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Lindenwood University’s Recreation Department will host the third annual Kilometers for Chris event at 9 a.m. on April 27, 2014, on the university’s St. Charles campus.

More than 130 people were in attendance as Cynthia Bice, EdD, Dean of the Lindenwood University School of Education, accepted the Educator of the Year Award from the St. Louis Association of Secondary School Principals (SLASSP) on April 3 during an awards ceremony at Syberg’s in Maryland Heights, Mo. She is the only higher education professional to ever receive the award.

Brryan Jackson, HIV educator and activist, will speak at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, in the Spellmann Campus Center’s Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room. The free event is sponsored by the school’s Campus Activities Board through the Lindenwood University Speaker Series.

Lindenwood University’s shotgun sports team has claimed an unprecedented 11th ACUI Clay Target National Championship. The team accomplished its mission Sunday in San Antonio, Texas at the National Shooting Complex.

Lindenwood University has been named a “military friendly” school for 2014 by G.I. Jobs Magazine, an honor the magazine states is given to only 15 percent of colleges, universities, and trade schools nationwide. This is the fifth consecutive year Lindenwood has received the designation.

Lindenwood University will host an Educator Resource Fair from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, in the Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room of the Spellmann Campus Center on the St. Charles campus. The free event is sponsored by the university’s Kappa Delta Pi Educator Honor Society and will showcase a variety of local organizations and the resources they offer to local educators.

Lindenwood University has received a $14,283 grant from the Midway USA Foundation, Inc., to support the Lindenwood University Shotgun Sports Team.

Registration is now open for the Lindenwood University Campus YMCA’s fourth annual Spring into Service day. The event, geared toward making an impact in the community, will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 12.

Lindenwood University, a 2014 St. Louis Business Journal Best Places to Work finalist, has been selected by Quantum Workplace as one of three locations nationwide to host a seminar detailing how great corporate cultures are built. The event, Winning with Culture: Learning from America’s “Best Places to Work,” will take place from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23, in Harmon Hall’s Dunseth Auditorium on the St. Charles campus.

Lindenwood University and the Missouri Arts Council have partnered to bring the national tour of MEMPHIS: The Musical to St. Charles, Mo., on April 21.