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The Evergreen State College Newsletter (May 31, 1973)
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May 31, 1973
YORK WONG NAMED COMPUTER DIRECTOR
York Wong, a man with more than 16 years of technical and managerial experience in
the computer profession, has been named Director of Computer Services, according to
Vice President and Provost Edward Kormondy. The appointment is effective September 1.
A management consultant to the City of New York since 1969, Wong served as director
of the Data Processing Center at Columbia University from 1962 to 1969. The 36-year-old
computer expert organized Columbia's first administrative data processing department
with a 100-person staff and helped develop and implement systems for registration, grade
reporting, course evaluation, budget and payrolls, and other administrative tasks.
Wong, a 1956 graduate of the University of Arkansas, has a master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University. He has been involved in minority economic
development and has provided technical assistance to minority-owned-and-operated businesses
in New York. Wong has taught systems and programming methods, computation techniques
and program planning. In addition, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors
of the New York Chinatown Planning Council and as a member of the Manhattan Borough
President's Chinatown Advisory Council.
He fills the position formerly held by Robert Barringer, which has been vacant since
last October.
Meanwhile, the search continues for an Affirmative Action Officer and a Development
Director. President Charles J. McCann said he is reviewing final applications for the
Action officer now, and Vice President Dean Clabaugh reported he has more than 150 applications to begin reviewing for the position of Development Director.
ECONOMIST
PRISCILLA BOWERMAN TO JOIN FACULTY
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College, Prlscilla Bowerman, has been named to
the faculty for the 1973-74 academic year, according to Provost Kormondy. Mrs. Bowerman,
a 1966 graduate of Vassar, earned her master's degree in economics from Yale University
in 1967 and is currently a candidate for a doctorate in economics from Yale.
The 28-year-old professor is an instructor of economics at Oregon State University.
She has also served as a research assistant at Yale and as an intern for the Joint Congressional Economic Committee in Washington D.C.
While teaching at OSU, Mrs. Bowerman has also been conducting a joint study on the
effects of civil rights legislation and of the women's liberation movement on the female
labor force. She has received fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship program and the Danforth Graduate Fellowship program.
INDIAN FESTIVAL HERE TOMORROW
Indian students from all of Washington's state colleges and universities have been
invited to an all-day workshop on campus tomorrow. Sponsored by the Evergreen Native
American Student Association, the conference will feature workshops on college applications, financial aid problems, and recruitment of Indian students, as well as rap sessions
on correctional institutions and on current Indian problems.
Guest speaker for the event will be Robert Lake, a dean of Humbolt State College,
Arcata, California. Lake's talk entitled "Why Indians Should Go To School" will open
the day's meeting at 9:30 a.m. Meeting places have not yet been established. Paul
Ortega, an Indian performer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, will top off the afternoon
activities with songs and music at 5 p.m. A potlatch dinner is scheduled for 6 p.m.,
a showing of Indian films for 7:30 p.m. and a dance for 9 p.m.
-2WINDEN'S SEMINAR TO STAGE CONCERT
A variety of musical entertainment will be provided by students in the Comtemporary
Music and Sound Seminar June 5 at 8 p.m. in Lecture Hall One. Directed by Faculty Member
William Winden, the group will present a concert entitled "Eight Easy Pieces". Music (
will include electronic and non-electronic sounds, dance performances and several multimedia works.
STUDENTS' PROPOSAL APPROVED BY McCLEARY
PLANNERS
Human Ecology students have received approval from the McCleary Planning Commission
for their in-depth studies on the town's housing problems, economic development and
physical environment. Faculty Member Rob Knapp said eight students from Human Ecology
and two students from Urban Planning have spent the majority of the past two quarters compiling the studies at the request of the McCleary Chamber of Commerce. The 49-page report
will go before the city council June 14 for final approval. If it is approved, Knapp said
it will become a part of the town's comprehensive plan and as such will have legal status.
"We didn't have the time nor the knowledge to compile a comprehensive plan," Knapp
said, "so we concentrated on three areas. And, in each area we tried to determine the
town's very broadest goal and then define some intermediate objectives to achieve those
goals.
"Students met with more than 15 local citizen groups and talked to as many individuals
as they could round up," he added. "They were careful not to impose their own values but
to gather accurate data on the goals of McCleary citizens." The work was strictly an
academic exercise for the students, none of whom received pay. "But," Knapp pointed out,
'it provided an ideal opportunity to conclude our year's work in city and urban problems,
political science, economics, law and ecology."
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PRENTICE PRECIPITOUS PLEDGE PROFANES PROFESSION PERSON or
PUTTING PREPOSTEROUS PREVARICATION PREPONDERANTLY PUBLIC
Faculty Member Tom Foote,is, in fact, investigating the
feasibility of forming a flying club. However, it was inaccurately
reported in last week's newsletter as a faculty only flying club.
This is definitely not the case. "If it looks like enough faculty
AND STAFF are willing to assist with the mechanics of establishing
such an organization, then a general meeting will be called in the
fall in which all members of the Evergreen community will be encouraged to participate in the flying venture," Foote said. At this
point, however, it is difficult .to predict the success of such an
effort as the majority of the questionnaires which Foote sent out
have not been returned.
BLOOD DRIVE SCHEDULED MONDAY
All persons who can donate blood and haven't done so for the past three months are
urged to plan to do so Monday between 1 and 4 p.m. on the second floor of the College
Activities Building. The blood drive, sponsored by Health Services, is the last until
Fall Quarter. The donated blood will be drawn by the Thurston-Mason County Blood Bank
and will go into Evergreen's account.
JUNE SYMPOSIUM AVAILABLE FRIDAY
The June issue of The Evergreen Symposium, based on the theme "Alienation," will be
available at the Library Circulation Desk tomorrow for $1. The last issue of the year
features articles and other contributions by Faculty Members Nancy Allen, Earle McNeil
and Winifred Ingram, and by students Robyn Smith and Sarah Gunning. The June issue also
features an index of contributors and their works published in the five issues of the
Symposium. Back copies
at a reduced price
will also be available at the Library
Circulation Desk.
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