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
(see more)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
Brad Eston Gives Senior Recital at Bothwell Chapel

McKendree University Students Participate in Fall Instrumental Showcase Concert


Vladimir Puskovitch Gives Senior Percussion Recital at the Hett

McKendree University Students Enchant the Crowd with Cinderella Waltz, Nov. 3-5


McKendree University Students Participate in Music Department Showcase Concert Oct. 20

Students in McKendree University's Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Concert Band Present Stunning Spring Performance

Julian Castillo Gives Senior Percussion Recital at the Hett

McKendree University's Jazz Ensemble Team Up with 24 Local Schools to Put on Toe-Tapping Concert


Jade Heuer Gives Student Percussion Recital at the Hett

McKendree Students Present "Silent Sky" March 30-April 2

McKendree University Chamber Choir Wows Audience at Women's History Month Concert

McKendree Students Perform "Months on End" November 11-13

McKendree University Band, Choir Students Present "A McKendree Christmas!" on December 2

Students in McKendree University's Choirs Participate in Fall Choral Invitational Oct. 20


McKendree Band Students Flex Musical Chops During Band Concert on Oct. 19

Samantha Elling Gives Junior Recital in Bothwell Chapel


McKendree Band, Choir Students Take to the Stage for Music Department Showcase Concert on October 3

The McKendree University Concert Choir Performs Selections from the Screen and Stage

McKendree Students to Present "The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong" March 25-27

McKendree Senior Shows Off Stunning Artwork at McKendree Gallery, March 31 to April 8

Honors Recital Performers Put on Delightful Show at the Hett

Elizabeth Coady Gives Junior Vocal Recital

McKendree Students Present "Love/Sick" Nov. 5-7

Art Students' Work Selected for National Undergraduate Juried Exhibition

"Big Man, Little World" Senior Art Show Offers a New Perspective

'Black Magic' Art Exhibit is Inspired by Black Women's Beauty

Students to Exhibit at Art Saint Louis Varsity Art XXV

Students Display Artwork in Ex-Spiration, A Juried Virtual Exhibition

Students Selected for Intercollegiate Marching Band

Theatre Department Presents "As You Like It"
