McKendree University

The McKendree Speech and Debate team hosted and competed in the National Parliamentary Debate Association's Championship Tournament and the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence during the university's spring break.

Students from McKendree University's wind ensemble, percussion ensemble and concert band took to the stage to perform beautiful music for the crowd on Monday, March 3 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

McKendree University's speech and debate team finished its regular season with strong performances at competitions hosted by the Missouri Association of Forensics Activities and Mercer University during the weekend of Feb. 14 through 16. The following weekend on Feb. 22, the team hosted its final high school debate event of the season on campus.

Congratulations to Zariah Valentine, who received McKendree University's 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award.

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.

The McKendree Speech and Debate team started its spring semester with a series of tournaments in speech and multiple formats of debate.

Congratulations to students on the McKendree University Dean's List for earning a grade point average of 3.60 or higher for the fall 2024 semester.

McKendree University congratulates students who made the President's List for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the fall 2024 semester.

The McKendree Speech and Debate Team finished its competition schedule for the fall semester with standout performances at the William Jewell Swing in November and the Gateway Classic in December.

McKendree University band and choir students took to the stage to present "A McKendree Christmas!" on Friday, Dec. 6 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. The concert featured performances from the concert choir, chamber choir, wind ensemble, concert band, and percussion ensemble.

McKendree University participated in the American Model United Nations conference in Chicago from Nov. 23-28. More than 80 universities representing 110 countries attended the conference, and McKendree won one of nine overall delegation awards.

Students in McKendree University's jazz choir, jazz combo, and jazz ensemble participated in "A Thankful Jazz" on the evening of Monday, Nov. 25 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Students from McKendree University's percussion ensemble and percussion methods took to the stage to perform beautiful music for the crowd on Thursday, Nov. 21 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

McKendree University senior Lea Hoock gave her senior recital on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University senior Jessi Riley gave her senior recital on Monday, Nov. 4 in Bothwell Chapel.

McKendree University senior Sean Harper gave his senior recital on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

McKendree University senior Alec Blaydes gave his senior recital on Monday, Oct. 28 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Student ambassadors are dynamic, dedicated leaders who represent the University and share what it's like to be a McKendree student in an engaged, active, intellectual environment.

McKendree University students performed Night of the Living Dead Live, a hilarious re-imagining of George A. Romero's legendary classic, from Oct. 25-27.

McKendree University senior Destiny Johnson is a 2024 recipient of the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award and a Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

Ashley Hayley, a senior majoring in biology and minoring in pre-professional studies at McKendree University, has recently been named a finalist for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.

Students in McKendree University's concert band, wind ensemble, concert choir and chamber choir took to the stage on Monday, Oct. 14 to perform in their PRISM concert.

Two McKendree University students were recently crowned as McKendree University's 2024 Homecoming Royalty during Homecoming Weekend on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Members of McKendree's Chamber Choir and high school guests from local high schools participated in the Honor Choir Festival on Sunday, Oct. 6.

The McKendree Speech & Debate Team started its season with a double-header split across two states. Over the weekend, 13 McKendree debaters put together a 23-20 preliminary record across the two tournaments and two formats of debate.

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.

Twenty-eight McKendree University upperclassmen served as New Student Orientation (NSO) leaders or UNI 101 peer mentors during the week of August 22-25.

McKendree University welcomes the Class of 2028 to its Lebanon, Ill., campus and online. The university's bicentennial class represents 34 states and 29 countries.

Jordyn Dallas, a junior at McKendree University and resident of O'Fallon, Ill., studied abroad at the American College of Greece this summer. Jordyn, who is a secondary education history major, took a macroeconomics class and a world civilization class at the college.

Senior Sonia Halabi, a sociology major at McKendree University from South Barrington, Ill., had the opportunity to attend a few international conventions over the summer.