30http://www.goucher.edu/voiceboxen-us℗ © 2006 Goucher CollegeGoucher College Audio and Video ContentGoucher CollegeGoucher's campus is always alive with the voices of interesting people. Guest speakers and artists present provocative lectures and performances on a range of timely topics. Students, faculty, and other members of the Goucher community speak out about the things that matter most to them.Goucher Collegewebmaster@goucher.eduGoucher College VoiceboxA special community conversation which took place on Thursday, September 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum, discussing how to preserve and protect the universal values embodied in the uniquely American concept of a liberal arts education, particularly at a time of economic and political crisis and in the context of pressure for more “practical” and “relevant” forms of study.documents/Podcasts/goucher_future_lib_arts.mp3Thu, 10 Sept 2009 15:00:00 EST79:58goucher, future, liberal, arts, educationGoucher College VoiceboxA symposium in celebration of the opening of Goucher's new library held in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum on Wednesday, September 9, 2009.documents/Podcasts/college_library_changing.mp3Fri, 11 Sept 2009 15:00:00 EST84:30college, library, changing, world, athenaeum, hymanGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2009President Ungar welcomes the graduating class, their families, and distinguished guests to Commencement 2009.documents/Podcasts/sju_opening_remarks_2009.mp3Fri, 22 May 2009 10:00:00 EST9:23Sanford J. Ungar Goucher CommencementGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2009Azar Nafisi, award-winning author of the acclaimed memoir Reading Lolita in Tehran, delivered the keynote address at Goucher College’s 118th Commencement on Friday, May 22, 2009. <a href="x32374.xml">Read more.</a>documents/Podcasts/azar_nafisi.mp3Fri, 22 May 2009 10:30:00 EST24:51Goucher, Commencement, Azar NafisiGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2009Student Commencement speaker, Margaret Vidler, addresses her fellow classmates in the graduating class of 2009.documents/Podcasts/margaret_vidler.mp3Fri, 23 May 2009 10:30:00 EST10:53Goucher, Commencement, Margaret Vidler, student speakerGoucher College VoiceboxGoucher Presents a Conversation With Liberian President Ellen Johnson SirleafGoucher College presented a conversation with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state, on Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in Kraushaar Auditorium.documents/Podcasts/ellen_johnson_sirleaf.mp3Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:00:00 EST69:43Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Sirleaf, Goucher CollegeGoucher College VoiceboxAn Evening with Gershom GorenbergGershom Gorenberg—the compelling Middle Eastern political expert and historian and Jerusalem-based journalist—discussed “Messianism and Its Discontents” at Goucher College on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the Alumnae/i House.documents/Podcasts/gershom_gorenberg.mp3Mon, 11 Feb 2009 19:30:00 EST79:38Messianism, Discontents, Gershom, GorenbergGoucher College VoiceboxDr. Wangari Muta Maathai—the Kenyan environmental and political activist who, in 2004, became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize—presented a lecture in Goucher College’s Kraushaar Auditorium on February 9, 2009.documents/Podcasts/wangari_muta_maathai.mp3Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:00:00 EST94:57Wangari Muta Maathai, Wangari, Maathai, Meyerhoff Visiting ProfessorGoucher College VoiceboxA panel of journalists from prominent foreign media outlets offer global perspectives of the 2008 U.S. presidential election in this discussion moderated by Goucher President Sanford J. Ungar.documents/Podcasts/PresidentialElection2008.mp3Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EST98:17International, Views, 2008 Election, election, presidentialGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2008President Ungar welcomes the graduating class, their families, and distinguished guests to Commencement 2008.documents/Podcasts/sju_opening_remarks_2008.mp3Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:00 EST10:41Sanford J. Ungar Goucher CommencementGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2008Matthew Modine—director, screenwriter, and the veteran of more than 50 films—delivered the keynote address at Goucher College’s 117th Commencement on Friday, May 23, 2008. <a href="x23668.xml">Read more.</a>documents/Podcasts/modine_2008.mp3Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:00 EST16:07Goucher, Commencement, Matthew ModineGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2008Reverend Doctor Masanobu Fukamachi, Chancellor, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japandocuments/Podcasts/fukamachi_2008.mp3Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:00 EST8:00Goucher, Commencement, Reverend, Masanobu Fukamachi, Fukamachi, DoctorGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2008Adrienne A. Jones, member, Maryland House of Delegatesdocuments/Podcasts/jones_2008.mp3Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:00 EST6:28Goucher, Commencement, Adrienne A. Jones, House of Delegates, JonesGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2008Ashley Farris, student Commencement speakerdocuments/Podcasts/farris_2008.mp3Fri, 23 May 2008 10:00:00 EST9:26Goucher, Commencement, Farris, student speakerGoucher College VoiceboxGoucher College honored the 50th anniversary of Eli Velder, professor of education, with a talk by renowned author and education advocate Jonathan Kozol. Recorded at Goucher College's Haebler Memorial Chapel on April 16, 2008.documents/Podcasts/jonathan_kozol.mp3Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EST1:40:00Jonathan KozolGoucher College VoiceboxPresident Sanford J. Ungar talks with Ms. Lewent about her 27-year career at Merck & Co.President Sanford J. Ungar talks with Ms. Lewent about her 27-year career at Merck & Co., where, as executive vice president and CFO, she was responsible for worldwide financial, corporate development and licensing matters, as well as for strategic planning. Recorded at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York City on Dec. 6, 2007.documents/Podcasts/lewent_nyc.mp3Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:00:00 EST60:00Sanford J. Ungar Goucher CommencementGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2007President Ungar welcomes the graduating class, their families, and distinguished guests to Commencement 2007.documents/Podcasts/sju_opening_remarks_2007.mp3Fri, 25 May 2007 10:00:00 EST5:00Sanford J. Ungar Goucher CommencementGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2007Congressman Cummings addresses the class of 2007 at commencement.documents/Podcasts/cummings_2007.mp3Fri, 25 May 2007 10:00:00 EST5:00Congressman Elijah Cummings Goucher College CommencementGoucher College VoiceboxCommencement 2007Lisa Emily Gulian addresses her peers in the graduating class at commencement.documents/Podcasts/gulian_2007.mp3Fri, 25 May 2007 10:00:00 EST7:00Goucher College, Commencement 2007, Lisa GulianGoucher College VoiceboxTracing the history of creationism, intelligent design, and public education from the Scopes trial through the recent court decision in Dover, PA.Dr. Scott's discussion covered the scientific evidence supporting evolution, the legal and educational rationale for teaching it as science, religious points of view, and predictions for the future of the intelligent design debate.documents/Podcasts/eugenie_scott_2007.mp3Tue, 13 March 2007 20:00:00 EST60:00Eugenie Scott evolution creationism goucher college intelligent designGoucher College VoiceboxIraq, Iran, Korea: Covering the Crises of the Bush PresidencyDavid E. Sanger has been writing for <i>The New York Times</i> for 24 years and has spent the last five covering the Bush administration in Washington. Sanger's lecture, "Iraq, Iran, Korea: Covering the Crises of the Bush Presidency," addresses the challenges of covering the White House under George W. Bush.documents/Podcasts/sanger_2006.mp3Thu, 26 October 2006 20:00:00 EST40:22David Sanger, New York Times, White House, Goucher College, Correspondent, Sanford J. UngarGoucher College VoiceboxThe Kratz Center for Creative Writing alumnus reads from her debut novel.Lily Burana, the author of the critically acclaimed nonfiction book <i>Strip City: A Stripper’s Farewell Journey Across America</i>, reads from her debut novel, <i>Try</i>. Partially completed while Burana was taking classes through Goucher’s Kratz Center for Creative Writing, Try is the story of Daryl Heatherly, a promising young artist who returns to her hometown of Cheyenne, Wyo., and meets J.W. Jarrett, a world champion rodeo cowboy and old-school Southern gentleman.http://www.goucher.edu/documents/Podcasts/burana_2006.mp3Fri, 06 October 2006 10:00:00 EST45:00Goucher, Kratz Center for Creative Writing, Lily BuranaGoucher College VoiceboxComic actor & writer channels Flanders, Smithers, and Mr. Burns -- and tells it like it is to the graduating classQuick: What do Mr. Burns of The Simpsons, the bassist from Spinal Tap, and the original incarnation of Eddie Haskell have in common? They’re all the creations of comic actor and writer Harry Shearer, who delivered the keynote address at Goucher College’s 115th Commencement exercises on Friday, May 26.http://www.goucher.edu/documents/Podcasts/shearer_2006.mp3Fri, 26 May 2006 10:00:00 EST17:55Goucher, Commencement, Harry Shearer, SimpsonsGoucher College VoiceboxEducational and civil rights pioneer delivers rousing challenge to graduates to retain their "lust for learning"Meditating on the novelist and playwright Samuel Beckett and quoting the South African civil-rights activist Olive Schreiner, master orator Hrabowski encourages graduates to recognize what they have yet to learn and seek the truth in all their endeavors.http://www.goucher.edu/documents/Podcasts/hrabowski_2006.mp3Fri, 26 May 2006 10:00:00 EST4:17Goucher, Commencement, Freeman A. Hrabowski, Honorary DegreeGoucher College VoiceboxOutstanding biology student calls for action from his classmatesWilliams kicks off his speech with a live call to his grandfather and explores the question, "So, what are you doing next year?"http://www.goucher.edu/documents/Podcasts/williams_2006.mp3Fri, 26 May 2006 10:00:00 EST17:39Goucher, Commencement, Student Speaker, Miguel Williams