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Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication collegiate honor society, installed new members at McKendree University in the fall semester of 2021.

Allison Carnell is currently presenting her works of art for her senior art exhibition at the McKendree Art Gallery from March 21 to April 8.

McKendree Theatre will present "The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong," a hilarious "whodunit?", March. 25-27 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus.

McKendree University students are gaining valuable experience and earning college credits as participants in the Career Services internship program during the spring semester.

The McKendree University speech and debate team kicked off its spring season with a bang, earning 27 awards in four separate tournaments and first place at San Diego State University.

Six music education majors wowed the crowd during an honors recital on the evening of Friday, Feb. 18 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University. These students were chosen by faculty to perform in this concert due to the progress they made and how well they performed last semester.

Peyton Osgood and Breanna Sampo, juniors at McKendree University, have been chosen to receive a Fulbright-Mitacs internship to conduct research in Canada this summer. The Fulbright-Mitacs Globalink enables about 60 students from the United States to attend a Canadian university in which they will undertake advanced research projects for 10 to 12 weeks in their area of interest under the supervision of a professor.

McKendree University awards scholarships to talented future students based on their academic merit.

Congratulations to Emmanuel Segbedzi, who received McKendree University's 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. Watch the celebration online

Congratulations to students on the McKendree University Dean's List for earning a grade point average of 3.60 or higher for the fall 2021 semester.

McKendree University congratulates students on the President's List for achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the fall 2021 semester.

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.

The McKendree University speech and debate team concluded its fall season, earning 23 awards in three separate tournaments.

McKendree University students represented the delegation from Turkey at the American Model United Nations conference in Chicago, Nov. 20-23.

The McKendree University speech and debate team has competed in a handful of virtual tournaments so far this fall, taking home a total of 17 awards.

Students from CHEM 105 and CHEM 380 got to observe gas laws and more first-hand at Scuba World, Inc. in Swansea, Ill. The students will use this experience to help them write a paper linking their time underwater to three gas laws they are currently studying in class.

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.

McKendree University junior Elizabeth Coady will be giving her junior vocal recital on Thursday, Oct. 28 at noon in Bothwell Chapel.

Two McKendree University students were recently crowned as McKendree University's 2021 Homecoming Royalty during Homecoming Weekend.

The McKendree University Student Government Association announces its officers and class representatives for the 2021-2022 academic year.

McKendree Theatre presents "Love/Sick," a collection of nine vignettes that explores what it means to be in love, Nov. 5-7 at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on campus. Performances are on Nov. 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is free for all McKendree students, faculty and staff.

McKendree University senior Jessica Hoffmann is a 2021 recipient of the Abraham Lincoln Civic Engagement Award and a Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.

McKendree University welcomes the Class of 2025 to its Lebanon, Ill., and Kentucky campus, the Center at Scott Air Force Base, and online. The new first-year class represents 29 states and 23 countries. #McK2025

New Student Orientation leaders at McKendree University help to introduce first-year students to life at college. NSO leaders also serve as peer mentors during University 101 classes held throughout the semester.

McKendree University's lacrosse program was one of 55 NCAA Division II women's lacrosse programs named an Academic Honor Squad by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) for the 2020-21 season. They surpassed the minimum 3.20 cumulative GPA threshold. Along with being named to the IWLCA Academic Honor Roll, eleven women's lacrosse players were named to the IWLCA Division II Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 season. To be eligible for the Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes must be a junior, senior or graduate student and have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or greater. Honorees included: Kat Albrecht, Jr., Louisville, Ky./Eastern Clara Andrews, Jr., St. Louis, Mo./Nerinx Hall Mackenzie Bemis, Sr., Eureka, Mo./Eureka Jennifer Eggert, R-Sr., Carmel, Ind./Carmel Sarah Hardin, Sr., Pacific, Mo./Pacific Oriana Johnson, Sr., Monticello, Minn./Monticello Brittany Koch, So., Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Bloomfield Hills Jess Morey, St., Loveland, Ohio/Loveland Rylee Skachenko, Sr., Oceanside, Calif./Carlsbad Kayla Smith, Gr., O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township Aly Curran, Jr., Bolton, Mass./Nashoba

McKendree University men's track and field sophomore Eugene Omalla a sophomore from Tororo, Uganda, was named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division II All-Academic Athlete team. Omalla, who was an All-American in the 400-meter dash at the 2021 NCAA Division II National Outdoor Track and Field Championships, was one of 325 Division II men named an All-Academic Athlete for the 2020-21 season. At this year's NCAA D-II National Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Omalla ran a personal-best and school record time of 46.71 in finishing as the national runner-up in the 400-meter dash. His school record time at the NCAA D-II Championships bettered the old school record of 47.26 that Omalla set at the 2021 Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships. In order to be named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete Team, a student-athlete must maintain at least 3.25 cumulative grade point average. In addition, the successful candidate must automatically or provisionally qualify for the NCAA Division II track and field national championship meet (either indoor or outdoor).

The McKendree University women's volleyball team was recognized by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) with USMC/AVCA Team Academic Awards for the 2020-21 school year. For the ninth consecutive year and 15th time in the program's history, the women's volleyball team earned the Team Academic Award, which recognizes teams who maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale for the school year or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. The women's squad compiled a 3.55 team grade point average. Individually, 17 student-athletes also earned Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Academic All-Conference honors, including: Brianna Binder, Fr., Littleton, Colo./Dakota Ridge Avery Carr, Fr., Bloomington, Ill./Bloomington Alexa Clark, Fr., Jackson, Mo./Notre Dame Regional Claire Diercks, So., Highland, Ill./Highland) Hope Gramly, Jr., Prosper, Texas/ Prosper Gracie Marr, Sr., Castle Rock, Colo./Castle View Lauren McCurley, Fr., Troy, Ill./Triad Maddie Misner, So., Makanda, Ill./Carbondale Alexandria Muschong, Jr., Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock Sarah Porter, So., Glfford, Ill./Armstrong Township Colleen Preusser, Fr., St. Charles, Mo./Lutheran McKenna Ross, Jr., Anthem, Ariz./Boulder Creek Elle Russell, Sr., Festus, Mo./St. Pius X Morgan Sterrett, Jr., Schamburg, Ill./Schamburg Alex Tinnin, Sr., Festus, Mo./Festus Amanda Tippett, So., Lake St. Louis, Mo./St. Dominic Shelbi Whitlock, Fr., Lake St. Louis, Mo./Timberland

The McKendree University men's basketball and women's bowling teams were named Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Team Award winners. The GLVC renamed its annual sportsmanship award in 2016 after Spalding, who is referenced as one of the league's two "Founding Fathers" and for his longtime service at Bellarmine. Spalding was first a basketball student-athlete at Bellarmine, who later returned to serve his alma mater as assistant basketball coach (1957-66), head basketball coach (1966-71), men's cross country/track coach (1961-75), men's tennis coach (1961-62), and men's golf coach (1967-69), before being elevated to director of athletics (1971-94). Individually, 15 male and 15 female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior, were named 2020-21 James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Individual Award winners. Jaimie Omalla, a sophomore track and field athlete from Tororo, Uganda, and Rebecca Hagerman, a sophomore women's bowler from Loves Park, Ill., were recognized from McKendree University. Each institution - through the head coach - names one award honoree in each sport sponsored, then selects one male and one female student-athlete from its season-long list of honorees to be named as James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Individual Award winners. In addition to Omalla and Hagerman, 19 other student-athletes were honored by McKendree, including: Riley Bishop, Fr., Grayslake, Ill./Warren Township, Women's Cross Country Brooke Boatman, Jr., Troy, Ill./O'Fallon Township, Women's Golf Devin Caswell, Jr., New Athens, Ill./New Athens, Men's Cross Country Jacob Donaldson, Sr., Effingham, Ill./Effingham, Men's Basketball Daniel Filipek, R.-Sr., Warrenton, Mo./Warrenton, Men's Wrestling Kaelyn Froebe, R.-So., Lincoln, Ill./Lincoln, Women's Basketball Kenneth Glidden, Jr., George Town, Cayman Islands/Stingray Swim Club, Men's Swimming & Diving Regan Gubera, Fr., Jamestown, Ind., Women's Swimming & Diving Sarah Hardin, Sr., Pacific, Mo./Eureka, Women's Lacrosse Emily Kettering, So., Bloomington, Ill., Normal Community West, Women's Tennis Danielle Knutson, Sr., Maryville, Ill./Collinsville, Women's Soccer Caitlyn Lowry, Gr., St. Louis, Mo./Notre Dame, Softball Lauren McCurley, Fr., Troy, Ill./Triad, Women's Volleyball Devon Myles, Jr., Chicago, Ill./Westinghouse College Prep, Football Brett Niedzwiecki, Sr., Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville, Men's Soccer Will Postlethwaite, Sr., Carlisle, U.K./William Howard School, Men's Golf Julappagari Reddy, So., Dubai, United Arab Emirates/CBSE School Nationals, Men's Tennis Jared Timmermann, Gr., New Baden, Ill./Wesclin, Baseball Kayla Tirey, Jr., Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville, Women's Track and Field

Twenty four McKendree University student-athletes earned the Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award from the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC). Named after Brother James Gaffney FSC, former President of Lewis University for over 28 years and two-term Chair of the GLVC Council of Presidents, the award is presented annually to student-athletes competing in GLVC-sponsored sports who achieve a 4.0 grade point average during the course of the academic year. The honorees for the 2020-21 GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award are listed below: Clara Andrews, Jr., St. Louis, Mo./Nerinx Hall, Women's Lacrosse Morgan Andrews, So., Creal Springs, Ill./Marion, Softball Abby Behlmann, So., O'Fallon, Mo./Liberty, Softball Mackenzie Bemis, Sr., Eureka, Mo./Eureka, Women's Lacrosse Brianna Binder, So. Littleton, Colo./Dakota Ridge, Women's Volleyball Viola Cipriani, So., Arezzo, Italy/Liceo Classico Francesco Petrarca, Women's Tennis Hallie Dixon, Jr., Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville, Women's Swimming & Diving Noah Fishel, So., Indianapolis, Ind./Southside Indy Aquatics, Men's Swimming & Diving Leonardo Frederico, So., Tijucas-Santa Cantrina, Brazil/Colegio De Aplicacao Univali, Men's Tennis Ryan Haynes, Fr., Pekin, Ill./Pekin Community, Men's Wrestling Jessica Hoffman, Jr., Belleville, Ill./Althoff Catholic, Women's Soccer Jenny Homann, Sr., Freeburg, Ill./Freeburg, Softball Destiny Johnson, Fr., Maryville, Ill./Collinsville, Women's Soccer Maddie Misner, Jr., Makanda, Ill./Carbondale, Women's Volleyball Molly Muennich, So., Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart Academy, Women's Lacrosse Noah Pierce, Jr., Tuscola, Ill./Tuscola Community, Baseball Will Postlethwaite, Sr., Carlisle, U.K./William Howard School, Men's Golf Haley Rey, Jr., Columbia, Ill./Flyers Aquatic Swim Team, Women's Swimming & Diving Vincenzo Scaletta, R.-Sr., Harwood Heights, Ill./Ridgewood, Men's Wrestling Evan Spears, Sr., Eureka, Mo./Eureka, Baseball Jordan Sprycha, Fr., Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn Community, Football Lauren Stolzman, So., Hudson, Wis./Hudson, Women's Basketball Shelby Summer, Sr., Washington, Ill./Washington, Softball Kenny Tomason, R.-Jr., Ludlow, Ill./Paxton-Buckley-Loda, Football

McKendree University had 37 student-athletes earn the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award for the 2020-21 academic year. The recipients of the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award exemplify the outstanding student-athletes of the league. Each honoree has exhausted his or her eligibility in the intercollegiate sport in which they participated and maintained at least a 3.5 grade-point average throughout their academic career. In addition, to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have competed in the GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed 96 credit hours. A student-athlete can only earn the distinguished honor one time in his or her career. A total of 16 students from seven member institutions met the highest standard of academic excellence by concluding their collegiate careers with an unblemished 4.0 cumulative grade-point average. That exclusive list includes four individuals from McKendree: Miranda Gajewski, Sr., Kronenwetter, Wis./D.C. Everest, Softball Margaret Schnoeker, Sr., Coulterville, Ill./Okawville, Women's Golf Caleb Shipley, Sr., Centralia, Ill./Centralia, Football Shelby Summer, Sr., Washington, Ill./Washington, Softball Other GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award honorees included: Natasha Ainsley-Thomas, Sr., Middleton, England/Sponne School, Women's Golf Brian Baggette, Sr., Glen Carbon, Ill./Edwardsville YMCA Breakers, Men's Swimming & Diving Mackenzie Bemis, Sr., Eureka, Mo./Eureka, Women's Lacrosse Isabella Correa Sarmiento, Sr., Cali, Colombia/Colegio Leonistico La Merced. Women's Bowling Jacob Donaldson, Sr., Effingham, Ill./Effingham, Men's Basketball Jennifer Eggert, R. Sr., Carmel, Ind./Carmel, Women's Lacrosse Sarah Hardin, Sr., Pacific, Mo./Eureka, Women's Lacrosse Morgan Hollenbeck, Eureka, Mo./Eureka, Women's Soccer Jenny Homann, Sr., Freeburg, Ill./Freeburg, Softball Karley Kaimann, Sr., Old Monroe, Mo./Winfield, Women's Soccer Sara Kalkenova, Gr., Astana, Kazakhstan/Zerde School No. 9, Women's Tennis Macy Kuhnke, Gr., Marion, Ill./Marion, Women's Golf Alli Liske, Sr., Ashley, Ill./Nashville, Softball Caitlyn Lowry, Gr., St. Louis, Mo./Notre Dame, Softball Gracie Marr, Sr., Castle Rock, Colo./Castle View, Women's Volleyball Jess Morey, Sr., Loveland, Ohio/Loveland, Women's Lacrosse Alex Muschong, R. Jr., Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock, Women's Volleyball A'ja Nauden, Sr., Park Forest, Ill., Rich East, Women's Track & Field Brett Niedzwiecki, Sr., Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville, Men's Soccer Alynnah O'Leary, Sr., Collinsville, Ill./Collinsville, Women's Soccer McKenzie Pirtle, Sr., Sullivan, Ind./Sullivan, Softball Callie Pohlman, Sr., Appleton, Wis./Appleton North, Women's Basketball Jacob Reinkenmyer, Sr., Wildwood, Mo./Eureka, Baseball Victoria Sananikone, Sr., Cedar Park, Texas/Lost Creek Aquatics, Women's Swimming & Diving Hayden Schaffer, Sr., O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township, Baseball Rylee Skachenko, Sr., Oceanside, Calif./Carlsbad, Women's Lacrosse Kayla Smith, Gr., O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township, Women's Lacrosse McKenzie Smith, Sr., Smithton, Ill./Freeburg, Women's Bowling Mac Thomalla, Sr., Reading, England/Football Academy Bisham, Men's Soccer Jared Timmermann, Gr., New Baden, Ill./Wesclin, Baseball Craig Tompkins, Sr., Edmond, Okla./King Marlin Swim Club, Men's Swimming & Diving Nikola Uskokovic, Sr., Johannesburg, South Africa/Lycee Francais Jules Verne, Men's Golf Mya Watson-Blake, Sr., O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township, Women's Track & Field