UPCOMING 
Highlights of 
campus events
Oct. 17-19: Come on home to the Big Blue for Homecoming 2003! All alumni are welcome to attend, and reunion gatherings will be held for the following classes: 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993 and 1998. Reunions for black alumni and the '77, '78 and '79 CCIW championship football teams will also be held. For more details, check out the fall issue of Millikin Quarterly, coming soon to your mailbox or click here.

Chicago-area events
Sept. 20, Aurora, Ill. 
The Millikin Club of Chicago sponsors the Annual Howard Nyberg Football Party. Click here for details.

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Other important dates
Sept. 13, Atlanta, Ga.
Millikin Trustee Jennifer Friday '77 will host a picnic for all Atlanta-area alumni, parents and friends at 2 p.m. Meat, drink and table service provided. Please bring a covered dish to share. For more info, call the alumni office toll-free at 1-877-JMU-ALUM (568-2586).

Sept. 14, Rockford, Ill. 
Join Millikin President Douglas E. Zemke at a Sunday golf outing for alumni and friends. Don't play golf? Then join us for a 19th hole gathering at the home of Professor Emeritus Arvid Adell. Click here for details.

Sept. 25, Springfield, Ill. 
Springfield-area alumni, parents and friends are invited to meet with new Millikin president Douglas E. Zemke at a 5-8 p.m. gathering at the home of Bud Kelley '54 and his wife, Shá. Light refreshments will be served. For more info, call the alumni office toll-free at 1-877-JMU-ALUM (568-2586).

Are you a performer 
or an artist? 
All alumni actors, artists, singers, dancers and musicians are invited to let us know the dates and details of their upcoming engagements and we’ll promote them on the Millikin website. Drop a line to alumnews@mail.millikin.edu, or fax your performance schedule to 217-424-3755. Click here to see what's posted.

Hot links
The preseason rankings are out for football, volleyball and soccer. How did the Big Blue do? MORE. 

MU SAYS HOWDY 
TO ABOUT 600+ NEW FRESHMEN
First year students get a jump-start on college life this week.
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
A new School of Education has been formed to govern MU's growing teacher education program; currently, more than 500 students are completing one of the 13 teacher education programs offered. MORE

DELTA SIGS MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW
Delta Sigma Phi receives the Pyramid Award of Excellence award -- again -- from the fraternity's national headquarters, several members are recognized for individual achievement and the chapter is also recognized for outstanding recruitment efforts.  
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T.I.P.S. ON TAP
Millikin's student alcohol training, now in its fourth year, is a model for other universities nationwide. MORE

SEEING GREEN
A chemistry professor was invited to speak at a national workshop on the steps he is taking to introduce his students to "green" chemistry, a process designed to reduce and/or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. 
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BEAUTY AND BACH
In May, they were included in People magazine's list of the  “50 Most Beautiful People in the World.” On Sept. 10, they're performing at Westminster Presbyterian Church as part of the Kirkland Fine Arts Center performing arts season. They're the Ahn Trio, three sisters sure to provide an evening of chamber music unlike any you’ve ever heard.
MORE And they may not have been on People magazine's beautiful people list, but the world-famous Smothers Brothers will bring the beautiful sounds of laughter to Kirkland on Sept. 26. MORE 

ALUMS & FRIENDS: 
BE A PART OF HISTORY
Volunteers are needed to assist with a special Centennial ceremony at Homecoming that re-enacts two significant events from MU's past: the laying of the cornerstone of Shilling Hall and the dedication ceremony featuring an address by President Theodore Roosevelt. We've got a Teddy and we've got Founder James Millikin, what we need is YOU! Want to help? You'll need to dress in period clothing (circa early 1900s), and be available to be a part of the ceremony at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, on the front lawn of Shilling Hall. For more information or to volunteer, call Jackie McFadden in the alumni and development office at 217-424-3769 or send an e-mail to jmcfadden@mail.millikin.edu.   

WHERE CAN I GET THE COMPLETE LOWDOWN ON HOMECOMING?
Complete details on this fall's Homecoming, news about campus and some unearthly, maybe even spooky delights, await you in the fall issue of Millikin Quarterly alumni magazine, coming soon to your mailbox. This issue also includes a special white wraparound insert with tear-off alumni association membership cards. 
P.S. Taken the Quarterly reader survey yet? 

TRIVIA CONTESTS KEEP 
YOUR BRAIN SHARP.
That's our story and we're sticking to it. 

In last month's trivia contest, Matt Sprague '02, Jennifer Friday '77, Jerilyn Green Hudson '95, Becky Langmeyer '02, Ken Harm '52 and Julia Wall White '80 were the first six alumni to correctly answer that official Millikin University seal contains several symbols within it: The lighted torch of learning; a shield representing the university as defender and champion of learning; and an equilateral triangle to represent the trinity of mind, body and spirit, as well as the equality and unity of all branches of learning. Whew. (And if you hold the seal upside down and squint at it real hard, word has it you can see James Millikin holding a fishing rod). 

Ready to try your luck? This month, we have a visual contest. Click here to view a photo taken on campus. Okay, quick now! What building is it?

Send your answer to alumnews@mail.millikin.edu; be sure to include your name and address. The first five correct responders each win a Millikin gewgaw. And the first person to write and define  "gewgaw" wins a little something, too!