Image from web-hit video, “Shake,” by Carli Davidson ’06
Portland, Oregon photographer Carli Davidson’s book of portraits of dogs, “Shake,” captures images of dogs transformed by the simple action of shaking off water. The result is some crazy, mushed up faces and goofy expressions.Read full article and watch the video at NWCN.com.
The Writing Center at Evergreen
Image from The Writing Center web page
Tucked into a corner of the Daniel J. Evans Library Building, the Writing Center is one of the best little nooks on campus.
Work stations feel like home in The Writing Center
With cozy work areas nestled here and there, individual lighting, quirky gizmos dotted around, the place offers a restorative atmosphere – small-town library mixed with the happy freedom of a kid’s clubhouse. In no time at all, hands itch for pen and paper.
Director and Faculty Member Sandy Yannone
estimates that over the years, about 300 student peer tutors have helped many hundreds of student writers.
Each year a self-selected sub-set of the peer tutors write and design the Center’s signature publication, “Inkwell: The Student Guide to Writing at The Evergreen State College.” Focusing on the writing process, tutoring, writing, and the intersections of society and writing, the volumes vary widely from year to year. Taken as a collection, they eloquently represent the learning collaborations that go on here. Next time you’re on campus, drop by and say hello. You might catch a whiff of inspiration.
Future curriculum planning as community event.
Here’s another great “One Minute Evergreen” from the talented folks at Photoland’s “Inside Evergreen.”
Ever worry that the Evergreen you loved has changed, gotten more traditional, less innovative? No need to fret. Evergreen abides as the haven of collaborative teaching and learning. Here’s example: planning the curriculum as a community event.
Robert Steelquist ’85, MES ’94
Notice of public lecture:
Robert Steelquist ’85, MES ’94, Olympic Coast National Sanctuary Coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -NOAA..
Thursday, November 7, 2013 – 12:30 pm
Peninsula College, Port Angeles, Washington
For the past 19 years, Robert has been keeping tabs on the condition of Washington’s northwestern-most coastal area. Robert will share his findings and observations in his talk, “Our Changing Ocean.”
A second Evergreen generation of Steelquists, Robert’s son Peter, matriculated this fall and is settled into a program focusing on eco-tourism with faculty member David Phillips. Robert reports that Pete is right at home in a community where he can “push around big ideas.” Sounds like a Greener!
The Evergreen MIND asks: Are there multiple Greeners in your family? Let us hear from you.
“Racing” by Dennis DeHart
Greeners in the area will want to stop in at the Gallerie Fotoland, first floor of the Daniel J. Evans Library, to see a new exhibition by photographer Dennis DeHart, ’97, MFA (University of New Mexico). The show is titled “Confluences 1 & 2.” It opens November 7, 2013 and runs through January 14, 2014.
There will be a public lecture – part of the Evergreen Artists Lecture Series – on Wednesday, November 6, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, Lecture Hall 1.
Robert McChesney ’77, author of numerous books on media and democracy
Don’t Miss Robert McChesney, ’77, Ph.D speaking about his new book, “Dollarocracy,” in Seattle, Olympia and Portland,
November 11-13, 2013
Evergreen’s own Robert McChesney and co-author John Nichols will make three stops in the Pacific Northwest to speak about their new book, “Dollarocracy: How the Money, and Media Election Complex is Destroying America.”
McChesney aficionados know Bob is one of the most widely read and honored communication scholars in the world today. Outspoken public figures always have detractors of course and, among other criticisms, Bob has been labeled one of the “101 most dangerous college professors in America.” Come judge for yourself. Here is the schedule:
Seattle:
Monday, November 11
Seattle Town Hall
1119 8th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
7:30-8:45 pm
Cost: $5.00
Tuesday November 12
University of Washington, Kane Hall Room 130
7:00-8:00 pm
No charge
Olympia:
Wednesday, November 13
The Evergreen State College, Library Underground Study Room (Basement level)
Noon – 1:00 pm.
No charge – Brown Bag Lunch
Presented by the Ernestine Kimbro Alumni Artists and Authors Series
Sponsored by Friends of the Library and the Office of Alumni Programs
Portland:
Wednesday, November 13
Powell’s Books, 1005 W. Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
7:30-9:00 pm
No charge
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The 2013 Willi Unsoeld Seminar presents a film about the 1963 ascent of Mount Everest
Event Notice:
The 2013 Willi Unsoeld Seminar, November 20, 2013
Olympia, WA. See details below.
The centerpiece of this year’s Willi Unsoeld Seminar is a film: “High & Hallowed: Everest 1963.” It is the story an American mountaineering expedition – one that also became part of Evergreen’s history because of the central role played by Evergreen founding faculty member Willi Unsoeld.
“High and Hallowed: Everest 1963” is a film about the deeper story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American Mountaineering history. Profiling the bold and visionary efforts of the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition, the film examines the sheer commitment, step-by-step struggle and lasting impact of the first American ascent of Mt. Everest and the pioneering first ascent of the West Ridge.
Read about the story behind this film in the blog Outside and view a clip from the film below.
Date: November 20, 2013
Time: 7pm
Location: Washington Center for the Performing Arts,
Cost: Free of Charge
About Willi Unsoeld
Willi Unsoeld was a philosopher, theologian and mountaineer. He was probably best known for his first ascent of the West Ridge of Mt. Everest with Tom Hornbein.
In his role as a founding faculty member of The Evergreen State College, Willi embodied the spirit of the new institution: its emphasis on student-directed learning, interdisciplinarity, collaboration and personal responsibility. Willi’s enthusiasm, his celebration of the intellect, his kindness and gentle humor, and his eagerness to challenge the status quo are just a few of the qualities that made him a model teacher, mentor and friend.
The Willi Unsoeld Seminar Series was endowed as a “living memorial” after Willi lost his life in a mountaineering accident on Mt. Rainier on March 4, 1979.
From the kitchen of Rachel Young and her mom (and baking assistant) Victoria Cunningham ’04 – Olympia, Washington’s newest celebrity bakers.
Greener fans of the Food Network’s hit show “Cupcake Wars” may have recognized the dynamic baking duo behind Miss Moffet’s Mystical Cupcakes: Victoria Cunningham ’04, in the kitchen alongside her talented and entrepreneurial daughter Rachel Young. The program aired October 12, 2013 with Miss Moffet’s Mystical Cupcakes selected as runner-up. Read about Victoria’s and Rachel’s road to baking stardom in the Seattle Times and watch the audition video on You Tube
Faculty Member Emeritus Burton Guttman, teaching class of 1972 as he appeared in the first staff directory.
Burton Guttman is a man of vision and courage. In 1972, he took a leap of faith, signing on as one of the Evergreen’s first-year faculty members. The job of these pioneers? Build a new college within 1,000 acres of forest, and a curriculum based on some crazy, new ideas about teaching and learning.
Forty years later, Burt is still at it. This fall he’s busy teaching a beginning birding class offered through the Black Hills Audubon Society. The five-week program began on October 22 and will be topped off with two half-day field trips. Read more about this class in the Bellingham Herald..
An internationally respected biologist and researcher, Burt is an author many times over. He is perhaps is best known in the non-scientific world for his Peterson Field Guide, “Finding Your Wings: A Workbook for Beginning Bird Watchers.” 
Former students of Burton Guttman, be proud. Your teacher is still sharing his knowledge and passion, and making the world a better place. Theory to practice, practice, practice.
Glenn “Tuck” Wilson ’04 (MPA, Project Administrator for the Squaxin Island Tribe.
Bridget Ray ’06, Grant Writer and Planner for the Squaxin Island Tribe.
Evergreen staff member Kana Shephard ’05 (MPA) came back to the office just now after putting up Return to Evergreen posters in the the Squaxin Island area just north of campus. He returned with the happy story of running into several of his former Evergreen students pals, now working for the Squaxin Island Tribe, all of them excited and planning to attend the alumni gathering on campus this Saturday.
Not only that, Squaxin Island Tribal Project Administrator “Tuck” Wilson ’04 (MPA) took a batch of posters, vowing to get them up in the community.
The Evergreen Community is a wonderful place.