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The Evergreen State College Newsletter (September 27, 1974)
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September 27, 1974
NEW FACULTY MEMBER HIRED IN THEATER ARTS
Andre Tsai, an associate professor at California State University in Sacramento, has
signed a three-year contract as an Evergreen faculty member in theater arts. The appointment,
effective immediately, was announced by Provost Ed Kormondy.
Tsai, a naturalized citizen from Chekiang, China, brings more than 16 years of teaching
experience to Evergreen. He has taught at Ohio State University; Monticello College in
Godfrey, Illinois; Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas; University of California
at Davis, and Southwest Minnesota State College at Marshall, in addition to five years at
California State.
Bilingual in English and Chinese, Tsai earned his bachelor of arts degree in English
Literature at National Taiwan University, and both his master's degree and doctorate in
theater arts from Ohio State University. His other areas of academic specialization include
Chinese culture and philosophy, Japanese drama and theater, as well as acting and directing.
Tsai will be teaching in the Chinese Civilization Coordinated Studies program this fall.
BOARD APPROVES REQUEST FOR SALARY HIKE
Evergreen's Board of Trustees Thursday (Sept. 19) approved a request to the governor
and legislature for proposed "catch up and keep up" raises for college faculty and exempt
administrative staff.
The proposed raises
which would amount to a 13.18 percent increase for the 1975-76
fiscal year and a seven percent increase for the 1976-77 fiscal year
reflect what President
Charles J. McCann called a "minimum request."
Washington's public colleges and universities are "far behind the national average in
salaries for faculty," McCann told the Board. He indicated that all of the state's institutions of higher learning will ask the governor to include faculty and exempt staff
increases in his 1975-77 budget request to the legislature. McCann observed that, "Evergreen's
percentage request is the smallest of any four-year institution in the state."
McCann said the request includes funds to raise Evergreen faculty salaries to the
national average and to keep them in pace with the rate of inflation. The impact would amount
to $470,000 for the first year of the biennium and $794,000 the second, he added.
In other Board business, the trustees awarded two contracts: a $16,850 contract to
Dahl Enterprises of Tacoma for remodeling of the campus Day Care Center, and a $19,586
contract to Popich and Chris Sign Company of Seattle for signs along the Evergreen Parkway.
EVERGREENER INJURED TUESDAY;
CONDITION "SERIOUS"
Evergreen junior Corinne Kelly was injured in a car-motorcycle accident Tuesday (Sept. 24)
at the intersection of Cooper Point and Mud Bay Roads. Kelly, a graduate of Vancouver's
Columbia River High School, was taken to St. Peter Hospital with facial injuries. Her condition was listed as "serious" Wednesday afternoon and no visitors were being allowed at
least until she can be transferred from the Intensive Care Unit.
The 22-year old Evergreener served as head student assistant at the Library circulation
desk. She is the daughter of Leroy Kelly of Seattle.
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APPLICATIONS FOR DAY CARE DUE TODAY; REGISTRATION MONDAY
Student parents interested in enrolling their youngsters in the Evergreen Day Care
program have until noon today (Sept. 27) to file their initial applications, according to
Keith Eisner, assistant director of the day care programs. Requests for admission are being
accepted at the Day Care Kiosk on the main mall of the College Activities Building.
Registration for pre-school youngsters begins Monday in Library room 1616, Eisner said.
First priorty is given to children of low-income single parents and full-time students.
Fees range from 20 to 45 cents per hour depending on parental income.
Care for the youngsters will begin at 8 a.m. Oct. 2 in Library 1616. The Driftwood
House, which will serve as headquarters of the day care program, is undergoing remodeling
and will not be ready for occupancy until after Nov. 15.
For further information, Evergreeners are invited to call Bonnie Gillis, Day Care
Director, at 352-5594 or Eisner at 866-9147. The Day Care Kiosk does not have a telephone.
warm some hearths
VOLUNTEER "LOGGERS" SOUGHT TO AID HUMANITARIAN
EFFORT
The fireplaces of at least a half dozen homes in Thurston County will be burning a bit
warmer this winter if the efforts of three Evergreen staff members prove successful. The
success of their efforts depends on the willingness of their fellow Evergreeners to pitch in.
Faculty Member Bill Aldridge is prime mover of the drive to provide fireplace wood
for a minimal number of low income families in Thurston County. "Ever since I came to Evergreen
four years ago I have worried about the waste of timber which occurs whenever more land is
cleared for additional buildings," Aldridge says.
"I watched all that timber being burned up, knowing there had to be families in this
area who could use the lumber for their fireplaces," he says. "It just really frustrated
me to see it all going to waste." Aldridge shared his concerns with Jerry Schillinger,
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Director of Facilities, before clearing began for the new Communications Building. Schillinger
agreed that the waste was a problem and decided to do something about it.
Instead of clearing the grounds needed for the new building and setting fire to the
fallen trees, Schillinger ordered the wood stockpiled for safe keeping and Aldridge agreed
to gather a work force and the necessary equipment to chop the timber into fireplace-sized
chunks and haul it off to "needy" families.
Faculty Member Earle McNeil, a former social worker, contacted the State Department of
Social and Health Services which is currently researching files for appropriate recipients
of the wood.
The problem now is to get the wood cut, stacked and delivered. That's where Evergreeners
come in, according to Aldridge.
"We need all the help we can get
and we need it October 6 beginning about 9 a.m.,"
he says. "We'd like to see a full, husky crew of would-be loggers on hand to 'harvest' our
crop of lumber. I think it will be a really fun thing to do
and we'll all feel so good
about it afterwards."
Aldridge says he also needs some equipment
chain saws, wedges, sledges, axes,
peaves and trucks
on hand and ready for use by next Sunday morning.
Persons interested in helping in the humanitarian effort are urged to contact Aldridge
at his office (866-6661) or his home (943-4681). Don your red Mackinaw and join him. It's
a cause worthy of some community effort.
STAFF ORIENTATION SET OCTOBER 3
An orientation program for new full-time Evergreen staff and faculty hired since July 1
will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Room 110 of the College Activities Building, /
according to Director of Personnel Diann Youngquist. "This is a new program^' Youngquist
said. "We plan to continue it on a monthly basis to make sure that all new Evergreen
employees get a chance to obtain first-hand information about the college's people, programs,
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and philosophies. We think it will help everyone adjust more easily to their new jobs and
o the Evergreen environment in general."
After the October 3 orientation, additional sessions will be held each month thereafter
to provide information for persons hired between the programs. In addition, Youngquist said,
"older" employees—those hired between January 1 and July 1, 1974—later will be divided into
groups so that they may attend a series of question/answer orientation sessions designed to
provide them with any information they need or want about Evergreen.
The orientation sessions will include a welcome from either President Charles McCann or
one of the college's two Vice Presidents, Dean Clabuagh and Ed Kormondy; general college
information and a slide presentation by Director of Public Information Dick Nichols; a budget
brief and explanation of employee benefits by Business Manager Ken Winkley; an explanation
of personnel rules by Youngquist; information about equal opportunity programs by Affirmative
Action Officer Rindy Jones; and explanation about Evergreen governance and decision making
by Dean of Student Development Programs Larry Stenberg; and a question/answer session.
Youngquist said that the orientation programs are open to both full-time Evergreen
employees and to those persons working for such on-campus operations as food services and the
bank.
COMMON CAUSE SPOKESWOMAN HERE THURSDAY
Patricia Keefer, a registered lobbyist for Common Cause, will discuss the goals and
objectives of the citizens lobby group and her activities as a member of its legislative
staff in a public address at Evergreen Thursday (Oct. 3) beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture
Hall One.
Keefer is responsible for planning and implementing lobbying strategy for legislation
requiring open meetings, financial disclosure by public officials and ratification of the
Equal Rights Amendment. She joined the Common Cause staff in January of 1971 to lead the
drive for the 18-year-old vote. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Keefer has
also lobbied for end-the-war legislation and has run political campaigns in Illinois, Ohio
and Washington.
THOMAS APPOINTED FINANCIAL AID COUNSELOR
Laura Thomas, who has served as Office Supervisor in the Registrar's Office for the
past four years, has accepted a new position as a Financial Aid Counselor at Evergreen. The
appointment, effective September 23, was announced by Director of Financial Aid Bill Smith.
Thomas, who also served as interim registrar from August, 1973 to March, 1974, will perform
need analyses and assess financial need, package awards and make revisions for all state,
federal and institutional financial aid programs in her new position.
The four-year Evergreen veteran came to Olympia after one year as a secretary to the
Director of Financial Aid and Placement at Highline Community College. She has also worked
as a supervising secretary in Okanogan, Washington elementary schools and as a bookkeeper.
LIBRARY ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY STAFF REASSIGNMENTS; FALL QUARTER HOURS
Jovana Brown, Dean of the Evergreen's Library Services, has announced temporary staff
reassignments for Fall Quarter. Brown, who has a dual assignment as a faculty member, will
be teaching in the "Self Exploration Through Autobiography" Coordinated Studies program Fall
Quarter. Dave Carnahan, Associate Dean of the Library, has been ill since the first of
August, and is recovering at home after several weeks of hospitalization.
Filling in for the two deans will be Susan Smith, head of circulation, who will serve as
acting chief of user services, and Woody Hirzel, photo media specialist, who will serve as
acting coordinator of media services.
Brown also announced a new operating schedule for Fall Quarter: the library will be open
from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday,
and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
LIBRARY MEETING TO DISCUSS FUTURE STATE-WIDE SYSTEM
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A public meeting of librarians and persons interested in planning or discussing the
future of Washington State's libraries will be held at Evergreen Oct. 2 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
in room 108 and 110 of the College Activities Building.
Susan Smith, area coordinator for the Washington State Advisory Council on Libraries
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and acting chief of Evergreen's Library user services, says the meeting will examine suggestions
for a state-wide library system being studied by the Council and will also seek ideas and
responses from interested participants.
"We want to know what the public wants from its libraries and to discuss possible
options to future planning," she said.
NSF EXTENDS ESSENTIA GRANT
The National Science Foundation has extended the expiration date of the Evergreenbased Essentia program an additional three months, according to a letter received by President
Charles J^. McCann this week.
The Essentia program, directed by Faculty Member Robert Sluss and coordinated by Robert
Samples, was awarded a $114,500 grant last Fall for development of self-paced learning
materials. Aim of the project, according to Samples, has been to "provide students of all
ages with instructional approaches that improve their self esteem and self image as they study
content areas."
The program, originally entitled Environmental Studies for Urban Youth, is headquartered
on the fourth floor of the Library. Completion of its principal task must be accomplished
by December 31, according to the NSF extension letter.
ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS TO ADORN LIBRARY GALLERY
"Notations," an exhibit of original manuscripts of 30 contemporary composers, will go
on display at Evergreen art gallery Oct. 1. The exhibit, which has never been shown before, is
sponsored by the Evergreen Visual Environments Group and is free and open to the public. It f
is based on the book, Notations, by Alison Knowles and John Cage, and includes works by
composers John Cage, Jackson Maclow, Robert Moran, Charles Ives, Pierre Boulez, the Beattles,
George Crumb, Steve Reich, Eric Satie and Milton Babbit.
The display will remain on exhibit in the Evergreen gallery, located on the main floor
of the Evans Library Building, through Oct. 19. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
Dick Nichols, Evergreen's ever active Director of Public Information, has been elected
to a three-year term on the Olympia Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Dick, who
was one of five elected from a list of ten nominees, will primarily represent Evergreen and
the City of Tumwater on the Board. Dick is also a Tumwater City Councilman, a member of the
Morningside Board of Directors, and a verbose sports announcer for KGY Radio.
Jackie Watson, a former secretary in the Housing Office, has been promoted to Housing
Coordinator. In her new position, Jackie serves as assistant to Housing Director Ken
Jacob. She is responsible for all housing applications, arrangements, transfers, and general
maintenance of the buildings. Georgette Chun, as we reported last week, is a new housing
secretary.
Bill Idol, a former assistant to Provost Ed Kormondy, has been named Director of Affective Education at Corning, New York Community College.
Six new faces have joined Evergreen's staff this past week: Sally Prouty, a magnectic
card tape typist in the business office; James Sherls and David Seim, accountants; Mary Kalihi,
secretary to Business Manager Ken Winkley; Helene Jelle, office assistant in the library; and
Ruth Lonardelli, clinical receptionist in Student Development Programs (formerly called
Student Services).
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Two Evergreen staffers have submitted resignations: Mary Ewing, accounting assistant
in Campus Activities, and Jill Feeney, programmer in Computer Services. And, Marianne
(Nelson) Godwin, Director of Development and newly married to a British Television producer/
writer, has resigned effective October 31. She and her son Robert will join her new husband,
Jeremy, in Los Angeles the first of November.
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