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The Evergreen State College
Motto:	Omnia Extares (Let it all hang out)
Established	1967
Type:	Public Baccalaureate
President:	Thomas L. Purce
Faculty:	232
Staff:	502
Students:	4,416
Undergraduates:	4,171
Postgraduates:	292
Location	Olympia, Washington, USA
Campus:	Suburban on 1,000 acres (4 km²)
Gender balance:	53% women, 47% men
Colors:	Green and White
Mascot:	Geoduck
Website:	www.evergreen.edu

The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. It was founded in 1967 in the state capital, Olympia, Washington. Begun as an experimental and non-traditional college, its academic offerings have become generally more traditional over time, but faculty still issue narrative evaluations of students' work rather than grades, and Evergreen still organizes most studies into largely interdisciplinary classes titled "Coordinated Studies Programs," which generally constitute a full-time course load. Evergreen's President is Thomas L. (Les) Purce and its Board Chair is Christopher Hedrick.

In late 2006, Evergreen's level of academic challenge among freshman and seniors was marked in the top ten percent of all baccalaureate colleges in the nation by the National Survey of Student Engagement, a study by Indiana University and the Pew Charitable Trusts. In years past, Evergreen consistently ranked highly in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings. However, Evergreen is currently ranked a tier 4 school, although the magazine's ranking system is the subject of criticism by some colleges and universities and other publications.[1]. Science programs at the college are noted for significant discoveries, particularly with Phage and E.Coli, and inclusion of undergraduate students in high level research. Author and former New York Times education editor Loren Pope cites Evergreen as one of two public colleges in the United States in his book "Colleges That Change Lives."

The Evergreen State College offers the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Bachelor of Science, Master of Environmental Studies, Master of Public Administration, and Master in Teaching. As of 2005 there were approximately 4,500 students taught by approximately 225 faculty members. Evergreen's campus is the largest of any Washington state baccalaureate institution at approximately 1,000 acres (4 km²). The campus' 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) are located five miles (8 km) northwest of Olympia on the Cooper Point Peninsula and has 3,000 feet (910 m) of water frontage on Puget Sound's Eld Inlet.

On 10th August 2007, The Evergreen State College was ranked no. 4 on grist.org's list of 15 Green Colleges and Universities.

The Evergreen State College has a large influence on the culture and economy of the growing city of Olympia. In 2003, the city was named as one of the 40 best college towns in the nation by Outside magazine [2].

Contents 1 Identity and athletics 2 History 3 Notable alumni and students 4 Notable student groups 5 Notable faculty 6 Trivia 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Evergreen's motto, Omnia Extares, can be translated as "let it all hang out," or as "reach out in all directions," a reference to their interdisciplinary pedagogy. It is also a reference to the school mascot, the geoduck. School colors are green and white. The Geoduck Fight Song is the college's official fight song. It was written in 1971 by Malcolm Stilson, a staff librarian at the college from 1970 into the 1980's. He was well known at the college for writing satirical musicals about Evergreen and Olympia (such as "Das Kapital Mall") which were performed by faculty and staff members. In proper performances of the fight song, arm motions accompany the third and fourth lines of each verse. The lyrics are as follows:

Go, Geoducks, go!

Through the mud and the sand let's go!

Siphon high, squirt it out, swivel all about.

Let it all hang out!

Go, Geoducks, go!

Stretch your necks when the tide is low!

Siphon high, squirt it out, swivel all about.

Let it all hang out!

Lyrics to the college's alma mater are as follows:

Omnia Extares, Omnia Extares

Alma Mater, Evergreen

Omnia Extares

The basketball and soccer programs are noted for recent national rankings in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

In 1964, a report was issued by the Council of Presidents of Washington state baccalaureate institutions, stating that another college was needed in the state to balance the geographical distribution of the existing state institutions. This report spurred the 1965 Washington legislature to create the Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education to study the need and possible location for a new state college.

In 1965-66, the Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education (assisted by Nelson Associates of New York) concluded "at the earliest possible time a new college should be authorized," to be located at a suburban site in Thurston County within a radius of approximately 10 miles (16 km) from Olympia.

Evergreen's enabling legislation - HB 596 (Chapter 47, Laws of 1967) - stated that the campus should be no smaller than 600 acres (2.4 km²), making it then the largest campus in the state as well as the first public four-year college created in Washington in the 20th century.

On January 24, 1968, The Evergreen State College was selected from 31 choices as the name of the new institution. On November 1, 1968, Charles J. McCann assumed the first presidency of the college. McCann and the founding faculty held the first day of classes October 4, 1971 with 1178 students. McCann served from 1968 until his retirement June 6, 1977 when former Governor Daniel J. Evans, who signed the legislation creating Evergreen, assumed the presidency. Evans left the president's office abruptly in 1983 when he was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Henry M. Jackson. The largest building on campus is named in honor of Evans, the Daniel J. Evans Library Building. The entrance to the campus bears McCann's name, the Charles J. McCann plaza. In 2004, the college completed the 170,000-square-foot (16,000 m²) Seminar II building, and significant work is now underway at the Evans Building. The current president is Thomas L. Purce.

Lynda Barry, cartoonist and author Craig Bartlett, cartoonist and animator Josh Blue, stand-up comedian, winner of Last Comic Standing, member of U.S. Men's Paralympic Soccer Team Violetta Blue, porn star Carrie Brownstein, musician in band Sleater-Kinney Charles Burns, cartoonist William Clocksin, Artificial Intelligence pioneer Rachel Corrie, activist Kimya Dawson, musician Timo Ellis, musician Phil Elverum, musician Steve Fisk, musician John Bellamy Foster, co-editor, Monthly Review Jason Frost, musician, publisher A Frosty J Productions (ASCAP) Elizabeth Furse, former U.S. Congresswoman Tim Girvin, calligrapher and designer Joey Gjertsen, soccer player with Vancouver Whitecaps of the USL First Division Matt Groening, cartoonist, creator of Life in Hell, The Simpsons, and Futurama Kathleen Hanna, musician in band Bikini Kill and Le Tigre Thorn Kief Hillsbery, author Benjamin Hoff, writer, The Tao of Pooh Steve House, Piolet d’Or Award Recipient

Calvin Johnson, composer, musician, audio producer and founder of K Records Conrad Keely, vocalist/guitarist of indie rock band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Megan Kelso, cartoonist Burke Kenny, winner of the Full Beard with Styled Moustache category at the 2007 World Beard and Moustache Championships. Also believed to be the youngest ever World Facial Hair Champion at age 22. Orin Kirshner, Assist. Prof. of American Politics and Government, Soka University of America and former revolutionary organizer extraordinaire. Stan Klyne, president of Klyne Audio Arts Bill Kozlowski(1971-2003), musician, co-founder of Juneau Information Service Technology, and medicinal marijuana advocate. Nomy Lamm, singer, songwriter, activist, accordianist Scott Leers, activist Saab Lofton, author, activist Lois Maffeo, musician Robert W. McChesney, co-editor, Monthly Review Andrew Mickel, murderer Judith Moore, author of the novel Fat Girl: A True Story Inga Muscio, author of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, feminist Jared Pappas-Kelley, artist Bruce Pavitt, founder of Sub Pop Records Russell Potter, writer and college professor David Price, anthropologist Don Price, Deputy Head of Darfur for the United Nations Judge Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington State Court of Appeals Judge

Heather Rae, filmmaker Michael Richards, actor, best known as "Cosmo Kramer" on Seinfeld Don Roff, writer and filmmaker. Greg and Jeff Sherman, members of Glass Ken Silverstein, investigative journalist D.C. Simpson, cartoonist Steve Thomas, host of the PBS show This Old House Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington State Representative, 37th District Cappy Thompson, artist Corin Tucker, musician in band Sleater-Kinney Tobi Vail, musician in band Bikini Kill John Wozniak, musician in band Marcy Playground, record producer Mirah Zeitlyn, recording artist Ryan Wise, writer, director, editor and co-founder of Big Fantastic

• Students Educating Students About the Middle East - SESAME
• Capoeira Angola
• KAOS-FM (Evergreen's public radio station)

Geoduck Student Union- (Evergreen's Student Government)

• Michael Vavrus
• Stephanie Coontz
• Willi Unsoeld (deceased)

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• Matt Groening was quoted as saying "I went to college in Olympia, Washington, a fine little progressive school called Evergreen State College, state-funded, no grades, no hard courses. I highly recommend it to all self-disciplined creative weirdoes."[3]

• Washington State Institute for Public Policy
• History of Olympia, Washington

• Sevcik, Rita & Stilson, Randy (1995). "Rita's archival page: The Evergreen State College -- Planning Milestones and Early Years". Retrieved October, 2005.

• The Evergreen State College - official site
• Evergreen State College athletics
• Student Groups at The Evergreen State College
• Evergreen State College Alumni Association
• City of Olympia official site

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