In this issue
FAFSA and Scholarships
TRIO Updates
Campus events and resources
Connect with your TRIO Academic Advisor
Have you completed your FAFSA yet?
The 2025-26 FAFSA for is now available for all students. Complete the form to apply for financial aid for college or graduate school for the upcoming academic year. Click here to apply: https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
The 2025-26 WASFA is also available now, apply here: https://wsac.wa.gov/202425-FAFSA-Updates
The Evergreen Scholarship Application is OPEN!
There are two scholarship opportunities.
The 2025 Spring and Summer Scholarship Application
These scholarships are available to students studying during the academic year 2024-25 (Spring and Summer 2025).
Closes: March 1, 2025, at 11:59 pm
Recipients will be notified of awards by March 28, 2025
The 2025-26 Undergraduate Scholarship Application
These scholarships are available to students studying during the academic year 2025-26.
Closes: March 1, 2025, at 11:59 pm
Recipients will be notified of awards by May 2, 2025
To apply for scholarships, visit the scholarship portal: https://www.evergreen.edu/admissions-and-aid/financial-aid/scholarships
External Scholarship Opportunity
The Washington State Employee Credit Union (WSECU) is now accepting applications for their annual scholarship program. Every year they award $100,000 to members of all ages, backgrounds and interests to advance their education.
$2,000 for two-year colleges and vocational schools
$3,000 for four-year undergraduate programs and graduate programs
They are accepting applications through February 10, 2025. Apply here: WSECU Scholarship
TRIO Updates
TRIO Procrastination Workshop
Procrastination is often the #1 challenge for students. Whether it's the boring stuff, the tricky tasks, or even the super easy ones, they all somehow get pushed to the side until it's crunch time.
In this workshop, we'll find out what type of procrastinator you are and learn about strategies you can use to procrastinate less. At the end, you'll be more aware of why you do it and what you can do to start tackling your tasks ahead of time!
WHEN: Thursday February 6th at 4:30 PM
Meeting link: meet.google.com/spe-sqxu-vsq
TRIO Study Hall: The TRIO Study Hall is a great opportunity to get study support from our tutor coordinator, find study partners/body-doubles, meet other TRIO students and enjoy some delicious snacks!
When: Wednesday from 2-4 PM
Peer Tutoring: TRIO Students can receive 1:1 peer tutoring support for up to 3 hours a week.
Tutoring Services include:
• Receiving tutoring on a language or academic subject
• Support with time management and organization skills
• Help to understand and complete assignments
To Request a peer tutor please talk to your TRIO academic advisor, and they can help you fill out the form.
Campus Activities
Internships and Global Learning Fair
Don’t miss Evergreen’s Internships and Global Learning Fair – your chance to connect with exciting local internship opportunities and study abroad programs! This year, we're welcoming 60 amazing organizations and study abroad providers to campus. Come explore a world of hands-on learning and career-building opportunities, including:
Paid and unpaid internships
Work-study jobs
Volunteer opportunities
Study abroad programs
Public service positions
WHEN: Wednesday, February 5, 12-3 PM
WHERE: Evans Hall Lobby
BLISS will be providing a chili lunch in the SEAL every second and fourth Thursday of the month during the Winter quarter. All students are welcome to join and warm up on chilly days. Lunch begins at 11:30 AM and goes until the chili is gone!
Dates: January 23, February 13 and 27, March 13
Black History Month Film Series: BLISS is celebrating Black History Month with a film series. Join us for our first film in the series:
Selma
WHEN: Wednesday, February 12
WHERE: COM 326 (Screening room), 2:00 pm.
BLISS is now overseeing all Racial/Ethnic Identity-Based student organizations. Students interested in forming a student organization, please email bliss@evergreen.edu to connect with a staff member.
La Familia regular meeting, Tuesday, February 4th El Barrio (Sem II E300), 4:00 - 5:00 pm
BSU regular meeting, Wednesday, February 5, Location TBD (contact BLISS if interested)
Campus Resources
FREE Calm subscription for Evergreen
Students!
Student Engagement, Equity, and Support (SEES) is excited to offer a new resource for Evergreen students! Calm, the world’s #1 app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation, is here to help you manage stress, sleep more soundly, and cultivate mindfulness.
Plan features include
100+ guided meditations
Sleep support
Music for focus & relaxation
Daily meditations
Guided breathwork & body scans
To activate your subscription, visit https://www.calm.com/b2b/evergreenedu/subscribe. Use your evergreen email to sign up but please use a different password for Calm.
Academic Statement Workshop
Please join the Writing Center for their academic statement workshop! Writing Center staff will guide students in reflecting on their learning at Evergreen and on their academic and professional goals and values. Students will learn how to organize their ideas into a unique and cohesive piece of writing that expresses who they are as a scholar.
Olympia
When: Wednesday, February 5 from 3 – 4:30 PM
Where: In-person in Purce Hall 4 and on Zoom: https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/4631248757
Tacoma:
When: Saturday, January 25 from 10 - 11:30 AM. Where: In-person on the Tacoma campus and on Zoom: https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/4631248757
Basic Needs Center
The Basic Needs Center facilitates access to essential resources such as housing, food, clothing, hygiene products, and community services, at no cost to students. The Basic Needs Navigator offers private one-on-one and virtual appointments and helps students connect to community resources through tailored referrals and advocacy.
The Basic Needs team collaborates with support services across campus and a variety of community partners – including peer support, transportation, health services, legal aid, family support, and more - to ensure students have the guidance they need to navigate local resources/services and overcome challenges. Bilingual support is available in English/Spanish. They are now offering SNAP/EBT referral support via Unite Us.
When: Monday and Friday from 1-5 PM by appointment only Wednesday 1-5 PM, drop-ins
Location: CAB 135
To make an appointment go here: Book an appointment with BNC. Students will get a 30 min slot to shop around for items! To learn more please visit: https://www.evergreen.edu/current-students/emergency-resources
Evergreen Satellite Foodbank
In partnership with Thurston County Foodbank, The Evergreen State College offers a foodbank satellite right here on campus to students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community!
When: 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, 2-4 PM
Where: Campus Activities Building (CAB) 135
For other Thurston County Food Bank distribution times and locations visit: https://tcfb.org/services/locations/pick-u
Tacoma Food Access Resources
For a complete list of Food Distribution in the Tacoma area: https://www.efoodnet.org/find-food/
Housing Resources
Facing housing insecurity? Evergreen's Case Manager for Student Success provides housing resources and support to work with current students who may be experiencing this need. Email Lane Moss (lane.moss@evergreen.edu) to set up a meeting and discuss housing resources.
TRIO Study Tip for Winter Quarter
Inevitably, every student has moments where they lack motivation. Motivation to get to class, or to finish homework, or really to do much of anything. It's a natural state to find one's self in, but it certainly can't be a state to stay in. So how do you get motivated again?
Let's first take a look at the brain, as this is where motivation lies.
There are two circuits in the brain that tie in with motivation:
1. Top down: the top-down circuit concerns itself with the individual's long-term goal. Let's say, for instance, that a student has a long-term goal of getting into med school and becoming a pediatrician. When that student loses their motivation, say for completing their homework for the week, the top-down motivational circuit can be tapped into. While the homework (short-term goal) seems disconnected with med school (long-term goal), the circuit can hook the two together. "Even though it is mundane, getting my work done on time will help me in med school; I'll have tons of assignments to complete there, so I need to get this done in preparation for the harder stuff coming my way."
2. Bottom up: sometimes there are tasks to complete that have no connection whatsoever to a long-term goal. (And sometimes there is no long-term goal to speak of.) The bottom-up circuit takes that into consideration; motivation is
generated here simply by the task itself. This can be the student trying to make a boring task a little more flavorful. "I've got to read this article on antique spoons by midnight. To make this more interesting, I'm going to draw a spoon after each paragraph." Or it could be that the student suddenly finds a task interesting, even though it's in no way connected to a long-term goal. "Who knew I would enjoy reading about the most famous parrot of 1973?"
So how can you use these circuits to become motivated? Well, when you find yourself in that state, first ask yourself, can I connect this to my long-term goal? And if there's no answer (or no long-term goal), then ask yourself, how can I make this assignment more interesting? You can also try to bring both motivational circuits into play, as well. By doing this, you can make any task much easier to complete.
This can be a difficult thing to do - making these connections - but the more you do it, the easier it is to motivate yourself. So, give it a try the next time you find yourself in this state.
Meet with your TRIO Academic Advisor!
TRIO students need to meet with their TRIO Academic Specialist at least once per quarter. Now is the time to make that appointment. You can do so by dropping by our Olympia offices or scheduling an online appointment with your academic advisor.
Make an appointment with Stacia
Make an appointment with Jess
Make an appointment with Kat
Make an appointment with Mercedes
Book an appointment with Macel
Make an appointment with Adriana
