AUTHOR TO READ FROM ‘ENDERS HOTEL’
Brandon Schrand, assistant professor of English at the University of Idaho, will discuss his book “The Enders Hotel: A Memoir” on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room of Nicholson Library. It is part of the “Readings at the Nick” series.
The book is set in the rural boomtown of Soda Springs, Idaho, and focuses on the historic Enders Hotel, Café and Bar, a three-story brick building that has been many things to many people. Growing up under its leaking roof, Schrand watched a cast of broken characters pass through the hotel doors and tried to find his own identity among those revolving faces. “The Enders Hotel: A Memoir” reveals the promises and warnings of western boomtown life stories of alcoholism, murder, betrayal, hope and redemption.
Schrand is a winner of the Pushcart Prize for his essay “Eleven Ways to Consider Air.” He is also the author of “Works Cited: An Alphabetical Odyssey of Mayhem & Misbehavior.” His work has appeared in several publications, including Sports Illustrated, The Dallas Morning News and Columbia.
The lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Linfield Nicholson Library and the Linfield English Department. For more information, contact Susan Barnes Whyte at ext. 2517, swhyte@linfield.edu.
GRADUATE SCHOOL INFORMATION WEEK
Career Development is sponsoring a series of programs Oct. 7-9 to support students in their graduate school search, the application process, connecting to program representatives and talking with Linfield alumni about their graduate experiences. For more information, contact Donna Montoya, ext. 2443, www.linfield.edu/career.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7
11:45 a.m.: Lunch On Us: Law School, Dillin Hall; Have lunch with a Linfield alumnus who has completed a J.D. program. Students can RSVP to career@linfield.edu
5 p.m.: Getting Ready for Grad School: An Overview, 219 T.J. Day; A general information workshop for any major to learn about graduate education. Students can RSVP through CatConnect.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8
1-4 p.m.: Linfield Grad School Fair, Walker Patio; Meet Grad Schools to learn about their various programs.
4:10 p.m.: Taylor Series: STEM Graduate School Panel, 201 Taylor; Hear from Linfield alumni from STEM majors about their grad school programs and experiences. Co-sponsored by the math department.
5 p.m.: Getting Ready for Grad School: Management and Business, 219 T.J. Day; Representatives from Willamette MBA and Seattle Pacific University School of Business will lead a discussion about grad programs. Co-Sponsored by Delta Mu Delta. Students can RSVP through CatConnect.
THURSDAY, OCT. 9
11:50 a.m.: Lunch on Us: Graduate Degrees for Social Service Careers, Dillin NW Room; Co-Sponsored with VOICES – Hear from a Linfield alumna and Linfield staff members about their graduate experience and connecting their degrees to social services.
4:30 p.m.: Getting Ready for Grad School: Humanities Programs, 219 T.J. Day; A workshop led by Linfield English professors about graduate education in the humanities. Students can RSVP through CatConnect.
LINFIELD HOSTS GOOD LIFE CONFERENCE
The Linfield College Office of Sustainability will present “The Good Life,” a community-wide sustainability conference Oct. 10-11 at Linfield.
The conference will include keynote speakers, workshops and forums. View the full schedule at www.linfield.edu/thegoodlife.
John de Graaf, executive director of the Take Back Your Time organization, will present “Happiness, Time and Sustainability: Make the Connections” Friday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in 201 Riley. As executive director of Take Back Your Time, de Graaf works to fight overwork in America. He is also the co-author of “Affluenza,” “What’s the Economy for, Anyway?” and “Take Back Your Time.” He has been a documentary television producer for PBS for more than 30 years, with 15 national PBS specials and more than 100 filmmaking awards. The John de Graaf Environmental Filmmaking Award, named for him, is presented annually at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in California.
Charles Eisenstein will present a lecture “The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful” on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 12:30 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall. Eisenstein is a speaker and writer focusing on themes of human culture and identity. He is the author of several books, most recently “Sacred Economics” and “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible.”
The purpose of The Good Life conference is to connect Linfield with McMinnville and Yamhill County to address the increasingly prevalent issues of environmental, social and personal sustainability. The primary goal is to provide the opportunity for the community to gain awareness and education about these issues and develop the tools to find and implement solutions.
The event is sponsored by the Linfield Office of Sustainability. Registration deadline was Oct. 3. For more information, contact sustainability@linfield.edu, ext. 2738.
DORY EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY AT LIBRARY
A reception will be held Sunday, Oct. 12, at 3 p.m. to celebrate a traveling exhibit showcasing the historical and contemporary role of the dory fleet in the coastal village of Pacific City on display at Nicholson Library.
“Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City” will run through Monday, Nov. 10. Exhibit hours are Sunday, noon-9 p.m.; Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
The exhibit is the result of the collaboration between Linfield College and the Pacific City community. In 2011, Linfield students and faculty began documenting the history of the Pacific City dory fleet to preserve a part of Oregon history. The collection of narratives tells the story of the fleet in the words of those who know it best – the anglers and the wives, mothers, husbands, fathers, fish buyers and boat builders. An astounding 15,000 photos, 200 hours of audio and video and more than 1,500 artifacts have been collected. More than 100 dory fishers have been interviewed.
Pacific City is home to one of the most unusual fishing fleets in the world, and one of the last of its kind. A dory fleet has been in the small coastal town for a century, with dory fishermen and women once numbering in the hundreds. Now the old-timers are passing on and the commercial industry is in decline. Newcomers, however, are joining seasoned anglers in maintaining a robust sports fishing community.
Designed by Professors Tyrone Marshall and Brenda DeVore Marshall, the exhibit features 18 panels exploring the following topics: historical highlights, building a dory, fiberglassing and painting a dory, turning oars, Pacific City dories, dory derbies, Dory Days, the Memorial Wall and Blessing of the Fleet, Yamhill County connections, launching and landing a dory and “The Launching through the Surf” project. The panels are comprised of vintage photographs and historical documents from the dory fishers, contemporary photographs and comments from the oral history stories. The exhibit also includes a small collection of artifacts.
The research project included an original production, “Kickin’ Sand and Tellin’ Lies,” scholarly papers, book chapters, poster sessions and the visual art exhibit “Smooth Beaches and Flat-Bottomed Boats.” Material will continue to be added to the ongoing project.
The exhibit contributes to the investigation of Linfield’s 2014-15 PLACE theme by exploring the question of “How Do We Know?” through storytelling.
The exhibit was made possible through two grants from the Keck Community Engaged Research to Classroom Program from the Linfield Center for the Northwest, five Linfield College Summer Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grants, an Arts Build Communities grant from the Oregon Arts Commission, a Yamhill County Cultural Coalition grant and a Cultural Development grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust. It is also sponsored by Nicholson Library, the Linfield College Department of Theatre and Communication Arts, the Linfield Center for the Northwest, the Pacific City Arts Association and the Pacific City Dorymen’s Association.
For more information, call ext. 2802.
FIVE NW PAINTERS FEATURED IN SHOW
The paintings of five Northwest artists − ranging from prominent figures to emerging talents − will be featured in “Landscapes: A survey of regional contemporary painting.” The exhibit is on display Oct. 13 through Nov. 15 in the Linfield Gallery in the James F. Miller Fine Arts Center.
An opening reception will be held Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m. in the gallery. The show will feature the paintings of artists Micah Hearn, Ruth Lantz, Lucinda Parker, Ryan Pierce and Jan Reaves.
Two of the artists will give lectures in conjunction with the exhibit. Pierce will speak about his work on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. in the gallery. Parker will present a talk on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. in the gallery.
Micah Hearn, a rising artist in the city, brings controversial social topics to his canvas in response to growing up in a conservative environment in the Bible Belt in Laurel, Miss. His work explores social acceptance within a region’s society and how the history of that region influences its current culture.
Ruth Lantz received her master’s in visual studies from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. She has shown nationally including at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Washington State University. She is an adjunct professor at Washington State University Vancouver and Portland Community College.
Lucinda Parker, one of the premier painters of the Pacific Northwest, is noted for her exploration of cubism. Her modern palette of bright color is punctuated by trademark dashes, lines and slashes of black. Throughout her prestigious career, Parker has had numerous one-person and group exhibitions, including a career survey at the Portland Art Museum in 1995.
Ryan Pierce draws on influences from ecological theory, literature and folk art to create scenes that portray the resilience of the natural world. He has exhibited internationally and his work has been recognized by grants from the Joan Mitchell and San Francisco Foundations, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council, as well as by reviews in Art in America, Art Papers and the Oregonian. Pierce is the co-founder, with activist Amy Harwood, of Signal Fire, a group that facilitates wilderness residencies and retreats for artists of all disciplines.
Jan Reaves’ paintings and drawings explore ideas about the body and the natural world through the language of gesture and materiality. She brings together divergent media — spray paint, acrylics, interference pigments, printer toner – to make cohesive paintings and drawings. Her work is in the collection of the Portland Art Museum.
All exhibits are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call ext. 2804 or visit www.linfield.edu/art/gallery-now.html.
BELOV TO GIVE LECTURE/RECITAL
A faculty lecture and recital will feature baritone Anton Belov and pianist Susan McDaniel. The lecture and performance, “Pushkin in Exile – A retrospective on the life of a great poet,” will be held Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
This multimedia lecture and recital features the poetry of Alexander Pushkin, revered Russian poet from the early nineteenth century. Pushkin’s poetry inspired hundreds of songs and operas by composers ranging from his own contemporaries to Benjamin Britten. Pushkin’s biography is a colorful one — numerous amorous adventures, dangerous revolutionary activities and an exile to the outskirts of the vast empire. The performance traces Pushkin’s remarkable life, reflected in the art songs of Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Medtner and others.
Belov, a Juilliard-trained baritone and assistant professor of music at Linfield, has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall, Portland Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Symphony and elsewhere, and has been praised by the New York Times for stealing the show with his “rich, mellifluous voice” and “soulful pathos.” The pathos comes in part from his upbringing. Belov was born in Moscow, Russia, the only child of a poet father who set the stage for Belov’s opera career by infusing him with a love of literature and music.
Belov has appeared with opera companies throughout the United States and has earned critical acclaim for his portrayals of characters as diverse as Count di Luna, Don Giovanni, Escamillo, Count Almaviva, Doctor Malatesta and Eugene Onegin. The first-place winner of eight vocal competitions, he holds a bachelor of music degree from the New England Conservatory, an Artist Diploma and master of music degree from the Juilliard School, and a doctorate of music degree from Boston University.
McDaniel, a soloist, chamber musician and adjunct professor of music at Linfield, has performed around the world in locations such as France, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. She received a bachelor’s degree in music from Linfield College in 1997. McDaniel has been a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera and Utah Festival Opera as well as music director and pianist for the San Diego Opera Ensemble, Off-Center Opera in Seattle and Puget Sound Concert Opera.
For more information, call the Linfield Music Department at ext. 2275.
HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES PLANNED
A series of homecoming events for students and alumni are planned for the week of Oct. 13-18.
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 ’99, 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 ’02, 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 ’73, 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 ext. 2607 or dharmon@linfield.edu. For more information on student activities contact ext. 2435 or dfergue@linfield.edu.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Anne Kruchten, associate professor of biology, assisted in the successful solicitation of $100,000 from The Hearst Foundations, Inc. in support of an expanded iFOCUS, which will extend interdisciplinary science activities starting with the pre-orientation boot camp into the academic year.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) program awarded a grant of $80,000 to Linfield to provide scholarships for accelerated program students from populations underrepresented in nursing. Michael Reyes Andrillon, former director of inclusion and access; Araceli Ortiz, interim associate director of financial aid; and Bev Epeneter, associate dean of nursing, all played a pivotal role in securing this grant, which represents the final year of the NCIN scholarship program.
Duncan Reid ’10, environmental stewardship and sustainability assistant, assisted in securing a grant of $5,000 from the Juan Young Trust to support expansion efforts in the Linfield Community Garden.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
MONDAY, OCT. 6
Today: Men’s golf at Whitman Invitational
Noon: Spanish language table, Dillin NW Alcove
TUESDAY, OCT. 7
11:45 a.m.: Lunch On Us: Law School, Dillin Hall
5 p.m.: Getting Ready for Grad School: An Overview, 219 T.J. Day
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8
Noon: German language table, Dillin
1-4 p.m.: Linfield Grad School Fair, Walker Patio
4:10 p.m.: Taylor Series: STEM Graduate School Panel, 201 Taylor
5 p.m.: Getting Ready for Grad School: Management and Business, 219 T.J. Day
THURSDAY, OCT. 9
11:50 a.m.: Lunch on Us: Graduate Degrees for Social Service Careers, Dillin NW Room
4:30 p.m.: Getting Ready for Grad School: Humanities Programs, 219 T.J. Day
5 p.m.: Non-credit Chinese class, 305 Walker
7:30 p.m.: Brandon Schrand, “The Enders Hotel: A Memoir,” Nicholson
FRIDAY, OCT. 10
Today and tomorrow: The Good Life conference
3 p.m.: Japanese language table, 304 Walker
7 p.m.: Volleyball vs. Pacific
SATURDAY, OCT. 11
Today and tomorrow: Men’s golf at Culturame Classic
10 a.m.: Cross country at George Fox Invitational
Noon: Women’s soccer at Pacific Lutheran
1:30 p.m.: Football vs. George Fox
2:30 p.m.: Men’s soccer vs. Willamette
7 p.m.: Volleyball at Puget Sound
SUNDAY, OCT. 12
Noon: Women’s soccer at Lewis & Clark
3 p.m.: Exhibit reception, “Launching through the Surf: The Dory Fleet of Pacific City,” Nicholson Library.
