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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.

Dr. Brooke Taylor, assistant professor of English, has been selected to present her research at the Midwest Victorian Studies Association’s 2014 conference on April 11-13 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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-Belleville’s Student Government Association hosted the Nations Group Race Relation Dialogue on March 25 at 7 p.m. in the Lindenwood Auditorium on campus. The event was free and open to the public.