Goucher earned an A- from Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P), a firm that analyzes an institution's financial status. For Goucher, that meant looking at the student enrollment, the college's largely liquid endowment, and its financial statements, said Alex Antkowiak, the college's controller.

"Chesapeake Requiem," a new book by Earl Swift MFA '11, was featured on "Best of" lists by Esquire and Outside.

On May 27, 2018, after writing a 14-page term paper using a stylus on an iPad (Erin still does not have use of her hands), she graduated from Goucher College to a standing ovation. She describes it as a turning point in her recovering and her confidence. "From the beginning of school to the end, " Erin says, beaming, "I was just so much better."

The two new residence halls join Pagliaro-Selz Hall, which opened in 2016 as part of the First-Year Village--the new home for all first-year students at the school going forward. Goucher's incoming freshmen class is the largest and most diverse in the liberal arts institution's 133-year history.

After joining eBay's executive team in 2016, Shellhammer '98 has been tapped to lead the multinational company's New York office.