Student Life

Alpha Chi is a collegiate national honor society. The association is open to juniors and seniors in the top 10% of their class with a grade point average of at least 3.5.

Alpha Psi Omega , the national theatre honorary society, is active on campus with membership based on a point system whereby points are earned by participating in the many facets of theatre work on campus. Popular current projects include sponsoring the yearly Festival of One Act Plays and a touring production that travels to area public schools.

Buffalo Ramblers is an informal association of those members of the Milligan College family who enjoy exploring on foot the scenic gorges, peaks, caves, and waterfalls surrounding the College.

Buffalo Yearbook is responsible for coordinating and publishing the annual yearbook received by all students, faculty, and staff.

Campus Activities Board (CAB) assists in the planning of various extracurricular and co-curricular activities, including dances, trips, Wonderful Wednesday, film showings, and musical events.

Club Ultimate exists to provide a spiritual and healthy experience through physical activity and controlled competition while playing ultimate Frisbee.

College Republicans is an organization made up of students interested in local, state, and national politics.

Commuter Council seeks to unite and involve commuters in campus life.

Habitat for Humanity introduces students to the organization and allows them to serve the community as they build a better future.This ministry is an official chapter of the nationwide Habitat for Humanity organization and enables Milligan students to participate in constructing homes for those in need.

Multi-Cultural Affairs Committee is a faction of the Campus Activities Board that aims to make Milligan a genuinely multicultural Christian community by affirming the worth of all human beings and affirming the value and significance of the human cultures and communities that have developed over the centuries.

Omicron Psi is a national honor society for non-traditional students. The association is open to juniors and seniors at least 24 years of age, with a grade point average of at least 3.0.

Phi Alpha Theta is an honorary history society with more than 270,000 members in over 850 chapters in colleges and universities across the United States . Phi Alpha Theta ‘s mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and exchange of learning and ideas among historians. Milligan history students established the Alpha Iota Tau chapter of Phi Alpha Theta during the Spring 2001 semester.

Psi Chi is the national Honor Society in Psychology for the purpose of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology.

The Spanish Club exists to encourage Spanish culture and language appreciation while hosting several social and educational activities.

The Student Nurses Association is an organization that exists to provide fellowship and student support for those in the nursing major.This organization also provides service and health promotion activities to the Milligan community.

The Student Tennessee Education Association seeks to develop interest in education as a lifelong career, to develop among students preparing to be teachers an understanding of the teaching profession through professional associations, to give students preparing to teach practical experience in working with professional associations on the problems of the teaching profession and society, and to provide students preparing to teach with the history, organization, policies, ethics, and programs of the professional associations.

SUB 7, a part of the Campus Activities Board (CAB), sponsors two coffeehouse style performances each month. Those participating with SUB 7 book the acts, set up the sound equipment, and make the coffee for each performance. All students are invited to attend.

WUMC, Milligan College Radio, seeks to provide the college with a quality radio station by giving students and volunteers broadcast experience.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA): Open to all students, this ministry addresses the mutually benefiting opportunities for religion and sports and serves the unique dynamics of student athletes. FCA hosts monthly events qualifying for the spiritual formation program, weekly small groups and bible studies, retreats, and Christian leadership seminars.

Vespers is an informal, contemporary student-led worship service open to all students. Vesper services occur on Sunday evenings at 8:30 pm in Seeger Chapel’s Walker Auditorium.

Linking Individuals to the Needs of the Community (LINC) serves as a hub for coordinating individual students with local community service organizations and also provides the college with opportunities to partner with national service initiatives.

The Bible Bowl ministry helps coordinate the Milligan College Summer Bible Bowl tournament.

Heritage is a small a cappella ensemble composed of six to eight men and women performing on and off-campus for churches and service clubs.

Brass Ensemble is an instrumental ensemble composed of brass instruments devoted to the study and performance of literature written specifically for brass.

Civic Band provides students a performance opportunity with the Johnson City Community Concert Band.

Concert Choir is an auditioned mixed chorus with varied repertoire of classics, spirituals, hymn arrangements and musical theatre. The Choir tours annually and performs on numerous other occasions.

Jazz Ensemble is an organization devoted to performance of jazz and pop styles, with emphasis on ensemble playing, solo playing, and improvisation.

Milligan College Orchestra is an auditioned orchestra which performs representative literature for on and off campus performances. This ensemble is open to elective students, as well as music majors and minors.

String Quartet is a chamber ensemble for string players which perform for on and off campus events.

The Stampede is Milligan’s student run newspaper. It exists to serve and strengthen the college community by reporting news, serving as a forum for members of the community, and encouraging involvement in the community.

The Student Government Association ( SGA ) exists to formulate and execute a Christian student government whose duties are to stimulate communication and cooperation among students, faculty, and administration. It also helps to coordinate student activities, to participate in the determination of College procedures, to labor in the interest of improving academic standards and to […]

Apostolos Student Missions Club exists to advance the work of mission around the world, in the local community, and among the student body.  Raising awareness through on-campus programming and engaging in outreach projects and short-term mission trips, Apostolos aims to enable students to be on mission with God.

(“Counseling and Other ways to Optimize Life”) Cool Buff’s mission is to help their members, other students, and the community have a better understanding about mental/physical wellness and things that pertain to that topic while providing opportunities to learn more about mental/physical wellness.

International Justice Mission (IJM) works to bring an end to modern-day slavery and human trafficking. Milligan’s Campus Chapter of IJM joins this effort by working to raise student awareness through education, raise funds to enable the global work of IJM, and raise a voice in prayer and advocacy on behalf of 30 million people held […]

Major Players is a club for those who are interested in theater and helping connect students through that interest. Major Players provides more theatrical outlets for the Milligan Community while also incorporating Christian values into those theatrical performances.

LXI-(Isaiah 61)–Formerly One7, the purpose of the organization is to cultivate a community of Milligan Students whose goal and desire is to creatively reach out and share Christ’s love and compassion to the at risk and underprivileged youth of the inner city of Johnson City in diverse ways.

The goal of the club Scribblers is to allow writers among the college and in the community to share works that they have written in an environment of trust and encouragement.

The vision of the NSLS is to be an organization that educates, develops, and supports leaders at Milligan College for the purpose of having a positive influence through leadership and service here at Milligan and the broader community.

The Society of Scientific Christian Scholars (SSCs) seeks to promote the appreciation of scientific study through a Christian perspective around campus and throughout the community.

The on campus goal is to grow and develop leaders in their walk with Jesus, and the community goal is to love, represent, and teach Jesus to our high school friends in a way that they, too, would begin a relationship with him.

A group dedicated to advancing music education by encouraging the study and making of music by those for a passion of music, as well as future music educators.