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The Evergreen State College Newsletter (September 28, 1984)
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Office of College Relations
Library 3114
The Evergreen State College
Evergreeners in the News:
September 28, 1984
WHAT WE DID THIS SUMMER
"Happy to be here"
Evergreeners afloat—faculty members Pete
Sinclair, Beryl Crowe and Charles McCann
sailed 6,000 miles aboard the 35-foot
sailboat, "Nina del Mar" (right). After 26
days they made landfall in Hawaii. They all
got great tans, ate fresh fish, and reputedly
gave up smoking!—The Fleetwoods, featuring
Cheryl Huggins, administrative secretary, and
Gretchen'Christopher, Leisure Ed instructor,
wowed the crowds at Bumbershoot this month.
The group will rock in Toronto next week.
—Faculty Neils Skov flew his own plane to
Denmark.—Hurrah for faculty Will Humphreys
who won the Multiple Sclerosis Inspirational
Award at the Capital City Marathon, July 29. Humphreys, who had polio as a child,
relates that he worked very hard for his first 23-miler.—KEY Special Services
Counselor Steve Bader spent two months in Hawaii touring with his band, Common
Cause. An Asian tour is planned for next summer.—Cath Johnson, sports information coordinator, took fourth place in the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Regatta
at St. Catherines, Ontario this August.—Fran Barkan, grants coordinator, took on
the tough job of organizing over 100 food and crafts booths at this month's
Harbor Fair. Good work, Fran!—Thelma Stamey, office assistant II, got a lucky
lottery ticket for $1100.—John Gallagher, assistant director of Development, and
Tamar Chotzen, Evergreen's women soccer coach, attended the U.S. Soccer Federation
coaching school in San Diego. They completed a B-level course, which is the
second highest license available—Faculty Susan Strasser was one of 40 distinguished women appointed fellows at the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute at
Radcliffe College. Strasser's fellowship project is titled "Creating Modern
Consumption: The Relationships of Branded Distribution, 1890-1920."
EVERGREEN OPENS ACADEMIC YEAR WITH A FULL HOUSE
"I can't wait," said new student Evan Davis, "I've visited a lot of schools in
the Northwest, and even though things are hectic at registration time, Evergreen
has an emphasis on familiarity that I haven't experienced anywhere else. I can't
wait to get going."
Optimists like Davis were heard often this week as Evergreen enjoyed two very
good pieces of news: quantity—enrollment is full; and quality—the college has
once again received national attention as "Parade Magazine" named Evergreen one
of the ten best colleges in America (see story inside).
Two extra cash register lines at the Bookstore reflected the increased
enrollment. "We're as busy as hell," reported Bookstore Manager Denis Snyder.
"Our pre-rush sales have doubled and we've had 60 to 75 people in here since ten
o' clock." Looking over the lunchtime crowd, Snyder added, "We're seeing younger
students and more enthusiasm."
Snyder's impression of a greater amount of young students is borne out by the
numbers. Steve Hunter, director of Institutional Research, projects Evergreen
will enroll about 190 direct-from-high-school students, up from 153 last year,
,~"-d 133 in 1982. "As of Tuesday (Sept. 25), we've enrolled 1129 new students
/npared to 1098 last year at this time. What's significant about this number is
that there are more degree-seeking students than in previous years. We're seeing
a shift to full-time enrollment."
Registrar Walker Allen announced that 19 programs are filled so far. "Last
year at this time we had only a few programs, mostly in computer studies, filled,
but this year we're seeing a broader range of interests, especially in the
humanities." Allen also advised anyone with a lucky guess on Fall Quarter
enrollment to place their bet before 5 p.m., Monday at the Registrar's.
With full enrollment, full occupancy in Housing and lines everywhere, students and staff alike were upbeat and positive. "I'm starting my second year
here," said art student Rick Maywald outside the Registrar's office "and this is
the first time I've had to stand in line
—not bad!"
"My first line, too," replied freshmanf
Alan Niles, a Capital High School graduate. Niles explained that growing up in
Olympia, using Evergreen's facilities,
Cont'd on page 2
NEW HIRES: Christine Wagner has been hired as a Career Counseling Specialist,
while Joyce Weston assumes Gail Martin's duties as Career Planning and Placement
Coordinator. Martin will become acting Dean of Student Services during Larry
Stenberg's 11-month leave which begins today! Kathleen Garcia is our new Budget
Officer. Don Burrell, a former director of minority affairs at Fort Steilacoom,
has been hired as Housing Resident Manager. Also joining the Housing crew is Prue
Hathaway, Housing Assistant. Tim Doan has been hired as a Custodian. Kathy Carras
has been hired as a Retail Clerk II, half-time, in the Bookstore. Sharlene
Lugenbeel has been hired as an Accountant II in the Business Office. Lance Berger
is the college's new Locksmith and Joyce Sanborn has been named Administrative
Secretary to the President. Welcome aboard! If your name's not here, then...
MEDIA INVADES CAMPUS—Here, "Seattle
Times" reporter Geoff Cowley interviews
staffer Karen Gpse. See story inside.
LOOK FOR STAFF TRANSFERS, DEPARTURES AND MORE NEW HIRES IN UPCOMING NEWSLETTERS.
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ENROLLMENT, cont'd from front page
enjoying Leisure Ed classes, and meeting Evergreen faculty convinced him to
become a "greener."
Down the line, an older, "greener" upperclassman shook his head philosophically. "You know when the 'Parade' article came out this weekend, a few of us
from the same high school got together and were talking about it. Somehow, we
agreed, we had the great luck to stumble onto one of the best—if not, the best
—college around. I mean, we were all mediocre, C+ students in high school, and
this place has made us real students."
In another line a freshman in a leather jacket explained his roundabout arrival at Evergreen. Growing up in Tacoma, he dropped out of high school and "just
bummed around for awhile. Then I got to talking with Herb Gelman up in Tacoma and
he turned me on to this place." He looked out the window at the leaves just
beginning to turn. "It was either this or a Harley Davidson," he said. "I think
I'll get farther with this."
RADIO, TV AND PRINT MEDIA VISIT EVERGREEN
People in Palestine and Peru as well as in Peoria and Pittsburgh are getting news
of Evergreen. In the past month, the college has been in the regional, national,
and international spotlight. Here're some highlights:
—Mari Womack of Voice Of America radio visited the college Sept. 12 and
interviewed faculty and students for a feature on Evergreen. VOA, a federallysponsored program is broadcast around the world in more than 40 languages. Womack
predicts the Evergreen feature will be played often on the shortwave station that
attracts over 100 million listeners a week.
—Lisa Birnbach, writing for "Parade Magazine," a national Sunday supplement,
chose Evergreen as one of the "The 10 Best-Kept Secrets Among American Colleges."
Copies of the Sept. 23 article are available at LIB 3114, ext. 6128.
—Following interest in the Birnbach article and her book, Lisa Birnbach*s
Guide to Colleges, the campus has been buzzing with reporters. The "Seattle
Times," "Seattle P-I," and "Tacoma News Tribune" all carried articles on the
college, with the "Everett Herald" planning a feature soon. Closer to home, our
good news made "The Sunday Olympian's" front page and was broadcast by local
radio stations. The college was also featured on KOMO TV's evening news.
—There's more to come..."The Chronicle of Higher Education" a nationallycirculated tabloid, plans to run an Evergreen feature this fall.
Welcome to the 1984-85 Newsletter. Our goal is to produce a highly-readable
publication each week. Much of the coverage of upcoming events will shift to
our other campus publication, Happenings, while the Newsletter will concentrate on news and issues that concern Evergreen's faculty, staff and students. Developing ideas include an Evergreener-of-the-Month profile, a
write-in forum, editions devoted to one subject (affirmative action, as
an example) and reports on academic programs. Please let us know what you
think. This is your Newsletter and we need your input. Thanks.
Mark Clemens, Director of Information Services
Keith Eisner, Information Specialist
P.S. Thanks to Photo Services and the Print Shop for their help.
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GUSHING READY TO BRING COSTUMED CRITTERS TO LIFE
"I never sew when I can glue," says faculty member
Diana Gushing, "and I never handsew when I can
machine stitch. There's lots of tricks." The
creator of one of Evergreen's most popular
citizens—the walking, talking Geoduck—will share
her bag of tricks in "Creative Costume Making," a
new Leisure Education class offered Fall Quarter.
Gushing's non-credit class will "strive for
inexpensive, fast, comfortable and wonderful
costumes." (Just in time for Halloween.) The
Leisure Ed office advises the campus to be ready
for a menagerie of muppets, dinosaurs, Garfields,
and Ewoks as well as other Star Wars folk and some
totally new costumed critters.
"My first step in making a costume is to really
think about the animal or character and study how
it moves, and then to create a pattern and select
material that will produce that effect." Gushing
will also show students how to make costumes that
fit a range of sizes. "There's always problems
you have to deal with in costume-making" concludes
Gushing who also teaches in the "Human Health and
Behavior" program, "but the end result—a
character that brings joy and laughter—is well
worth the effort."
"Creative Costume Making" meets Saturdays,
October 6-27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in LIB 1612.
"Costume Making" is just one of over 90 exciting
and challenging workshops offered this fall that
range from "Mexican Folkloric Dancing" and
"Bluegrass Banjo" to "Weaving" and "The
Self-Contained Homestead." Take a look at the
"Evergreen Times" or call ext. 6530 for details.
REMEMBER YOUR FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL?
"This fall the number of students who are coming to
Evergreen directly from high school is greater than
ever before," observed Provost Patrick Hill in his
talk to faculty and staff on Sept. 17. "We need to
give them time to adjust to the way Evergreen
works. Remember that most freshmen will be
changing from being passive learners to active
learners; from being silent in the classroom to
speaking in seminars; from being evaluated by
people in authority to evaluating themselves; from
being competitive to cooperative learners; from
being isolated learners to members of a learning
community; from being fragmented to integrated
thinkers; and from having general expectations to
having rigorous academic goals. We should not
underestimate the difficulties freshmen face during
their first days at Evergreen."
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HIGHLIGHTS - 9/20/84
Action Items
§Recapture CAB Phase II
funds: the redistribution of monies originally intended for
remodelling.
§Interfund loan for
Bookstore: approved.
Policy Discussion
§Investment policy discussion regarding
college investments in
aparthe i d-pract i c i ng
South Africa. Karen
Wynkoop, acting vice
president for business, was charged with
gathering information
from concerned parties
on campus and from
other state universities and to make a
final recommendation
at the Board's Nov.
meeting.
President's Report
§Investment report: for
the 12 months ending
June 30, 1984, TESC
received an income of
$57,838.35 at an average interest rate of
9.33/& on an average
investment of nearly
$2 million.
§Board Chairman Herb
Gelman reported trustees George Mante and
Thelma Jackson will cohost a reception with
Senator Dan Evans for
TESC alums and friends
in Washington D.C.
early next month.
NEXT MEETING: 10/10/84
Vancouver Campus
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