McMINNVILLE – Amy Orr, associate professor of sociology at Linfield College, will discuss “Gendered Capital: Sex-Role Socialization and the ‘Boy Crisis’ in Education,” on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2009
McMenamins artists to exhibit at Linfield
“After Hours,” an exhibition of the private work of the McMenamins artists, will be on display Oct. 13 through Nov. 21 at the Linfield College Fine Art Gallery. Continue reading
Acclaimed poet and novelist to visit Linfield
McMINNVILLE – Linfield College students and faculty will have the opportunity to learn about the life and works of an award-winning poet and novelist.
Marilyn Chin will present her latest novel, “Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen,” and poetry on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room in the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield. Chin will also visit creative writing classes to discuss their works during her visit. Continue reading
Linfield Reports, 9/28/09
Upcoming events at Linfield College
FRIDAY, OCT. 2
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: The Linfield Chamber Orchestra will kick off the 2009-10 season with Concert 1: Infatuation on Friday, Oct. 2, at 8 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College. For more information, call 503-883-2275. Continue reading
Linfield Reports, 9/21/09
Linfield professor to present Fulbright work
McMINNVILLE – For one Linfield College professor, summer vacation was an opportunity to examine agricultural and economic issues abroad.
Eric Schuck, an associate professor of economics at Linfield, will share his experience teaching in Lebanon in his lecture, “Kefar, Hello, Ca Va – Living Learning and Lecturing in the Levant,” on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m. in Jonasson Hall at Linfield. Continue reading
Icebreaker opens Linfield theater season
McMINNVILLE – Linfield College students will kick-off the 2009-10 theatrical season with the annual Student Icebreaker.
Performances will be held Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 24-26, at 8 p.m., and Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. and midnight in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall at Linfield. The theatre will open 45 minutes early for participants to enjoy music, games and entertainment. Continue reading
McCarthyism and the press topic of lecture
McMINNVILLE Controversy surrounding the freedom of press in post-World War II America is the focus of an upcoming lecture by journalism historian Ed Alwood at Linfield College.
Alwood will read from “Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed at the Press,” on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room in the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield. Continue reading
PIP drive goes back to the future
McMINNVILLE — Local business leaders and representatives from Linfield College will look back to the future for the launch of the 36th annual Partners in Progress campaign.
The campaign, a long-standing partnership between Linfield and the McMinnville community, will return to a week-long blitz, similar to the structure of early PIP campaigns. The community fund drive began in the 1950s and adopted the name PIP in 1974. Continue reading