Dedicated service to the campus community took center stage during Hanover College’s end-of-year employee celebration. More than 40 faculty and staff members were recognized during the event, held May 18 in the Withrow Activities Center. The 90-minute program celebrated the careers of five retiring employees and service milestones for 41 employees. Milestones are recognized in
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Hanover College will celebrate the Class of 2026 during the 193rd undergraduate commencement. Spring term’s culminating event will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 23, at the Horner Health and Recreation Center’s Collier Arena. Commencement Information / Live Stream / Program Hanover President Lake Lambert will confer diplomas to 213 members of the graduating
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The accomplishments of graduates A. Richard M. Blaiklock ’90, Wiley Kite ’90 and Rachel Slade Sharpe ’13 will be recognized with the presentation of Hanover College’s highest alumni honors during a May ceremony. Blaiklock and Kite will receive Hanover’s Alumni Achievement Award (AAA). Sharpe will be presented with the Distinguished Young Alumni Award (DYA). The
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Technology executive and series namesake John Shoemaker ‘64 will return to Hanover College’s campus this spring as the featured guest for the 2026 edition of the Shoemaker Speaker Series. Established in 2022, the series was developed to present on-campus conversations with prominent voices on business, leadership and innovation. An emeritus member of Hanover’s board of
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Hanover College’s 89th-annual Honors Convocation saluted the scholastic, artistic and community-oriented accomplishments of undergraduate students and faculty. The event was held April 9 in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts. PHOTO GALLERY More than 40 students were recognized during the program, which features the senior class and faculty in full academic regalia. Creek
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For more than 20 years, Oak Heritage Conservancy (OHC) served as the only conservation group in southeastern Indiana. The organization has worked to protect more than 1,100 acres of land with special natural, agricultural, scenic or cultural significance across an 11-county area. In October 2025, Cardinal Land Conservancy (CLC) officially acquired OHC’s real estate and
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New York Times best-selling author, educator and speaker Rachel Macy Stafford ’94 will be the featured speaker during Hanover College’s third-annual Women’s Brunch. The event will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 14, in the J. Graham Brown Campus Center. For more than 25 years, Stafford has worked to help people live with greater presence,
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Educator, historian and author Eileen Yanoviak, Ph.D., will delve into the inspirational story of 19th-century Union Army nurse Lucy Higgs Nichols during a special Black History Month presentation at Hanover College. Yanoviak will discuss her book, “The Tenacious Nurse Nichols: An Unsung African American Civil War Hero.” Published in May 2025, the work examines the
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Former Kentucky legislator and government official Charles Booker will be the featured speaker for Hanover College’s Bill and June Rogers Peace and Social Justice Speakers Series. Booker will visit campus Thursday, Feb. 12, culminating with a keynote address and book signing. Reserve your seat for the keynote! (reservations due by Jan. 31) Booker has dedicated
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The Hanover Theatre Department’s presentation of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” earned the BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards honor as the region’s top play in 2024-25. BroadwayWorld’s regional awards salute the year’s best productions and include more than 100 cities across the U.S., Europe, Asia, Canada, Central America and South America. To qualify, productions
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