Evergreen State College#2017 protests

In 1964, a report was issued by the Council of Presidents of Washington State baccalaureate institutions stating that another college was needed in the state to balance the geographical distribution of the existing state institutions. This report spurred the 1965 Washington legislature to create the Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education to study the need and possible location for a new state college.{{cite web|last=Clabaugh|first=Earl|title=Dean|url=http://archives.evergreen.edu/1971/1971-01/clabaugh_doc.pdf|access-date=29 April 2014}}

In 1965–66, the Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education (assisted by Nelson Associates of New York) concluded that "at the earliest possible time a new college should be authorized", to be located at a suburban site in Thurston County within a radius of approximately {{convert|10|mi|km}} from Olympia. Evergreen's enabling legislation – HB 596 (Chapter 47, Laws of 1967) – stated that the campus should be no smaller than {{convert|600|acre|ha}}, making it then the largest campus in the state as well as the first public four-year college created in Washington in the 20th century.

On January 24, 1968, "The Evergreen State College" was selected from 31 choices as the name of the new institution. On November 1, 1968, Charles J. McCann assumed the first presidency of the college. McCann and the founding faculty held the first day of classes October 4, 1971, with 1,128 students. McCann served from 1968 until stepping down to join the faculty June 6, 1977, when former Governor Daniel J. Evans, who signed the legislation creating Evergreen, assumed the presidency. Evans left the president's office in 1983 when he was appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of senator Henry M. Jackson. The largest building on campus is named in honor of Evans, the Daniel J. Evans Library Building. The entrance to the campus bears McCann's name, the Charles J. McCann plaza.

In 1982, Maxine Mimms founded Evergreen's Tacoma campus.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-27 |title=Pioneering teacher Maxine Mimms champions education opportunities for Black adults in WA |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/pioneering-teacher-maxine-mimms-champions-education-opportunities-for-black-adults-in-wa/ |first=Tat |last=Bellamy-Walker |access-date=2023-07-07 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |language=en-US }}

In the 1992–93 school year, students chose Leonard Peltier to give the address at commencement, which was the first with a graduating class of more than 1,000.{{cite news |title=Graduation Weekend Preview |url=http://archives.evergreen.edu/1972/1972-07/President/College%20Relations/GreenerScene/1992-93.pdf |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=Greener Scene: The Newsletter of The Evergreen State College |publisher=Office of College Relations |date=May 14, 1993 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913032725/http://archives.evergreen.edu/1972/1972-07/President/College%20Relations/GreenerScene/1992-93.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} The selection was described as "perhaps the most unconventional commencement speaker" in a published round-up of the most controversial graduation speakers on campuses nationwide that year.{{cite news |last1=Shea |first1=Christopher |title=Controversial Commencement Speakers |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Controversial-Commencement/74237 |access-date=15 November 2018 |work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |date=19 May 1993}} Peltier, who was in federal prison, submitted his remarks in writing, to be read by a graduating senior.{{cite web |title=Commencement Programs 1972-2014 |url=http://archives.evergreen.edu/1972/1972-04/CommencementHome.html |website=Evergreen State College Archives |publisher=The Evergreen State College |access-date=15 November 2018}}

In 1999, Mumia Abu-Jamal was invited to deliver the keynote address by audiotape for the graduating class at the college. The event was protested by some.{{cite press release | title=Mumia Abu-Jamal to Speak at College Graduation Ceremonies | publisher=Peter Bohmer of Evergreen State College, Washington | date=May 26, 1999 | url=http://academic.evergreen.edu/b/bohmerp/znetmay99.htm | access-date=2008-01-22 | archive-date=2017-09-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930102843/http://academic.evergreen.edu/b/bohmerp/znetmay99.htm | url-status=dead }}

In 2004, the college completed the {{convert|170000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Seminar II building, as well as a significant remodeling of the Daniel J Evans Library.

In 2015, George Sumner Bridges became the sixth president of Evergreen State College, not counting interim appointments. Bridges had previously served as president of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He followed Thomas L. "Les" Purce (2000–2015), Jane L. Jervis (1992–2000), and Joseph D. Olander (1985–1990).{{cite web |title=Past Presidents |url=https://www.evergreen.edu/president/past |website=The Evergreen State College |access-date=12 November 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525210915/https://www.evergreen.edu/president/past |url-status=dead }}

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President Bridges appointed a committee to study social equity on campus. In November 2016, the committee recommended changes to faculty hiring and evaluation criteria that proved to be controversial.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestranger.com/news/2017/06/14/25216539/go-back-to-the-zoo-how-evergreen-state-college-became-a-target-for-right-wing-trolls|title="Go Back to the Zoo": How Evergreen State College Became a Target For Right-Wing Trolls|last1=Knauf|first1=Ana Sofia|date=June 14, 2017|work=The Stranger|access-date=July 21, 2018|language=en}} Earlier that year, a white male faculty member was given an annual review that referred to his race and speculated whether students of color in his class were able to freely participate in discussions; however, ultimately the College agreed that a teacher's race and gender should not be mentioned in performance reviews, so it was changed.{{cite news|url=https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2018/06/05/report-found-evidence-discrimination-evergreen-college-white-male-professor-n258805|title=Report found evidence of discrimination at Evergreen College...against a white male professor|last1=Sexton|first1=John|date=June 5, 2018|work=HotAir|access-date=June 15, 2023|language=en}} The debate continued through the spring quarter. Every April from the 1970s until 2017, Evergreen held a daylong event called "Day of Absence", inspired by the Douglas Turner Ward play of the same name, during which minority students and faculty members voluntarily stayed off campus to raise awareness of the contributions of minorities and to discuss racial and campus issues. Since 1992, the Day of Absence has been followed by the "Day of Presence", when the campus community reunites."[http://evergreen.edu/multicultural/day-of-absence-day-of-presence Day of Absence & Day of Presence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226141816/http://evergreen.edu/multicultural/day-of-absence-day-of-presence |date=2017-12-26 }}", First Peoples Advising Services, Evergreen State College. Retrieved June 3, 2017. In 2017, approximately 25% of Evergreen students were members of racial minority groups.

{{anchor|Bret Weinstein}}In 2017, some students of color voiced concerns about feeling unwelcome on campus following the 2016 US presidential election and a 2015 off-campus police shooting. Consequently, "it was decided that on Day of Absence, white students, staff and faculty will be invited to leave the campus for the day's activities" to attend an off-campus event.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/04/10/day-of-absence-changes-form/|title=Day of Absence Changes Form|last=Manchester|first=Chloe|date=April 10, 2017|website=The Cooper Point Journal|access-date=June 27, 2017}} The off-campus event was held at a church that accommodated 200 people, about 7% of the white student body.Fischel, Anne, Grossman, Zoltan, & Nelson, Lin (August 11. 2017). "[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/evergreen-state-college-another-side_b_598cd293e4b090964295e8fc Another Side of The Evergreen State College Story: 10 realities about the campus tumult that are being ignored.]", Huffington Post. An event for students of color was held on the Evergreen campus.{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/discord-at-evergreen-state-simmered-for-a-year-before-it-boiled-over/|title=Long-simmering discord led to The Evergreen State College's viral moment|date=2017-06-10|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=2017-09-15|language=en-US}}Jaschik, Scott. (May 30, 2017)."[https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/30/escalating-debate-race-evergreen-state-students-demand-firing-professor Who Defines What Is Racist?]", Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved June 3, 2017."[http://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/04/10/day-of-absence-changes-form/ Day of Absence Changes Form]", Cooper Point Journal, Evergreen State College. Retrieved June 15, 2017. Bret Weinstein, a professor of biology at Evergreen, wrote a letter in March to Evergreen faculty, protesting the change in format, stating "On a college campus, one's right to speak—or to be—must never be based on skin color."{{cite news |first1=Susan |last1=Svrluga |first2=Joe |last2=Heim |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/01/threats-shut-down-college-embroiled-in-racial-dispute/ |title=Threat shuts down college embroiled in racial dispute |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 1, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/05/26/professor-told-hes-not-safe-on-campus-after-college-protests-at-evergreen-state-university-washington/|title=Opinion {{!}} 'Professor told he's not safe on campus after college protests' at Evergreen State College (Washington)|last=Volokh|first=Eugene|date=2017-05-26|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}} and "There is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space to highlight their vital and under-appreciated roles and a group or coalition encouraging another group to go away."{{Cite news |last=Weiss |first=Bari |date=2017-06-01 |title=Opinion {{!}} When the Left Turns on Its Own |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/opinion/when-the-left-turns-on-its-own.html |access-date=2022-04-19 |issn=0362-4331}} The incident attracted national attention, with The New York Times writing that Evergreen "found itself on the front line of the national discontent over race, speech and political disagreement" and that the national exposure led "right-leaning websites to [heap derision] on their newest college target".{{cite news |last1=Hartocollis |first1=Anemona |title=A Campus Argument Goes Viral. Now the College Is Under Siege. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/us/evergreen-state-protests.html |access-date=July 25, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=June 16, 2017}}

In late May 2017, student protesters disrupted the campus and called for a number of changes to the college.Richardson, Bradford (May 25, 2017). "[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/25/evergreen-state-students-demand-professor-resign-f/ Students berate professor who refused to participate in no-whites 'Day of Absence']", The Washington Times. Retrieved June 3, 2017. Protesters occupied the office of Evergreen’s President George Bridges, without permission; exits to the campus library were blocked with furniture.{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Charlotte |title=The Appalling Protests at Evergreen State College |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/the-appalling-protests-at-evergreen-state-college |access-date=6 February 2023 |work=Washington Examiner (originally appearing in The Weekly Standard) |date=June 9, 2017}} Weinstein was told by campus police that it was not safe for him to be on campus, which caused Weinstein to hold his biology class in a public park.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-campus-mob-came-for-meand-you-professor-could-be-next-1496187482|title=The Campus Mob Came for Me—and You, Professor, Could Be Next|first=Bret|last=Weinstein |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=30 May 2017 }}{{cite web|last=Mikkelsen|first=Drew|date=May 27, 2017|title=Professor told he's not safe on campus after college protests|url=http://www.king5.com/news/local/olympia/professor-told-hes-not-safe-on-campus-after-college-protests/443098670|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603161618/http://www.king5.com/news/local/olympia/professor-told-hes-not-safe-on-campus-after-college-protests/443098670|archive-date=June 3, 2017|website=king5.com|publisher=KING-TV}} Weinstein and his wife, professor Heather Heying, later resigned and each received $250,000 in a settlement with the university, after having sued for $3.8 million for failing to "protect its employees from repeated provocative and corrosive verbal and written hostility based on race, as well as threats of physical violence".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article173710596.html|title=Evergreen settles with Weinstein, professor at the center of campus protests|work=The Olympian|access-date=2018-11-11|language=en}}

A June 1 direct threat to campus safety {{clarify|date=December 2022}} led to an evacuation and two-day closure of the campus.Svrluga, Susan & Heim, Joe. (June 1, 2017). "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/01/threats-shut-down-college-embroiled-in-racial-dispute/ Threat shuts down college embroiled in racial dispute]", The Washington Post. Retrieved June 3, 2017. According to campus police, protesters with sticks and bats caused approximately $10,000 in damage to the campus and forced closure of the school for an additional day.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/06/05/evergreen-state-college-reopens-after-violent-threat-and-property-damage-on-campus/|title=Evergreen State College reopens after violent threat and property damage on campus|first=Susan|last=Svrluga|date=5 June 2017|via=www.washingtonpost.com}} Two weeks later, a June 15 protest on campus by the far-right group Patriot Prayer led to the campus being closed early.{{Cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/protests-roil-evergreen-campus-in-olympia-again/|title=Counter-protesters clash with pro-Trump group Patriot Prayer at Evergreen State College|date=2017-06-15|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=2017-09-15|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2017/12/10/right-wing-slugger-tiny-toese-arrested-again-while-trolling-portland/|title=Right-Wing Slugger "Tiny" Toese Arrested Again While Trolling Portland|work=Willamette Week|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-US}} The following day, Evergreen's 2017 commencement ceremony was also moved off-campus because of safety concerns.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/education/article154625464.html|title=Safety concerns prompt Evergreen to move commencement ceremony|last=Pemberton|first=Lisa|date=2017-06-06|work=The Olympian|access-date=2018-11-11|language=en}} Through the spring and summer, African American students reported receiving harassing and threatening messages.Littleton, Jacqueline. (June 16, 2017). "[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/media-alt-right-evergreen-college.html The Media Brought the Alt-Right to My Campus]", The New York Times. An African American staff member and faculty member both resigned before the end of the year claiming escalating online attacks against them.Spegman, Abby (December 12. 2017). [https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article189327514.html "Another Evergreen professor resigns in the wake of campus tensions and protests"], The Olympian.

A report from the college suggested protests may adversely affect Evergreen's enrollment, which has been declining over the last decade.{{cite news |last1=Spegman |first1=Abby |title=Evergreen looks to cut $6 million from its budget, raise fees due to enrollment drop |url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/education/article210893889.html |access-date=July 21, 2018 |work=The Olympian |date=May 11, 2018 |language=en}} In the immediate aftermath enrollments fell, with the November 2018 head count dropping to 3,327 students, down from 3,881 students in 2017. The college's chief enrollment officer cited "questions about our reputation" as making efforts to attract students "more difficult"{{cite news|last1=Spegman|first1=Abby|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/heres-what-evergreen-state-college-is-doing-to-boost-its-reputation-and-enrollment/|title=Here's what Evergreen State College is doing to boost its reputation and enrollment|date=November 19, 2018|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=September 18, 2019|language=en}} and the drop forced the college to cut its budget by 10% and increase student fees. Enrollment has since plummeted 41%, to 2,281 students in fall of 2020 and was expected to top at around 2,000 in 2021.[https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article254515932.html Evergreen enrollment expected to top 2,000 students, but not by much, official says], The Olympian, Rolf Boone, September 25, 2021 In February 2022, the chief enrollment officer reported that total enrollment had fallen to 1,952 students.{{cite news | newspaper=The Olympian | last=Boone | first=Rolf | date=February 6, 2022 | title=Evergreen enrollment falls again, Board of Trustees learn | url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article258077908.html | access-date=February 7, 2022}} Enrollment began to recover from its low point with 14% year-over-year growth in 2022, and 23% growth in 2023, which brought the total enrollment to 2,225.{{cite web |last1=Knox |first1=Liam |title=Teacher, Adviser, Researcher… Recruiter? |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/12/07/when-enrollment-sags-faculty-can-lend-hand |website=Inside Higher Ed |access-date=9 May 2024}}

Evergreen is unique{{cite book|last1=Pope|first1=Loren|title=Colleges That Change Lives|url=https://archive.org/details/collegesthatchan00pope_0|url-access=registration|date=2006|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780143037361 |edition=3rd}} in that undergraduate students select one 16-credit program for the entire quarter rather than multiple courses. Full-time programs will encompass a quarter's worth of work in everything related to that program concentration, by up to three professors. There are no majors; students have the freedom to choose what program to enroll in each quarter for the entire duration of their undergraduate education, and are not required to follow a specific set of programs. Evergreen is on the "quarter" system, with programs lasting one, two, or three quarters. Three-quarter programs are generally September through June.

At the end of the program, the professor writes a one-page report ("Evaluation") about the student's activity in the class rather than awarding a letter grade, and has an end-of-program evaluation conference with each student. The professor also determines how many credits should be awarded to the student, and students can lose credit.

In order to be granted a Bachelor of Science degree, a student must complete 180 credits, 72 of which need to be in science, with 48 of those noted as upper division. This upper division requirement can be satisfied by one year of full-time upper-division science studies.

Evergreen offers an evening and weekend program.

Unlike the undergraduate programs, the graduate programs require a student to take a certain rotation of courses.

Evergreen graduate studies consist of the following three programs:

• Master of Environmental Studies
• Master in Teaching
• Master of Public Administration

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Among regional schools offering some masters programs but few doctorates in the western United States, U.S. News & World Report in 2020 ranked Evergreen tied for 37th overall, second for "most innovative", tied for fourth best for undergraduate teaching, tied for 14th best public school, and tied at 21st best school for veterans.{{Cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/evergreen-state-college-8155/overall-rankings |title=Evergreen State College Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2020 |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

The Evergreen State College has an admission rate of 96%.[https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/evergreen-state-college-8155/applying Evergreen State College – Applying], U.S. News & World Report

{{Panorama|image=Image:The_Evergreen_State_College.jpg |fullwidth=9000 |fullheight=1487 |caption=360° panorama on the campus of the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. This panorama features the Daniel J. Evans Library and the clock tower set in a brick courtyard lined with trees. |height=250}}

The main library on The Evergreen State College campus is the Daniel J. Evans Library, named after the former governor who signed the legislation that founded Evergreen, and was also the school's second president. The library is home to some 428,000 volumes and 750,000 print and media items overall. The library hosts a number of small viewing rooms and also maintains special collections of rare books, archival material, and government documents. The Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center (QuaSR), a tutoring center for the sciences, is located on the first floor of the library. The library is located in the Information Technology wing of the Daniel J. Evans Library Building. This wing is also the home for Media Services and a large Academic Computing center.

The Evergreen State College has {{convert|1000|acre|ha}} of land that is mostly second growth forest. The entire campus serves as a natural laboratory for scientific field research and provides inspiration for creative work. Throughout the {{convert|1000|acre|ha|adj=on}} forest there are multiple trails leading to a variety of locations throughout the reserve and to Evergreen Beach. The coastal habitat is characterized by steep bluffs, gravelly beaches with many washed-up logs, and the marine intertidal zone which extends up to {{convert|150|ft|m}} out into Puget Sound's Eld Inlet during low tides. Evergreen has approximately {{convert|3300|ft|km}} of untouched beach and {{convert|27|acre|ha}} of southern Puget Sound tidelands.{{cite web|title=Campus Master Plan: Volume II – Goals and Policies for Land Use|url=http://www.evergreen.edu/policies/planningdocuments/master_plan_volume2.pdf|publisher=The Evergreen State College|date=January 2008}} Students use the beach and tidelands for scientific study and as a place to get away from their studies and relax. There are multiple trails leading to the beach and a small road that leads to the only building at the beach and a small boat ramp. The bluffs range from 15 to 60 feet (5 to 20 m) in height.

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The Evergreen Organic Farm annual crop bed space comprises {{convert|38000|sqft|ha}}, slightly less than {{convert|1|acre|ha}}. The farm also produces apples and other perennial food crops, and tends to a flock of hens. Produce is sold to the Evergreen community through CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) shares, or from a farm-stand on Red Square every Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 5pm during the growing season. Produce is sometimes sold to campus food services Aramark and the Flaming Eggplant Cafe. Excess produce is available to students in the interdisciplinary program, titled "The Practice of Sustainable Agriculture".

Proceeds from the sale of the crops are used to finance farm projects, as well as purchase seeds and equipment. Two of the greenhouses, the cooler, compost shed, farm fencing and orchard are just a few projects made possible from farm sales. Another use for money generated on the farm is to fund student projects. Many of these projects are related to horticultural aspects of food crops.

The farm production area is divided into sections that are used to delineate cropping areas for specific types of crops. The farm practices a strict five year crop rotation. The rotating of crops creates plant diversity over time as opposed to plant diversity in space. The rotation has four general crop categories with each category occupying a given space for one growing season.

Crop rotation is just one method the farm uses to maintain diversity in the field. Other methods employed are the use of undersown ground covers and inter-cropping different types of vegetable crops. Creating diversity in the field is one of the cornerstones of sustainable agriculture. Diversity provides non-toxic, sustainable crop protection against plant diseases and insect pests.

The Evergreen Organic Farm hosts a large composting facility that composts all compostables from the campus. It also hosts a Biodiesel facility, a community garden, demeters garden, and a large farmhouse that was partially built by students.

The Evergreen State College is the home of the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome.{{Cite web |title= S'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome | the Evergreen State College|url=https://www.evergreen.edu/houseofwelcome}} The Longhouse exists to provide service and hospitality to students, the college, and surrounding Native communities. With a design based on the Northwest Indigenous Nations' philosophy of hospitality, its primary functions are to provide a gathering place for hosting cultural ceremonies, classes, conferences, performances, art exhibits and community events. The Longhouse provides the opportunity to build a bridge of understanding between the regions' tribes and visitors of all cultures. The public service mission of the Longhouse is to promote indigenous arts and cultures through education, cultural preservation, and economic development.

It is also the administrative home for the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. The institute's mission is to carry out practical, non-partisan research—at legislative direction—on issues of importance to Washington State. The institute conducts research using its own policy analysts and economists, specialists from universities, and consultants. Institute staff work closely with legislators, legislative and state agency staff, and experts in the field to ensure that studies answer relevant policy questions.

Other notable public service centers on campus are:

• Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education
• Center for Community-Based Learning and Action

The Evergreen State College athletic teams are called the Geoducks. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) since the 1999–2000 academic year.

Evergreen competes in nine intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, track & field and volleyball. Former sports include men's & women's crew.

A geoduck is a clam native to the region.

Former men's soccer star Joey Gjertsen, who led the Geoducks to the 2004 NAIA National Quarterfinals, has gone on to have professional success with the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer. Shawn Medved previously had success in the MLS, playing for D.C. United and the San Jose Clash. Medved scored the tying goal in the 1996 MLS Cup as D.C. went on to the championship.

Evergreen also had a strong run in men's basketball during the first decade of the 21st century, winning the 2002 CCC Championship and reaching the NAIA National Tournament in 2002, 2009 and 2010. Forward Mike Parker from the '02 team has become one of the top professional players in Japan, and several other basketball players have gone on to professional careers overseas.

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Student media include student-run newspaper The Cooper Point Journal,{{cite web|url=http://cpj.evergreen.edu/|title=Cooper Point Journal|access-date=17 February 2017}} the literary magazine Slightly West, and Evergreen's community radio station KAOS-FM.{{cite web|url=http://kaos.evergreen.edu/|title=KAOS Community Radio – 89.3 FM Olympia|access-date=17 February 2017}}

The Evergreen State College Press is a university press affiliated with Evergreen.{{cite web |title=About the Press |url=https://www.evergreen.edu/press/about |publisher=Evergreen State College Press |access-date=February 15, 2023}} Major works released by the press include fieldguides like Writing American Cultures (2013) and Vascular Plants of the South Sound Prairies (2016).{{cite journal |last1=Shuman |first1=Amy |title=Review of 'Writing American Cultures: Studies of Identity, Community, and Place' |journal=Journal of American Folklore |date=2017 |volume=130 |pages=369–371 |doi=10.5406/jamerfolk.130.517.0369 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/665601/pdf|url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal|author=Bowcutt, F.|date=2021|title=Creation of a Field Guide to Camas Prairie Plants with Undergraduates: Project-Based Learning Combined with Epistemological Decolonization|journal=Ethnobiology Letters|volume=12|issue=1|pages=21–31|doi=10.14237/ebl.12.1.2021.1723 |s2cid=233884801 |doi-access=free}}

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Among notable alumni are cartoonists Craig Bartlett, Lynda Barry, Charles Burns, and Matt Groening; art historian and theorist Douglas Kahn; comedians Josh Blue and Michael Richards; entrepreneurs Paul Stamets and Lynda Weinman; Oscar-winning film producer Audrey Marrs; musicians Carrie Brownstein, Martin Courtney, Kimya Dawson, Phil Elverum, Steve Fisk, Kathleen Hanna, Conrad Keely, Macklemore, Lois Maffeo, Myra Melford, Corin Tucker, Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, John Wozniak, and Tay Zonday; Sub Pop founder Bruce Pavitt; Calvin Johnson, founder of K Records;{{cite book |last1=Goldberg |first1=Danny |title=Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain |date=2019}} photographer Michael Lavine; politician Yuh-Line Niou; reality television stars John Taylor and Steve Thomas; writers Benjamin Hoff, Judith Moore, Tom Maddox and Wendy C. Ortiz; activist and diarist Rachel Corrie; professional soccer players Shawn Medved and Joey Gjertsen; Washington Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck; Oscar-winning director Byron Howard; and artists Nikki McClure, Cappy Thompson, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung.

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• History of Olympia, Washington

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