Calendar of Events
Tuesday, Aug. 28
On campus - First day of classes

Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007
Denver - Only one ticket left! Join alumni and friends for the 8 p.m. perfromance of Disney's "The Little Mermaid," starring Millikin alum Sierra Boggess '04, at Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Click here for details and to register online.

Thursday, Aug. 30
Springfield, IL - Young alumni event at Boone's Uptown Grill, 301 W. Edwards St., starting at 7 p.m. Appetizers provided, drop ins welcome. Hosted by Kristin Richards '02, Paul Scherschel '04 and Dan Stuby '07, associate director of young alumni relations. RSVP to Dan by e-mail (dstuby@millikin.edu), calling toll-free (1-877-JMU-ALUM) or text (217-620-5387). Reservations appreciated, but not required.

Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007
Decatur - The MCIA (Millikin Central Illinois Alumni and friends) invites you to its 2007 BBQ fundraiser at the home of Kathy Farleigh Gresham '70 and her husband, Jim. Proceeds to support an MCIA book award fund for deserving students. Click here for details.

Sunday, Sept. 15, 2007
Decatur - Steven Hurst '70, AP Bureau chief for Baghad, Iraq, will receive a 2007 Alumni Merit Award at the 7:30 p.m. performance of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra in Kirkland Fine Arts Center. To order tickets, call Kirkland Box Office at 217-424-6318.

Oct. 5-7
On campus - Homecoming
Lots of free events this year, but reservations are required for many of them. Have you made your reservation yet?

Sunday, Oct. 14
On campus - The Millikin Symphonic Band will perform a patriotic tribute concert, “An American Salute” in the Kirkland Fine Arts Center at 2 p.m. Col. Thomas Rotondi Jr. ''74, leader and commander of the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” is guest conductor. Rotondi will receive a 2007 Alumni Merit Award during the evening.

Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007
Naperville, Ill. - Annual Howard Nyberg Football Party for alumni and friends, a pre-game warm up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Held at Features Bar and Grill, 10 W. Chicago Ave. (Chicago Ave at Washington St.). Pay as you go and order off their luncheon menu (sandwiches, wraps, salads, homemade soups). RSVP toll free to 1-877-JMU-ALUM (568-2586) so we can reserve enough seats. Afterwards, it's a short walk or drive to Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium on the North Central campus to watch Big Blue vs. the NCC Cardinals beginning at 1 p.m. For directions to North Central College and a campus/city map, click here. For a map to Features Bar and Grill, click here.

Saturday. Nov. 10, 2007
Des Moines, Iowa - Alumni and friends gathering hosted by Emily Oshita-Layton '98 at Legends American Grille 640 S. 50th St., Suite 2110, West Des Moines, Iowa, at 6 p.m. Appetizers will be provided and a cash bar will be available. RSVP to Emily by phone at 641-445-5145 or 515-979-3542 or click here to send her an e-mail.

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THE HEART OF CAMPUS GETS A NAME.
On Saturday, Oct. 6, during this year's homecoming weekend, a ceremony will be held commemorating the naming of the Dr. and Mrs. J. Roger Miller Centennial Quad, in honor of Millikin’s ninth president and his wife, who are scheduled to attend the event. Miller Quad is located in the center of campus behind Shilling Hall. The 9:30 a.m. dedication ceremony is just one of more than 40 events planned for this year's homecoming. For complete details about homecoming (including online reservation forms), click here.

BE ENTERTAINED AND LEARN, TOO,
AT KIRKLAND EVENTS.
Kirkland Fine Arts Center has announced a new community learning program, KirkOut, for its 2007-2008 performing arts season. The special learning opportunities are outlined on a new web site, www.kirk-out.com. MORE

MILLIKIN SPANS THE GLOBE.
Several Millikin students and their professors studied abroad this summer. Recently, a group completed a trip to South Africa for a hands-on learning experience there, and a second group spent four weeks in Italy to learn and perform through the Bella Musica – Millikin in Italy program. Other summer learning experiences for students included study trips to Eastern Europe, France, Switzerland, Argentina, Ecuador and the Galapogos Islands.

100 REASONS TO CELEBRATE.
Millikin President Doug Zemke '66 and Alumni Relations Director Jan Devore stopped by the home of Ethelyn Draser Boyd of Mascoutah, Ill., in early August to help her celebrate her 100th birthday. Boyd is a 1929 MU graduate.

BIG BLUE FOOTBALL.
The 2007 version of Big Blue football will have a different look offensively, but one of the nation’s top-ranked defenses returns nearly intact and should give a young offense the chance to put all the pieces together. The Big Blue kick off the season Sept. 1 by hosting Illinois College. MORE

For info on all fall sports, click here.

THEY ARE A "CLASS" ACT -- AGAIN.
For the second year in a row, the Big Blue women’s basketball team earned the respect of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association when it was named to the WBCA’s Academic Top 25 Honor Roll for Division III. MORE

BACK TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO TRIVIA.
Be a winner in our back to school trivia contest..

For many years, Millikin freshmen attended an orientation program held at Allerton Park the weekend before the first day of classes, joining in a fun day of games and a chance to meet fellow classmates and MU faculty. In later years, the students joined in a closing candlelight ceremony, a tradition that continues today. What was the name of the annual program? (P.S. Students will go to Allerton this year, too, but the event now has a new name.)
A. Freshman Frolic
B. Millicamp AKA Freshman Camp
C. First Week
D. Meet Millikin

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

Last month's winners --

Marybeth Drechsler '00
Wes Fuller, '55
Tracy Harbin '00
Jennifer Burt Ellis '97
Christina Schneider '94

...each won a Millikin frisbee for correctly guessing that Dr. Robert C. McIntire served as acting dean of the College of Arts & Sciences in 2000.

SEEN AT THE SCENE.
Our roving photographers caught
these alumni having a good time at some
recent Millikin events.

The Big Blue whooped it up at Millikin Day at Busch
Stadium on Aug. 12. The temperature on the field
was 110+ degrees, but it was nice and cool inside
the club box that the alumni office had reserved
for MU alumni and friends. Just wait 'til next year.
Above, from left: Kate and Aaron Cunningham '01
of Kenney, Ill., with Abbey and Brian Carpenter '01
of Morton, Ill., just four of the 100 alumni, friends
and family that attended the event.


Seen on campus at an Aug. 4 tribute to the late
Roger Schueler, director of Millikin's Jazz Band,
from left: Tom Gleason '70, Bill Dethrow '68, Bud
Harner '73, Kyle Lehning '71 and Alan Mendelson '69.

Also attending the jazz band reunion were, from
left: Basil Rudawsky '85; Alma Schueler, wife of
the late Roger Schueler; Jim Woodrum '84; and
Jeff Radke '85.