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Lindenwood University music education major Jerod Broadbooks won a contest to play guitar for the song “This Is War” during a concert by Jared Leto and Thirty Seconds to Mars on Monday, July 9, at Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Maryland Heights. Broadbooks’ performance garnered a piece on St. Louis Public Radio and mention in concert coverage by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Magazine.

Lindenwood University’s J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts announces its 2018-19 touring series lineup, sponsored by World Wide Technology! This season is the 10th season since the $32 million performing arts center opened and consists of 10 touring shows, starting with The Temptations and The Four Tops on Sept. 8.

Lindenwood students Andrea “Andy” Nicholson and Alexis “Lexi” McCarthy are taking part this summer in the AAF-Ad Club St. Louis Internship Hop program, two of only five students selected for the paid program. During the program, the students spend one week each at eight agencies in the St. Louis area.

The Lindenwood University online MBA program has been ranked in the list of the 50 Best MBA Programs Online for 2018 by BestCollegeReviews.com.

The Lindenwood University Collegiate Leadership competition team recently captured first place in regional competition and second internationally in the Collegiate Leadership Competition in Ohio.

Spaces in Butler Loft and McCluer Hall are undergoing renovation in an effort to create dedicated areas to foster creativity in Lindenwood’s communications and arts students, including a converged media lab and a “makerspace.”

Lindenwood University-Belleville recently selected alumni Stacie Moore of St. Louis, Mo. and Yolanda Weston of Belleville, Ill. as the 2018 Outstanding Belleville Alumni Service Award recipients.

Hundreds of linemen with Ameren Illinois and Missouri were deployed to the St. Louis metro area after storms swept through much of the region last Thursday, leaving large numbers of area residents without power. To accommodate the influx of work crews in the area, Lindenwood University-Belleville opened its residence halls so that crewmembers had a place to stay as they worked around the clock to restore power in the region.

BestColleges.com has ranked several programs at Lindenwood University as some of the best programs in the country in their respective areas: the online Bachelor of Arts in game design, online Bachelor of Arts in art history, online Bachelor of Arts in supply chain management, online Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, online Master of Arts in leadership, online Master of Arts in leadership, and online Master of Arts in public administration.

The Student Development and Resource Center at Lindenwood University-Belleville has recently launched a new program to assist new students as they acclimate to life in Belleville.