THE
P. WHITE ERA
MAY 2014 FRANK M. LINDSAY FIELD
2013-2020
SEPT. 2018: Millikin University received the Business Expansion of the Year Award at the Greater Decatur Chamber of Commerce 2018 Chamber Awards
SPRING 2017 WORKMAN FAMILY SOFTBALL FIELD
Patrick E. White Millikin University President
JULY 2013 APPOINTED INTERIM PRESIDENT OF MILLIKIN
OCTOBER 2013 PATRICK E. WHITE IS NAMED 15TH PRESIDENT OF MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY
AUGUST 2017 UNIVERSITY COMMONS
MAY 2014 FRANK M. LINDSAY FIELD
DECEMBER 2015 COMPLETED TRANSFORM MU CAMPAIGN
AUGUST 2017 THE UNIVERSITY COMMONS
MAY 2018 CENTER FOR THEATRE & DANCE
SEPTEMBER 2019 WORKMAN FAMILY BASEBALL FIELD
Millikin broke ground on a new $1.75 million artificial turf playing surface for Frank M. Lindsay Field. The project included installation of field lighting, resurfacing the track, a high-definition video scoreboard and sound system. The field currently serves as the home field for the University’s soccer and football teams.
The University completed its Transform MU capital campaign 14 months early after exceeding its $85 million goal by over $10 million. This successful initiative led to the design and construction of innovative, transformative facilities on the University’s campus.
University Commons serves as the “front door and main street” to campus. This $31 million building houses the Staley Library, the Doug and Diane Oberhelman Center for Leadership Performance, the University dining hall, Office of Campus Life and additional spaces designed for collaborative use by the MU community.
Millikin officially broke ground on its Center for Theatre & Dance. For the first time, Millikin’s School of Theatre and Dance will have a facility equal in quality and potential to its national reputation. This $29 million state-of-the-art facility will feature a 260-seat flexible theatre with orchestra pit and balcony; lighting and sound labs; studios for costume, acting and dance; collaboration spaces; costume and design classrooms; modern equipment and offices. The University’s Center for Theatre & Dance will be completed in fall 2020.
On September 27, 2019, under President White’s guidance, Millikin University officially opened the new on-campus home of the Big Blue baseball program with the dedication of the new Workman Family Baseball Field. This new facility seats 459 spectators and features an all-weather artificial turf field, stadium seating, clubhouse, lights, press box, concessions and batting cages. Millikin is the only school in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) with an on-campus, baseball-only facility with a full turf field and clubhouse.
APRIL 2016 BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR PRESIDENT WHITE
OCTOBER 2019: Millikin University President Dr. Patrick E.
White was the featured keynote speaker at the bi-annual Community Leaders Breakfast at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel.
NOVEMBER 2019 ATHLETIC FACILITY Millikin announced fundraising efforts for the first phase of a multimillion-dollar Athletic Facility Expansion and Renovation plan titled “M-Powered.” M-Powered will strengthen the future of Millikin Athletics and enhance the University’s ability to recruit and retain the finest student-athletes and coaches; provide outstanding strength and conditioning facilities to maximize performance; and will include spaces for coaching, teaching and learning.
