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McKendree University offers students many ways to make their mark, with  more than 50 undergraduate majors and co-curricular activities including study abroad, speech and debate, marching band, community service, cultural immersion and mission trips, and Greek life. Bearcat student-athletes compete in 36 men’s and women’s sports. McKendree is a member of NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts is southern Illinois’ finest performing arts venue.

McKendree offers a high quality education in a friendly, nurturing environment. Total enrollment is 2,500, including the Lebanon campus in southwestern Illinois; centers at Scott Air Force Base and Radcliff, Kentucky; and students enrolled online. 90-second video

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McKendree University offers students many ways to make their mark, with  more than 50 undergraduate majors and co-curricular activities including study abroad, speech and debate, marching band, community service, cultural immersion and mission trips, and Greek life. Bearcat student-athletes compete in 36 men’s and women’s sports. McKendree is a member of NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts is southern Illinois’ finest performing arts venue.

McKendree offers a high quality education in a friendly, nurturing environment. Total enrollment is 2,500, including the Lebanon campus in southwestern Illinois; centers at Scott Air Force Base and Radcliff, Kentucky; and students enrolled online. 90-second video

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Students Publish Academic Research in Scholars Journal

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.
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Research / Grant - 2024 May 24

Students Publish Academic Research in Scholars Journal

Congratulations to the McKendree University students and Class of 2023 graduates whose work is published in the Spring 2023 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.
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Research / Grant - 2023 May 17

Students Publish Academic Research in Scholars Journal

Congratulations to the McKendree University students whose work is published in the Fall 2022 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Dec 19

Psychology Student, Alumni, Professor of Psychology Publish Research about Stigma toward Schizophrenia

Two McKendree University psychology alumni and one psychology student recently published research regarding schizophrenia and the stigma the disorder still faces. This collaborative research was done as part of a research practicum course under Dr. Guy Boysen, professor of psychology at McKendree. The journal's abstract can be viewed here.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Aug 26

Students Publish Academic Research in Scholars Journal

Congratulations to the McKendree University students and Class of 2022 graduates whose work is published in the Spring 2022 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.
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Research / Grant - 2022 May 18

McKendree DNP Student Debbi Waters Publishes Article in the ANA's Capitol Beat

Debbi Waters, MSN, RN, MJ, CHC, recently published an article in Capitol Beat, a publication from the American Nurses Association (ANA). The article is titled "OSHA Reopens Comment Period on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 through April 22.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Apr 21

Students Publish Academic Research in Scholars Journal

Congratulations to the McKendree University students whose work has been published in the Winter 2021 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.
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Research / Grant - 2022 Jan 3

Students Publish Academic Research in Scholars Journal

Congratulations to the McKendree University students and Class of 2021 graduates whose work is published in the Spring 2021 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.
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Research / Grant - 2021 Jul 26

Psychology Majors to Publish Article on Instructor Dislike of Students

Three McKendree University psychology majors have had a research article entitled "Disliking Students: The Experiences and Perspectives of College Teachers" accepted for publication in an academic journal.
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Research / Grant - 2021 Feb 24

Student Research Project Accepted for CSCA Conference

A research project by Kathleen Craven, entitled "#EdTwt: How Those with Eating Disorders Conceptualize Their Identities on Twitter," was accepted into the Central States Communication Association Conference.
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Research / Grant - 2020 Dec 16

Student and Professors Publish Ice-Angling Research

Fisheries Research, a peer-reviewed academic journal, has published the results of an ice-angling study by a McKendree University senior and his biology professor.
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Research / Grant - 2020 Mar 9

Biopsychology Students Publish Their Research

A research article by two biopsychology majors and their professor on the perceptions, stereotypes and dehumanization of persons with mental illness will be publshed in a forthcoming APA journal, Stigma and Health.
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Research / Grant - 2020 May 21

Students Publish Academic Research in Scholars Journal

Congratulations to the McKendree University students and Class of 2019 graduates whose work is published in the Winter 2020 issue of Scholars: The McKendree University Online Journal of Undergraduate Research.
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Research / Grant - 2020 Jan 7

Students' Research to Appear in Academic Journal

A research article by McKendree University students on the dehumanization of mental illness will be published in The Journal of Social Psychology.
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Research / Grant - 2019 Sep 19

Honors Students Present Theses

Students in the McKendree University honors program are presenting their research findings in honors theses presentations.
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Research / Grant - 2018 Nov 29

Students Present Their Research at Psychology Conference

McKendree University psychology students presented two research posters about relationships and mental illness at the Midwestern Psychological Association's Annual Conference in Chicago on April 14.
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Research / Grant - 2018 Apr 17
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