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. She did pray for direction. Three years out from the University of Virginia, she was working in the music business, […]
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 Trustee
A Librarian Inspired by Learning
Social work and activism go hand in hand
2017 Baltimore City Teacher of the Year
Owner, Connelly & Associates Fundraising, LLC
Dissertation/Writing Coach, Defend & Publish, LLC
Novelist, short story writer, medical student
Owner & Designer, Mary DeArment Word Art
AAGC Award for Excellence in Public Service Winner
Goucher Magazine talks to the author and Barland Award recipient
Trustee and philanthropist
Prime minister's former intern reflects on Brexit
Bringing a hidden culture to light
An alumna finds her niche on the side of a mountain
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Goucher’s Spring 2016 Kratz Center Writer-in-Residence
Saving the World One Green Space at a Time
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 you do it, why you do it). I really don’t use the word ‘career’ because it implies a constant ascent, […]
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 Optimist. We specialize in experiential branding, working on anything from animation, graphic design, and event design to packaging or virtual […]
English teacher in Štip, Macedonia, where she is a Peace Corp volunteer Could you describe your career (what you do, where you do it, why you do it)? Well, I wouldn’t say that what I have right now is a “career” exactly. Since graduating from college, I’ve been doing stints in various national service projects: […]
Historian, author, and the George R. Cooley Curator of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection Could you describe your career (what you do, where you do it, why you do it)? I’m the George R. Cooley Curator of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, a special collections library and archives here at Swarthmore College. We collect materials […]
Hanging Sheetrock or falling out of windows, she's up for anything
La Jerne Terry Cornish knows the potentially transformative power of a Goucher education.
Inspired by Atticus Finch and Johnny Cochrane, Arienna Grody ’10 serves indigent clients as a public defender.
Dr. Susan Epstein Leeman ’51 says the joy of an unexpected discovery makes a career in science worthwhile.
BY HOLLY SELBY Sheila K. Sachs ’61, Esq. didn’t set out to be a pioneer, but more than once in her career she has found herself on the cusp of change. In 1961, when she entered the University of Maryland School of Law, she was the only woman in her class of about 100. In 1977, when […]
As president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board, Steve Zimmer's vision encompasses economics, social status, and, above all, access to education.
Teacher, activist, and pride of the Women’s Army Corps
Counting newborns with retired OB/GYN Jacqueline Leary Toton
Photographer Ruddy Roye focuses on the hidden lives around him.
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