The 2018 Lindenwood University Homecoming and Reunion celebration is Oct. 17-20, and we honor the classes of 1968, 1993, and 2008. This year’s theme is “One Roar.”

Lindenwood will celebrate our first Week of Giving on October 8-12, 2018. This week gives us an opportunity for Lindenwood to recognize the wonderful support we receive from faculty, staff, alumni, families, friends, and students.

Five students, along with faculty members, of the Exercise and Performance Nutrition Laboratory (EPNL) will be attending the Central States chapter meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine Oct. 18 and 19 in Kansas City, Mo.

The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced on Thursday that Lindenwood University has been admitted to the Conference as its 16th member institution, following a vote of approval by the GLVC Council of Presidents on Oct. 2. Lindenwood will formally join the GLVC on July 1, 2019.

OnlineMasters.com has ranked the online Master of Public Administration degree at Lindenwood University number-20 in its list of Best MPA Degree Programs. The organization also named the Lindenwood program the “Most Diverse M.P.A. Program.”

KMOV TV aired a story Oct. 2 about a new program called Linden Teach, in which Lindenwood education students serve as substitute teachers in the Orchard Farm School District to address a reported shortage of substitute teachers.

Lindenwood University-Belleville will host the annual Special Olympics Fall Sports Day Mon., Oct. 8, at 5 p.m. The event will be held in Lynx Arena, and about 80 Special Olympic athletes from the St. Louis and Southern Illinois area will participate.

Lindenwood University welcomed 200 students from six area high schools on Sept. 27 for Foreign Language Day.

FIRST Robotics held its Gateway Robotics Challenge at Lindenwood University’s Hyland Arena on Sept. 29 as part of the organization’s partnership with the university. The “off-season” event was a competition among high school-level teams that competed in the FIRST Robotics competition in March, using the same course and challenge.

On Friday, Sept. 28, KTVI TV aired a story in advance of the FIRST Robotics Gateway Robotics Challenge, which was held in Lindenwood’s Hyland Arena on Sept. 29.