McKendree University

The McKendree University Speech and Debate team started its season with competitions on back-to-back weekends. On Sept. 20 and 21, the team competed in Lincoln-Douglas style debate in an online tournament hosted by Washburn University. On Sept. 27 and 28, the team competed in National Parliamentary Debate Association style debate in a tournament hosted at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

McKendree University psychology graduate, Mia Wylie '25, psychology student, Kelsey Lyles '26, and biopsychology student, Divine Favour Ozomma '26, have coauthored a peer-reviewed article on academic taboos in psychology education. The article appears in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, a journal published by the American Psychological Association that features research on effective teaching in the field of psychology.

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

The Phi Eta Sigma National Board of Directors recently announced the Founders Fund scholarship recipients for the 2025-2026 academic year. Four McKendree students, senior Benjamin Anderson, senior Jonathan Davenport, senior Raeghan Henrichs, and senior Divine Favour Ozomma, were named as recipients of the scholarship and were deemed to have met the necessary criteria of involvement in Phi Eta Sigma, along with holding a high scholastic record.

McKendree University students are gaining valuable experience and earning college credit as participants in the Career Services internship program during the summer.

Congratulations to students on the McKendree University Dean's List for earning a grade point average of 3.60 or higher for the spring 2025 semester.

McKendree University congratulates students who made the President's List for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the spring 2025 semester.

Congratulations to the McKendree University students and Class of 2025 graduates whose work is published in the Spring 2025 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Zane Phillips, an international relations major from Chambersburg, Ill., received the 2025 Technos International Prize on Friday, May 9 during the undergraduate commencement ceremony. The Technos International Prize is given each year by the Tanaka Ikueikai Educational Trust for outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to the cause of international understanding.

McKendree University congratulates its Class of 2025 graduates on their achievements! #McK2025

English major Jasmine Gage has been awarded a Gyo Obata Fellowship for Arts Management by the Gateway Foundation in St. Louis.

McKendree University psychology students senior Mia Wylie, junior Kelsey Lyles, and junior Divine Favour Ozomma presented two research posters at the Midwestern Psychological Association's Annual Convention from April 10 through 12 in Chicago. The students collaborated with their research supervisor, psychology professor Dr. Guy Boysen, as part of the Psychology Research Practicum and Honors Practicum courses.

McKendree University psychology students presented their research at the ILLOWA Undergraduate Psychology Conference hosted by Western Illinois University on April 26 in Macomb, Ill. ILLOWA is the nation's longest-running undergraduate psychology conference and draws student researchers from Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri.

McKendree University psychology students Mia Wylie, Kelsey Lyles, and Divine Favour Ozomma have coauthored a peer-reviewed article on mental illness stigma in the academic journal Stigma and Health. The journal, published by the American Psychological Association, features original research on how stigma affects the health and well-being of people with mental and physical illnesses.

McKendree University's concert and chamber choirs performed one last concert for the semester by presenting "The Poet Sings" on Thursday, May 1 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus. The choirs were under the direction of Ken Tucker and accompanied by Melissa Ray on piano.

Students from McKendree University's honors jazz band took to the stage to perform beautiful music for the crowd on Wednesday, April 30 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus. Students from local junior high and high schools joined them as well.

McKendree University students participated in the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities' Lobby Day at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on April 30.

Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociology honor society, recently welcomed new members on April 24, 2025 as part of McKendree's Academic Excellence Celebration.

Students in McKendree's many ensembles put on a beautiful concert in celebration of the university's 12th-annual Academic Excellence Celebration on Thursday, April 24.

McKendree University congratulates the newest members of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, who were inducted on April 24.

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

New members joined the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society during McKendree University's 12-annual Academic Excellence Day on April 24, 2025.

The McKendree University chapter of the natiional honor society for the study of athletic training congratulates its newest members.

Chapter 292 of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society, congratulates its newest members from McKendree University, inducted on April 24, 2025.

The Beta Chapter of Sigma Zeta science and mathematics honor society at McKendree University congratulates its newest members.

Tau Sigma National Honor Society for Transfer Students at McKendree University welcomes its newest members in 2025.

McKendree University's chapter of Phi Eta Sigma academic honor society is proud to announce its newest members, inducted on April 24, 2025.

The McKendree University chapter of Psi Chi, the international honor society for psychology, inducted new members as part of the 2025 Academic Excellence Celebration on April 24.

McKendree University congratulates its outstanding students from all disciplines for their high overall academic achievement.

Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication collegiate honor society, installed new members at McKendree University on Tuesday, April 22.