Milligan has announced that they have concluded with the largest fundraising campaign in its 150-year history: about $70 million. Milligan has been fundraising for the Forward Ever campaign since 2008. The administration has used this fundraising campaign to fund projects such as scholarships, capital projects and the endowment. The goals of the Forward Ever campaign […]
The Milligan men’s soccer team had an extra eventful senior night and homecoming game against Pfeiffer University on Oct. 28. The physical game was terminated at halftime after two red cards had been distributed. According to senior soccer player Noah Hickerson, the first red card was given to a Pfeiffer player who came up and […]
In order to better understand Milligan’s Student Government Association, The Stampede has started a series where we will be comparing our SGA to other schools’. We recently interviewed Kentucky Christian University’s student body president, Bram Koeller. KCU is located in Grayson, Ky., and has a total enrollment of 613, according to their school website. 1.What […]
The cafeteria at Milligan feeds students every day. The have a hot line, pizza bar, deli bar, bagel bar, cereal bar, salad bar and a specialty bar. These are all great. But a problem has arisen in the Milligan cafeteria. While the food is decent, there is a huge lack of vegetarian options. I have […]
Milligan’s Social Work Club hosted a suicide prevention training event on National Mental Health Awareness Day, Oct. 10. Cicely Alvis, division director of specialty services for Frontier Health, was the trainer at the event. She taught the Question, Persuade, Refer, or QPR method, which is one of the easiest methods to teach and learn. The […]
This past Thursday, students piled into the Steve Lacy Fieldhouse for Moonlight Madness. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams played a scrimmage, and the cheer and dance team previewed some of their numbers for the year. The highlight of the basketball games was when junior soccer player Amy Long joined the women’s team and […]
This past week, Milligan hosted its second annual Big Buff Weekend. This time, however, most events took place during weekdays. It all started off with men’s and women’s soccer on Wednesday night. Orange snacks, like Orange Crush and Mooncakes, were offered during the games, and between the two games there was a hot dog cookout. […]
Dr. Norman Wirzba, research professor of theology, ecology and rural life at Duke Divinity School, spoke at chapel on Sept. 26 on the topic of rest and the Sabbath, and he spoke again later that evening on sustainability. “The Sabbath is not simply about finding balance in a crazy world,” Wirzba said. “Sabbath is about […]
The Stampede has chosen to focus on sustainability this year. We believe that God has blessed us with this Earth, and we want to take care of it. One way Milligan wants to make sure that we take care of the Earth is by recycling. However, sometimes Milligan students don’t know where the recycling bins […]
Milligan has partnered with Northeast State Community College to allow Northeast State students that are pursuing an engineering degree to co-enroll at both Northeast and Milligan. This will allow students to take both pre-engineering and engineering classes at Milligan while still enrolled at Northeast State. Milligan partnered with Northeast State in 2009 for an articulation […]