Priorities Around Campus

Around Campus

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In a constantly evolving environment, some needs don't fit neatly into a specific category.

Arts

dance students in a circular formation Students gain skills and experience in the arts with a special focus on connecting theory and practice. Students work collaboratively and in more than one art form simultaneously, exploring cross-disciplinary approaches to a theme. Program themes are drawn from the scholarly and creative work of the faculty, keeping the curriculum vital and relevant. Evergreen Expressions performing arts series bring visiting artists to campus to enrich the experiences of students and the community.

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Cal Anderson Memorial Lecture Series

cal anderson lecture series graphic The Cal Anderson Memorial Lecture Series is a forum to capture the spirit of reasoned discussion of public policies and ideas that marked Cal Anderson's career. Anderson labored for campaign finance and regulatory reform, motor-voter registration, veterans' issues, environmental protection and open access to government. He introduced many bills related to AIDS programs and led the on-going battle for equal civil rights protection for gay and lesbian citizens.

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Evergreen Galleries

Galleries - wordmark Private support of the Evergreen Galleries helps create remarkable exhibitions, continue the enrichment of the permanent collections and enhances teaching and learning.

With over 200 pieces in the collection, art is continually displayed and rotated throughout the campus, including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, hand woven wall hangings, ceramics, glass works, and ceramic sculptures by both nationally recognized and local artists. Two galleries in the Daniel J. Evans Library exhibit special collections, including works from student, faculty and international artists.

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Forest Canopy Project

aerial view of a forest canopy A visionary effort to build a forest canopy walkway, seminar pod and suspension bridge on Evergreen's 1,000 acre wooded campus.

This three-part cable supported structure will be unique among institutions of higher education and will enhance Evergreen's reputation as a pioneer in academic innovation. It will also provide extraordinary access to the canopy treetops for students, faculty and staff, and serve as an educational resource for local schools, community groups and eco-tourism.

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Library

Daniel J Evans Library graphic The Daniel J. Evans Library is a vital center of teaching, learning and community. It provides instruction in the use of materials and media equipment, houses unique collections and continually seeks new and innovative ways to provide information to meet the ever-changing research and academic needs of the entire community.

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Organic Farm

woman student working in the greenhouses at the farm The organic farm engages in community supported agriculture, works to achieve better, more sustainable farming methods, and serves as a teaching space for students learning to develop a more beneficial way of working on issues of food, nutrition, landscape use, and preserving natural habitat and biodiversity. These are issues of critical importance for anyone who cares about what they eat and wants the world to produce not just more food, but better, more healthy food.

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Patrick J. Hill Memorial Endowment

Patrick Hill The Patrick J. Hill Memorial Endowment honors the memory of the man who was an 18-year member of the faculty and Provost from 1983 – 1990. Funds from the endowment are used to support the professional development activities of members of the faculty and staff of the college.

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Phage Research

Since 1973, Evergreen’s Phage Lab has been at the cutting edge of biochemical research.

The Phage Lab has isolated dozens of bacteria-destroying viruses called bacteriophages, or “phages” for short. Among them are phages that target Escherichia coli O157:H7—the food-borne pathogen known as E. coli, Pseudomonas, which cause bacterial pneumonia in humans, and Aeromonas salmonicida, which produces an infection that plagues hatchery fish. On the horizon, there is even hope that the research done at the lab will result in phage therapy to combat the deadly superbugs that have developed from antibiotic resistance.

Dedicated students and researchers have cultivated collaborations that have built bridges locally and around the world. One of its initiatives, the Evergreen International Phage meeting—held biennially since 1975—draws scientists from 30 nations to the college.

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Sustainability & Justice

three students of environmental studies At Evergreen, we take a "seven generations" approach to questions of how to sustain human life and community in harmony with the planet. This is a cross-generational, ecologic ethic descended to us from the Haudenoshaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. We offer students who embrace this ethic the opportunity to design a curricular pathway that focuses on issues of sustainability.

Willi Unsoeld Seminar Series

unsoeld seminar series graphic The Willi Unsoeld Seminar Series brings distinguished visitors to Evergreen who reflect the values and philosophy of Willi Unsoeld, a founding faculty member, philosopher, theologian and mountaineer. Unsoeld was well known for his first ascent of the West Ridge of Mt. Everest with Tom Hornbein. For this feat, President John F. Kennedy presented them with the Hubbard Medal, The National Geographic Society’s highest honor. The annual Unsoeld Seminar is endowed as a “living memorial” in honor of Willi Unsoeld who lost his life in an avalanche on Mt. Rainier in 1979.