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The Lindenwood University Theatre Department will open its 2009-10 season with a stage adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved book, “The Hobbit.” Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 29 through 31 and Nov. 6 and 7 with a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 8. Performance will be in the Bezemes Family Theatre of Lindenwood’s J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts.

Lindenwood University is taking part in Domestic Violence Week Oct. 12 through 16 with a presentation by noted author and anti-violence activist Jackson Katz, Ph.D., and a display of t-shirts made by women who have been victims of violence.

State Representative Joe Smith (R-St. Charles County) honored members of two athletic programs at Lindenwood University on Wednesday, Sept. 23, with house resolutions recognizing their achievements.

Lindenwood University’s high-definition cable channel, LUTV, is now streaming online at www.lindenwood.edu and airing on AT&T U-verse channel 99. The station’s lineup of more than 30 programs had previously been available only on Charter Communications channel 989 and Florissant City Television channel 10; LUTV is still available at both locations.

Lindenwood University-Belleville will host free, informative sessions about its accelerated evening degree programs through the Lindenwood College for Individualized Education (LCIE). Upcoming sessions are scheduled to take place from 2-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13; from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15; from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21; from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27; and from 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, in the main campus building.

Entrepreneur, author and visionary Michael Roberts will speak at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the Spellmann Center’s Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room on the Lindenwood University campus as part of the school’s new Entrepreneurial Speaker Series.

Lindenwood University will host a hearing of the House Interim Committee on State Intelligence Analysis Oversight at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, in the Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room of the Spellmann Campus Center, located on the main campus in St. Charles.

The Lindenwood University Athletic Training Education Program has been approved for continued accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). The program has met the nationally-recognized standards for entry-level athletic training education established by the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, and the National Athletic Trainers' Association, Inc.

Join the Historic Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield Village in Defiance for their Annual Pioneer Days living history event September 19 and 20, 2009. Witness first hand life on the Missouri frontier and experience the hard work, dedication, and struggles felt by the men and women of that time.

The USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association) National Soccer Coaches Poll has been released and less than three weeks into the first soccer season in Lindenwood Belleville history the Lynx are ranked fifth in the nation.