Return to Evergreen

Small Business Saturday is today! We’ve featured a local entrepreneur each Saturday in November to make this a month long celebration.

Today we’re doing things a little different and featuring Evergreen's Longhouse virtual Native Art Fair. Held every December, this annual event has gone virtual for the year of 2020! Shop for incredible artwork and gifts crafted by Evergreen alum including Joe Seymour, Devina Clark, Melissa Streun, and more. Support Indigenous artists and get your holiday shopping done all from the comfort of your home.

Visit https://hubs.ly/H0BG4St0 from December 1st-12th to shop!

Return to Evergreen honors Cheryl Strange ’88 with 2020 Joseph Dear Distinguished Alumni Award

Cheryl is the Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Washington’s largest state agency encompassing a biennial budget of $14 billion, nearly 17,000 employees and 23,000 contracted service providers. Prior to becoming Secretary of DSHS, she served as chief executive officer of Western State Hospital since April 2016, one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in the country. Strange also has served as vice president of the Behavioral Health Division at a privately operated mental health service provider and as assistant secretary for Health Services and as deputy secretary at the state Department of Corrections. She holds a bachelor’s degree from The Evergreen State College and a master’s in public administration from Seattle University, a certification in management and leadership from the University of Washington School of Social Work, and a certificate in healthcare policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Cheryl’s contributions to public service will be honored as part of Return to Evergreen on Saturday, October 17. To attend the virtual event free of admissions register here: https://evergreen.edu/return/2020
Established in 2014, the Joseph Albert Dear Distinguished Alumni Award is named after Joe Dear, an accomplished 1977 Evergreen graduate and lifelong advocate of the college, who dedicated his life to public service. Each year we honor Joe’s contributions and other alumni like him who continue to go above and beyond in public service.

Welcome to fall quarter! Please join us on Friday, October 2nd at 10 am for The Evergreen State College-Tacoma’s first Sankofa Conversation of fall quarter:

Pam Bridges, M.Ed., Educational Consultant and past faculty of The Evergreen State College Masters in Teaching program will share her strategies for effective parenting in COVID-19. She’ll be joined by Tacoma student Nichole Alexander for a lively and informative discussion on how to implement practical strategies to help parents who are college students and their children to survive the “new normal” of virtual teaching and learning. Students will share strategies that work and exchange ideas to start and finish this school year with social, emotional, and academic excellence!

Senator John McCoy (Tulalip) Receives Honorary Degree and Award from Evergreen - Senator McCoy Scholarship The Evergreen State College will bestow an honorary Master of Public Administration degree upon retiring Sen. John McCoy during the College’s virtual commencement ceremony on June 12, 2020. McCoy is slated to receive the 2020 Public Official of the Year award from the college’s Master of Public ...

How to Apply to The Evergreen State College in the Midst of the COVID-19 Crisis - ThurstonTalk The Evergreen State College, the admissions process has shifted as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Applications can be completed online, as always, but you now have more digital remote access to the admissions team than ever before.

Hello everyone,

You are cordially invited to share in the joy of The Evergreen State College-Tacoma’s Virtual Graduation Celebration on Saturday, June 13th at 3 pm.

The live stream is located here: https://sites.evergreen.edu/tacomaprogram/graduation-2/?fbclid=IwAR3t2rSl7G8W-G6xisPTGIjMNPcbogV9oJfrr_IgigpO7udQLkRsZvA6fAY

No Pomp and Circumstance? No Problem Students, parents and alumni are making graduation a special occasion, even in quarantine.

Online Dramatic Reading Performance by Scholar E. Patrick Johnson Monday, May 11, 2020 5:30pm – 7:00pm PST All are invited to a special event Monday evening: E. Patrick Johnson, scholar and performer, in a show based on stories told by Black q***r men and women who were raised in or live in the U.S. south. The performance covers topics such as bullying, religion, coming out, gender nonconformity, sexual trauma, and love. The Zoom webinar has a capacity limit of 1,000. Doors at 5:00, performance at 5:30.

http://evergreen.zoom.us/j/92368420141
Meeting ID: 923-6842-0141

Online Dramatic Reading Performance by Scholar E. Patrick Johnson Monday, May 11, 2020 5:30pm – 7:00pm PST All are invited to a special event Monday evening: E. Patrick Johnson, scholar and performer, in a show based on stories told by Black q***r men and women who were raised in or live in the U.S. south. The performance covers topics such as bullying, religion, coming out, gender nonconformity, sexual trauma, and love. The Zoom webinar has a capacity limit of 1,000. Doors at 5:00, performance at 5:30. Contact us at [email protected] to learn more.