Three distinguished graduates received Hanover College’s highest alumni honors during a special Homecoming ceremony Oct. 14 in the Science Center. Mark Levett ’71 and Vance Patterson ’72 were presented with the Alumni Achievement Award. Jasmine O’Conner ’12 received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award. The Alumni Achievement Awards, presented annually since 1960, recognize graduates who have
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Renowned American architect Jens Frederick Larson designed Parker Auditorium in the early 1940s as a “commanding presence at the eastern terminus” of Hanover’s campus quadrangle. Since its completion in 1947, the beloved campus symbol has brought the joys of theatre to thousands of students and spectators. Its 650-seat auditorium has also hosted chapel services, commencement,
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An Indiana first-of-its-kind collaboration between Hanover College and Ivy Tech Community College-Madison will help meet the challenges of the region’s ongoing shortage of nurses and nursing programs. Among Hanover’s core strengths are outstanding programs in the natural and life sciences, comprising kinesiology and integrated physiology, psychology, biology and chemistry, among others. Ivy Tech, with 19
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A unique recycling project will serve as a public tribute to the Miami Nation of Indians through the efforts of students in Hanover’s fall-term environmental sculpture course. “Sunder” – or broken apart – is a revisualization of a large fiberglass bison that was originally presented to the College by Duke Energy more than six years
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Still feeling the exhilaration, Carrie Helton Harris ‘00 walked out of Classic Hall late on the night of April 10, 1999. For nearly two hours, Harris’ brainchild – dubbed Evil Petting Zoo (EPZ) – had delighted more than 100 students in the jam-packed film room. Watch EPZ-related video The nine-member, all-student cast’s improvisational comedy debut
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A group of select Hanover students is not only currently gaining solid work experience, but also a deeper connection to the local community through The Good Neighbor Internship Program. The initiative provides paid internships for 10 students at Jefferson County (Ind.) businesses and organizations. The program, which targets sophomores and juniors, creates a pathway for
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Game tied with 1:19 left. Opponent has the ball inside Hanover territory. Fourth-and-one. Donning an easily spotted electric pink vest, with ponytail perched above her head, Mya Urba ’24 signals the Panthers’ formation from the sidelines, then anxiously implores her defensive unit to make a game-saving stop. Though just 19 years old, Mya Urba ’24
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Gabriel Vanover, assistant professor of theatre, has been awarded one of just six statewide grants from the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana, Inc. (PALNI) to create an open educational resource (OER) through the organization’s PALSave Textbook Creation Grants Program. Open educational resources are free-access online course materials, including textbooks and other tools. The availability
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This spring, Professor of English Dominique Battles was presented with the 2020 Wilson Prize for Article of the Year from “Studies in Philology.” Battles earned the honor for a two-part series, which explored the connection between the late 14th-century Middle English “Athelston” and the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. The pieces established the first sustained
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Aimée Rust-Scheuermann ’96 was presented with the Dorothy Cheesman Distinguished Service Award by the Indiana Association for College Admission Counseling (INACAC). Named for a longtime member of the admission staff at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, the Cheesman Award is presented annually to recognize distinguished and exemplary service to students in their search for post-secondary education.
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