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May 10, 1974

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SIMS AWARDED NEW YORK URBAN FELLOWSHIP
Rob Sims, an Evergreen junior, is one of 20 students from throughout the
United States to receive a $4,000 award in the City of New York's Annual Urban
Fellowship Program. Sims, a Beaverton, Oregon High School graduate, competed for
the honor with more than 300 applicants from colleges, universities and graduate
schools throughout the nation. He will begin his nine-month internship in the office
of New York City Mayor Abraham Beame in September,
The New York City Urban Fellowship, the first of its kind in the country, is
administered by the mayor's office of administration. Students selected are provided
with responsibilities in administrative problem-solving, research, policy planning
and related management areas. Sims is the second Evergreen student in two years to
win the national award. Teresa Baldwin, a Vancouver student who will graduate in June,
won the fellowship last Spring and has participated in the program during the past
academic year.
Like Ms. Baldwin, Sims will receive full academic credit from Evergreen for his
internship. He will be sponsored by a member of the college's Contracted Studies
faculty through the Office of Cooperative Education, which coordinated the internship
program at Evergreen.
CO-OP SPONSORS ALL-DAY WORKSHOP AT EVERGREEN MAY 17
An all-day Cooperative Education Workshop will bring field student internship
supervisors from throughout the State of Washington to Evergreen May 17. Featured
speaker for the all-day meeting will be State Representative John Bagnariol, chairman
of the House Ways and Means Committee. The Seattle Democrat will address a noon
luncheon for the field supervisors, who sponsor and oversee the work of Evergreen students placed in practical work and study internships. Supervisors represent
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general areas of business, industry, government, social service agencies and education.
Four field supervisors will participate in a morning panel discussion on "The
Employers' Point of View." Panelists include Bob Morse, of Allied Data of Olympia,
Harry Brunsdon of the Pierce County Assessor's Office, Ruthe Salzer of the Bank of
Olympia, and Larry Yok, administrative assistant for the City of Olympia. Their panel
is part of the morning welcoming activities, which begin at 9:45 in the multi-purpose
room of the College Recreation Center.
Field supervisors will also be invited to select two of six workshops scheduled
from 11 a.m. to noon and 2 to 3 p.m. Workshops and their discussion leaders include:
"Introduction to the Career Learning Program," led by Co-op Coordinator Judy Dresser
and Placement Counselor Gail Martin; "An Orientation to Cooperative Education at
Evergreen," led by assistant co-op coordinator Dan Swecker; "Co-op for Non-Whites,"
directed by Faculty Member Maxine Mimms; "Co-op Ed and the 1974-75 Curriculum," by Provost Edward J. Kormondy; "Developing a Co-op Program in Your Organization," by Milt
Martin, assistant director of the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation; and
"Continuing Education Through Co-op," by Evergreen Academic Dean Charles Teske.
The conference will conclude with a large-group discussion of the day's
activities.

EVERGREENERS DESIGN TUMWATER.PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM
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The Turawater City Council this week approved allocation of $4,500 to launch a
summer parks and recreation program designed by two Evergreen students who also will
coordinate the actual operation. The students
Randy Pendergrass of Kingston, Washington, and Barney Rapp of Longview
have spent most of Spring Quarter as interns
working with city officials, the Parks Board, Tumwater School District, and the Turnwater Timberland Library to develop a comprehensive ten-week program basically aimed
at youngsters between the ages of five and 15. The program approved by the City Council
this week and scheduled for review by the School Board next week calls for a mixture
of games, organized sports, crafts, reading, hiking and day camping by utilizing
such community facilities in Tumwater as school grounds, classrooms, and gymnasiums,
as well as parks and recreation areas and the public library.
The two students, working closely with Tumwater Parks Superintendent Jim
Brown, took the summer program idea from scratch, developed sets of alternatives (including costs), coordinated their efforts with various public officials, and then presented a final proposal which was adopted by the Tumwater Parks Board in late April
and the City Council this week. Their next step will involve a community publicity
campaign to attract youngsters to participate in the program. With that accomplished
prior to the end of the school year, Ms. Pendergrass as coordinator, and Rapp as her
assistant, then will operate the program they have planned, under the general direction
of Parks Superintendent Brown. Both will be paid for their work and will receive
academic credit in the process. Depending on the work load involved, a third student
may be hired to help run the program.
Tumwater in the last decade has twice tried to operate a summer recreation program, but with limited success. This year marks the first time a systematically-planned,
full-blown program has been put together. City officials hope it will serve as a mode?
for both continuation and expansion in future years.
EDUCATION FACULTY MEMBERS TO VISIT MAY 16
Faculty members from education departments at all of the colleges and universities
in Western Washington have been invited to an all-day conference at Evergreen May 16.
The invitations, extended by Provost Edward J. Kormondy, ask the educators to discuss
the "Nature of the Evergreen Curriculum" and related issues with faculty, staff and
students at the all-day conference, which is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
The educators will also discuss means of assuring Evergreen credit transferability
to the certification programs of the other colleges and universities. "Evergreen has
no plans for a program to certify teachers," Kormondy said. "But, we want to make sure
that Evergreen students who do want to become teachers can easily transfer their
credits to schools with offer teacher certification."
Educators will tour the campus, visit academic programs, and discuss mutual
problems. They will complete the day's activities by offering feedback on their perspectives of Evergreen at a public meeting scheduled from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Library 3112.
NEW YORK ARTIST DONATES BOOKS; PROCEEDS TO AID STUDENT ARTISTS
Joseph James Akston, internationally known editor/publisher of Arts Magazine,
has donated ten copies of his book, The Beginning of the Beginning to Evergreen, according to his step grandson Gary Marcus, an Evergreen junior. Akston, a New York painter,
whose works were recently on exhibit in the Evergreen gallery, based the book on a
series of his paintings devoted to "The Evolution of Life." Full color plates and
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accompanying text "make the viewer see the creation of the world with the eye of an
artist," according to Akston's publisher.
Copies of the book are now on sale at the Bookstore for $10
$5 less than the
normal retail price. Proceeds from the sale of the books will go into the Don Heard
Memorial Fund for Evergreen art students. Heard, a former Evergreen faculty member
and artist, was killed in an accident in 1971.

-3THREE TO RECEIVE "PIONEERING" AWARDS
An Olympia banker, a former accounting student, and a faculty member will
receive special "pioneering" awards during the May 17 Spring Quarter Cooperative Education Workshop at Evergreen. Honored as the trio who joined to provide the first
academic "on-the-job" internship at Evergreen will be Carl Hanson, President of Thurston
County Bank and the intern employer; student Leslie Kinley of Bellevue, who was the
intern and is now employed by the State Department of Revenue; and faculty academic
sponsor E. Jackson Webb.
Since that first internship, .generated at the start of Evergreen's first quarter
of instruction
September, 1971
the college's Cooperative Education program has
grown into a major component of the curriculum. Through Winter Quarter, 1974, the
Co-op Office had coordinated placement of more than 1300 students who have earned
credit while gaining practical field experience in business, industry, education,
government, the professions, social agencies, and community action organizations.
The special awards will be presented during a workshop luncheon, according to
Evergreen Co-op Director Ken Donohue. Donohue reports that his office also plans to
issue certificates of appreciation to all persons who have served as field supervisors
for students participating in the Cooperative Education program.
BRENNER IN SEATTLE HOSPITAL, CONDITION "SERIOUS"
Faculty Member Susan Brenner was hospitalized last week in Seattle's Group
Health Hospital for brain surgery. The 29-year-old faculty member was operated on
May 3. She was in intensive care and her condition was listed as "serious" as the
Newsletter went to press.
Ms. Brenner, a faculty member in art, was hired last summer on a one-year
contract. She was formerly employed as an art instructor for the San Francisco
Jewish Community Center and has a master of art's degree in painting from California
State University.
CATALOG WINS NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AWARD
Evergreen's 1974-75 Catalog has won a national publications award in competition
sponsored by the American College Public Relations Association (ACPRA), it was
announced today by Joanne Orndorff of Temple University, who chaired the selection
panel. The 320-page Evergreen publication won a Special Citation in the catalog category of the competition. A record 1,450 entries were submitted this year, with 112
singled out
in the words of the judges
"as outstanding examples of college
and university publications endeavors."
Evergreen's catalog, used primarily as a means of introducing prospective students
to the institution, was edited by Dick Nichols, Director of Public Information, and
designed by Connie Hubbard, Artist-Illustrator in the college library. Calligraphy for
the publication was done by Tim Girvin, a Spokane student, who recently graduated and
will serve as a Summer faculty member at Evergreen.
Photographs in the award-winning catalog were taken by Woody Hirzel, library
Photo-Media Specialist; Craig Hickman, staff photographer; and student Stu Tilger of
Seattle. A computer-graphic drawing which provided the publication's cover design was
prepared by two students, Rick Speer and Frankie Foster, both of Bellevue. Speer and
Foster were organizers of the International Computer Film Festival held at Evergreen
last March.
The catalog was produced by the Washington State Department of Printing. ACPRA
is a professional organization composed of public relations, development, and other
communications personnel from colleges and universities throughout the United States,
as well as several foreign countries.

-4BETTY KUTTER RECEIVES $22,307 HEW GRANT
Betty Kutter, an Evergreen faculty member, has been awarded a $22,307 grant by
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the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for continued research in "DNA
regulation during T4 infection of E. coli." Ms, Kutter, a biophysicist, said the grant
is the second one-year award she has received for her three-year project on which she
began work last Spring. The work is a continuation of research she initiated in 1969
while serving as a research associate at the University of Virginia.
"We're investigating a virus, T4, which infects the E. coli bacteria, a common
bacteria of the lower digestive track," she said. "We're trying to work out some aspects
of control of the synthesis of different proteins." Ms. Kutter said the research is
primarily conducted by two assistants, Ruth Sluss and Ann Beug, and also involves a
number of Evergreen students who are enrolled in her academic program in biochemistry
and molecular biology.
"The research has given students a chance to gain an in-depth knowledge of
laboratory techniques," she said. "They've been able to use the facilities extensively
and have attended graduate-level research seminars at the University of Washington as
a result of both their academic and research work." Ms. Kutter said she is also
working with enzymes that the virus creates which break up the basic genetic material,
DNA, into gene-sized pieces. The work could provide valuable information for future
genetic therapy, she said.
ASIAN AMERICAN AWARENESS WORKSHOP SET MONDAY, MAY 13
An Asian American Awareness workshop will be held at Evergreen
May 13 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the main lobby of the Library. Featured speakers at the half-day event, sponsored by the Evergreen Asian
American Coalition, include Mitch Matsudaira, chairman of the Washington State Asian American Affairs; Art Wang, a Tacoma VISTA worker with
the Asian American Alliance; Larry Yok, Affirmative Action officer for
the City of Olympia, and York Wong, Evergreen's director of computer
services.
Also scheduled to appear are members of the Asian American MultiMedia Theater Troupe of Seattle, who will perform at 3:30 p.m. Both
the speakers' presentations and the dance performance are free and open
to the public.
SPEER AND FOSTER INVITED TO YUGOSLAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Two Evergreen students
Frankie Foster and Richard Speer
have been
invited to participate in the Summer 1974 World Festival of Animated Film at Zagreb,
Yugoslavia. Speer and Foster, both of Bellevue, said their five-minute film, "Phosphenes,"
a computer-animated movie, was one of 34 selected from the United States to be shown
at the international event.
More than 400 entries were submitted to the juried festival this year, 150 of
them from the United States. Only 102 were selected from throughout the world.
The two student filmmakers, who also organized the International Computer Film
Festival held at Evergreen last March, are currently seeking funds for their transportation to the event. The festival provides lodging and meals for invited participants.
Evergreen Faculty Member Gordon Beck will also attend the event.
BECK TO REPRESENT U.S. ASSOCIATION IN FRANCE
Faculty Member Gordon Beck has been selected to represent the United States
for the University Film Association at the International Festival of Student Films in
Grenoble, France June 29-July 4. Beck, who lead a six-month student filmmakers program
in Italy Fall and Winter quarters, will attend the festival along with students and

-5film teachers from throughout the world under sponsorship of the Centre International
de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et de Television (International Center of Liaison
Between Schools of Cinema and Television).
TWO NEW DTF's CHARGED
Two new Disappearing Task Forces have been charged this week
one to review
salary guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees last December; the other to
screen prospective applicants for a Career Counseling Specialist.
President Charles J. McCann appointed Business Manager Ken Winkley to chair
the first meeting of the Salary Review DTF which will meet today (May 10) at 12:30 p.m.
in Library 3112. Other DTF members include staff members Malcolm Stilson, Edwina
Travis-Dorsey, Debbie Hodgin, Percy Berry; faculty members Phil Harding, David Peterson
and Don Chan, and students James Briller and Robynne Snow, they are asked to present
modifications to the policy which"reflect changed circumstances" to President McCann
within 30 days.
The Career Counseling Specialist DTF met May 7 to prepare for screening potential
applicants. DTF members include Academic Dean Byron Youtz, staff members Ken Donohue,
Gail Martin, Thomas Ybarra and Lou-Ellen Peffer, Faculty Member Karin Syverson, and
students Cathy Burnstead and Johanna Nitzke.
EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS

...Ken Balsley, recent Evergreen graduate and city editor of The Lacey Leader,
has been presented two awards for excellence in journalism by the Western Washington
Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Balsley won second place for the
best sports feature among weekly newspapers and third place for the best business
news story among weekly newspapers.
...Four members of the Evergreen Recorder Consort provided music during the
Tumwater High School production of "Taming of the Shrew," April 18-20, And, members
of America's Music program recently performed for the opening of Olympia's Senior
Citizens Center.
...Alan Doyle, a Bellevue junior, designed the set and costumes for the
Ballet Northwest production of "Ceremony," performed last week on campus. Doyle
crafted large woven sculptures for the set plus costumes and accessories for the play,
which was based on the myths of Australian aborginees. The performance was directed
by Evergreen Faculty Member Bud Johanson.
...Three Evergreeners recently visited New Orleans to attend conferences.
Trustee Janet Tourtellotte gave an address to the annual meeting of the Association
of Governing Boards of State Colleges and Universities, Topic of her speech was "A
report on Evergreen and its philosophy." ...Director of Development Marianne Nelson
also visited New Orleans last week to attend a fund raising workshop sponsored by the
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, and Faculty Member Lorraine
Marshall attended a national reading conference in the Louisiana city.
...Secretary Dorothy Buchanan from Auxiliary Services recently took a one-week
trip to Santa Barbara...Bookstore Manager Doris McCarty traveled to San Francisco last
to attend a meeting of the National Association of College Stores, and Director of
Auxiliary Services John Moss and Director of Office of State College and University Busines
Affairs Bob Carr attended a meeting in San Diego of the Western Association of College
and University Business Officers. Bob was elected secretary of the association...
Counselor Lou-Ellen Peffer also hit the road last week...to Portland to attend the
meeting of the Northwest Directors of Counseling.
Newly hired is Dewey Price, a custodian, who came aboard April 24. Marilyn
Larson, secretary to Director of Public Information Dick Nichols for nearly four years,
resigned last week to accept a new position as a receptionist for the Olympia Medical
Laboratory...Student Accounts Superviser Kingsley Kan has announced his resignation
effective May 24. Kingsley has accepted a new position as agency accounts officer for
the Higher Education Personnel Board....And, instructional technicians Doug Barnes
and Bob McCauley have resigned effective the end of the quarter....Dorothy Hill,
office assistant in the Health Center, has been promoted to clinical receptionist.