we actually pulled it off and the museum is officially being approved. thank you for helping get this idea off the ground because it never would have happened without all of you. now the real work starts to make sure the build stays true to our original vision for the …
March 11, 2024
Final supporters
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Imagine a place where EVC students, K-12 students, and members of the community could all come to learn more about science, our local ecology, and the indigenous tribes of our area. A place that brings the community onto the community college where kids can be inspired by exhibits, workshops, and walks in the native plant garden following charismatic bumble bees and butterflies all while helping local teachers achieve educational standards for their students. A place where neighbors can learn about the cosmos, native species, indigenous culture, sustainable systems, food producing gardens, and the mysteries of the microbial world. Join us in supporting the construction of an art-science museum situated on land adjacent to Evergreen Valley College to benefit the students and academic programs, in addition to positively impacting the community and the K-12 school systems in EVC's service area.
This center would include a state-of-the-art projectorless planetarium, life and earth sciences exhibits with particular emphasis on local species, displays from multiple disciplines, and art exhibitions showcasing artists and students of all grade levels. We envision a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to education where science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics are combined to create a platform where a new generation of learners will stand to face the challenges currently afflicting our society.
We need a consolidated museum space that leverages existing resources and expertise on our campus such as the EVC Museum of Natural Sciences, the Montgomery Hill Observatory, and the Visual & Performing Arts Center.
Such a project requires unified community and political support, in addition to agreement from students, classified professionals, faculty, and administrators regarding its benefits to the Evergreen community. It is time now to take this idea to the Board of Trustees and outside our campuses for consideration and further examination.
(Please, again, do not add donations to this petition. We only need your signature for support. Photo above: Great Valley Museum - Modesto Junior College)
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Reached 250 supporters
March 2, 2024
Reached 100 supporters
October 26, 2023
74 Comments
EVC already has an existing Montgomery Hill Observatory, it would be great to expand it into a greater space and increase the general public's interest that also benefits for EVC students.
This area of San Jose has nothing of this kind and a museum dedicated to STEAM education is desperately needed.
Having a museum of science and art at EVC will help promote equity among our students and the residents of East San Jose! We need more educational community-centered spaces such as this.
I'm a student of EVC. I am an officer of a STEM related club on campus and I volunteer at the monthly public observatory events. I am very much in support of this museum. It will help stimulate interest in STEM related fields in our youth and will be a great attraction to our college and the community college system in general.
As a biologist who's worked with NASA and SETI Institute for many years, I fully endorse the proposed Museum of Science and Arts at EVC. Local museum help K-12 and general audiences understand the links between basic research and real-world issues, civic decision making and even career paths. We all need to think beyond our local areas.... and consider our futures together.
Let's get this running!
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we actually pulled it off and the museum is officially being approved. thank you for helping get this idea off the ground because it never would have happened without all of you. now the real work starts to make sure the build stays true to our original vision for the …
March 11, 2024
Final supporters
Before you continue reading, PLEASE DO NOT MAKE A DONATION for this petition. It would go to IPetition and not to EVC or to the cause. We are solely requesting your signature and future support.
Imagine a place where EVC students, K-12 students, and members of the community could all come to learn more about science, our local ecology, and the indigenous tribes of our area. A place that brings the community onto the community college where kids can be inspired by exhibits, workshops, and walks in the native plant garden following charismatic bumble bees and butterflies all while helping local teachers achieve educational standards for their students. A place where neighbors can learn about the cosmos, native species, indigenous culture, sustainable systems, food producing gardens, and the mysteries of the microbial world. Join us in supporting the construction of an art-science museum situated on land adjacent to Evergreen Valley College to benefit the students and academic programs, in addition to positively impacting the community and the K-12 school systems in EVC's service area.
This center would include a state-of-the-art projectorless planetarium, life and earth sciences exhibits with particular emphasis on local species, displays from multiple disciplines, and art exhibitions showcasing artists and students of all grade levels. We envision a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to education where science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics are combined to create a platform where a new generation of learners will stand to face the challenges currently afflicting our society.
We need a consolidated museum space that leverages existing resources and expertise on our campus such as the EVC Museum of Natural Sciences, the Montgomery Hill Observatory, and the Visual & Performing Arts Center.
Such a project requires unified community and political support, in addition to agreement from students, classified professionals, faculty, and administrators regarding its benefits to the Evergreen community. It is time now to take this idea to the Board of Trustees and outside our campuses for consideration and further examination.
(Please, again, do not add donations to this petition. We only need your signature for support. Photo above: Great Valley Museum - Modesto Junior College)
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
March 2, 2024
Reached 100 supporters
October 26, 2023
74 Comments
As a museum worker and Evergreen Valley College alumni, it will benefit students and the community to have collections housed, provide students opportunities to work in their field, and have accessibility for Title I schools in the area to the museum.
EVC already has an existing Montgomery Hill Observatory, it would be great to expand it into a greater space and increase the general public's interest that also benefits for EVC students.
This area of San Jose has nothing of this kind and a museum dedicated to STEAM education is desperately needed.
Having a museum of science and art at EVC will help promote equity among our students and the residents of East San Jose! We need more educational community-centered spaces such as this.
I'm a student of EVC. I am an officer of a STEM related club on campus and I volunteer at the monthly public observatory events. I am very much in support of this museum. It will help stimulate interest in STEM related fields in our youth and will be a great attraction to our college and the community college system in general.
As a biologist who's worked with NASA and SETI Institute for many years, I fully endorse the proposed Museum of Science and Arts at EVC. Local museum help K-12 and general audiences understand the links between basic research and real-world issues, civic decision making and even career paths. We all need to think beyond our local areas.... and consider our futures together.
Let's get this running!
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As a museum worker and Evergreen Valley College alumni, it will benefit students and the community to have collections housed, provide students opportunities to work in their field, and have accessibility for Title I schools in the area to the museum.