Winter Newsletter Week 7

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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

TRIO Updates Let’s Celebrate National TRIO Day! Join us for a fun-filled event to honor National TRIO Day! It’s a time to celebrate YOUR success, build connections, and dive into the rich history of the TRIO programs that support students like you.

We will also have a baked potato bar!

When: Friday, Feb 28 4:30-6:30 PM Where: SJC (Evans Hall 2205) TRIO Weekly Gathering: Join us for games, crafts, conversations and snacks!

Hosted by the TRIO Peer Leaders!

When: Friday 3:30-4:30 PM (Week 5-10) Where: SJC (Evans Hall 2205) Seniors TRIO Group: Our TRIO Peer Leaders have created a group for all seniors in TRIO to meet each other and receive peer support in preparation for the future.

Meetings will range from social conversations, talking about graduation requirements, life after Evergreen, and anything else on your mind. The next meeting will be Wednesday, February 19 from 3-4:30 PM on Zoom.

If you are interested, please add your name to the email list through the link below. We will send the zoom link, meeting agendas, and other related information to the email list. https://forms.office.com/r/JmxQhSKcZ2 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 Where: Evans Hall 2619 or Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4764424453

Campus Activities Name Change Info-share Learn about the latest known updates on legal name and gender marker changes When: Thursday February 20, 4:30-6:30 PM Where: SJC (Evans Hall 2205)

Black History Month Film Series: BLISS is celebrating Black History Month with a film series.

Join us for our first film in the series: Black Klansman When: Feb 19 Where: COM 326 Snacks provided!

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: February 27, March 13 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: Tuesday, (Sem II E300), 4:30 PM  BSU: Wednesday, (COM 307), 1:30 PM Disability in Film Series The Disability in Film Screening Series is a monthly screening and discussion event to promote awareness around the multifaceted aspects of disability. Event organizers include staff from the Library, TRIO, Access Services, and Academic Technologies.

Join us for a screening of Your Friend, Memphis When: Tuesday, February 18, 4 - 7 PM Where: SEM 2, A1105.

Your Friend, Memphis "Memphis is wild at heart. But as a young man with cerebral palsy, he feels stuck.

His parents waver between supporting his desire for independence and pushing him towards a more pragmatic reality. YOUR FRIEND, MEMPHIS is an intimate portrait of Memphis' dogged determination to bridge the distance between the world's expectations and his own aspirations." — Kanopy 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.

When: Wednesday, February 26 from 3 – 4:00 PM Where: In-person in Purce Hall 2 and on Zoom: https://evergreen.zoom.us/j/4631248757

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.

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 Extending your time horizon An individual's time horizon can be defined as how far they can look into their future and build a plan for it. In our childhoods, this horizon may only have been an hour or so: maybe to the end of a TV show or after eating dinner with family.

This horizon can be so close because there are fewer tasks and goals for the child and more parameters put upon them. As we grow, it's only natural that the

horizon should be extended, giving us a better understanding of where we're going and what we need to do to get there.

However, college students can have challenges when it comes to their horizon, as this is a time period where it can become greatly distended. Without the proper skills, their own goals can become hazy, making it much more difficult to continue moving forward.

So how does one extend their horizon?

Well, the first step is quite a boring one, but it is extremely helpful. Using a calendar will help the student visualize their day, week, month, and quite possibly their year. To do this, though, they need to put everything in there. Class times, office hours, work shifts, therapy appointments, study sessions, lunch time, you name it. Anything that takes up time can be included. Going one step further, to help with extending your horizon, it is helpful to color-code each task. A Psychology class (and its subsequent office hours and study sessions) can be green, while an Economics class can be purple. Work shifts can be blue, while appointments can be yellow. By color coding your calendar, you can quickly scan the upcoming week and make note of any patterns or areas of concern. Do you spend more time on your Psychology class than your Economics class? Are your work shifts right in between two difficult appointments? In noting this, you can make changes that can help lessen stress. The only way to do this is to make sure your calendar is robust.

The next step in extending your horizon is to become more aware of time itself.

Mark down what "time suckers" you have in your life. This can be TV, video games, a good book, anything that can make a quick 15-minute break turn into a twohour long diversion. Think of ways to bring yourself back into focus, before the time sucker even is thought about. By being forward looking and getting rid of things that can divert your attention, you're more certain to look further down the line.

Next, break down bigger projects or tasks into smaller steps. For example, if you have an essay due in two weeks, you should spend some time in advance of starting and write down all the steps that you will need to accomplish. This could be research, note taking, outlining, working with a librarian, and scheduling time

with the writing center to review a draft. Take out your calendar and mark these steps down; give yourself enough time to finish each, so that when the essay is finally due, you will be in good shape to hand it in.

Something else you can try, to make yourself more aware of time, is to have a gentle alarm go off every 15 minutes of work time. Using a free meditation app is highly suggested, as their alerts are often quiet, unalarming bells. By setting an alarm every 15 minutes, you're being reminded of time moving forward. This can help you get back on track with your work, by gently nudging you back into focus, as well as show you how much you can accomplish in a short span of time.

There are plenty of other ways to extend your time horizon, but these ones above are readily available to you right now.

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.

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