Month: September 2025

McKendree Renovates 1980s-Era Student Apartments Story By Megan MelonePhotography By Megan Melone and McKendree University In 2017, McKendree University had a problem. The school needed to provide more housing for its growing student population. An opportunity presented itself in a cluster of apartments a few blocks down from the University. McKendree entered into an agreement to maintain the property and rent-to-own this cluster of apartments. The problem was solved and McKendree West joined the McKendree family of housing options alongside the infamous and impenetrable traditional halls and the luxurious East and West residence halls. Since its induction into the McKendree union, the West apartments have seen no major renovations to their original construction in the late 1980...

Ecology Club founders Olivia Miner, Austin Crouse, and Paisley Gabel Article By Megan MelonePhotography by Paisley Gabel, Mckendreeu, and Water Rangers Paisley Gabel, Austin Crouse and Olivia Miner are showing their love for the Earth through their new Ecology Club. I sat down with two of the new club’s founders to learn more about their mission:  OK, so tell me about yourself. Who wants to go first? CROUSE: So, I'm Austin, a senior here at McKendree and I’m an environmental science major.
I was a transfer student, so I came in my junior year. I am on the board for the ecology club that we just made. GABEL: I’m Paisley and I'm an environmental science minor, and I'm majoring in business. I just care so much about nature. I really wanted to be part of something that...