May 22, 2017
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The Linfield Review
Seniors thank those who made their Linfield experience a memorable one. Some also thanked the people who made attending Linfield possible. There are more than 670 Linfield College graduates. Congratulations, class of 2017!
To ease the stress from studying for finals and getting ready for the end of the school year, dogs were brought to the Fred Meyer Lounge to play with the Linfield community. People attended “Paws for Love” to see multiple dogs on Wednesday, May 17.
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McMinnville, Ore.
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122nd Year
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Issue No. 16
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“I would like to thank the SOAN department for helping me grow intellectually and for allowing me to be able to continue understanding the world through a sociological lens.” –– Sarah Schaff
“I would like to than has done for me a at Linfield. She ha the team and I an without her!” –– Quinc
“I’d like to thank my mom for her constant support always. I believe that I wouldn’t have gone to college if it wasn’t for her. She gave me the freedom to study whatever was most interesting to me and she never questioned my path. She has always pushed me as well as been my rock through my college career. And I wouldn’t be where I am without her. My degree isn’t so much a personal victory, but also a victory for my mom as I am the baby of the family and the last and final one to graduate from college.” – Sara Levering “I would like to give a huge shout out to all of the seniors in the mass communication major. We have gone through a lot these past four years, (Info gathering for example), but have managed to survive it all with each other. I can’t thank you guys enough for all of the support you have given me and am really going to miss all of you. Wildcats for life!” –– Davis Pitner
“I’d like to thank the HHPA faculty and staff for putting so much time and effort into their students and athletes. They’ve made my linfield experience something that I will cherish forever. I’m so thankful for their leadership and the knowledge they’ve shared with me over the past four years.” –– Riley Graham
“I would like to thank Rachel Parker, the Director of Accreditation and Field Experiences in the Education Department. I have worked for Rachel as a work study student for the past three years, and it has been such a great experience. She is an amazing role model, friend, and boss. She does so much for the Education Department and is always willing to take on extra tasks to keep things running smoothly. There wasn’t a day working in the office that we weren’t laughing and having a good time together. Thank you Rachel! I will really miss working with you!” –– Tifanny Stephens
“I’d like to thank the HIstory Department in general, they’re a phenomenal group of amazing professors. This past year though J. Glasco has really been a professor that’s reignited my passion for history, so shoutout to him!” –– Ian Cooper
“The football coaching staff because they brought me and really pushed me to be the best person and everything that I could and they are always there for help and support.” –– Kennedy Johnson
“Professor Livesay for always being supportive and encouraging me to stay with psychology. Also, always making me laugh.” –– Jessica Fisher
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“I would like to thank Gary Hillgorr and Deborah Canepa they’ve been huge and a big help to me throught out my whole college carrer. They’ve helped me so much with personal issues and have always been the nicest people to me.” –– Olivia Marquardt
am grateful for the SOAN department for shaping me o the person I am today. Thank you.” –– Leslie Rieger
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“I would like to thank my coaches and teammates for all the special memories we made together through Linfield XCTF. I would like to thank my friends for their steadfast support of my musical endeavors and for the lasting memories we made together over the past 4 years. Thank you to all of my professors who have helped realize what I want to pursue in life. Finally, thank you to my family, especially my mom, for the endless sacrifices you have made to help me get to where I am today. I love you.” –– Art O’Kelly
“Coach Travis, Coach Paine and Coach Dan for believing in me and my lofty goals and helping me achieve them. Turned me into the elite collegiate athlete that I always wanted to be.” –– Jake Mihelich
“I look up to her [Dr. Tompkins]. She has always pushed me to do my best and has challenged me in situations where she knows I can do better. She has been one of the main reasons I have thrived at Linfield, as well as one of the main reasons I have been successful. Thank you for believing in me and for always being someone I can talk to. She has helped guide me on the right path by being my advisor and has helped to mold me into the person I am today. For that I am forever grateful!“ ––Emily Moore
“I would like to thank both my academic and club/work advisors! They all definitely helped me strive to be a better student and leader!” –– Deizhanna Kaya-Abad
“I wanna thank Dawn Graff-Haight because she’s awesome and she really wants you to succeed. She does so much for her students, it’s so incredible. She is selfless, passionate of her job and supportive of every student she teaches. I don’t know where I would be without her guidance. She has been my rock here at Linfield. She has not only been my school advisor but also my life advisor.” –– Wai Kaholoaa
“I would like to thank Professor Weidman and Maria Torries for being more than just a boss and being an open ear. Someone I can get advice from.” –– Cassidy Mace
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Speakers at 2017 graduation
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Ryan Pladson, 12, slides into second base in the cat’s first tournament game played against Whitworth previously in the season.
Baseball regionals cut short By Sara Levering The Wildcats traveled to Texas for the NCAA Regional Baseball Tournament. Facing the Centenary Gents, the ’Cats found themselves in a place forcing them to claw their way back into the bracket. It resulted in a 12-1 loss and Linfield would once again would be crawling back up through the loser’s bracket. “The games obviously did not go as we had planned,” Carter Buuck, ‘18, said. “We played some very talented teams, but we did not play as well as we were capable of. Outside of regionals, there were only positives from our season.” “I think playing against other league champions and seeing how high the level of competition is once we were in the playoffs was the most exciting part,” Ryan Pladson, ’18, said.
“Every game we saw a team’s best pitcher and best lineup so that was exciting to see everyone’s best.” Riley Newman, ‘17, pitched seven innings and allowed 11 hits and four strikeouts. Newman fell 9-3 on the season. Taylor Boos, ‘18, took over and gave the Gents four more runs. In double-elimination fashion, Linfield would be facing Rhodes Lynx and took the loss 11-7 and eliminated from the tournament. In the second inning, the Wildcats took a lead early scoring three runs. Pitcher Cason Cunningham, ‘19, started out well. Through three innings, he allowed only one hit and no runs until the fourth inning where he allowed two runs. Cal Neely, ‘18, struggled in relief of Cunningham.
The ’Cats battled from the fourth inning on, and whenever they scored, the Lynx answered. The Wildcats didn’t allow the lead to extend beyond two. Arguably, the best aspect of the Linfield team was their pitching. However, in Texas, this was not the case as the pitchers combined gave up 23 runs in two games at Regionals. “It’s really hard to say or pick out just one thing that could have gone better for us in the tournament,” Pladson said. “We hit the ball well, played solid defense and our pitchers threw strikes, but couldn’t get timely hits, which is how the other teams beat us.” “Every time Centenary or Rhodes needed a big hit, they got it and every time we needed a big hit (or needed a big out on defense), we just couldn’t get it,” he said.
Although their time in Texas was short, the team was proud it was able to make it to the tournament. “To be able to win 13 straight games to win the regular season conference title and then come out of the loser’s bracket to win the conference tournament and guarantee a spot in the regional is something none of us will forget,” Buuck said. The season is over, but the Wildcats are looking forward for the future. The team is only osing six seniors, and second year assistant coach Stan Manley will step up as the head coach in place of Scott Carnahan. “It will be tough losing this year’s group of seniors because they were such great players and people, but I think we bring back enough depth that we can make another playoff run
By Olivia Gomez A series of nods and hums of approval supported the committee’s desire for a person with experience working at a liberal arts college to follow Linfield’s retiring president. Thomas L. Hellie, who became Linfield’s president in 2006, will retire June 30, 2018. The presidential search committee gathered on Thursday morning in Riley 201 for an open forum question and answer session.
The meeting was led by Kristine Johnson, the president search consultant, who responded to questions and noted the wishes of the search committee. Dozens filled the chairs in the audience and many were vocal in their participation. Toward the end of the session, the same sentiment was reiterated: Linfield needs someone with an understanding of higher education and how a small college functions within a
small community.
Linfield for the perceived amount of academic support they will get. The new president should understand that, she said. Despite the session being open to the entire student body, no students attended. Recently elected ASLC President Tenzin Yangchen could not attend. She said the event, which was advertised as beginning at 10 a.m. but was finishing at that time, took place when many students were in class.
Linfield faculty, administration want higher education veteran after Hellie The next president should be “someone who gets what we do here,” one audience member said. Esperance Ibuka, the area director for housing, emphasized how many students’ parents are encouraging them to attend small colleges like
By Kaelia Neal The chief executive of the Human Capital Leadership Institute and 1989 Linfield graduate will deliver the commencement address to more than 670 Linfield College graduates at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 28, in the Oak Grove. Su-Yen Wong graduated from Linfield with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and music, and has an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wong has more than 20 years of experience in human capital, leadership development, organizational transformation, and risk management. She is chair of the board at Nera Telecommunications, which is a global telecom and IT solutions provider. It operates in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. She is also a member of Yoma Strategic Holdings, NTUC First Campus, and MediCorp. Wong has been based in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Thailand. Multicultural, people-oriented, client-focused and innovation-driven leader are some ways to describe her. The Rev. Lynne Smouse Lopez will deliver the baccalaureate address at 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 27, in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium. Lopez earned her bachelor’s in special education and elementary education in 1976 and her master’s of education in counseling in 1980 from Kent State University. She also earned a Master’s of Divinity in 1989 from the School of Theology at Claremont, California. Since 1996, Lopez has been the pastor of Ainsworth United Church of Christ in Portland, which received a service award from Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon for housing an HIV Day Center. Ainsworth UCC also earned the Local Church Justice Award from the UCC national Justice and Witness Ministries in 2001. Sara Gomez, political science and English double major, will be the student speaker at commencement. The President’s Diversity Advisory Committee awarded Gomez for one of the Linfield Inclusion Leader Awards at convocation on Wednesday, May 17. After graduation, Gomez will begin a public policy master’s program in Beijing, China, after being named a Schwarzman Scholar.