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Meet Professor Mary Marchand
Professor Mary Marchand discusses the joy of teaching literature and how students express their love of Moby Dick.
Professor Mary Marchand discusses the joy of teaching literature and how students express their love of Moby Dick.
Indie rock, hardcore punk, folk, Celtic—Goucher alumnae/i are playing in bands and orchestras and rock operas, and we’re listening. Now you can, too.
Recent books from the Goucher community, including fiction, memoir, young adult, and more
Alberta Hirshheimer Burke 1928 gave Goucher College the majority of her collection 50 years ago.
June Whelan ’62 is the vice president of the Washington Balalaika Society and plays the domra in the Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra.
In this interview, Eliot Grasso ’05, who plays in the Celtic band Dréos, explains their name, their musical style, and what the Uilleann pipes are.
Michael Habif ’10 plays drums in the hardcore punk band Tripper.
Alice Davenport ’69 plays in the group Música Eugenia, performing acoustical music from Elizabethan England and the Spanish Renaissance.
Gayle Economos was the first person to graduate from Goucher College with a degree in communication.
In 2024, for the first time, two members of the post-bacc cohort each had a parent who also went through the program.
Kimberley Gordy is a good listener. Throughout her career, she has listened to people’s stories during moments of uncertainty.
“For some students, the library becomes their second home on campus.”
Novels, memoirs, how-to books, and more by Goucher alums and faculty from the past year
At the heart of campus, on the bottom floor of the Athenaeum, past the elevators and next to the vending machines, is a locked set of doors.
With the election less than six weeks away, opportunities for civic engagement abound on Goucher’s campus—through courses, events, and more.
An interview with Mike Marshall, Ed.D., Goucher’s new vice president for enrollment and student success
What is the future of AI? Is it a technology that will become as integral to our daily lives as smartphones are, or is it inflated hype?
Sam Bishop is a former combat medic who previously worked for the nonprofit Global Response Medicine, managing a refugee camp clinic in Matamoros, Mexico.
Max Greenberg joined Goucher College as the Esther Ann Brown Adler Professor of Judaic Studies and Justice in Fall 2023.
Candance Chance’s family and community cultivated in her a “combination of faith, grit, hustle, and community-centeredness” that she lives by.
For love, for work, for new horizons—there are many reasons Goucher alums move to other countries.
Goucher alumnae share their memories of protesting the Vietnam War.
With recreational cannabis now legal in Maryland, Goucher Magazine spoke to three alums who have worked in the industry around the country.
Chelsea Schield’s new book examines how laborers, domestic works, sex workers, and housewives in Aruba and Curaçao challenged oil corporations and political authorities, molding the industry from the ground up.
On June 2, 1945, the SS Goucher Victory launched at Baltimore, where it was built. It was the first victory ship to honor a college in Maryland.
In early March, Goucher professors and students welcomed the TRAC theater company from France for a collaborative production of Molière’s “The Miser.” It was the kind of international and interdisciplinary experience that the Goucher community thrives on.
From curating galleries to cultivating personal collections, these alums are working with art.
Verónica Segarra, Ph.D., is an associate professor and the Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology.
Robert Bull ’93 is receiving the 2023 Marguerite Barland ’60 Merit Award, celebrating the achievements of Goucher’s Black alumnae/i.
Jennifer Barrett Cox spends all her time helping kids. She works with the school system by day and runs a nonprofit by night.
Did you know that the tradition of turning your tassel at graduation might have started at the Woman’s College of Baltimore?
At the Environmental Protection Agency, three Goucher graduates are working hard to protect our water, land, and air. They must be vigilant, committed, and adaptable.
Recent books, including history, fiction, memoir, and more, from Goucher’s alumnae/i and faculty
This year, Goucher’s Kratz Center for Creative Writing has offered summer fellowships to 10 students, which will fund travel, research, and writing projects.
Emily Waskow ’22 was 16 years old when she started college at Goucher. Now 18, she has already graduated and is planning a future in cognitive neuroscience.
In mid-April, dozens of higher education leaders came together in person and virtually for a two-day forum at Goucher College to discuss global learning.
Education has transformed Seowon Kim twice. First at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, and now at Goucher College, where she is learning who she really is.
The “Say, Are You a Doctor or a Lady?” exhibit highlights pioneering women with science degrees who were “first” in their fields.
In 1983, Alicia Carter had her life tragically cut short, and the murder remained unsolved for 38 years. Now, alumnae are coming together to remember their generous friend.
Marilyn Warshawsky knows Goucher history. And in spring 2021, the Goucher Board of Trustees announced that she had been awarded the title of college historian.
Sandwiched Goucher alums share their stories of caring for a parent and a child at the same time.
Logan S. Herring Sr. ’04 is the recipient of the 2022 Marguerite Barland ’60 Merit Award, which celebrates Black alumnae/i who have significantly contributed to equity on and off campus.
Clay Chou is an assistant professor and the Luetkemeyer Endowed Chair in Mandarin Chinese and Asian studies, with academic interests in Chinese literature, visual media, popular culture, and gender.
In the 1960s, expectations for women were changing; fashion was changing. It was time, too, for the Goucher College handbook to change.
