DECATUR, Ill. – Millikin University and Richland Community College proudly present the Macon County College & Career Fair on Thursday, October 3, 2024, from 9-11 a.m. at the Decatur Indoor Sports Center (DISC) next to Millikin’s campus at 1295 W. Wood Street in Decatur.
This event is free and open to junior and senior high school students in the Classes of 2025 and 2026 and current community college students.
Attendees can meet representatives from more than 30 colleges and universities to get the educational planning information they need to make their college journey successful.
Bus parking is allowed in any parking lot around the DISC, and overflow parking is in the Westminster Presbyterian Church parking lot at the corner of Main St. & Fairview.
A total of 26 colleges and universities have confirmed to be in attendance at the College Fair, including schools from across the Midwest:
- Millikin University
- Richland Community College
- Eastern Illinois University
- Northern Illinois University
- Illinois State University
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Bradley University
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- University of Illinois Springfield
- University of Illinois Chicago
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign
- Blackburn College
- Illinois College
- Illinois College - Nursing
- Augustana College
- Parkland College
- Quincy University
- Monmouth College
- Eureka College
- McKendree University
- Midwest Technical Institute
- Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing
- Methodist College of Unity Point Health
- Illinois Student Assistance Commission
- Missouri State University
- University of Missouri
- Southeast Missouri State University
- University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
- Truman State University
- Hannibal LaGrange University
- Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Webster University
- University of Notre Dame
- Upper Iowa University
- Mississippi State University
Please check out millikin.edu/fair for the latest event information.
Millikin and Richland Community College also recently formed a collaborative partnership to better serve public constituents, ease the transfer process, minimize instruction duplication, and build upon community college and university learning experiences.
Most Richland Community College students will be immediately accepted to Millikin if they have at least a 2.0 GPA and can complete their Millikin bachelor’s degree in two years with full-time enrollment.
Please check out millikin.edu/rcc for complete program details and to learn more and how to submit a free application.
To arrange media coverage, contact Millikin University Public Relations Coordinator Matthew Flaten at 217.420.6636 or mflaten@millikin.edu.
