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To Hallow: Goucher Students Confront the Campus’s Past

Written in to Goucher’s land are the overlooked stories of the enslaved people who lived there. The student-led Hallowed Ground Project is trying to change that.

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Impromptu: Jay Garaycochea

The Goucher College assistant professor of biological sciences and San José native talks about his academic journey and the joys—and six-year-old perils—of living on campus.

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A Reluctant Student Turns Eager Teacher

Brandon Arvesen ’04 reflects on how Goucher has influenced his life, both as a student and as a teacher.

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Set the Table: What Does Your Plate Say About Food Accessibility?

As students in Emily Billo’s environmental justice class learned, forces of privilege determine access to healthy food. The class collaborated with the Black Yield Institute to understand the issue.

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Sydney Hines Joins Goucher Men’s Basketball Staff

Sydney Hines joins Goucher’s men’s basketball as an assistant coach, making her the third woman to serve as a men’s basketball coach in Maryland.

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Paul Henderson Exhibit Comes to the Library

The Goucher College Library welcomes Paul Henderson: Photographs from the Civil Rights Era, a traveling exhibit from the Maryland Historical Society opening on September 19, 2019.

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First Day of College, Take Two for Goucher Transfer Students

For college transfer students, everything is new again. But these Gophers know they’re right where they’re supposed to be.

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The Reinvention of Rick Pringle

Professor Rick Pringle fell in love with psychology not once, but twice.

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A Light on Bob Slocum

Professor Slocum’s work went beyond campus. During a 1982 post-doc at Yale, he participated in one of the first plant experiments aboard the space shuttle.

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Students Find Their Center in Advocacy and Affinity Groups

CREI offers affinity spaces so marginalized people and historically minoritized people can discuss issues and celebrate who they are in positive spaces.

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First Cohort of Goucher Video Applicants Graduates

When it launched in 2014, the Goucher Video Application was the first of its kind in college admissions. This semester, the first cohort of GVA students graduated.

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President Bowen Joins Thought Leaders at SXSW EDU 2019

Last month, Goucher College President José Antonio Bowen joined thought leaders from across the nation at SXSW EDU 2019, a prominent teaching and learning conference.

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Goucher Students Enter a Different Kind of Sports Battle

In the spring semester, Goucher created a League of Legends esports team to compete in the Division III Landmark Conference, which introduced esports for the first time.

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Tierra Dorsey Campaigns for Goucher

It’s important to Tierra Dorsey to meet people where they are, so she’s having conversations with alumnae/i and the Goucher community at large.

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Finding Community on and off the Court

Williams has learned that Goucher is a welcoming place to be.“They want you to feel good with being different and with being who you are.”

Leanne Leonora, Nia Vargus, and Phaye Poliakoff-Chen

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Travel Writing Sparks Reflection on Race

In December 2018, Donte Small ’18 and Nia Vargus ’18 presented at a conference on race in Curaçao. It was a gratifying end to their Intensive Course Abroad.

Associate Professor and Faculty Chair Micah Webster

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Two New Majors Approved by Faculty

The faculty approved two new majors in December, integrative data analytics and professional and creative writing. Both programs are now before the Maryland Higher Education Commission for review.

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Goucher Receives Grant for African Studies

As part of an $88,190 grant, Goucher professors and teachers from our surrounding community will immerse themselves in two African states.

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Goucher students are examining something in the water. By testing water samples for microplastics, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen, bacteria, and pH balance, they discovered a different kind of monster.

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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Goucher prides itself on bringing diverse groups of people together to solve complex problems. We spoke to a first-generation college student, an international student, and a former expat student to find out if that’s really what’s happening.

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Just a Little Fishy

A deeper look into The Science of Water: Wren Wakeman ’19 and Assistant Professor Anna Jozwick identify beneficial bacteria in zebrafish skin mucus.

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Q&A With Professor Michael Curry

Theatre Professor Michael Curry is the current chair of the faculty’s Curriculum Committee, which, with the Budget and Planning Committee, oversaw Goucher’s program prioritization.

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Erin Field Finds Strength and a Smile

Ever since her accident, Erin Field has made it her mission to stay positive. “You can’t plan your whole future. Make every day the best that you can.”

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Creating Space

In high school, Julian Dowell ’22 wanted to be Huey Freeman—the black revolutionary from The Boondocks. Huey and his brother unraveled systemic societal problems together under the guise of comedy.

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A Mind for the Abstract

In the early days of Bernadette Tutinas’ career, the technology consisted of chalk and a blackboard. Very quickly, the Math Program began to use computers, starting with exploratory computer labs for calculus.

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Barbara Roswell Digs Deep

For years, Barbara Roswell edited a national academic journal on service learning and community literacy called “Reflections.” It was the second journal ever devoted to the topic.

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Down to a Science

George Delahunty likes to know how the world works—specifically, the world of physiology and endocrinology, which, basically, is the whole world to Delahunty.

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Isabel Moreno-López Named New Associate Provost

Moreno-López doesn’t let students leave her office until they are in a better place, even if it means shutting the door and rescheduling appointments.

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Graduate Growth

Goucher College’s Welch Center for Graduate and Professional Studies is launching more than 10 new mostly online programs for a range of students, from undergraduate to professionals.

A Goucher student consulting with Casey Miller in the Career Education Office

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Career Connections

To better prepare students for professional success, Goucher officially launched the Goucher Advantage last fall, which integrates career education directly into the curriculum and into students’ lives.

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Jean Perez Brings the Balance

Jean Perez is thinking about outlets. The new director of wellness sits in the new Wellness Center, and someone from Facilities is asking where to put a desk.

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Live Well

Goucher’s campus, with its 287 wooded acres, is an obvious draw for students. But they aren’t the only ones to call Goucher home.

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In the Thick of It

Having extra elbowroom is always a good thing. Just ask the Office of Student Engagement, whose new digs opened in the newly renovated Mary Fisher Hall.

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Maryland Folklife Takes Center Stage

In an increasingly fast-paced globalized society, how does one preserve ancient traditions and cultural heritage?

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Women of Letters

Summer at Goucher College is marked by possibility—animals wander even more boldly, rain threatens many afternoons, and exciting discoveries could come at any time.

Alumni Spotlight

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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Living and Learning Together

Anyone who has spent time on Goucher’s campus over the past two years knows intimately that the college is undergoing an exciting period of transformation.

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Ahead of Their Time

More Goucher students than ever are landing internships, driven by a desire for specialized career experiences they might not encounter in a more typical summer job. Here are a few of their stories.

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Giving Goucher Students a Career Advantage

Finding your purpose and figuring out how to lead a fulfilling life can be a daunting challenge for anyone, especially young adults learning to navigate their way through college.

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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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Liberal Arts Education Unlocks Tech Jobs for Goucher Grads

The tech world has a problem: It needs more employees with liberal arts degrees.

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Students Bring Governor, Comptroller, and Candidates to Campus

Goucher students posed thoughtful and important questions to Maryland’s top elected officials and gubernatorial candidates during two recent events.

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Goldrich ’17 and Other Athletes Earn Accolades on and off the Field

Several student-athletes were honored for not only their prowess on the field but their commitment to excellence off of it.

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Celebrating the Achievements of Goucher Alumnae

Achievement Awards given to Goucher Alumnae

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President Bowen Receives National Honor

President José Antonio Bowen received the Ernest L. Boyer award from the New American Colleges & Universities (NAC&U) at the Association of American Colleges & Universities 2018 annual meeting.

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Nina Kasniunas Honored for Leadership on Democratic Engagement

Nina Kasniunas, Arsht Professor in Ethics and Leadership at Goucher College, received a Champion Award for being a standout faculty member at the first-ever ALL IN Challenge Awards Ceremony.