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Orienting Students to the Academic Statement

Orientation Week Course:  “Learning with Faculty at Evergreen”

Evergreen’s faculty warmly welcome new students to the college!  During Orientation Week, you will meet several times in small groups with other new students and a faculty member to learn about academics at Evergreen.[1]  Activities will include an overview of Evergreen’s philosophy of teaching and learning, as well as discussions of a book that will be chosen very soon for incoming students in Fall 2013.  You’ll also begin to write about your experiences with education thus far and your college plans, hopes, and dreams.

Last year's chosen book was A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School, a memoir by Carlotta Walls LaNier. Students were encouraged to read and to learn more about the context for LaNier’s experiences.  Below were helpful links given over the prior summer to prepare students:

Historical background to A Mighty Long Way: About La Nier’s era: Miscellany: About segregation and discrimination in the Pacific Northwest:  Academic Statement Initiative:

[1]  Details will be available before Orientation Week.