April 28, 2011
The importance of incorporating anthropology in foreign affairs will be the topic discussed by William Beeman, professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota, in a lecture at Linfield College.
April 27, 2011
Six Oregon colleges, including Linfield, were featured in the new issue of The Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges.
Linfield students created an immense sculpture that was “built to burn,” and that’s exactly what happened last week in a celebration of whimsy and spring. VIDEO
April 25, 2011
“Reading Obama: Dreams, Hopes, & the American Political Tradition” will be the topic of discussion when the book’s author meets a critic of his work Monday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College.
Student artwork will be on display in the Linfield College Fine Art Gallery in May.
April 23, 2011
In editorials in The Oregonian and The Christian Science Monitor, Nadia Abraibesh ’10 makes an eloquent plea for American support of Libya, where she has family.
April 22, 2011
Linfield students, staff and faculty are helping construct affordable housing for people in our community and across the nation. VIDEO
April 21, 2011
Sophomore ’13 Chris Forrer and Darren Valenta ’11 walked away with honors at a recent national forensics tournament.
April 20, 2011
The Linfield College theatre will present Emily Mann’s docudrama “Execution of Justice,” taking audience members to a divided San Francisco in the 1970s as the city transitions from conservative to a more liberal social and political climate.
Professors Gudrun Hommel-Ingram and Katherine Kernberger and their students hosted a visit from composer Libby Larsen, whose world premiere of her “Moabit Sonnets” was performed at Linfield last weekend.
April 19, 2011
The debate behind the moral duty to vote will be featured in a lecture and commentary Thursday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room of the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College.
April 18, 2011
Traditional Hawaiian food and entertainment will be featured at this year’s 39th annual Linfield College Hawaiian Lu’au Saturday, April 30, in the Rutschman Field House and Ted Wilson Gymnasium at Linfield.
The Linfield College Concert Band will present a spring concert featuring small wind ensembles Tuesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium, located in Melrose Hall at Linfield.
Members of the Linfield College Dance Ensemble will present a dance showcase, “Electrify your Movement!,” Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, at 8 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium, located in Melrose Hall at Linfield.
Bill Apel, professor of religion at Linfield College since 1975 who will retire in June, will present a “last lecture” Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. in Jonasson Hall, lower level of Melrose Hall at Linfield.
Regional and local newspapers and radio stations featured the gallery’s powerful “Bearing Witness” exhibit, on display through the end of April.
April 14, 2011
The Gould Piano Trio and clarinetist Robert Plane will perform Friday, April 29, at 8 p.m. at Linfield College. The concert is sponsored by the Linfield Chamber Orchestra as part of the 20th Anniversary Season.
Margaret Ngai ’12 was elected VP of the 56,000-member organization at the group’s national convention.
Larsen shared the thought processes that culminated in her composition, “Moabit Sonnets,” premiering Friday and Saturday at Linfield.
Former high school teammates Laura Ekstrom ’12, Chelsei Hall ’14 and Lisa Ekstrom ’14 are now competing at the college level on the Linfield lacrosse team.
April 12, 2011
A discussion on the current unrest in Libya will be presented by a Linfield graduate, part of the Linfield College series “Pizza and Politics.”
The world premiere of “Moabit Sonnets,” written by one of the world’s most performed living composers, will be performed at Linfield College on April 15 and 16.
April 5, 2011
Larsen, in residency for a week in mid-April, will present a world premiere on campus. Catch a preview of her work and thoughts on Portland’s All Classical FM Radio on April 7 and 9.
April 4, 2011
The life of Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher will be captured in a reading by author and Linfield alumna Anne Zimmerman Wednesday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room of the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College.
The risks and benefits of exercise will be the topic of a faculty lecture by Janet Peterson, associate professor of health and human performance, Wednesday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College.
April 2, 2011
March Madness fans can’t have it both ways, says Professor Randy Grant. Grouse about the unfairness, or just sit back and enjoy the games.
Oregon’s Keizertimes featured Julia Huffman ’12, who analyzed the economic challenges faced by Australia’s native inhabitants while pursuing research Down Under about the country’s cane toad invasion.