Author name: Tara de Souza

Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), will present a lecture titled “Youth and Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement: Reflections on Birmingham” on Thursday, February 26, at 8 p.m. in Goucher College’s Kraushaar Auditorium. The United States has seen profound changes in the past 50 years, including […]

Members of the Goucher College community were saddened to learn about the death of Wolfgang E. Thormann early on the morning of January 5. Dr. Thormann was a dedicated and well-respected professor in Goucher’s Department of Modern Languages (now the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) for 30 years. Dr. Thormann was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in

Nearly 150 years ago, poet, activist, and black Baltimorean Frances E.W. Harper took the platform in Union Square, New York, to discuss voting rights and segregation of public transportation. She began her speech with a rather private story about how her husband had died suddenly, heavily in debt, leaving her alone to provide for her

When Laura Tims ’14 came to Goucher at age 18, she knew she wanted to be a writer. But she didn’t have an exact plan to make that happen, and, she admits, she also had “no backup plan.” By the time she graduated, she had a two-book deal with HarperCollins; her first novel will be

          Chionque Mines, a senior at Goucher, had the distinct honor of introducing President Barack Obama at the second College Opportunity Day of Action in Washington, DC. This event focused on building college networks to promote student completion, invest in high school counselors, create K-16 partnerships around college readiness, and increase the

The Goucher Poll asked Maryland residents for their perspectives regarding Maryland state parks. Marylanders were asked about park use, activities, goals, and how the Maryland Park Service could best inform them about parks. Use and Visitation of Maryland State Parks The 72 percent of residents who visited a Maryland state park at least once during the