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,
continue readingRoberta Pergher, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Indiana University, will be on the Hanover College campus Saturday, Oct. 4, to present the annual Cornelius and Anna Cook O’Brien Lecture as the keynote address for the 96th-annual Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences (IASS) conference. Pergher, who also serves as director of the Institute for
continue readingThe 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
continue readingAlma 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
continue readingSierra Adkins ’26 has been recognized as Hanover’s recipient of the Independent Colleges of Indiana’s “Realizing the Dream” Award. Adkins, a psychology major from Indianapolis, was honored Feb. 24 during a ceremony at the Eiteljorg Museum in her hometown. Established in 1989, the “Realizing the Dream” Award is a state-wide honor that recognizes outstanding academic
continue readingJohns Hopkins University bioethics professor, author and speaker Travis Rieder ‘04 will return to the Hanover College campus Tuesday, March 12, to discuss his upcoming book, “Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices.” Rieder is an associate research professor at Johns Hopkins’ Berman Institute of Bioethics and serves as director
continue readingEncouraged by her family to chase her dreams, Mayavellie Bochas ’21 left behind Morgan City, La., and came to Hanover College to pursue a scholarship competition. The small campus made an impact. Instantly falling in love with the community, Bochas says, “Every person I met wanted to hear my story and genuinely cared. I felt as though
continue readingDayna Dale ’21 came to Hanover College to play golf, but she also has a personal connection to campus. “I chose to come to Hanover not only for the wonderful golf team but also the various inspirational Hanover stories from my grandparents who met and got married on campus. As soon as I met some amazing
continue readingWith the end of her time at Hanover in sight, Mikali Marks ’21 is excited about getting out into the real world and gaining experience. A psychology major with a pre-health concentration, Marks is currently in the process of applying to physician assistant school. She hopes to attend a school in Nashville, Tenn. She is a temporary nursing assistant at
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