Wednesday, May 24
Portland, Ore. - Beth Boston '91 is hosting an alumni and friends reception at her wine shop, Every Day Wine, located at 1520 NE Alberta St., from 7-9 p.m. For more info, call Jackie McFadden at 217-424-3769 or toll free at 1-877-568-2586, or e-mail her at jmcfadden@millikin.edu.

Thursday, May 25
Seattle, Wash. - Join your hosts Charlotte Eshelman-Moore '52 and Harvey Moore for an alumni and friends dessert reception at the Paragon Hotel Bellevue Center, 818 112th Ave. NE, Bellevue Washington, from 7-9 p.m. For more info, call Jackie McFadden at 217-424-3769 or toll free at
1-877-568-2586, or e-mail her at jmcfadden@millikin.edu.

Friday, June 2
Decatur - 12th annual Big Blue Golf Outing, to be held at Scovill Golf Course at 11:30 a.m. MORE

Friday, June 9
Campus - The Millikin CIA host a bridge group at the alumni and development center from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The group meets the second and fourth Fridays of each month. For more information, e-mail alumnews@millikin.edu.

Friday, June 23
Omaha, Neb. - Hosts Mark Kubica '87 and his wife, Marsha, welcome alumni and friends in the Omaha area to a Millikin reception in their home from 7-9 p.m. For more info, call Jackie McFadden at 217-424-3769 or toll free at 1-877-568-2586, or e-mail her at jmcfadden@millikin.edu.

Saturday, June 24
Campus - Calling all area young alumni: join your fellow alums for a bags tournament and BBQ at 4:30 p.m. at the alumni and development center. E-mail Mandi Landacre Podeschi '02 or call 217-424-6383 to RSVP for this complimentary event. Please check the calendar of events for upcoming details.

Monday, June 26
Taylorville, Ill. - Join alumni and friends for a dessert reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m., hosted by Dan and Ann Fisher Austin, both '71, in their home. For more info, call Jackie McFadden at 217-424-3769 or toll free at 1-877-568-2586, or send her an e-mail.

Sunday, July 30
Chicago - Join Millikin alumni, friends and incoming students for the annual Chicago-area Summer Send-Off Picnic at North Shelter of Wooddale Grove Forest Preserve from 1-3 p.m. Bring a dish to pass for this potluck picnic lunch. More details soon.

Saturday, Aug. 12
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.. We’ll meet at 6 p.m. in the Hilton Chicago hotel lobby—or you can meet us at the restaurant—to go to dinner, dutch treat. RSVP by July 10 to Mandi Landacre Podeschi ’02 at apodeschi@millikin.edu or call her toll free at 1-877-JMU-ALUM (568-2586). Locally dial 217-424-3506.

Sunday, Aug. 13
Chicago - Millikin will hold an alumni and friends event in a tent at the Chicago Distance Classic, a half-marathon and 5K race organized by running expert John "The Penguin" Bingham '70.

Friday-Sunday,
Oct. 13-15
On campus - Homecoming! Join us for some special surprises this year, including group reunions for engineering alumni, members of the undefeated '61 football team, and all classes ending in 1 and 6. You won't want to miss it!

Hot links
FREE MU desktop wallpaper
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Big Blue wedding album.
New additions! Submit wedding photos and info for our online album by e-mail, or call toll-free to 1-877-JMU-ALUM for details. 

Business owners: Add your company's information to Big Blue Biz, our online directory of  alumni-owned businesses. Click here to add your info.

Shop online: 
Blue Connection art gallery.
The gallery is accepting art donations. Painting, drawing, ceramics, jewelry, fibers or textiles, mixed media, literary pieces and recordings are welcome.
New! Online purchasing of art will be available in a few weeks.

First Step Records
Millikin bookstore 
First Step Publishing

Athletics website

Learn about Millikin history through Staley Library's archives website. The archivists also need your help! They have thousands of unmarked photo in their files they need to have identified. As photos are identfied and verified they will be replaced with new ones, so be sure to check back often. Click here to view the latest photos.

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. (Be sure to let us know when things change!)

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.
More than 425 undergraduates will walk in Millikin's spring traditional commencement ceremony on May 21. In addition, on May 20, more than 70 students in Millikin’s PACE program will receive bachelor's degrees and 24 graduate students will receive their master’s degrees from Millikin’s MBA program. MORE

HEAD OF HOUSE INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE VISITS MILLIKIN.
Congressman Peter Hoekstra (right) speaks with two Millikin students after presenting the 2006 Thomas W. Ewing Lectureship in April. MORE

WRIGLEY NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR.
Jacque Wrigley, secretary to the vice president for academic affairs, was named Millikin's 2005-06 Employee of the Year. MORE

AWARDING EXCELLENCE.
Two Millikin professors received awards honoring their excellence in teaching during the annual Honors Convocation program held April 20. MORE

FORE A GOOD TIME...
Attention golfers: It's that time again! The 12th annual Big Blue Golf Outing is June 2 at Scovill Golf Course. Events include a four-person golf scramble and a celebrity auction for both golfers and non-golfers alike. (It's a great way for non-golfers to support the event!) Cost per golfer is $100, which includes lunch and registration. Registration and lunch begin at 11 a.m., and the shotgun start is at 1 p.m. A dinner and awards ceremony will conclude the day-long event. Click here for more information.

CELEBRATING MILLIKIN HISTORY.
President Zemke speaks at an on-campus luncheon in honor of Founder's Day. Other activities for the day-long event included the annual laying of the wreath at James Millikin's tomb. Click here to see more Founder's Day photos.


POSTER PERFECT.
Two senior biology majors were recognized at the recent Illinois State Academy of Science meeting held in Chicago. The research project is part of two national bird research projects coordinated by a Millikin professor. MORE

ACTING OUT ABE.
A junior theatre major has written an original musical about Abraham Lincoln that is attracting attention from historical and governmental organizations. MORE

ART HIGHLIGHTS.
An exhibit highlighting the art of a Millikin professor and six of his former Millikin students is on display at a Bloomington art gallery. MORE

TWO STUDENTS RECEIVE
STATE FARM AWARDS
The inaugural State Farm Companies Foundation Award was presented to two management information systems students, and several Millikin alumni hosted a get-to-know-State Farm event in April. MORE

IMMERSE YOURSELF.
Millikin is offering a variety of summer immersion sessions including business and professional communications, web publishing, personal and community health, early adolescents in the schools, American outlaw in folklore literature. MORE

ON WITH THE SHOW.
A country music star, a "Saturday Night Live" comedian, a Grammy Award winning string quartet, a ballet classic and a Big Band legend highlight Kirkland's 2006-07 Performing Arts Series. MORE

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW TO DO?
Millikin CIA (Central Illinois Alumni) is forming special interest groups for alumni and friends in the Central Illinois area. Currently in the works are a golf group, bridge club and book club. For more info, e-mail alumnews@millikin.edu.

AND OUR WINNER IS...
Barbara Banner Harm '52 is the winner of our Milli-Link XP drawing. Harm, pictured right with Millikin Director of Development Dave Brandon, was one of the first 400 alums to log on to Milli-Link XP, the new enhanced version of the alumni e-mail directory. She received an iPod as her prize for the drawing. Have you logged in yet? Information about Milli-Link XP, was sent to alumni in March. Inside was helpful information about how to log in and use the new directory's features. Check it out and see the latest way to stay connected with your fellow alums! Didn't get the mailing? Call us toll-free at 1-877-568-3586 or locally, dial 424-6383.

PACE YOURSELF.
In honor of our May graduates, this month's trivia is all about degrees. Let's see if you have what it takes to pass our quiz on Millikin's Professional Adult Comprehensive Education (PACE) program.

More than 70 PACE students will receive their bachelor's degrees on Saturday, May 20. Which of the following is NOT a degree offered through the PACE program? (HINT: One was recently announced as a new academic program beginning this fall. Click here to read the press release.)

A. Nursing
B. Management and Organizational Leadership
C. Criminal Justice
D. Communication

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 --

Julia Quick Wolf '77
Michael Ferren '91
Tige Butts '97
Ben Radliff '02
Barbara Althoff Bone '80

Each won a leather MU luggage tag for correctly guessing that a new iPod was awarded to one of the first 400 alums to log on to Milli-Link XP (see photo above).