Lindenwood alumnus Joshua Scott will receive an awards citation from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) at the 49th annual National Athletic Directors Conference on Dec. 17, 2018.

Lindenwood University’s Robert Steffes, from the School of Education, was recognized as top professor in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Best of St. Charles reader poll, the results of which were published on Dec. 13, 2018. Julie Turner, professor of nonprofit administration in the Plaster School of Business and Entrepreneurship, was runner up.

For the second year in a row, Lindenwood University is serving as a sponsor of FIRST Robotics, hosting a regional event to kick off the 2019 season 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5.

In Harmon Hall, home of the Plaster School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Lindenwood University, students are getting real experience in finance, after the Board of Trustees approved $100,000 from the university’s endowment to create a new Student Managed Investment Fund.

Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., will hold its December Commencement with ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at St. Charles Family Arena.

Lindenwood University history students in The Rise of Modern America, taught by Dr. Jeff Smith, are creating a virtual tour of lost buildings in St. Charles using ArcGIS mapping technology and good old-fashioned research. The project may ultimately be accessible to the community, providing a glimpse at a bygone era in St. Charles.

Lindenwood students, including athletic teams and student organizations, will compete with each other for the “Ring the Bell Challenge” at Schnuck’s (1900 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles).

Chajuana Trawick, associate professor of fashion business and design, is the focus of a Nov. 19, 2018, feature article in the St. Louis American newspaper. The article centers on an early start fashion design program that Trawick launched with the Normandy School District.

#GivingTuesday is a day dedicated to giving—a social media movement started in 2012 to celebrate the importance of philanthropy and encourage giving.

Lindenwood University’s Sibley Hall, constructed in 1856, is included in a St. Louis Business Journal slideshow of St. Louis-area buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, named for Lindenwood founders Mary Easton Sibley and George Sibley, was added to the National Register in 1978.