“I was able to cultivate my early years of higher education in an open and open-minded atmosphere that encouraged my creativity, my way of thinking even while the faculty subtly forced me to refine my skills.”
-Ellen Tillman

"I never thought history courses here would make me think so deeply and so differently about so many subjects."

-Mark Bestor

“The professors offer techniques for dealing with the information they offer, and the student is responsible for shaping his own view of history and his own future. Of course, no student is ever alone in his journey, and the department’s professors serve as indispensable guides along the way. If you’re ready, so are they.”
-Kye Fritz

In the News

History Majors! Remember to submit your best papers to the Humanities Undergraduate Research Forum (HURF), to be held this spring. There are substantial CASH prizes for the winning papers! Contact Dr. Tim Kovalcik for details.

Dr. Tim Kovalcik took a group of Millikin students to Eastern Europe on his second tour of Holocaust sites in May 2009.

Dr. Keagle's course "The Jesus of History, the Christ of Faith" continues to be the single most popular elective at Millikin. In January, Dr. Keagle accompanied Louis Peralta of the Modern Language Department on an excursion to the Dominican Republic, where they team taught a course on Dominican culture.