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News from McKendree University
LEBANON, IL (05/10/2021)– Jennifer Anderson, of Prattville, has graduated from McKendree University with a MBA degree in business administration.
The university is conferring 667 degrees in 2021–35 doctoral, 181 master’s, 446 bachelor’s and five associate degrees–on students who completed their program requirements in December 2020, and in May and July 2021.
A total of 124 students graduated with Latin honors (pending final grades for the spring and summer terms): 21 summa cum laude, 55 magna cum laude and 48 cum laude. Eighteen graduates were members of the university’s Honors Program. The McKendree University Class of 2021 hails from 29 states and 15 countries.
Founded in 1828, McKendree University’s historic Lebanon, Ill., campus is 25 miles from St. Louis, Mo. McKendree also has a center in Radcliff, Ky., and offers degree programs online and at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. It is a “College of Distinction,” a “Military College of Distinction” and one of U.S. News’ “Best Regional Universities,” “Best Value Schools” and “Best Colleges for Veterans” in the Midwest.
