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ITEN Company, GiftAMeal, recently released the findings of a 17 month long study with Partner Bloom Café . Transactions from Bloom Café were split into two groups: customers that used the GiftAMeal app and customers that did not.

In response to a growing concern with COVID-19 and living in a residential hall setting, Lindenwood University is temporarily suspending the residential requirement for new students and all students otherwise required to live on campus including student-athletes, Presidential, and Sibley Scholars. Students now have the flexibility to live either on or off campus.

Hope Barnes has been named a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which is administered by the Institute of International Education. Barnes is from Irondale, Mo., and is a senior at Lindenwood. She is pursuing degrees in cultural anthropology and music.

For over a decade ITEN has been a catalyst for technology innovation in the St. Louis region. ITEN supports tech entrepreneurs in the successful launch of new companies by delivering targeted educational programs & events, collaborative corporate & community partnerships, and a robust network of experienced mentors.

Chad Kerksick, associate professor of exercise science and director of Lindenwood’s Exercise and Performance Nutrition Laboratory, was named Educator of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The award was announced virtually on July 8 and recognizes Kerksick’s contributions to the NSCA, his community, and to education and clinical application of strength training and conditioning.

ITEN and Cara Stone, LLP are excited to announce the continuation of their collaboration aimed at enhancing and broadening services for tech startups in the St. Louis region. This partnership supports the publishing and managing real-time updates of the digital version of our very popular St. Louis Tech Startup Ecosystem map on our website.

Lindenwood University may experience some communications and power disruptions on Friday, June 26, as a part of scheduled maintenance. This maintenance will result in a temporary power outage on campus.

Lindenwood University has named Rob Westervelt vice president of strategy and innovation. Westervelt will begin the new position in July.

In an effort to increase voter turnout, Lindenwood University is participating in the Generation Z Leading the Vote Initiative. Aided by special funding from Missouri Foundation for Health, Lindenwood will try to improve voting turnout for historically underrepresented populations and assist Missouri voters in registration and access to information.

Lindenwood’s Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship and Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise both ranked among the top business and economics institutions in the world, according to Research Papers in Economics.