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Lindenwood University has implemented a phased return to campus and will begin the fall semester as scheduled on August 24. Lindenwood personnel and offices continue to be available for business by telephone and email. Please visit www.lindenwood.edu/roaring-return/ for continued updates and information about health and safety policies. Resources for faculty preparing courses for the Roaring Return can be located at www.lindenwood.edu/teaching-online-or-hybrid.
The Springfield region of the Missouri Association of Elementary Principals has nominated Angela Valchev, principal at Bowerman Elementary with Springfield Public Schools, as Exemplary New Principal. Valchev received her master’s degree in school counseling from Lindenwood University in 2005.
A public archaeology event planned at Lindenwood University in St. Charles Saturday, Jan. 12, has been cancelled due to predicted heavy snowfall in the St. Louis area. Lindenwood was hosting the event as part of its sponsorship of the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology Jan. 9-12 in St. Charles.
The Lindenwood University-Belleville Athletics Department is proud to announce that women’s basketball junior guard Brianna Mueller, of Jackson, Mo., became the all-time career point’s leader in Lady Lynx program history on Thursday, Jan. 3, when she recorded 29 points against the Hannibal-Lagrange Trojans.
For the second straight year, Lindenwood University hosted the regional kick-off event for the FIRST Robotics competition season. More than 1,000 students, parents, and teachers representing 44 area teams gathered on Saturday morning, Jan. 5, at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts for a livestream of the video announcing this year’s challenge, which has a space exploration theme. Students also received a kit of parts, with which they will build industrial grade 170-pound robots to complete the assigned challenge. Students also had the opportunity to interact with the challenge in virtual reality in the Scheidegger Center’s Emerson Black Box Theater.
Lindenwood graduate and football standout Pierre Desir, now with the Indianapolis Colts, was the subject of a Jan. 3 feature story in the Indianapolis Star in advance of the team’s upcoming playoff game against the Houston Texans on Saturday.
OnlineMasters.com has named the Lindenwood University online Master of Fine Arts in writing degree the number-2 online creative writing program in the United States while naming it “Most Innovative” of the ranked programs.
Lindenwood University students competed for a good cause on Dec. 5 and 6 in the Pepsico/Salvation Army Bell Ring Challenge.
Lindenwood University will close for the winter break from 3 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2018, through Jan. 1, 2019.
Brandi Rackers, who earned a master’s in studio art from Lindenwood University in 2015, was recently spotlighted as the Jefferson City News Tribune’s “featured artist” for her work in ceramics, painting, and art education.
LindenWell, the Lindenwood University employee program that promotes wellness and opportunities for healthy living, coordinated a food drive with St. Louis Area Foodbank, collecting nearly 1,300 pounds of food.
