Milligan hosted a trio of activities for students to participate in last week. MC Trivia Night and Ski Night both took place on Thursday night while Buffs Got Talent was Saturday. Six teams participated in trivia according to Heather Jackson, director of student success and disability services, who was one of two hosts for the […]
Milligan is the first in the region to offer a collegiate robotics team. Students who are on the pioneering team are given tools to construct remote operated vehicles (ROVs) capable of underwater navigation. Milligan’s robots will be going up against other ROVs created by middle and high school students in the region during the 2020 […]
Milligan hosted family weekend Feb. 14-16. Several athletic, academic and artistic events were offered around campus that appealed to both students and their parents according to Jason Onks, director of campus activities. Onks is in charge of scheduling the date of family weekend as well as organizing other events for entertainment. He typically targets weekends […]
On Feb. 6, Milligan hosted a student organized panel on voting from a Christian perspective. The event took place in Hyder auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Panelists included Dr. Lee Blackburn, associate professor of history and humanities; Dr. Amy Edmonds, associate professor of political science and faculty advisor of Student Government Association; and Rep. Timothy Hill, […]
President Greer announced in December that the Fall would bring additions of three new clubs to Milligan: disc golf, fly fishing and a drum line. These clubs will be different from regular clubs due to the requirements and expectations set forth. They are not a part of the athletic program, but have competitive aspects. Tim […]
Laundry typically is not anyone’s favorite pastime, and inadequate washers and dryers make the process even more frustrating. Thankfully, over the Christmas break, Milligan upgraded all of the machines to simplify the chore. An email was sent to all students on Jan. 13, notifying them of the upgrade and sharing information about the reason for […]
Milligan College campus activities sponsored a Nerf gun battle in the hallways of Derthick on Nov. 21. Any and all students were invited. The Nerf war was held on all three main hallways of Derthick. In the halls, there were inflatable obstacles provided to use as shields from the crossfire of the Nerf guns. Nerf […]
On Nov. 4, Milligan students, faculty and staff received an email from Campus Minister, Brad Wallace, stating the annual Christmas concert (on Dec. 7 and 8 this year) will no longer provide SFP. In years past, this event was open to the public and worth two SFP for Milligan students. Naturally, this caused confusion among […]
Students on campus helped children in need on Nov. 24 by packing boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The event offered one SFP credit, and Maggie Cook led a worship service. The event was organized and hosted by Kaity Phillips and Amber Mitchell, both juniors. They said that coming up with the idea to put on […]
What’s something that some Milligan professors do in the sparse free time they have? Publish books, of course. This year Milligan professors, Jim Dahlman and Nancy Williams and Emmanuel professor Dr. Gary Selby released books. Prof. Dahlman is a communications professor, Stampede advisor and area chair of visual, performing and communicative arts at Milligan. Dahlman’s […]