Calendar of Events
Nov. 23-26
on campus- The Millikin campus, including the alumni and development center, will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Dec. 2-3
on campus- The 45th annual Vespers holiday concert. Performances at 3 and 7 p.m. each day. Tickets available now from Kirkland Box Office, 217-424-6318.

Dec. 9
on campus- The Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker performs at 3 and 7 p.m. in Kirkland Fine Arts Center. Tickets available now from Kirkland Box Office, 217-424-6318.

Dec. 23-Jan. 1
on campus- The Millikin campus, including the alumni and development center, will be closed for holiday break.

May 22-30, 2007
Beijing, China- Millikin does China! Join alumni and friends for a nine-day trip to the Far East. To view a pdf with details, click here. Deadline for first deposit is due
Nov. 22.

Nov. 1-11 , 2007
Tuscany, Italy - Join alumni and friends for a trip to this golden land. To view a pdf with more details, click here.

Now through Dec. 31
As you make your plans for charitable donations this season, consider Millikin as one of your giving options. It's especially easy and secure to give online. Gifts must be submitted online or postmarked by Dec. 31, 2006, to be eligible for 2006 tax year deductions. This year, a new IRA rollover provision signed into law Aug.17 provides tax incentives for donors age 70½ or older to contribute individual retirement account assets to educational institutions and other nonprofits without having to cash out the IRA and treat the proceeds as income. MORE

Click here for the complete calendar of upcoming events.


Hot links
Milli-Link XP is your connection to your fellow alumni. Check out our online directory today!

FREE MU desktop wallpaper
for your computer.

Big Blue wedding album.
New photos just added! 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 gallery.
Purchase art online through this student-run gallery featuring the works of current students and alumni. For a limited time, when you sign up for “Blue Connection Updates," you are entered into a drawing for a chance to win a color matted photograph (above left) by Nicole Cisne '03.

First Step Records
Millikin bookstore 

Know prospective Millikin students? Tell them to become members of the Big Blue VIP program! They will receive personalized information about admission to Millikin and the programs and activities most important to them. The next admission open house will be Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. For more info, call 1- 800-373-7733 ext.5, or click here to send an e-mail.

Athletics website. Season tickets are on sale now!

Staley Library's archives website

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!)

WE'RE TOPS IN HELPING PEOPLE
BE THEIR OWN BOSS.
Millikin has been listed among the top entrepreneurial colleges in Entrepreneur magazine and was also named one of The Princeton Review’s top entrepreneurial colleges for 2006. MORE

STUDENTS GET BOOKISH.
Following in the footsteps of a successful student-operated record label and retail art gallery, Millikin has formed a student-operated press, Bronze Man Books. MORE

MU SIGNS AGREEMENT
WITH CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
Millikin recently signed a sisterhood accord with Changchun University of Chinese Medicine to provide increased International study opportunities for MU students. MORE

DID NOBEL PRIZE SPERM
CREATE GENIUS OFFSPRING?
Learn the answer when a nationally recognized writer and columnist discusses his critically acclaimed book "The Genius Factory," the true story of a Nobel Prize sperm bank, on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. in Pilling Chapel. The author, Dr. David Plotz is currently deputy editor of the online magazine Slate. His appearance on campus is hosted by the Human Council Genetics Program. MORE

BRING THE VESPERS
TRADITION HOME.
Blue Connection, Millikin’s student-run art gallery, is offering a 2006 limited edition Vespers ornament. The etched glass ornament with a gold ribbon hanger showcases this year's Millikin Vespers Concert theme, "Tidings of Great Joy" and was designed by senior James Butts. It comes packaged in a draw-string Millikin-blue velvet bag with an accompanying clear-top gift box and makes a great gift for those who celebrate the tradition of Vespers and for any family member or friend who enjoys the spirit of the holidays. The cost is $15, and it may be purchased online at www.millikinblue.com. The ornament is just one of many gallery items available for online purchase, including paintings, jewelry, photographs and stationary. Who knows? You might be able to get all your holiday shopping done with just a few mouse clicks.

VETS TO BE HONORED
AT NOV. 17 BASKETBALL GAME.
Millikin will hold a Veterans Recognition Day at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the women’s basketball game in Griswold Physical Education Center on campus. MORE

'TIS THE SEASON ...
TO MENTION MILLIKIN
The holidays are a time for gathering with friends and family and asking age-old questions like, "Have you decided where you're going to college next fall, Johnny?" Ask the teens in your family to consider visiting Millikin so they can check out our friendly campus, one-on-one attention to students and high success rates after graduation. Be sure to share that there's no application fee and online applications can be submitted at any time. Just remember www.millikin.edu and you'll point them in the right direction.

YOU'LL EAT THIS UP.
The fall issue of Millikin Quarterly, which will be arriving in your mailboxes shortly, features a cover story on some of the wonderful -- and not so wonderful -- memories that alumni have about their dining experiences as students. In keeping with that theme, we feature a trivia question that may get your mouth watering for the taste of a local favorite.

Some alumni feel that a trip back to visit campus isn't complete without a burger from this local hangout, which is located just a few steps from campus and still going strong after 73 years in business. What is it?
A. Ed's
B. Lock Stock & Barrel
C. The Winery
D. The Blue Mill

Send your answer 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 --

Scott Whited '93
Tara Witt '04
Mark Massey '05
Beth Gage '64
Lou Leone '94  

Each receive a Millikin pen for correctly naming Jessie McKeown as the university's first fall Homecoming queen.