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Millikin University is a private college in Decatur, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1901 by prominent Decatur businessman James Millikin and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).




History


Millikin was initially established on April 30, 1901, through a partnership with the then-Lincoln University, an existing college in Lincoln, Illinois also affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. At this time, the charter for Lincoln University, which had been in existence since February 1865, was modified to create a new overarching university, the James Millikin University. This new institution had two subsidiary units: Lincoln College, the newly renamed, Lincoln-based campus formerly known as Lincoln University, and the Decatur College and Industrial School, a new campus to be established in Decatur. This arrangement leveraged the existing resources of Lincoln University to establish a wholly new college in Decatur. The combined, two-campus institution took the name of its primary advocate, James Millikin.
Millikin's campus in Decatur, however, would not officially open until September 15, 1903. Its dedication was presided over by president Theodore Roosevelt.
James Millikin University maintained its two-campus model until 1952, when the two units separated to become two wholly independent institutions; the Decatur campus renamed as just Millikin University while the Lincoln campus remained known as Lincoln College. The charter of independent Millikin was approved by the state on July 23, 1953.




Academics


Millikin confers undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, and post-graduate certificates and degrees. Its most popular undergraduate majors, based on number out of 403 graduates in 2022, were:

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (55)
Musical Theatre (31)
Business Administration and Management (28)
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts (27)
Biology/Biological Sciences (25)
In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked Millikin University #12 in "Regional Colleges Midwest", #11 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, and #29 in Best Value Schools, noting that the institution had selective admissions and a student-faculty ratio of 10:1.




Media






= Decaturian

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The Decaturian is the bi-weekly student newspaper. Its first issue appeared in 1903; issues up to 1951 are archived online.




= WJMU 89.5 The Quad

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WJMU is Millikin University's student-operated freeform format radio station. In addition to its musical responsibilities, WJMU also creates its own public service announcements, liners, news, Millikin sports programming and promotional materials.
In 1922, a license was issued for a new AM broadcasting station, operating on a wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz). This station was randomly assigned the call letters WBAO, which came from a sequential roster of available call signs. It maintained a limited schedule of broadcasts. On May 25, 1928, the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WBAO, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." On September 1, 1928, the FRC listed "Stations WJBL and WBAO" as one of the "consolidations which have been approved by the commission, or imposed on the stations by the commission". WBAO was formally deleted on October 1, 1928, and it was announced that programs previously broadcast by that station would now be heard over WJBL.




Athletics



Since their first year of athletics in the 1903–04 academic year and prior to joining the NCAA Division III and the CCIW in the 1946–47 season, Millikin primarily competed as an Independent of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Millikin University teams have since participated in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Big Blue are a member of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, wrestling, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, triathlon, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball.




Notable alumni






= Actors and musicians

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Jodi Benson – Actress and singer
Sierra Boggess – Actress and singer
Joel Kim Booster – Actor
Hedy Burress – Actress
Annamary Dickey – Actress and singer
Katelyn Epperly – Singer
Tad Hilgenbrink – Actor
Michael Maize – Actor
Emerson Swinford – Musician
Annie Wersching – Actress
Matthew West – Musician
Monica Witni – Composer




= Artists

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Herbert D. Ryman – Disney artist, imagineer, and chief designer of the Cinderella Castle




= Athletes and coaches

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George Corbett – professional football player
Sid Gepford – professional football player
Lori Kerans – college basketball coach
Fred T. Long – professional football player and college football coach
Harry Long – college football coach
Chuck Martin – college football coach
Danny Moeller – professional baseball player
Jeff Monken – college football coach
Marcia Morey – Olympic swimmer
George Musso – professional football player
Jeff Query – professional football player
Mike Rowland – professional baseball player
Don Shroyer – college football coach
Virgil Wagner – professional football player
Art Wilson – professional baseball player




= Authors and media figures

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Alice Ambrose (1906–2001) – philosopher, logician, and author
Florence Page Jaques (1890–1972) – author
Lucille Ryman Carroll – Hollywood talent executive during early 20th century
Gigi Goode – American drag queen and runner-up on RuPaul's Drag Race (season 12)




= Business figures

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Douglas R. Oberhelman – chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar Inc.
A.E. Staley (Hon.) - Founder and chairman of the Board of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company, now Primient




= Higher education leaders

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Trevor Bates - president of Wilmington College
James L. Fisher - president of Towson University and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education




= Public service

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Jeff Armbruster - Ohio State Senator for District 13 from 1999 to 2006
Scott R. Britton - Member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Rodney L. Davis – (2013 - 2023) United States Congressman (R-Illinois) and former Mayor of Taylorville, Illinois
Thomas W. Ewing – United States Congressman (R-Illinois)
Melvin R. Laird, Sr. – Wisconsin State Senator and clergyman
Robert Madigan - Illinois State Senator and brother of Congressman and Cabinet Secretary Edward Madigan
James Benton Parsons – Federal judge; in 1961 he was the first African American to serve as a US Federal District Judge, appointed to the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago, IL
Elbert S. Smith - Illinois State Senator, Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts, vice-president of the 6th Illinois Constitutional Convention
Kevin Vann - Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange (CA) and former Bishop of Fort Worth
Thomas D. Westfall, (1927–2005) – former mayor of El Paso, Texas
Rickey Williams Jr. (1977/1978–) – the first African-American to serve as mayor of Danville, Illinois




See also


National Bird-Feeding Society#Bird seed preferences (NBFS)
Richland Community College




References






External links


Official website

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