Welcome to writers of all ability levels seeking an intensive writer’s workshop that complements a busy summer schedule. This workshop will engage “want-to-be writers” as well as established writers of poetry, fiction, essays and creative non-fiction. Through readings, intensive writings and hiking, we will join physical pursuit and discovery to creativity and the written word. All hikes will be comfortably grouped by student ability or preference. We will have two full-day Saturday hikes during each five-week session and optional overnights. Destinations may include the Olympics, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and the Hoh Rainforest/Ruby Beach. Tuesday evenings will include themed workshops and lectures. Peer critique groups will meet weekly at a mutually agreeable time. Faculty will meet individually with students to help meet individual needs and desires. For slideshows of potential hikes via e-mail, or further information, please contact Nancy A. Parkes at parkesn@evergreen.edu. This course is excellent preparation for MIT, MFA, and MES.

Credits awarded: 8 credits in either expository writing, creative writing, literature, or natural history.

Organisms evolve. So do technologies and ideas. Though the evolutionary mechanisms are different, they often produce analogous structures. We will explore the concept of evolutionary “fitness,” seeking the characteristics of a ‘fit’ organism and comparing them to the properties of successful machines and ideas. Does factual truth have built-in advantages over appealing falsehoods, or is truth rigid and inflexible relative to its dynamic competitors? What are the implications for democracy if truth is unfit? Students will earn upper division credit as they hone critical reasoning skills in the context of evolution.

Credits awarded: 4 credits in evolution, 2 credits in critical thinking, 2 credits in biology

Adolescent literature differs from children’s literature to meet the developmental needs of middle and high school ages. Participants will learn about adolescent literature in an historical perspective, young adult development in reading, and genres with representative authors and selection criteria. Participants will read and critique a variety of genres, developing a knowledge base of a variety of current authors, themes and classroom uses. This course meets teaching endorsement requirements for Secondary English/language arts and middle level humanities for MIT.

Credits awarded: 4 credits in English/language arts

Advanced, five-week course in newspaper and magazine photography. We will concentrate on photojournalism techniques, focusing on news, sports and features. Students will be learning advanced on-camera and off-camera strobe techniques. Students will learn photo editing for newspaper and magazine, selecting images for content, design value and quality. There are weekly/daily assignments and extensive critiques of student work. Students will be required to produce a Web-site-based slide show on a single topic for the final class project.

Credits awarded: 2 credits in photojournalism

ASL III Students will focus on broadening their vocabularies, conversation skills and using appropriate and accurate ASL grammar, with emphasis on the non-manual aspect of communication, and classifier development. There is a continued study of deaf culture.

Credits awarded: 4 credits in American sign language

ASL IV will continue the study of the grammar of ASL, the functional application of ASL, classifiers, locatives, vocabulary development, and include an introduction to ASL idioms, multiple meaning words both ASL and English, along with conceptual/contextual signing. Students will also work with ASL literature in an in-depth study.

Credits awarded: 4 credits in American sign language

In post-Katrina New Orleans, the U.S. government implemented neoliberal policies to transfer wealth from the public sector to the private sector by keeping public schools, public housing and public hospitals closed. A dedicated group of self-conscious anarchists emerged who created new community institutions based on mutual aid, “leaderless” organizations and volunteers. This course will examine these institution-building efforts as a possible model to respond to the spread of “disaster capitalism” in the U.S. and the world.

Credits awarded: 4 credits each in theory and practice of contemporary anarchism and the political economy of neoliberalism

This course will provide instruction on the project life cycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and project closing. Managing projects in the public sector is complex and challenging. Generally, project budgets are tight, timelines are short, the environment is politically charged and consensus is difficult to achieve. The ability to efficiently and effectively manage projects under these conditions leads to improved public policy decisions and better use of the public dollar. With a clear and comprehensive plan, a project is well-positioned to be successful. When your project charter is signed and your project plan complete, then it's time to implement the plan and finish the work.

But what happens when (not if) your plan doesn't unfold as expected? How can you make sure contractors and vendors perform as promised?  What is the secret power weapon against scope creep? When do you tell your boss your project is in trouble? In addition to concrete management tools, students will learn about the realities of managing project politics and building consensus among participants and stakeholders.  Bring real life "project traumas" to class, and we will explore the art and science of keeping a project within scope, schedule and budget. This is a graduate level course. Upper division undergraduate students are welcome.

Credits awarded: 2 credits in project management.

Focusing on hand drawn and digital stencil-making techniques, this course will allow students to study and practice the fine art of silk-screening on paper. Students will create a professional portfolio highlighting concept, craft and technique, will learn a variety of stencil making techniques, refine registration and composition skills, experiment with color theory in ink mixing exercises, and use Photoshop to create digital transparencies. Silk-screening in contemporary fine art will be emphasized. This course will build visual literacy, provide an art historical perspective on printmaking and contemporary art, and introduce basic graphic design skills.

Credits awarded: 4 credits in introduction to silk screening

Students will be introduced to hand bookbinding, letterpress printing, printmaking and several genres of artists’ books, completing an independently conceived project in one of these areas. Academic work will explore the poetics of book form, artists’ books, graphic design concepts and the history of the book. For important schedule information and details: http://academic.evergreen.edu/h/hendrics/SUMMER08/summer08.htm. This course is for art students seeking to explore experimental forms while developing skills in crafts and with diverse traditional media/equipment.

Credits awarded: 8 credits in book arts with emphases available in fine printing, bookbinding, or artists’ books

This field-based program will provide focused work and depth of knowledge to students interested in bird ecology. In the field, students will hone their observational skills through journaling and will learn current field research methods including census methods and bird banding. Learning in the field will be supported in the lab via work with natural history collections. This class is designed to prepare students with some of the skills and knowledge needed in field research. This upper division program will provide students with field and analytical skills for graduate biology, ecology and ornithology programs.

Credits awarded: 3 credits in ecology, 3 credits in ornithology, 2 credits in natural history