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Evelyn Hendrix, PsyD, S.P.H.R., of the Lindenwood University School of Business and Entrepreneurship, will disclose this week the results of an extensive recent study on the employment climate of St. Charles County. She will deliver a public presentation at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 8, in the Spellmann Center on the main Lindenwood campus in St. Charles, Mo., following an initial unveiling of her findings to the First Capitol Lions Club on Thursday, Dec. 2.

Lindenwood University has received a $25,000 grant from Maritz to continue a glade restoration project at its Boone Home Campus in rural St. Charles County. The grant will continue and expand the existing project, which over that past two years has reestablished an important habitat for a variety of species, some of which are rare or endangered.

The Shades of Blue U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America will perform a holiday concert at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, in Lindenwood University’s J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts, at 2300 West Clay St. in St. Charles.

Lindenwood University and the Missouri National Guard are teaming up to give away 250 Lindenwood Spirit Blankets to Lindenwood students on Saturday during the Lions’ playoff football game against the University of Saint Francis.

Lindenwood University Director of First-Year Programs Shane Williamson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Pernell Witherspoon, Ph.D., and select members of the Black Student Union will attend Grammy award -winning artist Nelly’s fifth annual Black and White Ball on Sunday, Dec. 19, at the Chase Park Plaza hotel in downtown St. Louis.

The Lindenwood University Athletic Department was honored Tuesday with a Special Achievement Award at the second annual St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame Enshrinement dinner at the Millenium Hotel downtown. The athletic department was recognized for winning six national championships during the 2009-10 school year.

Native Missourian Eric Greitens will headline the continuing 2010-2011 Speaker Series at Lindenwood University at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room. Admission is free.

The Lindenwood University Department of Theatre will continue its 2010-11 season with the perennial holiday favorite “A Christmas Carol”; performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 18-20 and Dec. 2-4.

Award-winning movie, television, and stage actor Stacy Keach will come to Lindenwood University for events at 1 and 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, in the university’s Young Hall Movie Theater. Both events will include a showing of the 1972 film "Fat City." Directed by Jon Huston the acclaimed film about two boxers in different stages of their careers includes Keach’s first starring role. The events are presented by Cinema St. Louis.

Lindenwood University’s music program will offer its fall orchestra, jazz, and choral concerts at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, 5, and 6, respectively, in the university’s 1,200-seat Bezemes Family Theater. Admission to all three concerts is free and open to the public.