McKendree University

McKendree University's speech and debate team finished its regular season with strong performances at competitions hosted by the Missouri Association of Forensics Activities and Mercer University during the weekend of Feb. 14 through 16. The following weekend on Feb. 22, the team hosted its final high school debate event of the season on campus.

Students from McKendree University's wind ensemble, percussion ensemble and concert band took to the stage to perform beautiful music for the crowd on Monday, March 3 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

Congratulations to Zariah Valentine, who received McKendree University's 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award.

McKendree University students are gaining valuable experience and earning college credit as participants in the Career Services internship program during this year's spring semester.

Congratulations to students on the McKendree University Dean's List for earning a grade point average of 3.60 or higher for the fall 2024 semester.

McKendree University congratulates students who made the President's List for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the fall 2024 semester.

Student ambassadors are dynamic, dedicated leaders who represent the University and share what it's like to be a McKendree student in an engaged, active, intellectual environment.

Ashley Hayley, a senior majoring in biology and minoring in pre-professional studies at McKendree University, has recently been named a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.

McKendree University senior Destiny Johnson is a 2024 recipient of the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award and a Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

Two McKendree University students were recently crowned as McKendree University's 2024 Homecoming Royalty during Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 12.

McKendree University welcomes the Class of 2028 to its Lebanon, Ill., campus and online. The university's bicentennial class represents 34 states and 29 countries.

Jordyn Dallas, a junior at McKendree University and resident of O'Fallon, Ill., studied abroad at the American College of Greece this summer. Jordyn, who is a secondary education history major, took a macroeconomics class and a world civilization class at the college.

McKendree University congratulates its Class of 2024 graduates on their achievements! #McK2024

Congratulations to the McKendree University students and Class of 2024 graduates whose work is published in the Spring 2024 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society's Illinois Xi 398 Chapter at McKendree University welcomes its newest member.

The McKendree University School of Business congratulates outstanding students who have been initiated into the Mu Gamma Kappa Honor Society.

The McKendree University dance team hosted their annual Dance in Concert event on Friday, March 8 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

Shelby Nash, a McKendree University senior Honors program student, gave in-depth research presentations on Tuesday, November 28. In the Honors program, students work with a faculty member to write a thesis within their major field of study. The program culminates with a public presentation.

Breanna Sampo of Peru, Ill., has been awarded a Fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi - the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Sampo is one of 62 recipients nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.

The McKendree University Student Government Association announces its officers and class representatives for the 2021-2022 academic year.