Evergreen State College

Educational Resources

Libraries

Sound and Image Library, Multi-media Lab, Inter-Library Loan, Orbis Cascade Alliance, The Labor Education & Research Center, The Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement Information Exchange, Cooperating Libraries in Olympia. Special Collections: Chicano and Latino Art Culture of the Pacific Northwest; Nisqually Delta Association Archives; Washington State Folklife Council Archives; Washington Worm Growers Association Archives; Japanese Culture (Beckman Colls); Rare Books; Evergreen State Authors Project and Special Microfilm Collection.

• Member of library consortia.
• 471,105 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 2,731 current serial subscriptions.
• 492,853 microforms.
• 89,050 Audio/Visual items.
• 1,311 e-books.

Museums & Art

Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, Organic Farm and Community Gardens, Evergreen Gallery, Animation and Design Studio, Ceramics Studio, Metal shop, Wood shop, Art Annex, Photography Studios and Darkrooms, and Science Laboratories, 3,000 feet of waterfront property on Puget Sound and 1,000 acres of forest. The Evergreen State College opened Seminar II on May 12, 2004. It is the first new academic building in more than 25 years. The 160,000 square foot complex of five buildings provides learning resources to meet Washington State's growing demand for higher education. Each of its five clusters builds a sense of community by the way the buildings are configured. There are seminar rooms and classrooms, workshop spaces, lecture halls and art studios, as well as faculty offices that support learning communities. The arrangement of vertical clusters and scale of the building promotes a spirit of individual identity while encouraging interaction across clusters. The development and design of Seminar II put theory into practice and built community in the process. Faculty and students took on the challenge of the building's design in their academic programs. These programs helped, advised and consulted on various design topics. The building incorporates green design concepts, construction methods and materials, which are focused on reducing the life-cycle costs of the building while maximizing sustainability and energy conservation.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 300 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, psychological, birth control, other

Career

internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 22% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• In total, there are 35 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 6% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 80% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Harvest Festival, Day of Presence/Day of Absence, Super Saturday, Arts Walk, Procession of the Species, Longhouse Native Arts Fair, Celebration of Chinese Music and Arts, SYNERGY sustainability conference.
• Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, literary magazine, music ensembles, radio station, student newspaper, student film society, television station
• In total, there are about 87 organizations on campus.
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Common Bread, Radical Catholics for Justice and Peace, Jewish Cultural Center, Evergreen Students for Christ, Shaolin Cultural Arts Club, World Peace Buddhist Club.
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Asian Solidarity in Action, Capoeira Angola, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Evergreen Bolivarian Circle, Irish Resurgence Experiment, Jewish Cultural Center, Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan, Native Student Alliance, Shaolin Temple Cultural Arts Club, Students Educating Students About the Middle East, Swirl, Inc. , Umoja, Women of Color Coalition.
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), Anatomy and Physiology Club, Bike Shop, Body and Brain, Campus Greens, Carnival, CD Project, Center for Environmental and Natural Skills Education, Chemistry Club, Coalition Against Sexual Violence, Community Gardens, Development of Ecological Projects for the Evergreen Organic Farm, Disabled Student Alliance, Environmental Resource Center, Evergreen Animal Rights Network, Evergreen Chess Club, Evergreen Electronic Music Collective, Evergreen Face Productions, Freedom of Ideology Movement, Evergreen Go Club, Evergreen Infoshoppe, Evergreen Political Information Center, Evergreen Queer Alliance, Evergreen Spontaneity Club, Expressive Arts Alliance, Expressive Arts Student Activities League, Fire Arts: Music and Dance, Gaming Guild, Geodance, Giant Robot Appreciation Society, Greener Futures, Greeners for Student Government, Juggling Club, LARP-Strategy and Dragons Club, Masters of Environmental Studies Graduate Student Association, Masters in Public Administration Graduate Student Association, Masters in Teaching Graduate Student Assoication, Media Influenced Entertainment, Mindscreen Film Group, Musician's Club, Newly Emerging Recognizers of the Dimensional Sciences (NERDS), Order of Sustainable Energy, Organizing for Evergreen Student Union, Percussion Club, Prison Action Committee, Pyschology Club, Raqs Sharki, S&A; Productions, Services and Activities Fee Allocation Board, Slightly West Literary Magazine, Society of American Foresters, Society for Trans Action and Resources, Student Video Gamers Alliance, Students at Evergreen for Ecological Design, Students Organizing for Food Autonomy, Students Stop the War Coalition, Synergy, The EverGleaners, Tap, TESC Beard and Moustache Team, The People, The Phrontisterion (The Evergreen Classics Club), TESC TV 16, The Woodwind Guild, Uniting Communities Across Borders, VOX - Communities for Choice, Women's Resource Center, Writer's Guild, Yoga Club.
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Cooper Point Journal (weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Tacoma (54), Portland (116)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Lacey (9)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Olympia (6)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 25% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 4,100
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, other