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The latest news and upcoming events at The Evergreen State College

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Evergreen Achieves High Marks in National College Rankings

The Evergreen State College ranks highly for academic quality and environmental sustainability in national surveys by U.S. News and World Report, Sierra Magazine, and The Princeton Review.

Evergreen receives Learn and Serve Grant to build Regional Campus - Community Networks

The Evergreen State College Center for Community Based Learning and Action received a $41,750 grant from Learn and Serve America and Washington Campus Compact to facilitate discussions between local higher education institutions to support community-based service learning in our area.

The Evergreen State College Orients New Students to Contribute to the Community

This year’s theme supports the Hunger Free Thurston County Coalition (Thurston County Food Bank, GRUB, and Left Foot Organics).

Partnership for Native Student Success

The Partnership for Native American College Access and Success—a collaboration of five Washington state higher education institutions—has received $292,000 from the Gates Foundation and $195,000 from the Lumina Foundation to strengthen postsecondary curriculum for Native students in Washington and create a clear pathway to a bachelor’s degree for Native Americans in Muckleshoot and Tulalip communities.

Predator Virus Attacks Lethal E. coli at Source

Researchers at The Evergreen State College in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Texas A&M have been working to increase food safety by reducing the populations of E. coli in the guts of sheep and cattle.

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Evergreen Emergency Procedures (2008)

Emergency procedures for evacuation, building fire, wildfire, earthquake, power outage, suspicious person, suspicious object, shooting incident.

Alumnus Radio Station Helps Students Return to School in Style

A mountain of school supplies. $12,202 in cash donations. That’s what listeners to alumni-owned and operated Mixx 96.1 KXXO radio in Olympia gave to the station’s annual “Little Red Schoolhouse Project” School Supplies Drive in August, and every bit of it went toward supplying the back-to-school needs of low-income families in Thurston County at the group’s free distribution day at Jefferson Middle School on Olympia’s Westside.

150 Evergreen Students Pitch in for Community Causes

Thirteen community organizations in the South Sound will get a helping hand on September 24 as more than 150 incoming students at The Evergreen State College start their educational experience with a day of volunteer work for community causes.

Upcoming Events

October 21 Evergreen Gallery at The Evergreen State College Presents Environmental Artist Basia Irland

Evergreen Gallery at The Evergreen State College is sponsoring a project by environmental artist Basia Irland. The artist will be on campus October 21-27 to talk about her art and encourage people to participate in her project 'A Gathering of Waters.'

Older Events
Sep 29
Are You Registered to Vote?
Sep 24
The Evergreen State College Orients New Students to Contribute to the Community
Jul 2
Memorial Service for Patrick Hill - July 2nd
Jun 14
KAOS 89.3 FM Olympia Community Radio and Olympia Film Society bring you PURE CIRKUS on Super Saturday, June 14, 2008
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