Goucher College Podcasts

Composer and Professor of Music, Kendall Kennison, talks about his upcoming concert, his composing process, and the arc of his teaching and composing career. More info at: https://www.goucher.edu/faculty/kendall-kennison

The United States has become one of the countries with the largest growing number of international students. Students from all around the world come here for a variety of reasons, some to pursue education, some to flee war-ridden areas or some just want to have a different experience. Regardless of the reasons, their experiences are a kaleidoscope of laughter, self-reflection and challenges. Each international student coming to the United States, whether an Indian exchange student studying biochemistry or an inspiring Chinese writer in the Creative Arts, has left a great impression on the lives they touched and impacted the way education is viewed, not just in the United States but also globally. This project is a way for Goucher College to celebrate the multifaceted way that the international student community has shaped the history of the institution and how international students have shaped the immigration system as well as the education system of the United States.

The United States has become one of the countries with the largest growing number of international students. Students from all around the world come here for a variety of reasons, some to pursue education, some to flee war-ridden areas or some just want to have a different experience. Regardless of the reasons, their experiences are a kaleidoscope of laughter, self-reflection and challenges. Each international student coming to the United States, whether an Indian exchange student studying biochemistry or an inspiring Chinese writer in the Creative Arts, has left a great impression on the lives they touched and impacted the way education is viewed, not just in the United States but also globally. This project is a way for Goucher College to celebrate the multifaceted way that the international student community has shaped the history of the institution and how international students have shaped the immigration system as well as the education system of the United States.

The United States has become one of the countries with the largest growing number of international students. Students from all around the world come here for a variety of reasons, some to pursue education, some to flee war-ridden areas or some just want to have a different experience. Regardless of the reasons, their experiences are a kaleidoscope of laughter, self-reflection and challenges. Each international student coming to the United States, whether an Indian exchange student studying biochemistry or an inspiring Chinese writer in the Creative Arts, has left a great impression on the lives they touched and impacted the way education is viewed, not just in the United States but also globally. This project is a way for Goucher College to celebrate the multifaceted way that the international student community has shaped the history of the institution and how international students have shaped the immigration system as well as the education system of the United States.

The United States has become one of the countries with the largest growing number of international students. Students from all around the world come here for a variety of reasons, some to pursue education, some to flee war-ridden areas or some just want to have a different experience. Regardless of the reasons, their experiences are a kaleidoscope of laughter, self-reflection and challenges. Each international student coming to the United States, whether an Indian exchange student studying biochemistry or an inspiring Chinese writer in the Creative Arts, has left a great impression on the lives they touched and impacted the way education is viewed, not just in the United States but also globally. This project is a way for Goucher College to celebrate the multifaceted way that the international student community has shaped the history of the institution and how international students have shaped the immigration system as well as the education system of the United States.

In the fall of 2018 Black students at Goucher College organized a protest known as the Blackout in response to a hate crime on campus to demand that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protests a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it.

Black students at Goucher College organized a Blackout protest in the fall of 2018 in response to a hate crime on campus. The Blackout demanded that Goucher’s administration address this crime with urgency, something the students felt was lacking in response to past hate crimes. This collection of oral histories allows Black students at Goucher who were involved in the protest a space where they can memorialize their thoughts on the Blackout and the hate crime that sparked it. Since the date of this recording, current alumni Sunnie who is mentioned in this recording has transitioned and now goes by he / him pronouns

The Oral History of Religious Minority Collection preserves Goucher College's history of religious diversity and inclusion. Inspired by the growing diversity on campus and concerned with the intensifying social divides outside its walls, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life began collecting stories of Goucher alumnae/i in 2019. These oral histories, conducted by current Goucher students, are a contribution to the greater history and cultural artifacts of Goucher College and they stand as a living legacy of resilience and interfaith connection, a source of empowerment for all minorities on campus, and a starting point for interfaith dialogue.

The Oral History of Religious Minority Collection preserves Goucher College's history of religious diversity and inclusion. Inspired by the growing diversity on campus and concerned with the intensifying social divides outside its walls, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life began collecting stories of Goucher alumnae/i in 2019. These oral histories, conducted by current Goucher students, are a contribution to the greater history and cultural artifacts of Goucher College and they stand as a living legacy of resilience and interfaith connection, a source of empowerment for all minorities on campus, and a starting point for interfaith dialogue.

The Oral History of Religious Minority Collection preserves Goucher College's history of religious diversity and inclusion. Inspired by the growing diversity on campus and concerned with the intensifying social divides outside its walls, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life began collecting stories of Goucher alumnae/i in 2019. These oral histories, conducted by current Goucher students, are a contribution to the greater history and cultural artifacts of Goucher College and they stand as a living legacy of resilience and interfaith connection, a source of empowerment for all minorities on campus, and a starting point for interfaith dialogue.

The Oral History of Religious Minority Collection preserves Goucher College's history of religious diversity and inclusion. Inspired by the growing diversity on campus and concerned with the intensifying social divides outside its walls, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life began collecting stories of Goucher alumnae/i in 2019. These oral histories, conducted by current Goucher students, are a contribution to the greater history and cultural artifacts of Goucher College and they stand as a living legacy of resilience and interfaith connection, a source of empowerment for all minorities on campus, and a starting point for interfaith dialogue.

Jane Austen is, foremost, a social commentator. Dress is a nuanced social marker, and her novels use clothing and needlework to pinpoint niceties of character. Austen’s letters reveal a lively interest in clothes, alongside her concerns about how to dress well on limited income. During the author’s short life, unprecedented and accelerated change saw Britain’s turbulent entry into the modern age. Clothing reflected these transitions on local and global scales, and exploring the dress experiences of people who lived through Austen’s age goes a long way to understanding her work, her time, and its histories. In this talk, dress historian Hilary Davidson explores the lives and dress of the middle-class British gentry during the ‘long’ Regency (1795-1823) through the lens of Jane Austen’s life and writing, drawing on five years of research for her ground-breaking 2019 book, Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion.