Zeke Berzoff-Cohen ’08 today received a 2013 Social Innovation Award from Teach For America’s Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative for his work as a co-founder of a nonprofit program that prepares public school students to succeed in college as well as to become civic leaders. Called the Intersection, the Baltimore-based program offers leadership training to students who then design and ... Read More »
Jeff Kunerth MFA ’10 and his colleagues David Breen, Stephen Hudak, and Denise-Marie Ordway at the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel on April 15 were named finalists for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. The four journalists were recognized for “their aggressive coverage of hazing rituals by the Florida A&M University marching band that killed a drum major and led to the ... Read More »
Congratulations to Eline von Borries (Physical Education Chair, 1915), Kristin Carey Schulze ’98, Katherine Perry DeLorenzo ’90, and Stephanie LaGue Bentley ’05. Goucher will honor the accomplishments of these amazing athletes at an induction ceremony on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6 p.m. at the Decker Sports and Recreation Center. Eline von Borries 1915 Coach and department chair Skilled equestrienne ... Read More »
A Machiavellian puppeteer, a nasty witch, and a lonely little girl all are characters in the sixth and most recent book written by Laura Amy Schlitz ’77. Called Splendors and Glooms, the book today was named a Newbery Honor Book. It is the second time the author has received Newbery honors: Schlitz received the 2008 Newbery Medal for her book ... Read More »
Stephanie Rodemann ’02 returns to Baltimore this January as the technical director and head carpenter of iD, an international show performed by Montreal-based circus troupe Cirque Eloize. Sound exciting? We thought so, and we took a moment to ask Rodemann a bit about herself, iD, and how she ended up with such a cool job. iD opens in Baltimore January 5 ... Read More »
Longtime Goucher supporters Ethel Weber Berney ’46 and Dorothy “Dotty” B. Krug ’41 last week were recognized as the 2012 Unsung Heroes by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Maryland Chapter. Together the women—who served as volunteers, trustees, and organizers of Goucher’s Trips and Tours Committee—are credited with giving to the college more than 37,000 hours of volunteer service. More than ... Read More »
by Julie Steinbacher ’10 Inside the campus greenhouse, verdant rosettes of the Butterhead Bibb variety are arranged in troughs, their roots bathed constantly in nutrient-rich water circulated from a tank on the floor. Overhead, pepper plant tendrils trail from hanging buckets. On a nearby propagation table, tomato, red pepper, and pea seedlings nestled in rockwool cubes soak atop clay pellets ... Read More »
There’s reason to believe that on July 12, the late Mary Katherine Scarborough Scheeler ’49 was looking down at Goucher College and smiling. For decades, Mary Katherine was a familiar and beloved figure around campus. An attorney, she was elected to the college’s Board of Trustees in 1978 and became a trustee emerita in 1998; the boardroom of the ... Read More »