Register today for Return to Evergreen and meet President George Bridges on October 24. Plus:

• Connect with your Evergreen community
• Share how you’re changing the world
• Seminar on cutting-edge trends and ideas in more than a dozen explorative sessions
• Chart new paths for networking with other Evergreen Explorers, including accomplished alumni and
  faculty presenters, and keynote speaker: Bre Pettis ’95, 3-D printing entrepreneur and inventor
• Hear from talented Evergreen students at the President’s Scholarship Reception

$40 Ticket includes a full day of sessions, lunch, refreshments, and happy hour reception

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Lynda Weinman 1976 speaks at Evergreen

“What Evergreen teaches is ‘find what you’re interested in and impress us.’ The whole emphasis is on finding your calling, finding what moves you, finding your passion.”

Lynda Weinman, Evergreen alumna (1976) and co-founder and executive chair of the board of lynda.com, just acquired by LinkedIn for $1.5 billion.

The LA Times and Money reported today that lynda.com, the online learning company created by Lynda Weinman ’76 and her husband, Bruce Heavin, has been sold to LinkedIn for $1.5 billion.

Lynda epitomizes the power of interdisciplinary education. After graduating from Evergreen, Weinman opened two retail shops in California and later became an animator for the movie business. This move led to an early fascination with personal computers, which she embraced for her animation work, and, from there, she began teaching computer graphics and writing how-to books. Finally she started the online learning business lynda.com.

Evergreen’s emphasis on adaptability, problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking has led many alumni to stunning success in a wide range of fields. Lynda Weinman is a great example.

Evergreen congratulates Lynda on her success. We are grateful for Lynda and Bruce’s support over these many years and wish them well as their next adventure unfolds.

To Our Alumni and Friends,

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the board of trustees of The Evergreen State
College voted today to name George Bridges, PhD, as the college’s next president.

Selected from a field of nearly 100 candidates, George has been president of Whitman College, a nationally recognized private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, for the past decade. He previously served as dean and vice provost of undergraduate education at the University of Washington. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (PhD, Sociology, and MA, Criminology) and from the University of Washington (BA, Sociology).

As we learned through the search process, George is an exceptional leader with deep experience at public and private institutions, large and small. It was clear from our interviews and campus forums, and from speaking with his professional colleagues, that George will be a strong and effective advocate for Evergreen and its bold approach to interdisciplinary teaching and learning. We’re extremely pleased to have him as our next president.

Evergreen’s presidential search process was informed by a search committee that included faculty, staff, students and trustees and I want to thank each and every person who served in this capacity. This hardworking committee also included alumni and representatives from beyond the college including Gerry Alexander, former chief justice of the Washington State Supreme Court; Lynda Weinman, Evergreen alumna and executive chair of the board and co-founder of the online learning company Lynda.com; and Craig Chance, Evergreen alumnus, past chair of The Evergreen State College Foundation and senior vice president of Columbia Bank.

I would also like to thank the students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public who attended the forums for each candidate and offered feedback to the trustees and committee members.

Our new president’s official start date is October 1, but he will be on campus for several events this summer and fall, including fall convocation.

I know I speak on behalf of the trustees, the search committee and the campus community when I say we are thrilled to welcome George Bridges to Evergreen.

Sincerely,

Keith Kessler
Chair
The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees