James M. DeWine August 22, 1944 – November 28, 2021 James Michael DeWine, 77, of Bellingham, Washington and Naples, Florida, passed away Sunday, November 28, at home in Bellingham. He succumbed to a very rare, aggressive form of cancer, so his battle was short lived. He was born in Xenia, Ohio on August 22, 1944,
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Jonathan LeMaster-Smith, Ph.D., will be the featured speaker for a special virtual presentation of The Bill and June Rogers Peace and Social Justice Speakers Forum. LeMaster-Smith will present “Process of Social Justice in Rural Context(s): A Conversation,” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 21, via Zoom. The online presentation, slated to include discussion of local experiences
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James L. Ferguson, professor emeritus of English, died May 12, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va. Ferguson, 93, served Hanover’s English department for 29 years. He joined the College’s faculty in 1963 as an assistant professor and later served as department chair. He retired in 1992 as the James A. and Sophronia R. McKee Professor of English
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Noted Indiana poet Chantel Massey will present a virtual evening of poetry reading and conversation Thursday, May 20. The appearance is made possible through the support of an Indiana Authors Award grant, administered by Indiana Humanities. The virtual event, which begins at 7 p.m., is open to the public, free of charge. Registration is required.
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Members of the Hanover Community, Today, the American flag near my home flies at half-staff in response to the tragic and senseless murder of eight women in the Atlanta area, as directed by President Biden. Details are still emerging, but we know that six of these women were of Asian descent, adding to the rapidly
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The Hanover College community mourns the passing of Robert James Rosenthal, professor emeritus of philosophy. He died Feb. 26, 2021, in Hanover, Ind. Rosenthal, 82, served as a member of Hanover’s faculty for 47 years before retiring in 2014. He has the second-longest tenure of any faculty member in school history, surpassed by only Joshua
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The Hanover College community mourns after the passing of Walter Dunlap Morrill, director emeritus of the Duggan Library. He died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Madison, Ind. Morrill, 84, served as the College’s director of the libraries from 1966-98. He also served as special projects coordinator and interim vice president for development before retiring in
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Hanover College has joined a new collective statement from more than 315 college admissions deans released today by the Making Caring Common project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The effort seeks to send clear messages about what college admissions deans value in students during this time. It also aims to relieve stresses on students
continue readingMany are aware of the recent announced changes to the Student Exchange Visitor Program by the U.S. government regarding the status of nonimmigrant students this Fall. In summary, the new rule – which is being challenged in court – states that nonimmigrant students attending colleges that are fully online in the Fall may not enter or stay
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Members of the Hanover Community, Yesterday our students, faculty and staff joined together for an interfaith service of lament and repentance in response to the brutal deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and so many other African Americans who have been the victims of unjust police violence and the continuing American legacy of institutional racism.
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