Afternoon Sessions

  • Explore Problem Solving: Cultivating Creativity for Community Problem Solving

    Positive social change, both large and small, happens all the time. It's not magic, nor do we fully understand it. Activists and social entrepreneurs—often with the assistance of online technology—have shown remarkable creativity in their response to complex social and environmental issues. For this discussion we have invited several innovators to help us explore new ways to understand and address shared problems. We will look at new opportunities for “ordinary citizens” to be engaged in this type of work and the role of higher education, particularly Evergreen, in supporting it.

    • Doug Schuler '76
      Doug Schuler ‘76
      Member of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College
    • Justin G. Smith, Ph.D., '04
      Justin Smith, Ph.D., ‘04
      Director, Washington State University (WSU) Extension Mason County and Assistant Professor of Community and Economic Development
    • Kit Evans '93
      Kit Evans ‘93
      Executive Director, Hilltop Artists
    • Michael O'Neill
      Michael O’Neill ‘16
      Healthy Communities Lead, Cowlitz County Health & Human Services

  • Explore Public Health: Health Inequities: False Choices and True Consequences

    We know that all people are not equally likely to live long, healthy lives. In fact there are systematic differences in health between different populations, based on social class, race, gender, education, and place of residence, among other factors. What accounts for these systematic differences or inequities? How important is access to quality healthcare? Does personal behavior change how healthy we are? How has the presence of underlying inequities affected the nature of relationships between communities, researchers, and clinical providers? This workshop will include a lecture, but time will also be spent on both small group and whole group discussion. Come to this workshop to offer your experience, your point of view, and your questions about how we get, and stay, healthy.

  • Explore Social Movements: Activism and Advocacy

    How can we best harness our community’s power and creativity to effectively fight for change within the legislative process? In this highly interactive workshop you will practice articulating your passion into an issue campaign that is resilient enough to navigate the legislative process. By learning to combine community networking, progressive messaging, and a bird’s-eye view of our political system, participants will leave with a better understanding of long-haul organizing and the role you can play on the issues that matter most.

    • Elissa Goss
      Elissa Goss '13
      Executive Director, Washington Student Association

  • Explore Research: Evergreen Faculty and Students Research at Mount St. Helens

    Following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, forests and streams in the region were returned to "a blank slate” underlain by volcanic ash and debris flows. Dylan Fischer (Forest Ecology) and Abir Biswas (Earth Science) and their students have been studying the recovery of forest ecosystems and soil development processes in the Tephra-fall zone in clear-cut and old growth sites. Carri LeRoy (Stream Ecology) and her students have been studying stream processes in the blast zone of Mount St. Helens. We will discuss our findings thus far and the ways we have incorporated this research site into our teaching and work with our Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) students. We welcome discussion on our work at Mount St. Helens, as well as our other research activities and how they are being incorporated into Evergreen’s curriculum.

    • Dylan Fischer
      Dylan Fischer, Ph.D.
      Member of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College
    • Abir Biswas
      Abir Biswas, Ph.D.
      Member of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College
    • Carri LeRoy
      Carri LeRoy, Ph.D.
      Member of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College
  • Aaron Kish '15 and Mariah Gerth '15.

    Aaron Kish and Mariah Gerth, Class of 2015.

    Explore Philanthropy the Goldberg Way: A Biographical Documentary, The Fred Effect

    The Fred Effect is a biographical documentary about Fred Goldberg: business man, art collector, and philanthropist. Fred’s professional history is a deep and varied one. He has gone from business school, to the family furniture store, to banking, to the global transportation industry, etc. But, even more fascinating than Fred’s professional outlook is his moral one. Besides being a force for good on a global scale, he impacts every life around him. Collected here are the stories of Fred and his life’s work of ethics.

    • Aaron Kish ‘15
      Aaron Kish ‘15
      Producer, Director, Camera, Editor, The Fred Effect
    • Mariah Gerth ‘15
      Mariah Gerth ‘15
      Writer, The Fred Effect

    • Rebecca Rogers

      Associate Producer/Assistant Director, The Fred Effect

    • Brian Binning

      Audio/Sound, The Fred Effect

    • Nathan Alexander

      Audio/Sound, The Fred Effect

  • Explore The Evergreen Radio Station: Come visit the new KAOS studios!

    Spend the morning reconnecting with KAOS alumni and peruse archival photos and materials from the 40 year history of KAOS. These materials are being specially prepared and assembled for this historic event. In the afternoon, get back into the KAOS Community Radio studios and record legal IDs, music programs and your KAOS stories.

    • Ruth Brownstein
      Ruth Brownstein ‘99
      General Manager KAOS
    • Morgan Jaffee
      Operation Manager KAOS

  • Tour Evergreen’s Center for Creative and Applied Media (CCAM)

    The Center for Creative & Applied Media (CCAM) houses Media Engineering, the Evergreen TV Studio, and more. As the College’s media hub, the Center provides functional studio space for production, teleconferencing, broadcast across the college’s audio-visual and computer networks, and preservation of a burgeoning collection of media files (audio, video, film, etc.) in formats that are accessible in today’s technological environment. We invite you to come take a tour of this great facility.

    2:30–4:00 pm

  • Explore Connections: Speed Networking For Students

    When Evergreen alumni get together with currents students there is no denying the power of that interaction. Current students are hungry to learn about “life after Evergreen” and love to meet alumni who can share their stories about their successes –and their struggles after Evergreen. For Alumni having an opportunity to reflect on their Evergreen and career experiences helps articulate their future goals as well as well as help others by sharing their experience.

    Speed Networking

    If you can picture speed dating, but with the goal of students getting to know alumni 1-on- 1, you may have a pretty good idea of what to expect at this networking event. Students will come with great questions or be provided with prompts and leave having an idea if the different and varied ways that a career and life can unfold after Evergreen. Join fellow alumni as they meet each other and current Evergreen students to share how Evergreen put you on your path for your career and life!

    • Adam Fletcher '02
      CommonAction Consulting, SoundOut
    • Eli G. Jacobsen, Esq. '12
      Fairplay Realty
    • Donna Griffin ' 02
      Operation Manager KAOS
    • Whitney Kershner '08
      Financial Advisor with Edward Jones

More session information coming soon.