Campus plans Week of Action
The Student Health, Wellness and Counseling Center will host a Week of Action for Sexual Assault Awareness month, April 11-14. Events include:
Monday, April 11 through Wednesday, April 13 – It’s On Us Pledge: Sign the online pledge, stating that It’s On Us to stop sexual assault and sexual violence. Take photos with It’s On Us signs and share the photos with the hashtags #ItsOnUs and #ItsOnLinfield.
Monday, April 11 through Tuesday, April 12 – Flags of Solidarity, Fred Meyer Lounge, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Participants can write encouraging messages or messages of solidarity and support on flags, which will be displayed near Walker Hall.
Monday, April 11 – Patrick Lemmon, co-chair on the men’s engagement committee for the Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force, “The Man/Lady Box: Helping us understand the socialization of men and women and how that pertains to sexual violence,” 7 p.m., Jonasson Hall, Melrose Hall.
Tuesday, April 12 – The Hunting Ground film and panel discussion, 7 p.m., Pioneer Reading Room. View a documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. The documentary focuses on two former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students who filed a Title IX complaint against UNC in response to their rapes while enrolled. A panel of professionals will be available after the film viewing to discuss. Counselors will be available at the film viewing.
Wednesday, April 13 – Denim Day, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Fred Meyer Lounge. People are encouraged to wear jeans to raise awareness of rape and sexual assault, in light of a ruling in the Italian Supreme Court that stated a rape was consensual because the survivor was wearing tight jeans and helped the perpetrator remove them.
Thursday, April 14 – Take Back the Night March and Rally, 7 p.m., Walker Riley Courtyard. Gather to show solidarity with survivors of violence, with the mission of speaking out against violence and raising community awareness. Begin at Walker Hall and walk around campus, with signs available for students to show their solidarity.
For more information, contact Kara Kepple, coordinator of Student Health & Wellness Programs, kkepple@linfield.edu, 503-883-2806.
Linfield Concert Band to perform ‘The Elements: Part II’
The Linfield College Concert Band will present its spring concert, “The Elements: Part II,” on Tuesday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium.
Under the direction of Joan Haaland Paddock, professor of music and director of instrumental activities, the band will perform a variety of pieces that explore this year’s Linfield PLACE theme: “Air, Water, Earth and Fire: The Ancient Elements on a Changing Planet.” Pieces will include “Flashing Winds” by Jan Van der Roost, “Sheltering Sky” by John Mackey, “Earth Dance” by Michael Sweeney and “Fuego del Alma” by Carl Strommen. Student conductors Ana Ramirez, Jamie Bostock and Sophia Reinhardt will lead the band in three movements from the “Petite Symphony” by Brian Balmages. The concert will close with musical highlights from the Disney/Pixar movie “Frozen” by Christophe Beck, arranged by Stephen Bulla.
Paddock, at Linfield since 1994, is the first woman to receive a doctorate in trumpet performance from Indiana University. She also received the Emmy Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Performer’s Certificate from Indiana University. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to Norway and studied at the Norwegian State Academy of Music. She is a trumpeter with Halcyon Trio Oregon and holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education and Oregon Band Directors Association, among others. She is also on the Fulbright Senior Specialist roster for the Council of International Exchange Scholars.
The Linfield Concert Band is comprised of nearly 40 members including music majors and minors and non-majors from across all disciplines, as well as local community members. Six graduating seniors will be recognized during the concert: Katie van Dyk, flute; Quillan Bourassa, Andrea Pakula and MacKenzie Smith, clarinet; Daniel Bradley, tenor saxophone; and Gregory Moses, trumpet.
The concert is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Linfield College Department of Music. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
Harlem Quartet to perform at Linfield College
Celebrated New York musicians, the Harlem Quartet, will present a jazz-inspired string performance on Wednesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium.
A “Meet the Musicians” event will also be held earlier that day at 1:30 p.m. in the Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center.
The performance, “Jazzing It Up,” will feature jazz favorites that have been creatively adapted for the string quartet. The program will include “At the Octoroon Balls” by Wynton Marsalis, “A Night in Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie, “The Girl from Ipanema” by Antonio Carlos Jobin and other selections.
Members of the Harlem Quartet include Ilmar Gavilán and Melissa White on the violin, Jaime Amador on the viola and Felix Umansky on the cello.
The Harlem Quartet is a New York-based group that has been praised for its panache by “The New York Times.” The quartet’s mission is to advance diversity in classical music, engaging young and new audiences through the discovery and presentation of varied repertoire that includes works by minority composers. The group debuted in 2006 at Carnegie Hall and since has performed for President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House, and has appeared in France, the U.K., Belgium, Panama, Canada and South Africa. The quartet was also featured on “Corea’s Hot House” album, which won Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Album and Best Instrumental Composition.
Gavilán, a native of Cuba, has studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Reina Sofia School of Music in Spain and the Manhattan School of Music in New York. He is currently the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and performs as a regular substitute musician for the New Jersey Symphony.
White is a founding member of the Harlem Quartet. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in performance from the Curtis Institute of Music as well as a master’s degree in performance and a graduate diploma in professional quartet studies from the New England Conservatory of Music.
Amador was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and began his studies in the String Program for Children at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music. He was accepted to The Juilliard School and later continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music.
Umansky is a frequently sought-after recitalist, chamber musician and pedagogue. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, the Krannert Center and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Umansky received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and an artist diploma from Yale University.
This performance is sponsored by the Linfield College Department of Music and the Linfield Lively Arts music series, in collaboration with Friends of Chamber Music. The Linfield Lively Arts music series features guests in concerts and in outreach activities, including master classes, open rehearsals and “Meet the Musicians” events.
Tickets for the evening performance are available at the door and are $10 for general admission and free for Linfield students with current ID and students K-12. The “Meet the Musicians” event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
Dolan to discuss chemical separations
John Dolan ’71, vice president and owner of LC Resources, will present “Who Done It? How Chemical Separations Can Solve Perplexing Problems” during the iFOCUS Science Colloquium Lecture Series on Thursday, April 14, at 4:15 p.m. in 100 Graf Hall.
Liquid chromatography is a technique used to separate chemicals from each other. It is the most common analytical technique in use today, with applications in forensics, environmental, pharmaceutical, and general chemical laboratories. This seminar will describe the technique and present some practical examples of how it can be used to solve real-world problems.
Dolan has more than 40 years of experience in chromatographic techniques. His company, LC Resources, started an analytical laboratory that began with rented bench space in Murdock Hall and later moved to the McMinnville Industrial Park and grew to more than 25 employees, including several Linfield graduates. He currently provides training services in chromatography for the pharmaceutical industry around the world. He has published some 125 technical papers, three books, and approximately 350 monthly installments of his popular “LC Troubleshooting” column in LCGC Magazine.
The talk is sponsored by the Hearst Foundations. For more information, contact gcastill@linfield.edu or visit www.linfield.edu/science-colloquium.html
Admission hosts second Spring Visit Day
The Office of Admission will host a Spring Visit Day for admitted high school seniors and transfer students and their families Friday, April 15.
This will be the last glimpse into life at Linfield before students make their final enrollment decisions. Many students will stay overnight on Thursday and guests will lunch in Dillin from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Linfield community members are invited to join guests for lunch to share their Linfield experiences.
The registration form and agenda is available at www.linfield.edu/springvisitdays. For more information, contact the Office of Admission at 503-883-2213.
Uhrinak, a soprano, presents senior recital
Linfield College senior Megan Uhrinak will present her senior voice recital on Friday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
Uhrinak, a soprano majoring in music with an emphasis on vocal performance, will sing a program of arias and art songs featuring pieces in English, French, Italian, Russian and German. She will be accompanied by principal staff accompanist Susan McDaniel. Her performance will also feature Joan Haaland Paddock, professor of music, on trumpet. Uhrinak studies voice with Anton Belov, assistant professor of music.
This event is free, open to the public and sponsored by the Linfield Department of Music. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
Linfield baritone to share concert of Russian music
Anton Belov, Linfield College associate professor of music, will present “The Treasury of Russian Art Song” on Saturday, April 16, at 3 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
The performance will explore the wealth of vocal repertoire of Russian musical tradition that is largely unknown in the West. The concert will trace the development of the genre from the earliest examples inspired by Italian bel canto, German lieder and post romantic composers. The program includes works by Glinka, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky, Taneyev, Medtner and Rachmaninoff. In addition to Belov, the performance will showcase Susan McDaniel, Linfield’s principal accompanist.
Belov, a Juilliard-trained baritone, has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall, Portland Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Symphony and elsewhere. He 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. He is the first-place winner of eight vocal competitions and, as the winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he has appeared in more than 40 recitals throughout the United States. A native of Moscow, Belov 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 has appeared widely as soloist and chamber musician, including recitals in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. She received a bachelor of art in music from Linfield College and a master of music in vocal accompanying from Manhattan School of Music. She teaches and accompanies at the University of Portland and the Atlantic Music Festival in Waterville, Maine. McDaniel is the resident pianist for Thursdays at Three, All Classical Portland’s live performance radio show, and a member of the newly-formed Northwest Piano Trio.
This concert is free, open to the public and sponsored by the Linfield College Department of Music and National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). For more information call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
Linfield faculty and students present chamber music
Linfield College Department of Music will present the Faculty-Student Chamber Ensemble concert on Sunday, April 17, at 4 p.m. in the Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian Bull Music Center.
The concert will highlight modern composers’ approach to time as a subject and element of music. Centered around Olivier Messiaen’s seminal work, “La Quatuor pour la fin du temps” (“Quartet for the end of time”), the program will also feature Joan Tower’s “Très lent (Hommage à Messiaen),” written in response to the Messiaen piece, along with Arvo Pärt’s “Spiegel im Spiegel,” Alexander Tcherepnin’s “Ten Bagatelles” and other influential works.
Student performers include senior Quillan Bourassa on clarinet and sophomore Sophia Reinhardt on piano. Faculty performances will be given by Albert Kim, piano; Vicki Gunn, violin; and Diane Chaplin, cello.
The Linfield Cello Ensemble, directed by Chaplin, will also perform. The cello ensemble includes students John Christensen, Mary Beth Jones, Aviella Lee-Petzak, Sophia Reinhardt, Anna Vanderschaegen and Keelan Wells.
The concert is free, open to the public, and made possible by the generosity of dedicated music supporters who value live classical music in the community. It is part of the Department of Music’s Ensemble Education program, giving advanced Linfield music students the opportunity to play alongside mentor musicians in study and performance.
For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
Nigerian-American writer, photographer to present lecture
Teju Cole, a Nigerian-American writer, art historian, photographer and cultural critic, will speak on “The Miracle of Our Shared Space,” Monday, April 18, at 7 p.m., in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
In addition to the lecture, he will also hold a conversation with students and faculty Tuesday, April 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. in 222 T.J. Day Hall.
Cole is an interdisciplinary Nigerian-American writer, art historian, photographer and cultural critic. He is the distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Bard College. His first book, a novella titled “Every Day is for the Thief,” was named a book of the year by “The New York Times,” “The Globe and Mail,” “NPR” and “The Telegraph.”
His second book, “Open City,” won the prestigious PEN/Hemingway award, the New York City Book Award for Fiction, the Rosenthal Award for the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was short listed for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Cole also regularly writes for “The New Yorker,” “The New York Times,” “The Atlantic,” “Granta” and many other prominent journals both within America and abroad.
Cole’s work is largely inspired by Africa. He was born in Michigan, raised in Nigeria and then returned to the United States as an adult. With one foot in African/Nigerian culture and the other foot in American culture, Cole works frequently bridging the gap and the divide between these two continents.
Cole’s next book is “Known and Strange Things,” a collection of essays on art, literature, photography and politics, which will be published this fall. He is also working on “Radio Lagos,” a non-fictional narrative of contemporary Lagos (Nigeria).
The lecture is free and open to the public and sponsored by Francophone African Studies Program, Black Student Union, Department of Modern Languages, Department of Political Sciences, English Department, Academic Affairs, Nicholson Library, International Programs Office, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and the Diversity Committee. For more information contact Marie Noussi, mnoussi@linfield.edu, 503-883-2231 or Nick Buccola, nbuccol@linfield.edu.
It is funded, in part, by a grant awarded by Linfield’s Diversity Committee to explore and support the intellectual and research interests of students, faculty and staff in areas of diversity and inclusion, promoting courageous conversations about diversity and lived experiences across our college and communities. For more information about those grants, contact Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, rdutt-b@linfield.edu.
History, science and the politics of climate change topic of lecture
Joshua Howe, assistant professor of history and environmental studies at Reed College, will speak on “Telling Stories about CO2: History, Science and the Politics of Climate Change” Wednesday, April 20, at 4:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room in Nicholson Library.
In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded the knowledge of climate change. Despite more than 50 years of research, our global society has yet to find real solutions to the problem of global warming. Why?
Howe will answer that question in his presentation when he explores the history of global warming from its roots as a scientific curiosity to its place at the center of international environmental politics. The nature of the problem itself, Howe explains, has privileged scientists as the primary spokespeople for the global climate. But while the “science first” forms of advocacy they developed to fight global warming produced more and better science, the primacy of science in global warming politics has failed to produce meaningful results. In fact, a focus on science has left advocates for change vulnerable to political opposition and has limited much of the discussion to debates about the science itself. In the meantime, the problem is not getting better – it’s getting worse.
Howe is the author of “Behind the Curve: Science and the Politics of Global Warming” as well as several other articles about the history of climate change science.
The lecture is free and open to the public and sponsored by 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 Lissa Wadewitz, 503-883-2719 or lwadewi@linfield.edu.
Making a difference on Earth Day and every day, focus of lecture
Florence Reed, president and founder of the nonprofit organization Sustainable Harvest International, will speak on “Making a Real Difference on Earth Day and Every Day” Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium.
Reed founded Sustainable Harvest International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to working with rural Central American communities to implement sustainable land-use practices, in 1997. Since its creation, Reed has expanded Sustainable Harvest International from working with only a dozen families to working with 2,543 families in three Central American countries. Reed has worked with these families to plant 2.8 million trees, convert 14,000 acres of degraded land to sustainable farms and save an estimated 70,000 acres of tropical forest from slash and burn destruction.
Prior to founding Sustainable Harvest International, Reed served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Panama from 1991 to 1993, focusing on agro-forestry and environmental conservation.
Reed has received many awards for her work, including two honorary doctorates from the University of New Hampshire and Southern New Hampshire University. Reed has also received awards such as the Yves Rocher Women of the Earth award, the Traditional Home Classic Woman award and the Harden Club of American Distinguished Service award. Reed was also included in artist Robert Shetterly’s renowned “Americans Who Tell the Truth” portrait series in 2009. Most recently, Reed has been named the Sargent Shriver Distinguished Humanitarian, the highest award given by the National Peace Corps Association.
Reed will be in residence at Linfield April 18-22, where she will attend classes and meet with students. Her visit is sponsored by the President’s Office, the Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement (PLACE) and the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program, a Council of Independent Colleges initiative that supports liberal arts colleges by bringing together people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives for the purpose of discussion and learning.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact John McKeegan at 503-883-2202 or jmckeeg@linfield.edu.
Community News
Chuck Dunn, professor of mathematics, and Michele Tomseth, assistant director of International Programs, presented “Faculty Vetting Faculty” at the NW Symposium on International Faculty-Led Programs April 1 at Portland State University. Since the start of the January Term off-campus, faculty-led courses at Linfield College in 1987, the program has moved from “trips” to a 4-credit academic model. Over the past few years, Dunn, acting as curriculum committee chair, oversaw the development of a peer-to-peer system of vetting of proposed January Term off-campus courses. There have been many positive outcomes, one of which has been the increase of cross-discipline courses being offered.
Nursing Professors Kim Kintz and Henny Breen will present “Cross Cultural Service Learning – Enhancing Student Perceptions of Nursing Practice and Career Goals,” as a concurrent podium session at a World Health Organization conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in July. The research stemmed from work undertaken during a January Term course in Peru on service-learning and the impact on nursing students and their education/perceptions for both US and Peruvian nursing students. It was conducted along with colleagues Wayne Centrone, M.D. and Karen Falkenstein, MPH, BSN, RN.
Campus calendar
MONDAY, APRIL 11
Today and tomorrow: Flags of Solidarity, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Fred Meyer Lounge
Today and tomorrow: Track and field at NWC multi-event championships, George Fox
7 p.m.: Patrick Lemmon, “The Man/Lady Box: Helping us understand the socialization of men and women and how that pertains to sexual violence,” Jonasson Hall
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
5:15 p.m.: Wildcat Workout, Maxwell Field
7 p.m.: The Hunting Ground film and panel discussion, Pioneer Reading Room
7:30 p.m.: Band Concert, “The Elements: Part II,” Ice Auditorium
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
11 a.m.: Denim Day, Fred Meyer Lounge
1:30 p.m.: Meet the Musicians, Harlem Quartet, Delkin Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.: Harlem Quartet, Ice Auditorium
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
Noon: Wildcat Workout, Maxwell Field
4:15 p.m.: John Dolan ’71, “Who Done It? How Chemical Separations Can Solve Perplexing Problems,” Science Colloquium, 100 Graf Hall
6 p.m.: Women’s lacrosse vs. Colorado College
7 p.m.: Take Back the Night March and Rally, Walker Riley Courtyard
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Today: Spring Visit Day
11:30 a.m.: Blood Pressure Screening Clinic, Cook Hall lobby
7:30 p.m.: Megan Uhrinak senior recital, Ice Auditorium
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
Today: Global Youth Service Day
Today and tomorrow: Men’s and women’s golf at Willamette Spring Thaw
9 a.m.: Men’s tennis vs. Lewis & Clark
10 a.m.: Track and field at Pacific Open
Noon: Women’s tennis at Lewis & Clark
Noon: Baseball vs. George Fox
Noon: Women’s lacrosse vs. George Fox
Noon: Softball at Whitworth
3 p.m.: “The Treasury of Russian Art Song,” Ice Auditorium
SUNDAY, APRIL 17
Noon: Baseball vs. George Fox
Noon: Women’s lacrosse vs. Puget Sound
Noon: Softball at Whitworth
1 p.m.: Women’s tennis at George Fox
1 p.m.: Men’s tennis vs. George Fox
4 p.m.: Faculty-Student Chamber Ensemble, Delkin Recital Hall
