Submitted by The Evergreen State College
The four finalists in the running for president of The Evergreen State College will visit Olympia and meet with community members in the next three weeks. Alumni, friends, supporters and members of the public interested in The Evergreen State College are encouraged to attend.
Each candidate will make a presentation and take questions in an open, noon-time forum. The first three candidates will be on the Olympia campus for the public forum on the following dates:
- Open Forum: Monday, Feb. 2, 12:00 – 1:15 (Recital Hall) – Luis Pedraja, PhD, is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Antioch University Los Angeles. His previous professional appointments include Vice President of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. He holds degrees from University of Virginia (PhD, Philosophical Theology and Religious Studies), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div, Theology), and Stetson University (BA, Religion).
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Luis Pedraja, PhD Open Forum: Wednesday, Feb. 4, 12:00 – 1:15 (Recital Hall) – Rhona Free, PhD, is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Eastern Connecticut State University where she previously served as Director of the Center for Educational Excellence and as a Professor in the Department of Economics. She holds degrees from University of Notre Dame (PhD and MA, Economics) and Sarah Lawrence College (BA).
- The third finalist, Margaret Madden, PhD, is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at State University of New York at Potsdam, where she is also a tenured Professor of Psychology. She holds degrees from University of Massachusetts, Amherst (PhD, Psychology, and MS, Psychology) and University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA, Psychology). Dr. Madden hopes to visit February 9 – 10. Details to come soon.
- The fourth finalist, George Bridges, PhD, is president of Whitman College and previously served as dean and vice provost of undergraduate education at the University of Washington. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (PhD, Sociology, and MA, Criminology) and from the University of Washington (BA, Sociology). His visit is in the process of being scheduled.
