Noted political pundits and television news contributors Richard Lowry and Bakari Sellers, joined by award-winning author and journalist Jonathan Rauch, will offer their insights into the 2024 U.S. presidential election during a special presentation of the Hanover Enrichment Series. Lowry is the editor-in-chief of National Review, best-selling author, syndicated writer, and television and radio commentator.
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Area elementary school children have a unique opportunity to learn the German language this fall through a program offered by the Hanover College Modern Languages Department. SPARK for German: Kids German Class, a joint project of the American Association of Teachers of German and the Goethe-Institut, is partnering with Hanover to provide free German classes
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Hanover welcomed one of its largest undergraduate classes to campus on move-in day, with 348 first-year students and 16 transfers students deciding to call the College home. It’s the largest class since 2018 and the third largest in Hanover’s nearly 200 years. This surge in new undergraduate students has also boosted the College’s total enrollment
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Silas House, award-winning novelist, Kentucky poet laureate, educator and environmental activist, will deliver a special address during a mid-September appearance on Hanover College’s campus. Since 2010, House has served as associate professor and National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, where he teaches Appalachian literature and a writing workshop. He
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Nicole Washington has been appointed assistant provost and registrar in Hanover’s Office of Academic Affairs. She began her role July 1. Washington comes to the College after serving for the past year as registrar and adjunct faculty member at Edgewood College. Her array of academic experience includes strategic planning, policy development and data analysis, as
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Alexis Smith, Ph.D., associate professor of German, has been recognized as the collegiate German teacher of the year by the Indiana Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG). AATG is a professional organization for primary, secondary and university teachers of German in the U.S. and Europe. The organization promotes the study of
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Hanover College has been selected by the Institute of International Education (IIE) to receive an American Passport Project grant. The financial award will enable 25 qualified students to obtain their first U.S. passport and will open the pathway to study abroad. The IIE American Passport Project creates greater access to international education opportunities by removing
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Shadow puppetry, an art form more than 2,000 years old, will be celebrated during two March events on the Hanover College campus. Esther Fernández, renowned early modern scholar and co-founder of the acclaimed Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe, will present “Puppets in the Spanish Golden Age” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, in Science Center, room 137.
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Starting in the fall of 2022, Hanover College students began to work with the Asia Institute-Crane House (AICH) to support its Lunar New Year education efforts and activities. This year, the relationship will take a significant step with the addition of two educational opportunities for high school students in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Founded by
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Educator and author Leah Milne, Ph.D., will delve into the connections between reading and empathy during a special presentation through the Indiana Humanities’ Advancing Racial Equity Speakers Bureau. Milne will present “Mirrors and Windows: Reading for and Beyond Empathy,” at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Feb. 7, at Hanover College’s Duggan Library. The event is open to
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