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Milligan sets new record for enrollment

Milligan sets new record for enrollment

By | September 5, 2013 at 10:14 pm | No comments

By: Sydney Franklin The Buffalo Nation is larger than ever, according to Milligan’s President Bill Greer who announced record enrollment and retention rate highs for the college this morning in chapel. With a 4.2 percent increase from last fall, the total student body...

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“Labor no more on Labor Day!”

By | September 3, 2013 at 10:42 am | No comments

By: Syd Bickers President Bill Greer announced that Milligan College will begin observing Labor Day next year, in a campus-wide email sent out at 10:02 a.m. Students should check their Milligan email account to read more. Here is the most important section of the...

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Tree Street Yard Sale: Need some stuff for your dorm?

Tree Street Yard Sale: Need some stuff for your dorm?

By | August 30, 2013 at 2:56 pm | No comments

By: Staff Photo courtesy of: Google Images From treestreetyardsale.blogspot.com: Join thousands of eager Yard Sale shoppers throughout Southside Neighborhood on Saturday the 7th of September. The main action occurs Saturday morning and midday until about 3PM, when most...

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The triple threat, Milligan’s newest trio

The triple threat, Milligan’s newest trio

By | August 30, 2013 at 2:51 pm | No comments

By: Sydney Franklin Photo courtesy of Amanda Florian/NBC.com If you’re a triple threat, they’ll like you -- at least that’s what Milligan freshmen Amanda, Brianna and Tiffany Florian said about their careers as singing triplets. The trio from Charlotte, N.C., known...

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Goah going public: Goah Diversity Scholars tell their stories

Goah going public: Goah Diversity Scholars tell their stories

By | August 30, 2013 at 2:45 pm | No comments

  By: Meaghan Roland Photo by: Saziye Gourley-Ozhayta The Goah Diversity Program is going public this semester, as scholars are encouraged to creatively share their stories with the Milligan College community by the group’s new advisor Dr. Patricia...

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Catching up with the times: The Milligan Grill gets a makeover

Catching up with the times: The Milligan Grill gets a makeover

By | August 30, 2013 at 2:37 pm | No comments

By: Sarah Underwood Photo by: Syd Bickers The updated Fireside Grill, now serving Starbucks drinks and pastries, has become a new hangout, but a few students are disappointed that the coffee shop is not accepting Starbucks gift cards. Plans for the new grill were put into...

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The Purge: Milligan’s New Financial Policy

The Purge: Milligan’s New Financial Policy

By | August 30, 2013 at 2:29 pm | No comments

By: Syd Bickers Photo by: Students with outstanding payments for this semester will be dropped from class enrollment, evicted from on-campus housing and removed from the meal plan by noon Wednesday, Sept. 4, if outstanding bills are not covered by Tuesday, Sept....

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Moving in

Moving in

By | August 28, 2013 at 2:23 pm | No comments

By: Taylor Foote Nothing gives the impression of becoming a Milligan buffalo like hauling 70-some-odd pounds of your personal belongings up three flights of stairs. With a lack confidence and a copious amount of sweat at the brow, it seemed like such an easy escape to climb...

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Athletes and “Milligan-ites”: Thoughts on the breach of Milligan community

Athletes and “Milligan-ites”: Thoughts on the breach of Milligan community

By | May 2, 2013 at 3:31 pm | No comments

By Hannah Austin At this year’s Mr. Buff competition, contestant Jeff Preptit jokingly referred to athletes and “Milligan-ites” within the Milligan community in his “State of the Union” speech to the “Buffalo Nation.” He might have been joking, but the divide...

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Campus Wish list

Campus Wish list

By | May 2, 2013 at 2:57 pm | No comments

By: Syd Bickers This story updates and corrects a previously posted report about the Board of Trustees Institutional Advancement Committee meeting on April 25, 2013.   The Institutional Advancement Committee of the Board of Trustees took an early step toward a new...

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