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MADAME X NAMED GREENER OF THE MONTH

"Do you have to print ray picture," asked this story's subject who claims all three
campus photos of her are "dorky." We don't agree but went along with her wishes
and ask you to make up for the absence of a photo by calling to mind curly hair,
two bright and penetrating eyes (blue), one dazzling smile and a world-class
laugh. Yep, that's Director of Admissions Christine Kerlin, Greener of the Month.
Treasure that mental picture because next month Kerlin will be leaving
Evergreen to become director of Admissions at Central Oregon Community College in
Bend, Oregon. "It's hard to imagine getting along without her," says Faculty
Member and former Provost Byron Youtz. "She's been a self-charging sparkplug for
all of student services and one of the most positive representatives we've had."
Over 70,000 high school and community college students and their parents have
benefited from nine years of Kerlin's positivism on behalf of Evergreen. Kerlin
actually began her Evergreen tenure twice, once for three months in 1974 in Career
Planning and Placement and then in 1979 as an Admissions counselor.
After all the miles, the Motel 6's, the visits to college and high school
cafeterias, Kerlin says its all been very worthwhile. "My real joy has been seeing
Evergreen become the number one option for so many prospective students. That's
due to a lot of hard work by all of us, but I really want to credit the faculty.
They're the ones that make it happen."
The feeling is mutual. "Christine is terrific," says Faculty Member and
Academic Advisor Larry Eickstaedt, "The way she works with prospective students
and their parents is just amazing. In a brief period of time she captures the
essence of Evergreen. She knows this place inside-out."
Kerlin says she'll miss her Evergreen family deeply, but adds, "It's time to
deliver on the Evergreen ideal of being a well-rounded human being. I'm looking
forward to new experiences." She also has one last piece of advice: "Small is
beautiful—except for budgets!" Thanks, Christine, for so much, and good luck!
EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
Edwin Keyt is leaving the safe and cozy comforts of his family, the noisy
Evergreen machine shop where he's volunteered 20 hours a week for 6 years, and
the peaceful Northwest environment. He's going to spend two years in Nicaragua
where he's volunteered to build 12 small hydroelectric plants, and teach the
people to build their own when he's gone. He and his wife, Campus Operator Barbara
Keyt, hope the ceasefire is final. Peace or not, the plane left April 22. "I'll go
nuts," says Barbara. There're no phones where he'll be, so the Keyts will communicate by letter. "He's going to take lots of photos and he's going to make
tapes and send them to me," says Barbara. Keyt is traveling under the sponsorship
of Nicaraguan Appropriate Technology, a Bellingham-based group. Congratulations
and good luck!
Hello and Goodbye—A fond farewell to Jim Copland, associate architect, who's
leaving to join the state's General Administration department, and a warm welcome
to Nancy McKinney, bur new accountant in the Business Office.

Newsletter
The Evergreen State College

April 22, 1988

STREAMLINED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ON TARGET FOR JULY 1

"IA," "FRS," "DEC MICRO VAX 3000?" Meaningless terms? Well, they won't be for
long. By July 1, these terms will be part of Evergreen's everyday accounting life
as the campus switches to a system that promises to make college business run a
whole lot smoother and quicker, thanks to the Dirty Dozen.
Dirty Dozen? That's the name Controller Becky Gallagher and her crew of 11
have adopted for themselves as they tackle the complex job of transitioning from
the college's present system to the "Financial Reporting System" (FRS) developed
by the software firm of Information Associates (IA). Why the change? The answer is
simply the two best reasons in the budgetary world: time and money.
The new system will provide for on-line purchasing and accounts payable. "This
means," says Gallagher, "that requisitions may be entered directly by terminal
into the purchasing system operation on a new DEC MICRO VAX III computer. After
entering, the process of purchasing, receiving and payment becomes a nearly
paperless (hurrah!) process."
Associate Vice President (and D.D. team member) Ken Winkley points out that
"the new system, unlike current systems, will operate on campus and be totally
within our control. This means that we will be able to check on any order at any
time simply by inquiring through a terminal. It also means that we will be able to
pay our suppliers on a timely basis."
FRS will also improve reporting capabilities, adds Winkley. "We'll be able to
determine the status of any account (new term for 'budget') at any time rather
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SHOVELS HIGH!
Greeners break ground
for the Campus Recreation Center Phase II.
Pictured (1. to r.) are:
Assistant Director of
Recreation and Athletics
Pete Steilberg,
Director Jan Lambertz,
student Frannie Hearn,
President Joe Olander,
Campus Architect Jon
Collier and College
Engineer Darrell Six.
The $6.8 million facility is slated for
completion by June,
1989. See related story
on page 3-

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STREAMLINED SYSTEM, Cont.
than waiting until the next monthly report. We'll even be able to request an
interim hard copy report of account status and receive it the next day."
Another key feature, comparisons of expenditures to-date and estimated expenditures to-date, will be developed as soon as the system is up and running well.
It's axiomatic that anything that makes life easier requires a lot of hard
work, and that's especially true for this project. Gallagher, Winkley and their
teammates have been attending rigorous training sessions since December. They've
also logged more than 800 hours of project management meetings which include such
activities as developing new forms, reports, and account codes. "Staff who work
closely with the system will be trained," says Winkley, "so that when it's time to
turn off the old and fire up the new, we'll be able to do so with minimal trauma."
Gallagher adds a key word of advice: patience. "We're not going to hit a
switch on July 1 and have everything hum along perfectly. Everybody on campus is
going to have to adjust to new ways of doing things—new forms, account codes,
processing procedures and deadlines. And no matter how well prepared we are by
July 1, some things will go wrong, there'll be bugs to work out.
"I'd also like people to keep in mind that between now and June the Business
Office will be swamped with the double-task of IA conversion while maintaining our
current services under the old system. We may take a little longer to respond to
your requests. Your patience will be invaluable."
Other IA conversion team members are: Debbie Davies, Vern Quinton, Steve
Trotter, Mattie Kirk, Mas Jones, Randy Rahn, Dale Baird, Ken Stanton, Janet
Thompson and Al Warber. Yay, team!

Jennifer Belcher of the 22nd district. Then the Geoduck, sporting a golden clam
shovel, led a procession of 150 to the building site. Trustees, legislators,
architects, administrators, an engineer and a student smiled for cameras as they
turned dirt using golden shovels with red ribbons. President Joe Olander, master
of ceremonies, blew bubbles but added that, aside from any silliness, the ceremony
is a very serious occasion—the college has been in need of the CRC Phase II for a
over a decade.
Later in the board room, the trustees heard from Director of Housing Jeannie
Chandler, who explained how a big rise in the cost of disposing garbage, an
increased bond payment and a mandatory increase in classified staff salaries
mean that Housing must raise its rent by 5 percent for the next school year to
maintain levels of service. Most other state four-year institutions must do the
same. The board will vote on the increase in May. The board passed a revision to
bylaws that says the board will meet for a regular session every month, as is practice, instead of every other month, as was once thought ideal. The board heard
about the "Dirty Dozen" and the conversion of campus financial accounting to a new
software system (see page 1). Members of WashPIRG reported that the referendum
passed: enough students signed a petition saying they support having the organization on campus. Board members said the organzation is a positive force on campus
and they're proud it exists. Dean of Enrollment Services Arnaldo Rodriguez will
work with the campus legal counsel to investigate the legality of the mandatory
'fee paid with tuition to fund WashPIRG. Rodriguez also reported the college is
I right on target with enrollment.
VIEWS OF ALTERNATE LIFESTYLES: NORTHWEST INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN-GAY FILM FESTIVAL

EVERGREEN VOLUNTEERS HONORED THIS WEEK

"There are many things that make the difference between a library where resources
just sit there, and a living, viable library where resources are accessible," says
Acting Dean of Library Services Sarah Pedersen. "Our volunteers have made that
difference for Evergreen's Library."
Pedersen's praise was just one of many accolades given to the 54 Evergreen
volunteers who were honored at a luncheon last Tuesday. Volunteer Services, a
brainchild of Provost Patrick Hill, began last spring and has grown significantly
says Volunteer Coordinator Judy McKenzie.
"About a quarter of the volunteers are students," she says, "and the rest are
from the Olympia community. There's a doctor who works with the performing arts
people, just because she likes it. A man with a Ph.D in cultural anthropology
works with the Indian Center, helping them get computers in their office."
After certificates of appreciation were given to the volunteers, long-time
Greener booster Jess Spielholz presented President Joe Olander with a "check" for
$15,000, representing the 2,500 hours contributed to the college this year. "You
can't put a price on the time or the spirit that these volunteers have given
Evergreen," responded Olander, "We thank you all for the gift of yourselves."
BOARD OF TRUSTEE ;NEWS: FROM BREAKING GROUND TO COMPUTING

Festive metal-drum music from "The Toucans" set the tone for the College
Recreation Center Phase II ground breaking ceremony, on Wednesday, April 13, as a
vice president danced with a giant geoduck, and others boogied to the tunes. The
pace settled for reflection and looks to the future from Halvor Halvorson, an original Evergreen trustee, Herb Gelman, vice-chair Board of Trustees, Frannie Hearn,
student, Jan Lambertz, director of Recreation and Athletics, and Representative

Evergreen students have been in touch with the Ministry of Culture from many a
country for this event. Features hail from Canada, Brazil, France, Australia,
England and the Netherlands. Subjects range from adventure, humor and romance to
political oppression and a myriad of other themes
during The Northwest International Lesbian-Gay Film
Festival, April 28 through May 1 at Evergreen.
Featured will be some of the world's finest films
dealing with alternative lifestyles.
"Most of these films are rare and many are award
winners," says Sheila Fox, an Evergreen student and
one of seven people on the production team coordinating the event featuring 43 full and short-length
films. "They speak to the human condition and to
society at large. There are lesbian and gay people in
them but the situations they face can happen to
Nineteen Nineteen
everyone," she says.
Tickets are $4.50
per show. All showings
are in Evergreen's
Recital Hall and Lecture
Halls. For more information or for a
brochure, look for a
table in the CAB at
lunchtime or call ext.
6544
She Must Be Seeing Things
Pervola Tracks In The Snow

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EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS

April 8, 1988

OTHER WORLDS: STUDENTS TRAVEL TO JAPAN, LATVIA
Egyptian Scholar To Study India—Faculty Member
Joye Hardiman has been awarded a Fullbright Hays
Seminar Abroad Program Fellowship to study in
India. A Tacoma faculty member, Hardiman applied
for research in Egypt, but was told she could use
her study-plan in India with some interesting
twists. She's thrilled. "I'll study classical
Anne Turner, director of .the Indian literature, especially Dravidian literaVancouver Campus, is honored ture, to explore its thematic continuity with contemporary Indian literature," she says. "I also
with a bag of goodies and
good humor by Larry Stenberg,hope to identify thematic continuity between
ancient Egyptian and ancient Indian literature."
director of Community and
Also, Hardiman just returned from the annual
Alumni Relations, at the
meeting
of the Association for Study of Classical
"Dreamers and Schemers" bash
African
Civilization, where she was elected second
for her years of dedication.
vice-president.
Greener Nominated By Academy—Rhyena
Halpern '81, is associate producer, director, editor and writer of "Language
Says It All," a 23-minute documentary that has been nominated for an Academy
Award in the "Short Subject Documentary" category. The film describes the impact
of deafness upon young children and their parents. It won its category at The
International Film and Television Festival of New York and won a Silver Medal
from the Chicago Intercom Film Festival. Good luck, Rhyena. The envelope, please!
Hello, Hello—We extend a warm Greener welcome to Dave Brown, budget
coordinator and women's soccer coach who is now permanent, and Jill Lowe, new
Safety Professional in Facilities. We bid a fond farewell to Kathy Carras of
the Bookstore and to Katie Mains of the custodial staff.
Kerlin Leaving?—Yes it's true. Director of Admissions Christine Kerlin is
leaving Evergreen and heading for beautiful Bend, Oregon, where she'll become
director of Admissions for Central Oregon Community College. She'll leave sometime in May. Good luck Christine! Hope to see some C.O.C.C. grads at Evergreen!
Faculty Hired—The faculty hiring committees have been busy! New faculty
appointments include Ryo Imamura, clinical psychology, Carrie Margolin, cognitive psychology, and Jorge Gilbert, Latin American studies. Welcome!
Photo Show—Steve Davis, Evergreen staff photographer, attended FotoFest
'88, an international photo festival in Houston. He was overwhelmed by 79 shows
from the world's best, and attended some fascinating workshops. He'll share his
experience and slides with the Evergreen community from noon to 1 p.m. on
Monday, April 18, in the mini-studio on the first floor of the Library.
Honor Your Student Employee—It's your chance to recognize and honor your
student employees—whether it's simply a note of appreciation or lunch on the
town. The state of Washington has designated April as Student Employment Month,
and for Evergreen, that's an honor for more than 480 people! The Newsletter
thanks all these hard working folks who help make Evergreen strong.

There are no Safeway stores or fast food outlets in Latvia, but ancient and contemporary art and culture will be ripe for the picking for Evergreen students
who will visit there this quarter. In Japan, Evergreen students are visiting
everything from fish markets and shrines to palaces and kilns in Kyoto and
Tokyo, using their Japanese language skills and putting two quarters' worth of
study into perspective.
Excitement and anticipation are written all over the
face of Lee Pence, a student in the "Cross-Cultural
Perspectives: Literature and Arts Of Eastern Europe"
program. They leave April 17. "I'm looking forward to the
culture," says Pence. "We're going to a production of
'Fire and Night,1 a classical drama by Janis Rainis, who
was the premier male literary artist of Latvia. His wife
was the premier female literary artist of the country."
He's also looking forward to four days at a National
Arts Festival in the ancient section of Latvia's capital,
Riga, with ten other students and Faculty Member Ainara
Wilder, a Latvian native. During their three-week journey,
they'll visit a reproduction of an ancient Latvian village
where singers and dancers will perform ethnic songs and
dances, hear stunning music from the 6,000 pipes of the
world's largest organ at Dome Cathedral, eat at the famous
Baltic Pearl Restaurant overlooking the sea, and visit
Rundale's Castle, as well as tour museums and a conservatory .
"I'm going to take mass photos and hope to get interviews with composers, artists, musicians and writers,"
says Pence.
!20 YEARS:
Students in the "Japanese Language and Culture:
Stories of Tokyo and Kyoto" program left March 31. They'll [Ken Winkley, associate vice presireturn May 20. With guidance from Faculty Member Setsuko
dent, was honored
Tsutsumi, six students will examine strong traces of traas the first 20-year
dition that have survived through the centuries by comparing the difference in cultures between today's capital, Greener during the
"Dreamers and
Tokyo, and the ancient capital, Kyoto.
Schemers"
bash.
"The general thing they hope to accomplish is to get
Community
members
to know Japan better, and practice the language. There is
no substitute for being there," says Academic Dean Barbara chipped in to buy
him a fishing vest
Smith.
and hip-waders as a
Assignments include speaking Japanese to describe
way
to say, "Thanks,
their visits to food establishments, telling what they
Ken!"
ate, how it was served and how it tasted. They will write
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a research paper, keep a journal and explain in Japanese the Washington gifts
they have for newfound friends.
Airplane tickets have been an important part of an Evergreen education for
many students over the years. Evergreen programs have traveled to Central
America, Italy, Mexico, France, Bali and other countries. Future travel abroad
plans include Peking, the U.S.S.R., London, Italy and Lyon, France. Bon Voyage,
Greeners!
STARS COME OUT FOR DREAMERS AND SCHEMERS CELEBRATION

Ten years ago, the song "Evergreen" by Barbra Streisand topped the
charts, Peter Finch won the first posthumous award for Best Actor,
the NBA referees were on strike, and the Yankees won the World
Series.
These facts set the scene for this year's "Dreamers and
Schemers" celebration, taking us back to the time when employees
who've been here ten years first became Greeners.
Metallic stars, each with an honored employee's name on it,
hung from the ceiling with silver and red tinsel adding sparkle to
the stage. There were 36 stars honoring five-year employees, 19
for the 15-year folks, and 20 for the class of '77. The glittering
decorations were the result of hard work from staffers Dana
Delaney, Patti Zimmerman and Donna Carpenter.
The ballot to choose the Dreamer and Schemer from the class of
I'77 included a trivia quiz asking for 1977 Evergreen facts: Ron Woodbury led a
"Summer in Mexico" program, Oscar Soule led an Alaska study, Duke Kuehn had an
article on game shows printed in a professional journal, Rudy Martin received an
NEH grant for research at
Columbia University and Dave
Kitchens returned from two
years in Australia.
Acting Information
Services Director Keith
Eisner, dressed like the Mad
Hatter, played Master of
Ceremonies for the bash,
featuring laughs, cheers and a
few nostalgic tears. Larry
Stenberg, director of Alumni
and Community Relations, gave
special recognition to Anne
Turner for all her work at the
Vancouver Campus. Then the
suspense ended—the votes were
counted.
Conference Coordinator
Donnagene Ward was named
Schemer of the Class of '77,
and Dean of Enrollment

Services Arnaldo Rodriguez was voted Class Dreamer!
But it didn't stop there.
President Joe Olander removed the head of his Easter Duck costume to
recognize Associate Vice President Ken Winkley as the first employee to serve
Evergreen 20 years. Photos from the past revealed a younger Winkley—from a time
when sideburns were long and stylish—to the present. Several other Greeners are
right behind him on the 20-year roll call. Stay tuned next year!
MAKING EVERGREEN A PLACE TO STAY: TOWARD A MORE MULTICULTURAL CAMPUS

Eugene Fujimoto is among the many Greener staffers working in
the trenches to help students stay in school. He is coordinator of
First People's Peer Support, a new position created with funding
provided by the legislature to encourage recruitment and retention
of people from the protected classes. His job falls on the retention side—work that has dramatic impact on the lives of students.
"There're not many students of color on this campus. It can be
a very isolating experience, and I think many students won't even
admit that's true. It's part of the strong need to assimilate in
•% .\./li|.:. this culture," says Fujimoto.
Fujimoto came to Evergreen from Port Gamble on the Kitsap
Peninsula, where he worked for the Klallam Tribe, and before that
worked with youth in California for several years. He has a master's in applied
behavioral science from the Leadership Institute of Seattle at City University.
"I think there are two ways to help a school look at strengthening the
cultural diversity of its student population. One is the self-empowerment of
students of color and how that can help retain them. The other is
for the school to look at some adjustments and adaptations to help people of
color stay."
Self-empowerment of students is a person-to-person matter—activity Fujimoto
is involved with every day. His office is in the Hillaire Student Advising
Center, where he spends most of his time supervising and training student peer
counselors who work with student concerns and make referrals when necessary. He
counsels students from that office and works one day a week in the Counseling
Center where his first priority is clients of color.
Fujimoto is learning more about the original thinking behind the First
Peoples Peer Support Program started in 1982. He'll use these ideas to guide
the program as its first full-time supervisor.
He'd like to see the First People's Coalition viewed as a comfortable place
for a wide range of students, from someone who hasn't thought much about their
cultural heritage to those who are politically active regarding issues affecting
people of color. It also offers a place where people of color are comfortable
"hanging out." That's important because many concerns are best aired in an
informal setting.
"Many students feel a need to get in touch with their cultural and ethnic
identity, and an important part of that is being around other people of color.
This can be part of an ongoing process of getting to know one's self," says
Fujimoto. "If we can help them explore that, and give them a place that's comfortable and supportive it will help them stay in this environment."