The Quindecim

The independent student newspaper at Goucher College

Olivia Baud

Club Council and Individual Clubs Are Facing Deficits

Goucher’s Club Council budget is currently facing an estimated $13,000 deficit with $200 left to allocate to clubs for the Spring semester, and ten or more clubs are facing deficits of their own ranging from $5 to upwards of thousands…

President Position Profile Released

Around 5pm on February 25th, a President Position Profile was released to the public on Goucher College’s website. This comes as the latest development in a presidential search process conducted by the Presidential Search Committee, which has been advised by…

Presidential Search Committee Formed

On Tuesday, November 27th, Board of Trustees Chair Ruth Shapiro Lenrow (‘74) announced to students, faculty, and staff through an Office of Communications email blast that a Presidential Search Committee had been formed. The committee will ultimately be responsible for…

Goucher Transitions Students to Outlook

Since 2017, Goucher has been transitioning the campus community to Microsoft’s increasingly popular software system: Office365. New undergraduates and graduates in the spring of 2018 were the first students to take advantage of this software. Since then, new incoming students…

Underlying Issues Identified as Student Organizers Engage With Administration

  On August 15th, an email was sent out by the Office of Communications to Goucher students in which President José Bowen formally announced the results of a Program Prioritization Process (PPP). The email included important links to a list…

Famous Ojibway Songwriter Speaks to Goucher

On November 16th and 17th, Goucher welcomed world-renown indigenous songwriter, Jody Gaskin. Adam Geller, ’18, who is known for his flute playing and drum circles on campus, applied for a social justice grant a couple of weeks before the event….

Faculty Insider: Dr. Gillian Starkey, Center for Psychology

For new professors at Goucher, an adjustment period is not unusual — Goucher has its own unique and eclectic atmosphere that differentiates it from other colleges and universities. Yet Dr. Gillian Starkey, who came on as Assistant Professor of Human…

This Month In Goucher History

  101 years ago, Goucher students met to discuss article ideas for the first November issue of the Goucher College Weekly – the very beginnings of yours truly, The Quindecim. In some ways, the topics they chose to write about…

Staying In-Style With Aubin

Who: Aubin Niragira, ’20, from Jersey City, NY Q: What are you wearing today, Aubin? A: I’m wearing this sweater that’s not thick enough. And then these pants are from my dad, from like the 90s. It’s a little bit…

A Study Abroad Experience In-Waiting

I imagine many of us come to Goucher because of the study abroad requirement. At least, that was the case for me. My senior year of high school was a period of uncertainty– it involved quite a bit of waiting…