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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Educator, historian and author Eileen Yanoviak, Ph.D., will delve into the inspirational story of 19th-century Union Army nurse Lucy Higgs Nichols during a special Black History Month presentation at Hanover College. Yanoviak will discuss her book, “The Tenacious Nurse Nichols: An Unsung African American Civil War Hero.” Published in May 2025, the work examines the
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The academic, creative and community achievements of Hanover College’s students and faculty were acknowledged during the 88th-annual Honors Convocation. The traditional event, which features the senior class and faculty in full academic regalia, was held April 10 in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts. Nearly 50 students were recognized during the program, highlighted
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Alma Gene Prince Saunders, Hanover College’s first Black graduate, will be commemorated with a commissioned portrait to be displayed in the J. Graham Brown Campus Center. The unveiling will be held at 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 7, in the Campus Center. A 1951 Hanover graduate, Saunders was raised in nearby Carrollton, Ky. She applied for
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Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis L. Crisler will deliver a Black History Month address on Hanover’s campus Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Duggan Library. The appearance, open to the public free of charge, is part of Indiana Humanities’ Indiana Authors Awards Speaker Program. An award-winning poet and young-adult author, Crisler serves as professor
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A unique mixture of majors will be represented by five students set to share insights into their recent summer research projects during Hanover’s Women in Science Symposium. The event will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16, in the Science Center, room 137. The symposium, now in its sixth year, annually features a select
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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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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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This spring, Professor of English Dominique Battles was presented with the 2020 Wilson Prize for Article of the Year from “Studies in Philology.” Battles earned the honor for a two-part series, which explored the connection between the late 14th-century Middle English “Athelston” and the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. The pieces established the first sustained
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When at Hanover, you will always find Stephanie Johnson ’21 outside. “Our campus is so beautiful, and there is always something new to discover. I love hammocking, hiking, and doing yoga in my free time. Those are my favorite ways to stay busy when I have the time.” From English, Ind., Johnson studied English and philosophy as a student. Finding Hanover
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