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Women of Goucher

Alumni Spotlight

Public Service Award winner Gayle V. Economos ’76

Gayle Economos was the first person to graduate from Goucher College with a degree in communication.

Illustration of Bea Hardy, Class of 1983.

Impromptu

Impromptu: Bea Hardy ’83

“For some students, the library becomes their second home on campus.”

Alumni Spotlight

Melissa R. Klapper ’95

Melissa R. Klapper has achieved remarkable feats, from publishing scholarly works to gracing the stage of “Jeopardy!”

Alumni Spotlight

Lynn Ochberg ’64

The animations made by Lynn Ochberg became cult classics and were shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last year.

Goucher Today

Research & rebounds

More than half of Goucher’s women’s basketball team is pursuing science degrees.

Goucher Today

A doctor and a lady

The “Say, Are You a Doctor or a Lady?” exhibit highlights pioneering women with science degrees who were “first” in their fields.

Women of Goucher

In loco parentis and the Goucher handbook

In the 1960s, expectations for women were changing; fashion was changing. It was time, too, for the Goucher College handbook to change.

Alumni Spotlight

Deborah Roffman ’68

Debbie Roffman ’68 is a sexuality educator, one whose expertise is highly sought after around the country—both in classrooms for students and in books for parents.

Alumni Spotlight

Margaret Grun Kibben ’82

Margaret Grun Kibben ’82 is the 61st chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first woman to hold that role in its history.

Goucher Today

The Goucher Girls Zoom

Welcome to the “Goucher Girls Zoom,” a Friday-night gathering that began a year ago in the homes of more than a dozen Goucher graduates.

Goucher Today

Q&A with Jess Phoenix, M.F.A. ’18

We spoke to Jess Phoenix, M.F.A. ’18—volcanologist, natural hazards expert, nonprofit founder, and author—about her career, writing rituals, and the book that she came to Goucher to draft.

Goucher Today

Dr. Jean Bradford, 1935-2016

Goucher psychology professor emerita and co-founder of the Women’s Studies and Peace Studies Programs

Women of Goucher

Training Ms. President

Conference Empowers Female Leaders

Women of Goucher

Suffragette City

Untangling the past of a “Nursery for Militant Suffragists”

Alumni Spotlight

Q&A: Beth Goldsmith ’72, M.Ed. ’73

Trustee and philanthropist

Goucher Today

A legacy of learning

Remembering Marguerite Barland ’60

Alumni Spotlight

Laura McElwain Colquoun ’99

Prime minister’s former intern reflects on Brexit

Alumni Spotlight

Jaime Bogardy ’08

An alumna finds her niche on the side of a mountain

Alumni Spotlight

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…”

Alumni Spotlight

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.”

Alumni Spotlight

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.”

Women of Goucher

Q&A: Gabby Rivera ’04

I’m Goucher all day. It’s nerdy and perfect, and it never leaves me.

Alumni Spotlight

Margery Leveen Sher ’69

A Mindful Evolution

Alumni Spotlight

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

Alumni Spotlight

Q&A: Dana Kayser ’13

English teacher in Štip, Macedonia, where she is a Peace Corp volunteer Could you describe your career (what you do,

Alumni Spotlight

Q&A: Wendy E. Chmielewski ’77

Historian, author, and the George R. Cooley Curator of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection Could you describe your career (what

Alumni Spotlight

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

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

Alumni Spotlight

Arienna Grody ’10, Esq.

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

Alumni Spotlight

Susan Epstein Leeman ’51

Dr. Susan Epstein Leeman ’51 says the joy of an unexpected discovery makes a career in science worthwhile.

Alumni Spotlight

Sheila K. Sachs ’61, Esq.

BY HOLLY SELBY Sheila K. Sachs ’61, Esq. didn’t set out to be a pioneer, but more than once in

Alumni Spotlight

Q&A: Phoebe Yeoh ’15

Graduate Student, Engineering

Notable Philanthropy

Elizabeth “Beano” Hunter Solomon ’68

Beano Solomon advocates change because “it’s the right thing to do.”

Alumni Spotlight

Q&A: Alex Ebstein ’07

Artist, writer, curator

Alumni Spotlight

Q&A: Sarah Pinsker ’99

Author and Musician

Alumni Spotlight

Q&A: Monica Pope ’85

Chef and Owner of Sparrow Bar and Cookshop

Goucher Today

The Download: Mileah Kromer

Mileah Kromer is the director of Goucher’s Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center and a professor of political science. She

Alumni Spotlight

Jacquelyn Leary Toton ’63

Counting newborns with retired OB/GYN Jacqueline Leary Toton

Alumni Spotlight

Lola Laubheim ’42

Teacher, activist, and pride of the Women’s Army Corps

Goucher Today

Q&A with Provost Leslie Lewis

A conversation with Goucher’s New Provost

Photo of Advancements VP Trishana Bowden

Goucher Today

VP Trishana Bowden advances Goucher’s mission

Goucher’s new vice president for advancement arrives with a 20-year track record of fundraising and development.

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