If you’re looking for a hidden place to go hiking that is near campus but not actually on campus look no further than the McLane Creek Nature Trail. McLane Creek is a salmon-bearing creek, so during salmon spawning season you can catch a glimpse of the salmon life cycle (although be forewarned it is […]
This quarter, I’m doing an Independent Learning Contract (ILC). This type of study is one of the first things that grabbed my attention about Evergreen. I have the ability to create my own curriculum about essentially anything I’m passionate in? Building bridges between passions and subjects that are normally separated like water and oil? Now […]
With Spring quarter kicking off, the Organic Farm will soon be starting up their biweekly market stand on Red Square. Check it out Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-6 pm May through October. May is less than a month away! All of their yummy vegetables will be sold there as well as tulips. As someone who […]
Wildcrafting can be a really fun way to learn more about the flora of the PNW as well as gather your own edible plants/mushrooms and medicinal herbs. If you know where to look and how to properly harvest, the Evergreen Woods on campus are a great place for it. Things like morel mushrooms, salmon and […]
As I mentioned in my previous post, our finals week at Evergreen is a pretty relaxing affair. Since a lot of the time we don’t have huge tests and multiple classes, it’s easy to get the entirety of finals done by Monday. Because of that, we actually get a whole second week off during breaks! […]
After two long, long, quarters, it’s officially time to leave for my study aboard and I could not be more excited! For the next two months I get to explore Greece and Italy (plus a side trip to London after). I get to see ancient art, architecture, and so so much more. The food is […]
Spring Break is always a great excuse to go on an adventure no matter what school you go to. Evergreen’s spring break is really nice for the added bonus of having evaluation week the week before the official week off. The equivalent to a finals week at a normal college, evaluation (eval) week is extremely […]
Evergreen isn’t a typical college. Unlike most schools, Evergreen doesn’t have letter grades. Instead, we have evaluation conferences. While some people might be intimidated by the prospect of substituting grades for evaluations, I promise you’ll soon join the many students who are overjoyed at not having grades. Here are some of the perks: Your worth […]
As a part of my SOS: Culture, Community, and Disability program this quarter, there’s an internship portion. Like many SOS’s, mine is based heavily in community involvement and individual projects. Each student was expected to participate in LEAD, which is an acronym for “Literacy and Education for Adults with Disabilities.” Along with this, each student […]
Today marked the start of week 10, our last week of the quarter before Evaluation Week. Evaluation Week is just when students meet with their professors to go over the work of the quarter and evaluations, your own self-evaulation of your work, your faculty’s evaluation of that work, and your evaluation of your professor/the program […]
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