You are invited to join the Master of Environmental Studies program at Evergreen for Winter 2026 MES Thesis Presentations to celebrate the wonderful projects our graduating MES students have completed this past year and learn about new research in environmental studies. We will have two presentations on March 10th and both presentations will occur in the afternoon in the Pacific Time Zone, in-person and virtually, and can be watched at the Olympia Campus, Purce Hall, Lecture Hall 4, or via zoom.
Please continue reading to learn about our winter MES presenters, their presentation titles, and times.
MES Thesis Presentations, Winter 2026
March 10, 2026 (4-5 p.m., Pacific Time)
Purce Hall, Lecture Hall 4 at The Evergreen State College
Zoom link for hybrid attendance: https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/93459140381
Purce Hall, Lecture Hall 4 at The Evergreen State College
Zoom link for hybrid attendance: https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/93459140381
4:00 pm Social Time & Introductions
4:05 pm Gregory Bortnichak – Wagner’s Nature: The Environmental Alchemy of The Ring of the Nibelung. (Reader: Dr. Kevin Francis)
4:25 pm Daniel Gilberts – Watershed-Scale Drivers of Aquatic Fungal Community Assembly in the Deschutes River System, Washington. (Reader: Dr. Carri LeRoy)
4:05 pm Gregory Bortnichak – Wagner’s Nature: The Environmental Alchemy of The Ring of the Nibelung. (Reader: Dr. Kevin Francis)
4:25 pm Daniel Gilberts – Watershed-Scale Drivers of Aquatic Fungal Community Assembly in the Deschutes River System, Washington. (Reader: Dr. Carri LeRoy)
Please reach out with any questions, we hope you can make it!