Jul 2
Lindenwood University has implemented a phased return to campus and will begin the fall semester as scheduled on August 24. Lindenwood personnel and offices continue to be available for business by telephone and email. Please visit www.lindenwood.edu/roaring-return/ for continued updates and information about health and safety policies. Resources for faculty preparing courses for the Roaring Return can be located at www.lindenwood.edu/teaching-online-or-hybrid.
Veterans who enroll at Lindenwood University will again study at a “military friendly” school–a designation the university has earned for the seventh consecutive year–according to the 2016 Military Friendly School list published recently by Victory Media. Only 15 percent of colleges, universities, and trade schools nationwide receive it each year.
Back by popular demand, A Christmas Carol is returning to the Lindenwood Theater main stage for 2015, continuing a yearly tradition of presenting Charles Dickens’ much-loved story. Performances will be Dec. 3-5 at 7:30 p.m. in the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts. Tickets for assigned seating are available from $10-$18 at the Scheidegger Center Box Office.
Lindenwood University has partnered with iDonate (www.idonate.com) to make the giving experience even easier for donors, providing greater flexibility in how and what they give to the university.
Angela da Silva, adjunct instructor of recreation, sport, and tourism at Lindenwood University, recently received one of the Missouri tourism industry’s top awards – the Pathfinder Award – at the 47th Missouri Governor’s Conference on Tourism.
Lindenwood University’s teacher education programs in the School of Education have been accredited by the new Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). Lindenwood is among the first institutions to be accredited by the new national educator preparation accreditation agency.
Lindenwood University was one of four Missouri universities appearing in the Society of Actuaries’ (SOA) listing of Universities and Colleges with Actuarial Programs (UCAP). The SOA first announced Lindenwood’s inclusion in the list on Oct. 6. The UCAP list includes actuarial programs that maintain course coverage for at least two actuarial exams and have approved courses for at least one Validation by Educational Experience (VEE) topic.
Edward Morris, Lindenwood professor of finance and former dean of the Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship, recently spoke about and signed copies of his new book Wall Streeters: The Creators and Corruptors of American Finance at events at Left Bank Books and Lindenwood University.
Lindenwood University-Belleville President Brett Barger today announced that he has removed the interim tag from Dr. Renee Porter’s title and named her campus provost.
A number of Lindenwood University officials, including President Michael Shonrock, joined representatives from SSM Health and the City of St. Charles in a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of the new St. Charles Post Office on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 29, culminating an effort approximately 10 years in the making.
The Lindenwood University School of Humanities recently was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) to support an American Culture Speaker Series organized around the question “Why study American culture now?” The MHC is the only state-wide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971.
