#1 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Northwest House of Theological
600 State St Salem OR - 503-588-4344
~0.28 miles from Salem city center
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http://www.nhts.org/
The Northwest House of Theological Studies (NHTS) is an ecumenical venture that provides a center for theological study and reflection and a resource for churches within the context of the Northwest USA. It serves in partnership with regional judicatories of the American Baptist Church, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Episcopal Church, the Lutheran Church (ELCA), the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church. We also work closely with and enroll students from others, such as the Metropolitan Community Church, Presbyterian Church USA, and Unitarian Universalist.
NHTS is a member institution of the Northwest Consortium, together with American Baptist Seminary of the West, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Pacific School of Religion and Iliff School of Theology. This Northwest Consortium was formed--at the initiative of NHTS, for the purpose of providing an extension program of theological study within the region of the Northwest USA. An Academic Council, consisting of representatives of each of the member institutions, oversees the academic program (approving all course syllabi and instructors). This Oregon-based extension program is approved by the Accrediting Commission of the Association of Theological Schools.
Students are admitted to one of the four accredited seminaries, and that school holds official transcripts. They may complete up to 49% of the M.Div. or other masters degree in theological studies through the curriculum administered by NHTS. Students who wish to earn a degree will then complete the program at one of the member seminaries--or have their credits transferred to another seminary. Not all students at the House will complete a degree program. Some are laypersons looking for personal or professional enrichment. Others will take the courses required for a professional certification. For many, NHTS offers an intentional process of discernment.
The Board of Directors has been committed to providing low cost theological education. Since we have not been in a position to provide a program of financial aid, tuition costs have been set at about half of the more typical rates, thus building financial aid into the tuition charges. This contributes in another way to our goal of enhancing theological study in this region.
Classes are held on weekends (Friday evening and Saturday) to accommodate the work schedules of students and to reach a geographically dispersed population. Spiritual formation is an intentional part of the total curriculum of the House, forming a part of the schedule each weekend. On Saturday mornings Eucharist is celebrated by clergy from partner denominations.
From the beginning, NHTS has sought to work in close alliance with churches and judicatories. The goal is to be a resource within the region, providing lifelong learning opportunities, special lectures and workshops, speakers, and materials to assist churches in their explorations of the theological issues and implications in policy discussions.
NHTS also seeks to be a center of theological inquiry, especially as it relates to understanding the dynamics of religious life in the Northwest USA and as it engages critical issues facing church and society.
http://www.nhts.org/
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#2 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
700 State St Salem OR - 503-370-6855
~0.30 miles from Salem city center
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The Hallie Ford Museum of Art (HFMA) is the museum of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is the third largest art museum in Oregon. Opened in 1998, the facility is across the street from the Oregon State Capital in downtown Salem, on the western edge of the school campus. Hallie Ford exhibits collections of both art and historical artifacts with a focus on Oregon related pieces of art and artists in the 27,000 square feet (2,500 m2) facility. The museum also hosts various traveling exhibits in two of its six galleries.
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#3 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Downtown Salem (Neighborhood)
Salem OR
~0.32 miles from Salem city center
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#4 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Willamette University
900 State St Salem OR - 503-370-6300
~0.38 miles from Salem city center
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Willamette University is located in Salem, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest university in the Western United States.
Willamette University is an American private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest university in the Western United States. Willamette is a member of the Annapolis Group of colleges, with an undergraduate college and three graduate schools. In athletics, the university is a member of the NCAA's Division III Northwest Conference, with the bearcat as the school mascot and old gold and cardinal as the school colors. There are approximately 2,500 students enrolled combined between the graduate and undergraduate programs. The school employs over 200 full-time professors at the 69-acre (280,000 m2) campus that is situated across the street from the Oregon State Capitol.
Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated outgrowth of the Methodist Mission. The name was changed to Wallamet University in 1852, followed by the current spelling in 1870. Willamette founded the first medical school and law school in the Pacific Northwest during the later half of the 19th century. During the 20th century the school started a sister school relationship with Tokyo International University of America and began competing in college athletics.
Willamette’s College of Liberal Arts is the undergraduate school on campus. The school was rated 60th among American liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report for 2009. The oldest of the graduate programs is the College of Law, founded in 1883 and located in the Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. Established in 1974, Atkinson Graduate School of Management is housed in the Seeley G. Mudd Building. The School of Education, established in 1996, has an enrollment of 250 students.
http://www.willamette.edu/
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#5 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Mission Mill Museum
1313 Mill St Se Salem OR - 503-585-7012
~0.71 miles from Salem city center
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Mission Mill Museum is a historic museum located in Salem, Oregon, United States. It features working displays of a woolen mill—the Thomas Kay Woolen Mill—and several historic Salem buildings that have been relocated to the mill site.
The original Kay Woolen Mill was opened in 1890, by Thomas L. Kay, whose family eventually founded Pendleton Woolen Mills.[1] The workforce of 50 labored 60-hour weeks. In 1895, a fire destroyed much of the mill and outbuildings. Kay died in 1900 and his son Thomas B. Kay took over as president and served until his own death in 1931.
The museum includes a water power interpretive exhibit by Portland General Electric. The exhibit demonstrates how the mill was run using the water from Mill Creek.
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#6 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Bush House
600 Mission St Se Salem OR - 503-363-4714
~0.79 miles from Salem city center
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#7 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Oregon State Fair and Exposition Center
2330 17th St NE Salem OR
~1.50 miles from Salem city center
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The Oregon State Fair is the official state fair of the U.S. state of Oregon. It takes place every August–September at the 185-acre (0.75 km2) Oregon State Fairgrounds located in north Salem, the state capital, as it has almost every year since 1862. In 2006, responsibility for running the fair was delegated to the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, and the division is now known as the Oregon State Fair & Exposition Center (OSFEC), which holds events on the fairgrounds year-round.
http://www.oregonstatefair.org
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#8 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Keizer Station Shopping Mall
Salem OR
~1.54 miles from Salem city center
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#9 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Salem McNary Field (SLE)
Salem OR
~2.77 miles from Salem city center
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McNary Field (IATA: SLE, ICAO: KSLE, FAA LID: SLE), also known as Salem Municipal Airport, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Salem, a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, also the capital of the state. The airport is named for Senator Charles L. McNary. This airport is publicly owned by City of Salem.
Primarily a general aviation airport, McNary Field has seen scheduled commercial airline service in the past, and recently had scheduled air carrier service via Delta Air Lines (service ended October 2008). The Oregon Army National Guard - Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) and charter flights also use the facilities. McNary Field serves as the home of the Oregon Department of Aviation.
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#10 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Chemeketa Community College
4000 Lancaster Drive NE Salem OR - 503-399-5114
~3.42 miles from Salem city center
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Even before there was a Chemeketa, there was Salem Technical-Vocational School, operated by Salem Public Schools. Salem Tech's first full-time classes were held in an old elementary school. Practical Nursing and Electronics Engineering Technician programs were developed in 1957, 70 full-time students were enrolled, and staff included five full-time instructors.
In 1964, Salem Tech moved to its present site on Lancaster Drive, where a one-story brick building, a machine and welding shop, and a number of temporary buildings soon made up the campus. In 1965, the school's name was changed to Salem Technical Vocational Community College.
In the early 60s, a group of citizen leaders from throughout the mid-Willamette Valley spearheaded a movement to transform Salem Tech into a comprehensive community college which would serve the area. Chemeketa is the result of that effort.
http://www.chemek.cc.or.us/
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#11 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Downtown Keizer (Neighborhood)
Keizer OR
~3.74 miles from Salem city center
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#12 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Keizer Heritage Community Center
980 Chemawa Rd Ne Salem OR - 503-393-9660
~3.79 miles from Salem city center
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The Keizer Heritage Museum officially opened February 2000. Its mission is to preserve and display the culture and history of Keizer, Oregon and surrounding mid-Willamette Valley area.
The Museum, located in the Keizer Heritage Community Center (the restored 1916 Keizer School), is a wonderful example of Craftsman style architecture. The Museum displays cover a wide range of history from days of the wagon train through the City of Keizer’s beginning in 1982 and to the present. A variety of items relate to "The Old School" and its many teachers and students over the years. Many local families have contributed their history to display boards, scrapbooks and display cases.
Every other month, the Museum has a special exhibit to show a specific part of Keizer’s history or something of public interest. Special exhibits thus far have included Keizer Volunteer Fire Department, Keizer’s 30 years of Little League baseball, Asian History Month, Chemawa Indian School’s History and Daughters of the American Revolution’s U.S. History.
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#13 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Corban College
12234 River Road NE Salem OR - 503-304-0092
~4.41 miles from Salem city center
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Corban College & Graduate School is an independent Christian college in Salem, Oregon, with more than 50 majors and programs of study including professional, liberal arts, and ministries. Along with traditional and adult degree completion programs at the undergraduate level, Corban offers post-baccalaureate teacher licensure and graduate degrees in education, business administration, and counseling.
Corban is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. As a member of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Corban's Education program is approved to culminate in an ACSI teaching certificate. It is also approved by the State of Oregon to prepare both elementary and secondary teachers for licensure. More information on our accreditation.
Our distinction is relationship— faculty to student and student to student. The members of the Corban community are here to help students succeed. Our motto, Dedicating Heart and Mind to God, is a very real part of our process.
http://www.salembiblecollege.org/
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#14 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Western Baptist College
5000 Deer Park Dr Se Salem OR - 503-581-8600
~5.44 miles from Salem city center
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#15 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Pacific Northwest Truck Museum
3995 Brooklake Rd Ne Salem OR - 503-463-8701
~7.67 miles from Salem city center
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Antique Powerland is a collection of museums and a self-described heritage site for power equipment, such as farm machinery, trucks (lorries), trains, construction equipment, and the engines which power them. It is located in Brooks, Oregon, United States, and is operated by the non-profit Antique Powerland Museum Association. It was initially established by a group of enthusiasts "dedicated to the preservation, restoration and demonstration of steam powered equipment, antique farm machinery and implements."[1]
The museum is located on a 62-acre (250,000 m2) parcel of land just off Interstate 5 in Brooks, and has been in operation (in various forms) since the 1970s. Originally, the site was primarily used for "threshing bees", a forerunner to the modern tractor pull, and the remainder of the site committed to farming. With the addition of a truck museum and a railroad museum, the entire grounds were dedicated to exhibits; the current structure of Antique Powerland has been in operation since 1996.
Each summer, Antique Powerland presents the Great Oregon Steam-Up, wherein many of the exhibits are fired up and displayed in an operational state. Despite the name, many different types of power equipment are displayed, including steam-powered equipment, diesel-powered equipment, gasoline-powered equipment, and electric-powered equipment.
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#16 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Downtown Woodburn (Neighborhood)
Woodburn OR
~16.32 miles from Salem city center
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#17 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Woodburn Company Stores
1001 Arney Road Woodburn OR
~16.49 miles from Salem city center
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With 100 stores, Woodburn Company Stores is the largest tax-free outlet center in the West.
Woodburn Company Stores is an outlet mall in Woodburn, Oregon, United States. The complex, located between the cities of Portland and Salem on Interstate 5, opened in 1999. Owned and operated by Craig Realty Group, the center has over 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2) of retail space.
Initially costing $20 million, Woodburn Company Stores opened with 243,000 square feet (22,600 m2) of retail space in August 1999. The center was expanded by 66,500 square feet (6,180 m2) of space which opened in November 2003. An additional 23,700 square feet (2,200 m2) added in November 2005. cost $1.6 million and included Nike, Inc. as an anchor to the outlet mall. Another 27,402 square feet (2,545.7 m2) of space costing $5.1 million opened in February 2009. One final expansion is planned for the future.
The complex was a target of a large shoplifting ring in 2006.
Between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends in 2007, a shuttle bus service called the Woodburn Outlet Express ran from the Portland Union Bank of California, the Portland Hilton Hotel, the Lake Oswego Hilton Garden Inn, to the mall and back. Round-trip fare was $20. After low demand during that trial period, the service was discontinued.
The company S.D. Deacon has been the general contractor of the mall's construction during all phases.
Woodburn Company Stores
1001 N Arney Rd # 508, Woodburn, OR 97071-8452
(503) 981-1900?
shop-woodburn.com
http://www.woodburncompanystores.com/
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#18 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Downtown McMinnville (Neighborhood)
McMinnville OR
~20.05 miles from Salem city center
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#19 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Downtown Albany (Neighborhood)
Albany OR
~21.46 miles from Salem city center
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The Downtown Albany Historic District is a 19-block, 66-acre (27 ha) area of Albany, New York, United States, centered around the junction of State (NY 5) and North and South Pearl streets (NY 32). It is the oldest settled area of the city, originally planned and settled in the 17th century, and the nucleus of its later development and expansion. In 1980 it was designated a historic district by the city and then listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Its 160 buildings are a mix of tall commercial buildings on the main streets and small houses on the side. Most were built between 1880 and 1930, the district's period of significance, with some dating to the 1810s.[1] All major streets have a major building as their focal point. Several contributing properties have been listed on the Register in their own right, and one designated a National Historic Landmark. Albany's earliest skyscrapers were built here, including one that was the city's tallest at the time of its completion. The current mix of buildings reflects the city's peak of industrial prosperity in the Gilded Age, with many built by banks, as well as the city's status as New York's state capital.
It has been displaced in the city's skyline by later construction, particular Empire State Plaza, the modernist home of New York's state government. Urban renewal programs of the late 20th century largely bypassed the district for political reasons. As a result its historic buildings are mostly intact, although some have been compromised through neglect.
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#20 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Us Air Force Station
2943 Santiam Hwy Se # C Albany OR - 541-967-1283
~21.63 miles from Salem city center
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare, space warfare, and cyberwarfare service branch of the United States armed forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed. In its 2010 Posture Statement, the USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, Global Integrated ISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, Personnel Recovery, Global Precision Attack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Support.
As of 2009 the USAF operates 5,573 manned aircraft in service (3,990 USAF; 1,213 Air National Guard; and 370 Air Force Reserve); approximately 180 unmanned combat air vehicles, 2,130 air-launched cruise missiles, and 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles. The USAF has 330,159 personnel on active duty, 68,872 in the Selected and Individual Ready Reserves, and 94,753 in the Air National Guard as of September 2008. In addition, the USAF employs 151,360 civilian personnel, and has 57,000 auxiliary members in the Civil Air Patrol.
The Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force who oversees all administrative and policy affairs. The Department of the Air Force is a division of the Department of Defense, headed by the Secretary of Defense. The highest ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
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#21 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Newberg
Newberg OR
~24.84 miles from Salem city center
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Newberg is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to George Fox University. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 18,064. The 2007 estimate is 21,675 residents and is the second most populous city in the county.
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#22 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Corvallis
Corvallis OR
~28.44 miles from Salem city center
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Corvallis (pronounced /k?r'væl?s/) is a city located in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the principal city of the "Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area", which encompasses all of Benton County. The population was estimated at 51,110 in 2008 by the United States Census Bureau, though other research supports the estimate of nearly 55,000 used by the city itself in 2008.
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#23 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Downtown Corvallis (Neighborhood)
Corvallis OR
~28.49 miles from Salem city center
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#24 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Reser Stadium
Corvallis OR
~29.10 miles from Salem city center
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#25 of 25 Things To Do in Salem
Avery House Nature Center
1200 Sw Avery Park Dr Corvallis OR - 541-758-6198
~29.42 miles from Salem city center
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