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๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’• ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’—๐’๐’๐’—๐’†๐’…! https://bit.ly/m/McKAlumni Go Bearcats!

The McKendree University Alumni Association page is your portal to network, build and maintain relationships, and express school pride between, alumni, friends, and McKendree University. Like this page for more interaction with fellow alumni, students, faculty, and staff of McKendree University. You will receive campus news, event information, photos, videos and much more! Be sure to show your school pride by listing McKendree University in your "Work and Education" profile!

During Homecoming & Family Weekend, we proudly dedicated the Dr. James M. Dennis Plaza, honoring his 26 years of leaders...
10/14/2026

During Homecoming & Family Weekend, we proudly dedicated the Dr. James M. Dennis Plaza, honoring his 26 years of leadership, dedication and service to McKendree University. ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿ“ธ You can view photos from the special dedication here: https://www.mckendree.edu/photos/index.php

๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ!Looking to grow your professional network, make new connections, or reconnect with fellow Bearca...
10/14/2026

๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ!

Looking to grow your professional network, make new connections, or reconnect with fellow Bearcats? Join us for ๐Œ๐œ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ!

Whether you're a current student preparing your future or an alum looking to expand your connections, this is a great opportunity to meet fellow Bearcats, share experiences, and build meaningful relationships!

The evening will kick off with brief remarks from featured alumni, followed by an opportunity to network with students and alumni across a variety of career fields and interests.

๐Ÿ“… ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
โฐ ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ•:๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ
๐Ÿ’œ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ & ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐
๐Ÿ“ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ
๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ• ๐. ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ., ๐’๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ, ๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐š, ๐ˆ๐‹ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘” ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž: Business Casual
๐Ÿ’ผ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : Business cards, resumes, and a willingness to connect!

Don't miss this opportunity to grow your Bearcat network. We hope to see you there!

๐Ÿ”— ๐‘๐’๐•๐: https://bit.ly/4ijH8KC

โœจ Reliving all the fun from Homecoming & Family Weekend! ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸพWhat a weekend to remember! Take a look back at all the memor...
10/12/2026

โœจ Reliving all the fun from Homecoming & Family Weekend! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿพ

What a weekend to remember! Take a look back at all the memories made as we celebrated together.

๐Ÿ“ธ Check out the photo galleries and see if you can spot yourself!

๐Ÿ’œ What was your favorite part of Homecoming & Family Weekend? Share your favorite memories with us in the comments!

โœจ๐Ÿ’œ ๐‡๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† & ๐…๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐˜ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐„๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„!๐Ÿ’œโœจThe wait is OVER! We are SO excited to welcome our alumni, families, friends an...
10/09/2026

โœจ๐Ÿ’œ ๐‡๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐† & ๐…๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐‹๐˜ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐„๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„!๐Ÿ’œโœจ

The wait is OVER! We are SO excited to welcome our alumni, families, friends and the entire McKendree community back to campus for a weekend filled with memories, reunions, celebrations and plenty of Bearcat pride!

๐–๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“ with our Alumni Awards Ceremony, A Night to Shine, as we celebrate our incredible 2026 Alumni Award recipients! Still need tickets? There's still time to purchase yours and join us for this special evening as we honor our outstanding alumni! โœจ

And the fun doesn't stop there! From our Craft & Vendor Fair and Alumni Welcome Tent to tailgating, reunions, football and SO much more, there's something for everyone to enjoy!

๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง'๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ญ? There's still time! Be sure to RSVP, stop by to check in and join in on all the Homecoming fun!

๐Ÿ”— ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž & ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
www.mckendree.edu/homecoming

โœจ Let's make this a weekend to remember! ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐, ๐๐„๐€๐‘๐‚๐€๐“๐’!๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿพ

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ (๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ) ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ โ€™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’ & ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅWeโ€™re wrapping up our 2026 Alumni Awards spot...
10/08/2026

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ (๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ) ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ โ€™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’ & ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ

Weโ€™re wrapping up our 2026 Alumni Awards spotlights with the McKendree Alumni Associationโ€™s most prestigious honor โ€”๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐!

Each year, the ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ recognizes a distinguished alumna or alumnus whose professional success, commitment to McKendreeโ€™s values and unparalleled loyalty to the University exemplify the very best of the McKendree community.

This year, we are proud to honor ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ (๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ) ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ โ€™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ, who have demonstrated more than four decades of extraordinary loyalty, service and generosity to McKendree University and the Lebanon community. ๐Ÿ’œ

Jerry served in the ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž before earning his degree in Psychology with honors from McKendree. He later served as ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ for the City of Lebanon, contributing to numerous community and campus projects, including work connected to the development of the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts.

Together, Jerry and Sharon have made supporting McKendree a lasting part of their lives. As longtime members of the ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ ๐Œ๐œ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ they have given to the University for an incredible ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ. Their love of the arts is also reflected through their longtime support of ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ญ๐ญ and ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ.

Their dedication extends beyond campus through decades of service to the Lebanon community. In ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐‰๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐œ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐‹๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐.

Join us at the ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ on ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ— at The Hett as we celebrate Jerry, Sharon and all of our outstanding 2026 alumni award recipients during Homecoming & Family Weekend!

๐Ÿ”— Get your tickets at www.mckendree.edu/homecoming

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€™๐ŸŽ๐ŸWeโ€™re proud to recognize ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€™๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ, recipient of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‹...
10/08/2026

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€™๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ

Weโ€™re proud to recognize ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€™๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ, recipient of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‹๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐!

The Loyal Service Award honors an alumna or alumnus whose distinguished service and continued commitment to McKendree have helped advance the goals and mission of the University.

Matthew earned his ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ from McKendree, where he was actively involved in ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐ซ, ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. His McKendree experience also took him around the world through study abroad opportunities in ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง.

More than two decades later, Matthewโ€™s commitment to McKendree remains strong. He is now in his ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐œ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ and currently serves as ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ, providing leadership and guidance in support of the Universityโ€™s mission and future.

His dedication also extends through philanthropy as a longtime member of the ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ ๐Œ๐œ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ and a loyal donor to the University for more than two decades. Matthew was previously recognized by McKendree with the ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ for his early professional accomplishments and commitment to the University.

Professionally, Matthew serves as ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ and has built an international business career with experience throughout Asia and global markets.

Join us at the ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ on ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ— at The Hett as we celebrate Matthew and our outstanding 2026 alumni award recipients during Homecoming & Family Weekend!

๐Ÿ”— Get your tickets at www.mckendree.edu/homecoming

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐†๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ณ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง โ€™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, โ€™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–Weโ€™re proud to recognize Sarah Goetze Anderson โ€™17, โ€™18, r...
10/07/2026

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐†๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ณ๐ž ๐€๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง โ€™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, โ€™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

Weโ€™re proud to recognize Sarah Goetze Anderson โ€™17, โ€™18, recipient of the 2026 Academy of Excellence Award in Social Sciences!

Sarah earned her ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ with an ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  and ๐‘๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ and ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž from McKendree University.

Today, Sarah serves as ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ง-๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ in Herrin, Illinois. Since 2020, she has led efforts to provide a supportive, trauma-informed environment for children involved in physical and sexual abuse investigations. Her work includes coordinating multidisciplinary teams, overseeing agency operations, developing grant funding and partnering with organizations throughout the community to strengthen the response to child abuse.

A trained ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, Sarah also serves on several child advocacy and investigative groups throughout Southern Illinois. Her career reflects a continued commitment to ๐š๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

Sarahโ€™s McKendree experience was marked by academic achievement and involvement. She was named ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• and ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– and was involved in several honor societies and ๐Š๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐š ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š ๐“๐š๐ฎ ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, where she served as Director of Recruitment.

Join us at the ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ on ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ— at The Hett as we celebrate Sarah and our outstanding 2026 alumni award recipients during Homecoming & Family Weekend!

๐Ÿ”— Get your tickets at www.mckendree.edu/homecoming

โœจ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐ & ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐ โ€˜๐“๐ˆ๐‹ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐ƒ๐‘๐Ž๐!๐Ÿ›๏ธHomecoming & Family Weekend is almost here, and our Shine On & Shop: 2026 McKendree Cr...
10/07/2026

โœจ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐ & ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐ โ€˜๐“๐ˆ๐‹ ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐ƒ๐‘๐Ž๐!๐Ÿ›๏ธ

Homecoming & Family Weekend is almost here, and our Shine On & Shop: 2026 McKendree Craft & Vendor Fair is the perfect way to spend your Saturday morning! โ˜€๏ธ

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Saturday, October 10
โฐ 9:00 a.m.โ€“1:00 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Fountain Circle Drive | McKendree University
๐Ÿ’œ FREE & open to everyone!

With temperatures expected to be in the 80s, itโ€™s shaping up to be a beautiful day to stroll the Circle Drive, support our local makers and small businesses, and do a little shopping while youโ€™re back on campus!

โœจ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ:
Wadlow Woodworks
Natalie Nook Designs
Spicy Peach Apparel
Scentsy by Lori
Texas Sandstorm Workshop
Mary Kay by Karen
Eccentric Hippo
Harvest Moon Leather & Crafts
Hilltop Honey - Mascoutah/Freeburg
Sip & Savor
So Golden LLC
Clever Cricket Creations
Allura
Joanne's Cooking with Pampered Chef
CKK Designs & DTF
Jillโ€™s Custom Creations
Tupperware by Nancy
SB Threadz
Lebanon's Winter Wonderland
Phoenix Media & Book
Fire It Up Boutique, LLC
Sugar Circus

And thereโ€™s even more happening nearby! Food trucks, inflatables, the Alumni Welcome Tent, tailgating and plenty of Homecoming fun!

Grab your friends, bring your shopping bags and get ready to Shine On & shop โ€˜til you drop! โœจ๐Ÿ’œ

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐š๐ค๐ž โ€™๐ŸŽ๐ŸWeโ€™re proud to recognize ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐š๐ค๐ž โ€™๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ, recipient of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€...
10/07/2026

โœจ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐š๐ค๐ž โ€™๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ

Weโ€™re proud to recognize ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐š๐ค๐ž โ€™๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ, recipient of the ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐€๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!

Brett earned his ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ from McKendree, where he was also a member of the ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ. He continued his education at ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐š ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž, earning his ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž degree.

Dr. Haakeโ€™s career has included extensive medical training and service in the ๐”.๐’. ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, including an internship and anesthesiology residency at ๐๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก and deployments to ๐Ž๐ค๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฐ๐š, ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐€๐Ÿ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง, where he served with a Shock Trauma Platoon. Today, he continues his career in medicine through ๐ˆ๐ค๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž and the ๐€๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ, bringing his experience and commitment to care to his patients.

Reflecting on his McKendree journey, Brett credits the University with reinforcing the Midwestern values that helped shape who he is today. The foundation of ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž instilled by his family and strengthened during his time at McKendree taught him that with the right amount of effort, anything is possible.

As Brett puts it, โ€œ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž.โ€

Join us at the ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ on ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ— at The Hett as we celebrate Brett and our outstanding 2026 alumni award recipients during Homecoming & Family Weekend!

๐Ÿ”— Get your tickets at www.mckendree.edu/homecoming

โœจ ๐†๐„๐“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐€๐‹๐”๐Œ๐๐ˆ ๐–๐„๐‹๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐„๐๐“!The ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ญ is the place to be Saturday during Homecoming & F...
10/06/2026

โœจ ๐†๐„๐“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐“ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐€๐‹๐”๐Œ๐๐ˆ ๐–๐„๐‹๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐„๐๐“!

The ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐ง๐ญ is the place to be Saturday during Homecoming & Family Weekend! ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿพ

๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข โ€” ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ! Check in, pick up your Homecoming swag and get ready for a full day of fun!

โœจ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐“๐‹๐„ ๐Ž๐๐„๐’!
Weโ€™ll have some fun kidsโ€™ activities waiting for them at the tent, including our ๐†๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐š๐ญ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฐ ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ. They can add some sparkle to their hair or face โ€” and grown-ups, you can grab some glitter too! After all, itโ€™s Homecomingโ€ฆ ๐†๐„๐“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐!โœจ

๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐Œ๐Ž๐‘๐„ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž!
๐Ÿฐ 3 inflatables by Twist and Bounce LLC
โ˜• Travelin' Tom's Coffee
๐Ÿ” Hawkins Burger Bar at The Vault
๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Ames Dining Hall, open from 11 a.m until 1 p.m.

Come hungry, bring the family, add a little sparkle and ๐†๐„๐“ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐!โœจ๐Ÿ’œ

๐Ÿ›๏ธ ๐‘จ๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’š ๐’•๐’–๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’“๐’๐’˜ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’˜๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’‡๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‹๐’๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’“๐’‚๐’‡๐’• & ๐‘ฝ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’๐’“ ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’Š๐’“ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’Š๐’“๐’„๐’๐’† ๐‘ซ๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†!

Havenโ€™t registered yet? Thereโ€™s still time to RSVP and join in on all the Homecoming fun!
๐Ÿพ www.mckendree.edu/homecoming

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