Back The Evergreen State College Czech Evergreen State College German Ŝtata Kolegio Evergreen Esperanto Collège d'État Evergreen French Evergreen Állami Főiskola Hungarian Perguruan Tinggi Negeri Evergreen ID エバーグリーン州立大学 Japanese Колледж Вечнозелёного штата Russian Евергринскый штатный коледж RUE The Evergreen State College SIMPLE
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| Motto | Omnia Extares[1] (Latin) |
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Motto in English | "Let it all hang out" |
| Type | Public liberal arts college |
| Established | 1967 |
| Accreditation | NWCCU |
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| Endowment | $14.9 million (2020)[3] |
| President | John Carmichael |
| Provost | Noah Coburn[4] |
Academic staff | 150 (2022) |
Administrative staff | 481 (2022)[5] |
| Students | Over 2,500 (2024)[6] |
| Undergraduates | Over 2,500 (2024)[6] |
| Postgraduates | 207 (2023)[7] |
| Location | , , United States 47°04′23″N 122°58′34″W / 47.073°N 122.976°W |
| Campus | Midsize suburb[8], 1,000 acres (400 ha) |
| Newspaper | The Cooper Point Journal |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Nickname | Geoduck |
Sporting affiliations | NAIA – CCC |
| Mascot | Speedy the Geoduck[1] |
| Website | evergreen |
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The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1967, it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study towards a degree or follow a predetermined path of study. Full-time students can enroll in interdisciplinary academic programs, in addition to stand-alone classes. Programs typically offer students the opportunity to study several disciplines in a coordinated manner. Faculty write substantive narrative evaluations of students' work in place of issuing grades.
Evergreen's main campus, which includes its own saltwater beach, spans 1,000 acres of forest close to the southern end of Puget Sound. Evergreen also has a satellite campus in nearby Tacoma. The school offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Environmental Studies, Master in Teaching, Master of Public Administration, and Master of Public Administration in Tribal Governance.[9]
Evergreen was one of many alternative colleges and programs launched in the 1960s and 1970s, often described as experiments.[10] While the vast majority of these have either closed or adopted more mainstream approaches, Evergreen is pursuing its mission, and after declines in the late 2010s experienced substantial growth in enrollment, with a record growth between 2022-2023 and school years 2023-2024 and four straight years of enrollment growth as of the 2024-2025 school year.[11][6]
- ^ a b "Media Fact Sheet". Evergreen State College. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- ^ "About -Council of Presidents".
- ^ "AR 2018-19 Financial Statement" (PDF). The Evergreen State College. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ "Evergreen's Organizational Structure". The Evergreen State College. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Faculty and Staff Data". The Evergreen State College. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Evergreen Celebrates Four Consecutive Years of Enrollment Growth". The Evergreen State College. 2024-10-23. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ "The Evergreen State College Student Life". U.S. News and World Reports. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
- ^ "IPEDS-The Evergreen State College".
- ^ "Master of Public Administration in Tribal Governance". The Evergreen State College.
- ^ Rosenzweig, Joy (November 6, 1997). "The Innovative Colleges and Universities of the 1960s and 1970s: What Keeps the Dreams of Experimentation Alive?" (PDF). Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (22nd, Albuquerque, NM, November 6–9, 1997). Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "About -Council of Presidents".