May, 2022 - The McKendree Review

12May

By Nat WilkNo Comments

Letter from the Editor

Letter From the Editor

By: Nat Wilk, Editor in Chief Picture taken by Nat Wilk (Pictured: Nat Wilk, Grace Gross, Marisa Ortega and Chloe Gamber. Not Pictured: Dylan Powell, Viola Cipriani, Phoebe McCutcheon, Sadie Miyler) Summer is here! I hope everyone’s final exams went well and congratulations to all of the Bearcats who are graduating - this includes myself. It has been a wonderful experience to be able to work with all of The Review team, and I’m incredibly proud of all the content our team has put out this semester. It’s going to be very exciting to see the future of the paper here at McKendree. If you are a student and interested in becoming a part of The McKendree Review, some positions within our team are opening next semester: for questions and inquiries, please contact Dr. Rich Murphy at remu...

6May

By Grace GrossNo Comments

Academics, Local News, News

2022 Academic Excellence Celebration

By Grace Gross, Head Culture Editor Photos taken/collected by Grace Gross The 2022 Academic Excellence Celebration took place throughout campus on Thursday, April 28. Students were able to present their scholarly and creative work to the McKendree community. In addition to this, many students received academic achievement awards for excellence in their programs. Several honors societies inducted new members. This busy day started at 8:30 a.m. with poster presentations in the library. Breanna Sampo, with sponsor Dr. Guy Boysen, presented their research on motivated reasoning and the influence it has on faculty interpretations of research on gender bias in student evaluations. Breanna Sampo presents her research Peyton Osgood, Colby Price and Aliyah Rollins also c...

4May

By Chloe GamberNo Comments

Academics, Campus News

Meet Professor Guida!

By: Chloe Gamber, Head Academic Writer For this week, Professor Guida shared some insight about her time as a professor at McKendree. When asked about what she enjoys the most about teaching she said, “I love that I’m able to meet such a diverse group of students each semester. I remember one staff member used to have a map in her office that she would have students she worked with pin their hometowns on. It was such a great visual reminder that we work with students from all over—rural areas, major cities, various countries. For me, that has really pushed me as a teacher in the best way possible. How do I teach a short story, or cover letter writing or the argumentative essay to a group of students from all walks of life?” She continues, “I also love the community at McKendree. Whe...

Yuval Halpert: From Israel to McKendree, and Back

2May

By Dylan PowellNo Comments

Sports

Yuval Halpert: From Israel to McKendree, and Back

By: Dylan Powell, Head Sports Writer Yuval Halpert is a 21 year old freshman forward for the McKendree Men’s DI Hockey team. Recently, Halpert has taken on another position: forward on the Israeli national hockey team! Yuval grew up just south of Tel Aviv, Israel. “I started playing inline hockey when I was 9 and moved to ice when I was 12. I fell in love with the game of hockey and traveled all over the world playing it” noted Halpert. He first made the Israeli National Team when he was 15, playing in the under 20 year-old class world championship, and since then participated in 9 world championships. Halpert also racked up 2 gold medals, and 1 silver, participating as captain of the under 18 year-old and under 20 year-old teams from 2018 to 2020. Photo provided by Dylan P...