On July 25, the Goucher Vagabonds will be hitting the road, traveling between Northern Virginia and Maine to help connect the college’s alumnae/i with one another and with their alma mater, and they will welcome first-year students to the Goucher community. The Vagabonds Program is a joint effort of Goucher’s Development & Alumnae/i Affairs and the […]
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This summer, new students at Goucher College will read Colum McCann’s sweeping and radical social novel Let the Great World Spin. The book is Goucher’s 2013 summer reading assignment for first-year and transfer students. Selected based on suggestions from faculty and staff, Let the Great World Spin will spark discussion among new students, staff, and
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The news always seems to be full of warnings about nutritional deficiencies in the American diet: iron, calcium, vitamin D. But outside the United States there lurks a more global, more dangerous issue—zinc deficiency, which can lead to a suppressed immune system and problems with inflammation. Many in other countries don’t have a diet that
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In this Fox 45 piece, Ann Duncan, assistant professor of religion at Goucher, talks about the change of tone from the Vatican expressed in Pope Francis’ recent comments that Catholic priests should not be judged or marginalized for sexual orientation.
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Opening Ceremony Tuesday, September 17 6 p.m. | Pinkard Room, the Athenaeum The Department of Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures’ Florencia Cortes-Conde, associate professor and chair, and Frances Ramos Fontan, director of Goucher’s Futuro Latino Learning Center, will lead a short video presentation of “Una Mejor Vida: Latino Voices on Survival and Transformation.” This bilingual Spanish-English
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Melissa R. Klapper ’95, professor of history and director of women’s and gender studies at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, will speak at Goucher College on Wednesday, October 2, at 7 p.m. in the Batza Room of the Athenaeum. Her talk is based on her most recent book, Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American
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In Sundry Moods, Julia Sutliff’s paintings celebrate nature, places left uninterrupted by humans—the wilder, the better. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, runs in Goucher’s Rosenberg Gallery from September 6 to November 1 and can be viewed Monday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additionally, an artist’s reception will
Reactions have been tinged with sadness following Sanford J. Ungar’s announcement at the end of last month that he will be stepping down as Goucher’s president in June 2014. Community members say they will be sorry to see the end of Ungar’s thirteen-year tenure at the college, but they also share their confidence that his
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Victor Ricciardi, assistant professor of financial management at Goucher, speaks with Morningstar about expectations for standard of living after retirement.
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A Baltimore Sun reader shares his thoughts about the impact of the “Ungar years” at Goucher and all the president has contributed to the college and to the community.
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