A series of homecoming events for students and alumni are planned for the week of Oct. 13-18 at Linfield College.
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Student activities begin Monday, Oct. 13, at 5 p.m. in the Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall with a concert by the Jeremy Moll Band and a campus meal catered by Ribslayer. Field games will be held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 4 p.m. on the Intramural Field. On Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 8 p.m. a song and banner competition will be held on Maxwell Field. Dawn Graff-Haight, professor of health education, will speak about safe sex and healthy drug/alcohol choices on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall. On Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m., the annual Mr. and Miss Linfield competition will be held in the Ted Wilson Gym.
Registration for alumni activities begins Friday, Oct. 17, at 11 a.m. in Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall. The Founders’ Society Luncheon will be held at noon in 201 Riley Hall.
Samantha (Schmehl) Hines, class of 1999 and recipient of the 2014 Outstanding Young Alumna Award, will discuss how libraries are continually reinventing themselves, including the increased use of technology in libraries. Hines will present at 2 p.m. in Nicholson Library.
Ashlee (Tucker) Moehring, class of 2002 and recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Young Alumna Award, will present “Becoming an Entrepreneur When You Least Expect It” at 3 p.m. in 219 T.J. Day Hall. Moehring will discuss her experience starting an investment consulting firm she launched with three colleagues in 2012.
Cathy (Wark) Carnahan, class of 1973 and recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award, will discuss her passion for education as the 2011 National Middle School Principal of the Year. She will explain the innovative strategies that helped Duniway Middle School perform in the top 10 percent of all middle schools in the state. Carnahan will present at 4 p.m. in 219 T.J. Day Hall.
“Linfield’s Finest,” a gathering for alumni, friends and faculty, will salute the alumni award winners at 5:30 p.m. at the McMinnville Grand Ballroom. In addition to Hines, Moehring and Carnahan, other award winners include Bob and Nancy Haack, 1969 graduates and Alumni Service Award recipients.
Alumni events continue on Saturday, Oct. 18, with registration starting at 9:30 a.m. and campus tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. At 10 a.m., an Alpha Phi Sorority reunion will be held in T.J. Day Hall and a Pi Kappa Alpha meet and greet will be held at their house. Also at 10 a.m., there will be a theatre reunion in Ford Hall and a Mass Communication Department breakfast in Renshaw Hall. At 10:30 a.m., a History Department reunion will be held in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center. At 11 a.m., an Austria/Germany study abroad reunion will be held in Jonasson Hall, lower level of Melrose Hall, and a dedication of the Paul Durham statue will take place near the Health, Human Performance and Athletics Building.
An all-alumni barbecue begins at 11:30 a.m. in the parking area of the Vivian A. Bull Music Center, followed by the Linfield Wildcats vs. the Whitworth Pirates football game at 1:30 p.m. Also at 11:30 a.m., a reunion for the class of 2004 will be held on the Withnell Commons patio. Post-game class reunions will be held for the classes of 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984 and 1994, in addition to a reunion for those who have served as leaders of the Associated Students of Linfield College.
For more information on alumni events, contact Debbie Harmon Ferry, director of alumni and parent relations, at 503-883-2607 or dharmon@linfield.edu. For more information on student activities contact Dan Fergueson, director of college activities, at 503-883-2435 or dfergue@linfield.edu.
