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Homegrown food hits the spot
Brightly colored fruits, hearty vegetables and sustainable education took center stage at the inaugural Linfield Farmers’ Market Sept. 3.
Climatologist to present two lectures on wine
Gregory V. Jones, professor and research climatologist in the Department of Environmental Studies at Southern Oregon University, will be featured in two lectures at Linfield College relating to the wine industry.
Linfield ranked one of the top schools in U.S. News & World Report
Linfield College was ranked 123 in the latest U.S. News & World Report survey of the nation’s best liberal arts colleges. The annual survey ranked nearly 1,400 schools in a variety of categories.
Influence of media in “agenda setting” topic of lecture
Maxwell McCombs, internationally recognized for his research on the agenda-setting role of the news media, will speak on “Shaping the Foundations of Public Opinion,” on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 5:30 p.m., in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College.
New Linfield professor to read from memoir
Joe Wilkins, Linfield College’s new associate professor of English, will read from his award-winning memoir, “The Mountain and the Fathers: Growing up on the Big Dry,” Thursday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room at Nicholson Library at Linfield.
Executive powers of war topic of Constitution Day lecture
Elizabeth Hillman of University of California Hastings College of Law will deliver the 2013 Constitution Day lecture on the Constitution and executive power in times of war Thursday, Sept. 19, at noon in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The lecture is titled “FDR, Obama & How Presidents Drop Bombs.”
Linfield Reports, 9/9/13
CLIMATOLOGIST TO GIVE TWO LECTURES Gregory V. Jones, professor and research climatologist in the Department of Environmental Studies at Southern Oregon University, will give two lectures relating to the wine industry. On Tuesday, Sept. 10, he will discuss “Unraveling the Mystique of Terroir: Wine’s Sense of Place.” On Wednesday, Sept. 11, he will discuss “Climate, […]
Hiroshima survivors to give Linfield talk
A group of Hiroshima survivors and peace ambassadors representing the World Friendship Center in Japan will present a lecture and meet with students at Linfield College during an upcoming visit to Oregon.
Adult Degree Program distinguished for high Return on Investment
Linfield College was ranked as one of the top six Oregon colleges providing high return on investment (ROI) to its graduates, according to the “Affordable Colleges 2013 Online Survey.”
