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Editor’s Note: Amazing to say, but the whole Evergreen campus community is reading the same book this year. It’s part of a new, faculty-led project called the Academic Statement Initiative. Each summer, new students will be sent, and asked to … Continue reading
Evergreen has a wonderful Youtube channel, populated with a variety of footage from across the community, including our own Ted Talks and artist lectures.
Bonita Evans, Retired Evergreen Staff
Retired staff member Bonita Evans passed last month. She worked in Academics at Evergreen for 14 years until her retirement in 2000. Bonita initially served as a program secretary before working for 10 years to support both the Master of Public Administration and Master of Environmental Studies programs. Bonnie is described by a colleague as, “a clear light of honesty, hopefulness and mirth [who] always had a smile and a good word…” Additional information can be found at her online Obituary.
Alumni in the area should visit the Evergreen Library lobby before January 11, 2013 to see this display of students’ illuminated manuscripts from the program Religion, Society and Change.
Rebecca Chamberlain (right), students and selected images from her program Religion, Society and Change. In February, Rebecca will facilitate an Evergreen Traveling Seminar on storytelling for Greeners and friends in Los Angeles.
Illuminated manuscripts: the tactile relationship between word and image; the ways in which manuscripts mirror the self. We explore manuscripts through the lenses of interpretation, religion, art history; we draw upon manuscript traditions — Jewish, Muslim, and Christian, the ancient, medieval, modern. Continue reading
Editors note: We picked up this story when Midge Price ’84 sent us a lovely email speculating that her family was perhaps the first to have three generations of Greeners.
Three generations of Greeners in the Miller-Price family gather for a portrait–from left to right are Monty Miller ’76, Midge Price ’84, David Price ’83, and Nora Price ’16. “Luckily I have enough laundry to use as an excuse to take the bus home and eat dinner with everyone about once a week,” notes Nora, who just started her freshman year at Evergreen.
Monty Miller ’76, the matriarch of the Miller-Price family, graduated from high school in 1952. She started her college career in Germany, because her father, a military man stationed overseas, only agreed to pay her college tuition if Monty lived with him. Monty didn’t finish her degree immediately, she returned to the states, and a few years slipped by.
Student Sean Blomgren explores the question: What place should drones have in US military strategy?
Editor’s Note: Current student, Sean Blomgren, wrote this piece about the use of drones in the US military. He is a student in Steve Niva’s program, Transforming the Art of War: From Industrial to Asymmetric Warfare, and Beyond, which recently hosted a campus forum, Drone Warfare: Home and Abroad exploring this issue.
Republicans who were outraged by November’s presidential election results have some unlikely intellectual bedfellows: Pakistanis. However the anger some Pakistanis feel comes from a much different place. It comes from their first-hand experience with drones or unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). “The same person [Barack Obama] who attacked my home has gotten re-elected,” said Mohammad Rehman Khan in a Reuters article about drone victims in Pakistan.
The task? Study and classify 40 different lichens and mushrooms for The Fungal Kingdom. Photo by Shauna Bittle
Editor’s Note: Recently, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Michael Zimmerman sent the following note to the campus community about the death of David Whitener. Last week Indian Country Today also honored David in an article.
Friends,
It is with sadness that I share with you the recent passing of David Whitener, Sr. David was a member of the faculty at Evergreen for 18 years, ending with his retirement and the conferring of Faculty Emeritus status in 1996.
Upon his retirement, David was described as a “mainstay” in the Native American Studies program dedicated to teaching methods that best support Native American learners. David was also a catalyst for the Longhouse House of Welcome and is considered one of its pillars.
Masao Sugiyama, beloved faculty member died on November 13, 2012
Editor’s Note: Recently, Loren Petty of the Masters in Teaching program sent the following note to the MIT alumni about the death of Masoa Sugiyama.
The faculty and staff of the MiT program are sad to inform you that Masao Sugiyama passed away last night. He sustained significant brain injuries last week as a result of a fall. Throughout his time in the hospital, Masao was surrounded by family and friends who loved and supported him.
We will miss him dearly! We are deeply grateful for the compassion and support he always offered you, his students. He was your constant and vocal advocate, frequently telling us that you were the best teachers in the state. We will remember Masao for his deep commitment to equity, his humor, and his honesty.
The Mendoza-Sugiyama family thanks you for your loving thoughts at this time.Best wishes to all of you,
Loren E. Petty
Readers: Do you have fond memories of Masao? Share your thoughts by commenting and we will pass the comments on to Loren and Sherry for possible inclusion in the newsletter.
Evergreen has an amazing collection of archival photos. Most of these photos don’t have names associated with them.
Can you help? Reply to this post if you can help identify these Greeners!