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Goucher College Named in “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges” -

Goucher College was included in The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green Colleges for "ushering in a new era on campus, one that could be called 'green.'"

Goucher College will exhibit the work of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer José Galvez on Monday, April 25, at 3 p.m. in Athenaeum Room 111. The exhibit of Galvez's black-and-white photographs, called "Al Norte al Sur, Going North to the South, Recent Work," will feature images of Latino life in the South.

Steven Monfort, director of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, will give a lecture titled "The Pulse of the Planet: Understanding and Sustaining Biodiversity" on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum.

Goucher College's Friends of the Library will present "The World of Books in Early America,"a lecture by Assistant Professor of History Matthew Rainbow Hale, on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. in the Batza Room of the Athenaeum.

Goucher College's 2011 Student Symposium — which combines the Digital Arts Showcase and Contest, the Julia Rogers Research Prizes, and presentations on both research-based and creative works that stem from independent student-faculty partnerships — will be held Friday, April 29, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., around the Athenauem, including in the Batza Room and periodicals area on the fourth floor.

Goucher College is honoring the second class of inductees into its Athletics Hall of Fame at a ceremony that will be held Friday, April 29, at 6 p.m. in the Decker Sports & Recreation Center.

Goucher will host its second Healing Hooves event, a fundraiser for therapeutic horse riding programs and centers in Maryland, on Saturday, April 30, at 1 p.m. at the college's Equestrian Center.

Goucher College's Theatre Department presents Color Pending, a play about race and power, at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, in the Mildred Dunnock Theatre in the Meyerhoff Arts Building. The play is the senior theatre independent project of Danielle Faulkner.

Goucher College's Musical Theatre Workshop will present two performances of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT on Wednesday, May 4, and Thursday, May 5, at 8 p.m. in Merrick Lecture Hall.

Once Upon a Time . . . — an exhibition featuring the work of nine artists who examine storytelling as illustrated in narrative artwork — will be presented at Goucher College's Silber Art Gallery from Tuesday, April 5, through Sunday, May 8.

As part of Goucher College's Commencement festivities, the "Donning of the Kente Cloth" ceremony will give students of diverse backgrounds an opportunity to honor their heritage, experiences, and achievements. The ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum.

Dr. Ian G. Rawson, the managing director of the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti, will receive an honorary degree and will deliver the keynote address at Goucher College's 120th Commencement on Friday, May 20, 2011.

Michael E. Scott-Nelson has been named the academic director of Goucher College's Master of Arts in Digital Arts program.

Goucher College's Department of Philosophy and Religion is presenting the Faith and Social Justice Panel on Thursday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum.

Goucher’s food services provider, Bon Appétit Management Company, will hold Low Carbon Diet Day on Thursday, April 14. The college’s dining facilities will serve foods that help illustrate key principles of how food production and consumption can help reduce climate change.

Christine Irvine, a Greenpeace semester coordinator, will discuss the Greenpeace Organizing Term on Thursday, April 14, at 2 p.m. in Buchner Hall of Goucher College's Alumnae/i House.

For this year's senior project, Goucher's Theatre Department will present a production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing set in the Korean War era. Performances will be held in the Mildred Dunnock Theatre at 8 p.m. from Wednesday, April 13, to Sunday, April 17.

David E. Sanger, the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, will give a lecture titled "New Threats and New Revolutions: Obama Confronts the World" on Thursday, April 14, at 8 p.m. in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum.

Environmentalist/film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau and environmentalist/educator Céline Cousteau — the son and granddaughter of legendary oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau — will give a multimedia presentation titled "The Great Ocean Adventure" at 8 p.m. on Monday, April 11, in Goucher College's Kraushaar Auditorium.

Goucher College is presenting "Molière l'Imaginaire," a production based on scenes from the works of the great French comic playwright, on Thursday, April 7, at 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 9, at 8 p.m. in Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum.

Goucher College's Peace Studies Program is presenting a lecture titled "September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: Turning Grief Into Action for Peace" on Thursday, April 7, at 3 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the Alumni House.

Michael Goldfarb, a reporter and author of Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews From the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance, will give a talk titled "Nation Within a Nation" on Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Buchner Hall of Goucher College's Alumnae/i House.

Goucher College's Environmental Studies Program is presenting Terrence Bensel as a Mellon Visiting Scholar. He will give a lecture titled "Half-Full or Half-Empty? Deforestation, Land Degradation, and the Environment" on Monday, April 4, at 5 p.m. in Van Meter Hall, Room B10.

Goucher College is celebrating Women's History Month with a series of events, activities, and lectures.

Goucher College's Sarah T. Hughes Center and the Department of Communications and Media Studies are presenting "Reporting Dangerously: The Challenges of Journalism in Transitional Societies," a conversation with Endy M. Bayuni, former editor-in-chief of The Jakarta Post. This free, public event will be held Tuesday, March 29, at 4:30 p.m. in the Batza Room of the Athenaeum. 

John Grogan, a former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and the author of Marley & Me, will present the lecture "Memoir & Me: The art of first-person narrative nonfiction" on Monday, March 28, at 8 p.m. in Hyman Forum of Goucher College's Athenaeum.

Goucher College's Environmental Studies Program is presenting Judith Layzer as a Mellon Visiting Scholar. She will give a lecture titled "Freedom, Efficiency, and Environmental Protection: Conservative Ideas and Their Consequences" on Monday, March 28, at 5 p.m. in Van Meter Hall, Room B10.

Goucher College will hold a lecture and slideshow presentation by artist Denny Lynch on his exhibit Photographs of Ireland on Monday, March 28, at 4 p.m. in the Pinkard Room of the Athenaeum.

Goucher College is launching the Athenaeum Library Series with an evening featuring award-winning, young-adult author Walter Dean Myers. His lecture, "Scribble, Scribble, Scribble. A Life in Books," will be held Thursday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum.

Goucher College President Sanford J. Ungar has been reappointed  by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, to serve another three-year term on the Public Interest Declassification Board. Created under the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000, the board was established by Congress to reduce the amount of government information that is kept classified.

"Spiritual Sisters: Reflections on Women and Religion," a lecture by Wittenberg University Professor of Religion Rochelle L. Millen, will be the sixth annual Myra Berman Kurtz '66 Seminar lecture, held Monday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Buchner Hall of Goucher College's Alumnae/i House.

During Fusion - Goucher's annual celebration of diversity and multiculturalism - students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to reflect on their personal identities in various contexts, to examine issues of power and privilege, and to consider the meaning of community both on campus and globally.

Imagine More, Discover Seeds of Hope, and Peacebuildings will facilitate a half-day presentation about their programs and individual efforts to assist the survivors of the Haitian earthquake and the Pakistani floods. Students will lead this event, held on Friday, March 11, in the Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Goucher College will hold a screening of Bilal's Stand — an autobiographical film about a high school senior who struggles to balance the demands of life and family to pursue an education — on Thursday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Kelley Lecture Hall. Sultan Sharrief, the writer-director and inspiration for the film, will lead a discussion following the screening.

Insectology — an exhibition featuring the work of 10 artists inspired by the insect world — will be presented at Goucher College's Silber Art Gallery from Tuesday, February 1, through Sunday, March 6.

Goucher is presenting "Public Education at a Crossroads: The View From Los Angeles," a lecture by Steve Zimmer '92 on Thursday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Batza Room in the Athenaeum.

Goucher College is presenting a screening of Gasland, a Sundance Award-winning documentary on the surprising consequences of natural gas drilling, on Thursday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Kelley Lecture Hall.

The bestselling novelist and essayist Beverly Lowry will be the Kratz Center for Creative Writing's Spring 2011 Writer in Residence at Goucher College. Lowry will read from her works and sign copies of her books on Tuesday, March 1, at 8 p.m. in Buchner Hall of Goucher's Alumnae/i House.

Veteran journalist and Haitian native Joel Dreyfuss will discuss media coverage of Haiti — with a particular focus on the presidential elections and last year's devastating earthquake — on Tuesday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum.

Goucher is presenting "Killing Time, Saving Time: Calendars and the Holocaust," a lecture by Dr. Alan Rosen, on Monday, February 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the college's Alumnae/i House.

Dafnis Prieto, an acclaimed drummer and composer, and his Afro-Cuban group, the Si o Si Quartet, will be the featured artists for Goucher College's 51st Annual Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Lecture-Performance on Sunday, February 27, at 7 p.m. in Kraushaar Auditorium.

Goucher College's Sarah T. Hughes Center for Field Politics will present "Ethical Challenges of the American Housing Crisis," a lecture by Paul Reyes '93, on Tuesday, February 8, at 8 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the Alumnae/i House.

Goucher College will hold a screening of The King of Arts, a documentary featuring Baltimore-born Dan Keplinger's struggle with cerebral palsy and his work as an artist, on Monday, February 14, at 4 p.m. in the Pinkard Room of the Athenaeum. A Q&A session with Keplinger will follow the documentary.