Hanover College

The skeletal structure of the famed dinosaur “Tinker the Tyrannosaurus” will be on public display in the Hanover College Science Center beginning Sept. 1.

The original fossilized remnants, more than 70 percent intact, are believed to represent the first nearly complete skeleton of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex. The College’s cast is just the second made for museums and the first on permanent display in the U.S.

Despite being an adolescent - just two-thirds the size and one-fourth the weight of an adult - Hanover’s casting shows the creature’s enormous size. The College’s display measures nearly 10-feet high, more than four-feet wide and 30.5 feet in length. The youth’s skeleton, featuring more than 300 pieces, also possesses the same number of teeth as an adult inside a skull nearly three-feet wide.

“Tinker is one of the most scientifically significant and most exciting T. rex skeletons ever found,” said paleontologist Bob Bakker, who helped reshape modern theories about dinosaurs. “[Tinker] is one of the most important dinosaur specimens from any age and any locale.”

Discovered in South Dakota in 1997, Tinker’s remains are more than 66 million years old. The female’s bones were discovered intermingled with those of her mother, Regina, and another juvenile T. rex. The discovery also included the remains of a devoured Hadrosaurus and teeth from a Nanotyrannus.

After Tinker’s excavation, the bones traveled to several places, including Texas, Iowa and Pennsylvania. The original skeleton was not displayed for years while toiling in litigation involving the discoverers, bankruptcy proceedings and the lease for excavation. Eventually sold to a German collector, the remains were loaned to the Etihad Modern Art Gallery in Abu Dhabi for a 2014 temporary display – its first as a fully mounted skeleton.

Group tours will be available. Contact Deborah Quinn at quinn@hanover.edu or (812) 866-7245 for more information or to schedule a tour.

The addition of the rare cast of Tinker's remains to the Hanover Science Center's collection was made possible through private gifts to the College's museum fund.

The following students have attained dean’s list honors for the winter-spring terms. In order to qualify, a student must attain a 3.5 grade-point average (on a four-point scale).

Class of 2018

Class of 2019

Class of 2020

Hanover College students who wish to fulfill major requirements or increase credits toward graduation, or Indiana residents who seek special education certification, will have online options this summer. The College will offer two five-week terms with select classes taught by current faculty members.

The first summer session will be held from Monday, June 5, to Friday, July 7. The second session will run from Wednesday, July 12, to Tuesday, Aug. 15.

In addition to the select courses for current Hanover students, the education courses “Special Education Law and Policy (EDU 354)” and “Learning Environments and Transitions (EDU 356)” will be open to Indiana residents interested in receiving additional certification.

Tuition for a summer course costs only $975 per unit. No institutional financial aid is available.

Registration for the summer session available until Tuesday, June 6, for courses in the first session and Thursday, July 13, for courses in the second session. Current students, contact the registrar's office at registrar@hanover.edu or phone (812) 866-7051.

If you are not a current student, contact the admission office at admission@hanover.edu or phone (800) 213-2178.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

COM 212: Introduction to Communication

Examines a broad spectrum of communication concepts and issues in modern society. Directed at students with an interest in the discipline of communication.

EDU 354: Special Education Law & Policy

Basic educational rights of students with disabilities alongside teacher and school legal responsibilities with a focus on the five main principles that form the basics of special education law: Free appropriate public education, least restrictive environment, parent and student participation, Individualized Education Program (IEP), and due process protections. Prerequisite: Edu 230.

EDU 356: Learning Environments and Transitions

Learn how to plan, manage, and modify learning environments and how to assist students in successful life transition, goal setting, and community resources. Prerequisite: Edu 230

PSY 111: Basic Principles of Psychology

Overview of the fundamental processes common to all areas of psychology. Partially satisfies the HS CCR.

Beginning July 1, high-school students will have the option to apply to Hanover College without submitting SAT or ACT scores. The policy will affect students entering for the 2018-19 academic year.

This alternative to the traditional admission pathway will expand access and ensure a more-diverse and sizeable applicant pool. The test-optional model has proven to open doors for high-achieving students, but particularly students of color, first-generation college students or those from low-income households. Meanwhile, the risk to retention and graduation rates has proven to be minimal.

“Like many colleges and universities in the nation, we have found that a student’s high school GPA and careful review of academic preparation are better determiners of future academic success,” said Jon Riester, vice president for enrollment management. “We remain committed to the high academic standards for which Hanover is known and believe this new policy will provide opportunities to more highly qualified future students.”

The College will continue to utilize a holistic review of all application materials, including an applicant’s grades and coursework, as well as involvement in school and community activities. The increased focus on these metrics will better identify those who are capable of handling the rigors of a Hanover education.

The decision to adopt a test-optional policy was made after four years of campus discussion and is based on a recommendation from the Enrollment Management Task Force as part of the development of Hanover's 2020 Clear Vision strategic plan.

The College now joins more than 900 institutions in the U.S. that have begun to assess their own data in admission decisions.

For the second year in a row, Hanover College will host Brewing Experience & Education Retreat (BEER) - a two-day event designed for beginning homebrewers. Set for Saturday-Sunday, August 5-6, on the College's campus, the retreat features instruction provided by Craig Philip and Tim Cunningham, experienced producers of craft beer and Hanover chemistry professors.

The overnight experience costs $300 per brewer. The price includes on-campus accommodations, direct instruction during the brewing process, take-home equipment, meals and a tasting event featuring local breweries. Participants will be able to produce, and take home, their creation of a Dry Irish Stout, India Pale Ale or American Brown Ale.

Brewing Experience & Education Retreat (BEER) is available only to those ages 21 and older.

If desired, campus housing is available Friday, August 4, for just $25.

For more information or to register online, visit www.hanover.edu/beer.

Contact Craig Philipp at philipp@hanover.edu or Tim Cunningham at cunningham@hanover.edu.

HCAC RELEASE

SEASON REVIEW

GREENWOOD, Ind. – Behind a career season on the hardwood, junior Wes McKinney (Batesville, Ind.) of the Hanover men’s basketball team was announced as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Male Athlete of the Year Monday afternoon.

The prestigious conference award is in its fourth year of existence, with McKinney’s award being the first honor for Hanover on the men’s or women’s side. McKinney was named HCAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year as well back in February.

Behind McKinney, who averaged a team high 18.7 points per game, as well as a conference high 8.3 rebounds per game, the Panthers enjoyed one of their top five overall seasons since the end of World War II. Hanover finished 26-4 overall, advancing to its first ever NCAA Tournament “Elite Eight” and winning both the HCAC regular season and tournament titles. The Blue and Red also finished seventh in the final 2016-17 D3Hoops.Com National Top 25 Poll.

To go along with his two yearly conference awards, McKinney also earned a pair of All-American accolades. At the end of February, the junior was named a second team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and later added a fourth team All-American selection by D3Hoops.

McKinney totaled more points during the 2016-17 season than any other player in the HCAC, accumulating 560 points. During his breakout season, the junior also surpassed the 1,000-career point plateau, moving into the top 30 all-time in Hanover’s 117-year history.

The sharpshooter did a lot of his damage from behind the three-point line, where he made 74 attempts, falling just two makes shy of tying the school’s single season record. McKinney made just under 2.5 three pointers per game, which was among the top five in the conference.

The two-time 2016-17 HCAC Player of the Week also led the conference in double-doubles with 11, while adding top five conference statistical marks in blocks per game (1.6), field goal percentage (.522) and points per game (18.7).

Highlighting the 2016-17 campaign was McKinney’s buzzer beater at No. 18 Hope (Mich.), in front of a sellout crowd in the NCAA Tournament “Sweet 16”. The Panthers erased an 11-point halftime deficit as McKinney’s jumper from the left baseline as time expired gave the team a 79-77 victory.

The HCAC has given out both male and female athlete of the year awards since 2014 with the conference’s sports information directors nominating and voting on the winners. Transylvania’s Jordin Fender was named the 2016-17 HCAC Female Athlete of the Year.

Contact: Tyler Jester

jestert@hanover.edu

After a 40-year absence on campus, swimming teams will return to Hanover’s athletic department within two years.

The College will hire a head coach and begin to recruit student-athletes during the coming months with plans to debut men’s and women’s intercollegiate squads during the 2018-19 academic year.

Through a cooperative agreement with nearby Southwestern High School, the Panthers will use the high school’s facility for practices and competition. The off-site facility, just five minutes from campus, features a six-lane, 25-meter pool with Paddock Pools starting platforms, a Colorado Time System with a six-lane readout board and bleacher seating for fans..

Hanover becomes the sixth member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference to support aquatic teams, joining Anderson University, Franklin College, Manchester University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Transylvania University.

Swimming originated at Hanover in 1967 as an intramural program. Using the former pool in the J. Graham Brown Campus Center, the College sported an intercollegiate club program from 1969-77, competing against such opponents as the University of Louisville, Butler University, DePauw University and Berea College.

When the 2018-19 athletic season arrives, Hanover will support 22 varsity athletic programs, including 11 men’s and 11 women’s intercollegiate teams.

Approximately 250 members of the Class of 2017 received diplomas during Hanover College's 184th Commencement. The event was held Saturday, May 27, at the Point.

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Hanover President Lake Lambert delivered the commencement address and Naren Agarwal, an economics major from Kolkata, India, served as the senior class speaker.

Lambert, referencing Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 book, "Where Do We Go From Here?," related, "As an individual, you — our graduates — have before you the choice to make a positive difference in the world, the choice to fashion a life of meaning and purpose in service to others, the choice to nurture bonds of community in multiple settings or the choice to pursue self-interest at all costs, the choice to leave the concerns of community and the world to others, and the choice to deny the entire idea of meaning and purpose in life apart from the acquisition of personal wealth, power, satisfaction and privilege. As a people, our choice may be community or chaos, but as individuals it seems that our choice is between community or nihilism.

Agarwal, using a Rubik's Cube for symbolism, stated "This [cube] represents us, and the six different colors represent six different aspects of our life – physical, personal, social, educational, professional, spiritual. Throughout Hanover’s educational experience, we have gained a deeper understanding of ourselves and have developed an understanding of who we are physically, personally, socially, educationally, professionally, spiritually." He continued, "Now, it is time to go out into the world, enriched by what we have received from this great institution, carrying our own unique patterns and building a beautiful tapestry to share with others."

Steven Jobe, vice president and dean of academic affairs, recognized retiring faculty members Walter Bruyninckx (biology), Steve Ellis (Business Scholars Program) and Margot Tomsen (English).

Mark Levett ’71, chair, offered greetings from the College's Board of Trustees. Dawn Doup-Pandit, a member of Hanover's Class of 1998, welcomed the graduates into the College's alumni association. The Rev. Catherine Y.E. Knott, Hanover’s chaplain, performed the benediction and invocation.

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of their graduation, members of the College's Class of 1967 led the processional.

The ceremony also featured selections by the Hanover College Choir and the Hanover College Instrumental Ensemble.

During the College's morning baccalaureate service, the Rev. Michael Jinkins, president of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary since 2010, delivered the baccalaureate sermon.

GENEVA, Ohio – Senior Savannah Hubbard (Madison, Ind.) ended her Hanover track and field career as one of the top heptathletes in the country as she scored 4,263 total points at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships Thursday and Friday.

Hubbard began day one of the competition with a 15.73 in the 100 meter hurdles to earn 748 points. She then followed that with a jump of 1.40 meters in the high jump for another 512 points.

In her final two events of the day, Hubbard placed seventh overall in the shot put with a distance of 10.33 meters, good for 551 points, and then ran a 26.88 in the 200-meter dash for 722 points to cap the day with 2,533 total points.

The long jump was the first event of day two. Hubbard’s best jump of 5.30 meters was tied for the sixth best jump of the day and earned her 643 points.

She threw the javelin 31.72 meters, which marked her second best throw of the year, and then finished the day, and her collegiate career, with a time of 2:39.58 in the 800-meter dash.

Hubbard’s two-day total put her 19th overall in the nation capping an outstanding four-year track and field career in which she became the first Hanover athlete to qualify for the national championships in both indoor and outdoor seasons.

Contact: Mike Pritchard

pritchard@hanover.edu

Hanover Goes Hollywood Documentary Film Festival, spotlighting local events and organizations, will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 23, at the Ohio Theatre in Madison, Ind. The public is invited and admission to the festival is free.

The event, sponsored by the Hanover College Student Broadcasting Association, will feature three headlining documentaries. Following the screenings, a brief question-and-answer session will be held with the various filmmakers.

See the county come together to reject hate and display unity and love in the short film, “Triple K: A County United.” In the work, Hanover junior Carson Bailey takes viewers to the middle of the action as Jefferson County community members respond to the Sept. 24, 2016, Ku Klux Klan rally in Madison, Ind.

“Faith in Friendship: The Ulster Project,” a travel and educational documentary, follows the journey of a group of Hanover students as they explore Northern Ireland and learn about the Ulster Project, a peace and reconciliation program.

Directed and produced by Elizabeth Winters, assistant professor of communication, the film seeks to foster understanding by bringing Catholic and Protestant teenagers to the U.S. for an intensive month of community service, discovery sessions, worship and social activities. For many of these teens, their participation in the Ulster Project marks their first time to meet kids from “the other side” of their nation's sectarian divide.

“Rounding First: 25 Years of Wiffleball” is a sports documentary that briefly surveys the history of Hanover’s annual month-long Lambda Chi Alpha Wiffleball Tournament. Written, directed, and produced by three senior members of the fraternity, the film follows two Hanover wiffleball hopefuls as they attempt to uncover the magic that makes the tournament significant to the students and alumni of Hanover College, as well as the hungry families who are benefitted by the charity event.

Hanover Goes Hollywood will also include additional short documentary pieces screened throughout the night, including: “Mad About Madison,” a promotional video that celebrates local businesses; an informational video about how indoor track and field events differ from the outdoor versions in the sports, a promotional video for women’s lacrosse and even a television sitcom pilot.