2010 News Releases

Greg McVey has agreed to take over as Athletic Director at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, effective June 1.  Read more.

The newly formed Drum Circle at MacMurray College will host a performance by accomplished and versatile percussionist Dennis Maberry, 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, March 29 at the Thoresen Recital Hall on the MacMurray campus.  Read more.

Derek James, assistant women’s and men’s basketball coach at MacMurray College for the past two years, will step in as interim Head Women’s Basketball and Golf Coach, effective immediately.  Read more.

The “MacAppalooza” music festival this weekend will showcase such local bands as Jeff Davidsmeyer and Friends, the Rob Killam Trio, performers from Tapestry, and a group of new bands that include MacMurray students.  Read more.

A reception for the cast of “Nobody’s Perfect,” a play based on a children’s book by Marlee Matlin, will be held 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. March 21 at the lower level of the Education Complex on the MacMurray College campus.  Read more.

MacMurray College President Colleen Hester was elected chair-elect of the American Council on Education’s Council of Fellows Executive Board of the ACE’s Fellows Program at ACE’s annual meeting in Phoenix, Ariz.  Read more.

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has named three MacMurray basketball players to its winter All-Academic Team.  Read more.

The MacMurray Choir will lend its sweet sounds to this year’s vespers service at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 21 at the Annie Merner Chapel on MacMurray College’s campus.   Read more.

The MacMurray College Department of Social Work is striving to raise awareness of and help the area homeless this month.  Read more.

MacMurray Concert Choir is hosting a music festival, “MacAppalooza,” showcasing a lineup of local bands.  Read more.

Young athletes dream of having their pictures on Wheaties boxes. Lori Degman will take Cheerios.  Read more.

Despite the anxious economic times, MacMurray College supporters across the country are keeping the college at the top of their giving lists.  Read more.

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has announced that MacMurray College's Brady Slagle is the 2010 SLIAC Newcomer of the Year and coach Todd Creal is the co-winner of the 2010 SLIAC Coach of the Year award.  Read more.

The MacMurray College men’s basketball team is one of four teams earning the honor to play in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(SLIAC) post season tournament.  Read more.

MacMurray College regrets that Dr. Sidney Milkis will be unable to give his lecture "The Obama Presidency: Change We Can Believe In."  Read more.

The Art Committee of MacMurray College in conjunction with the MacMurray College Art Department, are pleased to announce the upcoming public exhibition of the Vera Maxine & Albert H. Ratcliffe Modern Art Collection.  Read more.

MacMurray College would like to announce Kerry Hahn, as the Advisor/Recruiter for the Adult Degree Completion Program (ADC).  Read more.

MacMurray College Theatre will present A… My Name is Alice. The musical revue, directed by Rich McCoy is scheduled for February 25-27, 2010.  Read more.

MacMurray College, through its Office of Religious Life, will take part in a national prayer vigil organized by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition.  Read more.

UMAC (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) has honored two MacMurray highlander football players as members of the Academic All-Conference team for fall 2009.  Read more.

Dr. Sidney Milkis, author, lecturer and White Burkett Miller Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia will present, “The Obama Presidency: Change We Can Believe In” as part of the College’s 2009-10 Speaker Series.  Read more.

On Saturday, February 13, 2010, MacMurray Baseball Coach, Fred Curtis, will be inducted into the Jacksonville Hall of Fame.  Read more.

The MacMurray College women’s basketball team will host two Pink Zone games to help support awareness for breast cancer on Wednesday, Feb 10 at 6:00 p.m. against Fontbonne University, and Saturday, Feb 13 at 1:00 p.m. against Westminster College.  Read more.

MacMurray College announces the following fall 2009 graduates.  Read more.

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has named MacMurray men’s basketball freshman, Brady Slagle, as the SLIAC Player of the Week for January 25-31.  Read more.

The St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) has announced MacMurray women’s basketball sophomore Ashley Will as the SLIAC Player of the Week for the week of January 18-24.  Read more.

MacMurray’s Khara Koffel, Assistant Professor of Art, is highlighted in an Art from the Heartland juried exhibition in the Indianapolis Art Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.  Read more.

MacMurray’s Khara Koffel, Assistant Professor of Art, is featured in an art exhibition in the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Illinois.  Read more.

MacMurray College released its Dean’s List of academic achievement for the 2009 Fall Semester honoring students who exhibited outstanding performance in class during the first semester of the school year.  Read more.

MacMurray College Black Student Union and the Office of Religious Life will host a program on “Spiritual Songs” by Dr. Naima Johnston in celebration of Black History Month on Monday, February 1, 2010.  Read more.

Dr. Laura Blackburn, Dr. Samuel Supalla and Dr. Jody Cripps will present, “What is Gloss?” as part of the College’s 2009-10 Speaker Series entitled “Challenging Your Perspectives.”  Read more.

The League of Women Voters of Morgan County and the Jacksonville Journal Courier will co-sponsor a voters’ forum on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 7 p.m. in MacMurray’s Thoresen Recital Hall.  Read more.

MacMurray student Albert James Grable will feature his work, “The Next Chapter,” during the senior art exhibition held in the Applebee Art Gallery on the MacMurray College campus.  Read more.

A special Vespers service to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. in Annie Merner Chapel.  Read more.

On December 18, 2009, the MacMurray College Highlander women’s basketball team assisted with the Jacksonville Salvation Army Christmas food distribution for needy families.  Read more.