More than 200 bachelor’s degrees were conferred to members of Hanover College’s Class of 2026 during the 193rd undergraduate commencement. Spring term’s culminating event was held Saturday, May 23, at Collier Arena, marking the first indoor ceremony on campus since 2016. Video Replay / Photo Gallery / Program Cicero, Ind.-native Jennavee Houser ’26 represented the
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Alexis Smith, associate professor of German, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She is just the third Hanover faculty member to earn the honor. Smith received a Fulbright grant to translate the first volume of original diaries of Robert Schumann
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Dedicated service to the campus community took center stage during Hanover College’s end-of-year employee celebration. More than 40 faculty and staff members were recognized during the event, held May 18 in the Withrow Activities Center. The 90-minute program celebrated the careers of five retiring employees and service milestones for 41 employees. Milestones are recognized in
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Hanover College will celebrate the Class of 2026 during the 193rd undergraduate commencement. Spring term’s culminating event will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 23, at the Horner Health and Recreation Center’s Collier Arena. Commencement Information / Live Stream / Program Hanover President Lake Lambert will confer diplomas to 213 members of the graduating
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The accomplishments of graduates A. Richard M. Blaiklock ’90, Wiley Kite ’90 and Rachel Slade Sharpe ’13 will be recognized with the presentation of Hanover College’s highest alumni honors during a May ceremony. Blaiklock and Kite will receive Hanover’s Alumni Achievement Award (AAA). Sharpe will be presented with the Distinguished Young Alumni Award (DYA). The
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Technology executive and series namesake John Shoemaker ‘64 will return to Hanover College’s campus this spring as the featured guest for the 2026 edition of the Shoemaker Speaker Series. Established in 2022, the series was developed to present on-campus conversations with prominent voices on business, leadership and innovation. An emeritus member of Hanover’s board of
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Hanover College’s 89th-annual Honors Convocation saluted the scholastic, artistic and community-oriented accomplishments of undergraduate students and faculty. The event was held April 9 in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts. PHOTO GALLERY More than 40 students were recognized during the program, which features the senior class and faculty in full academic regalia. Creek
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Due to ongoing issues created by the lack of an on‑campus aquatic facility, projected increases in operating costs, and sustained challenges with roster size, Hanover College will discontinue its intercollegiate men’s and women’s swimming programs, effective immediately. Hanover joined the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference prior to the 2018–19 season, with combined men’s and women’s rosters
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A new scholarship program funded by John Shoemaker ’64 and his wife, Donna, will support international travel and off-campus educational opportunities for Hanover’s business students. The John C. and Donna Shoemaker Global Scholars Program for Business Majors was created to provide financial resources to enable students to take a business department course taught outside of
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For more than 20 years, Oak Heritage Conservancy (OHC) served as the only conservation group in southeastern Indiana. The organization has worked to protect more than 1,100 acres of land with special natural, agricultural, scenic or cultural significance across an 11-county area. In October 2025, Cardinal Land Conservancy (CLC) officially acquired OHC’s real estate and
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