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Goucher College has announced that the keynote speaker for the 126th Commencement ceremony will be Leon Botstein, conductor, music historian, and president of Bard College in New York.  Botstein is a leading advocate for progressive education and strengthening the importance of the liberal arts in public life. The Goucher College Commencement ceremony will take place on […]

Goucher College announced today that its 11th president, Dr. José Antonio Bowen has accepted a new five-year contract. The new contract will run July 1, 2017, to June, 30, 2022 and will allow him to continue his efforts to redevelop the curriculum, improve campus facilities, advance diversity, and pursue other important initiatives for the renowned

Jean Bradford, Goucher psychology professor emerita and co-founder of the Women’s Studies and Peace Studies Programs, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2016.

Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, this week presented awards to recognize individuals and campus Hillels that best exemplify the movement’s mission – to enrich the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Goucher College Hillel received two distinct honors at Hillel International’s annual

Edgar Kunz ’10 has been awarded a 2017 Literature Fellowship in Creative Writing from the National Endowment for the Arts. After studying creative writing at Goucher’s Kratz Center, Kunz went on to earn his MFA at Vanderbilt University. In addition to being a NEA Fellow, Kunz is also a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.

Goucher College announced that it will confer a bachelor of arts degree to students currently incarcerated. Through the Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP), Goucher now has the distinction of being one of fewer than 20 colleges across the United States offering a bachelor’s degree to men and women completing appropriate coursework while incarcerated. Goucher is

Baltimore, Md., November 21, 2016—The Maryland Horse Breeders Association announced Friday that it will relocate its headquarters from Timonium to Goucher College at the end of December. Goucher is currently developing an 18-acre state-of-the-art intercollegiate equestrian center that will be anchored by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s office, which will eventually offer a museum and