McKendree University

McKendree University's speech and debate team ended its regular season of competition at the Missouri Association of Forensics Activities (MAFA) tournament, hosted by Webster University in Webster Groves, Mo.

Students in McKendree University's wind ensemble and chamber choir performed in a concert on Monday, Feb. 23 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Students in McKendree University's music majors performed in an honors recital on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Students in McKendree University's concert band and concert choir performed in a student conductor concert on Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University's Speech and Debate team had a breakout performance this past weekend with the team of sophomore Ari Carney and first-year Aidan Bradley advancing to elimination rounds of "Big Red Mackie" national warm-up tournament, co-hosted by Denison University and Mercer University.

From January 8 through 11, the halls of Piper Academic Center at McKendree University were packed with students from 11 colleges and universities across six states. The long weekend featured two tournaments of National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) style debate. Students debated pressing public policy issues including public infrastructure investment, European Union security arrangements, international recognition of The Republic of Somaliland, artificial intelligence, and much more.

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 2025 semester.

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

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

McKendree University's Speech and Debate team finished the semester with a strong performance, capturing two tournament wins as a team alongside 22 student awards.

Students in McKendree University's concert band, wind ensemble, concert choir, and chamber choir performed in the university's annual Christmas concert on Friday, Dec. 5 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University's concert band and wind ensemble, along with the high school honor band, performed a fall Thanksgiving performance on Monday, Nov. 10 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Members of McKendree's jazz ensemble, vocal jazz ensemble, and jazz combo perfomed a concert full of show-stopping tunes on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Members of McKendree's percussion ensemble came together to put on a wonderful show on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University participated in the American Model United Nations conference in Chicago from Nov. 22-25. More than 80 universities representing 120 countries attended the conference.

McKendree University students performed "Ghosts in the Machine," a digital mystery for the mind and heart of the savvy texter, from November 7 through 9 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Students in McKendree University's wind ensemble and chamber choir took to the stage to perform a concert on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Students in McKendree University's concert choir and concert band took to the stage to perform a concert on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

MaryAnn Romagna, a senior from Eagle, Wis., was recently named this year's recipient of the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award and Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

McKendree University's Speech and Debate team started its speech session strong at Illinois State University on Sunday, Oct. 5.

McKendree University welcomes the Class of 2029 to its Lebanon, Ill., campus and online. This class represents 31 states and 31 countries.

Students in McKendree University's concert choir and chamber choir took to the stage to perform on Sunday, Oct. 5 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

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.