McKendree University

The McKendree University speech and debate team competed at its home debate tournament on Oct, 20-22, and at the University of Central Missouri on Oct. 21-22, earning 56 awards--including 11 first place finishes--between the two.

The McKendree University speech and debate team opened its season recently with stellar performances at two elite tournaments, taking second place in debate at William Jewell College and reaching the finals in two events at Western Kentucky University.

In its first trip to nationals,.the McKendree University Dance Team fiinished seventh at the 2017 NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla., April 6-8.

Congratulations to the McKendree University Cheerleaders, who fiinished third in the Small Coed and Internediate Small Coed, Division II, competition at the 2017 NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla.

"McKendree Idol" celebrates its 12th year on campus and this year's competition is every bit as exciting as the first! The fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Fund is sponsored by the Campus Activities Board and Kappa Lambda Iota (CLIO). Meet the finalists who will vie for the title on April 1.

McKendree University's speech and debate team opened its national competition season taking home two individual championships and 20 other awards at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament, held at Ohio University on March 11-15.

The Business Ethics team was a divisional runner-up at the recent International Business Ethics Case Competition in Tucson.

The Avidity Winter Guard of McKendree University is celebrating its recent success, with the Independent Open Guard and the A Guard taking silver medals at two important competitions. In just a few years of existence, Avidity has risen from newcomer status to among the world's best and put McKendree on the map in the world of indoor color guard competition.

McKendree University is cheering its team's recent third place finish in the Small Coed Division II of the National Cheerleaders Association's national competition in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Britani Beasley will introduce singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw onstage as the winner of the "Y98 Mistletoe Show Insider Competition," co-sponsored by McKendree University and St. Louis radio station Y98.

Students from the Division of Computing had McKendree University's best ever showing at the Midwest Association of Computing Machinery programming contest on Nov. 2.

The McKendree University debate team finished in second place and took home eight awards at the Loyola University tournament on Sept. 27-29 in Chicago.

The McKendree University speech team advanced in seven events and took fifth place overall at the recent University of Indianapolis forensics tournament.

Local McKendree University business students presented "What's Eating You? Unhealthy Eating Habits and Restaurant Responsibility" at two conference competitions. The four-member McKendree student team included:

The following local McKendree University students were successful at the Illinois Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) State Leadership Conference, held April 5 and 6 in Effingham:

The following local McKendree University students took second place in debate sweepstakes at Wheaton College's Hollatz Debates recently:

The following local students were among the eight McKendree University debaters who competed in the Washburn University tournament in Topeka, Kan., on Nov. 9-11, competing against students from 13 colleges and universities: