Updated 06-13-08
Sunday, July 6, 2008 - SOLD OUT
St. Louis - Millikin Day at Busch Stadium. Watch the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Chicago Cubs at 2:15 p.m.

July 24-30, 2008
Europe - Join Millikin alumni and friends for a seven-day, six-night bike trip from Passau, Germany, to Vienna, Austria, on a flat bike path along the Danube. The cost is approximately $1,414 per person and includes hotel accommodations, daily breakfast, six evening dinners with three-course meals (including a farewell dinner at a Vienna wine cellar), guide, all transfers, including daily luggage transfers between route stops, and a $50 gift is made to the Millikin Fund for every trip booked. Airfare from Chicago costs $1,275 additional. Click here for more details. For more information, contact Mandi Landacre Podeschi ’02 of the alumni and development office toll free at 1-877-568-2586 or send her an e-mail at apodeschi@millikin.edu.

Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008
Chicago - Join our alumni and friends’ pre-race gathering before Sunday’s Chicago Distance Classic at Buca di Beppo restaurant at 6:30 p.m., Dutch treat. Click here for more info.

Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
Chicago's Grant Park- Millikin hosts an alumni and friends event at the Chicago Distance Classic, a half-marathon organized by running expert John "The Penguin" Bingham '70. Join us for a gear check prior and goodies after the race in the MU tent, which is sponsored by Bingham. Click here for more info.

Oct. 10-12, 2008
On campus - Homecoming 2008! If your class year ends in a three or an eight, get ready for your reunion! Also a reunion for communication majors of the '70s, featuring special guest Stacy Myers, former communication department chair, and an additional reunion with a haiku anthology reading and dinner are in the works. Click here to check out this year's list of hotel accommodations, available at a limited-time special rate! A brochure with details on more than 50 Homecoming activities will be mailed out later this summer. Questions? Contact the alumni office at 1-877-568-2586 or click here to send us an e-mail.

Saturday, Dec. 6 , 2008
On campus - 50th Vespers Celebration, reception from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in Richard Treat University Center (immediately preceding the 3 p.m. Vespers performance in Kirkland Fine Arts Center), hosted by Dr. Brad Holmes, director of choral activities, and featuring special guest Kay Hoffland, wife of the late Richard Hoffland, founding director of the Vespers concerts. Alumni who have performed at Vespers through the years are especially encouraged to join us for this event! Watch for more details in the fall issue of Millikin Quarterly, and upcoming issues of Out of the Blue.

Dec. 13-20 , 2008
Europe - Join Millikin alumni and friends for an eight-day, seven-night trip to Vienna, Prague and Budapest. Highlights include visits to the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, Fisherman's Bastion in Buda and St. Charles Church in Vienna. Click here for more info. The cost is $2,768 per person (with a slight variance for insurance depending on age). To learn more, call Peg Smith Luy '75 in the alumni and development office toll free at 1-877-JMU-ALUM (568-2568) or send her an e-mail at pluy@millikin.edu.

Jan. 3-12, 2009
Galapagos - Join Millikin alumni and friends for a cruise to the Galapagos Islands led by Dr. David Horn, associate professor of biology. Visit Fernandina, Floreana and Espanola islands to explore caves and underwater life, including dolphins, sea turtles and mola-mola, the elusive ocean sunfish. The cost is $5,950 per person for double occupancy ($8,260 for single) and includes hotel and cabin accommodations, round-trip airfare and coach travel from Central Illinois, admission to Galapagos national park, all meals and transfers. Want to know more or be put on the mailing list? Call Dave Brandon in the alumni and development office toll free at 1-877-568-2568 or send him an e-mail at dbrandon@millikin.edu.

January 9-16, 2009
Young Alumni Cruise - Join alumni and friends on the Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship for a six-day, five-night trip to Costa Maya, Mexico, and Belize City, Belize, home to some of the best snorkeling and sailing in the world! The Grandeur's amenities include eight bars and lounges, pools and hot tubs, a rock climbing wall and shopping! Details are still in the works, but the cost will be around $1,200, including round-trip airfare from Chicago, an overnight hotel stay before the cruise in Tampa, Fla., and the cost of the cruise. Hosted by Dan Stuby '07, associate director of young alumni relations. Want to know more or be put on the mailing list? E-mail Dan at dstuby@millikin.edu.