“Serial entrepreneur” returns for Shoemaker Speaker Series’ conversation

For more than 40 years, North Carolina-based “serial entrepreneur” Vance Patterson ‘72 has served as an executive, foundation leader and educator. This spring, Patterson will return to the Hanover College campus as featured guest for the 2023 Shoemaker Speaker Series. Since the early 1980s, Patterson has launched 23 companies and a non-profit foundation. His global

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In 1925, Mount Rushmore was dedicated, the first U.S. motel opened, Chrysler Corporation was founded and there were 44 students in Hanover College’s senior class. That fall, Hanover also started a tradition that has now spanned nearly 100 years. Hanover hosted its first Homecoming Oct. 24, 1925. That year, the College’s alumni population totaled 1,335.

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Former standouts Thad McCracken ’04, Matt Moore ’05, Fran Quigley ’84 and Richard Veach ’88 have been selected to join the Hanover Athletic Hall of Fame. The foursome will be inducted Saturday, Oct. 22, during a special ceremony as part of the College’s Hall of Fame Day. One of the top three-point shooters in school

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Generations of alumni, families and friends are encouraged to visit campus Oct. 7-9 for Hanover College’s 95th-annual Homecoming celebration. 2022 Homecoming Schedule / Registration Hanover’s largest alumni gathering of the year will feature a wide range of events for all ages, highlighted by the Class of 1972’s 50-year anniversary, 25-year gathering for the Class of

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The life and artwork of the late Kristen Croxton will be celebrated during a special ceremony on the Hanover College campus. Area residents are invited to join family members, friends and campus community members for the dedication of a permanent display of Croxton’s artwork and the first presentation of a memorial scholarship in her honor.

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