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2024 Academic Excellence Celebration

By Madison Rohn, Lead Editor Photography from AEC’s Instagram and McKendree’s Online Photo Albums Last Thursday was McKendree’s eleventh annual Academic Excellence Celebration (AEC), a day for students to celebrate their hard work and show off their achievements. With classes canceled for the day, students were encouraged to watch their peers who were involved in presentations, performances, and honor society inductions. Students used their posters to inform visitors about important topics they researched. Photo from McKendree’s Online Photo Albums. The day began with the poster session. All around Holman Library, students stood by poster boards displaying highlights from their research or projects. Those walking through the library that morning could see posters representing ...

Fall 2023 McK Radio Wrapped!

By Elana Melzer, Head Producer This semester, the McK Radio reached new heights! Two new series were started, and more Bearcats tuned in to listen. The first episode of McK U Know was published on September 28th. This series, run by Kira Johnson and Rhian Dobinson, is all about getting to know what is going on with sports and clubs at McKendree. In fact, the third episode on women’s soccer was the McK Radio’s top podcast, according to Spotify Wrapped for Podcasters! Go and give this episode a listen! https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/jcmP8RrM9Eb And “McK U Know episode 1 Bowling” was the top episode of the semester on SoundCloud. https://soundcloud.com/mckradio/mck-u-know-episode-1-bowling?si=7ecddf71f7eb483ba0331a018e6f507c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=te...

2023 Academic Excellence Celebration: 10 Years of Excellence

McKendree’s 10th annual Academic Excellence Celebration was held on Thursday, April 27th of 2023. Academic Excellence Celebration (AEC) is for students to present their scholarly and creative work to the McKendree community. No classes were held in honor of AEC, instead, students were expected to attend events. First, students presented their research in Holman Library. Next, there were student presentations that took place in Piper Academic Center (PAC). Following the presentations, many honors society inductions took place around campus. Lastly, on this day of excellence, there were musical performances for the community. Peyton Osgood presenting on The Phenomenon of Transitional Objects and College Students. Photo taken by Grace Gross. Poster presentations took place from 8:30 A....