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“I’ll never use a plastic bag again,” declared first-year student Rachel Brannock, her nose wrinkled in distaste at the trash in her gloved hand. Meanwhile, Rachel’s peers slogged through the Gwynns Falls Stream behind her, the dull roar of I-95 in the background on a Friday afternoon. The Baltimore native was one of 440 first-year […]

U.S. News and World Report has released its annual college rankings, and Goucher has moved to No. 105, up five places from No. 110 last year, in the list of national liberal arts colleges. Additionally, the college has remained at the top of the list for the colleges and universities with the most students studying

In OTHER, a new art exhibit at Goucher College, five artists—Carrie Beall, Lania D’Agostino, Kris Grey, Jason Horowitz, and Jaimes Mayhew—explore various aspects of gender. Through video, painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography, these artists give the viewer a glimpse, from their perspective, of what it means to be “other” within the current social climate. The

In Curvature of the Earth, a new art exhibit at Goucher College, Joyce Anitagrace presents mixed-media works concerning several inter-related ideas between logic and art. Anitagrace, a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, explores the intersection of philosophy and mathematics; the act of mark-making and marking time; and the concept of the horizon

Goucher College will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, held from September 15 through October 15, with a series of arts presentations, discussions, and social events. Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the United States and celebrates Hispanic heritage and culture. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week. September 15 was

Goucher College’s Futuro Latino Learning Center (FLLC) is raising funds to continue to provide excellent educational services to the Latino community of Baltimore County. In partnership with the GALA Hispanic Theatre in Washington, DC, the FLLC will receive all proceeds from tickets sales for a preview presentation of the play Cancún. The event will be

Goucher College has earned a silver rating from the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) developed the program as a transparent way to gauge college and universities’ progress toward being more environmentally friendly. STARS reports comprehensive information related to college or universities’ sustainability

Goucher College once again has been included in The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, The Best 379 Colleges. Additionally, Goucher was No. 1 on the guide’s 2015 list of schools with the “Most Popular Study Abroad Program,” and it was ranked No. 19 in the nation for “Best Campus Food.” Only about 15 percent of America’s

Goucher Hillel has hired Rachel Leavey Plotkin as its new Jewish student life coordinator and Karin Hasin as the staff’s first full-time Jewish Agency Israel fellow/Israel engagement coordinator.  Rachel is a Baltimore native and a graduate of UMBC. She served as a Jewish Campus Service Corps at Houston Hillel and has worked in Jewish informal