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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Hanover College has just received a grant of $30 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its initiative, College and Community Collaboration (CCC). The grant, administered by the College, will support “Jefferson Together,” a holistic community development strategy that begins to address the economic, social, cultural, and connectivity needs of residents in Jefferson County by leveraging
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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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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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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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Hanover College Vice President for Athletics Lynn Nichols Hall ’82 has announced her retirement at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. Hall, a lifelong educator, athletic administrator, coach, mentor and fan, is stepping down after more than 40 years of service to the Hanover campus community. Hall has been woven into the fabric of
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Hanover College will commemorate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15-19 with a collection of conversations and volunteer activities. The week-long series of activities will be highlighted by a presentation by Sue Wells Livers. Livers, a local community leader, historian and storyteller, was influenced by a childhood interaction with King. She
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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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