Graduation 2012 Student Speakers

Undergraduate Student Speaker

Cari Pendergrass

Cari is a first generation college student who transferred to Evergreen Fall of 2009 after receiving her Associate of Arts from Edmonds Community College.  In her 3 years at Evergreen, she has been published in a scientific journal, completed 900 hours in Student in Service scholarship, coordinated The Womyn’s Resource Center and Greeners for Choice, acted in and directed the Vagina Monologues and taught in both Spain and Kenya.  She is graduating with an emphasis in reproductive health and education and hopes to help increase the opportunities of disadvantaged populations.

Graduate Student Speaker

Jason Cornell

Jason received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Horticulture, with a minor in Landscape Architecture from Washington State University in 1999.  Prior to entering Evergreen’s Master in Environmental Studies program in the fall of 2010, Jason’s career path afforded him a diverse working experience in positions encompassing landscape design, business development, management, and entrepreneurship.  While at Evergreen, his studies focused on environmental policy, education, ecology, and he completed a rigorous 5 month internship at the “Islandwood:  A School in the Woods”.  He continues to own and operate his own landscape design/build firm and looks forward to the opportunities his MES degree will provide in the future.