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Millikin University - Decatur, IL
Chemistry 

Welcome to the Chemistry Department at Millikin University.

Chemistry at Millikin University offers over 100 years of success for its graduates. Chemistry prepares students for diverse fields, including medicine, biotechnology, the food industry, chemical engineering, research, education, business and more.


Chemistry students receive many opportunities for learning in and out of the classroom. Every chemistry student uses state-of-the-art equipment from the first course on. Each of our majors completes at least one semester of research in collaboration with a faculty member. Most of our majors complete industrial internships before they graduate, and many work as assistants in our lab courses. Chemistry students are active members of our award-winning ACS student chapter. Our majors also get exposure to interdisciplinary fields, such as green chemistry and nanoscience.

We encourage incoming freshman and transfer students to review the information about the chemistry degree and explore our website for details about student life and our department.

Chemistry Department News


Undergraduate Research Published
The Journal of Solid State Chemistry recently published a paper on research performed at Millikin by Professor Paris Barnes and former students Bradley Day ('11), Nick Bley ('08), Heather Jones ('08), and Ryan McCullough ('07) [Vol. 185, pp. 107-116].

9th Annual ACS Alumni Lecture
Sid Smith ('76) delivered the 9th Annual ACS Alumni Lecture on Friday, October 7 at 3:00 p.m. in LTSC 001. He works as a Director of Brand Integrity for Baxter Healthcare Corporation and holds several dozen patents. He is the recipient of a 2011 Alumni Merit Award from Millikin. His seminar was on, "Life in the Sciences."

Congratulations to Stephanie Gates ('12), who was named one of just 29 Society for Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholars for 2011! Her summer internship was with Milliken & Company (Corporate Research) in Spartanburg, SC. She did research on acid-wettable polypropylene for lead-acid batteries.

Summer in Taiwan

Chemistry majors Heather Darby, Val Kale, and Kelsy Whitney joined Dr. Paris Barnes for summer research in Taiwan
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Congratulations to Our May Graduates
Eleven chemistry majors took part in Commencement on May 22: Madonna Aus-Der-Au, Bobby Gregory, Brittany Hassee, Zach Hays, Caitlin Klimavicz, Tim Nielsen, Dian Romonosky, Heather Schoonover, Paige Wallace, Tina Weder, and Elise Wildman. Congratulations to our newest graduates! Brittany, Tim, Dian, and Tina earned ACS-certified degrees.

International Educational Opportunities

The Chemistry Department encourages students to study abroad and periodically offers opportunities to do so. To see the opportunities coming up in the near future, click here.

Millikin ranks well among Illinois colleges
According to the latest information from the American ChemicalSociety, Millikin ranked third in the CCIW and 17th in the state ofIllinois in the number of chemistry graduates during the '08-'09 academic year.
 
 
Millikin University - Decatur, IL
Millikin University - Decatur, IL
 
Millikin University - Decatur, IL
Millikin University - Decatur, IL
Millikin University - Decatur, IL
Millikin University - Decatur, IL