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Lindenwood University has entered into a sister school arrangement with Zhengzhou Huaxin College in the People’s Republic of China. University officials met with a delegation from the Chinese institution in early March to solidify the agreement, which will create unique educational opportunities for students at both schools.

It was an up and down inaugural season of basketball at Lindenwood Belleville, but, in the end, the Lynx finished fourth place in the nation at the USCAA National Championship Tournament in Uniontown, PA.

Poet, scholar, and Celtic Christianity expert Dr. John Phillip Newell will headline the continuing 2010-2011 Speaker Series at Lindenwood University at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at the Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room. Admission is free.

Lindenwood University’s Board of Directors has approved a 2.9 percent increase in tuition, room and board and other fees for undergraduate resident students for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Lindenwood University’s Young Hall Auditorium will be the site of a debate at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, between the candidates for mayor of St. Charles in the upcoming municipal election on April 5.

The Ambassador Club of the Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce honored Lindenwood University-Belleville with the Commitment to Community Award on Thursday, Mar. 3.

Dan Cathy, president and CEO of Chick-fil-A, will continue the Lindenwood University Speaker Series with a speech at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 18, in the Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room of the university’s Spellmann Center.

The Lindenwood University Board of Directors has unanimously extended the contract of President James D. Evans through May 2015.

Lindenwood University-Belleville will host nine Greek associations for a forum on Friday, March 4 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

The Lindenwood University Theatre Department will present the hilarious and thought-provoking musical Urinetown at 7:30 p.m. on March 3-5 and 10-12 in the university’s Bezemes Family Theater.