To celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Emma, the Goucher College Library will host Emma in America: Jane Austen’s Novel through Two Centuries. The exhibit will spotlight one of the treasures of its world-class Jane Austen Collection: the very rare first American edition of Emma, published in Philadelphia in 1816. The exhibit […]
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Goucher College is pleased to announce that Kathleen M. Anderson will be the 2015-16 Jane Austen Scholar-in-Residence. Dr. Anderson is a professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University and a specialist in 19th-century British literature. She is the author of Jane Austen’s Guide to Thrift and a number of scholarly and popular essays on Austen that
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Educational consultant Jill Tipograph, of Everything Summer, says “Goucher College’s latest president, José Antonio Bowen, has trailblazing ideas about changing higher education today.” We think José Antonio Bowen has an importantly strategic vision for the future of college education. We hope we can look back in 10, 15 years hence and see his vision became a
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A newly digitized speech by civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer is now available to the public for the first time through the Goucher College Library. Hamer was a black sharecropper from Mississippi who joined the voter registration movement in 1962 and became a fiery and respected voice for civil rights. She is especially well
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The German Program presents a lecture by music journalist Birgit Reuther, Tuesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in the Batza Room, Ungar Athenaeum 448. When thinking of Germany, pop music might not be the first thing that comes to mind. In her lecture, Reuther explains how the history of the country delayed and influenced Germany’s pop
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Goucher College presents “Bumps in the Road,” a performance by writer, singer, and pianist Dan Simpson, on Thursday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Merrick Lecture Hall. In this 90-minute program, Simpson combines memoir, poetry, and music to examine what it took for him and his identical twin brother, Dave, both of whom are blind,
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The Goucher Repertory Dance Ensemble Spring Concert highlights the exciting work of Goucher students, faculty, and guest artists. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, with an additional matinée at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The artists will discuss the choreography on Friday at 6:45 p.m. in
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Award-winning pianist Alessio Bax will be featured at the 55th Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Lecture-Performance on Sunday, March 8, at 7 p.m. in Kraushaar Auditorium. Bax will perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Alexander Scriabin, and Modest Mussorgsky. The event is open to the public, but tickets are required for all attendees. Tickets are free for
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JoAnna Ramsey ’16 had been interested in film preservation for years and knew exactly what she needed to do to move forward in the field. So when she was looking for internships in film archives, the George Eastman House: International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York, was the first place she looked.
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Goucher’s faculty and staff work tirelessly. And now there’s a chance to further demonstrate their investment in the college by giving financially. “When I go to people and ask them for money, one of the first questions I get is ‘What about faculty and staff? Do they believe in the mission?’” according to Goucher President