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The Lindenwood University Board of Directors today authorized the administration to begin the application process for NCAA Division II membership.

Lindenwood University Belleville this week will unveil its new fitness center, the newly completed first phase of a $1 million renovation of the Lynx Arena.

The Lindenwood University Student Government Association (LSGA) has organized a letter-writing campaign from 6 to 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the Connection Center on the first floor of the Spellmann Campus Center. Students will have the opportunity to voice their opposition to Senate Bill 784, which seeks to reduce the amount of financial aid awarded to those attending four-year private institutions through the state-funded Access Missouri grant program.

Lindenwood University’s Theatre Department will present Cole Porter’s musical of love on the high seas, “Anything Goes,” at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25-27 and March 4-6.

This summer, Lindenwood University’s Nonprofit Administration program will hold a three-day Summer Youth Leadership Summit called the Lion’s Pride Project, designed for high school students who are interested in careers in the nonprofit sector.

Lindenwood University’s Theatre Department will present William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, a comic tale of mistaken identity, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 to 20 in the university’s Emerson Black Box Theater.

The Lindenwood University School of Communications will host a professional media workshop from 6-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, in the university Cultural Center. Emmy Award-winning director and actor Bobby Miller and St. Louis-based casting director Joni Tackette will discuss the secret language actors share on-set, how to direct a scene, and more.

The Lindenwood University School of Education has formed a new Reading Advisory Council designed to promote effective literary practices among schools in the region. Members exchanged ideas and discussed the group’s mission during the council’s inaugural meeting on Jan. 21 in the Spellmann Campus Center.

Lindenwood University-Belleville has scheduled six presenters during February as part of its 2009-2010 speaker series. They include the president of an electric company, a Lindenwood professor, a police deputy, an art show director, and two forensic experts.

Lindenwood University’s Belleville campus is having another growth spurt by adding three new degrees and eight new areas of specialization to its daytime undergraduate offerings beginning in the fall of 2010.