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About A Percipient
Articulator of Ornithology
Dr. Steven G Herman, a faculty emeritus at Evergreen, has
taught Summer Ornithology: Birds in the Hand for over 35
years. Summer Ornithology is a three-week bird course
taught entirely in the field in various locations throughout
Oregon. The only prerequisites are enthusiasm for studies in
natural history and a fascination with wildness in the
American West.
Studies are built around banding hundreds of birds of about
25 species, focusing on aspects of banding protocol,
including net placement, removing birds from nets,
identification, sexing, ageing, and record-keeping. Steve
encourages students to balance the in-hand work with field
observations, and take local field trips to provide instruction
in the myriad aspects of natural history and local culture in
the High Desert of southeastern Oregon.
Herman has a PhD in Zoology and is a tireless mentor;
training and inspiring beauty, connection, and natural history
to promote applied conservation. He is also the co-author of
“The Naturalist's Field Journal: A Manual of Instruction
Based on a System Established by Joseph Grinnell”. T R
• Through individual and
group projects in classrooms,
computer labs, dry labs, wet
labs, and the field, and through
faculty-guided undergraduate
research, student learn technical
and 21st century skills including
critical thinking, collaboration,
and communication as they
integrate knowledge across
disciplines to tackle real-world
problems in all their
complexity.
• One of the LEED
buildings, The
Longhouse, is the first
building of its kind on
any U.S. College or
university campus. The
Longhouse is home to
Evergreen’s tribal
programs and is a
world-renowned
gathering space for
indigenous artists.
Gl ious Gr ners of e
Evergr n Co ege
Evergr n is notable f having produced a
number of graduates in fields including
animation, comedy, and music. Recently,
Byron Howard '0 received an Oscar f
co-directing e movie Zootopia, which is
an animated feature at puts diversity on
display. Among eir most cele ated
alumni are mycologist Paul Stamets,
cartoonists Matt Groening, Craig Bartlett,
and Lynda Barry, comedians Josh Blue
and Michael Richards, musicians
Macklem e, Carrie Brownstein, C in
Tucker, Ka l n Hanna, Tobi Vail, Conrad
K ly, Tay Zonday, John Wozniak, and
Martin Courtney, reality television stars
John Tayl and Steve Thomas, iters
Benjamin Hoff, Judi Mo e, Tom
Maddox and Wendy C. Ortiz.
Evergr n alumna Lynda Weinman
founded e premier software and digital
media training site, lynda.com, which she
sold to LinkedIn f $1.5 bi ion. She is
also a leading au
on web design and
graphics. O er notable alumni include
peace activist and diarist Rachel C rie,
professional soccer players Shawn Medved
and Joey Gjertsen, and United States
Representative f Washington's 10
congressional district Dennis Heck.
• The annual Science
Carnival on campus
allows Evergreen
students to showcase
their research and
projects to the wider
community, including
750 students from
surrounding elementary
and middle schools.
• Evergreen is among
the top colleges in the
U.S. for offering the best
first-year experiences to
freshmen, which entails
building into the
curriculum first-year
seminars or other
programs that bring
small groups of students
together with faculty and
staff on a regular basis.
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