Lydia Milan is a staff journalist for MBU Timeline. Milan is a sophomore broadcast media major. She is the producer and editor of Timeline Talk and editor of the weekly Timeline Broadcast. Milan works in the Communications studio. She loves photography and videography and music. She also loves hanging out with her family, hiking, swimming and reading.
MBU Timeline staffers Lydia Milan and Stuart Slates set out across the Missouri Baptist University campus with a question of the week for students, staff and faculty members. With colleges preparing for football playoffs and bowl games, and the NFL heading down the home stretch toward the playoffs and Super Bowl, this week’s question is: What is your favorite football tradition?
Another night of laughs and impressive performances were on display in this year’s Mr. Spartan contest as contestants ranged from super heroes to ballad singers to neon dancers.
MBU Timeline staffers Lydia Milan and Hannah Wood set out across the Missouri Baptist University campus with a question of the week for students. Taking a comical approach this week’s question is:
The annual President’s Dinner brings faculty and staff members together each fall to kick off the school year while recognizing new members of the MBU family and those who have served the university for several years. Following this year’s dinner in August, MBU Timeline reporter/videographer Lydia Milan interviewed two MBU staff members to gather their reflections on the annual tradition. Interviewed were Beth Kinsey, associate director of admissions, and Daniel Wood, transfer admissions counselor.
Here are some interesting facts about MBU Timeline, the student newsmagazine of Missouri Baptist University, in St. Louis:
*Our mission statement is: MBU Timeline is the student news network of Missouri Baptist University, a private Christian university that embraces the essential core value of “social change through service and leadership.”
*The Bible verse that drives our mission is 2 Timothy 2:15 (Worldwide English Version): “Tell the true message in the right way.”
*The WordPress website has been up since late-fall 2013. We average about 3,000 sessions and about 5,000 pageviews per month.
*Our stories and galleries get as few as 40 or 50 hits, or as many as 8,000 hits.
*We have readers in every state and more than 90 countries around the world. We have several readers in South America, the United Kingdom, India and Australia.
*Most of our readers are in Missouri, followed by Illinois, California and Texas.
*We do not accept advertising as we are a not-for-profit online newsmagazine.
*We welcome contributors from all walks of MBU life, regardless of your major. Reach out to us on Twitter at: @mbutimeline.
