Scientific Computing at Evergreen

John Pumilio, Director of Sustainability wants you to know... "It is January Power Challenge month!  The concept is simple.  Last January, we consumed 1,248,000 kWh of electricity, spent $65,126 on electricity, and emitted 1.5 million lbs of greenhouse gases.  This January, we can do better.  Our sustainability-conscious community can save plenty of electricity by turning lights off in empty rooms, by flipping powerstrips off overnight, by turning computer monitors off when leaving your room or office, by replacing old incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, and by shutting down computers overnight.  If we all changed a few simple behaviors we could cut our electricity use this month by 5%. 

Why 5%? 

Two reasons: it is achievable and it makes a difference.  A 5% reduction equals:
·         62,400 kWh of electricity saved;
·         $4,368 dollars not wasted;
·         44.4 tons of greenhouse gas emissions avoided;
·         eight less vehicles on the road for one year!
·         5,000 gallons of gasoline unused;
·         six homes powered for one year;
·         the carbon sequestered by over 1,100 tree seedlings allowed to grow for 10 years.

Together, we can achieve this goal!"


To find out more Click Here
Or check out the Evergreen Office of Sustainability

Have you ever asked yourself, "where can I go to network with peers, meet leading scientists, discover new research, publish my work, AND advance my career???" THE ANSWER IS SALT LAKE CITY. This spring the Evergreen Chemistry Club presents you with the opportunity of a life time. The chance to immerse yourself in the scientific community, and maybe even find your destiny. The 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition will be held from March 22-26, which this year coincides with Evergreen's spring break.

To find out more, visit the ACS website here:
http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/meetings/national/spring2009/index.htm

If you would like to attend with the Evergreen Chemistry Club, please complete the following application and submit it as the instructions direct. http://scicomp.evergreen.edu/docs/ACS_app_2009.pdf
Note that a short faculty recommendation is required, but can be submitted by email.

Significant issues with the college’s email system emerged once Evergreen made email an official communication medium in spring 2007. This fall, a committee was convened and charged with determining how to address these issues. The three primary issues were;

• A student’s Evergreen email box can overfill unless the student is careful to prevent this by purging messages (especially those with sizable attachments) on a regular basis. An overfilled email box can no longer receive messages.

• Student emails that are forwarded to outside addresses cannot, with adequate certainty, be determined to have been delivered successfully.

• Allowing email forwarding from students' Evergreen accounts creates conditions where external email providers (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc.) are increasingly blocking messages from Evergreen. This occurs because external email systems flag the Evergreen email system as a potential source of spam, due to the quantity of forwarding messages originating from our system.

On Friday December 12, 2008, several important changes will be made to all Evergreen student email accounts to make Evergreen e-mail an reliable platform for communications between students and the college:

• Items in the “Deleted Items” folder will be purged after one day.

• Items in the “Junk E-mail” folder will be purged after 30 days.

• Items in the “Sent Items” folder will be purged after 30 days.

• Incoming email attachments will be limited to 5MB per message.

• Students will no longer be able to forward their Evergreen email to an outside address.

If you need information on how to use campus e-mail or set up Outlook on the CAL computers, please see the CAL staff.

For more information on this issue, please click here.