Upcoming events in September at Linfield College.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPT. 8-12
HOMECOMING: A series of homecoming events for students and alumni are planned Sept. 8-12 at 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.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 15
HONG KONG TALK: Linfield College senior Austin Browning will present “From McMinnville to Hong Kong and Beyond” on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 4 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the International Programs Office. For more information, contact Michele Tomseth, assistant director of International Programs and January Term off-campus program coordinator, at 503-883-2434 or mtomseth@linfield.edu.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16
FACULTY LECTURE: Catherine Reinke, professor of biology, will present “From Observers to Participants: Building the scientific community through independent and course-based research in genetics,” Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2409.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPT. 17-19
LINFIELD THEATRE: The Linfield Theatre Program will kick off its season with an original production, “We Are But One Thread.” Performance dates are Thursday, Sept. 17, Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall. All tickets are $5 and seating is reserved. Tickets are available at www.linfield.edu/arts and at the Marshall Theatre Box Office. For more information, call 503-883-2292.
MONDAY, SEPT. 21
CONSERVATION LECTURE: Samuel Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, will present “Where Are All the Elephant-Poaching Hot Spots in Africa and What Should We Do About Them?” on Monday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium, located in Melrose Hall, at Linfield College. The lecture is sponsored by the Program for the Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement and Hearst Foundations. For more information, contact 503-883-2481, scoste@linfield.edu.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
MIGRANT WORKERS: Erasmo Gamboa, associate professor of history at the University of Washington, will present “Mexican Railroad Soldiers: A Forgotten Story of World War II,” on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m., in Nicholson Library at Linfield College. The lecture is free and open to the public and funded through a grant awarded by Linfield’s Diversity Committee. It is also sponsored by the Departments of Modern Languages, History, and Sociology and Anthropology, and the Spanish Club and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA). For more information, contact Sonia Ticas, associate professor of Spanish, 503-883-2367, or sticas@linfield.edu.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24
CONSTITUTION DAY: In celebration of Constitution Day, Matthew Stewart will present “Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Revolution” on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 11:45 a.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The lecture is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Forum on Law, Rights, and Justice and the Office of Academic Affairs. For more information, contact Nick Buccola at nbuccol@linfield.edu or 503-883-2246.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25
PIANO CONCERT: Pianist Natalya Antonova will perform on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium at Linfield. The performance is sponsored by the Linfield Music Department and the Lacroute Arts Series. For more information, call the Linfield Department of Music at 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
MONDAY, SEPT. 28
WATER PANEL: A panel discussion about water will be held Monday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium at Linfield. Panelists include Linfield faculty members Sarah Coste (HHPA), Rob Gardner (sociology), Jeremy Weiss (biology), Eric Schuck (economics) and Anna Keesey (English). The event is free, open to the public and sponsored by the Program for the Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement. For more information, contact 503-883-2481, scoste@linfield.edu.
