The Evergreen State College

The Evergreen State College is an accredited public baccalaureate college, founded in 1967 in the state capital, Olympia, Washington. Begun as an experimental and non-traditional college, its academic offerings have become generally more traditional over time, but the college still replaces grades with individual written evaluations from faculty and organizes most studies into largely interdisciplinary classes titled "Coordinated Studies."

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College - 1967 - Olympia, Washington

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Evergreen offers the degrees of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Master of Environmental Studies, Master of Public Administration, and Master in Teaching. As of 2005 it had approximately 4,500 students taught by over 224 faculty members. The school's campus is the largest of any Washington state baccalaureate institution at approximately 1,000 acres.

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Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Science - 2005

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The Latin motto of the school is Omnia Extares, meaning "Let it all hang out." This is a probable reference to the school mascot, which is the geoduck. The Geoduck Fight Song, written by Malcolm Stilson in 1971, is the official college fight song. School colors are green and white. The basketball and soccer programs are noted for recent national rankings in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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Geoduck - The Geoduck Fight Song - National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

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The Evergreen State College has a large influence on the culture and economy of Olympia. In 2003, the city was named as one of the 40 best college towns in the nation by Outside magazine http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200309/200309_college_towns_5.html.

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