History and Geography Forum

Lindenwood Early Close Today (2/16) – Classes After 3 p.m. Held Virtually

Due to inclement weather and potentially hazardous road conditions, the Lindenwood University campus is closing at 3 p.m. today, February 16. Employees and students are encouraged to use extreme caution when traveling. Essential Employees should contact their supervisor for their on-campus schedule. We thank you in advance for your service.

In-person classes starting at 3 p.m. or later today will be held virtually or will have learning activities that can be completed remotely. Students that are enrolled in classes that are online, hyflex, or hybrid should check Canvas and email for information from their professor, since many of these learning activities will continue virtually. Faculty should provide information regarding changes to class assignments and deadlines. Students should check Canvas and email for communication from their instructors.

Faculty and staff are advised to take their laptops and work materials home with them in case of continuing bad weather.

All in-person campus activities starting at 3 p.m. or later are canceled. Virtual events may continue as planned. Any change in dining service hours will be communicated and/or updated in GrubHub.

Every semester, history majors participate in the History and Geography Forum along with the department’s faculty and other interested members of the university community. The Forum provides a venue for professional historians to speak not only about their research but, more specifically, about how they go about performing the historian’s craft. Speakers address the nuts and bolts of history as a discipline – with all of its frustrations and joys – honestly and candidly.

At the beginning of each spring semester, on Sibley Day, the Department of History and Geography also sponsors the Lindenwood University Undergraduate History Conference, which provides students an opportunity to rework and publicly present research projects that were initially developed as part of coursework. The best paper receives a certificate and a cash prize.