By milliganstampede | March 7, 2014 at 1:33 pm | No comments
By Katherine Siglin
A room full of students stared at an empty stage and listened to a booming, disembodied voice for the first few minutes of Tuesday’s convocation.
No, God wasn’t speaking in audible tones to the Milligan community. Students were listening to the...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 10:44 am | No comments
By Saziye Gourley-Ozhayta
(Photo by Alex Rostro)
When did you fall in love with music?
When I was a young child. I used to sing at children's church and at quinceaneras in Mexico. I was raised only listening to Spanish Christian music and traditional hymnals until I was...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 10:39 am | No comments
By Amber Plumer
(Photo by Alex Rostro)
Growing up with a Mexican-American mother and a Caucasian father has its struggles, especially when it comes to checking the ethnicity box on any official form, according to Goah Diversity Scholar Anneke Snyder.
“My father thinks...
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By milliganstampede | February 27, 2014 at 4:56 pm | No comments
By Katherine Siglin
Last weekend, Milligan students took part in a medical missions trip sponsored by the campus group Society for Scientific Christian Scholars.
Students volunteered at FAME, a nonprofit organization that organizes short-term missions trips, as well as...
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By milliganstampede | January 31, 2014 at 4:05 pm | No comments
Photo by Brian BaJenk on Flickr.
Early this semester I was up at 2 a.m. talking with a dear friend of mine (because all the best conversations happen that late) and he said something that struck me. Milligan is a journey, not a destination. And he’s right.
In just over...
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By milliganstampede | December 6, 2013 at 9:46 am | No comments
By: Eric Vines
Milligan College’s missions club Apostolos is offering students a chance to serve the community of New Orleans on sight this spring break, in a partnership with CrossRoads Missions, a ministry that began at Milligan 20-years-ago.
“We’ll be bringing the...
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By milliganstampede | November 28, 2013 at 10:23 pm | No comments
By: Sarah Collie
Jacqueline Holness, an African-American journalist and writer from Atlanta, Ga., challenged Milligan College students to discover their God-given talents and use them to interact with common culture in chapel on Thursday, Nov. 21.
Holness extracted seven...
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By milliganstampede | October 7, 2013 at 1:12 am | No comments
By: Sarah Collie
Bradford Jones, CrossRoads Missions Director of Operations, spoke on the importance of serving as a missionary during Missions Emphasis Week, and he offered students an internship opportunity to do so.
During Jones' presentation on Wednesday, October 2 in...
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By milliganstampede | September 27, 2013 at 2:20 pm | No comments
By: Meaghan Roland Photo by: Meaghan Roland
Originally known as the Cross Cultural Missions Committee, Apostolos is the newly renamed student led group that seeks to share the love of Christ by living missionally on campus, in the community and across the world.
Apostolos...
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By milliganstampede | April 26, 2013 at 12:20 pm | No comments
By: Syd Bickers
According to a recent survey of the Milligan College community, the school is more opposed to the federal legalization of same-sex marriage than the majority of America. However, there is a small group of students who reject the Church’s blessing of...
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