Upcoming events in February 2016 at Linfield College.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FEB. 5-6
FORENSICS TOURNAMENT: Linfield College will host the 81st annual Craig Singletary High School Forensics Tournament Feb. 5-6. The tournament, one of the oldest high school invitational tournaments in the nation, is sponsored by the Linfield College Forensics Program, the Oregon Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, and the Department of Theatre and Communication Arts. For more information, contact Jackson Miller, professor of communication arts and director of forensics, at jmiller@linfield.edu or 503-883-2625.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10
ASH WEDNESDAY: Linfield College will host an Ash Wednesday worship service on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at noon in Jonasson Hall, lower level of Melrose Hall at Linfield College. The event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Chaplain’s Office and Chaplain’s Team. For more information, contact Chaplain David Massey at 503-883-2259 or dmassey@linfield.edu.
FEB. 10 THROUGH MARCH 25
CHANGING AMERICA: A traveling exhibition, “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963,” will run Feb. 10 through March 25 at the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College. The exhibit and lectures are free and open to the public. The events are sponsored by the Linfield Department of Political Science, The Frederick Douglass Forum on Law, Rights, and Justice, the Elliot Alexander Fund for Political Science, the Dean’s Speaker Fund and Nicholson Library. For more information, contact Susan Barnes Whyte, college librarian, at swhyte@linfield.edu or 503-883-2517.
THURSDAY, FEB. 11
READING: Robin Lawton, professor emerita of English at Linfield College, will present a reading, “A Love Story and a Riddle: The Life and Letters of Helen Hunter Dixon Evans,” on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room of the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield. The reading is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Susan Barnes Whyte at 503-883-2517 or swhyte@linfield.edu.
SATURDAY, FEB. 13
PIANO RECITAL: Albert Kim, assistant professor of music, will present a piano faculty recital Saturday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts.
MONDAY, FEB. 15
FILM SCREENING: The film “Merchants of Doubt” will be shown Monday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College. The screening is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the 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 Susan Currie Sivek, ssivek@linfield.edu or 503-883-2521.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17
FACULTY LECTURE: Anne Kruchten, associate professor of biology, will present “How Do Proteins Control Cancer Cells?” Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The lecture is free and open to the public. The Linfield College faculty lecture series offers one presentation each month by Linfield faculty. For more information, call 503-883-2409.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24
CHOIR CONCERT: The Linfield College Concert Choir will present the Home Concert following its concert tour through southern Oregon and California Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts.
THURSDAY, FEB. 25
PERU RESEARCH: Linfield College seniors Sandra Garcia-Hernandez and Lorena Alvarez, both of Salem, and junior Kiana Ringuette of Kaneohe, Hawaii, will present “Peru Ethnomedical Project” on Thursday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. in 105 Murdock Hall at Linfield. 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.
READING: 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 at Linfield College. The lecture is free and open to the public. It is 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.
