Millikin University is pleased to announce that Long-Vanderburg Scholar Oluwafunke Odufuwa, a senior political science major with Spanish and pre-law minors from Chicago, has been selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study abroad in spring 2021.
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.
Sep. 24-28 marked Global Citizen Week and Millikin University hosted a variety of activities and events to celebrate Millikin's international students.
Millikin University welcomed 16 international students and three faculty members from the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), May 21-25, as part of an international innovation pilot program.
While visiting, the students were given a tour of the Midwest Inland Port and engaged in workshop sessions on Millikin's campus.
"Good market research takes teamwork," said Jacob Kissaw, who earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Millikin University on May 20. Kissaw, from Monticello, Ill., was one of 21 students in Millikin's most recent Executive MBA cohort.
As part of its annual celebration of International and Hispanic Heritage Month, Millikin University International Fellowship students shared their recent study abroad experiences during an event on Sept. 22 in Lower Richards Treat University Center.
It's a strategic plan that is so much more than a plan, it's a way to help real people in real conditions.
For Cori Grzenia, a Millikin University music education major from Lombard, Ill., the chance to visit London as part of a January immersion course was quite the eye-opening experience.