Cultural Events
Cultural Events Calendar | Cultural Events Registration Form (PDF)
The purpose of the program is to help you earn graduation credit for attending those extracurricular events that make your life at Hanover a little more stimulating. These events include concerts, plays, lectures, exhibitions, films, and other special occasions. If you attend twelve events during the academic year, you will receive a quarter unit toward graduation. There is NO COST for participating in this program.
Campus groups are also eligible to nominate their sponsored events for credit under this program.
So what are the details?
1.) You will receive a quarter-unit of credit if you attend twelve events during the academic year.
2.) You must REGISTER for Cultural Events before you can receive credit. Registration forms can be obtained in the Registrar's Office. You can also click here for a printable copy.
3.) When you go to the event, make sure you bring your ID card. At the end of the event, look for the person sitting at the table next the Cultural Events sign. She or he will write down your name ID card number.
4.) You may not get credit for events for which you are already receiving academic credit. For instance, if you are required to attend the event for a class, you cannot get credit; or if you are enrolled in Wind Ensemble you cannot get credit for attending a Wind Ensemble concert.
5.) You will not be charged additional tuition for this course. The course will appear on your Winter Term schedule.
6.) You can register for the course at any time up to and including the end of the drop/add period in January. Otherwise, it follows the same registration rules as any other Winter Term course - namely, you cannot drop it after the end of the Winter drop/add period, and if you wish to withdraw from it you must do so before the end of the eighth week of Winter Term .
7.) If you attend fewer than 12 events during the year, you will receive a failing grade for the course. Therefore, you need to plan carefully to make sure you will be able to complete the requirement. One possible strategy is to register now for the course, then check your status during drop/add week in January. If there's no way to get to 12 events, you can drop the course and there's no harm done. If you stay with the course, then you can check your status again at the end of February; if you don't think you can get to 12, you can withdraw.
8.) You cannot carry events from one academic year to the next.
9.) You may not receive credit for more than six events in a single event category. These categories include films; concerts; exhibitions; plays; and lectures. Basically, this means you have to go to at least two different kinds of activities to earn the credit.
10.) You may not attend the same event more than once and count it toward the 12 required. For example, attending one art exhibit on two different days, and attending two separate performances of the same play are each counted as one event.
How to Nominate an Event
All campus groups are invited to nominate their events for consideration for Cultural Events credit.
Nomination proposals should include:
- The name, date, time, and place of the event;
- A description of the event;
- The type of event (film, concert, exhibition, play, lecture and discussion);
- A justification for credit, explaining how the event (a) is beneficial to attendees and (b) is different from the kinds of events that students ordinarily attend;
- The name of the sponsoring organization;
- Contact information for the Committee in case more information is needed;
- Contact information for the public.
Proposals should be brief - no more than one page and no more than 400 words. Proposals should be submitted in writing to Cultural Events Subcommittee, Office of the Registrar, 104 Long Administration Building. In order to ensure timely review by the Subcommittee and to guarantee the presence of recorders at the event, nominations must be received at least three weeks prior to the event. Organizations wishing to include information in their publicity materials should plan on additional lead time. However, nominations arriving less than three weeks prior to the event will still be considered.