Goucher students are flooded with opportunities—opportunities to learn from first-rate professors; to live in a supportive, close-knit community; to participate in a broad swath of co-curricular arts, athletics, and volunteer activities. Next summer they also will have the opportunity to observe history in the making. Emerging Markets in Cuba, a new intensive course abroad, will […]
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Using art to express environmental concerns, raising awareness of socially responsible investment practices, and bringing more social justice speakers to inspire the Goucher community … students picked up a lot of ideas recently at Power Shift, a conference hosted by the Energy Action Coalition and held this year in Pittsburgh. The conference brought together young
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Last week a group of 14 Goucher students took up the issues of immigration and border control at the “Camino Americano: Concert and March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect” in Washington, DC. Tens of thousands came to the National Mall to share stories of suffering and strength and demand passage of immigration reform. Goucher’s student
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This musical celebration of the United States, held on 10/29 at 8 p.m., will feature folk, popular, and classical music from various historical periods and regions of the country.
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Goucher’s men’s basketball team will take on the U.S. Merchant Marines on 12/7 at 5 p.m. in a fundraiser for Damon Brooks, a Goucher student who was seriously injured on campus last April.
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Early this September, Kris Raser, a student in Goucher College’s Digital Arts Program proudly sat among about 200 people gathered to watch the premiere of Toobie, the story of a typical 15-year-old trying to blend in at school and get by—without any trouble from bullies. Raser had helped develop, write, produce, and score the movie
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By Ke’Aun Charles ’15* Frank Bruni—the New York Times’ first openly gay op-ed columnist—has written several pieces on being gay in America, sexuality, and religion, and the legal battles the LGBTQ community is waging to secure rights. On September 30, he was on campus to give a talk titled “A New Day: Same-Sex Marriage in
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As members of this community, we all know that in the fall of 2006, Goucher became the first college in the nation to require all of our undergraduates to study abroad at least once before graduation. Our study abroad program has grown tremendously since then. Students now choose between 60 programs—including a wide variety of
Goucher College is glad to welcome our new first-year students, the Class of 2017. Like all Goucher students, they are certainly an impressive bunch. “I have been deeply impressed by the enthusiasm and spirit of the Class of 2017,” says Bryan Coker, vice president and dean of students. “They are a well-prepared group who bring
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