Millikin University

1184 W Main St, Decatur, IL 62522-2084 -  View Map

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• Millikin offers an education that integrates the traditional liberal arts and the practical arts of the professions. Guided by faculty and staff, and within an inclusive and broadly accessible learning community, our students discover and pursue their full potential, personally and professionally, to do well and to do good.
• What James Millikin envisioned when he founded Millikin University in 1901 was unique: a university that would embrace the "practical" side of learning along with the "literary and classical;" and, while affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, it would not be narrowly "sectarian" and would remain open to all.
• For the 13th straight year, U.S. News & World Report magazine has named Millikin University as one of the best colleges in the Midwest. Millikin is ranked 18th in the Midwest in the Best Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor's category. Millikin has a reputation for preparing its students well for success during and after college. Whatever your interest, Millikin provides the intimacy of a small university and the opportunities of a large institution. Millikin offers a wide array of undergraduate programs, two graduate programs, and serves full-time, part-time, traditional, and adult learners. Courses are offered during the day and in the evening on our 75-acre, Decatur campus.
• From academic honor societies to athletics to service learning projects, students choose from a wide variety of experiences. You can join student government, be a member of Greek life, perform on the Kirkland Fine Arts Center stage or write for the award-winning student newspaper. You'll also have choices about your living space: co-ed, all-women or all-men housing. All rooms are furnished, cable ready, and have fiber optic access to the Internet.
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In the News:

• Millikin honors Collinsville resident (Suburban Journals)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 08:18:43 pm
  Anna Hartman, a junior from Collinsville, was selected as a James Millikin Scholar at Millikin University in Decatur. The program is a two-year honors program which offers opportunities for independen
• Milliken honors local student (Suburban Journals)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 08:18:23 pm
  Emily Schneider, a junior from Mascoutah, was selected as a James Millikin Scholar at Millikin University in Decatur. The program is a two-year honors program which offers opportunities for independen
• Elburn resident recognized during Millikin convocation (Elburn Herald)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 04:26:14 pm
  DECATUR, Ill.—Erica L. Davidson was honored during Millikin University’s annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture and Honors Convocation program held on April 28, in the Kirkland Fine Arts Center.
• Spesard named to CCIW Academic All-Conference team (Paris Beacon-News)
  posted on June 27, 2011 at 01:08:06 pm
  DECATUR, Ill.-Millikin University, in conjunction with the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), announces its Jack Swartz Award Recipients and the CCIW Academic All-Conference team for
• Local resident makes presentation at Illinois History Symposium (Elburn Herald)
  posted on June 25, 2011 at 06:12:31 am
  DECATUR—Millikin University history student Marissa Duffey of Elburn recently made a presentation at the 31st Annual Illinois History Symposium, held at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale’s Morris Library.

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