Basia Irland, Opening Remarks by President Les Purce

Gallery opening, art exhibition

April 2, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (exhibition continues through April 29, 2009)
The Evergreen State College Gallery, Main Floor of The Daniel J. Evans Library at Evergreen

Basia Irland is a sculptor and installation artist, a poet and book artist, and an activist in international water issues. Her thoughtful interdisciplinary projects combine beautiful artworks, a fascination with research, and a participative engagement with the viewer.

Give Peace a Dance at The Evergreen State College

Saturday April 25th, 2009 Reggae Fun to Follow Procession of the Species

After the Procession of the Species in downtown Olympia, The Evergreen State College is continuing the community celebration with Give Peace a Dance, a gathering of music of New Monsoon, a rock and experimental band form San Francisco, Kore Ionz, a reggae, rock and roots band from Seattle and Pachamama with afro-beat, reggae and ska from Los Angeles.

Grandmothers Counsel the World at The Evergreen State College

Members of International Council of Indigenous Grandmothers Arrives in Early May

On Sunday March 29th at 5:30pm, award-winning investigative journalist and host of Pacifica’s “Democracy Now” will appear at Olympia’s historic Capitol Theater in a benefit for KAOS-FM Olympia Community Radio and Thurston Community Television. The event is in support of her book “Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times,” by Amy Goodman and her photo-journalist brother David Goodman, now out in softcover. The book will be available at the event.

(Olympia, Wash.) The NASPA Foundation recently recognized Evergreen State College’s Vice President for Student Affairs Art Costantino as a Pillar of the Profession in the 2009 award ceremony in Seattle Monday.

The award recognizes professional distinction, regional and national leadership within NASPA, and extraordinary service. The acronym NASPA stands for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

Evergreen’s win last Saturday earned it one of the Cascade Conference's two automatic bids to the national tournament on March 11-17 in Branson, Missouri. Automatic bids go to the regular-season conference champs and to the conference tournament champs. Evergreen has reached the nationals only once before, advancing in 2002 with a team led by Andre Stewart.