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Drannan Hamby Interview
No full textThis interview is with Drannan Hamby, a Linfield class of 1955 alumni. Drannan shares about his time at Linfield and the many adventures he led after.
Drannan talks about his early life, from being a Dust Bowl kid, to moving and growing up in Bend, Oregon. He goes on to talk about choosing Linfield and the memorable experiences of getting recruited for football and attaining a job at LRI--the Linfield Research Institute.
Later in the interview, Drannan shares about his adventures out of the classroom. He talks about everything from making a volcano his classroom to joining the Mt. Hood Ski Patrol after his retirement.
This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt in the Nicholson Library at Linfield University on May 1, 2024
Assessing the Mental Health Needs of Linfield\u27s Student-Athletes
No full textWith Linfield’s athletic program making up 32% of the overall student population (2023-2024), it is evident that sports are a major reason for people to attend the school. With this large number of student-athletes at Linfield, the athletic department should ensure that the NCAA’s Mental Health Best-Practices are being implemented with structure to benefit the overall well-being of student-athletes.
The NCAA’s Mental Health Best-Practices provides evidence-based recommendations for supporting and promoting student-athlete mental health. Those recommendations include:
1) Create Healthy Environments That Support Mental Health and Promote Well-Being
2) Procedures for Identification of Student-Athletes with Mental Health Symptoms and Disorders, Including Mental Health Screening Tools
3) Mental Health Action Plans that Outline Referral Pathways of Student-Athletes to Qualified Providers
4) Licensure of Providers Who Oversee and Manage Student-Athlete Mental Health Care. (ncaa.org)
To address whether or not Linfield student-athletes feel that their mental health needs are heard, a needs-based assessment was conducted to better understand student-athletes’ attitudes towards mental health, help-seeking behaviors, and their preferences for mental health services on Linfield University’s campus. The assessment\u27s aim was to provide insight from student-athletes to Linfield leadership figures to determine whether or not the athletic department is meeting the NCAA’s Mental-Health Best-Practices
Voices of Linfield
Get PDFEconomics professor Randy R. Grant reflects on the changing landscape of college athletics; Kelly Bird discusses Linfield\u27s joining the NCA
Gifts at Work
Get PDFTime to give; Three alumni are making a difference through mentoring, sharing and servic
Fairies and Friendly Faces
Get PDFWhile still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield University write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries and home, and examine changes in perceptions about their host countries and the United States. In this essay, Alexiss Jimenez describes observations during their study abroad program at the National University of Ireland in Galway
GABA and lactate preconditioning increases cell division in annual killifish cell line during anoxia
Get PDFAnnual killifish (Austrofundulus limnaeus) live in temporary ponds in Venezuela and experience drastic changes in their environment that cause their ponds to dry up. This species survives by producing drought- and anoxia-tolerant embryos that are deposited in the mud. Embryos survive these conditions by entering metabolic dormancy (diapause) until environmental signals break their dormancy and they continue developing. In order to survive anoxia, embryos rely exclusively on anaerobic metabolism, which leads to abundant lactate accumulation. Previous research has shown that the production and degradation of the neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is crucial for long-term anoxia survival. This study explores the role of lactate and GABA metabolism in anoxia tolerance. To test this, we exposed embryo-derived cells (WS40NE) in anoxia to three treatments: anoxia preconditioning, lactate preconditioning, and GABA supplementation. For all treatments, cell survival was monitored, and extracellular lactate levels were measured. Compared to the control, cells exposed to lactate and GABA proliferated at a higher rate, whereas the anoxia preconditioned treatment proliferated at a lower rate. Rate of lactate accumulation was dependent on time spent in anoxia as well as whether cell media was changed. Media changes led to higher rates of lactate production compared to cells in static media. Understanding survival of cells during anoxia may give insight to how human conditions, such as strokes, can be avoided or damage can be reversed
Life Differences Between Irish and American Roommates
Get PDFWhile still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield University write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries and home, and examine changes in perceptions about their host countries and the United States. In this essay, Annie Flood describes observations during their study abroad program at the University of Galway in Ireland
Steve and Lance Lopes Interview
No full textThis interview is with Steve and Lance Lopes, from the classes of 1984 and 1985. In this interview, the Lopes brothers talk about their time at Linfield, playing football, and the many connections that forged their future.
Steve and Lance speak about finding and choosing Linfield and their many fond memories of the campus, academics, and athletics. They share about some of their Linfield football highlights and dive into a prank gone too far. The brothers then dive into their careers and how Linfield shaped their path.
This interview was conducted by Alyssa Ralston on October 11, 2024 at Linfield University