Release_1973-1974_1974-298.pdf

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The Evergreen State College
Olympia,Washington

98505

for immediate release'
February 15, 1975

The Region Ten Law Enforcement Assistance Agency has awarded a $19,965 supplemental grant to The Evergreen State College.
The grant, the second awarded to Evergreen this year, is funded through the Law
Enforcement Education Program, which is designed to encourage law enforcement personnel
to further their education, and to attract college students to the field, according to
Les Eldrige, Evergreen Director of Financial Aid and Placement.
Evergreen has participated in the LEEP program for the past three years with
an average enrollment of about 10 students.

The college received a $5,500 grant for

the 1973-74 academic year but, Eldridge said, the LEEP student enrollment nearly tripled
to 28 in Winter Quarter, which includes a number of transfer students andh-service
law enforcement personnel.
The supplemental funds, which will be used to provide grants and bans, will help
Evergreen continue to expand its law enforcement program both on campus and in other
areas of the ~tate, including the Tri-Cities area where several public safety personnel
are enrolled.
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Dick Nichols. Director
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