Renowned conservation biologist to discuss elephant poaching
Samuel Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, will speak about elephant poaching on Monday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
The talk will be live streamed: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/linfieldadmin/
The lecture kicks off this year’s campus-wide theme for the Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement (PLACE), “Air, Water, Earth and Fire: The Ancient Elements on a Changing Planet.”
Wasser will present “Where Are All the Elephant-Poaching Hot Spots in Africa and What Should We Do About Them?” He is acknowledged worldwide as a pioneer of noninvasive wildlife monitoring methods, including the genetic, endocrine, toxicology and detection dog techniques used by the center. His groundbreaking work in noninvasive environmental monitoring and wildlife forensics is internationally respected among scientists, environmental activists, and government and nongovernment wildlife managers alike.
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.
Historian to speak about Mexican railroad workers
Erasmo Gamboa, professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of Washington, will speak on “Mexican Railroad Soldiers: A Forgotten Story of World War II” Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m., in Nicholson Library.
Gamboa, an expert on the Mexican laborers’ guest worker program to the Pacific Northwest, is the author of “Mexican Labor and World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947.” He also edited “Nosotros: The Hispanic People of Oregon” and contributed an article to this collection. His book on laborers is still considered the seminal study of the history and impact of the Bracero Program in the Pacific Northwest, and Gamboa is the leading scholar nationally on this subject.
In addition to his published works, Gamboa has been a consultant and narrator for public television and radio programs on agricultural workers in California, Oregon and Washington and on student movements. For his work in advancing social justice, he was recognized by Gov. John Kitzhaber as one of “Oregon’s Civil Rights Trailblazers” in 1999 and has received accolades for his public service work.
His current research project for a book on Mexicans in the railroad industry highlights the history of this group beyond agricultural work in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. He examines labor issues, questions of cultural integration, U.S.-Mexico relations, construction of nationalist ideologies and gender dynamics.
The lecture is 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.
Constitution Day lecture scheduled
Author Matthew Stewart will discuss his book, “Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic,” at the Constitution Day lecture Thursday, Sept. 24, at 11:45 a.m. in 201 Riley Hall.
In addition to “Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic,” Stewart is also the author of “The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World” and “The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy.”
In “Nature’s God,” Stewart draws on the study of European philosophy in pursuit of a genealogy of the philosophical ideas that inspired the American revolutionaries. Along the way, he uncovers the true meanings of “Nature’s God,” “self-evident” and many other phrases crucial to our understanding of the American experiment but now widely misunderstood.
Stewart, who lives in Boston, Mass., graduated from Princeton University with a concentration in political philosophy and was awarded the Sachs Scholarship from Princeton for study at Oxford University, where he earned a D.Phil. in philosophy
Lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis. Stewart’s talk will begin at noon, followed by a question and answer session. Stewart will also meet with Linfield students to discuss his intellectual journey and provide advice on research and writing.
The lecture is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Forum on Law, Rights, and Justice at Linfield College and the Office of Academic Affairs. For more information, contact Nick Buccola, associate professor of political science, 503-883-2246, nbuccol@linfield.edu.
Spanish Club event offers salsa performance
The Linfield College Spanish Club will host a series of events in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
“Salsa: Music Legacies Across the Hispanic Caribbean Diaspora” will be offered on Friday, Sept. 25, at noon in the Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall. The Cuban music ensemble Melao de Cuba will perform live music and salsa rhythms, allowing participants to embrace the importance of music in the culture of the Hispanic Caribbean. Traditional Cuban dishes will be provided by the Restaurant El Cubo de Cuba.
For more information, contact Carina Garibay at cgaribay@linfield.edu or Professor Tania Carrasquillo at tcarrasq@linfield.edu.
Acclaimed pianist to perform, present master class
Celebrated pianist and Eastman School of Music professor Natalya Antonova will present an all-Chopin recital on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
She will also present a master class on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 1:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium featuring advanced piano students from studios across Oregon.
Antonova made her debut with the Leningrad Philharmonic at age 16. As a soloist of two major concert managements, “State Concert” and “Soviet Union Concert,” she performed in Russia, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Ukraine, Armenia, Byelorussia, and other countries including Germany, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and South Korea.
When she accepted an invitation from the Leningrad Conservatory, she became the youngest professor appointed for this position in the history of the school. After 10 years, she accepted a position of professor of piano in the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow (formerly the Gnessin Institute of Music).
Antonova has given hundreds of master classes and lectures throughout the world, including at the Moscow Academy of Music, Paris Conservatory, Budapest Conservatory, Peabody Conservatory, New England Conservatory and Seoul National University. She has participated in numerous international festivals in Hungary, Germany, South Korea, The United States, Russia and others. Each summer she conducts piano classes at the International Festival in Paris, France. She has judged numerous competitions such as the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition in Utah, Corpus Christi International Competition in Texas, Sibelius International Competition in Ohio, Hilton Head International Competition and Missouri International Competition.
The concert and master class are free and open to the public, and sponsored by The Lacroute Arts Series. The Lacroute Arts Series at Linfield College is made possible by the generosity of Ronni Lacroute, Linfield College trustee and arts benefactor. The series, sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Fund at Linfield College, is dedicated to helping the college present art events and activities for the campus and community. It provides programs featuring artists in the areas of music, art and visual culture, and theatre and communication arts.
For more information, contact the Linfield Music Department, 503-883-2275 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts.
Linfield to host Fiesta Latina
Linfield College will host Fiesta Latina, a celebration of Hispanic culture, on Saturday, Sept. 26, from noon to 3 p.m. on the Intramural Field and in Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall.
Activities will include food, games, piñatas, crafts and a children’s area. The event is a celebration of national Hispanic Heritage Month. In addition to free food provided to the first 150 people, additional cultural food will be available for purchase including tamales, horchata and empanadas.
The event is free and open to the community, and sponsored by Linfield College Latinos Adelante, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán), the Spanish Club and the Multicultural Programs Office.
For more information, contact Jason Rodriquez at 503-883-2574, jrodriqu@linfield.edu.
Water focus of panel discussion
Issues surrounding water will be explored by a panel of Linfield College faculty representing a wide range of disciplines Monday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium, located in Melrose Hall.
The event will be live streamed: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/linfieldadmin/
The panel discussion is part of this year’s campus-wide theme for the Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement (PLACE), “Air, Water, Earth and Fire: The Ancient Elements on a Changing Planet.”
The panel discussion will explore various issues regarding water. Whose is it? What is our responsibility? How do we place a value on it? Such questions will be discussed from the viewpoints of human health, ecology, economics, social justice, and a historical perspective.
Short presentations by the panelists will be followed by an informal discussion. Linfield faculty panelists include Jeremy Weisz (biology), Sarah Coste (HHPA), Anna Keesey (English), Rob Gardner (sociology) and Eric Schuck (economics).
The event is sponsored by the Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement. For more information, contact Coste at 503-883-2481, scoste@linfield.edu.
Community News
Shanai Lechtenberg, assistant director of academic advising, presented the keynote address, “Meaningful Assessment,” at the faculty in-service day at Chemeketa Community College — Yamhill Valley on Sept. 18. Her talk focused on the definition, purpose and value of assessment, and explained how to navigate the assessment cycle, along with offering applied exercises for practice.
Campus Calendar
MONDAY, SEPT. 21
7 p.m.: Samuel Wasser, “Where Are All the Elephant-Poaching Hot Spots in Africa and What Should We Do About Them?” Ice Auditorium
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
7 p.m.: Erasmo Gamboa, “Mexican Railroad Soldiers: A Forgotten Story of World War II,” Nicholson Library
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24
11:45 a.m.: Matthew Stewart, “Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic,” 201 Riley Hall
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25
Noon: “Salsa: Music Legacies Across the Hispanic Caribbean Diaspora,” Fred Meyer Lounge, Riley Hall
7 p.m.: Volleyball vs. Puget Sound
7:30 p.m.: Natalya Antonova, all-Chopin recital, Ice Auditorium
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26
Today and tomorrow: Men’s golf at Pacific Lutheran Invitational
8:15 a.m.: Taste of Service, Fred Meyer Lounge
Noon: Fiesta Latina, Riley Hall and Intramural Field
Noon: Women’s soccer vs. Whitworth
1:30 p.m.: Natalya Antonova master class, Ice Auditorium
2:30 p.m.: Men’s soccer at George Fox
7 p.m.: Volleyball vs. Lewis & Clark
SUNDAY, SEPT. 27
Noon: Women’s soccer vs. Whitman
2:30 p.m.: Men’s soccer vs. Pacific
