Leading up to the 2015 bicentennial anniversary of Jane Austen’s Emma, Goucher College will be providing an open-access edition of a very rare American version of the beloved novel. Goucher—home to the largest Austen collection in North America—has one of just six copies of the rare 1816 Philadelphia edition of Emma, the first and only of Austen’s works […]
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Goucher’s men’s soccer team went from not winning a Landmark Conference game for two years in a row, to becoming a playoff team, all within a span of four years. Bryan Laut, the team’s head coach, calls this “a testament to the hard work of a great support staff and a special group of players
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The Goucher Poll asked Maryland residents for their perspectives regarding Maryland state parks. Marylanders were asked about park use, activities, goals, and how the Maryland Park Service could best inform them about parks. Use and Visitation of Maryland State Parks The 72 percent of residents who visited a Maryland state park at least once during the
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Differences run more than skin deep, and Goucher thinks all differences should be celebrated, examined, and valued. This sentiment is reflected in a new pledge drafted by the college’s Diversity Standing Committee. The committee—composed of faculty, staff, and students—is again meeting regularly after an 18-month hiatus and already is diving into work. The first order
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Let’s shift our focus from the holiday shopping frenzy to giving the gift of education that will transform students’ lives and create leaders of tomorrow. Every gift, no matter the size, will be counted.
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America has named Goucher’s men’s and women’s soccer teams among its 2013-14 Team Academic Award recipients.
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There are thousands of Goucher students, faculty, alumnae/i, and staff. This makes for a whole lot of different experiences and personalities scattered around campus … and the globe. Now all members of the college’s extended community can connect and see one another’s unique points of view about Goucher with the social media account “This is
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New Books Network reviewed Goucher Assistant Professor of Peace Studies Ailish Hopper’s poetry collection Dark~Sky Society, saying the “voice of the poem can engage the senses in a brilliance of stimuli.”
Rory Turner, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, attended the workshop “Confronting Contention: Deploying Culture in Conflict Resolution” November 16-18 in Washington, DC. This interdisciplinary exchange was planned by the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Marissa Charlemagne ’16 shares her thoughts on recent events in this Next New Deal blog post titled “There Will Be Another Michael Brown: Millennial Perspectives on Ferguson.”
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