Linfield College

Linfield College
Motto	Connecting Learning, Life, and Community
Established	1858
Type	Private
Endowment	$58.2 million[1]
President	Thomas L. Hellie
Academic staff	148
Undergraduates	1,750 (McMinnville Campus) 350 (Portland Campus)[2]
Location	McMinnville, Oregon, USA 45°11′56.4″N 123°11′55.3″W / 45.199°N 123.198694°W / 45.199; -123.198694Coordinates: 45°11′56.4″N 123°11′55.3″W / 45.199°N 123.198694°W / 45.199; -123.198694
Campus	Rural
Colors	Cardinal and Purple
Athletics	NCAA Division III
Mascot	Wildcat
Affiliations	Historic and symbolic ties to American Baptist Churches USA
Website	linfield.edu

Linfield College is an American private institution of higher learning located in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences college with a campus in Portland, Oregon, it also has an adult degree program located in eight communities throughout the state. Linfield Wildcats athletics participates in the NCAA Division III Northwest Conference. There are a combined 2,100 students^[2] at Linfield, which employs over 110 full-time professors^[3] at the 195-acre (790,000 m²) campus.^[4]

History

Linfield traces its history back to 1849 when the Oregon Baptist Educational Society was created in Oregon City.^[5] That group organized in order to start a Baptist school in the region.^[5] In 1855, Sebastian C. Adams started to teach classes in McMinnville, and in 1857 the Baptist group purchased Adams' land in order to start their school.^[5] The Baptist College at McMinnville was chartered in 1858 by the Oregon Territorial Legislature, and later became McMinnville College before acquiring its current name.^[6]

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.'^[7]

Pioneer Hall, built in 1882.

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 Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & 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 in 1992.

In the 2007-2008 academic year Linfield celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary.^[8]

Portland Campus

The Portland Campus, home of the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing, was established in 1982^{[citation needed]} 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. The Portland Campus also offers majors in health sciences: administration and health sciences: environment and public health.

Accreditation

Northup Hall, built in 1936, was the library through 2003.

Linfield College is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Specialized accreditation is granted to individual programs. The Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing is accredited by the Oregon State Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The education program is approved for training of education and secondary teachers by the State of Oregon's Teachers Standards and Practices Commission. Linfield College's music program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and its athletic training program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.

Academics

Melrose Hall, built in 1929, is the administrative center of the college.

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.^[9] 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.^[10] In 2011 it was ranked 105.^[11] Linfield has been named by The Princeton Review as one of the Best Colleges in the Western Region.^[12] 93 percent of Linfield professors have the highest degree in their field.^[2] Since 1999, 20 graduates have won Fulbright grants.^[2] In 2009, Language Professor Peter Richardson was awarded Oregon Professor of the Year^[13]

Athletics

The Linfield College Wildcat football team has the longest streak of winning seasons in all levels of the NCAA. As of 2011, the team has 57 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 two NCAA Division III Softball Championships in May 2007 & May 2011.

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 Elliott, 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, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Women's Tennis, Men's Tennis, Track & Field, and Women's Volleyball.

Linfield College Wildcats National Championships Linfield Sports Statistics
Year	Sport	Coach	Location	Association/Division
1966	Baseball	Roy Helser		NAIA Division II
1971	Baseball	Ad Rutschman	Municipal Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona	NAIA Division II
1982	American Football	Ad Rutschman	Maxwell Field, McMinnville, Oregon	NAIA Division II
1984	American Football	Ad Rutschman	Maxwell Field, McMinnville, Oregon	NAIA Division II
1986	American Football	Ad Rutschman	Maxwell Field, McMinnville, Oregon	NAIA Division II
2004	American Football	Jay Locey	Salem, Virginia	NCAA Division III
2007	Fastpitch Softball	Jackson Vaughan	Moyer Sports Complex, Salem, Virginia	NCAA Division III

Media organizations

Melrose Hall from the academic quad.

KSLC FM radio

Main article: KSLC

KSLC is an entirely student-run station with reception throughout town and the immediate vicinity. The full time student-staff consists of nine members, who work under the guidance of one faculty advisor. 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.

The Linfield Review

Main article: The Linfield Review

The Linfield Review is Linfield's student-run weekly campus newspaper. 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.^[14]

Greek organizations

Riley Center, location of the Associated Students of Linfield College;

As of 2007,^{[dated info]} 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 organizations and have no national affiliation. All four fraternities at Linfield have houses, whereas the sororities do not.

Notable people

Main article: List of Linfield College people

Notable people who have attended or taught at Linfield College, include athletes such as Scott Brosius, former New York Yankee and 1998 World Series MVP, Kenneth Scott Latourette, scholar of Christianity and Chinese History, and Amy Tan,^[15] the author of "The Joy Luck Club," "The Bonesetter's Daughter," and "The Kitchen God's Wife".

Notes & references

1. ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf. Retrieved February 25, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "General Information". Linfield College. http://www.linfield.edu/admission/facts/faq.php#General-Information. Retrieved October 31, 2008. 
3. ^ "Faculty Profile". Linfield College. http://www.linfield.edu/explore/faculty.php. Retrieved October 31, 2008. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Linfield College". collegedata.com. https://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg01_tmpl.jhtml?previousPageSection=app_accept&schoolId=726. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Corning, Howard M. (1989) Dictionary of Oregon History. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 148.
6. ^ "Pioneer Heritage". Linfield College. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080801091946/http://www.linfield.edu/explore/. Retrieved October 31, 2008. 
7. ^ "Jonasson, Jonas A. (1938). Bricks Without Straw: The Story of Linfield College. Caxton Printers. ASIN B000881X28. 
8. ^ "Linfield College: 150 Years". Linfield College. http://www.linfield.edu/150/index.php. Retrieved October 31, 2008. 
9. ^ "Linfield ranked number 1 by U.S. News for sixth consecutive year". Press release. Linfield College. August 18, 2006. http://www.linfield.edu/press/detail.php?id=698. Retrieved October 31, 2008. 
10. ^ http://www.newsregister.com/news/results.cfm?story_no=225254^{[dead link]}
11. ^ "Linfield College". College Rankings & Lists. U.S.News & World Report. http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/mcminnville-or/linfield-college-3198/@@Admissions_overview.html. Retrieved 2011-05-28. 
12. ^ "Best Western Colleges". The Princeton Review. http://www.theprincetonreview.com/SchoolList.aspx?id=763. Retrieved October 31, 2008. 
13. ^ http://www.linfield.edu/feature-detail.php?id=21
14. ^ "Review receives national award". Linfield Review. http://www.linfield.edu/linfield-review/archive-detail.php?article_id=3125. Retrieved October 31, 2008. 
15. ^ nzen^{[verification needed]}, Robin (March 7, 1996). "Linfield Going Global". The Oregonian. 

External links

• Official website