Goucher College Receives Nearly $900,000 Donation To Support Scholarships

Press release from Goucher College:

With a generous gift of approximately $900,000, Goucher College announces the Anne
Hoover ’67 Scholarship Fund to recruit exceptional students from traditionally underrepresented
geographic regions, both domestically and internationally. This new fund, part of
the college’s [UNDAUNTED] capital campaign, will offer financial support for a transformational Goucher education
to students who will bring distinct experiences and perspectives to the ever-expanding
Goucher community.

“We are grateful to Anne Hoover for this bequest, which will provide educational opportunities
for students who may have not otherwise had access to a top-quality education such
as Goucher offers,” said Kent Devereaux, Goucher College president. “Anne’s passion
for learning about and exploring different cultures around the world will continue
through these scholarships. The Hoover Fund will provide financial support to students
representing the diversity of our nation and the world.”

The [UNDAUNTED] campaign is currently focused on supporting the people who make up the Goucher community
through scholarships like the Hoover Fund, as well as the establishment of new endowed
professorships. These scholarships promote access and student success by addressing
their immediate needs and helping to ease financial stress for students and families.
As part of the comprehensive campaign, the college has raised more than $66 million
to build state-of-the-art facilities like the First-Year Village, Mary Fisher Dining
Center, and the Evelyn Dyke Schroedl ’62 Tennis Center.

“The Hoover Fund will offer access to a rigorous liberal arts education to students
who might not otherwise have been familiar with Goucher’s commitment to global education,
social justice, and sustainability,” said Michele Ewing, vice president of advancement,
Goucher College. “Through this scholarship, Anne wanted to create opportunities for
students to experience and embrace lifelong learning, which was so important in her
life, and is a hallmark of a Goucher education.”

Anne Hoover graduated from Goucher College in 1967 with a bachelor of arts degree
in history and a minor in secondary education. She earned three postgraduate degrees:
two from the University of Michigan, Japanese studies and psychology, and a master’s
in landscape architecture from North Carolina State University.

For thirty years, Hoover taught in professional undergraduate and graduate programs
in landscape architecture at public universities. Her research and publications in
cultural landscape preservation have been shared in the classroom and at national
and international conferences. She was a Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture
at Ball State University.

Hoover also managed a consulting practice in cultural landscape preservation. Her
clients included the National Parks Service and the states of Indiana, Alabama, Massachusetts,
North Carolina, and Oklahoma. This work led to her relationship with UNESCO, which
allowed her to explore many countries, including Russia, Mongolia, China, Africa,
New Zealand, India, and Japan.

Hoover was a self-described “Goucher girl” of the 1960s and credited her time at Goucher
with influencing her career in interdisciplinary teaching, research, and service.
While at Goucher, she spent summers on study tours in Europe and Japan and continued
traveling abroad throughout her life. Hoover traveled to every continent except Antarctica.

This press release was produced by Goucher College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.