Historian, educator and author Michael Koncewicz, Ph.D., will be on the Hanover College campus Saturday, April 5, to present the annual Cornelius and Anna Cook O’Brien Lecture as the keynote address for the 45th-annual Indiana Association of Historians’ annual conference. An associate director at the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University (NYU), Koncewicz
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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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Hanover College’s campus quadrangle has earned its place on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, distinction is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate and protect America’s historic and archeological resources. Administered by the National Park
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Brent Smith ’76, a former minister and professor at Grand Valley State University, gifted a small library of books about Abraham Lincoln to the History Department this fall. Smith presented Hanover history professors Dan Murphy ’81 and Matt Vosmeier with more than 50 books. Among the works was “Our Martyr President, Abraham Lincoln. Voices from
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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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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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April 3 marks the 50th anniversary of the violent tornado that ripped through a significant sector of Jefferson County, Ind., striking the Hanover College campus at 3:51 p.m. The storm was part of the famed April 3, 1974, Super Outbreak, which included nearly 150 confirmed tornadoes in 13 U.S. states and Canada during an 18-hour
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At 3:51 p.m., a violent tornado ripped through a significant sector of Jefferson County, Ind., including the Hanover College campus. The storm was part of the famed Super Outbreak, which included nearly 150 confirmed tornadoes in 13 U.S. states and Canada during an 18-hour period. The outbreak, which stands as the most-violent outbreak in recorded
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Environmental engineer, educator and longtime activist Sarah Lynn Cunningham will visit the Hanover College campus Tuesday, March 5, to deliver the annual Cornelius and Anna Cook O’Brien Lecture. Cunningham, co-founder and executive director of the Louisville Climate Action Network (LCAN), will present “From Smoke-Filled Skies to Smoke-Filled Rooms: Louisville’s Political Battles Over the ‘Smoke Evil.’” The
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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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