that may be received by a student instrumentalist or vocalist within the School of Music. The 17th annual Hollis Prize Competition was held on Saturday, April 6 at Kaeuper Hall in Perkinson Music Center on Millikin's campus. The competition featured performances from Millikin University's top three music performing students.
Millikin University, in conjunction with the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), has announced its recipients for the Jack Swartz Award and the CCIW Academic All-Conference team for fall 2018.
Junior football linebacker Matt Brown (Champaign, Central H.S.) and senior women's soccer player Taylor Hartman (St. Anne, Herscher H.S.) were selected as the Millikin recipients of the Jack Swartz award.
Millikin University's chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi recently inducted a total of 37 new members during an initiation ceremony on Feb. 24 at the University Commons on Millikin’s campus.
Students from Millikin University's Tabor School of Business were recognized for their achievements in the classroom and demonstrated leadership on campus Dec. 10 during a presentation of the Nims Associates, Inc., John "The Penguin" Bingham and Sharon T. Alpi Scholarships as well as the R. Michael Campbell Memorial Scholarship for Entrepreneurship.