210 research outputs found
Linfield College Physics Department READ Poster
No full textLinfield students Christina Bibler \u2715, Justin Davis \u2715, Riley Self \u2716, Dana Gibbon \u2715, Alissa Runyon \u2716, Alexander Ogle \u2716, and Thaddeus Cox \u2715 celebrate reading at Nicholson Library during the summer of 2014.https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/libraries_read/1138/thumbnail.jp
Inspired Pragmatism: An Illustrated History of Linfield College
No full textBy way of historical narrative and a series of thematic vignettes, author Marvin Henberg traces the story of Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, from its origins to its Sesquicentennial celebration in 2008. In the pages of Inspired Pragmatism, you meet many men and women who have not only shaped Linfield, but played important roles elsewhere in Oregon, the Northwest, and the nation.
Woven together in a rich array of photographs and documents, the compelling text and vibrant illustrations show how Linfield\u27s leaders and graduates have served the public while responding to external challenges over the past century and a half. With its substantial commitment to global studies over the past fifty years, Linfield enters the 21st century poised to leave its mark internationally as well, a point detailed in the afterword penned by Barbara Seidman, dean of faculty at Linfield College.https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/linfauth/1017/thumbnail.jp
Ken Friedenreich Interview 06
No full textKen Friedenreich is photographed during an oral history interview at the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College. Friedenreich was interviewed by Rachael Cristine Woody and Camille Weber from the Linfield College Archives. Also in attendance was James Doc Wilson.
Ken Friedenreich is an author who has written about Oregon wine and its history.
(left to right): Rich Schmidt (partially obscured), Rachael Woody, Ken Friedenreich, James Doc Wilson (back to camera)https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/owha_oregon_ohphotos/1014/thumbnail.jp
The Humanities in an Algorithmic World
No full textThe idea of the liberal arts is oft-misunderstood and oft-abused in contemporary society. In this panel talk, Scott Hartley (author of The Fuzzy and the Techie) and Linfield College alumna Annika Yates (class of 2014) explain why the liberal arts matter to them. Yates discusses how curiosity, persuasion, and citizenship, hallmarks of her liberal arts experience at Linfield, have shaped her career in the tech industry. Hartley, a venture capitalist, discusses how studying the liberal arts provides significant value in terms of core competencies for working with new technologies.
This panel is part of the symposium What\u27s So Liberating about the Liberal Arts?: A Symposium on Liberal Education and the American Experiment held at Linfield College on March 15, 2019. The purpose of the symposium was to bring scholars, current Linfield students, and Linfield alumni together to think about the meaning and value of the liberal arts
crisscrossing Science Episode 039: Nuclear Winter
No full textIn this episode, Chris Gaiser (professor of biology at Linfield College) and Mike Crosser (professor of physics at Linfield College) invite author John Coster-Mullen to discuss the technology behind the first atomic weapons that were dropped above Japan during World War II. We learn about the design differences between the bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki and why these differences mattered.
This episode references content discussed in Episode 024, which explains how nuclear power works
Ken Friedenreich Interview
No full textThis interview is an oral history conducted by Linfield College student Camille Weber with Ken Friedenreich. The interview took place at the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield College on October 16, 2015.
Ken Friedenreich is an author who has written about Oregon wine and its history. The interview includes how he got interested in wine, what it\u27s like to write about wine for a living, the effects that prohibition had on Oregon, and advice for people new to wine
Woodrow Wilson Fellow Reading: Achy Obejas
No full textIn this public lecture, Achy Obejas, an acclaimed author and noted translator, reads from her work as part of her residency as the 2018 Woodrow Wilson visiting fellow at Linfield College
The Art of Firing
No full textBased on an eighth century wood-fired Korean kiln, the East Creek Anagama was built on his property in 1985 by Professor Nils Lou, author of The Art of Firing, now in its fifth edition
Honoring a Cultural Treasure
No full textJoseph Medicine Crow ’38, the last living Plains Indian war chief, is an author, anthropologist, historian and veteran. In August he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, for a career that had its beginnings at Depression-era Linfield College
Elie Wiesel Speaks in Riley Gymnasium
No full textElie Wiesel, author, human rights activist, and winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks in Riley Gym at Linfield College as part of the Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium. Wiesel\u27s speech was titled Building a Moral Society: The Holocaust and Beyond.https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/lca_photos/1365/thumbnail.jp
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