Millikin Big Blue
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| Motto | In His Plenitudo Vis |
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| Type | Private coeducational |
| Established | 1901 |
| Affiliation | Presbyterian |
| Endowment | $115.2 million (2016) |
| President | Patrick E. White |
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Administrative staff
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1,393, full and part-time |
| Undergraduates | 2,000 |
| Postgraduates | 200 |
| Location |
Decatur, Illinois, United States 39°50′33″N 88°58′30″W / 39.8425°N 88.975°WCoordinates: 39°50′33″N 88°58′30″W / 39.8425°N 88.975°W |
| Campus | City, 75 acres |
| Sports mascot | Big Blue |
| Colors | Blue & White |
| Website | www |
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Millikin University is an American co-educational, comprehensive, private, four-year university with traditional undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, fine arts, and professional studies, as well as non-traditional, adult degree-completion programs (PACE) and graduate programs in business administration and nursing. Millikin's campus is in Decatur, Illinois and serves approximately 2,200 students with a student/faculty ratio of 12 to 1 and an average class size of 23 students. The school was founded in 1901 by prominent Decatur businessman James Millikin.
The Decaturian, also known as the Dec (official nickname), is the bi-weekly student newspaper. The Decaturian was established in 1903 and its issues are archived online from 1903–1951, made possible by the Digital-Decaturian Project.
WJMU is Millikin University's student-operated freeform format radio station. In addition to its musical responsibilities, WJMU also creates its own public service announcements, liners, news, Millikin sports programming and promotional materials.
Millikin University teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Big Blue are a member of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Prior joining the NCAA Division III and the CCIW in the 1946–47 season, Millikin primarily competed as an Independent of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) back since their first year of athletics in the 1903–04 academic year. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball.
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