License Plate Program

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Hanover College Revvvs up Spirit with Custom Plate
Be on the lookout for Hanover College Indiana License Plates everywhere!

Hanover College plates provide a great opportunity to assist the Hanover Alumni Association in promoting the College by showing your support in a fun way. Motorcycle plates are now available for purchase too! A $25 tax-deductible contribution is given to Hanover for each plate authorization each year. Current Hanover College STUDENT reduced rate is $10!

With your collegiate plate authorization contribution you support Hanover students in their endeavors as they strive for excellence. Proceeds benefit current students through the Dorothy S. Bucks Endowed Fund for International Studies. To date, $8.900 has been added to this endowment to help ensure that student need will be met, affording all students the opportunity to study abroad!

Specialty plates are sold and issued through the BMV as the standard vehicle registration plate (Indiana residents only) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles, and trucks weighing less than 11,000 pounds. To secure your validated authorization application form (required to make a plate purchase at the BMV), send your completed application form, a self-addressed stamped envelope and $25 contribution payable to Hanover College to: Hanover College Alumni & Parent Relations, License Plate Program, P.O. Box 108, Hanover, IN 47243.

Please note an additional $15 special recognition plate fee is assessed by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles at the time of purchase. Validated authorization form, along with your vehicle registration and payment, are required to purchase your specialty plate from your local Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Once the plate is purchased through the BMV, it can take up to 30 days to come in. The BMV can issue a temporary plate for you to use if your current plates will expire during the waiting period.

NOTE: Specific license plate numbers may be requested but require an additional $30 fee payable to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at the time of purchase. Authorization form only approves usage of number requested but does not guarantee availability of numbers over 100.

Special Group recognition plates operate on a five-year cycle. All plate numbers issued will remain with the customer through 2011 and at time of renewal will receive a sticker for their current plate. The $30 pull fee for specific plate numbers is a one-time fee in the five-year plate cycle. For renewal years the only fees charged by the BMV will be the $15 special group fee. Renewals can be done through the mail by sending in the approved authorization form with your standard Bureau of Motor Vehicles forms, remember to keep a copy of the approved authorization form for your records.

There are several ways that you can begin the process:

• Download the PDF authorization application form above and mail it with contribution to Hanover College, Office of Alumni Relations, P.O. Box 108, Hanover, IN 47243.
• Contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at (800) 213-2179 ext. 7012 and an authorization application form will be mailed to you.
• Visit the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations on campus, located in the lower level of the Long Administration Building to pick up your authorization application form.

Upon receipt and processing, we will return the validated authorization application form to you for submission to your local license branch at the time of your license plate purchase. Soon you'll be driving in Hanover style!

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1) You MUST BE AN INDIANA RESIDENT.
2) You must submit a separate authorization application form for EACH plate requested.
3) The name on the application must be the same name listed on vehicle registration. Vehicles may be registered or leased in the name of one or more owners.
4) You must include a self-addressed stamped envelope with the completed authorization application form.
5) Standard fees: $25.00 (per year) payable to Hanover College and $15.00 (per year) for special recognition plates payable to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles at the time of registration in addition to the other annual registration fees (registration fees, excise taxes, applicable county and local taxes).

Hanover College Indiana License Plate Contributions to Benefit Dorothy S. Bucks Endowment Fund for Students' International Studies

The Hanover College License Plate Committee is pleased to announce that funding received through the License Plate Program benefit the Dorothy S. Bucks Endowment Fund for International Studies. In 2007, $8,900 was added to the endowment to help subsidize student grants for traveling abroad through your support of the Hanover License Plate Program, thank you!

Hanover College strongly encourages its students to enrich their educational experience by studying off-campus. Off-Campus Study is becoming increasingly important for education and for the job market. Hanover believes that students should be able to internationalize their resumés, broaden cultural horizons, and engage with other ways of life. By contributing to the Dorothy S. Bucks Endowment Fund, the License Plate Program potentially benefits all students by supporting true Liberal Arts learning through the study of other cultures to gain new perspectives.

Committee members chose to support this endowment because of its longevity and the increasing costs involved with studying abroad. The opportunity to study internationally may only come during a student's time at Hanover College and to help make that a real possibility for all students is a goal of the License Plate Program.

Thank you to supporters of this program during its inaugural year in 2007! Whether participating for the first time, or renewing your Hanover License plate, download an authorization application above or call Betsie Chilton in the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at 800-213-2179 ext. 7059.