{"id":2558,"date":"2019-02-26T12:21:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T17:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/?p=2558"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:00:03","slug":"finding-community-on-and-off-the-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/finding-community-on-and-off-the-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Community on and off the Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ed1651\">Anise Williams \u201922\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>is rebounding off a year of determination. Seeing her Goucher women\u2019s basketball coach\u2019s face when they defeated a team who won in last year\u2019s Sweet 16 round of the Division III tournament has been her favorite basketball memory so far. Williams, who leads her team with an average of 15.8 points per game, was as excited for her coach as she was for her teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re a really small team that\u2019s closely knit,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s just a sense of community on campus, and I have fun doing what I love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams has learned that Goucher is a welcoming place to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, I was scared I would be overwhelmed, but everyone at Goucher wants to help,\u201d Williams said. \u201cThey want you to feel good with being different and with being who you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williams is from West Palm Beach, FL, where she is very used to being surrounded by people who don\u2019t look like her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came from a small private school in south Florida where everyone is basically the same. You don\u2019t see a lot of diversity,\u201d Williams said. \u201cGoucher really opened my eyes to different people, different backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first event she attended on campus was a cookout that celebrated diversity, and Williams said events like that help her feel connected. Williams has a small group of friends who always have a great time together. \u201cI\u2019m an introvert, very laid back, but at the same time determined, hard-working,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>She entered the year as a biochemistry major, but she\u2019s dropping the bio not because of her grades (which have been great) but because of her passion for chemistry. Williams didn\u2019t like the memorization that came with biology, but she has always loved learning new concepts and applying them. This is where chemistry challenges her strengths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the first three weeks of class, my instructor\u2014Jaired Tate\u2014asked me what my career goals were,\u201d Williams said. Williams wants to go into forensic analysis. No, she didn\u2019t watch NCIS or CSI growing up. The passion stemmed from a high school internship with a police department in Florida where Williams measured bullets, collected fingerprints, and processed evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Williams enjoys chemistry not only for the academic rigor but for the opportunity to build relationships with her professors, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Williams fell in love with Goucher\u2019s campus, and she\u2019s come to love the people on it, too. 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