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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The loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire at the time of the Revolutionary War. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to blame. Andrew O’Shaughnessy, the Saunders director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies
Learn the ropes of puppetry with Goucher’s Puppet Theatre Workshop. Sessions run on Mondays October 28 through December 9 (except November 11), 6-8 p.m. in the Pinkard Room of the college’s Athenaeum. The workshop is free, open to all community members, and no experience is required. Regular attendance is encouraged but not necessary, and drop-ins
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The college rankings season is well under way, and Goucher College has fared well, particularly among classifications that measured such important factors as academic quality, environmental sustainability, and study abroad. Here is a brief compendium of Goucher’s inclusion in many of the most closely watched college ranking publications: Goucher once again has been included in
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Jamie Mullaney, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, and Janet Shope, associate dean for faculty affairs, use this Gender & Society blog post to discuss ideas behind their book Paid to Party: Working Time and Emotion in Direct Sales.
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Goucher’s Rosenberg and Silber galleries are listed in this City Biz List article that looks at the gallery scene in Towson, which offers both traditional and non-traditional exhibition spaces.
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Victor Ricciardi, assistant professor of financial management at Goucher, gives some advice on Yahoo! Finance about how young people can control their financial future.
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Clare Adams ’14 was awarded an American Society for Microbiology Research Fellowship for the summer of 2013. The fellowship was aimed at highly competitive students wishing to pursue graduate careers in microbiology. This year the society accepted 37 of the 138 students who applied. Birthe Kjellerup, Goucher assistant professor of biology, is Adam’s mentor, and
Victor Ricciardi, assistant professor of financial management at Goucher, discusses who should consider investing in a Roth IRA and whether the time is right to purchase an annuity for Bankrate.com.
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