With generous support from the Lacroute Initiative, Linfield University's Creative Writing Program inaugurated the Lacroute Prizes in Poetry and Prose to honor the best student writing in the 2022-23 academic year. Finalists were chosen from nearly sixty submissions by the creative writing faculty, then sent to poet and fiction writer Genevieve DeGuzman, recipient of the 2022 … [Read more...] about Inaugural winners of Lacroute Prizes in Poetry, Prose announced
Second-annual Camas Festival will be held at Linfield University Friday, May 5
Linfield University, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the Greater Yamhill Watershed Council invite you to learn about the cultural, biological and artistic significance of the purple camas flower at the second-annual Camas Festival. For generations, purple camas lilies have been cultivated, traded and consumed by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest … [Read more...] about Second-annual Camas Festival will be held at Linfield University Friday, May 5
Walidah Imarisha speaks on Oregon’s Black history and science fiction on April 18
On Tuesday, April 18, Walidah Imarisha will give two presentations on Linfield University's McMinnville campus. At 3 p.m. in Jonasson Hall, she will lead participants through an interactive timeline of Black history in Oregon that speaks to the history of race, identity and power in this state and the nation. Though Oregon has a history of Black exclusion and discrimination, … [Read more...] about Walidah Imarisha speaks on Oregon’s Black history and science fiction on April 18
Trustee Amy Prosenjak named a 2023 Women of Influence by Portland Business Journal
Amy Prosenjak, president for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ Oregon business unit and member of the Linfield Board of Trustees, was named a 2023 Women of Influence honoree by the Portland Business Journal at their 20th annual luncheon on April 4. Prosenjak previously served as president and CEO for A to Z Wineworks beginning with the company’s acquisition of REX HILL in 2007 … [Read more...] about Trustee Amy Prosenjak named a 2023 Women of Influence by Portland Business Journal
Tickets to the 50th annual Lū’au and Hō’ike April 29 are now on sale
Tickets to the 50th annual Lū’au and Hō’ike on April 29 are now on sale to the community. This beloved Linfield tradition is the result of months of work and dance practice from the Hui O Lōkahi students and consists of two parts: the Lu’au (traditional meal) will be held during three seatings at 4, 5 and 6 p.m. inside the Rutschman Fieldhouse. Then, at 7:30 p.m., the Hō’ike … [Read more...] about Tickets to the 50th annual Lū’au and Hō’ike April 29 are now on sale
