My name is Calynda Meister and I am a junior at Linfield College. During this holiday season I would like to thank you for your support. (VIDEO) Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Taiko drummers perform farewell songs for international students
This year 114 international students from 25 countries call Linfield home. The college Taiko Drummers gave them an enthusiastic send-off at a recent farewell reception. (VIDEO)
Linfield grad has face-to-face session with President Obama
When Joseph Medicine Crow ’38 received a Presidential Medal of Freedom last summer, the halls of the White House reverberated with the sounds of his drum as he sang the president an honor song. Continue reading
Linfield to make up cuts in state aid to students
A recent decision by the state to reduce Oregon Opportunity Grant awards to Oregon students has many colleges and universities scrambling. In response, Linfield College sent a letter to grant recipients early this morning, with a promise to make up the shortfall in financial aid.
Linfield hosts William Stafford reading
A poetry reading celebrating and commemorating Oregon’s late poet laureate, William Stafford, will be held Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room at the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College. Continue reading
Linfield healthcare experts assist with Chinese healthcare reform
Health sciences Professor Michael Leahy and nursing Professor Vivian Tong addressed an audience of more than 3,000 medical practitioners in China. Continue reading
New York Times cheers Linfield’s scholar athletes
Linfield looks like a small East Coast college plunked down in the West, complete with red-brick colonial dormitories and a bell tower that chimes on the hour. There’s one difference, according to The Times … Continue reading
Wildcat playoff game featured in Sports Illustrated
The nation’s premiere sports magazine gave Linfield a sendoff, as the undefeated football team travels to Wisconsin Saturday to meet unbeaten UW-Whitewater in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Linfield Reports, 12/7/09
English prof weighs in on marriage in The Oregonian
Guest editorialist David Sumner, professor of English and environmental studies, said the issue of gay marriage would be less controversial if states got out of the marriage business, offered civil unions to gay couples, and left marriage rites to the churches. Continue reading