Hanover College’s largest alumni gathering of the year is set for Oct. 23-24! The 99th-annual Homecoming celebration is a fantastic opportunity to revisit a transformative time of your life, hang out with friends, rekindle connections with classmates and mentors, and cheer for the Panthers! What’s happening at Homecoming 2026? Homecoming 2026 highlights include milestone reunions
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Jonathan Cheng, the Wall Street Journal’s bureau chief in China, will explore North Korea’s complex relationship with Christianity and its connection to Hanover College during an early-October address in the Duggan Library. Cheng, author of the book “Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult,” will offer insights into
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The Hanover Athletic Hall of Fame will induct eight new members during Hall of Fame Day festivities on campus this fall. Bob Donewald Sr. ’64, Erika Shepherd Dixon ’16, Melissa Fenton ’97, Ben Fox ’96, Ernest “Skip” Lichtfuss Jr., Mike Rivera ’95, Micah Shrewsberry ’99 and Jim Spencer ’75 will each be inducted Saturday, Sept.
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More than 200 bachelor’s degrees were conferred to members of Hanover College’s Class of 2026 during the 193rd undergraduate commencement. Spring term’s culminating event was held Saturday, May 23, at Collier Arena, marking the first indoor ceremony on campus since 2016. Video Replay / Photo Gallery / Program Cicero, Ind.-native Jennavee Houser ’26 represented the
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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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A new scholarship program funded by John Shoemaker ’64 and his wife, Donna, will support international travel and off-campus educational opportunities for Hanover’s business students. The John C. and Donna Shoemaker Global Scholars Program for Business Majors was created to provide financial resources to enable students to take a business department course taught outside of
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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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