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Goucher College
Image:GoucherSeal.jpg
Motto: Gratia et Veritas
"Grace and Truth"
Established: 1885
Type: Private
Endowment: U. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested S. $223 million
President: Sanford J. Ungar
Faculty: 146
Undergraduates: 1,475
Postgraduates: 900
Location: Towson, Maryland, USA
Campus: Suburban 287 acre (1. Sanford J "Sandy" Ungar (born 1945) is an American journalist author and current president of Goucher College in Baltimore Maryland. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described The United States of America —commonly referred to as the South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. 2 km²)
Athletics: 17 varsity teams
Mascot: Gopher
Website: www.goucher.edu
Haebler Memorial Chapel, a non-denominational chapel in the heart of Goucher College
Haebler Memorial Chapel, a non-denominational chapel in the heart of Goucher College

Goucher College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, on a 287-acre (1. The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. Baltimore County is a County located in the northern part of the U 2 km²) campus. The school has approximately 1,475 undergraduate students studying in 31 majors and six interdisciplinary programs and about 900 students studying in graduate subjects. It was one of the first colleges to embrace internships and allow its students to take a more individualized approach. In 2004, Newsweek called Goucher the college with the happiest students. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. [1]

Recently, Goucher College has instituted a study-abroad requirement—each undergraduate must complete at least one study-abroad experience. To help students fulfill this requirement, the college offers a wide range of three-week "intensive courses abroad," as well as semester and year-long programs, in concert with vouchers of $1,200 to subsidize the costs.

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History

The school was founded in 1885 as a women's college, by Methodist ministers Dr. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Goucher and John B. Van Meter, with the assistance of Goucher's wife Mary Cecilia Fisher Goucher. Originally called The Woman's College of Baltimore, the school was renamed in 1910 in honor of its founding members and benefactors. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting [2]

The original campus was in the southern part of what is now the Charles Village neighborhood in Baltimore City. Charles Village is a Neighborhood located in the north-central area of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Goucher moved to its present suburban location in 1953. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The college has been co-educational since 1986. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)

Campus demographics

Female students still predominate on the undergraduate level at about 67%. This number is higher at the graduate level, where almost 81% of the students are female. About 11. 5% of the undergraduate population are either African-American, Asian, Hispanic or Native-American. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Asian or Asiatic is a Demonym for people from Asia. However the use of the term varies by country and person often referring to people from a particular Hispanic (hispano hispánico hispânico Hispānus adjective from ''Hispānia'', the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States At the graduate level, the number is about 8. 5%. Two of the most popular majors are communications and psychology. Communication studies is an Academic field that deals with processes of communication commonly defined as the sharing of Symbols over distances in space and time Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Politically, most students lean toward the Democratic side of the spectrum. [1] U. S. News and World Report ranked Goucher college #93 in its annual rankings of national liberal arts colleges, tied with Albion College in Michigan, Bennington College in Vermont, and Hampshire College in Massachusetts. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Bennington College is a nationally recognized liberal arts college located in Bennington Vermont. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Its most well-known faculty members include Dr. Jean H. Baker and Dr. Julie Roy Jeffery of the History Department; President Sanford J. Ungar; and the writer Madison Smartt Bell, who oversees the college's Kratz Center for Creative Writing. Sanford J "Sandy" Ungar (born 1945) is an American journalist author and current president of Goucher College in Baltimore Maryland. Madison Smartt Bell (born August 1, 1957) is an American novelist Goucher is one of 40 schools profiled in the book Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope. Colleges That Change Lives is a college educational guide by Loren Pope. Loren Pope (July 13 1910 &ndash September 23 2008 was an American writer and independent college placement counselor

Campus

The Goucher College campus is proximate to downtown Towson, though the 287-acre campus is separated from it by surrounding woods owned by the school. The academic buildings appear generally at the north side of campus, and the residential buildings are located to the south. Most buildings are clad in tan-colored stone called Butler Stone. As a part of a recent expansion plan, a new residence hall was built in 2005, while next to it under construction is the Athenaeum, a 100,000-square-foot multipurpose facility featuring an expansive modern library. The grounds are slightly hilly and include hiking and riding trails in the woods. Newsweek magazine described the campus as "unusually bucolic". Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. [3]

In a marked shift away from traditional collegiate layout characterized by symmetry and quadrangles, the designing architectural firm Moore and Hutchins elected to group buildings together into informal zones based on function. For this reason, the campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of [4]

Deer population

In a fenced area with no natural predators, the wooded area on campus is host to approximately 200 deer. A biologist for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources estimated the 287-acre woods as only being able to support 40 deer. Goucher's response in winter of 2007 has been to hire bowmen to thin the population by about 50 deer. Reasons cited are to maintain the health of the remaining deer and other animals, reduce the risk of car crashes, protect landscaping and prevent the spread of Lyme disease. Some students and community members have objected to the hunting. [5]

Academics

Undergraduate level

In fall 2006, the college launched a liberal education curriculum that outlines requirements that reflect the core values that underpin a liberal-arts education. These include: an international experience; proficiency in English composition and in a foreign language; and solid foundations in history, abstract reasoning, scientific discovery and experimentation, problem-solving, social structures, and environmental sustainability. There are special introductory courses for freshmen to orient them to the campus, as well as college life at Goucher. Undergraduate students are expected to fulfill an off-campus learning requirement either through an internship or a study-abroad experience. A popular choice among many Goucher students is to participate in a "three-week intensive" course abroad made up of an on-campus classroom component followed by three weeks abroad during the winter or spring. Goucher also allows students to participate in semester and yearlong study-abroad programs offered by other schools. Goucher recently announced that starting with the class of 2010 all students will be required to have at least one study-abroad experience to graduate, thus making it the first college to require such an experience of its students. Goucher is also well-known for its creative writing, dance,pre-med, and peace studies departments. Creative writing is considered to be any writing Fiction or Non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, Journalistic, Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Pre-medical (often shortened to pre-med) is a term used to describe a track an undergraduate student in the United States pursues prior to becoming a medical student Peace and conflict studies is an " Academic field which identifies and analyzes the violent and nonviolent behaviors as well as the structural mechanisms

Graduate level

Goucher offers the following graduate programs:

Certificate and continuing education programs

Extracurricular activities

Goucher offers many student-run clubs in different areas such as the French club, the theater club the philosophy club, a pirate club, and a student-labor action committee. Fine art is any Art form developed primarily for Aesthetics rather than Utility. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. Historic preservation or heritage conservation is a professional endeavor that seeks to preserve the ability of older (e In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Piracy is Robbery committed at sea or sometimes on shore without a commission from a sovereign Nation (as distinct from Privateering It has a bi-weekly school newspaper called the Quindecim, a literary arts journal called Vagabond, and a student-run quarterly newsmagazine called The Goucher Review. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Also notable is Goucher Student Radio, which contains a host of student, staff, and faculty programming and expands each year. The station can be streamed entirely online from http://www.goucher-radio.net. It is accessible through Goucher's website as streaming media. The college is also credited with founding Humans vs. Zombies, a game similar to tag that is played generally on college campuses. Humans vs Zombies (also called Zombies vs Humans, or HvZ for short is a modified game of tag predominately played at college campuses where players begin Tag (also known as it, had, he, tips, tig, touch, tiggy, tick, dobby, chasing

Athletics

Goucher competes in NCAA Division III, fielding men's and women's teams in lacrosse, soccer, basketball, track and field, cross country, swimming, and tennis, as well as women's teams in field hockey, volleyball, and coed equestrian sports. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. In 2007 the college joined the Landmark Conference after competing as a member of the Capital Athletic Conference from 1991 to 2007. Current members The league currently has 8 full members History The conference was established December 5th 2005. Current members The league currently has 9 full members History Formed in 1989, charter members were Catholic, Gallaudet Mary Washington

Other programs on campus

Goucher has served as a campus for the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth summer program for gifted students.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Newsweek Ranks "Hot Schools of 2004" - News
  2. ^ Goucher College, The Baltimore Sun, August 29, 2002
  3. ^ The Hot Schools Of 2004 | Newsweek Education | Newsweek.com
  4. ^ Moore and Hutchins
  5. ^ Goucher aims to thin deer with bowmen - baltimoresun.com

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