Indiana University English Professor Jonathan Elmer will be on the Hanover College campus Tuesday, Oct. 24, to present the annual Cornelius and Anna Cook O’Brien Lecture. Elmer’s address, “In Poe’s Wake: Form, Media and Graphic Horror,” will help celebrate Hanover’s acquisition of a first edition of “The Works of the late Edgar Allan Poe: with
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The Hanover College Theatre will open its 2023-24 season with an original presentation of “The Woods,” Friday-Sunday, Oct. 13-15. The three-show run will be held as part of Hanover’s 96th-annual Homecoming celebration. “The Woods” is based on characters created by famed American author L. Frank Baum, who penned “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Set in
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Hanover College has received a $104,000 grant from the Bethany Legacy Foundation to help enhance the health and wellness of Jefferson County (Ind.) residents. The non-profit Bethany Legacy Foundation, based in nearby Madison, Ind., promotes well-being in the county by working with the community to design health solutions for everyone. The organization’s health professions planning
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The Hanover College Office of Student Life has earned two honors for its “Panther Pursuits” program. The digital application-based initiative supports student success and inspires participation in campus activities outside of the classroom experience. Instituted one year ago, “Panther Pursuits” earned awards for outstanding new program and best incentives from Suitable, a student-engagement and success
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The sharing and understanding of differing perspectives has served as a pathway to advancement for centuries. In this current age of pronounced division, once-common conversations are now more highly charged, occasionally threatening, and repeatedly detrimental to progress. Award-winning author and commentator Jonathan Rauch will explore the state of civil dialogue in today’s America when he
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The Hanover College Modern Languages and Cultures Department is scheduled to host the Indiana chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German’s annual immersion workshop. The one-day event will be held Saturday, Sept. 16. The workshop, “Theaterpädagogik,” will focus on the incorporation of theatre into German education. Jennifer Schmidt, assistant professor of theatre at
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Through the release of six studio albums and performances around the globe at venues ranging from the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to National Public Radio’s “Tiny Desk” concert series, genre-bending cellist Ben Sollee has continued to amass fans of his unique mixture of folk, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, and jazz. An electrifying performer, Sollee
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More than 50 members of the Hanover College faculty and staff were honored for their service to the campus community May 24 during an end-of-year event in the Withrow Activities Center. The program featured acknowledgement of eight retiring employees and 44 service milestones. The event was highlighted by the presentation of the 2023 Stanley Totten
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Hanover College celebrated the academic achievements of its students and faculty during the 86th-annual Honors Convocation. The event was held April 13 in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts. Allison Andrews ’23, Rio Takagi ’23, Raechel Long ’23 and Wyatt Warner ’23 received Hanover’s highest student awards. Edward Hall and Alejandra Juno Rodríguez
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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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