Goucher Summer Science Research

Eighteen Goucher science and mathematics students who have spent the summer doing research will present their findings on Thursday, August 5, in the Batza Room of the Athenaeum. Talks will be held 10-11:45 a.m. and 12:30-2:30 p.m. All members of the Goucher community are invited to attend.

Goucher Students Participate in Landmark Conference Summer Science Research Symposium

A group of 18 Goucher science students and seven faculty members will travel to Juniata College on Wednesday, July 21, to participate in the second annual Landmark Conference Summer Science Research Symposium. 

2010 Graduate Programs Commencement

Ben Cameron, program director for the arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, will be the keynote speaker at Goucher College's graduate programs Commencement on Sunday, August 8, at 3 p.m. in Kraushaar Auditorium.

Summer Reading Selection 2010

Selected based on suggestions from faculty and staff, Catfish and Mandala will spark discussion among new students, staff, and professors during Goucher’s fall orientation session. This summer, incoming students will receive a copy of the book and study guide questions to foster group conversation during a daylong discussion of the book and its themes that will be held on Monday, August 30.

Award-Winning Memorist Andrew X. Pham to Speak at Goucher

Andrew X. Pham, an awarding-winning memoirist, will present a public lecture on Monday, August 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hyman Forum of Goucher College's Athenaeum.

Eat Local Challenge
Goucher College’s food services provider, Bon Appétit Management Company, will serve a lunch made entirely from ingredients originating within a 150-mile radius of campus on Tuesday, September 28, as part of the "Eat Local Challenge."
[full story] For more information: Kristen Keener, kristen.keener@goucher.edu

18th Annual Renie Amoss Memorial Race

The 18th Annual Renie Amoss Memorial Race will be held at Goucher College on Sunday, October 10, at 9 a.m. in conjunction with Family Weekend. The race is a tribute to Corene “Renie” Amoss ’93, a three-sport athlete and honors student who majored in economics and management before she died in an automobile accident in 1993.

Goucher Launches Master of Arts in Digital Arts Program

Goucher College has launched and is accepting applications for its Master of Arts in Digital Arts (MADArts), a limited-residency online degree that allows students who are interested in music, digital culture, and media to create a marketable body of work in collaboration with well-known, working digital artists.

Amber Kepple Jones Wins 2010 Fulbright Award

Amber Kepple Jones '10 was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant to be an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) in Germany from September 2010 through June 2011. She will be placed as a teaching assistant in an English class at a German school in Moritzburg, a small village near Dresden. ETAs help English teachers in the classroom about 12 hours per week.

Goucher Art History Professor April Oettinger Receives Curriculum Development Grant From Peirce Center

Goucher College’s Brooke and Carol Peirce Center for Undergraduate Research in Special Collections has awarded April Oettinger, assistant professor of art history, a curriculum development grant to attend the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia this summer.

Goucher College Named in "The Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges"
Goucher College was included in The Princeton Review's Guide to 286 Green Colleges for its "exemplary commitment to sustainability."
[full story] For more information: Kory Dodd, kory.dodd@goucher.edu

Report commends Goucher College for keeping its carbon footprint low
An external environmental consulting firm recently conducted a greenhouse gas emissions inventory at Goucher, and found that the college is doing well in its efforts to reduce the emission of harmful gases.
[full story] For more information: Kory Dodd, kory.dodd@goucher.edu

Spring 2010 Innovation Grant Winners

The winners of Spring 2009 Innovation Grants have been named. For more than 10 years, the Innovation Grant Program has provided seed money to implement many exciting and effective campus projects proposed by Goucher students, faculty, and staff.

Goucher Receives Almost $2.4 Million from Estate of Florence Hochschild Austrian ’10

Goucher College has received almost $2.4 million as an unrestricted gift from the estate of Florence Hochschild Austrian ’10, an artist and active Baltimore community supporter.

Spring 2010 Peirce Center Research Fellows Announced

The Brooke and Carol Peirce Center for Undergraduate Research in Special Collections is pleased to announce the Spring 2010 Undergraduate Research Fellows: Oliver Cole ’10, Lucie Ferguson ’10, Anne McLaughlin ’10, and Maura Roth-Gormley ’10. The fellows will receive stipends of $500 to $1,000 to conduct research on primary sources and documentary evidence in Goucher’s Special Collections and Archives.

Goucher Receives $448,000 Mellon Foundation Grant for Environmental Studies Program
Goucher College has received a $448,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to help launch a new environmental studies program.
[full story] For more information: Kristen Keener, kristen.keener@goucher.edu

Athenaeum Wins U.S. Green Building Council Award
Goucher College’s new Athenaeum has received the 2009 Accomplishment Award from the Maryland Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. The award recognizes the Athenaeum for its innovative use of green strategies, its attention to the needs of students and faculty, and its impact on the local community.
[full story] For more information: Kory Dodd, kory.dodd@goucher.edu

Goucher Ranks in Top 10 for Study Abroad

Goucher’s continued dedication to the importance of global education earned the college recognition in the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Open Doors report released this month. Goucher was named among the country’s top 10 baccalaureate institutions—and the No. 1 school in Maryland—in undergraduate participation in study-abroad programs, with 90 percent of students learning overseas.

NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. to Speak at Commencement
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. — the administrator of NASA, a retired U.S. Marine Corps major general, and former astronaut — will deliver the keynote address at Goucher College’s 119th Commencement on Friday, May 21, 2010.
[full story] For more information: Kory Dodd, kory.dodd@goucher.edu