Blaiklock, Kite and Sharpe to receive Hanover’s top alumni honors

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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The opening of the Hanover College Business and Entrepreneur Center and resurrection of Parker Auditorium was celebrated by alumni and the campus community during an Oct. 17 dedication ceremony. The event was held as part of the College’s 98th-annual homecoming festivities. PHOTO GALLERY The creation of the business and entrepreneur center was made possible through

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J. Lee Annis Jr. ’78, Beth Maxson Monnin ’83, Karl Plank ’74 and Edwin Nartey ’15 have been selected to receive Hanover College’s highest alumni honors. Annis, Monnin and Plank will be presented with the Alumni Achievement Award (AAA). Nartey will receive the Distinguished Young Alumni Award (DYA). The AAA/DYA presentation ceremony will be held

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Cari Beth Baylor, president of Milan, Ind.-based Baylor Trucking, Inc., was the featured guest for the 2025 presentation of Hanover College’s Shoemaker Speaker Series. The event was held in front of a capacity crowd May 15 in the Science Center. Photo Gallery John Riddick ’87, professor and chair of the Hanover’s business department, guided an

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Sharon Camacena Mendez ’27 has been selected as Hanover College’s recipient of the Independent Colleges of Indiana’s “Realizing the Dream” Award. She will be acknowledged March 1 during a ceremony at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. Established in 1989, the “Realizing the Dream” Award is a state-wide honor that recognizes outstanding academic achievement and leadership

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Following graduation in May, Abby Ewing ‘25 will begin her post-Hanover career through the Gov. Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship program. Launched in 2001, the Orr Fellowship is one of Indiana’s most-celebrated non-profit talent programs. The two-year post-graduate experience places high-achieving college seniors from across the U.S. in full-time, paid positions at dynamic companies and

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Pete Corrao ’76, John Stanley ’72, Cassi Binkley Friday ’11 and Jenn Williams ‘10 have been selected to receive Hanover College’s highest alumni honors this fall. Corrao and Stanley will each receive the Alumni Achievement Award. Friday and Williams will be presented with the Distinguished Young Alumni Award. The honorees will be saluted Saturday, Oct.

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In a rare public-private partnership, Indiana University Southeast Chancellor Debbie Ford and Hanover College President Lake Lambert signed a memorandum of understanding establishing an expedited admissions pathway for Hanover College graduates into select IU Southeast graduate programs. The Expedited Admissions Pathway is designed to advance both institutions’ strong commitments to providing meaningful pathways for students

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