Linfield College
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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 at Linfield, which employs over 110 full-time professors at the 195 acres (789,137.7 m²) campus.
. That group organized in order to start a Baptist school in the region. 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. The Baptist College at McMinnville was chartered in 1858 by the Oregon Territorial Legislature
, and later became McMinnville College before acquiring its current name.
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.'
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.
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.
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.
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. 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. In 2011 it was ranked 105. Linfield has been named by The Princeton Review
as one of the Best Colleges in the Western Region. 93 percent of Linfield professors have the highest degree in their field. Since 1999, 20 graduates have won Fulbright
grants. In 2009, Language Professor Peter Richardson was awarded Oregon Professor of the Year
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
.
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.
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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 organizations and have no national affiliation. All four fraternities at Linfield have houses, whereas the sororities do not.
, former New York Yankee and 1998 World Series MVP, Kenneth Scott Latourette
, scholar of Christianity and Chinese History, and Amy Tan
, the author of "The Joy Luck Club
," "The Bonesetter's Daughter
," and "The Kitchen God's Wife
".
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
private
Private university
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institution of higher learning located in McMinnville
McMinnville, Oregon
McMinnville is the county seat and largest city of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. According to Oregon Geographic Names, it was named by its founder, William T. Newby , an early immigrant on the Oregon Trail, for his hometown of McMinnville, Tennessee...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As a four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts
Liberal arts college
A liberal arts college is one with a primary emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.Students in the liberal arts generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional...
and sciences college with a campus in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, 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
Northwest Conference
The Northwest Conference is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in the states of Oregon and Washington.-History:...
. There are a combined 2,100 students at Linfield, which employs over 110 full-time professors at the 195 acres (789,137.7 m²) campus.
History
Linfield traces its history back to 1849 when the Oregon Baptist Educational Society was created in Oregon CityOregon City, Oregon
Oregon City was the first city in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated. It is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon...
. That group organized in order to start a Baptist school in the region. 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. The Baptist College at McMinnville was chartered in 1858 by the Oregon Territorial Legislature
Oregon Territorial Legislature
Oregon’s Territorial Legislature was a bicameral legislative body created by the United States Congress in 1848 as the legislative branch of the government of the Oregon Territory...
, and later became McMinnville College before acquiring its current name.
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.'
In 1982, the Linfield College-Portland Campus was established when the college entered into an affiliation with Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center is a hospital in northwest Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1875 by the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon, it is a part of the Legacy Health System...
and began offering a bachelor's degree program in nursing. The Portland Campus began offering a bachelor of science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in health sciences in 1992.
In the 2007-2008 academic year Linfield celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary.
Portland Campus
The Portland Campus, home of the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing, was established in 1982 and is located in historic Northwest PortlandNorthwest District, Portland, Oregon
The Northwest District is a densely populated retail and residential neighborhood in the Northwest section of Portland, Oregon. Craftsman- and Old Portland-style houses are packed tightly together with grand old apartment buildings and sleek new condominiums, within walking distance of...
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
Regional accreditation
Regional accreditation is a term used in the United States to refer to educational accreditation conducted by any of several accreditation bodies established to serve six defined geographic areas of the country for accreditation of schools, colleges, and universities...
accredited
Educational accreditation
Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met...
by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities is an independent, non-profit membership organization recognized by the United States Department of Education since 1952 and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the regional authority on educational quality and institutional...
. 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
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is an autonomous nursing education accrediting agency that contributes to the improvement of the public's health. The CCNE is recognized by the U.S...
. 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
National Association of Schools of Music
The National Association of Schools of Music is an association of post-secondary music schools in the United States and the principal U.S. accreditor for higher education in music...
, and its athletic training program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.
Academics
The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review is an American-based standardized test preparation and admissions consulting company. The Princeton Review operates in 41 states and 22 countries across the globe. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college...
as one of the Best Colleges in the Western Region. 93 percent of Linfield professors have the highest degree in their field. Since 1999, 20 graduates have won Fulbright
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
grants. In 2009, Language Professor Peter Richardson was awarded Oregon Professor of the Year
Athletics
The Linfield College Wildcat footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
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
NCAA Division III national football championship
The NCAA Division III National Football Championship began in 1973. Before 1973, most of the schools now in Division III competed in the NCAA's former "College Division"....
: 2004, NAIA
NAIA national football championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Football National Championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. Under sponsorship of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the championship game has...
Division II: 1982, 1984, 1986) and two in baseball (NAIA Division II: 1966, 1971). The Linfield Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
team won two NCAA Division III Softball Championships in May 2007 & May 2011.
Top athletics alumni include former New York Yankee Scott Brosius
Scott Brosius
Scott David Brosius is a former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees . Brosius is currently the head baseball coach at Linfield College, his alma mater....
, who graduated from Linfield and now is the head baseball coach at the college; former San Diego Charger
San Diego Chargers
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
Brett Elliott
Brett Elliott
Brett Elliott is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League.-College:Brett Elliott was the starter for the 2002 Utah Utes football team and began the season as the starter for the 2003 team before breaking his wrist in the second game of the season...
, the quarterback of the 2004 championship team; and former Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
general manager, Randy Mueller
Randy Mueller
Randy Mueller is an executive in the National Football League, most recently as general manager for the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints. He has over two decades of NFL front office experience.-College career:...
, quarterback of Linfield's 1982 NAIA Championship squad.
Linfield offers varsity sports in Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, Men's Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Women's Basketball, Cross-Country, Football, Men's Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, Women's Soccer, Men's Soccer, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Women's Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Men's Tennis, Track & Field, and Women's Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
.
| Linfield College Wildcats National Championships Linfield Sports Statistics |
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| Year | Sport | Coach | Location | Association/Division |
| 1966 | Baseball | Roy Helser | NAIA Division II | |
| 1971 | Baseball | Ad Rutschman Ad Rutschman Ad Rutschman is an American coach of football and baseball in the state of Oregon. He was a head football coach for 24 seasons, head baseball coach for 13 seasons, and served as athletic director for 25 years at Linfield College. He is the first athletic director emeritus in the history of the... |
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 Jay Locey Jay Locey is an American football coach and former player in the United States. He is currently the assistant head coach at Oregon State University... |
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NCAA Division III |
| 2007 | Fastpitch Softball | Jackson Vaughan | Moyer Sports Complex, Salem, Virginia | NCAA Division III |
KSLC FM radio
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
The Linfield ReviewThe Linfield Review
The Linfield Review is a weekly newspaper published by students at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. It is distributed free across campus...
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
Associated Collegiate Press
The Associated Collegiate Press is the largest and oldest national membership organization for college student media in the United States. The ACP is a division of the National Scholastic Press Association...
national college newspaper convention in Portland.
Greek organizations
Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Alpha Phi currently has 152 active chapters and over 200,000 initiated members. Its celebrated Founders' Day is October 10. It was the third Greek-letter organization founded for women. In Alpha...
(ΑΦ), Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha
Zeta Tau Alpha is a women's fraternity, founded October 15, 1898 at the State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia. The Executive office is located in Indianapolis, Indiana...
(ΖΤΑ), Sigma Kappa Phi (ΣΚΦ), and Phi Sigma Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma , colloquially known as "Phi Sig," was the first collegiate nonsectarian fraternity, welcoming women of all faiths and backgrounds...
(ΦΣΣ). The fraternities include Delta Psi Delta
Delta Psi Delta
Delta Psi Delta can refer to several current and historical fraternities and sororities in Canada and the United States:* Delta Psi Delta , Canadian National sorority at Carleton University, York University, Ryerson University, and University of Windsor* Delta Psi Delta, a local sorority at Ripon...
(ΔΨΔ), Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma , commonly nicknamed Kappa Sig, is an international fraternity with currently 282 active chapters and colonies in North America. Kappa Sigma has initiated more than 240,000 men on college campuses throughout the United States and Canada. Today, the Fraternity has over 175,000 living...
(ΚΣ), Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
(ΠΚΑ), and Theta Chi
Theta Chi
Theta Chi Fraternity is an international college fraternity. It was founded on April 10, 1856 as the Theta Chi Society, at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont, U.S., and was the 21st of the 71 North-American Interfraternity Conference men's fraternities.-Founding and early years at Norwich:Theta...
(ΘΧ). Sigma Kappa Phi and Delta Psi Delta
Delta Psi Delta
Delta Psi Delta can refer to several current and historical fraternities and sororities in Canada and the United States:* Delta Psi Delta , Canadian National sorority at Carleton University, York University, Ryerson University, and University of Windsor* Delta Psi Delta, a local sorority at Ripon...
are both local organizations and have no national affiliation. All four fraternities at Linfield have houses, whereas the sororities do not.
Notable people
Notable people who have attended or taught at Linfield College, include athletes such as Scott BrosiusScott Brosius
Scott David Brosius is a former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees . Brosius is currently the head baseball coach at Linfield College, his alma mater....
, former New York Yankee and 1998 World Series MVP, Kenneth Scott Latourette
Kenneth Scott Latourette
Kenneth Scott Latourette was an American historian of China, Japan, and world Christianity. His formative experiences as Christian missionary and educator in early 20th century China shaped his life's work...
, scholar of Christianity and Chinese History, and Amy Tan
Amy Tan
Amy Tan is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. Her most well-known work is The Joy Luck Club, which has been translated into 35 languages...
, the author of "The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco, California who start a club known as "the Joy Luck Club," playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods...
," "The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter, published in 2001, is Amy Tan's fourth novel. Like much of Tan's work, this novel deals with the relationship between an American-born Chinese woman and her immigrant mother....
," and "The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife is a novel by Amy Tan. Like many of her works, it deals with Chinese-American female identity.The Kitchen God's Wife opens with the narrative voice of Pearl Louie Brandt, the American-born daughter of a Chinese mother and a Chinese-American father, who is a speech therapist...
".