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Alumni Spotlight

Andres Zapata ’98

Glass doors and walls are very important to Andres Zapata ’98, co-founder of idfive, a marketing company in Baltimore.

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A Good Stretch

Robert Bull ’93 is the co-chair of Goucher’s [UNDAUNTED] capital campaign.

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Philanthropy Is in Her Genes

Elizabeth Ellers ’81’s Goucher experience has been a series of memorable moments and undaunted firsts.

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Todd Troester ’15

Todd Troester ’15 has been building connections and helping others his entire life. Recently, his passions have led him to a kind of social activism.

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New Board of Trustees Chair Ruth Shapiro Lenrow ’74

After serving for more than a decade on the Goucher College Board of Trustees, Ruth Shapiro Lenrow ’74 became board chair in July, previously serving as the board’s secretary and vice chair, as well as gala chair for two years.

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The Honorable Paula Stern ’67, Ph.D.

Breaking gender stereotypes and pushing boundaries has been a familiar theme to The Honorable Paula Stern, Ph.D. ’67.

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Gail Standish ’55 & Kat Elicker ’19

When Kat Elicker ’19 called Gail Standish ’55 during a Phone-a-thon, the conversation flowed.

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Miriam E. Katowitz ’73

At a recent event, a Jesuit priest’s words resonated with Miriam E. Katowitz ’73.

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[UNDAUNTED] Phong Le ’03

After five years at Niagara University teaching abstract algebra and practical statistics, a faculty position opened at Goucher College. Phong Le ’03 was only a year away from tenure, but he says the decision came down to where he wanted his career to go. This was Le’s [UNDAUNTED] moment.

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Altomease Rucker Kennedy ’71

2018 Marguerite Barland ’60 Merit Award recipient to receive award at 12th annual Jewel Robinson Dinner

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Faith in the Future

Minnie Waters Shorter ’73 and fellow alumnae have created the Imani Fund.

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Ghost Dance

Christine Beggs ’10 combines her varied interests in “Silent Killers,” an underwater ballet performance that draws attention to the problem of abandoned fishing nets.

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Tobi Elkin ’86

Amtrak writer-in-residence watches the world go by.

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Eye in the Sky

Ross Shaffer ’10 takes to the air.

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Q&A: Darl Andrew Packard ’04

“If pressed I would title myself a Jack-of-all trades. So I may not know exactly what my “career” is but I know what I do and why I do it.”

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Q&A: Camille Baudot Wheeler ’63

Social services executive

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Virginia “Jinny” Muse Fleischman ’68

Fleischman and her classmates have been looking back as they gear up for their 50th reunion, organizing get-togethers to drum up enthusiasm.

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Theo Emery, M.F.A. ’14

No one can accuse Theo Emery, M.F.A. ’14, of choosing an easy topic.

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Jill Sisson Quinn, M.F.A. ’08

Jill Sisson Quinn, M.F.A. ’08, like many of the writers who have gone through Goucher’s Creative Nonfiction Program, was fairly established in her writing career when she came to graduate school.

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Porscha Burke, M.F.A. ’17

Porscha Burke, M.F.A. ’17, has a simple answer for how she became a publishing manager and associate editor at Random House 13 years ago: prayer.

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Jean Guerrero, M.F.A. ’15

Jean Guerrero, M.F.A. ’15, was majoring in journalism at USC, and everyone kept reminding her it was a struggling industry. But through internships and hard work, Guerrero proved otherwise.

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Q&A With Melinda Burdette ’72

Goucher trustee

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C. Lu Bell ’51

A librarian inspired by learning

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SaraKay Smullens ’62

Social work and activism go hand in hand.

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Q&A: Justin Holbrook ’10

2017 Baltimore City Teacher of the Year

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Q&A With Vince Connelly ’98

Owner, Connelly & Associates Fundraising, LLC

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Q&A With Risa Gorelick ’91

Dissertation/writing coach, Defend & Publish, LLC

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Q&A With Maya Alexandri

Novelist, short story writer, medical student

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Q&A With Mary DeArment ’83

Owner & designer, Mary DeArment Word Art

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Betty Overington Knupp ’67

AAGC Award for Excellence in Public Service winner

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Q&A With Jesse Holland, M.F.A. ’12

Goucher Magazine talks to the author and Barland Award recipient.

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Q&A With Beth Goldsmith ’72, M.Ed. ’73

Trustee and philanthropist

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A Legacy of Learning

Remembering Marguerite Barland ’60

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Laura McElwain Colquoun ’99

The prime minister’s former intern reflects on Brexit.

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Dalen Butler, M.A.C.S. ’14

Bringing a hidden culture to light

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Jaime Bogardy ’08

An alumna finds her niche on the side of a mountain.

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Q&A: Jon Soderberg ’90

“I was blessed with exceptional professors and mentors; Jean Harvey Baker, Joe Morton and Julie Jeffery most notably.”

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Q&A: Linda Himmelberger ’74

“Goucher prepared me for my career and for my life by being the best of what a liberal arts college should be…”

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Q&A: Lisa Stromberg ’83

“Hot Steel concert/party in September at the College Center Courtyard, our first party with boys invited! This is where I met my husband in 1979.”

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Q&A: Kimberlee Van Newkirk Shaffir ’83, P ’15

“I left Goucher thinking that I could do practically anything if I just put my mind to it and I still feel that way today.”

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Andrew Ervin ’93

Goucher’s Spring 2016 Kratz Center Writer-in-Residence

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Margery Leveen Sher ’69

A mindful evolution

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Tupper W. Thomas ’66

Saving the world one green space at a time

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Q&A: Dr. Elizabeth Rhudy Austin ’60

Composer and teacher of piano and music theory and the 1998 winner of the first prize in the International Alliance

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Q&A: Paul Des Marais ’07, M.Ed. ’10

Creative asset manager at Optimist, a Los Angeles-based, full-service agency specializing in experiential branding

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Q&A: Dana Kayser ’13

English teacher and Peace Corp volunteer in Štip, Macedonia

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Q&A: Wendy E. Chmielewski ’77

Historian, author, and the George R. Cooley Curator of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection

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Faye Yvette McQueen ’83

Hanging Sheetrock or falling out of windows, she’s up for anything.

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La Jerne Terry Cornish ’83, M.Ed. ’94, P ’18

La Jerne Terry Cornish knows the potentially transformative power of a Goucher education.

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Arienna Grody ’10, Esq.

Inspired by Atticus Finch and Johnny Cochrane, Arienna Grody ’10 serves indigent clients as a public defender.

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