Linfield d i g e s t Jones, assistant professor of nursing; quarter of students on both campuses and Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, associate were Americans of color. The school sees New trustees join board professor of English. Read student work other forms of diversity as well, with at digitalcommons.linfield.edu/quercus/. students varying in age, sexual orientation Julie McElrath and economic class. Senior vice president, Student participates for intellectual exploration and personal Vaccine and Infectiousco-director“Diversity provides opportunities in genome project complex social landscapes and befriend Hutchinson Cancer Research FredDisease Division, negotiate to students learn asgrowth Matthew Creech ’14 attended the Center, Seattle, Wash. life,” Hellie says. ofthose from all walks “Our college is growing more diverse, Genome Institute in January to take part in the Genomics Education Partnership Ken Stuart insights of the rich great because iswhich and varied experiences this adds to our (GEP) on behalf of Linfield College, the President emeritus, campus community,” says Crystal Galarza first school in Oregon to participate. founder, Seattle ’13, a member of the committee. “But it also The institute is housed at Biomedical Research means that we need to work together to better Washington University in St. Louis, Institute, Seattle, Wash. understand and integrate our differences. Mo., and the partnership provides opportunities for undergraduate students Jingsong Zhu ’93 are college campuses onThe demographics changing nationwide, so it’s important to have to engage in genomics research. Creech Professor, Nationalan open dialogue about what this means.” received a firsthand introduction Center for Nanoscience to created wasThe committee to the field from geneticists and and Technology, diversity of advancement thepromote molecular biologists who worked on the Beijing, China Linfield College in theand inclusivity groundbreaking Human Genome Project. community. The 15-member committee Manager/partner, Plexera The biology major began doing includes students, faculty and staff who Bioscience, Woodinville, Wash. research as a freshman and has served as represent diverse constituencies. president of the Biology Club and is active in the pre-med student club. He hopes to become a neurosurgeon. “I’ve been able to travel all over the U.S. for professional conferences,” he said. “It’s been wonderful. You put in the time and effort, and your professors give it back.” Creech volunteers at the local hospital, assisting doctors and nurses with preparation for surgery, works in the emergency room, and interacts with patients. He is mentored by biology Professor Catherine Reinke and also works as a marine ecology research assistant on the Oregon coast with Professor Jeremy Weisz. President appoints diversity committee In recognition of the richly During Christmas break, 14 Linfield College students including Leticia Falcon ’14 volunteered at a “Know Your diverse community at Linfield College, Numbers” health awareness campaign for employees at Bailey Nurseries in Yamhill. Students, all members of Lin- field College Latinos Adelante, a Latino mentorship program, measured height, weight, body mass index, blood President Thomas Hellie has established glucose, blood pressure and caloric needs for more than 100 Bailey employees. The students’ participation was a President’s Advisory Committee on crucial to the event, according to Rosalba Sandoval-Pérez, human resource generalist at Bailey Nurseries, who Diversity that will support individuals said they greeted employees, ran the screenings and reviewed the results with the participants. “The students from every background. did such a wonderful job,” said Sandoval-Pérez. “They were friendly and professional and made our employees Linfield’s student body is more feel comfortable during ethnically diverse: last year almost a the process.” Winter 2013 l i n f i e l d m a g a z i n e - 5
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