Lindenwood University
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Lindenwood University, often referred to as Lindenwood or LU, is a private
, coeducational, liberal arts
university located in Saint Charles
, Missouri
, United States
. Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley
as The Linden Wood School for Girls, it is the second oldest higher-education institution west of the Mississippi River
and since 1990 the fastest growing university in the Midwest
.
Lindenwood offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees through nine colleges and schools and has current enrollment of 17,351 traditional and non-traditional students, including around 10,000 students at the main campus with over 4,500 living on-campus, 2,400 a satellite campus in Belleville, Illinois
known as LU–Belleville
, and an additional 5,000 attending various distance learning facilities throughout Greater St. Louis. The 500 acres (202.3 ha) main academic and residential campus is located 24 miles (38.6 km) northwest of St. Louis, Missouri
in St. Charles, the Daniel Boone
historic site
in Defiance, Missouri
26 miles (41.8 km) southwest of the St. Charles campus. As of 2012, Lindenwood was not ranked by the U.S. News & World Report
as a tier two regional university and ranked 527 out of 553 in the Masters category of The Washington Monthly
's University Rankings.
Fielding athletic teams known as Lindenwood Lions
, the university is in the process of transitioning athletics from the NAIA
and member of the Heart of America Conference to NCAA
Division II, at which time it will join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
. The athletic program is known for its success in ice hockey and football. The LU official school and athletic colors are black and gold.
Although the majority of Lindenwood's students are from Missouri, with out-of-state and foreign students accounting for 30% of undergraduate enrollment. The university offers a number of extracurricular activities to its students, including athletics, honor societies, clubs and student organizations, as well as fraternities and sororities. Alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment.
, and politician, and his wife Mary Easton Sibley, an educator. In 1808, Acting-Governor and friend Frederick Bates
promoted Sibley to the position of chief factor at Fort Osage
in western Missouri, near present day Kansas City, Missouri
. While at Fort Osage, Sibley immediately set to work creating relationships with the neighboring Osage tribes
. He also courted Mary Easton
, the daughter of Rufus Easton
, a prominent St. Louis attorney and Missouri's 2nd Attorney General. The couple were married in 1815. During the Sibleys' time at Fort Osage, Mary began teaching the children at the fort.
In 1813, Sibley opened a temporary trading post at Fort Sibley, now known as the town of Arrow Rock, Missouri
which remained in operation until 1822. After the trading post shut down, George and Mary remained at Fort Osage, with George serving as postmaster
until the fort closed in 1825. The couple then settled in St. Charles where Mary began teaching family members and later, in 1827, other young women from the community . Lindenwood University is now considered the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Mississippi River, after St. Louis University as well as the first women's college
west of the Mississippi. In 1829 The Sibleys purchased 280 acres (113.3 ha) of land, known as the "Linden Wood" because of the numerous linden trees. They constructed a log cabin on the property with room for the couple and a handful of students. During the 1830s the school was known as The Boarding School for Young Ladies at Linden wood, Missouri.
The Sibleys offered the property to the Presbyterian Church
in 1853. In that year the college was incorporated by special act of the Missouri Legislature and became known as the Lindenwood College for Women. The newly chartered college was placed under the control of fifteen directors appointed by the Presbytery of St. Louis. On July 4, 1856 the cornerstone was laid for a new permanent brick building to replace the original log cabins. The new building, Sibley Hall, was completed in July 1857, and at the time contained the entire school. This event marked the beginning of a new era of significant growth for Lindenwood.
George Sibley died in 1863. Following his death the college charter was amended in 1870 to provide that the appointment of directors for the management of the college would be under the control of the Synod of Missouri instead of the Presbytery of St. Louis. A south wing was added to Sibley Hall in 1881 and a north wing in 1886. The school began expanding in the early 20th century with four new buildings constructed between 1900-1920.
In 1913 the school was accredited as a junior college
by the North Central Association. Lindenwood received a $4 million bequest in 1918, the entire estate of the late Margaret Leggat Butler, wife of Colonel James Gay Butler, a civil war veteran and philanthropist. The college used the funds to establish a permanent endowment and moved from a two-year curriculum to a four-year curriculum. A few years later the college became a full member of the North Central Association.
The college became a co-educational institution in 1969 and changed its name from Lindenwood College for Women to Lindenwood Colleges, with a separate college for men and women. In 1970 the college started offering evening classes and in 1976 began awarding master's degrees. That same year the St. Louis Football Cardinals of the NFL constructed a football field for practices. In 1980 the college became a member of the NAIA
for athletics. Lindenwood Colleges, Lindenwood College for Men and Lindenwood College for Women were merged into Lindenwood College in 1983. It was known as Lindenwood College until 1997, at which time the school changed its name to the current name of Lindenwood University.
(PETA) staged a small protest in Saint Charles in response to the program.
The university began an extensive expansion of academic, residential and athletic facilities starting in the mid-1990s which included construction of eight new residence halls, the Spellmann Campus Center, Lou Brock Sports Complex
, and Harlen C. Hunter Stadium
as well as extensions to the Ayres Hall and Harmon Hall. In 2006, Dennis Spellmann died by which time the university had seen its endowment grow to more than $50 million. Dr. James Evans became Lindenwood's twenty-first president on February 9, 2007.
Expansion continued after Spellmann's death. The J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts
, a performance and fine arts center, opened in late 2008 at a cost of $32 million. The university also constructed new dormatories and began building a new home for university presidents. Construction of Evans Commons began in 2009 and was completed during the summer of 2011. With the university's endowment reaching $100 million in 2010, early the following year Lindenwood began construction of a new parking lot to ease congestion on campus. The university announced a new athletic facility would be constructed behind the west end zone stands of Hunter Stadium. The three story, 43450 square feet (4,036.6 m²) building will include new football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, and field hockey locker rooms. It will also house a new academic support center for student-athletes, coaches offices, and meeting rooms overlooking the stadium. Lindenwood plans to construct a new administrative building as well as additional dorms and campus facilities and expand enrollment to over 20,000 students. The university and The DESCO Group
announced in February 2011 that the St. Charles City Council had approved a resolution supporting the Lindenwood Town Center, a planned $30 million development that includes a shopping center, retail/business plaza, hotel and apartment-style student housing complexes.
with alcoholic beverages prohibited on campus and in all university buildings.
The eastern part of the LU campus is the oldest part of LU and contains many historic buildings characterized by their early 20th century architecture and vast numbers of linden trees. This area is located near the site of the original log cabin where Mary Sibley began The Linden Wood School for Girls. The eastern part of campus is the location of many of the academic buildings and contains the Margaret Leggat Butler Library, the university's main academic library.
Roemer Hall, constructed in 1921, is the main administration building on the campus and home to the president's office, financial aid office, the registrar, and the business office, as well as the School of Education.
Sibley Hall was built in 1856 and is the oldest building at Lindenwood. It was the original building for the Linden Wood School for Girls founded by the Sibley's. The building is still used as a women's dormitory today and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Numerous mysterious incidents have occurred over the years and legends say that Sibley Hall is haunted by the ghost of Mary Sibley
The central portion of the Lindenwood campus includes various residence halls and athletic facilities. At the heart of the campus sits the Spellmann Campus Center. It was built in 2002 and is located in the center of campus on the hillside near the highest part of the campus. Spellmann center overlooks Harlen C. Hunter Stadium and much of the rest of the campus. The modern 112000 square feet (10,405.1 m²) student center houses a cafeteria, a coffee shop, the Student Health Center, Student Activities Office, student media publications and student-run radio station, as well as office, classroom, and meeting spaces.
To the west of the Spellmann Center is the 7,450-seat Harlen C. Hunter Stadium, the main athletic stadium on campus. Built in 1976 by the St. Louis Cardinals NFL Football Team
as a training camp location, the stadium opened in 1979 and was renovated in 1988, 2004, and 2009. The Stadium is the home of Lindenwood Lions
Football
, men's and women's soccer, women's field hockey
, and both men's and women's lacrosse
programs.
To the Northwest of the stadium is the 3,270-seat Robert F. Hyland Performance Arena. This was built in 1997 and is home to both men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, wrestling, table tennis, dance, and cheerleading teams. The facility also includes the athletic department offices and classroom space. Evans Commons is being constructed adjacent to the Hyland Arena. Construction for the $20 million student center began in May 2009. The 119000 square feet (11,055.5 m²) facility opened in August 2011 and features a second dining hall, three basketball courts and a roller hockey
rink, a suspended jogging track, a fitness center, offices for student activities, quiet study areas, and US post office.
In late February 2011 the university and The DESCO Group
announced plans to develop a 40 acres (16.2 ha) site across First Capitol Drive in the east-central portion of the LU campus. The estimated $30 million development known as the Lindenwood Town Center. The plan includes a shopping center, retail
/business
plaza anchored by a Schnucks
grocery store
, hotel
and apartment-style student housing complexes, and U.S. Post Office
. The school plans to begin construction in Fall 2011 after submitting the final plan to St. Charles' planning and zoning commission with an expected completion date of Fall 2012.
The southern and western areas of campus contain much of the new construction on the LU campus. The J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts
opened in 2008 at a cost of $32 million and lies on the southeast edge of campus. The state of the art, 138000 square feet (12,820.6 m²) building includes space for performance and arts education. It houses classrooms and faculty offices, as well as the 1,200-seat Bezemes Family Theatre, the Emerson Black Box Theatre, the 1,200-seat Boyle Family Gallery, the Charter LUTV
HD Studio, and studio space for performing arts and communications students. The Scheidegger Center is also the home of the School of Fine and Performing Arts.
To the northwest of the Scheidegger center is the Lou Brock Sports Complex
. The Sports Complex is home to the Lindenwood Lions baseball and softball teams. The new presidents house, known as Lindenwood House, opened in 2010 and is located on a hill overlooking the Sports Complex and much of the campus. The western portions of campus contain many of the new residence halls. Dorm G and Pfremmer Hall were constructed in 2008 and sit between the new president's residence and LU Commons, the new student and recreation center.
segregated into male and female facilities. Each residence hall has a live-in Resident Director (RD) and a staff of student Resident Advisors (RAs). Male residence halls include Ayres Hall, Cobbs Hall, Flowers Hall, Guffey Hall, Linden Lodge, Mathews Hall, Parker Hall, Pfremmer Hall and Dorm G. Female residence halls include Blanton Hall, Calvert Rogers, Eastlick Hall, Irwin Hall, McCluer Hall, New Ayres Hall, Niccolls Hall, Rauch Memorial Hall, Sibley Hall and Stumberg Hall.
Lindenwood purchased land adjacent to the main campus containing various residential properties to create two large student quarters in adjecent neighborhoods, known as "Lindenwood Neighborhoods". The properties offer on-campus housing for married student couple, single parent students, and are also available to male and female students with more than 34 credit hours. Linden Terrace neighborhood lies just southwest from the main campus and is the neighborhood for women and married couples. First Capitol Houses and the Powell Terrace Residential Area sit east of campus across First Capitol Drive from the main campus.
(LU-Belleville), Daniel Boone Campus
, Lincoln County
, North County
, South County
, Downtown St. Louis
, Westport
Weldon Spring
, Wentzville
, and Wildwood
.
. In 2007 Lindenwood began offering doctoral programs, starting with a Doctorate of Education
program that prepares students for the field of educational administration.
The Lindenwood University Press produces a number of publications in the fields of international and global studies, literary magazines, American studies and American history.
For the 2011-12 academic year, LU was not ranked by U.S. News & World Report
and ranked 527th by The Washington Monthly Master’s Universities Rankings
LU has full accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
. Lindenwood has been fully accredited by the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission since 1915 and received its ten-year renewal in 2003-2004. Since 2010 LU’s School of Business and Entrepreneurship has been fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
The university offers bachelor's degree
s, master's degree
s, and doctoral degrees through its nine schools:
Lindenwood is home to the Institute for the Study of Economics and the Environment (ISEE), the institute was founded in 2002 to research economic principle applications to environmental challenges. It has since expanded in 2011 to study and forecast the St. Louis regional economy under the direction of the its new director, Dr. Howard J. Wall, a former economist at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
The Library is home to the Mary Ambler Archives. The archives were founded in 1993 and are part of the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative and the State Historical Society of Missouri
. They include a collection of historical documents, official records, and special collections from the 185-year history of the university. The archives also include historical documents from Missouri during the early American Frontier and Antebellum periods. Other historical materials include information on women's colleges, the personal papers of George and Mary Sibley, and historical documents from St. Charles County, St. Louis City and St. Louis County
together with the surrounding area.
. Alpha Chi is a general scholarship honor society for students who are in the top 10% of their classes. Alpha Lambda Delta
is a general scholarship honor society for students who have achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher and are in the top 20% of their class during their first year or term of higher education. Alpha Sigma Lambda
, a general scholarship honor society for non-traditional undergraduate students who achieve and maintain outstanding scholastic standards and leadership characteristics. Lindenwood also has a number of other subject specific honor societies including the honor society for the National Broadcasting Society and electronic media students Alpha Epsilon Rho, the international education honor society Kappa Delta Pi
, the national history honor society Phi Alpha Theta
, the national French honor society Pi Delta Phi
(Zeta Pi), the international honor society for social sciences Pi Gamma Mu
, the national mathematics honor society Pi Mu Epsilon
, the national political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha
, the international honor society in psychology Psi Chi
, and national Spanish language honor society Sigma Delta Pi
.
The Lindenwood University Honors College offers students an opportunity to be recognized for academic excellence at graduation and on official transcripts and diplomas. Eligible students must have a score of 29 or above on the ACT to apply as an incoming freshman and maintain at least a 3.3 GPA for upperclass and transfer students. Students must complete twenty-four (24) hours of Honors credits in order to graduate with University Honors.
Latin Honors
upon graduation are:
Division II. The university will compete independent during the 2011-12 academic year before becoming a full member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2012. Lindenwood competes in the MIAA for all 15 sports the conference hosts championships. In addition to the MIAA, men's and women's lacrosse compete in the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
(WILA), women's ice hockey
competes at the Division I as an independent
program, as well as other sport organizations for non-NCAA sports.
The university was previously a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) and competed within the Heart of America Conference (HAAC) as its primary conference in addition to other athletic organizations for sports not sponsored by the HAAC. During the university's time in the NAIA it had a total of 46 varsity sports teams making LU one of the largest athletic departments in the United States
. Lindenwood University competed in NAIA athletics for nearly 40 years before beginning the transition process for NCAA II membership.
On July 12, 2010 Lindenwood was accepted into NCAA Division II and was approved as a member of the MIAA on September 24, 2010 with the affiliation taking place in 2012-2013 academic year.. LU plans include the 21 sports that currently compete in NAIA to move to NCAA Division II along with non-NAIA sports field hockey, men’s lacrosse, and women’s lacrosse. Women’s ice hockey and men’s volleyball will compete in NCAA Division I, and all other sports will remain in their non-NCAA and non-NAIA sport organizations.
Lindenwood officially concluded its NAIA and HAAC membership at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. During the university's 15 seasons a member of the HAAC the Lions set a conference record, winning 128 HAAC titles. Lindenwood averaged 8.5 conference titles a year and won at least one conference championship in sport sponsored by the conference.
with the majority of in-state students from St. Charles and St. Louis
counties. Out-of-state students represent 22% of undergraduate enrollment and are made up of students from 45 of the 50 US states. In addition, 13% of students are from 60 foreign countries.
The university has over 70 clubs and student organizations under the direction of the Student Activities Organization (SAO). The SAO also hosts lectures, movie nights, dances, performances, and a wide variety of other events. Lindenwood also offers over 20 Intramural sports
. The student organizations at Lindenwood include the student government, various academic, service, religious, Greek
, and common interest organizations, and service organizations. Lindenwood Student Government Association (LSGA) is the main governing arm of the student body. The student government is the voice for student concerns in cooperation the university. The LSGA, as well as all organizations, sponsor various academic, social, spiritual, and physical events on campus to add to well being of the student body. The Golden Lion Marching Band is the university's marching band
. The band plays at every home football
and is the only collegiate marching band in the Greater St. Louis. The Golden Lion Marching Band includes brass, woodwind, percussion, and color guard. A subset, the LU Pep Band plays at various special events and athletic events on campus throughout the school year. The Gateway Battalion is the local chapter of the Army ROTC based out Washington University of St. Louis. ROTC provides officer training and education for LU students in conjunction with Washington University and a number of other universities that make up the Battalion. Officially founded in 1919 and with roots tracing to the 1890s, it is one of the oldest such programs in the nation. After completing the Army ROTC program, LU students receive a commission in either the Regular Army, Army Reserve
, or National Guard. LU Crew is a group of students that meet to promote school spirit at home athletic events and other special events. LU Crew can be seen at sporting events with signs, starting cheers, and various other activities in the student sections and stands.
Sibley Day has been held since 2009 and is a new tradition at Lindenwood. The event includes special events and activities for students and faculty, guest speakers, presentations, and other social and educational activities. Past guest speakers has included: Arun Gandhi.
(founded 1992) is currently the only National Panhellenic Conference
sorority at Lindenwood. During the Spring 2011 semester, Sigma Sigma Sigma
began to colonize at Lindenwood and is expected to initiate their chapter in the Spring of 2012. The campus was also at one time home to the Zeta Xi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha
.
Alpha Sigma Phi
is the only North-American Interfraternity Conference
fraternity with a chapter at Lindenwood. The Epsilon Beta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi was chartered in 1997 after colonizing in 1993. Tau Kappa Epsilon
also had an interest group on campus in the 1990s; however, the group never became a chartered chapter.Delta Tau Delta
will begin their colonization process in the Spring of 2012.
Lindenwood is also home to chapters of two Greek social fraternities for music students, Phi Mu Alpha for men and Sigma Alpha Iota
for women. The college also has a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
co-ed service fraternity.
. The paper is published every other Wednesday. The university hosts a student-operated educational cable station, known as LUTV
. It is available on Charter Cable and on AT&T U-Verse throughout Greater St. Louis, as well as streaming live online. LUTV runs educational and cultural, and LU athletic programming and serves as a learning experience for communications students. 89.1 The Wood
is an FCC-licensed college radio station broadcasting on KCLC-89.1
in the St. Louis Metro Area. The station is student-operated and offers music, news, sports, and specialty programs. The Wood broadcasts from the KCLC studio in the Spellmann Student Center.
, anchor for the MLB Network
. Randy Karraker
& Bob Ramsey, American sportscasters in St. Louis, Missouri and current hosts of "The Fast Lane", a sports radio show in St. Louis, on 101 ESPN. Jan Rogers Kniffen
, businessman, guest business affairs commentator for CNBC
. Dan McLaughlin
, professional sports broadcaster who currently works on both St. Louis Cardinals
and previously with the St. Louis Blues for telecasts on the cable television channel Fox Sports Midwest. Melanie Morgan
, American author, columnist, political commentator, and radio personality. And Sally Perdue
, radio talk show host and is a former 1958 Miss Arkansas and Miss America Pageant contestant.
Various LU alumni have excelled in art, fashion, movies and music, they include: Alice Baber
, American abstract expressionist painter. Tara Bollinger
, model and beauty queen from Missouri who has competed in the Miss America Pageant. Ingrid Dahlberg
, former theater manager and president of the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre
, writer, and politician. Lee Daniels
, American actor, film producer and director. Thom Donovan
, American musician/songwriter, who has toured world-wide with Robert Plant
and the Goo Goo Dolls
and appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly
on NBC
. Shandi Finnessey
, Miss USA
2004, Dancing with the Stars
. Amber Seyer
, Miss Missouri USA
2007 and Miss Missouri Teen USA
2003. Vocal Spectrum
, consisting of Tim Waurick, Eric Dalbey, Jonny Moroni, and Chris Hallam. They are the 2004 Barbershop Harmony Society
International Collegiate Quartet Champions, the 2006 Barbershop Harmony Society International Quartet Champions, and 2004 and 2009 Barbershop Harmony Society International Chorus Champions with the Ambassadors of Harmony
.
A number of Lindenwood Lions and lady Lions have gone on to professional sports, they include: Sanel Borić
, Bosnian American football (soccer) goalkeeper who currently playes for FK Velež Mostar
. DeDe Dorsey
, professional American football player with the Detroit Lions
of the NFL. As a member of the Las Vegas Locomotives
of the United Football League, he was the MVP of the 2009 UFL Championship Game. Chase Gormley
, American professional mixed martial arts fighter for the UFC
. Randal McLelland
, an Olympic athlete in skeet shooting. 2008 Summer Olympics
. Jamere Holland, a free agent rookie wide receiver
who signed with the Cincinnati Bengals
in July 2011. Brian Schaefering
, a professional American football player with the Cleveland Browns
of the NFL. Roren Thomas, wide receiver for the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League, Alexander Wright, former American football wide receiver with Dallas Cowboys
, Los Angeles Raiders, St. Louis Rams
and current athletic director and head football coach for San Jacinto Christian Academy and founder of Alexander Wright Ministries.
Alumni involved in government and politics include Andrew Koenig
Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
representing the 88th district. and Gary W. Schenkel
, current director of Office of Federal Protective Service.
Private university
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, coeducational, liberal arts
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university located in Saint Charles
Saint Charles, Missouri
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, Missouri
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, United States
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. Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley
Mary Easton Sibley
Mary Easton Sibley was an early American pioneer and educator.-Early Life:Mary Sibley was born in Rome, New York on January 24, 1800, the daughter of Rufus Easton and Alby Smith Easton. She was the first of eleven children for the Easton family...
as The Linden Wood School for Girls, it is the second oldest higher-education institution west of the Mississippi River
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and since 1990 the fastest growing university in the Midwest
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.
Lindenwood offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees through nine colleges and schools and has current enrollment of 17,351 traditional and non-traditional students, including around 10,000 students at the main campus with over 4,500 living on-campus, 2,400 a satellite campus in Belleville, Illinois
Belleville, Illinois
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known as LU–Belleville
Lindenwood University-Belleville
Lindenwood University-Belleville, also known as LU-Belleville, is a private, four-year liberal arts university. It is a regional campus that is connected to Lindenwood University with an enrollment of about 2,000 students. LU-Belleville is located in Belleville, Illinois and occupies the campus...
, and an additional 5,000 attending various distance learning facilities throughout Greater St. Louis. The 500 acres (202.3 ha) main academic and residential campus is located 24 miles (38.6 km) northwest of St. Louis, Missouri
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in St. Charles, the Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone Home
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historic site
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in Defiance, Missouri
Defiance, Missouri
Defiance is an unincorporated community in Saint Charles County, Missouri, located on state highway 94.-Situation:The Katy Trail State Park runs through Defiance near the Missouri River. This was the final home of frontiersman Daniel Boone, who settled in the Femme Osage Valley in 1799 after...
26 miles (41.8 km) southwest of the St. Charles campus. As of 2012, Lindenwood was not ranked by the U.S. News & World Report
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as a tier two regional university and ranked 527 out of 553 in the Masters category of The Washington Monthly
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's University Rankings.
Fielding athletic teams known as Lindenwood Lions
Lindenwood Lions
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, the university is in the process of transitioning athletics from the NAIA
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and member of the Heart of America Conference to NCAA
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Division II, at which time it will join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
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. The athletic program is known for its success in ice hockey and football. The LU official school and athletic colors are black and gold.
Although the majority of Lindenwood's students are from Missouri, with out-of-state and foreign students accounting for 30% of undergraduate enrollment. The university offers a number of extracurricular activities to its students, including athletics, honor societies, clubs and student organizations, as well as fraternities and sororities. Alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment.
Founding and early history
Lindenwood University traces its roots back to George Champlin Sibley, an early 19th century American explorer, soldier, Indian agentIndian agent
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, and politician, and his wife Mary Easton Sibley, an educator. In 1808, Acting-Governor and friend Frederick Bates
Frederick Bates
Frederick Bates , older brother of Edward Bates and James Woodson Bates, was an American attorney and politician. He was elected in 1824 as the second governor of Missouri and died in office in 1825...
promoted Sibley to the position of chief factor at Fort Osage
Fort Osage
Fort Osage was part of the United States factory trading post system for the Osage Nation in the early 19th century near Sibley, Missouri....
in western Missouri, near present day Kansas City, Missouri
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. While at Fort Osage, Sibley immediately set to work creating relationships with the neighboring Osage tribes
Osage Nation
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. He also courted Mary Easton
Mary Easton Sibley
Mary Easton Sibley was an early American pioneer and educator.-Early Life:Mary Sibley was born in Rome, New York on January 24, 1800, the daughter of Rufus Easton and Alby Smith Easton. She was the first of eleven children for the Easton family...
, the daughter of Rufus Easton
Rufus Easton
Rufus Easton was a Delegate from the Territory of Missouri.Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Easton completed an academic course....
, a prominent St. Louis attorney and Missouri's 2nd Attorney General. The couple were married in 1815. During the Sibleys' time at Fort Osage, Mary began teaching the children at the fort.
In 1813, Sibley opened a temporary trading post at Fort Sibley, now known as the town of Arrow Rock, Missouri
Arrow Rock, Missouri
Arrow Rock is a village in Saline County, Missouri, United States. The population was 79 as of the 2000 Census . The musical Tom Sawyer , based on the novel by Mark Twain, was filmed here. Arrow Rock Historic District has significant properties and the George Caleb Bingham House has been designated...
which remained in operation until 1822. After the trading post shut down, George and Mary remained at Fort Osage, with George serving as postmaster
Postmaster
A postmaster is the head of an individual post office. Postmistress is not used anymore in the United States, as the "master" component of the word refers to a person of authority and has no gender quality...
until the fort closed in 1825. The couple then settled in St. Charles where Mary began teaching family members and later, in 1827, other young women from the community . Lindenwood University is now considered the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Mississippi River, after St. Louis University as well as the first women's college
Timeline of women's colleges in the United States
The following is a timeline of women's colleges in the United States. These are institutions of higher education in the United States whose student populations are comprised exclusively or almost exclusively of women. They are often liberal arts colleges...
west of the Mississippi. In 1829 The Sibleys purchased 280 acres (113.3 ha) of land, known as the "Linden Wood" because of the numerous linden trees. They constructed a log cabin on the property with room for the couple and a handful of students. During the 1830s the school was known as The Boarding School for Young Ladies at Linden wood, Missouri.
The Sibleys offered the property to the Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was a Presbyterian denomination in the United States. It was organized in 1789 under the leadership of John Witherspoon in the wake of the American Revolution and existed until 1958 when it merged with the United Presbyterian Church of North...
in 1853. In that year the college was incorporated by special act of the Missouri Legislature and became known as the Lindenwood College for Women. The newly chartered college was placed under the control of fifteen directors appointed by the Presbytery of St. Louis. On July 4, 1856 the cornerstone was laid for a new permanent brick building to replace the original log cabins. The new building, Sibley Hall, was completed in July 1857, and at the time contained the entire school. This event marked the beginning of a new era of significant growth for Lindenwood.
George Sibley died in 1863. Following his death the college charter was amended in 1870 to provide that the appointment of directors for the management of the college would be under the control of the Synod of Missouri instead of the Presbytery of St. Louis. A south wing was added to Sibley Hall in 1881 and a north wing in 1886. The school began expanding in the early 20th century with four new buildings constructed between 1900-1920.
In 1913 the school was accredited as a junior college
Junior college
The term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries.-India:In India, most states provide schooling through 12th grade...
by the North Central Association. Lindenwood received a $4 million bequest in 1918, the entire estate of the late Margaret Leggat Butler, wife of Colonel James Gay Butler, a civil war veteran and philanthropist. The college used the funds to establish a permanent endowment and moved from a two-year curriculum to a four-year curriculum. A few years later the college became a full member of the North Central Association.
The college became a co-educational institution in 1969 and changed its name from Lindenwood College for Women to Lindenwood Colleges, with a separate college for men and women. In 1970 the college started offering evening classes and in 1976 began awarding master's degrees. That same year the St. Louis Football Cardinals of the NFL constructed a football field for practices. In 1980 the college became a member of the NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
for athletics. Lindenwood Colleges, Lindenwood College for Men and Lindenwood College for Women were merged into Lindenwood College in 1983. It was known as Lindenwood College until 1997, at which time the school changed its name to the current name of Lindenwood University.
Recent History and Expansion
By 1989, Lindenwood College was bankrupt with student enrollment below 800. The college was in danger of closing when the administration hired Dennis Spellmann as the new president. Spellmann immediately began to implement changes, eliminating co-ed dorms and placing the emphasis on a "values centered" approach in the classroom. A major change that caused controversy for the school was the "Pork for Tuition" program begun in 2002 and designed to help rural families pay for tuition by the university accepting livestock in return for discounts. The animals were then processed and used in the school cafeteria. At the time, People for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it claims to be the largest animal rights...
(PETA) staged a small protest in Saint Charles in response to the program.
The university began an extensive expansion of academic, residential and athletic facilities starting in the mid-1990s which included construction of eight new residence halls, the Spellmann Campus Center, Lou Brock Sports Complex
Lou Brock Sports Complex
Lou Brock Sports Complex is college athletic complex located in St. Charles Missouri that includes a baseball stadium and softball stadium. It is the home field of the Lindenwood University Lions baseball and softball teams. It is named after former St. Louis Cardinals player and member of the...
, and Harlen C. Hunter Stadium
Harlen C. Hunter Stadium
Harlen C. Hunter Stadium, or Hunter Stadium, is an outdoor 7,450-seat multi-purpose stadium located in St. Charles, Missouri located on the campus of Lindenwood University. It is the home for Lindenwood Lions Football, men's and women's soccer, women's field hockey, and both men's and women's...
as well as extensions to the Ayres Hall and Harmon Hall. In 2006, Dennis Spellmann died by which time the university had seen its endowment grow to more than $50 million. Dr. James Evans became Lindenwood's twenty-first president on February 9, 2007.
Expansion continued after Spellmann's death. The J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts
J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts
J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts was opened in 2008 in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, on the campus of the Lindenwood University as a state-of-the-art $32 million, educational and performing arts complex. The facility is named after a $2 million donation from Jerry Scheidegger, Lindenwood board...
, a performance and fine arts center, opened in late 2008 at a cost of $32 million. The university also constructed new dormatories and began building a new home for university presidents. Construction of Evans Commons began in 2009 and was completed during the summer of 2011. With the university's endowment reaching $100 million in 2010, early the following year Lindenwood began construction of a new parking lot to ease congestion on campus. The university announced a new athletic facility would be constructed behind the west end zone stands of Hunter Stadium. The three story, 43450 square feet (4,036.6 m²) building will include new football, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, and field hockey locker rooms. It will also house a new academic support center for student-athletes, coaches offices, and meeting rooms overlooking the stadium. Lindenwood plans to construct a new administrative building as well as additional dorms and campus facilities and expand enrollment to over 20,000 students. The university and The DESCO Group
Schnucks
Schnucks is a supermarket chain. Based in suburban St. Louis, the company was started in 1939 with the opening of a store in north St. Louis city and now operates 100 stores in five states throughout the midwest. Schnucks also runs stores under the Logli Supermarkets and Hilander Foods banners...
announced in February 2011 that the St. Charles City Council had approved a resolution supporting the Lindenwood Town Center, a planned $30 million development that includes a shopping center, retail/business plaza, hotel and apartment-style student housing complexes.
Campus
The 500 acres (202.3 ha) main campus is located in historic St. Charles, Missouri on high ground overlooking downtown St. Charles and the Missouri River. Its buildings range from historic 19th century buildings to modern on-going construction projects. The campus stretches roughly one mile long from southwest to northeast and is divided by a meandering stream. To the west the campus is bordered by Duchesne Dr. with Droste Rd. and W. Clay St. forming the southern boundary. First Capitol Drive runs along the eastern edge of the campus and Gamble St. adjoins its north side. The eastern area of campus is the oldest section with the most recents expansion in the central and southern areas. In its northernwestern area, the campus is largely void of structures. The university is a dry campusDry campus
"Dry campus" is the term used for the banning of alcohol at colleges and universities, regardless of the owner's age or intention to consume it elsewhere...
with alcoholic beverages prohibited on campus and in all university buildings.
The eastern part of the LU campus is the oldest part of LU and contains many historic buildings characterized by their early 20th century architecture and vast numbers of linden trees. This area is located near the site of the original log cabin where Mary Sibley began The Linden Wood School for Girls. The eastern part of campus is the location of many of the academic buildings and contains the Margaret Leggat Butler Library, the university's main academic library.
Roemer Hall, constructed in 1921, is the main administration building on the campus and home to the president's office, financial aid office, the registrar, and the business office, as well as the School of Education.
Sibley Hall was built in 1856 and is the oldest building at Lindenwood. It was the original building for the Linden Wood School for Girls founded by the Sibley's. The building is still used as a women's dormitory today and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Numerous mysterious incidents have occurred over the years and legends say that Sibley Hall is haunted by the ghost of Mary Sibley
The central portion of the Lindenwood campus includes various residence halls and athletic facilities. At the heart of the campus sits the Spellmann Campus Center. It was built in 2002 and is located in the center of campus on the hillside near the highest part of the campus. Spellmann center overlooks Harlen C. Hunter Stadium and much of the rest of the campus. The modern 112000 square feet (10,405.1 m²) student center houses a cafeteria, a coffee shop, the Student Health Center, Student Activities Office, student media publications and student-run radio station, as well as office, classroom, and meeting spaces.
To the west of the Spellmann Center is the 7,450-seat Harlen C. Hunter Stadium, the main athletic stadium on campus. Built in 1976 by the St. Louis Cardinals NFL Football Team
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
as a training camp location, the stadium opened in 1979 and was renovated in 1988, 2004, and 2009. The Stadium is the home of Lindenwood Lions
Lindenwood Lions
The Lindenwood Lions and Lady Lions are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri. The Lions are currently in the process of transitioning from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the NCAA Division II...
Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, men's and women's soccer, women's field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, and both men's and women's lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
programs.
To the Northwest of the stadium is the 3,270-seat Robert F. Hyland Performance Arena. This was built in 1997 and is home to both men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball, wrestling, table tennis, dance, and cheerleading teams. The facility also includes the athletic department offices and classroom space. Evans Commons is being constructed adjacent to the Hyland Arena. Construction for the $20 million student center began in May 2009. The 119000 square feet (11,055.5 m²) facility opened in August 2011 and features a second dining hall, three basketball courts and a roller hockey
Roller hockey
Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...
rink, a suspended jogging track, a fitness center, offices for student activities, quiet study areas, and US post office.
In late February 2011 the university and The DESCO Group
Schnucks
Schnucks is a supermarket chain. Based in suburban St. Louis, the company was started in 1939 with the opening of a store in north St. Louis city and now operates 100 stores in five states throughout the midwest. Schnucks also runs stores under the Logli Supermarkets and Hilander Foods banners...
announced plans to develop a 40 acres (16.2 ha) site across First Capitol Drive in the east-central portion of the LU campus. The estimated $30 million development known as the Lindenwood Town Center. The plan includes a shopping center, retail
Retail
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
/business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
plaza anchored by a Schnucks
Schnucks
Schnucks is a supermarket chain. Based in suburban St. Louis, the company was started in 1939 with the opening of a store in north St. Louis city and now operates 100 stores in five states throughout the midwest. Schnucks also runs stores under the Logli Supermarkets and Hilander Foods banners...
grocery store
Grocery store
A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...
, hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
and apartment-style student housing complexes, and U.S. Post Office
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...
. The school plans to begin construction in Fall 2011 after submitting the final plan to St. Charles' planning and zoning commission with an expected completion date of Fall 2012.
The southern and western areas of campus contain much of the new construction on the LU campus. The J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts
J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts
J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts was opened in 2008 in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, on the campus of the Lindenwood University as a state-of-the-art $32 million, educational and performing arts complex. The facility is named after a $2 million donation from Jerry Scheidegger, Lindenwood board...
opened in 2008 at a cost of $32 million and lies on the southeast edge of campus. The state of the art, 138000 square feet (12,820.6 m²) building includes space for performance and arts education. It houses classrooms and faculty offices, as well as the 1,200-seat Bezemes Family Theatre, the Emerson Black Box Theatre, the 1,200-seat Boyle Family Gallery, the Charter LUTV
LUTV (St. Charles, Missouri)
LUTV is a higher education high-definition Student television station for St. Charles owned and operated by Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri...
HD Studio, and studio space for performing arts and communications students. The Scheidegger Center is also the home of the School of Fine and Performing Arts.
To the northwest of the Scheidegger center is the Lou Brock Sports Complex
Lou Brock Sports Complex
Lou Brock Sports Complex is college athletic complex located in St. Charles Missouri that includes a baseball stadium and softball stadium. It is the home field of the Lindenwood University Lions baseball and softball teams. It is named after former St. Louis Cardinals player and member of the...
. The Sports Complex is home to the Lindenwood Lions baseball and softball teams. The new presidents house, known as Lindenwood House, opened in 2010 and is located on a hill overlooking the Sports Complex and much of the campus. The western portions of campus contain many of the new residence halls. Dorm G and Pfremmer Hall were constructed in 2008 and sit between the new president's residence and LU Commons, the new student and recreation center.
Residence halls
Over 4,000 students live on campus the university's nineteen residence hallsDormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
segregated into male and female facilities. Each residence hall has a live-in Resident Director (RD) and a staff of student Resident Advisors (RAs). Male residence halls include Ayres Hall, Cobbs Hall, Flowers Hall, Guffey Hall, Linden Lodge, Mathews Hall, Parker Hall, Pfremmer Hall and Dorm G. Female residence halls include Blanton Hall, Calvert Rogers, Eastlick Hall, Irwin Hall, McCluer Hall, New Ayres Hall, Niccolls Hall, Rauch Memorial Hall, Sibley Hall and Stumberg Hall.
Lindenwood purchased land adjacent to the main campus containing various residential properties to create two large student quarters in adjecent neighborhoods, known as "Lindenwood Neighborhoods". The properties offer on-campus housing for married student couple, single parent students, and are also available to male and female students with more than 34 credit hours. Linden Terrace neighborhood lies just southwest from the main campus and is the neighborhood for women and married couples. First Capitol Houses and the Powell Terrace Residential Area sit east of campus across First Capitol Drive from the main campus.
Satellite Campuses
The period of growth at Lindenwood started by Spellmann included the opening of satellite campuses for adult evening education programs in various locations around Greater St. Louis. In 2009 the university opened an extension site, known as Lindenwood University-St. Louis, at 1409 Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Mo., a rapidly growing loft district in the city. Lindenwood also operates satellite campuses in Belleville, IllinoisLindenwood University-Belleville
Lindenwood University-Belleville, also known as LU-Belleville, is a private, four-year liberal arts university. It is a regional campus that is connected to Lindenwood University with an enrollment of about 2,000 students. LU-Belleville is located in Belleville, Illinois and occupies the campus...
(LU-Belleville), Daniel Boone Campus
Defiance, Missouri
Defiance is an unincorporated community in Saint Charles County, Missouri, located on state highway 94.-Situation:The Katy Trail State Park runs through Defiance near the Missouri River. This was the final home of frontiersman Daniel Boone, who settled in the Femme Osage Valley in 1799 after...
, Lincoln County
Moscow Mills, Missouri
Moscow Mills is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,742 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Moscow Mills is located at ....
, North County
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...
, South County
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...
, Downtown St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, Westport
Westport Plaza
Westport Plaza is a , commercial development, resort, and entertainment center located in Maryland Heights. Westport opened in 1973 and since has grown to over of offices buildings, restaurants and entertainment venues, and hotels. The property is owned jointly by Chicago-based real estate company...
Weldon Spring
Weldon Spring, Missouri
Weldon Spring is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,270 at the 2000 census. The city is named for its first settler, North Carolina frontiersman John Weldon, who in 1790 built a log home overlooking the spring which bears his name.-Geography:Weldon Spring...
, Wentzville
Wentzville, Missouri
Wentzville is a city located in western St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 29,070. The city's major employer is General Motors which has a full size van assembly plant located there. As the site of the county fairgrounds,...
, and Wildwood
Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood is a third-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in far western St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,517....
.
Lindenwood University-Belleville
In 2008 Lindenwood University announced plans to expand facilities at Lindenwood University-Belleville and increased academic programs from an adult continuing education structure to offer traditional daytime semester-based programs. Starting in the fall of 2009 LU-Belleville began offering courses in business administration, communications, criminal justice and health management. The Lindenwood University at Belleville sports teams are known the "Lynx" and currently compete in the USCAA. Previously, programs were only offered for junior and senior-level students during the first semester of traditional daytime classes. These programs have now been extended to underclassman. As many as 2,000 daytime students are expected to enroll at the Belleville campus within the next 5 to 10 years.Academics
Lindenwood University offers 85 majors in 25 areas of study and confers degrees from its nine colleges and schools. The university is classified as a Master’s college and university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher EducationCarnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is a framework for classifying, or grouping, colleges and universities in the United States. The primary purpose of the framework is for educational research and analysis, where it is often important to identify groups of roughly...
. In 2007 Lindenwood began offering doctoral programs, starting with a Doctorate of Education
Doctor of Education
The Doctor of Education or Doctor in Education degree , in Latin, Doctor Educationis, is a research-oriented professional doctorate that prepares the student for academic, administrative, clinical, or research positions in educational, civil, and private organizations.-Differences between an Ed.D...
program that prepares students for the field of educational administration.
The Lindenwood University Press produces a number of publications in the fields of international and global studies, literary magazines, American studies and American history.
For the 2011-12 academic year, LU was not ranked by U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
and ranked 527th by The Washington Monthly Master’s Universities Rankings
The Washington Monthly
The Washington Monthly is a bimonthly nonprofit magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C.The magazine's founder is Charles Peters, who started the magazine in 1969 and continues to write the "Tilting at Windmills" column in each issue. Paul Glastris, former...
LU has full accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , also known as the North Central Association, is a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states, that is engaged in educational accreditation...
. Lindenwood has been fully accredited by the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission since 1915 and received its ten-year renewal in 2003-2004. Since 2010 LU’s School of Business and Entrepreneurship has been fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
The university offers bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
s, master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
s, and doctoral degrees through its nine schools:
- School of American Studies
- School of Business and Entrepreneurship
- School of Communications
- School of Education
- School of Fine and Performing Arts
- School of Human Services
- School of Humanities
- School of Science
- College of Individualized Education
Faculty and research
Lindenwood has a student-faculty ratio of 13:1 and an average class size of 25 students. Unlike many universities, Lindenwood does not utilize graduate students to teach classes. The university currently has 221 full-time faculty, five part-time faculty, and 1,000 adjunct faculty staff.Lindenwood is home to the Institute for the Study of Economics and the Environment (ISEE), the institute was founded in 2002 to research economic principle applications to environmental challenges. It has since expanded in 2011 to study and forecast the St. Louis regional economy under the direction of the its new director, Dr. Howard J. Wall, a former economist at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
Library
The Margaret Leggat Butler Library was constructed in 1930 and is located in the historic eastern region of campus. In addition to 150,000 books and periodicals, classroom, research, and quiet study spaces, the library also houses a coffee shop and a writing center. The library is a member of the MOBIUS Consortium, a statewide system that links Lindenwood's library to libraries at other higher learning institutions across Missouri.The Library is home to the Mary Ambler Archives. The archives were founded in 1993 and are part of the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative and the State Historical Society of Missouri
State Historical Society of Missouri
The State Historical Society of Missouri, a private membership and state funded organization, is a comprehensive research facility located in Columbia, Missouri specializing in the preservation and study of Missouri's cultural heritage...
. They include a collection of historical documents, official records, and special collections from the 185-year history of the university. The archives also include historical documents from Missouri during the early American Frontier and Antebellum periods. Other historical materials include information on women's colleges, the personal papers of George and Mary Sibley, and historical documents from St. Charles County, St. Louis City and St. Louis County
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...
together with the surrounding area.
Honor societies and Honors College
Lindenwood University participates in the following national and international Honor SocietiesHonor society
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...
. Alpha Chi is a general scholarship honor society for students who are in the top 10% of their classes. Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students who have achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher and are in the top 20% of their class during their first year or term of higher education.-History:...
is a general scholarship honor society for students who have achieved a 3.5 GPA or higher and are in the top 20% of their class during their first year or term of higher education. Alpha Sigma Lambda
Alpha Sigma Lambda
Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society for non-traditional undergraduate students who achieve and maintain outstanding scholastic standards and leadership characteristics while adroitly handling additional responsibilities of work and family .The founding chapter was established by Dr...
, a general scholarship honor society for non-traditional undergraduate students who achieve and maintain outstanding scholastic standards and leadership characteristics. Lindenwood also has a number of other subject specific honor societies including the honor society for the National Broadcasting Society and electronic media students Alpha Epsilon Rho, the international education honor society Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, was founded in 1911 and was one of the first discipline-specific honor societies. Its membership is limited to the top 20 percent of those entering the field of education. Kappa Delta Pi claims over 600 chapters across North America and...
, the national history honor society Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history.The society is a charter member of the Association of College Honor Societies and has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.-...
, the national French honor society Pi Delta Phi
Pi Delta Phi
Pi Delta Phi is the French National Honor Society for undergraduate and graduate students at accredited public and private colleges and universities in the United States. The society was admitted to membership in the Association of College Honor Societies in 1967.Pi Delta Phi was founded as a...
(Zeta Pi), the international honor society for social sciences Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu or ΠΓΜ is the oldest and preeminent honor society in the social sciences. It is also the only interdisciplinary social science honor society. It serves the various social science disciplines which seek to understand and explain human behavior and social relationships as well as their...
, the national mathematics honor society Pi Mu Epsilon
Pi Mu Epsilon
Pi Mu Epsilon is the U.S. honorary national mathematics society.The society was founded at Syracuse University on May 25, 1914, by Professor Edward Drake Roe, Jr, and currently has chapters at 337 institutions across the nation.-Goals:...
, the national political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha
Pi sigma alpha
Pi Sigma Alpha , the National Political Science Honor Society, is the only honor society for college and university students of political science in the United States. Its purpose is to recognize and promote high academic achievement in the field of political science...
, the international honor society in psychology Psi Chi
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. With over 1,050 chapters, Psi Chi is one of the largest honor societies in the United States...
, and national Spanish language honor society Sigma Delta Pi
Sigma Delta Pi
Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society , was established on November 14, 1919, at the University of California at Berkeley. Its insignia is the royal seal of Fernando and Isabel, representing Castille, León and Aragón...
.
The Lindenwood University Honors College offers students an opportunity to be recognized for academic excellence at graduation and on official transcripts and diplomas. Eligible students must have a score of 29 or above on the ACT to apply as an incoming freshman and maintain at least a 3.3 GPA for upperclass and transfer students. Students must complete twenty-four (24) hours of Honors credits in order to graduate with University Honors.
Latin Honors
Latin honors
Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. This system is primarily used in the United States, Canada, and in many countries of continental Europe, though some institutions also use the English translation of these...
upon graduation are:
- Cumulative GPA of a 3.70 – 3.85 – Cum Laude
- Cumulative GPA of a 3.86 – 3.93 – Magna Cum Laude
- Cumulative GPA of a 3.94 – 4.00 – Summa Cum Laude
Athletics
Lindenwood University is currently in the process of transitioning to the NCAANational Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division II. The university will compete independent during the 2011-12 academic year before becoming a full member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2012. Lindenwood competes in the MIAA for all 15 sports the conference hosts championships. In addition to the MIAA, men's and women's lacrosse compete in the Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
The Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II lacrosse-only college athletic conference composed of schools located in the Western United States. All schools are members of other conferences in other sports...
(WILA), women's ice hockey
Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey
The Lindenwood Lady Lions women's ice hockey team represents Lindenwood University located in St. Charles, Missouri. The Lady Lions currently participate in the NCAA Division I competition as of the 2011-12 season with no conference affiliation, making the program one of two Independent NCAA...
competes at the Division I as an independent
NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
NCAA Division I independent schools are teams that compete in NCAA college ice hockey but are not members of a conference. There are several current schools who, at one time or another, competed as Division I independents.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:...
program, as well as other sport organizations for non-NCAA sports.
The university was previously a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
(NAIA) and competed within the Heart of America Conference (HAAC) as its primary conference in addition to other athletic organizations for sports not sponsored by the HAAC. During the university's time in the NAIA it had a total of 46 varsity sports teams making LU one of the largest athletic departments in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Lindenwood University competed in NAIA athletics for nearly 40 years before beginning the transition process for NCAA II membership.
On July 12, 2010 Lindenwood was accepted into NCAA Division II and was approved as a member of the MIAA on September 24, 2010 with the affiliation taking place in 2012-2013 academic year.. LU plans include the 21 sports that currently compete in NAIA to move to NCAA Division II along with non-NAIA sports field hockey, men’s lacrosse, and women’s lacrosse. Women’s ice hockey and men’s volleyball will compete in NCAA Division I, and all other sports will remain in their non-NCAA and non-NAIA sport organizations.
Lindenwood officially concluded its NAIA and HAAC membership at the conclusion of the 2010-11 academic year. During the university's 15 seasons a member of the HAAC the Lions set a conference record, winning 128 HAAC titles. Lindenwood averaged 8.5 conference titles a year and won at least one conference championship in sport sponsored by the conference.
Student life
Lindenwood's student body comes from various locations across the United States, Canada, and other worldwide locations. Approximately 64% of student body is from MissouriMissouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
with the majority of in-state students from St. Charles and St. Louis
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...
counties. Out-of-state students represent 22% of undergraduate enrollment and are made up of students from 45 of the 50 US states. In addition, 13% of students are from 60 foreign countries.
The university has over 70 clubs and student organizations under the direction of the Student Activities Organization (SAO). The SAO also hosts lectures, movie nights, dances, performances, and a wide variety of other events. Lindenwood also offers over 20 Intramural sports
Intramural sports
Intramural sports or intramurals are recreational sports organized within a set geographic area. The term derives from the Latin words intra muros meaning "within walls", and was used to indicate sports matches and contests that took place among teams from "within the walls" of an ancient city...
. The student organizations at Lindenwood include the student government, various academic, service, religious, Greek
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
, and common interest organizations, and service organizations. Lindenwood Student Government Association (LSGA) is the main governing arm of the student body. The student government is the voice for student concerns in cooperation the university. The LSGA, as well as all organizations, sponsor various academic, social, spiritual, and physical events on campus to add to well being of the student body. The Golden Lion Marching Band is the university's marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
. The band plays at every home football
Lindenwood Lions football
The Lindenwood Lions football team represents Lindenwood University in football. Lindenwood is currently is in the process of transitioning to the NCAA Division II and are a future member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association . In 2012-2013, the school will be a provisional member...
and is the only collegiate marching band in the Greater St. Louis. The Golden Lion Marching Band includes brass, woodwind, percussion, and color guard. A subset, the LU Pep Band plays at various special events and athletic events on campus throughout the school year. The Gateway Battalion is the local chapter of the Army ROTC based out Washington University of St. Louis. ROTC provides officer training and education for LU students in conjunction with Washington University and a number of other universities that make up the Battalion. Officially founded in 1919 and with roots tracing to the 1890s, it is one of the oldest such programs in the nation. After completing the Army ROTC program, LU students receive a commission in either the Regular Army, Army Reserve
United States Army Reserve
The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army....
, or National Guard. LU Crew is a group of students that meet to promote school spirit at home athletic events and other special events. LU Crew can be seen at sporting events with signs, starting cheers, and various other activities in the student sections and stands.
Sibley Day has been held since 2009 and is a new tradition at Lindenwood. The event includes special events and activities for students and faculty, guest speakers, presentations, and other social and educational activities. Past guest speakers has included: Arun Gandhi.
Greek life
The Omicron Omicron chapter of Delta ZetaDelta Zeta
Delta Zeta is an international college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Today, Delta Zeta has 158 collegiate chapters in the United States and over 200 alumnae chapters in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada...
(founded 1992) is currently the only National Panhellenic Conference
National Panhellenic Conference
The National Panhellenic Conference , founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 national women's sororities.Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek-letter society of college women and alumnae...
sorority at Lindenwood. During the Spring 2011 semester, Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members. Sigma Sigma Sigma is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and hosts chapters on more than 110 college campuses and 89 alumnae chapters in communities all...
began to colonize at Lindenwood and is expected to initiate their chapter in the Spring of 2012. The campus was also at one time home to the Zeta Xi chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Alpha is a US national sorority founded on November 15, 1901 at the Virginia State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia...
.
Alpha Sigma Phi
Alpha Sigma Phi
Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is a social fraternity with 71 active chapters and 9 colonies. Founded at Yale in 1845, it is the 10th oldest fraternity in the United States....
is the only North-American Interfraternity Conference
North-American Interfraternity Conference
The North-American Interfraternity Conference , is an association of collegiate men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909. The power of the organization rests in a House of Delegates where each member fraternity is represented by a single delegate...
fraternity with a chapter at Lindenwood. The Epsilon Beta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi was chartered in 1997 after colonizing in 1993. Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the United States, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
also had an interest group on campus in the 1990s; however, the group never became a chartered chapter.Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta is a U.S.-based international secret letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, . It currently has around 125 student chapters nationwide, as well as more than 25 regional alumni groups. Its national community service...
will begin their colonization process in the Spring of 2012.
Lindenwood is also home to chapters of two Greek social fraternities for music students, Phi Mu Alpha for men and Sigma Alpha Iota
Sigma Alpha Iota
Sigma Alpha Iota , International Music Fraternity for Women. Formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America and throughout the world", it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its members and the general public...
for women. The college also has a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
co-ed service fraternity.
Student media and publications
Lindenwood University has a number of student media outlets that serve the campus and surrounding communities of St. Charles County. The official student newspaper is The LegacyThe Legacy (Lindenwood University)
The Legacy is the award winning student-run newspaper at Lindenwood University, which is published every other Wednesday during the Fall and Spring semesters. The online version of The Legacy is hosted by College Publisher. In addition to viewing each week's stories and accessing an archive,...
. The paper is published every other Wednesday. The university hosts a student-operated educational cable station, known as LUTV
LUTV (St. Charles, Missouri)
LUTV is a higher education high-definition Student television station for St. Charles owned and operated by Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri...
. It is available on Charter Cable and on AT&T U-Verse throughout Greater St. Louis, as well as streaming live online. LUTV runs educational and cultural, and LU athletic programming and serves as a learning experience for communications students. 89.1 The Wood
KCLC
KCLC is a radio station broadcasting a Album Adult Alternative format. Licensed to St. Charles, Missouri, USA, the station serves the St, Louis area...
is an FCC-licensed college radio station broadcasting on KCLC-89.1
KCLC
KCLC is a radio station broadcasting a Album Adult Alternative format. Licensed to St. Charles, Missouri, USA, the station serves the St, Louis area...
in the St. Louis Metro Area. The station is student-operated and offers music, news, sports, and specialty programs. The Wood broadcasts from the KCLC studio in the Spellmann Student Center.
Notable alumni
Alumni of the Lindenwood University have become notable in a variety of different fields including politics and government, business, science, literature, arts and entertainment, and athletics. Alumni in the fields of broadcasting and journalism include: Greg AmsingerGreg Amsinger
Greg Amsinger is an American sportscaster and currently a studio host for MLB Network.-Career:Prior to arriving at CSTV in 2003, Amsinger was Sports Director at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, IN. A 2001 graduate of Lindenwood University Greg Amsinger (b. May 24, 1979, St. Louis, MO) is an American...
, anchor for the MLB Network
MLB Network
MLB Network is an American television specialty channel dedicated to professional baseball. It is primarily owned by Major League Baseball. Comcast, DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications have minority ownership of the new network, with MLB retaining a controlling two-thirds share...
. Randy Karraker
Randy Karraker
Randall James Karraker , is an American sportscaster in St. Louis, Missouri. He currently hosts The Fast Lane, the top-rated sports radio show in St. Louis, on 101 ESPN, along with former St. Louis Rams defensive tackle D'Marco Farr and St. Louis University Billikens broadcaster Bob Ramsey. He also...
& Bob Ramsey, American sportscasters in St. Louis, Missouri and current hosts of "The Fast Lane", a sports radio show in St. Louis, on 101 ESPN. Jan Rogers Kniffen
Jan Rogers Kniffen
Jan Rogers Kniffen is a consultant to investors in retail companies and a former retail executive.-Early life:Born in Cairo, Illinois, Kniffen majored in English at the University of Illinois and received his B. S. in Journalism from Southern Illinois University. Kniffen received his MBA in...
, businessman, guest business affairs commentator for CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
. Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin is a professional sports broadcaster who currently works on both St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues telecasts on the cable television channel Fox Sports Midwest.-Early life:...
, professional sports broadcaster who currently works on both St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
and previously with the St. Louis Blues for telecasts on the cable television channel Fox Sports Midwest. Melanie Morgan
Melanie Morgan
Melanie Morgan is an American radio personality. She was formerly a host at KSFO in San Francisco where her husband, Jack Swanson, was the General Manager. She was recently laid off due to budget cutbacks and declining ad revenue. She has also previously worked as a reporter for KGO-TV in San...
, American author, columnist, political commentator, and radio personality. And Sally Perdue
Sally Perdue
Sally Perdue is a former 1958 Miss Arkansas and Little Rock radio talk show host. She was a top-10 finalist in the 1959 Miss America pageant....
, radio talk show host and is a former 1958 Miss Arkansas and Miss America Pageant contestant.
Various LU alumni have excelled in art, fashion, movies and music, they include: Alice Baber
Alice Baber
Alice Baber was an American abstract expressionist painter who worked in oils and watercolor.Alice was born in Charleston, Illinois. She grew up in Kansas, Illinois and Miami, Florida, her family traveled south to Florida yearly because of Alice poor health. They settled in Illinois when World War...
, American abstract expressionist painter. Tara Bollinger
Tara Bollinger
Tara Bollinger is a model and beauty queen from Missouri who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Bollinger won the Miss Missouri USA 2003 title in a state pageant held in Poplar Bluff on 19 October 2002. This was her first attempt at the title...
, model and beauty queen from Missouri who has competed in the Miss America Pageant. Ingrid Dahlberg
Ingrid Dahlberg
Ingrid Dahlberg is a former Theater Manager and President of Dramaten , and Governor of Dalarna County from 2002 to 2006...
, former theater manager and president of the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre
Royal Dramatic Theatre
The Royal Dramatic Theatre is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's eight running stages....
, writer, and politician. Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels
Lee Louis Daniels is an American actor, film producer, and director. He produced Monster's Ball and directed the film Precious, which received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Director; the film won two of the awards.-Early years:Daniels was born on Christmas Eve, 1959, in...
, American actor, film producer and director. Thom Donovan
Thom Donovan
Thom Donovan is an American musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass and keyboards. He has released one solo album and is a member of the band Lapush...
, American musician/songwriter, who has toured world-wide with Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
and the Goo Goo Dolls
Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska...
and appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly
Carson Daly
Carson Jones Daly is an American television host. He is the host of NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, a late-night talk show that began airing on January 7, 2002. Before his role as host of that program, Daly was a VJ on MTV's TRL, and a DJ for the Southern California based radio station KROQ-FM...
on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. Shandi Finnessey
Shandi Finnessey
Shandi Ren Finnessey is an American beauty queen, model, television hostess, and actress. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America where she won a preliminary award...
, Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
2004, Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States, and CTV in Canada in 2011. The show is the American version of the British BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing...
. Amber Seyer
Amber Seyer
Amber Marie Seyer is a beauty queen from Oran, Missouri who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant and competed for the Miss USA title in 2007....
, Miss Missouri USA
Miss Missouri USA
The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....
2007 and Miss Missouri Teen USA
Miss Missouri Teen USA
The Miss Missouri Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Missouri in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 1993....
2003. Vocal Spectrum
Vocal Spectrum
Vocal Spectrum is a barbershop quartet from St. Charles, Missouri. In 2004, Vocal Spectrum won the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Collegiate Quartet Contest, and on July 8, 2006, they became International Champions, winning the society's International Quartet Contest...
, consisting of Tim Waurick, Eric Dalbey, Jonny Moroni, and Chris Hallam. They are the 2004 Barbershop Harmony Society
Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...
International Collegiate Quartet Champions, the 2006 Barbershop Harmony Society International Quartet Champions, and 2004 and 2009 Barbershop Harmony Society International Chorus Champions with the Ambassadors of Harmony
Ambassadors of Harmony
The Ambassadors of Harmony is a 160+ member men's barbershop chorus, based in St. Charles, Missouri. The chorus won International Championship gold medals in 2004 and 2009, each time singing two arrangements by David Wright, under the direction of Jim Henry...
.
A number of Lindenwood Lions and lady Lions have gone on to professional sports, they include: Sanel Borić
Sanel Boric
Sanel Borić is a Bosnian American footballer who currently plays for Borussia Neunkirchen.-Career:...
, Bosnian American football (soccer) goalkeeper who currently playes for FK Velež Mostar
FK Velež Mostar
FK Velež , successor of RŠD Velež, is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, from the city of Mostar, founded on June 22, 1922....
. DeDe Dorsey
DeDe Dorsey
DeDe Dorsey is an American football running back for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2006...
, professional American football player with the Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
of the NFL. As a member of the Las Vegas Locomotives
Las Vegas Locomotives
The Las Vegas Locomotives are a professional American football team based in Las Vegas, Nevada who play in the United Football League. The team plays its home games in Sam Boyd Stadium, home field for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Jim Fassel is the franchise's head coach, president, and...
of the United Football League, he was the MVP of the 2009 UFL Championship Game. Chase Gormley
Chase Gormley
Chase Gormley is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently 7–3 in MMA.-Biography:Chase began fighting at the age of 13, but did not turn pro until March 2007.He attended Torrance High School and was a part of the winning league wrestling team...
, American professional mixed martial arts fighter for the UFC
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
. Randal McLelland
Randal McLelland
Randal Sean McLelland is an International Skeet shooter that competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sean began shooting clay targets when he was 14, and he credits Steve Schultz for being the most helpful and influential person in his development and upbringing in the clay target sports...
, an Olympic athlete in skeet shooting. 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
. Jamere Holland, a free agent rookie wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
who signed with the Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...
in July 2011. Brian Schaefering
Brian Schaefering
Brian Schaefering is an American football defensive end for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was signed by the Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2008...
, a professional American football player with the Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
of the NFL. Roren Thomas, wide receiver for the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League, Alexander Wright, former American football wide receiver with Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
, Los Angeles Raiders, St. Louis Rams
St. Louis Rams
The St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,...
and current athletic director and head football coach for San Jacinto Christian Academy and founder of Alexander Wright Ministries.
Alumni involved in government and politics include Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig (politician)
Andrew P. Koenig is a small business owner and a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He has represented the 88th district, which includes Ballwin, Winchester, and parts of Ellisville, since 2009....
Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 31,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.In 1992 Missouri...
representing the 88th district. and Gary W. Schenkel
Gary W. Schenkel
Gary W. Schenkel was the director of the Office of the Federal Protective Service, one of the six divisions of the National Protection and Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security from March 2007 until July 2010...
, current director of Office of Federal Protective Service.