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Tuition for traditional undergraduate students at Lindenwood University will increase 3.3 percent to $12,400 in the fall of 2007.

Lindenwood University's board of directors Friday agreed to spend an estimated $13 million to construct two additional residence halls on the western side of the school's main campus in St. Charles.

Lindenwood University recently launched its third undergraduate degree program in Music—-a Bachelor of Arts in Music Business. The new degree includes coursework in music, business, and communications and prepares the student to enter the competitive world of the music industry.

The Lindenwood University Theatre Department will observe its tradition of presenting “A Christmas Carol” with a production of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday ghost story that opens Nov. 30.

Enrollment in Lindenwood University’s adult education program has taken one of the largest one-year leaps in the program’s history. Fall quarter enrollment was at 2,322 students, which represents a 7 percent increase over the 2,171 students enrolled in fall of 2005. The increase continues a trend of increasing enrollment for the adult programs at the school.

The Lindenwood University Theatre Department will continue its 2006-2007 Mainstage Season with the musical “Godspell” at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19-21 and Oct. 27-28 with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Oct. 28. All performances are in the Lindenwood Cultural Center, 400 S. Kingshighway in St. Charles, approximately two blocks north of the main Lindenwood campus.

The Lindenwood University Campus YMCA will host a Safe Trick-or-Treat for kids in the Lindenwood community and the St. Charles area from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the facility, which is located at 1116 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles.

Global food policy analyst Dennis T. Avery will speak at Lindenwood University at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in the Anheuser-Busch Leadership Center on the 4th floor of the Spellmann Center. His Economic Policy Lecture is provocatively titled, “How High-Yield Farming Saves Nature.”

This eulogy was delivered Friday, Sept. 8 at the memorial service of President Dennis C. Spellmann. The eulogy was delivered by Jim J. Shoemake, chairman of the Lindenwood Board of Directors.

The Lindenwood University Department of Theatre will open its 2006-2007 Mainstage Season on Thursday, Sept. 28, in Jelkyl Theatre with “American Rosies: Women at Work in WWII,” written and directed by MFA candidate L. Patton Chiles, former artistic director of Historyonics Theatre Company.