McKendree University

Twenty-two McKendree University upperclassmen served as New Student Orientation (NSO) leaders or UNI 101 peer mentors during the week of August 16-20.

McKendree University welcomes the Class of 2027 to its Lebanon, Ill., campus, the Center at Scott Air Force Base, and online. The new first-year class represents 35 states and 28 countries.

Breanna Sampo of Peru, Ill., has been awarded a Fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi - the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Sampo is one of 62 recipients nationwide to receive a Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship.

Juniors Anna Leitner and Aaron Brown, along with Joe Blasdel, director of speech and debate at McKendree University, explored contemporary and traditional Japanese life and connected with students from around the world in June as guests of Technos International College in Tokyo. Technos International College partners with McKendree and other universities around the world to promote Japanese culture and to strengthen American-Japanese ties in an annual study program. This is the first time since students have met in person for the annual event since 2019, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Manon Kruse, a senior psychology major from Breese, Ill., is studying abroad at the University of Roehampton in London, England.

Congratulations to students on the McKendree University Dean's List for earning a grade point average of 3.60 or higher for the spring 2023 semester.

McKendree University congratulates students who made the President's List for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the spring 2023 semester.

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.

Students in the McKendree University jazz ensemble participated in a jazz festival performance on Wednesday, May 3 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts. Sixty students from 24 local junior high and high schools also participated.

Peyton Osgood is this year's recipient of the Technos International Prize. The award was presented on Friday, May 12 during the undergraduate commencement ceremony.

McKendree University congratulates its Class of 2023 graduates on their achievements! #McK2023

Pi Kappa Delta, McKendree's forensics (public speaking and debate) honor society, held its induction and end-of-year awards ceremony on May 3.

The McKendree University speech and debate team closed their 2022-2023 season by finishing in the top 10 at both the Pi Kappa Delta Nationals and the National Forensic Association Championship Tournament.

Sonia Halabi and Dominque Donegan were recently named to the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society's 2023 class of the Member of Distinction program for their excellence in academics and extracurricular involvement.

McKendree University band students participated in the wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, and concert band spring performance on Thursday, April 27 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Maria Vitoria Salomao, a junior who is majoring in international relations at McKendree University, recently competed at the St. Louis Regional Entrepreneur Educators' (STL REE) first-annual pitch competition on Thursday, April 13 in St. Louis, Mo.

New members joined the Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society during McKendree University's tenth-annual Academic Excellence Day on April 27, 2023.

The McKendree University School of Business congratulates outstanding students who have been initiated into the Mu Gamma Kappa Honor Society.

McKendree University and the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recently announced that Naya Busbea, a junior political science major, has been recognized as part of the 2023 ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll. The ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll awards college students doing outstanding work to advance nonpartisan democratic engagement at participating campuses.

Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society's Illinois Xi 398 Chapter at McKendree University welcomes its newest members.

New members joined Psi Epsilon Sigma Theta Tau during McKendree University's Academic Excellence Celebration on April 27, 2023.

The Beta Chapter of Sigma Zeta science and mathematics honor society at McKendree University congratulates its newest members.

McKendree University's chapter of Phi Eta Sigma academic honor society is proud to announce its newest members, inducted on April 27, 2023.

Tau Sigma National Honor Society for Transfer Students at McKendree University welcomes its newest members in 2023.

Chapter 292 of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society, congratulates its newest members from McKendree University, inducted on April 27, 2023.

McKendree University congratulates its outstanding students from all disciplines for their high overall academic achievement.

McKendree University's chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the international honor society for the social sciences, initiated its newest members on April 27 as part of the 2023 Academic Excellence Celebration.

The McKendree University chapter of Psi Chi, the international honor society for psychology, inducted new members as part of the 2023 Academic Excellence Celebration on April 27.

McKendree University students presented their research and creative work on campus and online during the tenth annual Academic Excellence Celebration on April 27.

McKendree University congratulates the newest members of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, who were inducted on April 27.