Featured Stories
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Gophers and the Wonderful, Outstanding, Very Good, Rather Nice Day
Judith Viorst—award-winning author of the children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day—will receive an honorary degree and deliver the keynote address at Goucher’s upcoming Commencement ceremony.
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Make This Summer Count: Undergraduate Summer Course Offerings
At Goucher, learning never stops. Starting Monday, June 3, the college will start its summer term.
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Q & A with Dean of Students Bryan Coker
What do James Taylor, Mortimor the Gopher, and children in Afghanistan have in common? They’re all part of a question-and-answer with Bryan Coker, Goucher’s new(ish) vice president and dean of students. Coker, who came from Florida’s Jacksonville University in February, is responsible for all student affairs departments and athletics here at Goucher.
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NCAA Division III Week
Whether they compete on fields or courts, in pools, or on the backs of 1,000-pound horses— Goucher athletes are being recognized and celebrated as the college participates in NCAA Division III Week.
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Renovating a College Landmark
The engraved letters above the entrance may still read “Julia Rogers Library,” but instead of books, the building on Goucher’s Academic Quad will soon house a robotics lab, the Goucher Poll center, an international commons, the Welch Center for Graduate and Professional Studies, offices, classrooms, and support services, among other features. About 60 staff, faculty, ... Read More »
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Spring Break 7.8 Miles Away
On Wednesday afternoon, with the March sun streaming through the roof of an empty West Baltimore rowhouse ravaged by a fire and age, Amanda Griffith methodically stacked mortar and brick. “It will feel good to finish it,” said the Goucher senior, looking up an unfinished wall. “But we need a taller ladder.”
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Goucher Grant Invests in New Ideas
This year Latino immigrants in Maryland will have a rare opportunity to record their stories for posterity; the campus community garden will flourish during the peak growing season; and students, faculty, and staff will engage with the greater Baltimore community even more—all thanks to Goucher’s Innovation Grant Program.
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Marching Toward Change
Proximity to both the state’s and nation’s capitals gives Goucher students a chance to participate in the democratic process in all sorts of important, hands-on ways.
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Faculty Books on Display
Judging a book by its cover is generally considered a bad thing, but a stroll in the Athenaeum shows a display of Goucher faculty books that maybe should be judged by their covers.
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Advocates for a Day
Dylan Collins isn’t interested in becoming a politician himself, but the sophomore did have a chance to speak with a few at the annual Maryland Independent Higher Education Day on February 14. The event, which celebrated 40 years of the Sellinger Program, was sponsored by the Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA), of which ... Read More »
