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The Evergreen State College Newsletter (September 23, 1974)
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September 23, 1974
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ORIENTATION BEGINS TODAY FOR 2300 NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS
The educational pioneers of Washington have begun the final part of a four-year journey.
One hundred and eighty-five students who began their college careers at Evergreen when it
opened in September of 1971 plan to return this fall and will comprise the institution's
first full four-year graduating class.
The pioneering seniors are among an estimated 2300 students expected to begin arriving
on campus for a full week of orientation which begins today. The week-long orientation
program offers a complete introduction to Evergreen for an estimated 900 new students.
President Charles McCann will offer official greetings this morning at 9:30 o'clock in
the main lobby of the Library. Students will then present an overview of "What
is Evergreen really about," beginning at 9:45 a.m. All faculty members will be on hand from
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for an academic faire, registration and "a giant coffee break."
The rest of the afternoon will be absorbed by pied piper tours, and group meetings
of such organizations as Ujamma, Mecha, NASA, the Asian Coalition, Women's Center, Men's
Center and Gay Resource Center. Information on all kinds of campus activities will be
available in the College Activities Building from 2 to 5 p.m.,.followed by a full roster of
Recreational activities and, beginning at 7:30 p.m., the American Film Festival, shown in
Lecture Hall One.
FULL SCHEDULE ALL WEEK
The rest of the week also offers a full schedule for new and returning students. Complete orientation schedules are available at the Information Center and a brief version of
the week's events is listed in this week's edition of the Happenings.
Classes for all students begin September 30. Some 22 Coordinated Studies programs offering instruction in the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences,humanities and the
arts, form the core of the 1974-75 curriculum. The total includes ten basic interdisciplinary programs designed for beginning students, four intermediate, and eight advanced programs.
Twenty-seven advanced group contracts, providing more specialized academic study, and a wide
variety of individual study contracts will give students opportunities for work in nearly
all academic disciplines.
Students will also have opportunities to earn academic credit while working full or parttime through internships arranged by the college's Office of Cooperative Education with more
than 500 businesses, schools, agencies and organizations.
PART-TIME STUDIES PLANNED
Eight modular courses will also offer students and community members opportunities
for part-time studies. Registration for the one-credit courses—equivalent to four hours
of college credit—takes place the week of September 30. Full-time students will register
September 30 and October 1 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Part-time students may register all
day October 2, 3, and 4 and until 7:30 p.m. on October 2. All registration will be handled
in the Registrar's Office, recently relocated in the new Seminar Building.
More than 120 faculty members, who reported to Evergreen September 17 for their own
week-long orientation, will greet students on opening day. The faculty roster includes
regular, part-time, and visiting professors, plus seven new instructors who have signed threeyear teaching agreements.
New members of the Evergreen faculty team include: Susan Aurand, a former teaching
associate for the Department of Art at Ohio State University; William Brown, former assistant
professor of geography at the University of California at Santa Cruz; Rainier Hasenstab,
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associate professor of environmental design at State University of New York at Buffalo;
Peta Henderson, research assistant and lecturer in anthropology from the University of
Connecticut; Don Jordan, a former counselor—instructor in Native American studies at California State University at Hayward; Russell Lidman, former professor of economics at Oberlip
College; and Lynn Struve, instructor of Chinese history from the University of Maryland's '
Far Eastern Division in Tokyo, Japan.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES, TOO
Fall Quarter students will also find some changes on the administrative side of
Evergreen's staff. Among them:
Jovana Brown, former head reference librarian for the University of California at
Santa Cruz, is beginning her first full academic term as dean of the library. She also
will serve as a member of the faculty in political science.
Bill Smith, former Financial Aid and Placement Counselor at Evergreen, now serves as
Director of Financial Aid.
Gail Martin, also a former Financial Aid and Placement Counselor, coordinates the
Placement Office.
Les Eldridge, former director of Financial Aid and Placement, serves as the new
assistant to the president.
Lou Ellen Peffer, a former counselor, has become Director of Counseling Services for
the 1974-75 academic year. She replaces Le Roi Smith, who is now serving as both a member
of the faculty and as a staff counselor.
Willie Parson, a faculty biologist, begins a three-year term as an academic dean.
New facilities also await returning and new students this fall. The 45,000-square
foot Seminar Building, completed during the summer, houses new offices for Admissions,
Registration, Security and Computer Services. In addition, 24 faculty members have been
assigned to the Seminar Building, which will be dedicated by State Senator Harry Lewis in
formal ceremonies during Evergreen's annual Fall Quarter Open House, slated for noon to
5 p.m. Sunday, September 29.
The sounds of construction will continue to greet incoming students as work proceeds
on the 81,000-square foot addition to the Laboratory Building. Scheduled for completion
mid-1975, the facility is a near replica of the existing Laboratory Building and will allow
a doubling of laboratory spaces and a broadening of Evergreen's instructional capabilities.
Construction is also getting underway on the 77,651-square foot Communications Laborator
Building, which will house instructional, performance and production facilities for audio
and video communications, film, still photography, theater, speech training, music, dance
and work in two-dimensional design. The structure is scheduled for completion by the end
of 1976.
OPEN HOUSE SET FOR SUNDAY
Dedication of a new Seminar Building, concerts by local high school bands, and visits
to major campus operations will highlight a public Open House scheduled from noon to 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 29, at Evergreen.
Campus visitors will be able to take self-guided tours during the day through such
facilities as the Library, Laboratory, Lecture Halls, Activities, Recreation and Seminar
Buildings. Students, faculty and staff will serve as campus hosts for the third annual
Open House program.
Dedication of the newly-opened Seminar Building, with Thurston County State Senator
Harry B. Lewis as the featured speaker, will kick off the day's major activities at 1 p.m.
The ceremony is scheduled for an outdoor plaza at the entrance to the building. Other
speakers will include President Charles J. McCann, Board of Trustees member Trueman L_.
Schmidt of Olympia, and Faculty Member Merv Cadwallader.
The building, completed in July, houses Evergreen's offices of Admissions, Registration,
Security and Computer Services, along with 24 faculty offices, four large music practice
rooms and five seminar/classrooms.
Bands from Tumwater, Timberline, North Thurston, and Olympia High Schools have been (
invited to present four successive 45-minute concerts starting at 1:30 p.m. and immediately
following the dedication ceremonies. The concerts will be held in the main library lobby.
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The College Recreation Center will be open from noon to 6 p.m. for free swimming and
other activities. The Snack Bar and Bookstore, both in the Activities Building, also will
be open during the day. And, members of the Evergreen College Community Organization will
serve coffee and tea during the entire Open House.
FILM SPECTACULAR BEGINS TONIGHT
A four-day film extravaganza will begin flashing across screens in Lecture Hall One
tonight at 7:30 p.m. Entitled The American Film Festival, the 37-movie presentation will
continue Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Lecture Halls One and Five. The entire program
is free and open to the public.
The films, sponsored by the Educational Film Library Association, are presented by the
Office of Recreation and Campus Activities and have been divided into seven main presentations. A complete schedule of all movies is available at the Information Center and in the
Happenings.
SPECIAL COLLEGE SUPPLEMENT AVAILABLE TODAY
If you're interested in the history of Evergreen, an introduction to the local
communities, or even some informative notes about our two neighboring colleges
St.
Martin's and Olympia Vocational-Technical Institute -—«- pick up a copy of The Daily Olympian
Supplement, now available on campus.
The supplement represents part of the efforts of local businesses and community
residents to welcome collegians from all three schools to Thurston County, to bring everyone up to date on changes in the colleges, and to invite college students to "come to town"
September 28.
The program, all very low-key and informal, includes free bus transportation to and
from Evergreen Saturday and several special community activities designed for students.
Read all about it in the Daily Olympian Supplement. It's available at the Information
Center, Bookstore, Food Services cafeteria, Housing Office and the Library Circulation
Desk.
ART WORKSHOP ORIENTATION SET SEPTEMBER 24
design, jewelry making to printmaking, jazz dance to photography
are available to the
Evergreen community and the general public at TESC this fall.
A special introduction to the workshops, sponsored by the Evergreen Office of Recreation and Campus Activities, will be held tomorrow (Sept. 24) from noon to 1:30 p.m. in room
108 of the College Activities Building. All persons interested in enrolling in the workshops are invited to join the instructors for an informal coffee hour. The workshop leaders
will discuss their plans for the quarter-long sessions and will show samples of their work.
Registration for the workshops begins October 3 in room 302 of the College Recreation
Center. Office hours will be maintained from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Fees must be
paid before registration is finalized. Actual instruction begins October 10-16 and most
workshops will conclude the week of December 2.
A complete list of the workshop topics, meetings times and fee schedules is available
at the Information Center or at the Recreation Center Office, room 305, or by calling 866-6531
NEW ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR. RECREATION SUPERVISOR APPOINTED
Two new positions
a second admissions counselor and supervisor of the Recreation
Center
have recently been filled. Richard Tessandore, a former swim coach and assistant
manager of the Tumwater Valley Pool, has been named to supervise the Recreation Center, and
Mary Ellen Lewis, a former social service worker for the State Department of Social and Health
Services, has filled the new counseling position in Admissions.
Tessandore's primary responsibilities will involve supervision and training of 38
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student recreation assistants, including college life guards. He will also assist Ed
King, Evergreen's associate director of recreation and campus activities.
Lewis, who joins Rich Nathan on the Admissions counseling staff, will be responsible
for all aspects of recruitment and admission of students.
EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
Seven newcomers have joined the Evergreen team In the past few weeks and 11 others
have tendered their resignations.
New to the staff are: Irene DelGade, Admissions secretary; Joyce Evans, program
secretary; Cathy Pape, key punch operator; Georgette Chun, housing secretary; Jo Ann Woodall
and (a returnee) Tom Wingard, retail clerks in the Bookstore; Kikuko Kobata, office assistant
in the Registrar's Office, and Kuem-ye Johnson, custodian.
Resignations have been received from Emily Rogers, mailroom clerk, Shirley Marcy and
Kitty (Ensley) Aslin, Registrar's Office; Sherrl Smith, secretary to Business Manager
Ken Winkley; Dorothy Hill, clinical receptionist in Student Services; Carol Curts, program
assistant in Financial Aid and Placement; Dewey Price, custodian; Mike Rainwater, data
control technician in Computer Services; Michelle Marshall, program assistant in Admissions,
and Lois Smith, key punch operator, and Peter Langston, programmer in Computer Services.
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR BICENNTENIAL FORUM
Evergreeners interested in helping organize the Third World Bicentennial Forum to be
held at Evergreen in April are invited to contact the forum office (866-6691, Library 3210)
as soon as possible. The Bicentennial Forum will recognize the contributions of Third
World people to the United States and will emphasize action-oriented community programs.
Non-white persons are especially urged to participate in development of the Bicentennial
Forum.
EIGHT MODULES OFFERED FALL QUARTER; LIVING CATALOG SET SEPT. 26
Eight modular courses will be offered Fall Quarter at Evergreen to part-time,
auditing and full-time students. An introduction to these academic programs will be
held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. September 26 in Lecture Hall One. The special "Living
Catalog" presentation will offer interested students an opportunity to meet faculty members
and discuss academic program content.
Registration for the one-credit modules takes place the week of September 30. Fulltime students will register September 30 and October 1 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Parttime students may register all day October 2, 3, and 4 and until 7:30 p.m. on October 2.
All registration will be handled in the Registrar's Office in the Seminar Building.
Module offerings include: Search for Meaning, taught by Faculty Member Medardo
Delgado; Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Faculty Member Robert Gottlieb; Selected Works
of the Seattle Symphony, also taught by Gottlieb; Economics Made Fun and Relevant, by
Faculty Member Charles Nisbet; Introductory Chemistry, by Faculty Member Fred Tabbutt;
Introduction to Philosophy by Faculty Member Willi Unsoeld; Basic Botany, by Faculty
Member Al Wiedemann, and Geology and People, taught by Department of Natural Resources
personnel Alan Fiskdal, Ernie Artim, and Kurt Othberg.
GARNER NAMED TO REPLACE ROSE IN STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Lynn Garner, an Evergreen June graduate, has been named assistant director for
student activities. Garner, who formerly worked as a full-time assistant to Coordinator of Campus Activities Al Rose,assumed the new position September 16. She replaces
Rose, who resigned last Spring.
Garner, named to the post by Director of Recreation and Campus Activities Pete
Steilberg, will carry primary responsibility for fiscal management of Services and
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Activities fee-funded programs, and will work directly with the S&A Board.
Since her graduation from Franklin Pierce High School in 1967, Garner has worked
as a registrar for the Tacoma school, as a secretary for the Clover Park School District,
and for Fort Steilacoom Community College.
She most recently worked as a temporary
employee in the Evergreen Security Office.
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STATE GRANTS WORK STUDY FUNDS; MONEY TO HELP FINANCE OFF-CAMPUS INTERNSHIPS
Thirty more paid internships will be available to Evergreen students this fall,
thanks to a new program funded by the Washington State Legislature. Called the State
College Work Study Program, the new project will supplement federal funds already paid
into work study programs, and will, for the first time, permit private businesses to
sponsor work study students. Previously only non-profit or governmental agencies could
participate in the program.
The Evergreen Offices of Cooperative Education and Financial Aid and Placement
have agreed to utilize the funds exclusively for 30 off-campus internships. Interested
students are encouraged to contact Financial Aid as soon as possible to determine if
they are eligible for work study funds. Once eligibility is established, the students
will be directed to the Co-Op Office for internship placement.
THREE ATTEND LOS ANGELES MEETING
Three Evergreen staff members planned to attend an all-day Health Manpower Consortium in Los Angeles over the weekend. Director of Cooperative Education Ken Donohue,
Director of Admissions Ken Mayer, and Director of Affirmative Action Rindy Jones were
invited to attend The Evergreen State College Day September 21, an event sponsored by the
Consortium. They were asked to meet with Consortium members to "explore educational
opportunities for minority students and possibilities for student internships and work
study programs."
Members of the Consortium visited Evergreen in August and were "impressed with its
educational programs and anxious to develop an internship program on a continuing basis with
TESC," according to Donohue. Two Evergreen students, Tamara Swift and Reymond Turner,
recently completed internships with the Consortium.
INTERNS FARE WELL IN STATE PROGRAMS
Evergreen students secured more than ten percent of the internships coordinated
by the State Department of Personnel in its Summer Intern Program this year.
In a recent letter to Evergreen Director of Cooperative Education Ken Donohue,
the intern coordinator for the Personnel Department said 11 Evergreeners were among the
total 100 summer interns placed in 23 state agencies throughout Washington.
Donohue said the high percentage was "very gratifying since the program is designed
exclusively for seniors and graduate students and has traditionally been dominated by
the University of Washington." "We were in competition with 16 other state colleges and
universities
and several out-of-state schools
and we could only nominate seniors
for the internships," he added. "We're really pleased that so many Evergreeners were
selected."
EVANS APPLAUDS EVERGREEN ACCREDITATION
Governor Daniel J. Evans offered his congratulations to Evergreen and President
Charles J. McCann for the receipt of full accreditation awarded last June by the Northwest
Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. In a letter to President McCann, Governor
Evans described the accreditation as "indeed remarkable...in view of the limited time
Evergreen has been in operation."
"Perhaps more important," the Governor wrote, " the accreditation announcement represents a formal acknowledgement by Evergreen's peers that the educational program it has
developed, although dramatically different from that familiar in higher education, is
recognizably effective."
Evans also said he "found myself reflecting on the early days, not really so long
ago, when TESC was little more than a few trailers placed in the mud of a clearing in
a woods on Cooper's Point. During that particularly rainy Olympia winter, members of
Evergreen were wearing buttons with the slogan, 'Evergreen Lives.1 The slogan now should
be 'Evergreen Is.'
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