Alice G. Pinderhughes ’73 likes to help—she needs to help. She became a lawyer because of Perry Mason, after all, who always cleared his clients’ names on TV.
Betsy Hestnes ’58 was a little girl in the 1940s who loved all creatures—the insects from her father’s garden, stray cats, and horses, especially horses.
Alicia Copeland ’01 loved to teach, and she decided she was never going to be an administrator—that she was certain of.
Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski Jr. ’04 grew up near the steel mills at Sparrow’s Point. Seeing the community lose access to good jobs affected him deeply.
Frances Lentz set out to provide families with information and to improve the perception of mental illness.
In February 2019, Goucher College honored Dr. La Jerne Terry Cornish with the Marguerite Barland ’60 Merit Award.
With a concentration in environmental science, Sam Glickstein was already interested in intensive agriculture when he got the chance to build a prototype of a hydroponic system in Goucher’s greenhouse.
Glass doors and walls are very important to Andres Zapata ’98, co-founder of idfive, a marketing company in Baltimore.
It is 9 a.m. the day before Thanksgiving, and Robert Bull ’93 is cooking a southern homemade feast for 50 people. It’s something he and his wife do every year.
Elizabeth Ellers ’81’s Goucher experience has been a series of memorable moments and undaunted firsts that have defined her life since graduation.
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.
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.
Breaking gender stereotypes and pushing boundaries has been a familiar theme to The Honorable Paula Stern, Ph.D. ’67.
Kat Elicker ’19 has long been steeped in Goucher history. Her mother, Jillian Storms ’80, P ’19 is an alumna, and Elicker grew up coming to art gallery openings on campus. But when it came time ...
At a recent event, a Jesuit priest’s words resonated with Miriam E. Katowitz ’73. She recalls him saying, “We are beneficiaries of a legacy we did not create. We are stewards of a legacy that ...
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 ...
2018 Marguerite Barland ’60 Merit Award Recipient To Receive Award at 12th Annual Jewel Robinson Dinner.
"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."
Fleischman and her classmates have been looking back as they gear up for their 50th reunion, organizing get-togethers to drum up enthusiasm.
By Chris Landers No one can accuse Theo Emery M.F.A. ’14 of choosing an easy topic. His book, Hellfire Boys, due out in November, is subtitled “The Birth of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service and ...
By Molly Englund 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. While working ...
By Chris Landers 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. The self-described “unapologetic Christian girl” isn’t exaggerating. ...
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.
Goucher Magazine talks to the author and Barland Award recipient
"I was blessed with exceptional professors and mentors; Jean Harvey Baker, Joe Morton and Julie Jeffery most notably."
"Goucher prepared me for my career and for my life by being the best of what a liberal arts college should be..."
"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."
"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."
Composer and teacher of piano and music theory and the 1998 winner of the first prize in the International Alliance for Women in Music’s Miriam Gideon Competition Briefly describe your career (what you do, where ...
Creative asset manager at Optimist, a Los Angeles-based, full-service agency specializing in experiential branding Please describe your career (what you do, where you do it, why you do it). I manage a creative team at ...
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