Milligan’s “Deeper Connections” panel explored how U.S. immigration policy affects students’ real experiences, the economy and Christian perspectives. Speakers highlighted long, complicated legal processes, labor needs that immigration helps meet, and a faith-based call to treat immigrants with compassion.
Milligan’s new student food pantry is located in the Gilliam Wellness Center. It was created to support students with limited meal access during campus breaks. Open to all students, it provides free food and essentials, with plans to expand into a full resource center.
NickyCaps explains how his christian rap developed and the road it took to get to where he is today.
Milligan SGA holds first fall semester meeting. They welcomed their returning members and swore in new members.
After years of being in SGA, Nia Ailshie takes on presidency. She then explains how she wants to serve other faculty members and students at Milligan.
For those unfamiliar with competitive milk chugging, imagine a crowd of college students arrayed in a loose semicircle, each clutching a gallon of milk like an oxygen tank. It may sound like a simple speed trial—who can finish their jug the fastest?—but the real tension hinges on whether their insides will cooperate. This year’s showdown […]
If you happened to be strolling across Milligan University’s campus on Wonderful Wednesday, you may have noticed a mild, albeit distinct, aroma of smoke-tinged sweetness drifting from the direction of the library parking lot. That, it turns out, was Phil’s Dream Pit — a traveling barbecue joint that has recently garnered a decent amount of […]
That Big Party — Milligan’s version of prom — took place Friday evening at the King’s Center, a converted event space in downtown Johnson City. At 6 p.m., seniors were ushered in for a banquet that hovered somewhere between nostalgic and sugar-fueled, thanks to the ample amounts of Sweet Tea and Lemonade. By 7:30 p.m., […]
Every Friday morning, a small group of Milligan University students — usually about six, though the number can fluctuate — leaves campus at the aggressively-early hour of 7 a.m. Their destination: a monastery the size of a double-wide trailer home. There, at the edge of farmland and asphalt, they engage in a practice long rooted […]
Milligan’s new activities director, Juan Villalba, arrived with an almost gravitational field of enthusiasm at the start of the 2024-25 school year—so much so that if you pass him in the hallway, you might feel yourself drawn into the orbit of his student-life fervor. His impossible-to-miss energy suggests big plans, or at least future calendars […]