by Yen Huynh February 19, 2019 Emily Washines, MPA Tribal Governance alumna, founder and CEO of Native Friends, and mother of three, grew up in Toppenish, WA. Emily is enrolled in the Yakama Nation and is also Cree and Skokomish…. Continue Reading →
by Janet Hays January 30, 2019 What does graduate school have to do with citizenry? As it turns out, quite a bit. Emma and Jim from Oly Talks, a local podcast about citizen engagement, invited MPA Director, Doreen Swetkis and… Continue Reading →
By Yen Huynh December 31, 2018 Meagan Darrow (pictured left) and Meghan Goldenberger (pictured right) attended Western Washington University(WWU) for undergrad, studying Community Health Education and earning their Bachelor of Science degrees just a few years apart from one another…. Continue Reading →
by Yvonne Pitrof, MPA student December 7, 2018 Did you know that 1 in 4 college students skip meals and go hungry because they lack the resources to buy enough food?1[i] Yes, student hunger is real, including here in our… Continue Reading →
by Yen Huynh November 19, 2018 Interview with Tavares J. Terry, MPA 2016 Originally from Warm Springs, Georgia, Tavares attended high school in Spanaway, Washington and completed his bachelor’s degree at Evergreen’s Tacoma Campus. Prior to pursuing an MPA… Continue Reading →
By Meghan Doughty November 15, 2018 Hello! My name is Meghan Doughty and I am a new faculty member with the MPA program this year. I recently attended the Association for Public Policy and Management’s (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference… Continue Reading →
By Domenica Clark November 13, 2018 The importance of equity and citizen engagement in the field is a topic we first year MPA students are studying. In the case of one particular MPA graduate, I learned how she was addressing… Continue Reading →
by Domenica Clark, MPA 1st year student and ambassador October 31, 2018 I recently attended Return to Evergreen on October 20 – 21, a weekend event where alumni, current students, and community members gathered for a variety of workshops, talks… Continue Reading →
by Anna (Staff) Rhoads October 24, 2018 Dr. Marla Conwell is an enrolled member of the Chehalis Tribe and previously served as the Language and Culture Program Manager and as the General Manager, in addition to her many years on… Continue Reading →
by Janet Hays October 22, 2018 Doreen Swetkis, Evergreen’s MPA Director, attended the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) annual conference Oct. 10-13, 2018, in Atlanta. NASPAA is a Washington, D.C..-based nonprofit membership association of graduate… Continue Reading →
