As part of a national presidential search that has generated nearly a hundred applicants, the Board of Trustees of The Evergreen State College announced this week that it has selected four finalists for on-campus interviews in January and February. They include: Continue reading
A new organization was launched earlier this month to promote the long term success of The Evergreen State College, its students and alumni. The Associated Alumni and Friends of Evergreen is part of The Evergreen State College Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to building an outstanding future for Evergreen. Continue reading
The Evergreen State College has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of its kind effort that will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners—charities, families, businesses and individuals—to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season. Continue reading
Last weekend, a team of four computer science students from The Evergreen State College traveled to New York, where they participated in the annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) at New York University’s (NYU) Polytechnic School of Engineering. The team, GNU E-Ducks, named for the Evergreen mascot, the Geoduck, and the GNU open source software movement, became Top-15 finalists in a pool of 300 college teams. The top 15 teams met in Brooklyn Thursday, November 13 through Saturday, November 15, and solved numerous cyber security puzzles, from reverse engineering to cryptography, in a game of virtual “Capture the Flag.” The Evergreen team took eighth place in the national competition, dubbed the world’s biggest student cyber security contest. Continue reading
Dr. Michael Zimmerman has served as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Evergreen since 2011, and is also a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.
Enjoy this short article from Dr. Zimmerman, where he shares a student’s perspective on the value of a Liberal Arts education. This same student joined Michael at the Washington State Legislator in advocating to the Higher Education Committee of the Washington State House of Representatives.
Read Michael’s other contributions to the Huffington Post, and look out for his next alumni email in which he shares updates and perspectives about academics at Evergreen.
Meet the seven new regular Members of the Faculty and four new Adjunct Faculty joining The Evergreen State College in Fall 2014.
REGULAR FACULTY
Phyllis Esposito – Science Teacher Educator
Phyllis is currently an adjunct faculty member at The Evergreen State College. Her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teaching is from the University of Kansas. She has a MiHE (Integrated Humanities and Education) from Rockhurst University and received her B.A. in Elementary Education from Rockhurst College.
Michael Lane – Masters in Public Administration (MPA)
Michael recently served as a Research Assistant with the Poverty Action Research Project at Trent University and has also taught at Trent University. He is self employed as a legal researcher, advocate, policy advisor/analyst, evaluator, and trainer. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Indigenous Studies at Trent University. He received his J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law and his B.A. is from Evergreen.
Carri LeRoy – Freshwater Ecology
Carrie has been an adjunct faculty member since 2006 and is Co-Director of the Sustainability in Prisons Project at The Evergreen State College. She received her Ph.D. in Biology (Freshwater Ecology) as well as her Master of Liberal Studies (focus in Environmental Education) from Northern Arizona University. Her B.S./B.A. in Environmental Science and International Studies is from Oregon State University.
Steven Maranville– Business/Entrepreneurship
Steven is currently a Visiting Associate Professor in the Gore School of Business at Westminster College and Principal of Maranville Enterprises. Steven received his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Strategic Management) from the University of Utah. Both his M.B.A. and B.A. in Fine Arts and Communication are from Brigham Young University.
Patrick Naughton – Masters in Teaching (MiT) Director
Pat is currently at City University of Seattle serving as Director of Instruction and Learning at the Gordon Albright School of Education and Professor/Academic Location Leader at the Tacoma campus. He received his Doctor of Education with a Curriculum and Instruction Emphasis from Seattle Pacific University. His M.B.A. is from Southern Illinois University, while his B.A. in Political Science is from Gonzaga University, Spokane.
Carolyn Prouty – Public Health
Carolyn has been an adjunct faculty member since 2009 at The Evergreen State College and recently served as a Research Scientist at the University of Washington. She received her D.V.M. from the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Her B.A. in neurobiology is also from Cornell University.
Pauline Yu – Marine Science
Pauline is currently an Assistant Project Scientist at the Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara. She received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from University of Southern California and her B.S. in Bioresources Sciences from University of California, Berkley.
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Alexander McCarty – 3-D Studio Art
Alex is currently a High School Visual Arts Teacher at the Chief Leschi Schools in Puyallup and an exhibiting artist at Tacoma General Hospital. He received both his Master in Teaching and Bachelor of Arts from Evergreen.
Doug Mah – Masters of Public Administration (MPA)
Doug is currently Owner and Principal Consultant for Doug Mah & Associates, LLC. He received both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Sociology from Western Washington University.
Thane Taylor – Biochemistry Teaching Fellowship
Thane is currently a Graduate Research Assistant and a Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. He also received his M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota. His B.A. in ACS Chemistry is from Concordia College.
Shangrila Wynn – Political Ecology/Political Economy
Shangrila is currently an Assistant Professor (Instructional) at Temple University. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Studies and Policy from University of Oregon. Her M.A. in International Affairs is from Ohio University. She has a B.Sc. in Environmental Science from St. Xavier’s College, Kathmandu University.
Winona LaDuke, guest speaker at Evergreen’s Class of 2014 Commencement Ceremony.
Photo Credit- The Evergreen State College Photo Services
Congratulations to Evergreen’s Class of 2014! We are thrilled to welcome Evergreen’s newest graduates into the the alumni community.
Check out photos from the 43rd Annual Commencement Ceremony.
Evergreen’s Class of 2014 includes:
• 58 students in the Master of Public Administration program.
• 27 students in the Master in Teaching program.
• 32 in the Master of Environmental Studies.
• 1,187 undergraduate students earning Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.
The 2014 Class Theme: “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination”- unknown.
Here is a link to Winona LaDuke’s keynote speech on KAOS.
Sarah Eltantawi joins the Evergreen Faculty
Evergreen eagerly awaits the arrival of new faculty member Sarah Eltantawi, a scholar of religion, writer and political analyst. Sarah has a PhD from Harvard University (2012) focusing on Islamic studies in general, with a focus on Islamic law in contemporary Muslim-majority societies. Her vita includes fieldwork and research on the “political theology” of the Muslim Brotherhood in contemporary Egypt, and an in-depth study of the notorious case of Amina Lawal, a peasant woman from Northern Nigeria who was sentenced to death by stoning in 2002.
Starting in 2011, Sarah has been a visiting fellow at the Freie Universität, Berlin, a Scholar in Residence in Religion, Culture, Gender and the Law at Brandeis University, and the Sultan Postdoctoral Fellow in Arab studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of CA, Berkeley.Sarah takes up her post at Evergreen later in 2014. Those eager to meet her can follow her on Twitter and read Lessons from the Egyptian Revolution, 3 years later, in Ma’an News Agency.
At age 15, Brittany Gray was on top of the high school basketball world in Washington State. The Bainbridge High School sophomore had been recruited to prestigious Gonzaga University as part of the women’s basketball program and was, according to her coach, “one of the best rebounders the state has ever seen.” Then Brittany walked away from it all.
Five years later, she is back in the game and back in the classroom – at Evergreen.
Read the story in The Olympian.
Read with Greener pride this blog post by Salimatou Pratt ’13, now an intern at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C. The post is published in Greenversations: The EPA’s blog about our world.
If you’re like me, talking about environmental issues is normal, especially around the dinner table with family and friends. Coming from Conakry, Guinea, and learning about how I may have been exposed to toxicity from local industries while growing up, has intensified my desire to be part of the bigger environmental discussion. Interning in EPA’s Office of Public Engagement has given me a unique perspective on how the agency connects with communities, both nationally and internationally. Continue reading