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Goucher students, faculty, and staff can rise to the “Fish-to-Fork Eat Local Challenge” on Tuesday, September 25, and help support food producers in their community. Bon Appétit Management Company, the college’s food services provider, will serve a lunch made almost entirely from ingredients originating within a 150-mile radius of campus, focusing on sustainably harvested fish […]

Sophie Lalanne, former executive co-director of the global market research company Ipsos, will present “Ipsos: A French Success Story” as the third annual Evelyn Myers ’37 French Lecture on Thursday, September 20, at 7 p.m. in Kelley Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Flo Martin, professor

Eliot Cutler, independent gubernatorial candidate for Maine in 2010, will present “The Parties Are Over: Why That’s Good for America” at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24, in Hyman Forum of Goucher College’s Athenaeum. He will discuss how political hyper-partisanship has bred bitter division and legislative paralysis in Washington and why it is a good

Goucher College will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, held from September 15 through October 15, with a series of discussions, film screenings, arts presentations, 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

Novelist Sandy Lerner will discuss Second Impressions, her new sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, on Thursday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Batza Room of Goucher College’s Athenaeum. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved at www.goucher.edu/tickets or by calling 410-337-6333. Painstakingly and accurately written

The Goucher College Library this year introduced the Applestein-Sweren Prize for book collecting, which was made possible by an endowment established this year by Betty Applestein Sweren ’52 and Dr. Edgar Sweren. The competition is meant to encourage Goucher students to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries throughout their lives; to appreciate the

In Everything Else Falls Away, a new art exhibit at Goucher College, Regina Tumasella explores the dynamics of chance, nature, and the human condition through layered paint. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, runs in the Rosenberg Gallery on Goucher’s campus from Monday, September 10, to Sunday, October 14. The art

Goucher College celebrates the 50th anniversary of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic A Wrinkle in Time by reading the book aloud from start to finish on Wednesday, October 17, from 12 to 7 p.m. in the Siebert Center of the library in the Athenaeum. The science fiction fantasy novel was first published in 1962. The story, revolving around a

Goucher College’s Office of the President is proud to announce the Fall 2012 Innovation Grant winners. For 14 years, the Innovation Grant Program has provided seed money to implement many exciting and effective campus projects proposed by Goucher students, faculty, and staff. Past projects include Goucher’s recycling and composting initiatives, a program to help students

Michael C. Quinn, president and CEO of the American Revolution Center in Philadelphia, will give a talk titled “Creating a Meaningful Past at American Museums and Historic Sites” on Thursday, November 15, at 4:30 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the Alumnae/i House at Goucher College. In his new position at the American Revolution Center, Quinn