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THE HANOVER COLLEGE
WINTER 2016 | VOLUME 24 | ISSUE 1
President Lake Lambert
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The Office of Communications and Marketing at Hanover College publishes The Hanoverian twice annually and enters it as third-class postage material at the Indianapolis Post Office.
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Rhonda Burch senior director of communications and marketing
Carter Cloyd creative communications director
Ann Leslie Inman ’86 director of alumni relations
Joe Lackner director of web communications
Rick A Lostutter art director
Matthew Maupin director of creative services
Melba Rodriguez vice president for advancement
Cassey Higdon ’17, Diane Jackson ’17, Kendra Johnson ’16, Evan Miller ’17, Savannah Mitchell ’16, Hannah Palmer ’16, Rachel Regenauer ’16, Miranda Reinhart ’17, Hannah Taylor ’16 contributing designers
Jordan Hartman ’19, Maggie Huffer ’16, Diane Jackson ’17, Nicki Lewis ’16, Samantha McCain ’17, Darien Miller ’18, Casey Pennell ’18, Patrick Pfister, Naoki Sawahashi ’17, Jingyi Wang ’15, Alisha West ’18, Emma Wilette ’16 contributing photographers
Lindsay Rainey Faulstick ’07, Sandra Guthrie, B.J. Gough Meadows, Ph.D. ’62, Savannah Mitchell ’16, Andrew Faught, Chris Quirk, Brett Eppley & Renee Bruck, courtesy of the Madison Courier contributing writers
2015-16 Alumni Association Board of Directors
Phil Mullins ’72 president
John Pollom ’03 past president
Dawn Doup ’98 president-elect
Emily Hankley Berger ’04 Jason Crawford ’11 Elisabeth McCandless Edwards ’98 Angela Semrau Kara ’08 Don Kobak ’89 John Maudlin ’61 Ted Merhoff ’92 Brent Minton ’94 Dave Northam ’71 Jasmine O'Conner ’12 Mary Burch Hambrick Ratliff ’78 Chris Richardson ’98 Mike Schiering ’79 Ron Starks ’83 Chuck Summers ’10 Don White ’81
Hanover College provides equal opportunity in education and employment.
Printed by Priority Press on recycled stock using alcohol-free, soy-based inks.
In this issue
WINTER 2016 | VOLUME 24 | ISSUE 1
THE
2 Message from the President
3 AROUND THE QUAD AND TO THE POINT • Community Arts Series
• Seven new faculty join
• Fokuo ’98 named newtrustee
• Introducing Melba
• New lab, exciting possibilities
• The cost of college
• Alumni Achievement Awardand Distinguished Young Alumni Award winners
• Turning trash to treasureon a global scale
• Rare artifacts found inHanover
• Welcome our neweditor-in-chief
• Prell ’66 honored
• Hanover College Theatrealumni performance
11 Greek Life
Fraternity and sorority roots run deep at Hanover, where leadership, camaraderie and public service reign. By Andrew Faught
14 Homecoming 2015 By Lindsay Rainey Faulstick '07
16 The Lambert era begins
Dozens of students, faculty, alumni and other community guests gathered Saturday, Oct. 3, braving a rainy fall morning at The Point to celebrate the inauguration of the College’s 16th president.
18 Trusting Shakespeare
Traveling the world to promote and celebrate the legacy of William Shakespeare isn’t without its occupational hazards. By Andrew Faught
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20 ALUMNI NEWS
22 CLASS NOTES
26 Five enshrined in Athletic Hall of Fame
27 Theobald ’96 returns to Hanover football sidelines
28 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Champions
30 New ways to supportALUMNI MEMORIES
32 From the Alumni Board president
END PIECE
33 My days with J. Dan the Bird Man
B.J. Gough Meadows ’62 reflects on his days with Professor J. Daniel Webster.
On the cover: Lake Lambert becomes the 16th president of Hanover College Oct. 3, 2015.
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In my inaugural address delivered at Homecoming, I invited the Hanover community to explore a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that I have taught repeatedly for most of my career in higher education. Its title is “A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart,” and in it King described what I see as the ultimate outcomes for a Hanover education.
A tough mind, said King, was the opposite of soft mindedness. A soft mind is easily manipulated; a soft mind always fears change; a soft mind pre-judges situations and in so doing is prejudiced. In contrast a tough mind thinks critically, analyzes facts before making decisions, and refuses to take anything—including religion or political ideology—at face value.
But King is also fearful about what a tough mind alone will do to a person. He fears a “cold and detached” rationality and the experience of being so attuned to facts and details that individuals are depersonalized. And so he insists that a tough mind must be joined by a tender heart. Together, says King, a tough mind and a tender heart are powerful; they are effective; and they have the ability to transform people and communities towards a greater good.
When our founder John Finley Crowe crossed the Ohio River from his native South, he combined a tough mind and a tender heart, knowing that he would need to be on free soil to advance the abolitionist cause. In 1833 when James Blythe was inaugurated as the first president of this college, he described in his own inaugural address the intellectual advances of his day, the need for their continued development, and the imperative for Hanover to be a college for the head and the heart.
He affirmed the need for tough-minded people to leave the college and go into the world to serve the public good.
I accepted the call of President of Hanover College because, I believe, my vision of an education for a tough mind and a tender heart is also woven deeply into the history and mission of Hanover, and I also believe this vision has enduring value in animating and guiding the work of the College in the future.
Hanover is and will continue to be a place where callings are heard and where callings are responded to, where young men and women are transformed so that they might—with tough minds and tender hearts--become agents of transformation in the world—in their workplaces, in their communities, and in the natural environment and global society that connect us all.
As we imagine the future of Hanover College, we must also celebrate and remember the great hope of our founder who began our institution with a vision and a small log cabin. We must celebrate too the hopes of alumni—alive and departed—who left our bluff on the Ohio to make a difference in the world, and we must remember the hopes of our current students who are just hearing the callings that will lead them into the world. We remember all of our shared hopes for Hanover College, its vocation today, and what it might yet become.
Thank you.
President Lake Lambert
Message from the President
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HANOVER COLLEGE & RIVER VALLEY FINANCIAL BANK PRESENT THE 2015-16 COMMUNITY ARTS SERIES
$12 adults, $10 seniors (65+) $5 youth (high school and under) Free with a Hanover College ID
Caladh Nua is a tightly-knit, vibrant and staggeringly talented band with its origins deeply rooted in the Southern counties of Ireland. Comprised of five versatile musicians and singers playing a wide selection of instruments—from banjo
to fiddle, guitar to bodhran and tin whistle to button accordion—the band has captured the essential qualities of traditional Irish music and balanced them finely with an innovative contemporary flair.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 7:30 p.m. Center For Fine Arts
hanover.edu/ARTS
HANOVER COLLEGE THEATRE PRESENTS
FOR TICKETS, Call the Hanover College campus box office at 812-866-7110
T H U R S D A Y - S U N D A Y
T H E O T H E R P L A C EFEB. 11-14|KABUKI OTHELLO
7:30 PM
by Karen Sunde, conceived and originally staged by Shozo Sato, directed by Jim Stark ’86
Shakespeare‘s story of love, jealousy and revenge is retold in the style and setting of medieval Japan, revealing the global human truths of passion and prejudice.
TICKETS FOR THEATRE:$12 adults, $10 seniors (65+) $5 youth (high school and under) Free to those with a Hanover College ID
All theatre productions are free to CAS Guest Artist Series season subscribers.
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Fokuo named newest trustee
Hanover College has elected Isaac Kwaku Fokuo Jr. ’98 to its board of trustees. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, he is the principal and founder of BOTHO Limited, which helps brownfield African businesses attract capital and become investor ready.
Fokuo Jr. is also the CEO of the African Leadership Network, a membership community of new-generation leaders in Africa that encourages intra-African trade, investment and collaboration.
A third venture is his founding of the Sino Africa Center of Excellence, which promotes collegiality and cooperation between students and those in industry and government through internships and exchanges.
Visiting instructor of chemistry. Earned his doctorate earlier this year from the University of Pittsburgh in biological chemistry.
Visiting instructor of communication. Research interests include rhetorical and public communication.
Visiting instructor of art history. Currently a doctoral candidate at CUNY’s The Graduate School.
Visiting instructor of anthropology. Research interests include ancient Mesoamerica, rock art, and globalization and sustainability, among others.
Visiting assistant professor of chemistry. Research focuses on organic chemistry, specifically antibiotics.
Visiting assistant professor of theology. Earned her doctorate from Drew University.
Timothy Cunningham
Rachel Davidson
Annie Dell’aria
Edward Hall
Dhawn Martin
James A. BanyVisiting assistant professor of sociology. Research interests focus on social inequality, race and ethnicity and gender/sexuality, among others.
Cameron Griffith
Fokuo named newest trustee Hanover College has elected Isaac Kwaku Fokuo, Jr. ’98 to its board of trustees. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, he is the principal and founder of BOTHO Limited, which helps brownfield African businesses attract capital and become investor-ready.
Fokuo is also the CEO of the African Leadership Network, a membership community of new-generation leaders in Africa that encourages intra-African trade, investment and collaboration.
A third venture is his founding of the Sino Africa Center of Excellence, which promotes collegiality and cooperation between students and those in industry and government through internships and exchanges.
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Introducing MelbaThis year, Hanover welcomes a new Vice President for Advancement, Melba Rodriguez. With her two cats, Lonnie and Hope, in tow, she comes to the College with a rich background in development, a passion for leaving a legacy, and a wicked sense of humor.
Prior to accepting the position, Rodriguez toured Hanover's campus and was attracted to its beauty—from its surroundings to the amiability of the students. Yet ultimately, she chose Hanover for its incredible mission and the ability to tackle the challenge of increasing alumni engagement.
Rodriguez began her career in a corporate role for AT&T before joining St. Augustine College in Chicago. After helping in marketing and public relations roles and crafting a bilingual academic catalogue, she then started writing grants and eventually took over development.
Rodriguez then continued in advancement-related roles for the past 20 years, mostly in liberal arts institutions. After attending school at a liberal arts college herself, liberal arts learning has always been important to Rodriguez. Reflecting on its presence
in her own life, Rodriguez believes it teaches how to articulate thoughts and words into the ability
to craft a message. She believes it is important in developing the ability
to ask questions, to search for more knowledge, and to
become conversant on many topics.
Rodriguez also values giving outside of her Hanover role. Her faith is important to her and
she displays a passion for nonprofits in the
volunteer experiences she leads in her free time.
She also is enthusiastic about being a lifelong learner, always
gaining knowledge and helping to create strategic plans to enhance organizations.
New lab, exciting possibilitiesA new addition has been added to the technology make-up of Hanover’s academic computing facilities. On Nov. 5, 2015, a dedication ceremony was held to honor the estate gift of Ellen Carlson Smaardyk ’42, whose generosity made possible a renovated space with 20 new Apple computers, tables and chairs.
The new Smaardyk Design Lab is a facility that is open to all students currently enrolled in Studio Art and Communication courses. This estate gift also provided for the purchase and installation of the latest state-of-the-art software from Adobe, enabling students to create and innovate in their respective classwork in ways previously unavailable at Hanover.
It was important to Ellen Smaardyk that her gift would impact Hanover and its future students in a profound way. As a longtime resident of Arkansas, she was very proud of her Hanover education that led her to become a librarian and a lifelong learner.
For more information on how you can make an impact with a gift, please visit hanover.edu/giving.
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THE CO$T OF COLLEGE
Sallie Mae (2014). How America Pays for College Sallie Mae | Ipsos, pp. 2-58. news.salliemae.com/files/doc_library/file/HowAmericaPaysforCollege2014FNL.pdf
It’s the time of year in which high school seniors and their parents begin thinking more intentionally about how to finance a college education. For many the start of their final semester in high school marks the first time they have seriously considered out-of-pocket cost as part of their college search. That is not to say that finances have been neglected altogether, but out-of-pocket cost is typically a different consideration than what has driven the conversation to this point in the search process.
The financial side of higher education continues to be a mysterious realm with incomplete or sometimes misleading information being doled out at seemingly random moments of the search. While financing a college education can be a
complex process, recent developments are helping to make the process more transparent for everyone.
In the 2014 edition of "How America Pays for College," Sallie Mae reported that 44% of students eliminate a college based on cost before even deciding on which colleges to research. That is to say that nearly half of the population eliminates a college or segment of colleges based on a perception of price before making any effort to research the institution, its actual price, and the financial aid options available. Their entire search is predicated on assumptions that may, in the end, prove faulty. Colleges with the lowest sticker prices do not always have the lowest out-of-pocket cost.
New resources now provide additional information in estimating for costs earlier in the process. Net Cost Calculators All colleges and universities that participate in the federal financial aid programs (i.e. Pell Grants, Direct Loans, etc.) are required to have available within three clicks of their homepage a net cost calculator. This tool estimates the out-of-pocket cost an individual student can expect to pay at that institution.
College Scorecard The U.S. Education Department has recently released the College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov) that provides additional data on how a particular school performs relative to the national average on various metrics, such as average annual cost, graduation rate, and salary after attending.
In addition to these advancements, filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will be getting easier starting in October 2016. At that time, the Education Department will release the 2017-2018 version of the FAFSA which will utilize income and asset information from the 2015 tax year. In collecting two-year-old data instead of the most recent tax information the federal government will enable nearly all applicants to utilize the IRS Data Retrieval Tool which pulls income information directly from the IRS database. Applicants will no longer have to scour tax returns looking for the right information. This may lead to award notices being sent to prospective students much earlier in the search process, providing more time for families to make informed college selections.
The financial aid process will continue to evolve each year, but the developments and resources above, if utilized by students, can provide a much clearer sense of a school’s true cost of attendance early in the admission process.
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Elisabeth McCandless Edwards ’98
An English major at Hanover, Elisabeth McCandless Edwards earned her Juris Doctor in 2002 from Indiana University, where she received recognition as a Silver Participant in the Pro Bono Program, as a member of the Dean's Student Advisory Board, and as a member of Phi Alpha Delta.
She is a founding attorney at Wanzer Edwards, where she practices in a number of areas, including family law. Founded in 2011, the law firm is focused on doing divorce differently, centering on “Promoting Peace. Protecting Family.”
In addition to these achievements, Edwards remains committed to changing the lives in her community by volunteering, helping to create IndyPC.org in 2015. She has coauthored a number of law seminars and has been invited to speak on numerous news programs.
Molly Orebaugh Dodge ’98
A political science major at Hanover, Molly Orebaugh Dodge received a Masters in Philanthropic Studies and a Masters in Nonprofit Management from Indiana University-Purdue University. Since 2007, she has worked at River Valley Resources, where she directs the Clearinghouse and the Adult Education Program.
She gives of her time and talent as a volunteer at the First Christian Church in Madison, Jefferson County House of Hope, and as a member of the Community Foundation’s Women’s Giving Circle and Tri Kappa Sorority. Dodge has been recognized for her professional contributions as a recipient of the 2015 Community Partner of the Year Award presented by the Indiana National Association of Social Workers.
Dr. Aaron Tobian ’98
After graduating, Dr. Aaron Tobian completed a combined M.D. and Ph.D. program at Case Western Reserve University. During medical school, he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He is a board certified physician and Associate Director of Transfusion Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and an Associate Professor of Pathology, Medicine and Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In addition to receiving awards for his work, Tobian has lived or worked in five developing countries; established an international HIV research program; and his research led the American Academy of Pediatrics to change its policy statement in support of male circumcision. He has also authored more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles.
Robert Baylor ’70
An avid student-athlete who played basketball and baseball, Bob Baylor majored in business administration and was a member of Lambda Chi Fraternity. After proudly serving in the Army for nine years, Baylor joined his father in the trucking business and was instrumental in growing it significantly. In addition to volunteering for and holding a number of leadership positions in trucking associations, He served as a Trustee of Hanover College for nine years.
Baylor received a number of awards for his leadership, including the first James Prout Spirit of Giving Award for his dedication and volunteerism with Wreaths Across America. He supported a number of non-profits, and biker friends of his rallied to raise more than $10,000 for ALS in his honor. He did much for his local community and was a faithful steward to Hamline Chapel United Methodist Church. Obituary on page 21
Bud King ’53
With a major in physical education, Bud King graduated from Hanover and received a graduate degree from Indiana University in 1960. A longtime sports enthusiast, he worked as a school teacher for 37 years, with the majority of those years spent in Carthage and Mays, Ind.
Through the years, many students benefited from King's wisdom and coaching skills in basketball, baseball, cross country, track, and volleyball.
Since 1996, he has served as the President of the Rush County Retired Teachers Association and, since 2000, as Chairperson of the Nominating Committee for the Indiana Retired Teachers Association.
Since his retirement, he has woven more than 2,600 baskets.
Phillip D. Scott ’64
A varsity football player and a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, Phil Scott majored in history and political science. In 1967, he graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law. He entered the USMC where he served as a member of JAG Corps; he was appointed a military judge; he reached the rank of captain.
After his military service, Scott joined the law firm of McDonald Alford and Rozell. He has acted as legal counsel in a number of high-profile cases and is listed in "Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers." He served as the managing partner and later, chairman of his law firm, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald. He led his firm when it was merged and renamed Bingham Greenebaum Doll.
Committed to faith, Scott has held leadership roles in his church and has served on the boards of many non-profits.
Alumni Achievement Award winners
Distinguished Young Alumni Award winners
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Turning trash to treasure on a global scale
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CDs, DVDs, plastic bottles, Styrofoam and other packaging materials — all these eventually become the detritus of a modern society, languishing in landfills while we ponder solutions.
Yet, Professor of Art Leticia Bajuyo takes the things we so casually throw away and turns them into art. She creates large-scale magical walls and horns from donated and discarded CDs, rugs from packing peanuts, and even a container from a McDonald’s Happy Meal is fodder her work.
Back in June, Bajuyo spent almost two weeks in Baku, Azerbaijan, to participate in the fourth annual international exhibition, “From Waste to Art,” organized by Tamiz Shahar, the country’s state-run waste disposal service and the event’s organizer. More than 20 artists from 17 countries exhibited their works in the small nation located east of Turkey and north of Iran.
“It was one of those times that I’m very grateful I have an Internet presence,” said Bajuyo of the invite. “Whether it’s through my own website (leticiabajuyo.com) or articles people have written (about me), I make sure to tag everything, so if you look up CD or environmental art, at some point in time, Google will find me.”
Bajuyo took CDs and DVDs, along with monofilament, cable ties, cable, wood and hardware to the capital city to produce “Shipshape,” an eight-by-eight-by-12-foot structure resembling the bow of a ship.
“When I make one of these forms, they’re often site-specific or related to the architecture in some way. (For this piece)
I also thought about the economy…and that’s why I made it based on a ship and its cargo. As you walk around it, is it sinking or is it rising up? It’s the bow, but it’s just a peak, and then it disappears.”
It took about 2,000 discs to complete the work, 500 of which Bajuyo brought with her from the U.S. The event organizers provided the rest.
“I liked that some of them were Azerbaijani CDs and some were Russian, with American ones mixed in … I had to fill out a long contract (including) a list of the supplies I would need and they worked really hard for me and all the other artists to have our materials (available).”
In addition to developing friendships with artists from around the world, Bajuyo was able to witness the first-ever European Games, part of the Olympic franchise, thanks to a change in the event date.
“The organizers were so generous; they were able to get all the artists tickets to the opening ceremony in the brand new stadium (built for the event),” she said. “The stadium is illuminated with LED lights and changes color, (as does) the Olympic Village where the athletes stay."
While Bajuyo creates many pieces of art that only live for a short time, often only for the life of an exhibition, “Shipshape” will be on permanent display at the Waste to Art museum Azerbaijan. Because it’s in an alcove outdoors and subject to the elements, its durability is an open to question. That’s just fine with Bajuyo.
“Given that (Tamiz Shahar) is a recycling company, if they choose not to move it indoors or decide to take it down, I’m sure they’ll do the right thing with the materials.”
The work has two large porthole-like horns on each side made from the plastic discs, giving the illusion of flowing water as if it were a ship on the Caspian Sea.
Stay tuned for changes in the next issue and pass along your ideas to Carter. Let him know what you would like to see. [email protected]
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While taking a general inventory of Hanover College’s special collections last summer, Archivist Jennifer Duplaga and her assistant, Robert Moore, came across a rare find: a cuneiform tablet, believed to date from 2600 B.C.
Initially, the tablet was on loan from the Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago to the late Professor Emerita of English Dorothy S. Bucks, who served the College from 1947-73. Bucks used the artifact for teaching purposes and donated it to the library upon her retirement. Duplaga said that kind of indefinite loan was a common practice in the 1940s.
“Cuneiform are really interesting because they’re one of the first writings to be developed,” she said. “Writing developed
in Mesopotamia due to its large civilization for the time, and the increase in commerce and trade. It was a way to document those activities.”
The cuneiform refers to Sin-gashid, king of Erech, and the building of his palace in Mesopotamia around 2600 B.C.
Duplaga and Moore also found a palm-leaf manuscript. Since there was no accompanying documentation, she said they were unsure of the manuscript’s language, but they believe it to be Pali, a form of Sanskrit developed in India. If so, then Duplaga said it would date from somewhere between 100 A.D. and 1700-1800 A.D.
“We know that palm-leaf manuscripts were really common in Southeast Asia,” she said, noting that the manuscript could possibly
be newer due to its delicate composition. “As an organic material and something that is so fragile naturally, the likelihood is that it’s from a later period.”
Though the manuscript belongs to Hanover, the College returned the cuneiform to the museum in September.
Rare artifacts found in Hanover vault
Faculty Emeritus Stan Totten visited Brown University and the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Oct. 24, to honor Warren Prell ’66, who retired after 40 years of service to the university. The celebration consisted of a full day of events featuring a round of presentations about Prell's accomplishments in the morning, followed by a cruise of Narragansett Bay in the afternoon. Prell, for many years, was the Henry L. Doherty Professor of Oceanography, and he also chaired the department. His research specialty was paleo-oceanography. He served as chief scientist on seven oceanographic expeditions which involved drilling into the seafloor to obtain sediment cores which held the history of the world’s oceans. Prell was a 2002 Hanover College Alumni Achievement Award recipient.
Prell honoredWelcome our new editor-in-chief
Stay tuned for changes in the next issue and pass along your ideas to Carter. Let him know what you would like to see. [email protected]
A great magazine is relevant, fun and thoughtful and the Hanoverian has a new editor that’s up to the task.
Carter Cloyd, Hanover’s sports information director and director of news services for 26 years, was named the new editor of the Hanoverian starting Jan. 1. It’s his work that you currently see throughout the athletic pages on the website, but now he’s branching out to spotlight Hanover alumni and the College community.
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HANOVER COLLEGE THEATRE ALUMNI PERFORMANCE
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Tom Evans, retired Hanover theater professor, returned to direct a special one-night-only performance of “You Can’t Take it With You” with five generations of alumni Oct. 24. Evans cast the roles for the famous American comedy by his memory of them as students and had directed all but a small handful of the actors in the past.
“In some ways no time has passed,” Evans said. “But particularly the ones who have gone on and stayed in the profession are very skilled, and the people who were the most skilled actors when they were in school, that talented skill is still there.”
By Brett Eppley
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CAST & CREW
Laura Huber Nutter ’77 Mera Kathryn Corlett ’10 Jenny Davis ’82 Jason McCune ’92 Terry Robinson ’74 Patrick J. McManis ’02 Clint Allen ’83 Lon Huber ’73 Leah Baker ’12 Mark Fearnow ’80 Jon Resig ’01 Nick Newell ’98 Eva Patton ’84 Jim Baird ’76 Rebecca Robinson ’92 Felisha Lovett ’13 Rene Handren ’71 Jim Stark ’86 Tony Penna ’93 Rebecca Trout Missy Stokes Pepper ’89 Lisa Koomler Kage ’97 Dee Hudson ’87 Kayla Snabl ’15
As a newly arrived freshman from Evansville, Kip McDonald ’07 was ready to soak up every aspect of college life at Hanover. Joining a fraternity, he recalled, wasn’t one of them.
“I made a commitment that I would get involved and put myself out there, but I had absolutely no interest in Greek life,” said McDonald, a double major in economics and business administration. “To the extent that I was aware of it, the impression in my head was ‘Animal House,’ and that just didn’t interest me.”
But higher education is nothing if not a place for self-discovery, and McDonald fell in with a group of friends who suggested reestablishing the Phi Gamma Delta – or Fiji – chapter on campus, which, because of rules violations, lost its charter and was removed from the college in 2001.
“I thought, ‘Here’s an opportunity to start something, and we can make it anything we want,’ ” McDonald said. “I was a recruitment chair, and then treasurer, and then chapter president. It was a long process to make sure we had good footing on campus and we were the right kind of people who were in it for the right reasons.”
The Fijis rejoined Hanover in 2004, and last fall the chapter celebrated its 150th year on campus, the longest tenure of any Greek group at Hanover. For McDonald, the experience was transformative. He credits his fraternity involvement with imparting leadership skills that made him want to go to law school. Today, he practices business litigation in Indianapolis.
For thousands of other Hanover alumni and current students, the value of their Greek involvement runs deep. Leadership skills are just part of it. Others say they prize the public service opportunities afforded them, while just as many cherish the lifelong friendships that they forged on campus.
Hanover is no ordinary institution when it comes to Greek representation on campus. Once their first semester is up (freshmen are restricted from joining any of the four fraternities and four sororities during that time so they can acclimate to college life), more than half of the college’s 1,133 students join an organization.
Nationally, Greeks represent 8 to 10 percent of all college students, said Matthew Deeg, Hanover’s assistant director of Fraternity/Sorority and Residence Life. At Hanover, up to 60 percent of men join fraternities; 44 percent of women are sorority members.
“For many of them, it’s finding a home away from home on campus,” Deeg said. “It’s a friend network, and it’s being surrounded by a group of people who are going to challenge them to become better versions of themselves.”
Fraternity and sorority roots run deep at Hanover, where leadership, camaraderie and public service reign
Kip McDonald ’07
By Andrew Faught
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That’s exactly the case with Evan Anders ’16, president of Lambda Chi Alpha.
“Being able to create goals for a body of people to work together, motivating them to do things that you couldn’t do by yourself, that’s been really impactful for me,” said Anders, a chemistry major from Brownsburg, Ind. “When you have a community of people who are like-minded, you can accomplish a lot of cool things, and that’s demonstrated by the philanthropy events that we do.”
Lambda Chi Alpha sponsors a three-week Whiffle Ball tournament in May, during which up to 80 student, faculty and staff teams – including all of the fraternities and sororities – compete and raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.
“It gets the whole campus united and it brings out the best in people,” Anders said.
Philanthropy and service weren't always part of the Greek scene.
Every month, Millie Lemen ’52, a retired physical education teacher from Terre Haute, meets at a restaurant near Indianapolis with as many as six former sorority sisters from Alpha Omega Pi, which disbanded at Hanover in the 1980s. The women socialize in much the same way they did as undergraduates (“You almost had to be in a sorority to have any social life at all,” Lemen said).
“We’re all getting old,” she quipped. But their memories are long. “Sometimes we bring in old newspapers and yearbooks and stuff like that. We had at least one major formal dance a semester, and then a couple of informal ones, and then teas and things like that. It was a different era. They don’t do things like that much anymore.”
Other activities included hikes, picnics and skit nights. There were practical implications, too. Sororities even taught proper etiquette.
“Most of us were first-generation college students, and many of us had very little social training,” Lemen said. “We learned so much there, even things like drinking coffee correctly, and being able to enjoy being out with adults. It was just tremendous for me.”
When it was chartered in 1950, Alpha Omega Pi was the third sorority at Hanover – after Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu, both of whose college chapters are more than 100 years old. With 750 students, Hanover’s enrollment was on the rise “and the College felt they needed a third sorority,” Lemen said.
Greek organizations served a particular purpose when they were developed in the 19th century. Then, Deeg said, learning stressed “memorization and regurgitation.” “Students couldn’t talk about the themes of the day,” he added. “And so fraternities allowed them to get together to discuss deeper topics beyond just rote memorization.”
Meeting minutes testify to that. Students read and critiqued one another’s papers and essays, and they’d also make speeches on current events.
Sororities emerged in the 1850s, at a time when female participation in higher education was readily dismissed, Deeg said. “So they said, ‘Well, we’ll just start our own to prove that we can do this,’ as well as to provide a support group for themselves.”
Heather McDonald ’96 had her heart set on attending Butler University, but she visited Hanover while she was still in high school, at the prodding of her parents. The trip down Scenic Drive upended her plans.
“It was just so beautiful,” the Columbus, Ind., resident said. “I felt like I was going into a different world.”
It wasn’t her only transformative moment. McDonald, a history major who is a program coordinator at Ivy Tech Community
Millie Lemen ’52
Evan Anders ’16
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College in Columbus, was interested in joining a sorority, but she was ambivalent. “You hear so many myths, so many stories that they’re elitist,” she said. “You don’t necessarily know if it’s going to be a good thing. At Hanover, I found out that wasn’t the case.”
McDonald joined Chi Omega, which, like all Greek organizations, is required to maintain strong grades to keep its charter. McDonald said she appreciated the built-in pressure to excel. Greek grade point averages, it turns out, are higher than non-Greek GPAs, according to Deeg.
Last semester, the collective sorority GPA was 3.37, compared to “unaffiliated” women, who averaged 3.13; among fraternities, the GPA was 3.03, compared to 2.78 for non-fraternity members.
As at any institution, Greek Life at Hanover is an evolution. For one, there are discussions about adding an African-American chapter, Deeg said. Other developments are less than savory. The Phi Delta Theta fraternity is on probation, but the chapter has embraced the opportunity to change “and become a better group on campus,” Deeg added. Their year-long probation, which prescribes conditions to continue operating, is scheduled to end in 2016.
There also are efforts to better publicize fraternities to first-year students. Sororities, he added, are more effective at recruiting members.
Fraternity/Sorority and Residence Life this year developed “Fraternity 101,” a series of meetings for any first-year men who are considering pledging. The event, Deeg said, is an attempt to stress the values of joining an organization – from keeping up grades to conducting service activities to undergoing personal development.
“Our fraternities have kind of struggled with that,” Deeg said. “Their recruitment events are more like, let’s get to know one another and enjoy each other in kind of that brotherhood
sense. They don’t necessarily reference or talk about the values, the obligations, and the things that you have to do when you join a fraternity.”
Anders, of Lambda Chi Alpha, agreed.
“There’s always room for improvement,” he said. “There’s never a time when you can stop improving. Our goal is to do philanthropy projects every semester. It’s something that we’re getting better at, I think. We’re creating more opportunities for guys to lead their peers, and that motivates them to give back more. We’re moving in that direction.”
For the second straight year, Deeg is coordinating the Legacy Project, in which asks all Greek organizations to share how they’re making their members better in five areas: academics (“We want to know how they’re making their members better, not just ‘oh, we’re doing well.’ ”), friendship, service and philanthropy, and personal growth and leadership development.
For Joe Beardsley ’72 of Waverly, Ind., his Lambda Chi Alpha experience has created a lasting legacy in a much different way. Every year since 1973, he’s hosted a chili dinner for his fraternity brothers and Hanover luminaries, including former President Sue DeWine, who twice joined the feast.
It’s one of up to six functions, including golf outings and an Indianapolis 500 race party, that Beardsley and his fraternity brothers hold throughout the year.
“You have brothers and sisters when you grow up, and then you go to college and have brothers in the fraternity. They’re very similar,” said Beardsley, a retired OB/GYN who delivered 4,000 babies over the course of his career. “I would hate to think of a small college without a Greek system. It gives you a family.”
Joe Beardsley ’72
Heather McDonald ’96; above, far right.
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By Lindsay Rainey Faulstick ’07
I have been a part of two College presidential inaugurations in my nine years as a student affairs practitioner on four different campuses. Most recently, my experiences as part of the inauguration of Hanover’s 16th president, Lake Lambert, was one for the history books—especially in light of Inauguration coinciding with Homecoming, allowing for alumni and friends to travel into town for two major events in the life of the institution. As a current staff member at Hanover, as well as an alumna from the class of 2007, I feel exceptionally fortunate to have been a part of the two celebrations. The unique perspective I gained that week as an alumna and current staff member has propelled my pride in Hanover College to new levels.
The week leading up to Inauguration was full of interesting and exciting events for students, alumni, and friends of the College. I was able to spend time in our residence halls with students socializing over desserts and small talk with incoming President Lambert and his wife, Kelly. The turnout to spend time getting to know our new president and his family was great, and the students left happy and full of delicious desserts! I was also able to spend time at a similar function with alumni and friends of the College, which also had a phenomenal turnout, and was complete with Lambert expressing his desire for our students to graduate with two things: the ability to make a living and to make a difference. His sentiments were well-received, with the room affirming these two things as our hope for graduates as well.
Once the weekend began, the festivities picked up even more. As the Class of 2007 representative in the installation ceremony, alongside my husband, Ben, the Class of 2006 representative, it was an honor to help usher Lambert into the rank of president. While the rain, wind, and cold did not stop for the event, it was meaningful to share the experience at The Point, alongside fellow alumni, faculty, and staff members. Afterwards, the party began with HanoverFest at the tailgate lot—families, friends, and other employees gathered to celebrate the Homecoming game and Inauguration with a beer-tasting tent featuring alumni-owned breweries. This new and exciting addition was a fun way to support our alumni brewers and brewery owners, while honoring Lambert, himself an at-home brewer.
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My experience with the fun and revelry of Inauguration and Homecoming ended with the Gala at the Science Center. It’s amazing to see that the building—constructed just prior to my attendance at Hanover—is still a beautiful place to host events and experience scientific exhibits. The music was lovely, the company was fantastic, and class reunions were in full swing. It is so fun to share my experiences as a recent addition to the staff of Hanover with friends and classmates who returned. While a repeat of an inauguration coinciding with a Homecoming weekend is not likely to happen again in decades, I am so glad I was able to experience it from the perspective of an alumna and staff member, able to see the bigger picture of the state of Hanover College and the excitement of the welcoming of a new era under the leadership of President Lambert. I am thrilled to see where it takes us!
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Dozens of students, faculty, alumni and other community guests gathered Saturday, Oct. 3, braving a rainy fall morning at The Point to celebrate the inauguration of the College’s 16th president.
Many guests donned academic regalia while others brought coats and umbrellas to ward off the 46-degree temperatures and light rain as college officials installed Lake Lambert III to the school’s top administrative position. Lambert began his tenure on July 1 following the retirement of Hanover College’s 15th president, Sue DeWine.
Hanover College Board of Trustees Chairman Mark Levett welcomed guests to the event, noting the importance of the day.
“Few events are more important in the life of a college than inauguration of a president,” Levett said.
Levett thanked and recognized special guests, including the representatives from 70 graduating classes – the most ever for any presidential inauguration at Hanover – and faculty.
“You are the kind of support that will enable Hanover to achieve even greater success,” he said.
Madison, Ind., Mayor Damon Welch brought greetings on behalf of the Madison community. Welch noted he was impressed with Lambert’s brief remarks during the announcement of his selection to lead the College earlier this year and again with the vision for the College Lambert spoke of earlier in the week.
“Again, I was impressed with what Dr. Lambert had to say about his goals for Hanover graduates,” he said. “First, that they would leave here prepared to make a living in their chosen field. And second, that they would be prepared to make a difference in their communities – and not just a difference, but to be leaders in their communities.”
Students and alumni also brought greetings to the College’s new president and told of their trust in his future leadership of the College.
Student Senate President Jacob Redmond told the audience that his first impression of the College’s new president was somewhat misguided.
“When they first told me last school year that we were going to be getting Lake Lambert on campus, I was very excited that we were finally going to have a place to swim,” Redmond commented, garnering laughs from the audience. “But to my surprise, we were getting something even better.”
Working with Lambert during the last few months has shown Redmond just how hard-working and dedicated Lambert is to his family and the students on campus. With just a month of school completed, Redmond said he – and several other students on campus – was impressed with Lambert’s willingness to be out and listen to students’ often long rants or ridiculous demands.
“It is for reasons like this, though that while I may not know his personal directions for the College or the student body, I have no doubt that he will take into account the individual students when he’s moving forward with plans to address the long-term needs of the College," Redmond said.
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John Pollom, Alumni Association President, said he brought good wishes from all of the 11,758 Hanover College alumni – many of whom Lambert has met or will get to meet during his tenure through the many sporting events or alumni events on campus.
Pollom added alumni often don’t see Hanover just as the college they attended for their education. They see it as their home, although they may not be there all the time.
“As you probably noticed last night, we already feel comfortable in your house and comfortable traipsing through your backyard,” he said.
He also noted the College was the place where many met spouses, made mistakes, learned life lessons and found life-long friends.
“We want you to succeed, and we stand willing to help you however we can to ensure the College’s best days are in front of it, even as we secretly believe things have been sliding backward ever since we left.”
Other speakers during the inauguration included: William Tereshko of Hanover’s Faculty Steering Committee; Jeffrey Arnold, the executive director of the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities; and Richard L. Ludwick, president of the Independent Colleges of Indiana.
Walter Bouzard Jr. and Kathryn Kleinhans, professors at Wartburg College who worked alongside Lambert, also spoke of Lambert’s dedication to teaching and higher education during the event.
“You’ll be blessed by a president who knows how to dream dreams and bring them to pass,” Bouzard said.
Originally from Nashville, Tenn., Lambert graduated from Emory University in Georgia with a bachelor of arts degree in economics and history and a master's degree in theological studies. He earned his doctorate from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1997.
Lambert began his career at Wartburg, a private liberal arts college in
Waverly, Iowa. He served as a professor of religion and Board of Regents Chair in Ethics at Wartburg from 1996 to 2010. During his last two years at Wartburg, he served as assistant dean of academic planning and directed the college’s strategic planning process.
Lambert served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Mercer University, a private university in Macon, Ga., prior to his selection as Hanover College’s top administrator.
“I am greatly honored to accept the call to be the 16th president of Hanover College,” Lambert said.
“Without question, this is a challenging time for a liberal arts education and for small liberal arts colleges. But I also have every confidence that Hanover will thrive and excel as we build upon the foundation laid by those before us.”
By Renee Bruck
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Traveling the world to promote and celebrate the legacy of William Shakespeare isn’t without its occupational hazards
Catherine Fannin Peel ’01, International Education and Development Executive for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust was with friends dining on steak tartare and purple artichokes in Paris on Nov. 13 when, just a 15-minute walk away, terrorists were turning the French capital into a killing ground.
“Everyone around us was suddenly on their cell phones, and we finished our dinner probably a bit quicker than we normally would have,” said Peel, who was in the City of Light to plan projects surrounding next year’s 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. “And then we went home very aware of our surroundings and what was unfolding.”
More than 450 years ago, it was the Bard whose plays and sonnets bespoke themes that continue to resonate in the modern world: revenge, ambition, deceit and power, among them.
For Peel, whose job is to expose Shakespeare to new audiences around the globe and develop new educational partnerships for the Trust, they’re ideas that get to the heart of the human condition.
She read her first Shakespeare play – “Julius Caesar” – as a high school freshman in Louisville. Her life wouldn’t be the same.
“Everything we had studied up to then was make-believe, so to think that here was an artistic interpretation based on factual events was fascinating,” Peel said. “This was a story about people who very much informed the foundation of modern society today – and it was exciting.”
Since 2009, Peel has worked for the Trust, based in Shakespeare’s hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. The organization is the world's leading non-profit promoting the enjoyment and understanding of Shakespeare's work, life and times.
There, she works with international teachers and cultural partners to create and deliver programs on Shakespeare’s works to inspire audiences to engage with the resources available at the Trust either in person or digitally. “We welcome just over 850,000 people a year through our doors here in Stratford-upon-Avon, and do as much work in other countries as possible to meet people who cannot come to us. My work takes me into schools, lecture halls, theatres, prisons, and every summer I direct a show as part of a festival which takes place in the gardens of Leo Tolstoy’s house in Yasnaya Polyana. You’ve never heard ‘To Be Or Not to Be’ until you’ve heard it quietly whispered by over a 1,000 Russian audience members in a forest under the stars as they watch your actor
reciting it on the stage. ” Peel said. “It is a moment that makes you realize how powerful an author Shakespeare still is today.”
It was at Hanover that Peel, a theater major, took her Shakespeare passion full bore. She performed in campus productions of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Macbeth,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” and “Romeo and Juliet.”
She enrolled at the College in large part because of the theatre program. But it was during her sophomore and senior years that she took part in Hanover’s Shakespeare in England Spring Term class in Stratford-upon-Avon. “That class will always be one of the highlights of my life. I got to see and experience some incredible things with people who still, to this day, are some of my dearest friends. I would have never thought about living and working in Europe if it hadn’t been for the life experiences and opportunities that class provided.”
She returned to England several years later to pursue a pair of master’s degrees from the Shakespeare Institute. These days, Peel travels at least twice a month, to destinations that include South Korea, Russia, Europe and America, all for Shakespeare. She meets with ministries of culture, ambassadors and their cultural teams, literary societies and teachers.
“There is no wrong way to approach and ‘do’ Shakespeare. From science to history to dance to Minecraft – Shakespeare can
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Peel with volunteers from LIFT-DC for the 2015 EU Open House and USA launch of 'Red Nose Day' at British Ambassador Sir Peter Westmacott's Washington D.C. residence.
Peel (center) with Tom and Barbara Farrar Evans ’69 (left), Chip ’73 and Diane Watt Egan ’72 (right) during the Shakespeare in England reunion tour.
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be taught through any lens. We empower teachers to approach Shakespeare the way they feel comfortable, and over 12,000 schools across England are now taking part in our Shakespeare Week campaign, which we are rolling out an international version this spring. The football, space and hip-hop projects are going to blow your mind.” Peel continues, “Everybody thinks that Shakespeare either has to be read or performed. We’re saying, ‘No, you can teach him through any medium.’ This is about keeping Shakespeare accessible. We want to make sure that your first experience with Shakespeare is a good one.”
Bringing people together and giving them a collective creative voice is what spurs her on. “There is a huge amount of resources available at the Trust. From the five Shakespeare houses, to the archive collection, to the fact that this is the town that inspired Shakespeare himself – it’s a huge opportunity to come here and be part of it all.”
“You’ve got to make big plans and risk looking like a wide-eyed dreamer sometimes to get people to realize you’re serious – but then no small dreams or tiny plans are going to change the world. So you’ve got to play your hand and give it your all. I think this ethos and work ethic was cemented in me when I was at Hanover – Doc Evans and Jim Stark ’86 never told us we couldn’t do a project we were passionate about doing. We were a small, mighty band of determined individuals with big ideas and projects we were passionate about and the only way to make them reality was to park our ego at the door, come together and work hard until we collectively succeeded.”
“The most important part to me about working for the Trust is connecting people and uniting organizations to create projects that will have some sort of lasting positive impact,” she said. “I want to give them experiences similar to the ones I had at Hanover, that they can look back on positively for the rest of their lives.”
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ALUMNI NEWS We rememberFLOYD BOWERMAN ’39, of Vero Beach, Fla., died Sept. 17, 2014 at age 102.VIRGINIA PETERS PARKER ’36, of Braymer, Mo., died June 15, 2015 at age 99.ELIZABETH AMOS '37, of La Porte, Ind., died Oct. 27, 2015 at age 100.PEG ASPINALL SNYDER ’39, of Hanover, Ind., died July 28, 2015 at age 97.RUTH HUSBAUER BRUEGGEMAN ’40, of Tinley Park, Ill., died April 1, 2015 at age 97.JANET CATHERINE COWEN ’41, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Aug. 27, 2015 at age 96.WEYMOUTH FOGELBERG ’42, of Casa Grande, Ariz., died Sept. 6, 2013 at age 94.ROSENELL TODD BREEDING ’43, of Madison, Ind., died Oct. 4, 2014 at age 94.ANNA MILLER SCHANKEL ’44, of East Norriton, Pa., died Aug. 16, 2015 at age 93.MAUZY MCMANUS ’45, of Yorktown, Ind., died July 15, 2015 at age 92.BILL NEWTON ’45 of Tucson, Ariz., died June 19, 2015 at age 92.MARY LOUISE ELLIS ELLENBERGER ’46, of Glen Arm, Md., died May 25, 2015 at age 90.PHYLLIS MCCORMICK SASSER ’47, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Nov. 27, 2015 at age 90.JOE ERNI ’48, of Sun City Center, Fla., died June 18, 2015 at age 93.COLLEEN GIBSON ROWLETT ’48, of Monroe, Ohio, died July 20, 2015 at age 88.JEAN WELLS SMITH ’49, of Evans, Ga., died June 20, 2015 at age 87.JACK WILSON ’49, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died Aug. 25, 2015 at age 91.THOMAS MAY ’50, of Vevay, Ind., died Oct. 31, 2015 at age 87.JOHN SELIG ’50, of Lexington, Ind., died Sept. 25, 2015 at age 89.RICHARD BLOCK ’51, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died Sept. 19, 2015 at age 89.NORMAN BRODIE ’52, of Galesburg, Ill., died June 6, 2015 at age 85. NADINE ADAMS MCJILTON ’52, of Battle Ground, Wash., died Oct. 12, 2013 at age 83. ROBERT NAY ’52, of Scottsburg, Ind., died Nov. 30, 2013 at age 85.
ROY MCCHESNEY '53, of Bradenton, Fla., died Nov. 14, 2015 at age 86.BOB KIRKPATRICK ’53, of Indianapolis, Ind., died June 27, 2015 at age 84.GLO MILES ’53, of Athens, Ga., died Sept. 17, 2015 at age 83.ROBERT MYERS ’53, of Knightstown, Ind., died Sept. 19, 2015, at age 83.MARY WENZEL SANDERS ’53 of Barrington, Ill., died July 19, 2015 at age 84.BOB SANDERS ’53 of Barrington, Ill., died June 25, 2015 at age 85.SHIRLEY HUNGATE WEERSING ’53, of Holland, Mich., died July 8, 2015 at age 83.LUCIA BARNES CRAWFORD '55, of Greenwood, Ind., died Nov. 1, 2015 at age 82.ED HYATT ’55, of St. Cloud, Fla., died May 13, 2015 at age 82.FRANK E. NEGANGARD ’55, of Moseley, Va., died Dec. 20, 2015 at age 82. MILTON BAAS ’56, of Franklin, Ind., died July 25, 2015 at age 80.MARY ROTHROCK FISCHER ’56, of Huntington, Ind., died May 28, 2015 at age 81.JOYCE KROUSE HALE ’57, of Delphos, Ind., died Sept. 30, 2015 at age 80.JIM SNYDER ’57, of Palm Desert, Calif., died May 17, 2015 at age 80.BILLY HAGUE '58, of Seymour, Ind., died Nov. 14, 2015 at age 81.MARY ANN HARPER WURSTER ’59, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Oct. 18, 2015 at age 78.TIM BROWN ’60, of Keene, N.H., died Oct. 23, 2014 at age 77.DON HENDERSON ’60, of Madison, Ind., died June 14, 2014 at age 79.PHILLIP SMITH ’60, of Bloomington, Ind., died Nov. 27, 2015 at age 77.RALPH HAYCRAFT ’61, of Bloomington, Ind., died Nov. 27, 2015 at age 76.RONALD YOUNG ’61, of Turners Station, Ky., died Jan. 12, 2015 at age 76.PENNY CROOK CILO ’62, of Wallingford, Conn., died May 29, 2015 at age 74.JOHN SARGENT ’62, of Deputy, Ind., died Sept. 5, 2015 at age 79.
JACK MOULTON FLETCHER ’63, of Muncie, Ind., died Jan. 2, 2016 at age 74. MARGARET COATES HILL ’64, of Santa Fe, N.M., died Sept. 13, 2015 at age 73.DAVE RAILSBACK ’64, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, died July 26, 2015 at age 73.DON VOILES ’65, of Kokomo, Ind., died July 3, 2015 at age 71.PATRICIA NELSON WEED '65, of Buffalo Creek, Colo., died Nov. 11, 2015 at age 72.THOMAS TIMMINS '66, of Friendswood, Texas, died Nov. 17, 2015 at age 72.DANIEL BRECKENRIDGE '67, of Rindge, N.H., died Nov. 19, 2015 at age 70.CHUCK HOWARD ’67, of Crawfordsville, Ind., died July 22, 2015 at age 70.MIKAL MARR URBAN ’67, of Marietta, Ga., died Sept. 3, 2015 at age 69.LINDA MCMURTRIE FOSTER ’68, of LaGrange, Ky., died July 30, 2015 at age 68.MARK BLASKE ’71, of Louisville, Ky., died Oct. 18, 2015 at age 66.EUGENE GRISWOLD ’71, of Palmer, Mass., died June 11, 2015 at age 65.CARL SHABICA ’71, of Charlotte, N.C., died Aug. 11, 2015 at age 68.DAVID COSTIN ’78, of Upper Arlington, Ohio, died Aug. 27, 2015 at age 61.SHARON PERKINSON ’80, of LaGrange, Ky., died May 24, 2015 at age 56. TOM FURNISH ’81, of Columbus, Ind., died June 30, 2015 at age 57.TRACY JOYCE ’84, of Milton, Ky., died Nov. 8, 2014 at age 52.C. THOMAS BIGGS ’88, of Scipio, Ind., died July 27, 2015 at age 49.LAMARR WINBURN ’90, of Indianapolis, Ind., died March 3, 2015 at age 46.BETH SHOEMAKER MAST ’91, of Fortville, Ind., died April 8, 2015 at age 46.Former housekeeper BETTY CLEFFMAN, of Hanover, Ind., died July 17, 2015 at age 76.Former housekeeper JAMIE CHANDLER, of Milton, Ky., died Aug. 11, 2015 at age 48.Former faculty member JOE WEITZ, of Fort Collins, Colo., died July 22, 2015 at age 95. Weitz taught geology from 1961-62.Former faculty member DEAN RUNYON, of Madison, Ind., died May 14, 2015 at age 71.
JOHN WITTICH ’79, of West Chester, Ohio, died July 9, 2015 at age 58. Born May 24, 1957 in Greencastle, Ind., to John and Leah Elliott Wittich, he graduated from Jacksonville High School (Ill.).At Hanover, Wittich majored in psychology and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity. He earned a master’s degree from Miami University (Ohio). Wittich spent his career as a psychologist, working in several school systems, starting in Vermilion City Schools (Ohio). He spent most of his career in the Lakota School District in West Chester, Ohio and spent the last year of his career with Talawanda City Schools in Cincinnati.Working with children was not just Wittich’s career; it was his life and passion. Even when he was on vacation, he would carry his clipboard creating new and meaningful ways to work with the students. Hanover College held a special place in his heart as most of his family attended the same school. He served on the Alumni Board in several different capacities, most recently as president-elect. Surviving are his wife of 34 years, Tami Ferguson Wittich ’81; three children, including John Kenneth Wittich ’14; two grandchildren; father; two sisters, including Jane Wittich Tock ’72; and many additional extended family, friends and colleagues.
BOB BAYLOR ’70, a Milan, Ind. trucking executive and active community member, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. Baylor was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and a collegiate letterman in baseball and basketball. As newlyweds, Baylor and his wife, Beth, went to Miami University where they both received master's degrees in education. Baylor joined the United States Army in 1971 and was stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va., where he coached basketball for the West Point Prep School. After proudly serving his country in the Army, he returned to Indiana to teach and coach high school basketball.In 1975, Baylor joined his father and brother in the family business where they transformed the company from a handful of trucks to becoming a nationally award-winning fleet.He was extremely active with industry associations. He served on the American Trucking Association (ATA) Board of Directors and Nominating Committee as well as Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Executive and Scholarship Committee. With these positions he was a passionate advocate for industry safety and innovation for all transportation issues. Baylor was also a past chairman of the Indiana Motor Truck Association and received their Founders Award of recognition. He was awarded with the first James Prout “Spirit of Giving” award for his dedication and volunteerism with Wreaths Across America. Baylor served as a Trustee for his alma mater Hanover College for nine years and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Murat Shrine of Indianapolis, Southeastern Indiana Shrine Club and Milan American Legion. He served his local community as a faithful steward to Hamline Chapel United Methodist Church and loved riding his motorcycle across the country numerous times to raise funds for Victory Junction Camp for children.
DARIN J. EDWARDS ’90, age 47, formerly of Richmond, Ind., died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at his home in Indianapolis, Ind. Born December 25, 1967, in Richmond, Ind., to Jay C. and Donna Polver Edwards.Edwards lived in Richmond, Ind.; Baltimore, Md.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Indianapolis, Ind. He was a 1986 graduate of Richmond High School and a 1990 graduate of Hanover College where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. Edwards was the director of real estate lending at Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority. He was a past member of the Indianapolis Rugby Club and served on the Hanover College Alumni Association Board. Edwards enjoyed playing football and rugby. He loved American military history. He had a great sense of humor and was passionate about helping low-income families and others who needed his help. He was a deeply compassionate and sincere man.
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1951
PAT MCDONALD MOTE is the co-author of “Berea,” from the “Images of Modern America” series. Penned with Susan Lee, the book contains more than 150 images of the Cleveland suburb, once called “the sandstone capital of the world.”
1968
The Wittenberg University Board of Directors has unanimously elected DR. DICK HELTON, president emeritus of Vincennes University, as the university’s interim president, Board Chair Thomas J. Murray announced today. Helton began his service on Jan. 11.
1976
The Best Lawyers in America, a peer-review publication, has named attorney JACK WHEAT as the Louisville (Ky.) Litigation – Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year for 2016. Only one lawyer in each high-profile legal specialty in large legal communities earns this distinction. He previously received the Lawyer of the Year honor in 2015 for trademark law for the Louisville area. Additionally, Wheat has been on the Top 50 Attorneys in Kentucky list consecutively since 2011 by Kentucky Super Lawyers. Wheat is a partner at Stites & Harbison, PLLC, in its intellectual property and technology service
group. His primary practice covers trademark, copyright and patent infringements, and he has served as lead counsel in infringement litigation in approximately 30 states.
1977
STEVE COLLIER was elected Mayor of Lawrence, Ind. 14th largest city in the state. Both of his children, wife and son-in-law attended Hanover.
1999
RYAN ’98 and ANNETTE DOUGLASS MORAVEC announce the birth of their son, Guy Anthony, Sept. 14, 2014. Guy joins big brothers Zane, 10, and Van, 5.
2000
Pike High School in Indianapolis has named JASON HOHLT its new head girls’ basketball coach. He has served as a social studies teacher at the school for the past 11 years. Hohlt has coached two Indiana All-Stars as an assistant coach at Pike and has a junior all-star returning to his team for the 2015-2016 season.
JANE DALL WILSON along with husband Bradley and daughter Veronica joyfully welcomed Anthony Robert ("Tony") into the family on Sept. 1, 2015. Tony weighed in at 9 pounds 8 ounces and 21.25 inches long.
2002
KYLE EHRHARDT '03 and SARAH OPICHKA EHRHARDT have moved to Denver, Colo. Kyle recently obtained his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has joined the University of Colorado Denver Business School as assistant professor of management. Sarah continues in her role as a partner in the estate planning practice area with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, with plans to expand her practice from Wisconsin into Colorado and Utah.
2008
SPENCER SHEEHAN has accepted a position with General Electric Company as a Direct Area Sales Manager, overseeing territories in Indiana, Michigan and parts of Ohio.
2010
MEGAN DOWNEY SCHREEG earned her doctorate in comparative biomedical sciences at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, July 2015. Her dissertation work investigated ways to diagnose, treat and prevent cytauxzoonosis, a malaria-like disease that is highly pathogenic to domestic cats. Schreeg completed her doctoral studies as a part of the NCSU-CVM combined DVM/PhD Program. Currently, she is continuing her doctorate of veterinary medicine training, and anticipates graduating with her DVM May 2017.
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1998
SUSAN THOMPSON MULLALLY announces the newest addition to her family. Roisin Grace Mullally was born January 26, 2014 in Santa Clara, CA, and is now a very curious one-year-old. Her older brother Patrick, now 3 years old, is enjoying the extra giggles in the house, but does not enjoy having to share his toys.
2002
CATHY BLOSE COPELAND and her husband, Adam, announce the birth of their daughter, Gwendolyn Catherine, April 20, 2015, 9 pounds 5 ounces, 20 inches. They write, “She’s thriving and her brother, Latham, 3, adores his baby sister. We’re enjoying being a family of four.”
2005
NICK AND HEATHER ESAREY DYER announce the birth of their son, Nolan Nicholas, March 24, 2015, 8 pounds 5 ounces, 21 inches. Along with big sister Ellie, the family resides in Phoenix.
2002
KATIE MILTNER and her husband, Scott Dust, announce the birth of their first child, daughter Caroline Kay, June 29, 2015. Miltner continues to work for a U.S. District Judge and Dust serves as assistant professor of management at Miami University's Farmer School of Business.
2008
ZACHARY CARESS and ABIGAIL FULTON CARESS '09 welcomed their firstborn, Ezekiel Mark Caress (7 pounds 2 ounces, 19.5 inches), on May 20, 2015—just days after Zachary graduated from Anderson University (Ind.) with his Master of Divinity. In August, the family moved from Indianapolis when Zachary accepted the call to serve as head pastor for Grace Evangelical Church in Olney, Illinois.
2003
PJ and TRACY ZACK SCHLUGE ’02 announce the birth of their first child, son Zackary John, April 30, 2015, 8 pounds 11 ounces. He joins a big Hanover family including uncles and his grandfather KEN ZACK ’73. The family resides in Indianapolis.
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Class notes
Saturday, March 12Alumni Awards Brunch/S.A.N.D.
Tuesday, March 15Alumni Night @ Indiana Pacers
Sunday, April 3President Lambert Fairlawn Pres. Church
Saturday, May 28Commencement 50-year March
Thursday, June 16Pub Night
DATES TO REMEMBER
2011
MARLY COLDIRON graduated with a master of arts degree in arts policy and administration, with a specialization in museum education, from The Ohio State University May 10, 2015.
2013
BRIAN GUNTER married KAYLA GREEN ’12 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Louisville, Ky., March 14, 2015. Many of their Hanover friends attended, with several serving as bridesmaids and groomsmen on the couple’s big day.
RACHEL SLADE married DEVON SHARPE on the Quad at Hanover College on October 17, 2015. Officiating in the wedding part were fellow Hanoverians CAREEN TURNER ’14, DANI O’NEILL ’15, NICK ROSE, NICK HAMBLEN and AUSTIN STAGMAN.
MEGAN WILKENING married Neil Kirk May 9, 2015, at Gamba Ristorante in Merrillville, Ind. MICHAELIA GILBERT ’08 read Max Ehrmann's “Desiderata” at the ceremony. JANNA LYNCH and BENJAMIN OESTERLING ’09 also attended. The couple enjoyed a road trip to New Orleans, La., for their honeymoon, and currently reside in Evansville, Ind., where Wilkening works as a staff attorney for the Indiana Department of Child Services and Kirk, a software engineer, eagerly awaits employment authorization and cares for the couple’s rambunctious cats. The couple met when Wilkening studied abroad for a semester at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 2009.
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Thursday, June 16Pub Night
DATES TO REMEMBER
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Amanda Arnsperger Black ’00 has always felt compelled to be involved, from playing collegiate sports at Hanover College to being active in the Indianapolis investment community as Director at Capital Cities to coaching Zionsville Little League. In 2012, then-governor Mitch Daniels appointed Black to the board for the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, where she was elected as the chairperson in 2015.
More recently, Black decided to take her commitment to public service to the next level. She applied to the Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series and was one of 20 Indiana women selected for the year-long political leadership program. “I’m grateful for this catalyst to expand my political leadership skills,” said Black of the opportunity. “I look forward to seeing how the Lugar Series will shape my next step in the realm of public service.”
“The Lugar Series has been training and preparing great Republican women for leadership roles in public service for more than 25 years and I am very fortunate to have a number of these women serving key roles in my administration,” said Gov. Mike Pence ’81. “Amanda Black is one shining example – I am proud of her leadership and service to the State of Indiana as the Chair of the Board for the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.”
Amanda Black was born in northern Kentucky and attended Campbell County High School. She has made Indiana her home since earning her bachelor’s degree from Hanover College and her Master of Business Administration degree from Anderson University. She is Director of Client Strategy at Indianapolis-based Capital Cities, LLC, where she consults with foundations, universities, corporations and public funds on investment-related matters. She resides in Zionsville with her husband, Jay Black ’00 and two children.
Committed to Serve
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Thomas Mayer ’73
Erin Matson Reder
Robert Johnson
James Hammond
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Michelle Cline Holmes
Former standouts James Hammond ’79, Michelle Cline Holmes ’92, Robert Johnson ’71, Thomas Mayer ’73 and Erin Matson Reder ’03 were inducted into the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame during its 21st annual ceremony.
Hammond played four seasons with Hanover’s basketball squad and two seasons on the Panthers’ tennis team. He scored 1,203 career points and helped lead the basketball squad to three Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference championships and one National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) District 21 title.
Named the basketball squad’s most valuable player as a senior, Hammond also earned all-conference and all-district honors that season. He was additionally an all-conference selection for the tennis team as a senior and earned all-district 21 and team most valuable player honors.
The college recognized Hammond as its outstanding senior male athlete in 1979.
Holmes was a four-time all-Hoosier Conference for Women performer for Hanover’s cross country team and earned all-conference honors with the track & field squad. She qualified for the NAIA national championships in 1991 and earned all-Little State honors as a freshman and junior.
She was a member of Hanover’s first two intercollegiate women’s track & field teams (1991-92) and set school records in the 1,500-, 3,000- and 5,000-meter events.
A four-time all-NAIA scholar-athlete recipient, Holmes was named Hanover’s top senior female athlete in 1992 and also received the College’s Long Citation as outstanding senior woman.
Johnson was a four-year member of Hanover’s football squad. The NAIA awarded him with all-American honors after his senior season, despite a knee injury that limited his playing time. Johnson was also a three-time all-Hoosier Collegiate Conference and all-NAIA District 21 defensive end.
In the spring of 1972, he became the second player in school history picked in the National Football League draft; the Kansas City Chiefs took him in
the 16th round. Though released by the Chiefs during the preseason, the Chicago Bears picked him before another injury to his knee ultimately derailed his playing career.
In addition to Johnson’s efforts on the football field, he also threw the shot put and discus for Hanover’s track & field team for three seasons and was a member of the wrestling team for one season.
Mayer was unable to attend the induction ceremony. He was a two-year starter at linebacker for Hanover’s football team and earned all-Hoosier Collegiate Conference honors as a sophomore. A leg injury ended his playing career during his junior season, but he still earned post-graduate tryouts with the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings.
Instead of chasing a playing career, Mayer elected to pursue a career in medicine. After earning his medical degree, he completed his residency in Utah and later held emergency medical appointments in Florida for a decade.
In 2001, while serving as chair of the department of emergency medicine at a hospital in Fairfax, Va., Mayer served as director of medical assets while treating those injured during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. The afternoon of the attack, it was Mayer who requested the American flag hang from the damaged Pentagon wall. It quickly became one of the iconic images from the tragedy.
Mayer, who earned a Hanover Alumni Achievement Award in 2004, also served as the first medical director of the National Football League. In that role, he was responsible for oversight of the care of all NFL athletes.
Reder was a four-time most valuable runner and all-Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference honoree for Hanover’s cross country team. She was a three-time academic all-American and the school’s first runner to qualify and compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) III national cross country championship.
Additionally a four-year member of Hanover’s track & field team, Reder earned all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior. Named the team’s most valuable runner as a senior, Hanover also named her the College’s outstanding senior female athlete that same year.
Started in 1995, the Athletic Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have served Hanover athletics with distinction, either as an undergraduate or in years after leaving the institution. The hall of fame, which resides in the Horner Center, currently honors more than 100 individuals.
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PANTHERFOOTBALL
Hanover College has named Matt Theobald ’96 the head coach of its football program. Theobald returns to Hanover’s sidelines after serving as an assistant head coach, offensive and defensive coordinator at Franklin College from 2003-15.
“We are thrilled to have Matt back at Hanover College as our new coach,” said Athletic Director Lynn Nichols Hall ’82. “His experience coaching both offense and defense will be helpful in rebuilding our program.”
While at Franklin, Theobald guided one of the nation’s top-ranked offenses for the past three seasons and previously led the Grizzlies’ stingy defensive unit. During his stint, Franklin posted eight
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championships and eight berths in the NCAA Division III playoffs, including a current string of six in a row.
In addition to the team accomplishments, Theobald also helped produce three Heartland Conference defensive most valuable player award winners, an offensive all-American and three HCAC offensive most valuable player award recipients.
“Thanks for allowing me to come back home,” said Theobald while being introduced during halftime of a recent Hanover's men’s basketball game. “It has been a long journey. I am happy to be home.”
A 1996 Hanover graduate, Theobald was a four-year letterman as a defensive back with the Panthers’ football squad. He helped the program earn back-to-back
Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference titles in 1994 and 1995. He also started in the secondary for the team’s 1995 NCAA Division III playoff debut.
After earning a political science degree, Theobald served Hanover’s coaching staff as receivers coach, defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator from 1996-2000.
Theobald left the Panthers to help ignite a successful run at Waynesburg University (Pa.) from 2000-03. He served as the Yellow Jackets’ special teams coordinator, defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator.
Theobald and his wife, Jennifer, have three children; Joseph and Eli, and Olivia.
Theobald’s first game as Hanover’s head coach will be Saturday, Sept. 3, on the road against Centre College in Danville, Ky.
Theobald returns to Hanover football sidelines
Hanover’s athletic teams have amassed 140 conference championships through the years, but never had the program collected five titles in one season. The Panthers jointly turned in a record-setting performance during the fall of 2015, capturing five Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference team championships.
Hanover’s women’s golf, women’s tennis, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and volleyball teams all earned Heartland Conference championships during the fall, marking the most in a single season in school and league history. In addition to HCAC crowns, the Panthers’ women’s golf, women’s soccer and women’s tennis teams each picked up berths in their respective NCAA Division III national tournaments.
Women’s golf started the record-setting run with its third straight Heartland Conference championship. The Panthers, under veteran head coach Wayne Perry, posted four tourney wins during the regular season and grabbed the HCAC crown with a 14-stroke triumph in the 36-hole championship.
Senior Erika Shepherd was the league medalist and most valuable golfer for the second straight year. She notched a nine-stroke win in the championship, marking the fourth year in a row, and fifth time in six seasons, that a Hanover golfer earned medalist honors at the HCAC finale.
Women’s tennis continued its recent successful run with Heartland Conference regular-season and tournament championships. The Panthers, led by second-year head coach Ryan Miller,
swept all eight of their regular-season league matches and finished with a 14-3 overall mark.
The squad captured its third straight HCAC tournament title with a 5-1 victory against the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the semifinals and a 5-4 win against Franklin College in the tourney’s finale.
Junior Mackenzie Spicer was named the conference tournament’s most valuable player.
Led by sophomore all-American defender Abby Shroyer, women’s soccer earned its third straight Heartland Conference regular-season and tournament championships. The Panthers finished 8-1 in HCAC matches, then held off Transylvania University (Ky.) in the tournament semifinals, 2-1, and blanked Franklin, 2-0, to win the championship.
Junior forward Anna Cornacchione was selected the tourney’s most valuable player.
Shroyer and Cornacchione, along with eighth-year head coach Jim Watts, fueled the team’s third NCAA Division III tournament berth in a row and fourth in the past five seasons. The Panthers lost to Capital University (Ohio), 1-0, in the opening round to finish the season with a 15-6 record.
Hanover’s men’s soccer team captured its first Heartland Conference regular-season championship. The Panthers posted a school single-season record with 12 wins and closed the fall with a 12-match unbeaten streak (9-0-3).
The Panthers, under fourth-year head coach Matt Wilkerson, finished 12-6-3 overall, including a 7-0-2 mark in HCAC matches. The Panthers shut out Transylvania, 1-0, in the league tournament semifinals, then lost to Rose-Hulman in the championship in a shootout (4-3) after finishing two overtimes in a scoreless tie.
Junior forward Enrico Franchini was named Hanover’s first HCAC’s men’s soccer most valuable player. Franchini set a school single-season record with 15 goals.
Hanover’s volleyball team completed the Panthers’ championship quintet with a Heartland Conference regular-season title. The squad, led by 17th-year head coach Peter Preocanin, surpassed the 20-win mark for the 10th time in school history, finishing with a 23-9 overall record.
Sparked by sophomore middle hitter Courtney Crawford, who was named the Heartland Conference’s most valuable player, Hanover had a 9-0 mark in HCAC matches. The effort secured the program’s third league title under Preocanin.
The Panthers reeled off 12 consecutive home wins, including a 20-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-17 win against Franklin in the HCAC semifinals in Collier Arena. The squad, however, fell to Bluffton University (Ohio) in the championship, 25-18, 25-23, 25-23.
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Every day, Hanover College empowers new generations to drive social, technological and environmental changes in the world. These emerging leaders get their start on the 650-acre campus that they call their home. Our students and graduates transform their lives, their communities, and the world.
Support for the Impact Fund enables Hanover College to provide the educational opportunities that ensure this tradition of transformation.
Gifts to the Impact Fund create opportunities for students with high potential and limited means to achieve it. It enables Hanover to compete for the brightest students and most accomplished faculty and build and maintain educational facilities worthy of our students.
The Impact Fund brings your investment to life by supporting students with financial assistance, by changing the educational landscape with new teaching and learning tools, and by fostering innovation across the campus.
Every gift makes an impact. Every gift has an impact. Every gift is an impact.
WAYS TO SUPPORT
Ever since the first football game played in 1886, our Athletics Program has created lasting memories for student-athletes. Since then, Panther athletes have spent countless hours practicing, conditioning, traveling and competing, while juggling full academic course loads. Why do they do it? For the love of the game and for their pride in their alma mater.
The Panther Club’s sole purpose is to provide additional financial assistance to our Athletics Department for our students, our coaches, and our teams. With your support, we will promote the championship spirit of Hanover Athletics.
Today, our teams support 430 student-athletes who compete in 18 NCAA Division III sports in the Heartland Conference. Hanover has achieved 18 conference championships in the past five years and the winning streak will continue with your generosity.
Help us continue to strengthen the legacy of Hanover Athletics by joining the Panther Club.
One-time, limited offer to form the Champions of The Panther Club!
Panther Club Champion: $5,000 With a contribution of $5,000 or more, individuals will be invited to join the Champions of the Panther Club. This is a lifetime designation with the following benefits:
• Exclusive seating at games• Meetings with coaches• Free parking at sporting events• A sticker for their cars identifying them as Panther Club Champions• Recognition at the opening and closing of the sport of their choice, i.e., football,
soccer, tennis, etc.
To achieve this level of distinction, you need to make your gift of $5,000 or more to the Panther Club by Thanksgiving Day, November 2016.
NEW WAY TO SUPPORT HANOVER COLLEGE
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CLUBNEW WAY TO SUPPORT ATHLETICS
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As a way to celebrate and recognize the generosity of donors who support us with gifts of less than $1,000, Hanover College presents the Samuel Moffett Society. This new society acknowledges that these donors provide the foundation for all giving and it recognizes the importance of our alumni by honoring Samuel Austin Moffett, an alumnus of Hanover College. Mr. Moffett left the comfort of his home and his country to venture to Korea where he was instrumental in furthering the education of thousands by establishing the Presbyterian Theological Seminary and leading the Soongsil University as its third president.
After graduating from Hanover College in 1884, Mr. Moffett followed his calling to share the good news of the Gospel and to advance the importance of education. He represents the Hanover College student—one who uses principles and knowledge to enhance her or his community.
The Moffett Society acts as the foundation for the investments made by countless alumni and friends to further the Hanover College mission.
Believer: This level recognizes gifts of up to $249. Pioneer: This level recognizes gifts between $250 and $499. Builder: This level recognizes gifts between $500 and $749. Educator: This level recognizes gifts between $750 and $999.
The Benefits associated with the Moffett Society will include the following: • The Hanoverian Magazine • Recognition on the Website • An invitation to a State of the College Address by the President
NEW ANNUAL GIVING SOCIETY
Come stay at Hanover College in one of our newly renovated options, only a short walk to The Point. Lynn Hall and the Campus Center offer new guest suites with rich furnishings: two queen-sized, pillow-top beds, a refrigerator, private bath, flat-screen TV and a private entrance.
Set up a group stay with former classmates or your family in our new Garritt Street Guest House, a classic, three-bedroom, Georgian-style home. Relive old times or make new memories in this fully furnished house with a living room, family room, kitchen and dining room.
For more information and availability, contact David Collier at the Campus Center at 812.866.7119 or [email protected].
From the Alumni Board President:What an exciting year 2015 was for Hanover alums, with many well-attended events on campus, around the country and overseas. We enjoyed a remarkable Homecoming with the Inauguration of Lake Lambert III as Hanover’s 16th president. The October morning on The Point was filled with pageantry and eloquent speeches, highlighted by Dr. Lambert outlining his ambitious vision for the College. He cited important initiatives, ranging from curriculum to infrastructure and alumni engagement as key components in securing the present and future success of our beloved alma mater.
Last April, several alums traveled to the UK commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Shakespeare in England program. One of the trip’s many unforgettable moments was the students’ performance of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” during their spring term study abroad class.
Mark your calendar for the Alumni Awards Brunch and the Student-Alumni Networking Day (SAND) on March 12. The events further the Alumni Board’s mission in recognizing notable alums, along with our ongoing work to maintain a close link between our soon-to-be graduates and the alumni community.
Please take a fresh look at the many ways to engage with the College by viewing the HC website, Facebook page and the @hanover e-newsletter. I appreciate the many thoughtful messages offering encouragement, ideas and insights. Reach out anytime at [email protected].
May 2016 inspire warm remembrances of our shared connection with Hanover’s distinguished past and its bright horizons that lie ahead.
Phil Mullins ’72
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My days with J. Dan the Bird ManBy B.J. Gough Meadows ’62
I’ll never forget the day I met J. Dan Webster, my biology professor. In his mid-40s, he was short, slender and spry. Students affectionately called him “J. Dan the Bird Man,” because during his lectures, he would dart from one topic to another with the restlessness of a hungry hummingbird.
Our class met him in The Quad with our binoculars and bird books for Ornithology 101. My friend, Sally, would skip class on the days I forgot to wake her up. I can still hear her mumbling, “This is the most stupid class I have ever taken. To think, I am paying for a class that makes me get up before dawn to watch birds.”
Even though I detested the early morning start, I was so excited to see, smell, hear and taste the freshness of the Southern Indiana woods, as well as learn new birdcalls and occasionally see them enthusiastically claim their territories with their songs.
One of Webster’s favorite classrooms was Happy Valley. The thick, towering beech and maple trees had so many leaves that the valley often looked dark for lack of sunlight. Because the birds were so hard to see in this thick canopy, he had learned to identify them by their calls. Of course, he wanted us to learn them, too.
One of his favorite teaching techniques was to raise his right hand and index finger up to the sky when he heard a new bird call. He would then drop his finger when the bird quit singing. This way, we were supposed to know which one bird in a chorus of dozens he wanted us to identify.
This was a piece of cake for me since I already knew most of the calls by heart. Many of my classmates wanted to see the birds and voiced their frustrations in having to identify birds by their elusive calls.
I’ll never forget our first test. Up went his hand, and I rapidly jotted yellow warbler on my test paper. Within seconds, his hand went up again as it would many times that morning.
Soon we were down to number 15, and this time we could actually see and hear the bird. “Cardinal, what a snap,” I thought as I confidently wrote my answer on the test paper.
Many of my classmates smiled at this choice. They were relieved to actually see a bird as well as hear it. Almost everyone accurately identified our state bird, the cardinal.
The test was almost over and the professor's hand popped up for the last time, “Pileated woodpecker pounding its powerful bill into a hollow log,” I recorded.
Webster became my mentor, encouraging my independent studies and partnering with me on fieldwork in Happy Valley and the Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary. We published several studies in Audubon Magazine. This work set the stage for my graduate studies and contributed to my lifelong passion for and commitment to experiential learning.
B.J. Meadows, Ph.D., a member of the Hanover class of 1962, is a retired teacher, principal and environmental educator. The above reminiscence is from her new book, “Reflections, Learning by Doing,” (Bookcrafters, 2014) with Marilyn Saltzman.
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Fri., April 15, 2016
MARK YOUR CALENDARSThe Hanover College Choir, under the direction of Madlen Batchvarova, will perform the National Anthem at the Indianapolis Pacers' game Tuesday, March 15, and Friday, April 15, the choir will perform at the Indianapolis Indians' game. The Hanover Choir will sing and President Lake Lambert will deliver the sermon at the Fairlawn Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ind., Sunday, April 3.
Victory Field, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sun., April 3, 2016Fairlawn Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ind.
Indiana Pacers v. Boston CelticsBanker's Life Fieldhouse6 p.m. - Doors open, 7 p.m. - Tip Off
Hanover price of $80 per ticket is available on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS ONLY!
Deadline: Friday, March 4, 2016
Order @ https://www.hanover.edu/alumni/events/pacers
Tues., March 15, 2016
Post Office Box 108Hanover, IN 47243-0108
www.hanover.edu
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