The sun was shining and the sky was blue, Millikin blue, all last week for Homecoming 2011. A few highlights:

• More than 200 brothers and guests attended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Illinois Delta fraternity Centennial Celebration dinner on Saturday night. It was one of the largest alumni events of the weekend.
• It was a wonderfully clear evening for stargazing on Saturday at the Requarth Observatory, housed on the fifth and sixth floors of Leighty-Tabor Science Center.
• More than 20 alums gave presentations on campus as part of Homecoming’s Career Connections Program.
• All-alumni group Chapter 6 hosted and performed at the Homecoming Talent Show and was presented with a Young Alumnus Award.
• Homecoming King and Queen Eric Burgett and Kaitlin Brassil, both seniors, attended the football game. Burgett. a piano performance major from Latham, Ill., sang the national anthem before the game. Brassil, an athletic training major from Homer Glen, Ill., worked the game as a student athletic trainer, and is on the women’s basketball team.
• Jackson Lewis '13, writing intern in the Alumni & Development Office, shares his Homecoming 2011 experiences in the latest edition of The Blue View blog.
• Check out photos from Homecoming 2011 on the Alumni & Friends web page, photo archive or Facebook page.