Linfield College

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Linfield College
Motto:	Connecting Learning, Life, and Community
Established:	1849
Type:	Private
President:	Thomas L. Hellie
Faculty:	181
Undergraduates:	1,750 (McMinnville Campus) 350 (Portland Campus)[1]
Location:	McMinnville, Oregon, U.S. 45°11′56.4″N, 123°11′55.3″W
Campus:	Suburban
Colors:	Red and Purple
Mascot:	Wildcat
Athletics:	NCAA Division III
Affiliations:	Historic and symbolic ties to American Baptist Churches USA
Website:	www.linfield.edu

Linfield College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States, with a campus in Portland, Oregon, and an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the state. Linfield Wildcats athletics participates in the NCAA Division III Northwest Conference.

Linfield is one of the oldest colleges in the western United States. The school traces its roots to an institution established by the Baptists in 1849, before Oregon was granted statehood. The Baptist College at McMinnville was chartered in 1858 by the Oregon Territorial Legislature, and later became McMinnville College.^[2]

[edit] History

In 1922 the name was changed to Linfield College in memory of a Baptist minister, the Rev. George Fisher Linfield whose widow, Frances Ross Linfield, gave property to the college to promote Christian education and as a memorial to her husband. In his 1938 book, Bricks Without Straw: The Story of Linfield College, Professor Jonas A. "Steine" Jonasson quotes from the minutes of the college's board of trustees to explain Mrs. Linfield's motivation for her large land gift to the college: "Mrs. Linfield's dual purpose in making the gift to McMinnville College was to 'perpetuate the name, scholarly attainments and Christian influence of her late husband, Rev. George Fisher Linfield, and to promote the cause of Christian education.'^[3]

Pioneer Hall

The Linfield Division of Continuing Education (Adult Degree Program) began in 1975. Today it serves eight communities in Oregon as well as online degree programs giving working adults the opportunity to complete a bachelor's degree or certificate program.

In 1982, the Linfield College-Portland Campus was established when the college entered into an affiliation with Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center and began offering a bachelor's degree program in nursing. The Portland Campus began offering a bachelor of science degree in health sciences is 1992.

As of November 1st, 2007, President Hellie announced that nearly 50 acres of Linfield's property will be developed with Trammell Crow, the tenants of which are not yet known^[4]. In the 2007-2008 academic year Linfield celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary^[5].

[edit] Portland Campus

The Portland Campus, home of the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing, was established in 1982 and is located in historic Northwest Portland adjacent to the Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center. The Portland Campus became the successor to the Good Samaritan Hospital Diploma School of Nursing, established by Emily Loveridge in 1890. A program in health sciences - a unique premedicine/pre-health graduate program - is also offered on the Portland Campus. With its riverfront locations and many cultural and special events, Portland is rated one of America's most livable cities.

[edit] Accredition

Linfield has been fully accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges since 1928. The college continues its historical affiliation with the American Baptist Churches.

[edit] Academics

For six consecutive years, Linfield was named the #1 college in the western region by US News & World Report for the Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor's category.^[6] In the U.S. News and World Report College Rankings for 2007, Linfield College was recategorized and ranked as a Liberal Arts College in a restructuring of rankings.^[7]

Since 1999, over 15 recent Linfield graduates have achieved Fulbright grants.^{[8] [9]}

[edit] Athletics

The Linfield College Wildcat football team has the longest streak of winning seasons in all levels of the NCAA. As of 2007, the team has 52 consecutive winning seasons. Linfield has won four national college football titles (NCAA Division III: 2004, NAIA Division II: 1982, 1984, 1986) and two in baseball (NAIA Division II: 1966, 1971). The Linfield Softball team won the 2007 NCAA Division III Softball Championship in May of 2007.

Top athletics alumni include former New York Yankee Scott Brosius, who graduated from Linfield and now is the head baseball coach at the college, former San Diego Charger Brett Elliot, the quarterback of the 2004 championship team, and former Miami Dolphins General Manager, Randy Mueller, quarterback of Linfield's 1982 NAIA Championship squad.

Linfield offers varsity sports in Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Women's Tennis, Men's Tennis, Track & Field, and Volleyball.

[edit] Media organizations

[edit] KSLC FM Radio

Main article: KSLC 90.3 FM

KSLC 90.3 FM McMinnville is an entirely student-run station with reception throughout town and the immediate vicinity. The full time student-staff is nine members, with two faculty advisors. Students are encouraged to get involved through the broadcast practices class or just volunteer. It plays a wide variety of music and also broadcasts Linfield Wildcat sporting events. There are specialty shows every weeknight in addition: Punk, Heavy Rock, World Music and Hip Hop are among the most popular. The station was housed in Pioneer Hall until 2007 when a new facility was completed in the basement of Renshaw Hall.

[edit] The Linfield Review

Main article: The Linfield Review

The Linfield Review is the student-run weekly campus newspaper of Linfield College. The newspaper is staffed only by students of the college. and funded mostly through the Associated Students of Linfield College.

According to the March 16, 2007 issue of the newspaper, the Linfield Review took third place in the Best in Show contest at the Associated Collegiate Press national college newspaper convention in Portland ^[10]

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[edit] Greek organizations

As of 2007, there are four fraternities and four sororities at Linfield College. The sororities are Alpha Phi (ΑΦ), Zeta Tau Alpha (ΖΤΑ), Sigma Kappa Phi (ΣΚΦ), and Phi Sigma Sigma (ΦΣΣ). The fraternities include Delta Psi Delta (ΔΨΔ), Kappa Sigma (ΚΣ), Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠΚΑ), and Theta Chi (ΘΧ). Sigma Kappa Phi and Delta Psi Delta are both local fraternities and have no national affiliation. All four fraternities at Linfield have houses, whereas the sororities do not.

[edit] Notable alumni

Main article: List of Linfield College People

• Scott Brosius, former New York Yankee, 1998 World Series MVP.
• Kenneth Scott Latourette, eminent scholar of Christianity and Chinese History.
• Amy Tan, author of "The Joy Luck Club," "The Bonesetter's Daughter," and "The Kitchen God's Wife"

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Catdomealumni.com (Linfield Football Fan Site)
• Catdomehoops.com (Linfield Women's basketball Fan Site)