Sam Whittaker Class of 2015 For my last blog as a McConnell Scholar, I thought it would be fun to share my favorite books that the McC...

Mary Elizabeth Young By Mary Elizabeth Young , Class of 2016 “‘Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from t...

Gary L. Gregg, PhD By Gary L. Gregg, PhD Director of the McConnell Center If you are going to be a leader in any society, circu...

Travis Wilson By Travis Wilson, Class of 2016 So it’s over.  The most transformative year of my life thus far is at a close.  Frankly,...

Kevin Grout By Kevin Grout, Class of 2016 This semester, I had the pleasure of taking Dr. Gregg’s Political Leadership class. It was b...

Natalie Smith By Natalie Smith, Class of 2016 In the first two chapters of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, the reader is pres...