Her life looked ideal. She was a star track and soccer athlete, brilliant, loved by so many, and surrounded by a supportive family of seven. But on Jan. 17, 2014, University of Pennsylvania freshmen found herself too overwhelmed to deal with the pressures and demands of college, and she ended her life. Her parents found […]
Milligan’s Faculty Office Building parking lot flooded with hundreds of local youth and their families on Thursday night to enjoy the annual “Trunk or Treat.” 21 student groups chose a theme, decorated their car trunks and dressed up in costumes to serve tasty treats to the community participants. The annual event was sponsored by LINC […]
Milligan students were submerged in a high-energy, culturally diverse experience at a Latin American Festival Friday evening in lower Seeger, hosted by Multicultural Affairs (MCA). Students were encouraged to engage in and get a taste of Latin culture by taking Latin dance lessons led by pairs of students and eating authentic, one-dollar tacos cooked by […]
Welcome to college: a place where you always have homework, and even when you don’t have homework, you still have homework. The words exam, project, paper and homework have the unmatched ability to bring us much anxiety and stress (I mean, joy). With so much being demanded from us from our stacks of syllabi, it’s […]
It became clear on Sept. 28 that a tropical wave from the African coast was to become a major threat to the Caribbean and–eventually–the United States. As the storm greatly intensified and traveled westward in the Atlantic, it was given its name: Hurricane Matthew. The first landfall that Matthew made was in Haiti on Oct. […]
Meet Mattie Milliken. Mattie is a senior business major with a concentration in international business and minors in Humanities and Bible. What you probably wouldn’t guess about Mattie is that she was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. She is of American heritage as both of her parents grew up in the United States, […]
Late last week, Jeff Smith, the director of multicultural engagement and of The Betty Goah Diversity Scholars Program, resigned for reasons unknown. Smith joined Milligan’s staff at the start of the 2014-15 school year, making his time at Milligan fairly short. Last Thursday, the Goah scholars received an email from Garland Young, the Dean of […]
Despite its small size, Johnson City is a town brimming with events and activities perfectly suited for college students who want to get off campus. Grab a friend (or a group of friends) and start exploring the area. First Fridays Downtown Johnson City is where you need to be the first Friday of every month. […]
Over the 83-degree Labor Day weekend, a small group of Milligan students exchanged the indoors for the outdoors in Asheville, North Carolina. Students went stand-up paddleboarding along the French Broad River. The Milligan Campus Activity Board (CAB) sponsored the two-hour event, and, for a majority of the students, this was their first encounter with the […]