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Class Notes – Winter 2021

Class Notes, Remembered, and In Memoriam from the Winter 2021 Goucher Magazine

Hands-on learning from home

Goucher Today

Hands-on Learning From Home

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought Goucher professors a new kind of complex problem to solve: how to make a hands-on learning experience a virtual one.

Frenchy Snyder

Alumni Spotlight

The Essentials To Living Your Best Century

Frenchy Snyder ’40 supported women’s rights, stood up for liberal politics, joined a union, and was president of the Baltimore section for the National Council of Jewish Women.

Brandon Arvesen '04

Goucher Today

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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Before the White Coat

As these three students proved, becoming a doctor doesn’t have to start with a textbook.

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The Essentials of Community

Whether it is at an outreach event, or in the laundry room, “everyone finds a community here no matter what their story is,” Ramos-Fontán says.

President Kent Devereaux

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The Six Lives of Kent Devereaux: The Musician, Artist, Producer, Director, Professor, and President

From touring with a rock band to teaching time arts, this is Kent, in his own words.

Alaska site map

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The 419-Item Bucket List: One Couple Visits Every National Parks Site

Penny Norrington Orth ’63 and Joe Orth are visiting all 419 of the National Parks Service sites, including monuments, trails, rivers, and battlefields.

The Ghosts of Goucher

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Ghosts of Goucher: Whispers From the Ones Who Never Left

The ghosts of Goucher, in their own way, live on through the stories we tell, which is maybe what they wanted all along—to be remembered.

Sydney Hines

Goucher Today

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.

Burning Man

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Love and Dust

A partial history of Burning Man through the eyes of its CEO: the founder, lover, and Goucher alumna Marian Goodell ’84

Student on Goucher campus

Goucher Today

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.

Hobbies can be more fulfilling than careers

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(Don’t) Quit Your Day Job

A hobby can bring both joy and frustration, as finding a balance of work and pleasure can be a tricky puzzle.

The Jeffery Seven

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Goucher Days, Continued

Thirty years after living in Jeffery House, a group of seven Goucher women found new friendships in each other.

Dance at Goucher

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Dancing on a World of Possibilities

When it comes to a career in dance, don’t let fear be the reason you never try.

Allie Sklarew

Goucher Today

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.

Jose Bowen SXSW EDU 2019

Goucher Today

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.

Brendan O'Meara, M.F.A. '08

Alumni Spotlight

Brendan O’Meara, M.F.A. ’08

Brendan O’Meara, M.F.A. ’08, loved listening to creative people discuss their process, so he started a podcast on the art and craft of telling true stories.

Tierra Dorsey at Goucher College

Goucher Today

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.

Goucher Today

Maryland Folklife Takes Center Stage

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

Allie Bowerman and Juliette Wells

Goucher Today

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.

Ruth Lenrow

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.

Mary Fisher Hall

Goucher Today

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.

Goucher Today

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.

Goucher Today

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.

Alumni Spotlight

[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.

Goucher Today

Liberal Arts Education Unlocks Tech Jobs for Goucher Grads

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

Goucher Today

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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Problem Solvers

Goucher has never been short of creative thinkers looking for problems to solve.

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Rising Higher

Goucher’s award-winning Equestrian Program has been a fixture in the life of the college for the past 91 years.

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Tennis, Anyone?

At 100, Evelyn Dyke Schroedl ’62 aces philanthropy.

Frolicher Hall's new location

Goucher Today

Froelicher Finds a New Home

All three Froelicher residence halls were successfully relocated this summer.

Goucher Today

Connect and Conquer

Colleges across the country are turning their attention to student engagement.

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Sticking to the Facts

Goucher’s Creative Nonfiction Program celebrates 20 years.

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Finding Sanctuary

Young refugees make a new home in Baltimore with the help of Goucher students.

Goucher Today

Doubling Down on the Liberal Arts

Goucher Magazine sat down with Dr. Bowen to talk about his eventful three years as the head of the college, where he thinks Goucher’s headed, and what he sees for the future of the liberal arts.

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A Bermudian Nutcracker

Bringing dancers together, even across oceans

Goucher Today

Faith Across Religions

New interfaith center planned for campus

Goucher Today

Training Ms. President

Conference empowers female leaders

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Suffragette City

Untangling the past of a “Nursery for Militant Suffragists”

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Building a 21st-Century Curriculum

Rethinking the liberal arts at Goucher College

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Learning Behind Bars

Meet the students of Goucher’s Prison Education Partnership.

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Finding Peace

In honor of Dr. Joseph Morton’s life, work, and beliefs, an excerpt from his unpublished memoirs.

Robert S. Welch

Goucher Today

Philosopher, Leader, Friend

Saying goodbye to Bob Welch (1944–2016)

First Year Village artist rendering

Goucher Today

Building Momentum

The first phase of a sweeping plan to transform campus is set to open in July.

Shipwreck Illustration by Owen Freeman

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Shipwrecked!

Marilyn Southard Warshawsky ’68 tells the story of John Franklin Goucher, educator, world traveler, philanthropist, a founder of the Woman’s College—and occasional maritime hero.

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Whiskey in the Jar

Goucher grads revive Baltimore’s whiskey traditions.

Goucher Today

Storied Collections

“Goucher Collects” Exhibit Brings Alums’ Art Collections Into View

Goucher Today

Q&A: Board of Trustees Chair Miriam Katowitz ’73

We sat down with the new chair of the board to chat about the future of the college.

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Taking Revenge

One alumna’s fight for online privacy for all

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