Professor Emeritus of Music David Mruzek was presented with the Collegiate Educator of Excellence Award by the Indiana Music Education Association. He received the honor during a mid-January professional development conference in Fort Wayne, Ind. Mruzek, who served as a member of Hanover’s faculty from 2006-22, was the longtime director of the College’s instrumental music
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Alma Gene Prince Saunders, Hanover College’s first Black graduate, will be commemorated with a commissioned portrait to be displayed in the J. Graham Brown Campus Center. The unveiling will be held at 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 7, in the Campus Center. A 1951 Hanover graduate, Saunders was raised in nearby Carrollton, Ky. She applied for
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Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis L. Crisler will deliver a Black History Month address on Hanover’s campus Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Duggan Library. The appearance, open to the public free of charge, is part of Indiana Humanities’ Indiana Authors Awards Speaker Program. An award-winning poet and young-adult author, Crisler serves as professor
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Hanover College will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20, and offer a collection of volunteer activities and community-building conversations throughout the week. Participation is free for all events. For more information or to participate, contact Constance Pope, director of multicultural and international student affairs. Monday, Jan. 20Jefferson County (Ind.) House of Hope9-11
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A unique mixture of majors will be represented by five students set to share insights into their recent summer research projects during Hanover’s Women in Science Symposium. The event will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16, in the Science Center, room 137. The symposium, now in its sixth year, annually features a select
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Hanover College’s campus quadrangle has earned its place on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, distinction is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect America’s historic and archeological resources. Administered by the National Park
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Brent Smith ’76, a former minister and professor at Grand Valley State University, gifted a small library of books about Abraham Lincoln to the History Department this fall. Smith presented Hanover history professors Dan Murphy ’81 and Matt Vosmeier with more than 50 books. Among the works was “Our Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln. Voices from
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Ayden Raber ’26 has been awarded the 2024-25 James G. Stemler Study Abroad Scholarship from Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) honor society. The scholarship, presented to 20 students each academic year, is given to ALD members who are pursuing a credit-bearing study abroad program. Raber, a Fort Wayne, Ind. native, is planning to study archaeology in
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Hanover College’s Duggan Library has added much-needed space for studying, student collaboration, classes and even social events after the removal of multiple shelves of periodicals from the north side of the first floor. The expansive area is now bordered by “Trajectory,” a 500-square-foot, multi-panel mural designed, painted and installed this fall by students in Art
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For the second time this year, Hanover College and Indiana University Southeast (IUS) have signed an agreement to establish a priority admissions pathway between the two institutions. The signing ceremony was held Nov. 21 at the Hanover College South Campus in Jeffersonville, Ind. This innovative pathway underscores both institutions’ shared commitment to fostering opportunities for
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