Linfield choir presents music from concert tour
The Linfield College Concert Choir will present a performance, the final of a recent tour, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
Under the direction of Anna Song, the choir toured and performed throughout southern Oregon and California Feb. 2-7. Music will include both sacred and secular repertoire exploring nature, environmental stewardship and the various seasons of the year. The choir will perform works by Johannes Brahms, William Byrd, Alberto Grau, Eric Whitacre and Pete Seeger, as well as multi-cultural songs.
The Linfield Concert Choir was organized in 1930 and is the oldest such group in the Pacific Northwest. Throughout its history, the choir has distinguished itself with concerts throughout the 10 western states and Canada. It has also performed extensively throughout the world in locations including Austria, Germany, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, China, Costa Rica and Southeast Asia.
The Linfield choral groups are directed by Song, associate professor of music and director of choral activities since 2008. Song graduated with a bachelor’s in composition from the University of California and received her master’s in conducting from the School of Music and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. She recently completed her doctoral studies in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition to teaching and conducting at Linfield, she is the co-founder and artistic director of In Mulieribus, a professional women’s ensemble that focuses on the performance of early music.
For more information, call the Linfield Department of Music at 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
Linfield students will describe summer work in Peru
Three Linfield College students will discuss research conducted over the summer in Peru on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. in 105 Murdock Hall.
Seniors Sandra Garcia-Hernandez and Lorena Alvarez, both of Salem, and junior Kiana Ringuette of Kaneohe, Hawaii, will present “Peru Ethnomedical Project.” They will talk about how they spent the summer working in Peru in the medical gardens of Moche and at the Chan Chan site museum.
It is 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.
Solar energy focus of Science Colloquium talk
Jonathan Cohen of Imagine Energy LLC will present “HVAC and solar energy, residential and commercial” during the iFOCUS Science Colloquium Lectures Series on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 4:15 p.m. in 100 Graf Hall.
Cohen is the founder, a principal and the sales manager for Imagine Energy, LLC in Portland. He founded the company in 2003 and has established a new market for energy consulting and contracting in the residential and small commercial sector. Cohen offers knowledge in building science and energy efficiency, solar PV, solar thermal, wind energy, heat pumps (including geothermal) and other energy technologies. Cohen has a B.S. and M.S. in aerospace engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. He has served as a test engineer at Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park, Calif., and the National Wind Technology Center in Boulder, Colo. He has also been an instructor at Oregon institute of Technology’s renewable energy engineering program, and served on the board of Efficiency First, an industry group to advance home performance contracting. He also operates The Society Hotel.
The talk is sponsored by the Hearst Foundations. For more information, contact gcastill@linfield.edu or visit http://www.linfield.edu/science-colloquium.html
David Baker to read from latest works of poetry
David Baker, professor of English at Denison University, will read poems from his two latest works, “Scavenger Loop” and “Never-Ending Birds,” on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room of the Jereld R. Nicholson Library.
“Scavenger Loop” constructs a layered natural history of the Midwest and traces the complex story of human habitation from family and village life. It examines the evolving nature of work and the mysterious habitats of the heart. “Scavenger Loop” pushes new stylistic methods; it moves between order and disorder and uses narratives in fragments, cross-outs and eliminations. “Never-Ending Birds” is an exploration narrative told in four sections: a map, a travelogue, a chronicle and an autobiography. Many of the poems travel through landscapes and neighborhoods with portraits of people, lifestyles, animals and nature.
Baker is the author of 11 books of poetry, most recently “Scavenger Loop” and “Never-Ending Birds,” which won the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize in 2011. His five books of prose include “Show Me Your Environment: Essays on Poetry, Poets, and Poems” and “Radiant Lyre: Essays on Lyric Poetry.” He has received awards and grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Mellon Foundation and Society of Midland Authors. He is the Thomas B. Fordham Chair at Denison University and also teaches frequently in the Warren Wilson MFA program for writers. He is poetry editor of The Kenyon Review.
This reading is part of the “Readings at the Nick” series and sponsored by the Linfield Nicholson Library and the Linfield English Department. For more information, contact Susan Barnes Whyte at 503-883-2517 or swhyte@linfield.edu.
Diversity in media topic of lecture
Renee Mitchell, an award-winning writer, multimedia artist and former journalist, will speak on “Diversity in the Media,” Tuesday, March 1, at 8 p.m., in Jonasson Hall, lower level of Melrose Hall.
Mitchell is an award-winning writer, multimedia artist and former journalist, who was nominated twice for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. She left a 25-year newspaper career in 2008 to reinvent herself as a social-justice grant writer, creative consultant and a creative healing griot, who nurtures hope, empowerment and inspiration into the lives of women of color and young girls. In the past few years, she has successfully secured $500,000 in grant funding for her own art and theater projects and for other organizations and individuals. Mitchell also has worked as a contracted writer in residence for Literary Arts’ Writers in The Schools program, Wordstock, and Saturday Academy.
During her 10 years at The Oregonian she wrote a twice weekly column about education, government, neighborhoods, race and culture. She was the leader of an in-house Diversity Committee and organized Portland’s first regional conference for the National Association of Black Journalists. She was nominated for the Pulitzer for commentary twice and in 2008 was named the top newspaper commentator in five states by the Society of Professional Journalists. She founded Renee Mitchell Speaks in 2000, a writing, performance, speaking, grant writing and creative consulting company, serving as graphic artist, a keynote speaker for workshops on writing, performance and grant writing. She is the founder and director of Spit/WRITE, a youth writing, performance and mentoring initiative.
She has written five books and six plays and organized trainings and regional conferences. She has received numerous awards for her community work, including the Yolanda D. King Drum Major Award in 2015. She has a bachelor’s in journalism from Florida A&M University, a master’s in business administration from George Fox University and is working on a master’s in social work with a concentration in families and children at the University of Southern California.
The lecture is free and open to the public. It is part of a series of programs in honor of Women’s History Month. It is sponsored by the Black Student Union, Mass Communications Department and Multicultural Programs. For more information contact Lauren Card, 503-883-2326.
Film festival, panel discussion scheduled
“Beneath the Waves,” a film festival and panel discussion, will be held Tuesday, March 1, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
Eight short films, three to 10 minutes in length covering issues related to marine biology, will be shown. They include: “Our Blue,” “Marine Ecology in Easter Island,” “Seagrass Savanna,” “A Plastic Future: The Midway Story,” “Whale Fall,” “Postcards from the Oregon Coast,” “Their Right to Rest” and “A Little Ditty about Florida Bay.”
Panel members include Jeremy Weisz, assistant professor of biology at Linfield; Burke Hales, professor at the College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University; Steven Rumrill, shellfish program leader, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Neyssa Hays, community engagement specialist, Greater Yamhill Watershed Council.
The program is free and sponsored by the Science Colloquium and PLACE (Program for Liberal Arts and Community Engagement), exploring this year’s theme “Air, Water, Earth, and Fire: The Ancient Elements on a Changing Planet.” For more information contact Jeremy Weisz, 503-883-2704 or jweisz@linfield.edu.
Thorndike to present lecture on climate crisis
Camila Thorndike, co-founder and executive director of Oregon Climate, will present “Millennials: #PutAPriceOnIt for Climate Justice,” Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
Thorndike will paint a picture of how focused teamwork melts cynicism and unlocks grassroots power. She will share stories accumulated over 10 years in the climate movement, including co-founding Oregon Climate at age 25, garnering a dozen legislative sponsors for the Carbon Price and Dividend bill, and working with a close team of peers to educate and motivate thousands of Oregon voters for climate action. Thorndike will provide audience members with a sharper understanding of how political change begins with inner focus and determination, as well as practical steps to advance carbon pricing legislation.
Thorndike, now 28, is the founder of Oregon Climate, a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to securing a carbon fee and dividend program in Oregon. She has been working for the past three years to build a statewide network of politicians, activists and volunteers supporting a shift to a low carbon future by pricing carbon emissions in the state. Thorndike has been especially influential in encouraging those who are unequally impacted by climate change, such as low income youth of color, high school and college students to engage their communities and become politically active in securing a low carbon future. She was recently named to mic.50, a list of the 50 promising next generation leaders, scientists and entrepreneurs.
For more information, contact Jennifer Heath at 503-883-2267 or jheath@linfield.edu.
Community news
“Wild Silk” for baritone saxophone, percussion and piano, a musical piece written by Andrea Reinkemeyer, assistant professor of music composition and theory, will be performed by the Primary Colors Trio at Bowling Green State University during Isabelle Huang’s faculty recital. This event will be live-streamed Wednesday, March 2, at 5 p.m. on https://shar.es/14z4nO.
Dan Fergueson, director of college activities, has been elected board chair of the National Association of Campus Activities. He is currently chair-elect and his term of chair starts May 1.
Bill Apel, professor emeritus of religious studies, recently published two articles — “Hiroshima Notes” in the Merton Journal of Great Britain and Ireland in the spring 2015 edition and “Hiromu Morishita: A Survivor’s Story of the Hiroshima Bomb,” published in the January-March 2016 edition of the Journal of the BPF- Bautista par la Paz. He has also been invited to present on “This Yes to God: The Interfaith Wisdom of the Trappist Monk and Writer Thomas Merton” at the annual meeting of the Merton Society of Great Britain and Ireland in April 2016 at Oakham England.
Campus calendar
TUESDAY, FEB. 23
3 p.m.: Softball at Chapman
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24
Today: West Valley League High School Choral Festival
4:30 p.m.: Community French class, 203 Walker Hall
7:30 p.m.: Concert choir tour home concert, Ice Auditorium
THURSDAY, FEB. 25
4 p.m.: “Peru Ethnomedical Project,” 105 Murdock
4:15 p.m.: Jonathan Cohen, “HVAC and solar energy, residential and commercial,” 100 Graf Hall
7:30 p.m.: David Baker reading, Nicholson Library
SATURDAY, FEB. 27
Today: Women’s lacrosse at Pacific
10 a.m.: Men’s tennis vs. Whitworth
11 a.m.: Baseball vs. Puget Sound
Noon: Softball at George Fox
SUNDAY, FEB. 28
10 a.m.: Men’s tennis vs. Whitman
Noon: Baseball vs. Puget Sound
Noon: Softball at George Fox
