First Peoples

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About First Peoples

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First Peoples' Programs & Faculty

These are just a few of the people who make up the Evergreen community - people you may run into in the campus Bookstore, Library or in a local restaurant or market. They may even play a key role in your education at Evergreen.

We asked each of them the same question "Why do you work at Evergreen?"

Housing and Residential Life
Staff Member

Monique Vallot

Housing & Food Service
Housing Assignments Manager

I work at Evergreen because of the students: watching their growth and assisting them on this remarkable educational journey.


Program Faculty Team
Molecule to Organism

Nancy Murray

Neurobiology Faculty

Students are able to see connections between disparate fields because of our interdisciplinary curriculum. I enjoy teaching with biology faculty, as well as faculty from other fields, because it allows me to continually learn new things and to be challenged.

Paula Schoefield

Chemistry Faculty

The dedication and intellectual curiosity of Evergreen students keeps me constantly stimulated and makes me think

Andy Brabban

Microbiology Faculty

Evergreen is an invigorating place where the lack of boundaries allows you to think outside the box. This makes the work more exciting, rewarding and fun. The broad diversity of students who are attracted to study here brings an enormous range of perspectives to the classroom.

Paula, Nancy and Andy are teaching Molecule to Organism in 2007-2008.


Program Faculty Team
So You Want to be a Teacher: 2006-07

Frances Rains

Native Studies Faculty

I am teaching classes I've always dreamed of teaching, but couldn't at other institutions. Also, narrative evaluations truly represent what a student has learned.

2007-08: Teaching Native Decolonization in the Pacific Rim.

Bill Bruner

Economics Faculty

There is always the opportunity to learn something new and to teach in creative ways with good colleagues and dedicated students.

2007-08: Teaching Business, Culture and the State in the U.S. and Latin America.

Masao Sugiyama

Mathematics Faculty

I think Evergreen is the best place on earth to teach.

2007-08: Will be on leave