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It’s not unusual for students to take part in the annual Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference, contributing research, working on basic data methodology, and helping to present the findings of their team to other criminal justice researchers. But, typically, graduate students are asked to participate, according Joe Zlatic, assistant professor and chairman of Lindenwood University-Belleville’s Criminal Justice Department. This year, Zlatic made an exception for an outstanding undergraduate student. And that’s likely to lead to more undergraduate students getting similar opportunities in the future.

Lindenwood University’s 2016-17 American Culture Speaker Series will conclude at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 30, in Harmon Hall’s Dunseth Auditorium with a presentation by author and professor Mark Boulton on the United States’ political responsibility to members of its armed forces.

The Lindenwood University Career Center has added a powerful web-based tool for use by the university’s students and alumni in their search for employment and internships.

A team of advertising students from Lindenwood University recently won the top prize at the St. Louis ADDY Awards, presented by the American Advertising Federation. For the competition, the group assembled a multi-faceted advertising campaign for Snapple, which all student teams worked with for the competition.

Lindenwood University’s Shotgun Sports Program will hold its Clay Target Classic event on April 13, at which supporters will have the opportunity to compete with each other and shoot with members of Lindenwood’s national champion Shotgun Sports team.

Lindenwood University’s DECA team recently won four first-place awards at the Missouri state competition at the Lake of the Ozarks.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Southwestern Illinois is partnering with Lindenwood University-Belleville to host “Tuning Out Stigma, An Artist’s Endeavor,” presented by award-winning composer Theresa San Luis.

Lindenwood University’s high-definition student-run television station, LUTV, is launching a new program, Millennial Media, designed to spotlight the creative works of area high school and college students. The show debuts the week of March 13 with a new episode airing each week after.

Lindenwood University’s School of Arts, Media, and Communications will attend this year’s Wizard World Comic Con in St. Louis on April 7, 8, and 9, operating a booth with information on Lindenwood’s arts, media, and communications programs. Attendees will also have opportunities to win some fun Lindenwood gear.

Lindenwood University student-athletes brought their passion to play sports and their academic pursuits together, recently completing a season-long project with the Human Performance Department of the School of Health Sciences to closely examine how their bodies work.