Millikin University Center for Entrepreneurship

03/23/2026

Check out what we’ve been up to!

12/18/2025

Congratulations to the winners of the Millikin First-Year Business Plan Competition - Next Level Nutrition received 1st place, and Thread N Turn received 2nd place!!

Your hard work, creativity, and dedication truly showed. We’re so proud of all the teams who presented and grateful to the judges, professors, and mentors for making this event possible!

12/11/2025

12/05/2025

Alumni & Friends: Are you ready for a life-changing trip? ✈

Explore Millikin’s upcoming global entrepreneurship experiences and turn travel into learning, creativity, and opportunity along with our students.

Give a gift that lasts: global perspective. 🌍 For more information: https://millikin.edu/tabor-school-business/center-entrepreneurship

12/04/2025

➡️ Final Call!!

Claim your seat for this amazing opportunity by December 15th!!

Check out the post below to see how to secure your spot!

🌍✨ Come along on an Enticing Travel Immersion into the Heart of Authentic Italian Culture This Summer!

https://arts-culinary-entreprene-7a6ta5i.gamma.site/

Arts, Creative & Culinary Entrepreneurship in Italy
📅 May 22–31, 2026

Registration Deadline: December 15, 2025

✈️ Travel, learn, and experience Italy not just as a visitor — but as a participant in its thriving creative economy.

No prerequisites required, just curiosity and a love for culture, creativity, and family business.

💰 Cost for Community Members & Visiting Faculty: $3,495 (includes lodging, meals, and all program activities). Airfare not included.

$500 deposit due by December 15, 2025 (refundable if the immersion is cancelled.

📩 For more information or to reserve your spot, contact Julienne Shields at [email protected] or call (217) 899-6556.

12/04/2025

🚨 Last Chance!! 🚨

There are limited spots available to go on this once in a lifetime trip!!

Deadline: December 15th, 2025

See the post below to see how to secure your spot!

🌏✨ Social Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka!!
📅 March 13–22, 2026 Registration Deadline: December 15, 2025
https://social-entrepreneurship--tgdz3fj.gamma.site/

✈️ Travel, learn, and partner with grassroots changemakers — not just observe. No prerequisites; bring curiosity and a readiness to collaborate.

Highlights!!
- Partner with and local village initiatives
- Work with women entrepreneurs building sustainable tourism products

💰Non-Millikin student cost: $3,495 (includes $800 allocation toward your airfare, all lodging, most meals, and all program activities).

$500 deposit due by December 15, 2025 (refundable if immersion is cancelled).

📩 For info or to reserve your spot, contact Julienne Shields at [email protected] or call (217) 899‑6556.

11/21/2025

🌍✨ A first‑ever Millikin experience: Education Innovation Immersion in Italy!!

This program is for ALL educators and those who impact education policy. Regardless of age of the students you teach, the type of school you work in, the role that you have in your district, the exploration and innovation happening in Italy is palpable.

✈️ Explore Italy's rapid deployment of the Finnish‑inspired M*F and the Reggio Emilia approach in educational programs across Urbania, Urbino, Reggio Emilia, and Bologna.

https://education-innovation-imm-zsxgh12.gamma.site/

📅 June 20–28, 2026
Registration Deadline: January 15, 2026

No prerequisites — bring curiosity and a commitment to rethinking learning. This program is a collaboration between Millikin's Education Department & the Center for Entrepreneurship.

💰Cost for Community Members & Alumni: $3,595 (double occupancy; airfare not included). $1,000 deposit due by January 15, 2026.

📩 For more information or to reserve your spot, contact Julienne Shields at [email protected] or call (217) 899-6556.

11/21/2025

🌏✨ Social Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka!!
📅 March 13–22, 2026 Registration Deadline: December 15, 2025
https://social-entrepreneurship--tgdz3fj.gamma.site/

✈️ Travel, learn, and partner with grassroots changemakers — not just observe. No prerequisites; bring curiosity and a readiness to collaborate.

Highlights!!
- Partner with and local village initiatives
- Work with women entrepreneurs building sustainable tourism products

💰Non-Millikin student cost: $3,495 (includes $800 allocation toward your airfare, all lodging, most meals, and all program activities).

$500 deposit due by December 15, 2025 (refundable if immersion is cancelled).

📩 For info or to reserve your spot, contact Julienne Shields at [email protected] or call (217) 899‑6556.

11/21/2025

🌍✨ Come along on an Enticing Travel Immersion into the Heart of Authentic Italian Culture This Summer!

https://arts-culinary-entreprene-7a6ta5i.gamma.site/

Arts, Creative & Culinary Entrepreneurship in Italy
📅 May 22–31, 2026

Registration Deadline: December 15, 2025

✈️ Travel, learn, and experience Italy not just as a visitor — but as a participant in its thriving creative economy.

No prerequisites required, just curiosity and a love for culture, creativity, and family business.

💰 Cost for Community Members & Visiting Faculty: $3,495 (includes lodging, meals, and all program activities). Airfare not included.

$500 deposit due by December 15, 2025 (refundable if the immersion is cancelled.

📩 For more information or to reserve your spot, contact Julienne Shields at [email protected] or call (217) 899-6556.

11/18/2025

We were thrilled to welcome Dr. Preeti Chalsani, Chief Quantum Officer for the IEDC, to the Millikin-Decatur Executive Association (MDEA) breakfast! Her presentation on the Quantum Revolution and Why Illinois.

To hear of all the investment and intentional discussions throughout the state to position Illinois as the global leader in Quantum innovation and commercialization was particularly meaningful for our community. Keep an eye out for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park in Chicago’s South Side.

09/30/2025

Relaunch of the Millikin Decatur Executive Association this morning with a panel discussion on Recruiting and Retention of Human Talent in a post-COVID, AI-enabled World.

Moderator: Dr. J Mark Munoz
Panelists:
Phil Brandt - President& CEO, AAIM Employer’s Association
Courtney Condon Hearn - VP of Regional Sales, LinkedIn
Nicole Bateman - President, Economic Development Corporation of Decatur & Macon County