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Evergreen receives nearly $5.8 million in GEAR UP funding

The Evergreen State College receives nearly $5.8 million in GEAR UP funding from U.S. Department of Education

Bill Ransom’s Latest Poetry Collection Published

Bill Ransom has completed a new book of poetry and prose called 'The Woman and the War Baby'.

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 Recognized as a College of Distinction

The Evergreen State College recently received the designation “College of Distinction” in the newly-released 2008-2009 edition of Colleges of Distinction. Unlike traditional numeric-based college guidebooks, this book recognizes and appeals to students’ unique interests, realizing what may be “the best” college for one student, may be vastly different than the best for another.

Evergreen State College Professor Examines Global Warming Influence on the Wet Tropics

Evergreen Professor Jack Longino joined a team of researchers in publishing a report in the October 9 issue of Science. The article, Global Warming, Elevational Range Shifts, and Lowland Biotic Attrition in the Wet Tropics examines the impact of global warming in the wet tropics – an area encompassing a large fraction of the planet.

New e2Campus Signup for WEATHER and EMERGENCY Text Message and Email Alerts

The Evergreen State College has recently adopted the e2Campus emergency notification system that enables the school to send urgent news via text-messaging to your cell phone and/or email.

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