Linfield University

LINFIELD COLLEGE CARES ACT RELIEF FUND

LINFIELD'S STUDENT CARES ACT RELIEF

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

NSL - BACCALAUREATE NURSING - LOAN GRANT WITH FUNDS FOR NEW BUDGET PERIOD

LINFIELD COLLEGE S-STEM SCHOLARSHIP RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM

NURSING WORKFORCE DIVERSITY

LOAN GRANT WITH FUNDS FOR NEW BUDGET PERIOD

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC: CREATE: CREATING RESEARCH ENTERPRISES ADAPTED FOR THE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT -CREATING RESEARCH ENTERPRISES ADAPTED FOR THE TEACHING ENVIRONMENT (CREATE) IS A COHORT OF FOUR TEACHING-FOCUSED INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE UNDERGRADUATE AND/OR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS. LIKE MANY EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS (ERIS), CREATE COHORT MEMBERS HAVE FACED COMMON CHALLENGES TO INTERACTING WITH REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE A LACK OF COORDINATION AMONG THE OFFICES ON EACH CAMPUS THAT FACILITATE EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS, POOR UNDERSTANDING AMONG POTENTIAL PARTNERS OF THE INSTITUTIONS? CAPABILITIES, AND A LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AROUND ISSUES RELATED TO USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH. IN THIS PROJECT, THE CREATE COHORT WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, HELPING EACH INSTITUTION BUILD AND SUSTAIN CAPACITY TO ENGAGE WITH ITS REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL PURSUE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: IDENTIFYING EACH CREATE COHORT INSTITUTION?S PLACE IN ITS REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM BY ASSESSING ITS CURRENT POSITIONS, BETTER UNDERSTANDING ITS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, AND ADAPTING BEST PRACTICES FROM PEER AND REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS; DEVELOPING A STRATEGY TO EFFECTIVELY ENGAGE A BROAD NETWORK OF EXTERNAL PARTNERS BY CREATING A CLEAR ENTRY POINT OR ?FRONT DOOR? AND DEFINING PATHWAYS TO HELP LAUNCH, SUSTAIN, AND COORDINATE EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO BUILD INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND CULTURE TO SUPPORT USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH AND TECH-TRANSFER INITIATIVES BY MITIGATING BARRIERS, CREATING SUPPORT STRUCTURES, AND STRENGTHENING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR FACULTY MEMBERS TO INCORPORATE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS INTO THEIR RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND MENTORSHIP OF STUDENTS. THE CREATE COHORT WILL ALSO DISSEMINATE ITS FINDINGS THROUGH NATIONAL NETWORKS TO SHARE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE RIGHT-SIZED FOR TEACHING INSTITUTIONS, EXTENDING THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

LEAPS-MPS: ALGEBRAIC METHODS IN SPECTRAL GRAPH THEORY -A GRAPH IS A COLLECTION OF OBJECTS (VERTICES) AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE OBJECTS (EDGES). MODELS OF NETWORK SYSTEMS, SUCH AS COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE AND THE INTERNET, USE GRAPHS. AS THESE GRAPHS GROW LARGE, IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND DETECT STRUCTURAL INFORMATION. ONE WAY TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF LARGE GRAPHS IS TO USE LINEAR ALGEBRA TOOLS BY ASSOCIATING GRAPHS WITH MATRICES IN SOME FASHION. UNDERSTANDING AND DETECTING STRUCTURES IN LARGE MATRICES SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGES AS UNDERSTANDING LARGE GRAPHS, BUT THIS CAN BE PARTIALLY OVERCOME BY CONSIDERING THE SPECTRUM. THE SPECTRUM (MULTI-SET OF EIGENVALUES) OF A MATRIX FOR A GRAPH GIVES A SNAPSHOT OF THE GRAPH STRUCTURE INDEPENDENT OF LABELING. THIS PROJECT HAS TWO MAIN GOALS: (1) TO DETERMINE HOW THE GRAPH STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES RELATE TO THE SPECTRUM OF ITS ASSOCIATED MATRIX. (2) TO ESTABLISH WILD-MATH, AN ENRICHING SUMMER RESEARCH AND OUTREACH EXPERIENCE FOR LINFIELD UNIVERSITY AND MCMINNVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS PROJECT BUILDS ON PREVIOUS WORK ON FINDING PATTERNS OF GRAPHS (OR PAIRS OF GRAPHS) WITH PARTICULAR SPECTRAL PROPERTIES AND DEVELOPING AND APPLYING LINEAR ALGEBRA TOOLS TO CONNECT THE GRAPH STRUCTURE WITH THE SPECTRAL STRUCTURE. IN PARTICULAR, THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON FINDING AND DEVELOPING CONSTRUCTIONS OF COSPECTRAL GRAPHS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF GRAPHS WITH DEGENERATE EIGENSPACES. THE RESEARCH COMPONENT OF WILD-MATH WILL CONSIST OF A COHORT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS DEVELOPING PATTERNS OF GRAPH BEHAVIOR AND WRITING LINEAR ALGEBRA PROOFS. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN MATHEMATICS. THE PARTICIPANTS, THE PI, AND COLLABORATORS FROM MCMINNVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL MENTOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING A MATH-INTENSIVE PROJECT THAT THEY WILL PRESENT AT APPROPRIATE VENUES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A INVERTED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE SYSTEM TO INCREASE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT LINFIELD COLLEGE

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: EVALUATING THE MOLECULAR GENETIC PATHWAYS RESPONSIBLE FOR STABLE HOST: SYMBIONT INTERACTIONS IN SPONGE:ALGAL ASSOCIATIO

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM TO ENHANCE INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH AT LINFIELD COLLEGE

REVEALING STUDENT VOICES BY RE-ENVISIONING FIRST YEAR WRITING [LINFIELD IS AN EMERGING HISPANIC-SERVING, COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY THAT SERVES OVER 1700 STUDENTS. 64% ARE NEW MAJORITY STUDENTS (1ST GEN, PELL, BIPOC, OR TRANSFER). AS LINFIELD?S DEMOGRAPHICS SHIFT, ITS FACULTY ARE REVISING THE GENERAL EDUCATION (GE) FIRST-YEAR REQUIREMENTS TO FOCUS ON THE KEY HUMANISTIC QUESTIONS OF "WHO AM I" AND "WHO ARE WE?" THAT ALLOWS EACH STUDENT TO REVEAL THEIR UNIQUE VOICE THROUGH INQUIRY-BASED WRITING/RHETORIC. THIS GE REVISION WILL GIVE FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS A ROBUST INTRODUCTION TO WRITING AND INQUIRY WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF BELONGING THAT USES JUSTICE-BASED PEDAGOGIES, SO THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN EXPLORE THE HUMANITIES AS A PLATFORM FOR MAKING THEIR DIVERSE VOICES HEARD. THE NEH SPOTLIGHT GRANT WILL FUND THE CREATION AND PILOT OF INQUIRY SEMINAR (INQS) 101 AS A NEWLY REQUIRED HUMANITIES COURSE AT THE HEART OF THE GE CORE. THE NEW COURSE EMBRACES LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY BY CENTERING STUDENT VOICES IN A PROFOUND WAY THAT WILL GROUND AND INFORM ALL OTHER COURSEWORK.]

WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF DECLINING NET ENERGY FOR COMPLEX FOOD/ENERGY/WATER SYSTEMS

NEH ENDURING QUESTIONS COURSE ON CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM IN PHILOSOPHY, LAW, LITERATURE, AND THEOLOGY

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

ARRA - SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

ARRA - SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS