Oct. 20-21: on campus
No classes due to fall break. Some campus offices may be closed.

Oct. 22: on campus
JFL Day at the 1 p.m. Big Blue football game vs. Augustana.

Oct. 29: Lisle, Ill.
We remember Howard: The Annual Howard Nyberg Football Party immediately follows the 1 p.m. Millikin football game at North Central College in Naperville, Ill.

Nov. 1: on campus
Vesper tickets go on sale.

Nov. 12: Bloomington, Ill.
Post-game social (about 4 p.m.) for alumni, parents and friends following Big Blue football vs. Illinois Wesleyan  at The Loft in downtown Bloomington. The Big Blue Club, MU's official athletic booster club, and the alumni relations office will provide hors d'oeuvres; cash bar also available. The Loft is located upstairs at Central Station Cafe,  220 E. Front Street, just east of Route 51 (Main Street). Ample street parking is available, as well as city lots nearby. Click here for a map. 

Hot links
Get digital with photos from last weekend's homecoming here. You might see someone you know! Be sure to check back often; we'll be adding more photos soon! 

More photos from inside ADM-Scovill Hall, MU's own Cinderella story. In the Millikin  version, an outdated former science building is "magically" transformed into the belle of campus, a modern new home for the Tabor School of Business and the campus technology center.   

FREE MU desktop wallpaper for your computer here.

Big Blue Sports  

Big Blue wedding album. Submit your wedding photos and info to be included in our online album. Send them to us by e-mail, or call toll-free to 1-877-JMU-ALUM for details. (Due to a revamp of the Milikin website, some photo links may not be working temporarily. Please check back soon.) 

Business owners: Add your business information to Big Blue Biz, our online directory of  alumni-owned businesses. E-mail your info to us.

Add high school students to MU's mailing list for prospective students. MORE

Junior Stephen Larson has created a website devoted to historical images of Millikin's campus buildings. 

Shop online: 
First Step Records

Millikin bookstore 
Get your Millikin wear here!
 
First Step Publishing

All alumni actors, artists, writers, singers, dancers and musicians: Send us details of upcoming engagements or releases for the Millikin website. Drop us an e-mail, or fax your performance schedule to 217-424-3755. Click here to see where your fellow alums are appearing. (Due to a revamp of the Milikin website, items submitted recently may not be posted yet. Please check back soon.) 

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: GET YOUR COLLEGE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.  
At an Oct. 25 workshop on campus, prospective college students and their families can learn about the college financial aid and admission process, regardless of what college or university the student plans to attend.. MORE

WE HAVE A NEW LOOK!
Thanks to University Webmaster Matt Braden, a 2002 alum, the entire Millikin website has a new look, including the alumni and friends pages. Take a peek! And please bear with us as we do some housecleaning on the site (in other words, some links may be temporarily not working and we're still changing others). Have ideas of things you'd like added or changed on the alumni & friends web pages? Send us an e-mail.

OH, CANADA! 
Join alumni and friends on a 10-day vacation through the Canadian Rockies, June 22 to July 1, 2006. Destinations include Vancouver, B.C.; Kamloops, B.C.; Lake Louise in Banff; and Calgary, Alberta. Highlights include the icefield glaciers, Mt. Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, and the highly praised "Castle in the Mountains." Cost includes round trip air from Chicago, hotel transfers, departure taxes and 16 meals -- $3,399 per person for a double room. The cost also includes a $50 gift to the Millikin Fund that will be matched by the travel agency. A $100 per person deposit is required by Jan. 22, 2006. For more info, click here for a pdf file of the brochure, or call or e-mail Jan Devore, director of alumni relations, at 1-877-JMU-ALUM.

NEW CLUB, NEW NAME
It's only a few months old, but it's already branching out: The alumni steering committee that formed the new Millikin Club of Decatur has decided that a more accurate name would be the Millikin Club of Central Illinois for this regional club for alumni. Next up: planning future events for members. Want to help? Contact Jan Devore, director of alumni relations, by e-mail or at 1-877-JMU-ALUM. 

cardinal fans: BUY a seat 
in support of Millikin. 
Buy a chance at winning two seats from historic Busch Stadium, and you'll be helping a Millikin student from the St. Louis area with his or her education. Purchase a chance for $20 -- or pay $25 for two chances -- and you could win two joined seats from the stadium. The stadium will be demolished soon to make way for a new stadium going up next door, and the drawing will be held Nov. 1. All proceeds from the raffle benefit Millikin's Gateway Award, which is presented to a deserving student from the St. Louis area each year. Contact Jan Devore, director of alumni relations, by e-mail or at 1-877-JMU-ALUM. 

THIS IS NOT A TRIVIAL THING.
Well, actually it is. It's our monthly trivia contest. How well do you know your Millikin facts? Let's find out how many of you had time to venture off campus during your Millikin days...

This Millikin hangout has existed in the same location near campus for more than 25 years now and was packed full of alums during Homecoming, including members of the class of 2000, who celebrated their class reunion on its fairly new patio. Hint: One of the owners, Kathy Farleigh Gresham '70, is a Millikin alum. What is it?  

A. The Winery
B. LSB (Lock, Stock & Barrel)
C. Ralph's
D. The Blue Mill

Send your guess to alumnews@millikin.edu and be sure to include your name and address. Five winners will be selected from a random drawing of all who respond correctly and each will receive a prize! 

Last month's winners --

Fred Cordts '66
Sorayo Santoyo '04
Patty Ranken Hunter '69
Suzanne New '85
Julia White '80

...each won an MU window cling and an alumni sticker for correctly guessing that Albert Taylor Mills was the first MU employee to become a father after the university opened in 1903.