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ALMA MATEROmnia Extares, Omnia Extares
Alma Mater, EvergreenOmnia Extares
GEODUCK FIGHT SONG
Go, Geoducks go,Through the mud and the
sand, let’s go.Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,let it all hang out.
Go, Geoducks go,Stretch your neck when
the tide is low,Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about, let it all hang out.
Words and music by Malcolm Stilson, M.L., Emeritus Librarian, 1971
COMMENCEMENTCEREMONY
COMMENCEMENTCEREMONY
JUNE 12 2020JUNE 12 2020
THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY, & STAFF OF THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
WELCOME YOU
EXECUTIVE OFFICERSGeorge S. Bridges, Ph.D.
PresidentJohn Carmichael, Ph.D.
Vice President for Finance and Operations
Jennifer Drake, Ph.D.Provost and Vice President for
Student and Academic LifeSandra Kaiser
Vice President for College Relations
Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, J.D.Vice President of Indigenous
Arts and Education Therese Saliba, Ph.D.
Interim Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and
Student Success Amanda Walker, M.A.
Vice President for College Advancement and Executive
Director of the Evergreen State College Foundation
BOARD OF TRUSTEESMonica Alexander ’13 Tacoma
Lucera Cox ’20 OlympiaKaren Fraser Olympia
Fred Goldberg OlympiaIrene Gonzales Spokane
David Nicandri TumwaterMiguel Pérez-Gibson ’89 Olympia
Ed Zuckerman ’77 Seattle
ACADEMIC DEANSKathleen Eamon, Ph.D.
Karen Gaul, Ph.D.Larry Geri, D.P.A.
Greg Mullins, Ph.D.Trevor Speller, Ph.D.
Marcia Tate Arunga, Ph.D.Elizabeth Williamson, Ph.D.
GRADUATE PROGRAMSKevin Francis, Ph.D.Director, Master of
Environmental StudiesMichael Craw, Ph.D. Director, Master of
Public AdministrationSusan Feldman, Ph.D.
Director, Master in Teaching
“ACT AS IF OUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE,
BECAUSE IT IS.” – Delivered by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on
Friday, January 25, 2018
ORDER OF EXERCISESFOR THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES
WELCOME AND DEDICATION George S. Bridges, Ph.D., President, presiding
TRUSTEES’ WELCOME Karen Fraser, Chair of the Board of Trustees
SPEAKER
Stephanie Coontz
GRADUATION ADDRESSES Faculty Speaker, Undergraduate Student Speaker
Graduate Student Speaker
PRESENTATION OF THE CANDIDATES Jennifer Drake, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
CONFERRING THE DEGREES Karen Fraser, Chair of the Board of Trustees
RECOGNIZING THE GRADUATES Members of the Board of Trustees:
Monica Alexander ’13, Lucera Cox ’20, Karen Fraser, Fred Goldberg, Irene Gonzales, David Nicandri, Miguel Pérez-Gibson ’89, and Ed Zuckerman ’77
CLOSING
Please join us in singing the Alma Mater and Geoduck Fight Song; Both songs written (1971) by Malcolm Stilson, M.L., Emeritus Librarian,
and arranged by Linda Waterfall (2007).
CLASS OF 2020 GIVES TO SCHOLARSHIPSThe Class of 2020 has selected the Evergreen Scholarship Fund for this
year’s Class Gift. With over 50% of Evergreen students identifying as low-income, many students are often faced with choosing between pursuing their education and covering essential costs such as rent,
child care, groceries, and utilities. During the disruption of COVID-19, the need for scholarship support is greater now than ever before. Join the Class of 2020 in support of the Evergreen Scholarship Fund, which bolsters first-generation college students, students of color, veterans,
adult learners, and others who face barriers to pursuing an outstanding liberal arts education. Join the Class of 2020 in support of the Evergreen
Scholarship Fund. Visit evergreen.edu/classgift to make a gift.
Stephanie Coontz taught history and family studies at Evergreen from 1975 until her retirement in 2012, and still serves as an Evergreen Resource Faculty. She is also Director of Research and Public Education at the Council on Contemporary Families. Her eight books on marriage and family life include The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap (revised 2016), and Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage, which was cited in the US Supreme Court decision on marriage equality. She is proudest of co-editing American Families, A Multicultural Reader with two of her Evergreen students. Coontz is a frequent guest columnist for The New York Times and has been published in every major national newspaper (see www.stephaniecoontz.com). She is a frequent radio and TV guest, including appearances on The Colbert Report and Adam Ruins Everything. Recent awards include The Stanley Cohen Distinguished Research Award from the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, The Work-Life Legacy Award from the Families and Work Institute, and an honorary doctorate from Muhlenberg College. She has also received the Council on Contemporary Families first-ever (and only) “Visionary Leadership” Award and an American Academy of Pediatrics for her “outstanding contributions to the field of child development.” She currently serves as an advisor to MTV for its anti-bias campaign.
2020 EVERGREEN COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
STEPHANIE COONTZ
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREESCLASS OF 2020
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Katherine Baldwin StallworthNicholas Woods Starnes
Caleb Lee StaufferJay Robyn SteinbergAnnecia Steiniger
Trin Stern-StillingerJennifer Alice Stevens
James A. StipesJared Biewen Stout
Courtney StoweIsobel SturgesIan J. Suchon
Britton Alexander SukysJaylyn R. Suppah
Maren Elizabeth SwansonMarshall Keith Swearingen
William J. SweetserJoel Ryan Swenson
Summer Ray SwopeMarta Skyy Tahja-Syrett
Hank Marie TahkealErin R. Tail
Miranda TakakiSage S. Tanner
Shajuanda S. TateLila Penelope Taunton
Benjamin TaylorClare Gabrielle Taylor
Scott R. TaylorStephanie S. TaylorBayla Timery Tellez
Juan S. TellezCharli Jean Terminelli
Joseph B. ThayerSamten Thinlay
Jacob Ryan ThomasCatherine Verity Thornber
Julia W. ThuoJennifer Tiedeman
Tianna Shay TimpeAnthony Louis Todd
Hamish Graham ToddTheodore Bjorn Tollefsrud
Evan Nichloas TonderJessica Dawn TorresAnnastazia C. Totten
Delacy TozierTrung Tran
Yasmine K. TraoreEllis Josie MacLeod Travers
Colin Campion TreidlerGrace A. Turnell
Ellie TurnerAmber Lee TuttleBow Bradley Tyler
Kate Marie UbermuthChey Ross Uebler
Kahyun UhmAiyana R. Underwood
Sky L. UphamShirley Anne Urman
Parker Evan Van DrielShannon N. Van Duine
Renay K. VandeldenKendrick Varelas
Douglas Allan Vaskey
Francesca Louise VaughanCasey L. Vaughn
Vivian Christine VaupelSamantha N. Venardos
Ana G. VigilAngelica Villegas
Ariel N. ViningBarent Sloane Vroman
Kaylea A. WadeSeverin William WalchKaisha Renee WalkerJuliette Eden Wallace
Selena Rose Walsh SmithRowan Rhiannon Walter
James WaltonAlanna L. Ward
Circe WardCasey B. Ware
Wyatt Cole WarnerDaniel J. Watson-NorrisNicole L. Weatherwax
Brandi K. WebbNicholas Raymond Weisenburger
Ilan S. WeitzenSeveryn John Westbrook
Andrew Rains WeymouthVashti White
Matthew Livezey WhitehurstAnna Jean Wiley
Richard Joseph WillisJustin Gregory Wilson
Laura Ann WilsonLouis Maitland WilsonRhianna Bell Wilson
Katrina Susanne WingfieldMichelle R. Winks
Brooklyn Ourelia WittemanBen Robert Wolins
Madeleine Midori WoodardBrian Joseph Woodruff
Kevin Christopher WyckoffK’gnausa A. YodkerepaupraiKoharu Ruth Yonebayashi
Amanda Katherine ZavalaBella Zha
Grace ZhaoMichael Scott ZirpoliAndrew W. Zisette
Samari Carolyn Zysk
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONCarl Edward Backen
Correan Romarcus BarkerMargaret Olivia Blankenbiller
Kayla J. D. BoomeAnnemarie BouffiouRoss Andrew BoylanDamon Keith BrownHelle B. Burlingame
Christopher S. CantrellDrew Holland CassidyDomenica Rose Clark
Maribel Dolores CollinsKyser Michelle Corcoran
Barbara J. CrowellStuart Dabney
Rosina Marie DePoeSara Develle
DeAnn Marie DillonBenjamin D. EverettErin Lee EychanerAdam W. FloresDavid C. Green
Nicole Renee JordanMatthew Bryan Karas
Diane M. Kasparek-FellowsJazmyne Leanne Kozak
Crystal Lynn LeathermanGrace Lee
James Douglas LibbyWilliam Joseph Marchand
James Lionell MathiasJennifer Marie Miramontes Yeaman
Samuel Ray MitchellMegan Patricia Moore
Ramona Shantel NaborsRhett Thomas Nelson
Corban L. NemethTyron Nixon
Dontae Derrell PayneDenbigh Perry
Heather Lynn PurserCharles Dietrich RomeroDanielle Catherine Ruse
Chelsie Lynn SharpJennifer S. Sievert
Hannah Eliza StanfieldJennifer Kendall Swearingen
Aleceia Marie TilleyCaitlin N. Upshall
Cassandra Lee VillegasMary Ann Wahpat
Shain WrightMarcia Jean Zitzelman
MASTER IN TEACHINGCamila Rego AllenDaniel V. Ammons
Jennifer Paige BaxterFaye Rose Benton
Shania Ann Bloomfield
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Jaime Christine CardKacey Michelle CederAriana Ceras-GaribayTanner Isaiah Christy
Divina Frances Bolibol ClarkJennifer M. Clarke
Cecilia CortesMayra Alejandra Cortes
Maxwell Alexander CowderyKatheryn Ann Dansereau
Caitlin Jane EubelShanna Lee FirthThomas J. Fowler
Jawad Bassam FrangiehMichael A. GillJulia B. Horn
Marissa JacobsenSara Lynn KaiserJustin L. Kirsch
Helen KongMeagan J. MacKenzie
Hannah R. MagenJessica Grace Markus
Alexander Arthur McCartyShareen Carol McKee
Alisabeth Rose Gayle MerloNatalie Mae MossCaitlin Rose Odell
Michael Joseph PezzilloBrian William Porter
Lindsay Marie PrickettShelby Faye Rose
Eric J. SaraiTikhon Schnittke
Nadine Christine TusseyCraig Arthur WheelerWillow Walsh WoodsMatthew Perry Yuen
Sarah L. Zenger
MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Samuel James AlfieriTiffany Simone Bachtel
Christopher D. BausKayli Emylia Baxter
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Erica Anne BenoitMaxwell Dunay CallowayAllison Rebecca Campbell
Daniel Jose CuevasChristine R. Davis
Brandt Courtney DeteringAngela Morningstar Dillon
Jesse Paul DotsonAnna Marie DuronDiana EsperanzaNaomi R. EstradaAmber R. FisherAlma E. Gaeta
Trudy Rubick GritschMatthew D. Hamer
Jamie Leanne HutchinsonShayley Kendra Jacobson
Meerea KangGraham Jeffrey Klag
Naomi Lynne Korchonnoff
Sarah B. KowalskiJessica L. Kudlinski
Eunbi LeeKevin Maxwell LesterJacob Daniel Meyers
Diane Michelle NelsonMam Marie Njie
Emilia V. OmerbergPhilip L. PearsonMarisa Pushee
Pamela Louise RonsonRaquel Sade Sejour
Gina R. SmithSkyler John SpechtGavin A. Tiemeyer
Lester R. TobiasKelly Lynn Vigario
Lindsay Ann WaltersJulian Wischniewski
Heidi Zarghami
This program lists those whose paperwork was finalized by April 30, 2020.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATES!
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE 2020 GRADUATION
PLANNING COMMITTEE
CEREMONIAL MACEOriginally a weapon used in
medieval warfare by a king or great noble, the mace has become a
ceremonial symbol. Use of the mace as an academic device dates back to 16th-century England, when Queen Elizabeth I presented a replica of her own royal mace to the corporation of the University of Oxford. She ordered that it be used in all ceremonies to represent the royal presence and the authority granted to the university to issue degrees under the royal insignia. Since that time colleges and universities have adopted the custom of using a ceremonial mace during
graduation exercises.
The Evergreen State College’s mace is a gift from the late Byron Youtz, former academic vice president and provost, who donated the materi als, and faculty member emeritus Earle McNeil, who gave his time and talent to create it.
The crown of the mace represents the principles of knowledge and expe rience. To remind us that such integration is a care fully balanced blend of diverse aspects of human nature, there are four inlaid circles symbolizing major ways of experienc ing the world—thinking, feeling, intuiting, and sensing—and four main characteristics of the human mind—wisdom, innocence, introspection, and illumination.
COLLEGE MEDALLION
BE GREENER WHEREVER YOU GO
The original college medallion was designed for founding president Charles McCann’s inauguration, which he later donated to Library
Archives. The medallion worn by President George Bridges today was designed in 1994 by Joyce Attwood. It is fabricated of silver, copper, brass, gold, and acrylic, featuring
a moon-stone from Nepal, paua shell from New Zealand, and
turquoise, and is suspended on a chain from Thailand. The medallion design shows an evergreen tree
with Mt. Rainier and the sea in the background.
Scholarship funding provided in part by special Evergreen license plates. The newest design is now available at evergreen.edu/greenerlicense.
ACADEMIC COSTUMES & REGALIA
The origins of academic dress date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, when universities were taking form. The ordinary dress of the scholar, whether student or teacher, was the dress of a cleric. Long gowns and hoods were worn and may have been necessary for warmth in unheated buildings. Today, many institutions choose distinctively colored gowns. The design of the sleeve indicates the level of the degree earned by the wearer. Hoods have both the colors of the institution and a band indicating the academic discipline in which the degree was earned.
EVERGREEN MASTERSEach master’s degree program graduate is wearing a hood edged in a distinctive color: brilliant gold signifies a Master of Environmental Studies; deep turquoise indicates a Master of Public Administration; and pale blue marks a Master in Teaching.
TACOMA PROGRAMEvergreen-Tacoma graduates are wearing stoles made from Kente cloth, a type of woven silk and cotton fabric native to the Ashanti people (Ghana). Kente cloth, worn only in times of extreme importance, is a key symbol of African cultural heritage. EVENING & WEEKEND STUDIES (EWS) Students and faculty wearing black, green, and white stoles accented with a moon and sun represent EWS. They honor the nights and weekends graduates spent earning their degrees while working day jobs and supporting families. NATIVE PROGRAMS MPA-Tribal Governance and Native Pathways Program graduates are wearing stoles with a peacock-blue Pendleton design that pays homage to button blankets, the standard form of ceremonial regalia for Northwest coastal tribes. Some students are also wearing handmade cedar caps or regalia that are representative of Native cultures.
SPEEDY THE GEODUCK, OUR COLLEGE MASCOT
Founders of the college wanted a mascot
that epitomized the difference between
traditional schools and Evergreen’s innovative ideas. It had to be the opposite of typically snarling, fierce,
aggressive mascots.
They chose the geoduck, the world’s largest burrowing clam, which lives on the shorelines of our beautiful Puget Sound. The word geoduck derives from the Lushootseed gwideq, meaning “to dig deep.”
ALMA MATEROmnia Extares, Omnia Extares
Alma Mater, EvergreenOmnia Extares
GEODUCK FIGHT SONG
Go, Geoducks go,Through the mud and the
sand, let’s go.Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,let it all hang out.
Go, Geoducks go,Stretch your neck when
the tide is low,Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about, let it all hang out.
Words and music by Malcolm Stilson, M.L., Emeritus Librarian, 1971
COMMENCEMENTCEREMONY
COMMENCEMENTCEREMONY
JUNE 12 2020JUNE 12 2020