Spring Break
This coming week the different branches of the fine arts department will present several culminating events, including the Juried Art Show, the One Acts Festival and the film festival.
President Don Jeanes announced in chapel on Thursday morning that Milligan received a major gift from Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Gilliam this week to fund the construction of the new student wellness center. "We've been working on this project for about a year, and we've also been working on funding," Jeanes said in a press conference held yesterday afternoon.
Saturday evening 150 juniors and seniors dressed in fun and formal attire and attended "Twisted Elegance," the annual Junior/Senior banquet, at The Meadowview in Kingsport. President Don Jeanes started the night by blessing the meal. Then Vice President of Institutional Advancement Bill Greer gave a speech.
Although discussions have been circulating around campus on the subject of the yearbook transferring to a digital format, The Buffalo will, for the time being, remain in a book format.
In early March, President Don Jeanes e-mailed the students and faculty to announce a 4.9-percent tuition increase for the 2009-2010 school year. According to Vice President for Institutional Advancement Bill Greer, the Board of Trustees approved a 7.5-percent increase in tuition at their fall meeting, but neither “they nor the administration was happy about having to do that. "The president and the cabinet made the decision later to limit the increase as much as possible," said Greer. "We cut everything we could and put together the tightest budget in years so that the increase would be below 5 percent."
The Milligan softball team (27-13, 13-3) swept Bluefield College on Saturday afternoon during their double-header.By winning the first game 6-2, the team secured its place as AAC regular season champions for the second year in a row.
Sunday marked the opening of senior Rachel Mahan’s photography show, “A New Perspective.” The show, made up of both color and black and white photographs, consists of three series of photos. Five of the black and white photos are from Mahan’s photojournalism essay from the Johnson City Senior Center.
