V12 #1 November 1990 - Archives - The Evergreen State College

Who's New?
GEONE'
Evergreen's new admissions policy works as
jlanned, and the first class of freshmen and transfer
students admitted following the guidelines of the
policy are on campus this quarter.
A major focus of the new policy is to ensure
that more people of color and other underrepresented
populations who apply will be admitted, and,
"essentially, more people of color are being admitted
to the college," says Doug Scrima, assistant to
the dean of Enrollment Services for Admissions.
Established to meet the state's Higher Educa-
|ion Coordinating Board, guidelines, Evergreen's
admission policy uses GPA and standardized test
scores to select freshmen. From there.,, diveffjty
becomes a factor. The policy also discards ||e
rfjjling admission process that forcedsjvergpen to
clo;se its doors to applicants Unless they applied a
year before they planned to attend. Now, March 1 is
die-annual deadline to apply. :,: il|i>
Statistics give a good idea of how the:poiil|fe
works to encourage*! fie enrollment of people of "'
color,! students aged 25 and older, Vietnaiil veterans*!
{he sensb%iand physically challenged, and first generation
college students. Historical data below :'-:'.
shows the policy's effect on enrollments of people of,
color.
Evergreen's overall program of recraitpBfit and
•the nesg: admissions policy are credited with ,
increased enroHment/fjom these populations. ,
"We are certainly putting ourselves out front ii
higher education by .saying we want a diverse .:
student body and hacking it up with such a policy,'
sai Arhaldo Rodnguex, (lean of Enrollment.
Services. "We don't admit a student because she's a
student of color, we admit her because she is
qualified and because her presence will enrich the:
:colle|e community. The sunn: goes for older A-g
students, Vietnam: veterans, physically and sensory
ehalicnged, and first generation college students."
II People of Color Who .,;:.'.
Applied for Pall Quarter Ad
1989
296'
1990
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applicants
were
admitted)
Puree Named
Interim
President
:
THE EVERGREEN REVIEW
Evergreen's Board of
Trustees selected T. L.
"Les" Puree as interim
president during their
October 10 meeting.
Puree, who served as
acting president since
September 6, thanked the
trustees for their support
and said, "I would like
to say to my colleagues
that I understand the
hard work we have to
do. Much of my energy
and time will be spent
working with faculty,
students, staff and
trustees to meet the
challenges ahead."
SI The board's appointment
followed a
of intense
.ultation. The
tuliees solicited written as well as verbal recommendations from students, staff
ajid'iaculty. Others considered for the position were: Faculty Members Rudy
and Charles McCann, Academic Dean Carolyn Dobbs and former Vice
President Ken Winkley.
The search for a permanent president, which trustees say will begin after
extefi|ive consultation with staff and faculty, might take as long as 18 months to
pvojiears.
Puree came to Evergreen on March 8, 1988 as vice president for College
Advancement. One of his most notable accomplishments in that time has been
the. successful launching of the campaign to establish the Senator Daniel J. Evans
Glair, Evergreen's first endowed chair. In addition to directing the wotk of
Development, Conference Services, Alumni Affairs and Information Services,
P»ce has also been an active participant in the Strategic Planning process and
other institutional activities.
II Puree's first contact with the college came in 1972 when he worked with
former Faculty Members Willi Unsoeld and LeRoi Smith. Puree, then a counsel-
||ig psychologist at Washington State University, facilitated an evaluation
|>rocess for Unsoeld's and Smith's first Evergreen academic program. "I was
"deeply impressed with the college and its mission, and that impression always
stayed with me."
Before coming to Evergreen, Puree served as the special assistant to the
president and director of Research Park and Economic Developm A at Idaho
State University. He also directed the Department of Health and^pMre for the
state of Idaho, where he was responsible for a $200 million annijf|||udget and a
statewide staff of 2,400. ;.;/'"
Did Bureaucracy Kill the Pharaohs?
Faculty Member Mark Papworth spent April and June in Egypt's Valley of the
Kings, where he helped excavate his archeological dig from an international
media scandal involving government bureaucrats.
"I will put the Egyptian bureaucracy up against any two bureaucracies in
the world, including China's, Russia's and the CIA, and Egypt will bury them,*'
says Papworth. :«;: !
Although there's no proof bureaucracy played a role in the decline of the
Pharaohs, Egyptian bureaucracy dates back much farther than the 3,