Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wilson Millians of North Augusta, S.C., announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Elizabeth Joyce Millians to Mr. Sy Erikson Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Allen of Demorest.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Millians of Augusta, the late Mrs. Joyce Millians and the late Mr. and Mrs. T. Allen Childs Jr.

She is 2001 graduate of North Augusta High School in North Augusta. She graduated in 2005 from the University of Georgia in Athens with a bachelor's degree in education in exercise and sports medicine. She received a doctorate in physical therapy from Emory University in Atlanta in 2008. She is employed as a physical therapist with the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta.

The groom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. Ernestine Pardue McEntire of Clarkesville, the late Mr. Ralph Thomas McEntire, Mrs. Pearl Holcomb Allen of Clarkesville and the late Mr. Frank Lee Allen.

He is a 2001 graduate of Habersham Central High School in Mount Airy. He graduated in 2007 from the University of Georgia in Athens with a bachelor's degree in consumer science in housing and consumer economics. He is employed at Georgia Power Co. in Atlanta as project coordinator of renewable and green strategies.

The couple plan to wed May 23, 2009, at Grace United Methodist Church in North Augusta, S.C.