As the nation's leading public interdisciplinary liberal arts college, Evergreen's mission is to sustain a vibrant academic community and offer students an education that will help them excel in their intellectual, creative, professional and community service goals. Evergreen is about learning and there about creating a community that works together to build knowledge, experience and insight. Everything we do is designed to foster collaborative learning among students, among faculty and between students and faculty. Our faculty is dedicated to teaching, to helping students learn to think critically, solve real-life problems and make the connections that lead to greater understanding.