Accession 1972-04

Student Affairs: Enrollment Services: Registrar

Series: Commencement Programs 1972-2014 (for full event video use date links in left column. For other documentation and media use links in "Speaker's Role)

Series: Commencement Speakers 1972-         (use links in Speakers Role column)

Graduation Year
Speaker's Role Speaker's Name and Description
1972
  • Program
  • Invocation
  • Four Senior Readings
     
  • Jim Symons
  • Patricia Avery, John Myklebust, Richard Nuckolls, and Mark Wohlgemuth
1973
[program missing]

  • Senator Proxmire
1974

  • Maxine Mimms and Andrew Hanfman
  • Charles J. McCann, President
1975
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
     
  • Dick Nichols, Director of College Relations, TESC
  • Betty R. Estes, Member of teh Faculty
  • Elena Perez, Student, TESC, Acting Executive Secretary, Third World Coalition, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
1976
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Graduation Address
     
  • Maxine Mimms, Member of the Faculty
  • Mark Papworth, Member of the Faculty
  • Gail Martin, Director, Career Planning and Placement
1977
  • Program
  • Video
  • Master of Ceremonies
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Undergraduate

     
  • Willie Unsoeld, Member of the Faculty
  • Stephanie Coontz
  • Rita Cooper
  • Spider Burbank, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
1978
  • Program
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Undergraduate
     
  • Susan Strasser, Member of the Faculty
  • Ernest "Stone" Thomas, Staff, The Evergreen State College
  • Marney Pearce and Margaret Greene, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
1979
     
  • Dr. Angelo Pellegrini, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, English, University of Washington
  • Stephanie Coontz, M.A.
  • Joyce Angell, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
1980
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
     
  • William Stafford, Ph. D., Professor Emeritus, English, Lewis and Clark College
  • York Wong, Ph. D.
  • Judith Johnson Guykema and Patti Dobrowolski, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
1981
     
  • Jolene Unsoeld, Citizen Lobbyist
  • Mark Papworth, Ph.D.
  • Edna Harper, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Lyn Malofsky, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
1982
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Alumni
  • Special Guest
     
  • Giovanni Costigan, Ph. D., Professor Emeritus and Historian, University of Washington
  • Joye Hardiman, Ph. D.
  • Gretchen Sorenson, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Sonja Alexander, MPA, Master's Degree Candidate
  • Janice Wood, B.A., President, TESC Alumni Assoc.
  • Odetta, Folk Singer and Visiting Member of the Faculty
1983
  • Program
  • Graduation Address

  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Alumni
     
  • Vine DeLoria, Jr., J.D., Standing Rock Sioux, Native American spokesperson and Author of Custer Died for your Sins
  • Stephanie Coontz, M.A. and David W. Whitener, M.Ed., Members of the Faculty
  • James A. Guilfoil, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
  • Frank W. Hoffman, Master's Degree Candidate
  • Patrick J. Seaton, B.A. 1978, President, TWSC Alumni Assoc.
1984
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Dr. E. Grady Bogue - Chancellor, Loisianna State University at Shrevesport
  • Dr. S. Rudolph Martin, Ph. D.
  • Peg McAdam, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
  • Nina Lee Carter, MPA, Masters Degree Candidate
1985
     
  • Colleen McElroy, PhD
  • Thomas B. Rainey, Ph..D.
  • Eric Smith, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
  • Jenifer Louden, Masters Degree Candidate
1986
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • James Corbett - Quaker activist and founder of modern "Underground Railroad" for Salvadoran refugees summer 1981.
  • Marilyn Frasca and Terry Tafoya, members of the faculty
  • Wen Yee Shaw
  • Paul Gallegos and Nina Powell, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
  • William A. Hashim, Master's Degree Candidate
1987
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Shirley Chisholm, former Congresswoman from New York, Presidential Candidate, author,
  • Kenneth Dolbeare, Ph. D.
  • Margarita Mendoza de Sugiyama, Special Assistant to the President
  • Michael Lane, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
  • Theresa Kolp, Master's Degree Candidate
1988
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Jennifer James, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropologist, writer, lecturer and commentator
  • Richard Jones, Ph. D.
  • Ernest "Stone" Thomas, Dean of Student Development
  • Mary Elizabeth Craven and Nani Jackins, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Roger Dovel, Master's Degree Candidate

1989

  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Carlos E. Cortes, Ph.D. professor of history at University of California, Riverside
  • Byron Youtz, Ph.D.
  • Anna Mae Livingston, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
  • G. Michael Perez-Gibson, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Terrell Ann Erickson, Master's Degree Candidate
1990
     
  • Isiah Turner, Commissioner of the Wa. State Employment Security Dept. (TESC Alumnus)
  • David Hitchens, Ph.D.
  • Ernest L. "Stone" Thomas, Dean of Student Development
  • Diana Atis Owens, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Douglas P. Scrima, Masters Degree Candidate
1991
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Robert Fulghum, author of "All I Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten".
  • Charles J. McCann, Evergreen's Founding President and Emeritus Member of the Faculty
  • Ramona K. Abbott, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Maryrose Livingston, M.E.S. Degree Candidate
1992
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • President's Address
     
  • John Taylor Gatto. New York State Teacher of the Year (1991) and author of "Dumbing Us Down"
  • Beryl L. Crowe, M.A. , Maxine L. Mimms, Ph.D.
  • Ronke L. Adekanbi, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Barbara M. Soule, Masters Degree Candidate
  • Thomas L. Purce, Interim President
1993
     
  • Leonard Peltier (Remarks read by Rio Lara-Bellon, B.A. Candidate)
  • Rudolph Martin, Ph. D.
  • Peter W. Madsen, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Graduate students chose not to have a speaker this year.
1994
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Vi (Taq(w)sablu) Hilbert , Director of the Lushootseed Research Project
  • Patrick J. Hill, Ph..D.
  • Clarisse K. Leong, and Tiokasin C.K. Veaux, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
  • Rudolph Mazza, M.P.A. Degree Candidate
1995
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Lynda Barry, B.A. Author and 1979 TESC Alumna
  • Richard W. Alexander, Ph.D.
  • Elizabeth Ann Lord, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Alice Jean Saliba, M.I.T. Degree Candidate
1996
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
  • Graduate
  • Alumna
     
  • Sherman Alexie, B.A., Author
  • Steven G. Herman, Ph.D.
  • Monica Nadine Jones, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Sarah Elizabeth Landis, M.P.A. Degree Candidate
  • Jonathan David Perry, M.P.A. Degree Candidate
  • Andrea Lynn Bower, Alumna
1997
     
  • Winona LaDuke, B.A., M.A.
  • Charles B. Teske, Ph.D.
  • Theresa M. Candelaria, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • James Paul Rioux, M.E.S. Degree Candidate
1998
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Bell Hooks, Ph.D. - Poet and Activist
  • Sally J. Cloninger, Ph.D.
  • Sheley J. Marie Secrest, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Dante G. Salvatierra, M.I.T. Degree Candidate
1999
     
  • Stepahnie Coontz, M.A. The Evergreen State College
  • Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • Robert H. Knapp, Jr., D. Phil.
  • Alexandra Espindola, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Pamelia Denise Valentine, M.I.T. Degree Candidate
2000
     
  • Matthew A. Groening, B.A., (TESC Alumnus) creator of "The Simpsons"
  • Thomas B. Rainey, Ph.D.
  • Deidre Felicia Breuning, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Mary E. McKenzie, M.I.T. Degree Candidate
2001
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Ken Kesey, B.S. University of Oregon, Author
  • Angela Gilliam, Ph.D.
  • Brent Seabrook, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Monto Shan Morton, M.P.A. Degree Candidate
2002
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., University of Arkansas
  • Lawrence J. Mosqueda, Ph.D.
  • Mara Blythe Collins, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • James V. Anderson, M.I.T. Degree Candidate
2003
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Amy Goodman, B.A., Harvard University
  • Nalini M. Nadkarni, Ph.D.
  • Curtis B. Retherford, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Rosemarie (Robie)Spaulding, MIT Degree Candidate
2004
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Vandana Shiva, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario
  • Oscar Soule, Ph.D.
  • Justus Stewart, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Colleen F. Cawston, M.P.A. Degree Candidate
2005
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate
     
  • Derrick Jensen
  • Caryn Cline, M.A.
  • Dolly A. England, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Vanessa J. Schweizer, M.E.S. Degree Candidate
2006
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • Chris Gregoire, Governor, State of Washington
  • Jose Gomez, J.D.
  • Charles Shaw Lathrop, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Joshua J. Hansell, M.I.T. Degree Candidate
2007
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • Maxine Mimms, Ph.D.
  • W. Joye Hardiman, Ph.D.
  • Kathryn M. Dunn, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • August Cora Cabrera and Lou Gail Sager, MPA Degree Candidate
2008
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • James Loewen, Ph.D.
  • Russell R. Fox, M.U.P.
  • Richard Oldenburg, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Tisha Towanda, MES Degree Candidate
2009
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • David Whyte, B.Sc.
  • Alan R. Parker, J.D.
  • Casi L.A. LaLonde, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Amada Marie Peterson, MIT Degree Candidate
2010
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • Josh Blue, B.A.
  • Rita Pougiales, Ph.D.
  • Lovely Pauline Morgan, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Emily A. Washines, MPA Degree Candidate
2011
     
  • Angela Davis, Ph.D.
  • Kenneth D. Tabbutt, Ph.D.
  • Kecia K. Husbands, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Nicola J. Wethall, MEd Degree Candidate

 
2012
     
  • Rick Steves, B.A.
  • Thomas D. Womeldorff, Ph.D.
  • Carissa A. Pendergrass, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Jason R. Cornell, M.E.S. Degree Candidate
2013
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • Sherman Alexie, B.A. , author
  • Lin Nelson, Ph.D.
  • Elissa C. Goss, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Sarah H. Morris, M.P.A. Degree Candidate
2014
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • Winona LaDuke, B.A.., M.A. Native American leader, activist, and writer
  • Sam Schrager, Ph.D.
  • Gabrielle Bokaw, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Lexie J. Tom, M.P.A. Degree Candidate
2015
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
     
  • Kshama Sawant, PhD., Seattle City Council Member and Social Justice Activist
  • Lawrence J. Mosqueda, Ph.D.
  • Jackson Rodriguez, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • David Wall, M.I.T.. Degree Candidate
2016
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student
  • Maxine Mimms, Ph.D., Emerita faculty, The Evergreen State College
  • Phyllis Paige Esposito, Ph.D.
  • Penka Jane Culevski, Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
  • Danae Presler, MES Candidate
2017
  • Program
  • Graduation Address
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Graduate Student