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Part of The Evergreen State College Newsletter (January 14, 1974)

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...94 REGISTER FOR PART-TIME STUDIES...Four persons over 60 years of age are among 94
part-time students who have enrolled for Winter Quarter classes at Evergreen. Acting
Registrar Laura Thomas said of the 94 students, 48 are women, 46 are men. They range
in age from 16 to 80.
More than 26 per cent of the students are between the ages of 18 and 22; 31 per
cent are between 23 and 30; 19 per cent between 31 and 40; and 13 per cent are between
41 and 50. Two persons are between 51 and 60 years of age and four persons are more
than 61 years old. At the other end of the age range are two part-time students who
are 16 and another who is 17.
...LIBRARY STUDY AWARDED $8,032 GRANT...The Washington Commission for the Humanities
has awarded an $8,032 grant to the Task Force for Analysis of Community Library Needs,
a citizen group composed of academic humanists, members of the Friends of the Olympia
Library Association and Evergreen students.
The $8,032 will partially fund an intensive five-month study in the Olympia-LaceyTumwater area aimed at establishing a two-way communication system between citizens
and professionals on how libraries can best serve the people. The remainder of the
$28,610.12 for the project has been donated by Evergreen, which contributed $17,047.12;
Timberland, $2,905.50; and the Friends of the Olympia Library, $525.50.
The project will involve nearly 3,000 citizens, the Lacey, Tumwater and Olympia
Timberland libraries, and an Evergreen student group studying the humanities. It will
seek to accomplish three primary objectives, according to Mrs. Trane Burwell, a member
of the Olympia Library friends group. "We want, first of all, to involve people in
defining their own changing educational needs and the role of the library in serving
those needs," she said. "We also want to construct a model program for other libraries
to assess their communities' needs and how they might be met. And, finally, we want to
facilitate continuing discussion between humanists, librarians and citizens on how to
respond to the diverse educational needs of out-of-school adults."
Working under the direction of project director E. Jackson Webb, an Evergreen
faculty member, the task force will sponsor eight public presentations to investigate
the needs of citizens no longer enrolled in formal education. Its initial efforts will
be directed at producing and distributing an "Issues and Information" pamphlet describing the eight forums, which begin the end of February.
...ALUMS REPORT A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS...Placement Officer Gail Martin,
who stays in frequent contact with Evergreen graduates and helps them find professional
employment, reports alums are gaining employment in a wide variety of businesses. As
might be expected, several students are also attending graduate schools, including the
University of Puget Sound, Western Washington State College, Northern Arizona University,
and the New York School of Business to name a few of the schools graduates have recently
begun attending.
Others are working full time in the fields of their choice. Two Evergreen men are
working as naturalists and park rangers. One is a parole officer, another a mental
health specialist. Other alums are psychiatric technicians, counselors, cost analysts,
engineers, lobbyists, research analysts, programmers. One is the editor of a horse
magazine, another a narcotics counselor. One is an assistant manager of industrial
relations for a major Tacoma firm, another is a boatman for an Oregon river touring
association. The list of jobs grows with the list of graduates, and Ms. Martin promises
frequent reports on what Evergreen alums are doing after graduation.

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...LUSH GARDEN GROWING ON CAMPUS...In the midst of a griping cold spell, the beginnings
of a lush tropical garden are sprouting on the Evergreen campus. Gracing the interior
of a 289-square-foot terrarium, located on the east side of the new Laboratory Building,
are a wide variety of tropical plants recently acquired by Science Coordinator Sherbourne
(Jerry) Cook.
The glass-enclosed area, which is kept at 70 degrees and at more than 50 per cent
humidity, houses a rare Australian tomato plant, donated by an Olytnpia woman, and a banana
tree, a Bird of Paradise plant, a Diffenbachia, a Fiddle Leaf Fig, a Spathaphyll, some
Bromiliads (which are members of the orchid family), gardenias, and even a poinsetta.
Cook invites area neighbors to view his new garden...and promises it will grow
even more lush as the year progresses.
...FOLK CONCERT SLATED JANUARY 14...An evening of folk music will be presented at Evergreen Monday, January 14, by Linda Allen, a native Northwesterner who has spent the past
three years singing professionally in San Francisco. The 8 p.m. concert, scheduled for
the third floor Library lounge (near room 3604), will feature traditional American and
British folk songs as well as some of Ms. Allen's own compositions for which she provides
accompaniment on either the dulcimer, guitar or autoharp. The concert is free and open
to the public.
...EVERGREEN JOURNALIST EARNS TWO INTERNSHIPS...Gary Plautz, an Evergreen sophomore from
Everett, is one of four journalism students in the State of Washington to receive a 1974
summer internship with the Seattle Times daily newspaper. Plautz, a 1971 graduate of
Everett High School, has also secured a three-month internship this spring with the
Vancouver Columbian.
— BUSINESS MANAGER CHOSEN...Vincent Pepka. a Renton sophomore, has been named business
manager of the student newspaper, The Cooper Point Journal. Pepka, a transfer student
from Green River Community College, is a 1971 graduate of Renton High School and will be
responsible for handling all advertising and other financial transactions of the paper.