Fall Family Weekend

2025 schedule of events

Friday, Oct. 17

2-6 p.m.

Registration in Riley Hall

Stop by the registration table in Riley Hall to say hello. While there, pick up your welcome packet and any tickets you have purchased. Grab a campus map or brochure on local restaurants.

4-6 p.m.

Wine tasting at a downtown tasting room

Register to participate in the wine tasting held at Linfield's own Acorn to Oak Wine Experience on historic Third Street in downtown McMinnville. While exploring downtown and sampling some Willamette Valley wines, visit with other Linfield parents. You will be joined by some of Linfield's staff and leadership.

$20 fee for those tasting wine.

7:30 p.m.

Off-site theatre production
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gallery community Theater, corner of Ford and Second Streets

If, and only if, you like edgy theatre, you could catch this winner of the 1963 Tony Award for best play. George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a Saturday night party. Martha announces, amidst general profanity, that she has invited a young couple—an opportunistic new professor at the college and his shatteringly naïve new bride—to stop by for a nightcap. When they arrive the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. It becomes clear that Martha is determined to seduce the young professor, and George couldn’t care less. But underneath the edgy banter, which is crossfired between both couples, lurks an undercurrent of tragedy and despair. George and Martha’s inhuman bitterness toward one another is provoked by the enormous personal sadness that they have pledged to keep to themselves: a secret that has seemingly been the foundation for their relationship. In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, once and for all revealing the degrading mess they have made of their lives.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for students, but there is a special $2 off code for those ordering through Linfield's Family Weekend.

Saturday, Oct. 18

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Registration in Riley Hall

Stop by the registration table in Riley Hall to say hello. While there, pick up your welcome packet and any tickets you have purchased. Grab a campus map or brochure on local restaurants.

10 a.m.

Career path exploration and preparation
T.J. Day Hall 222

Join Linfield’s career development team for an interactive presentation about all the ways the career center supports students, year by year, to get ready to launch their career. Discover ways in which you as a parent can be helpful in the process. We all know that college is a significant investment meant to position students for life post-graduation. Regardless of major, a successful career path begins with leveraging the guidance and services Linfield’s career development offers.

10 a.m.

International programs at Linfield
Riley Hall 201

Are you and your student interested in learning more about Linfield’s study-abroad opportunities? Please join us for a brief panel presentation by past participants of our semester/year abroad programs and January Term off-campus courses. We look forward to answering your questions!

11 a.m.

Faculty mini-talks
Riley Hall 201 

Attend a sample class. Three Linfield professors will give a 15-minute lecture on a subject of interest to them. Specific professors (and topics) will be announced in September.

1-4 p.m.

Explore downtown McMinnville

Linfield is so lucky to have a home in the heart of McMinnville and Yamhill County. Spend an hour or two exploring downtown. Merchants are eager to welcome you. Have some bubble tea at the Velvet Monkey, find your next great read at Third Street Books, unearth a treasure at Oodles or Bella Casa, or simply scout out a restaurant or winery to try later.

1 p.m.

Football game vs. Whitworth
Maxwell Field

The Wildcat football team takes on the Whitworth Pirates. Reserved seats are $25 each. Those are the seats under the covered bleachers. Linfield students with a valid Linfield ID card are admitted to the game for free and may sit in the general admission seats at no charge. However, if the students wish to sit with family members in the covered stands, they will need to purchase a reserved ticket. 

$25 for reserved (covered) seats; $15 for general admission (uncovered) seats.

7 p.m.

Family Games Night and Sundae Bar
Fred Meyer Lounge, Riley Campus Center

Join us to play a round of trivia or a game of Family Feud. Come to play or to watch. You and your family might just win a prize or at least have a good laugh. While you play enjoy an ice cream sundae bar.

Cost: $10

7:30 p.m.

Off-site theatre production

Off-site theatre production
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gallery community Theater, corner of Ford and Second Streets

If, and only if, you like edgy theatre, you could catch this winner of the 1963 Tony Award for best play. George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a Saturday night party. Martha announces, amidst general profanity, that she has invited a young couple—an opportunistic new professor at the college and his shatteringly naïve new bride—to stop by for a nightcap. When they arrive the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. It becomes clear that Martha is determined to seduce the young professor, and George couldn’t care less. But underneath the edgy banter, which is crossfired between both couples, lurks an undercurrent of tragedy and despair. George and Martha’s inhuman bitterness toward one another is provoked by the enormous personal sadness that they have pledged to keep to themselves: a secret that has seemingly been the foundation for their relationship. In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, once and for all revealing the degrading mess they have made of their lives.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $16 for students, but there is a special $2 off code for those ordering through Linfield's Family Weekend.