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Friends - both new and old – gathered during Homecoming 2023 for a festive day on campus. Foreground (l-r): Kiera Guckenberger ’26, Grace Bezold ’25, Delaney Gardner ’25, Kaylea Klinglesmith ’26 and Kaitlyn Lorenzi ’26. Background (l-r): Chet Curry ’73, Steve Tock ’73, George MacKenzie ’73, Gary Ball ’73, Jimmy Dale Roy ’73, Greg Ellis ’73 and Bruce Hatton ’73.
In 2008, Katherine Benter ’25 attended the Hanover Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony for her father, David Benter ’98. Fifteen years later, she’s an honor student and two-time all-conference member of the College’s basketball team.
Family connections have been an important part of Hanover for nearly 200 years. Many students have discovered the College through family members, both near and far. These legacy bonds help Hanover thrive and strengthen its impact. It’s important to share the experience of Hanover’s transformative education with the next generation.
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Notable moments from Hanover’s fall term include (clockwise from upper right): Doctor of Physical Therapy program’s White Coat Ceremony; move-in day; August Experience at the Muhammad Ali Center; welcoming of the College’s Bicentennial Class of 2027; first day of classes; presentation of Sagamore of the Wabash honor to Lynn Nichols Hall ’82, vice president for athletics; and pre-game alumni gathering and competitive reunion of basketball coaches Kyle Getter ’01, Micah Shrewsberry ’99, Jon Miller ’97 and Ryan Nowicki ’13 at Notre Dame.
Hanover’s top alumni honors were bestowed to Mark Levett ’71, Vance Patterson ’72 and Jasmine O’Conner ’12 during a special Homecoming ceremony Oct. 14 in the Science Center. Levett and Patterson were presented with the Alumni Achievement Award, while O’Conner received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award.
The Alumni Achievement Awards, presented annually since 1960, recognize graduates who have enhanced the reputation of the College by making significant contributions to their community, state or nation through professional service, public service and/or civic activities.
The Distinguished Young Alumni Awards have been presented annually since 2013. The honor celebrates graduates under the age of 40 who have enhanced the reputation of the College through their outstanding professional achievements, personal accomplishments or their loyal service to their alma mater.
Prominent retired faculty members Tom Evans and Barbara Garvey were featured speakers during two presentations of the Nichols Lifetime Inquiry Series this fall.
Evans, professor emeritus of theatre, shared insights about theatre’s transitions through presentational and representational periods during a special Homecoming gathering Oct. 15 in the Ogle Center. Garvey, professor emerita of communication, examined “Do Only Our Rivers Run Free?” Oct. 19 at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, Ind.
Evans served Hanover’s faculty from 1966-98, including 21 years as a one-person academic department. During his tenure, he produced an enormous range of plays, including four at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as finalists in the American College Theatre Festival’s national competition.
Garvey taught such courses as political rhetoric, gender in politics, and first ladies during a Hanover career that spanned 1977-2013. She earned the Arthur and Ilene Baynham Outstanding Teaching Award in 1987 and was a four-time finalist for the College’s top faculty honor.
The Nichols Lifetime Inquiry Series is possible through the generosity of Mark Nichols ’74 and Cheri Griffith Nichols ’74. The series promotes lifelong learning opportunities for alumni and friends through interaction with the College’s faculty.
Award-winning author and commentator Jonathan Rauch explored the state of civil dialogue and search for truth in information during a Sept. 14 presentation as part of the Hanover Enrichment Series.
Rauch’s visit included a lengthy conversation with students during Professor Bill Bettler’s “Survey of Mass Media” communication class and a thought-provoking address, “Staying Real: The War on Truth — and How to Win It,” that evening in Fitzgibbon Recital Hall, Lynn Center for Fine Arts.
A senior fellow in the government studies program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., Rauch is a contributing writer of The Atlantic and the author of eight books and numerous articles about government, public policy and culture. His 2021 book, “The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth,” served as the basis for his campus address. The book examines how to fight back against trolling, disinformation, canceling and other innovative propaganda tactics.
In addition to his work for The Atlantic, his award-winning column, “Social Studies,” appeared in the National Journal from 1998-2010. He has written for Fortune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among many others. He has also appeared on radio and television shows, including NBC’s “Meet the Press” and NPR’s “NewsHour.”
Genre-bending cellist Ben Sollee performed a special concert to launch Hanover’s Social Justice Leadership Program Sept. 9 at the historic Ohio Theatre in Madison, Ind. Proceeds from the show helped support student internships.
A native of Lexington, Ky., Sollee is known for merging music, technology and activism. Through six studio albums and performances around the globe, he has continued to amass fans through his mixture of folk, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, and jazz. He supports social and environmental causes to protect people and land, even traveling by bicycle during a series of “Ditch the Van” tours to promote sustainability and community-oriented music.
Prior to the concert, Sollee participated in an intimate discussion with students in the College’s social justice program, along with Sara Patterson, Baron Professor of Social Justice Education, and Kathryn Hadley, professor of sociology.
Sollee has performed at events including the Newport Folk Festival and Austin City Limits Festival, as well as NPR’s “World Cafe” and “Mountain Stage.” He has also composed instrumental pieces for film, stage, dance ensembles and interactive media. In 2018, he received an Emmy Award for his score for the ABC television special “Base Ballet.” His music has also been featured on the televisions shows “Weeds” and “Parenthood.”
The Hanover Theatre Department continues to thrive, completing the fall term with a run of sold-out performances at The Other Place. The 2023-24 season, “Old Stories in New Light,” explores well-known stories and characters in new ways.
The season opened with three sold-out presentations of “The Woods” during Homecoming weekend (Oct. 13-15). The original production is based on characters by author L. Frank Baum, who wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Set in a time long before Dorothy landed in Oz, “The Woods” shares the love story of a beautiful girl and young woodsman, and the Wicked Witch who attempted to keep them apart.
“The Woods” was directed by Gabriel Vanover, assistant professor of theatre, and featured an 11-member, all-student ensemble.
“Everybody” was staged Nov. 17-19 in front of a full house for all three performances. Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins penned this modernization of “Everyman.” The play explores the meaning of life through conceptual characters Friendship, Kinship, Stuff, Mind, Five Senses and Understanding. Directed by Jennifer Schmidt, assistant professor of theatre, “Everybody” included a 15-member, all-student ensemble.
“Old Stories in New Light” will close with a six-performance run of “Little Women: The Musical,” March 15-17 and March 22-24. The production, which originally appeared on Broadway in 2005, is based on the 19th-century work by novelist Louisa May Alcott.
BOOKS BY HANOVERIAN AUTHORS
Indiana University English Professor Jonathan Elmer presented the annual Cornelius and Anna Cook O’Brien Lecture Oct. 24 in the Duggan Library.
Elmer’s address, “In Poe’s Wake: Form, Media and Graphic Horror,” was held in celebration of Hanover’s acquisition of a first edition of “The Works of the late Edgar Allan Poe: with Notices of his Life and Genius,” the first published collection of the famed American author’s works.
A specialist in American literature and culture, Elmer served as chair of Indiana’s English Department from 2009-12 and has been director of the College Arts and Humanities Institute since 2012. He helped launch the university’s Center for Theoretical Inquiry in the Humanities and was a founding member of the Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Poe is regarded as a key figure in American literature and considered the father of the modern detective and horror story. He is best known for his poetry and short stories, including “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” “The Works of the late Edgar Allan Poe: with Notices of his Life and Genius” was first published in 1850, just one year after his death. The editorial commentary in the publication had a major impact on the author’s reputation.
Hanover’s purchase of the “The Works of the late Edgar Allan Poe: with Notices of his Life and Genius” was made possible through the Aubra Hiland Art Memorial Fund. The fund was endowed by Jeffery and Peggy Hiland in honor of their daughter, a Hanover student who died in a 2004 automobile accident.
NON-FICTION FICTION
“Nuked: Echoes of the Hiroshima Bomb in St. Louis”
By: Linda Cunningham Morice ’70
Publication Date: December 2022
"The Avenging-Woman On-Screen: Female Empowerment and Feminist Possibilities"
By: Rachel Davidson, professor of communication, and Lara Stache
Publication Date: September 2023
"Mission Possible"
By: Nancy Guthrie Hastings ’85
Publication Date: January 2023
“Gatewood: Kentucky's Uncommon Man!”
By: Matthew Strandmark ’12
Publication Date: November 2023
“And So By Fire”
By: Brandon Andress ’97
Publication Date: August 2023
“Billie Starr's Book of Sorries”
By: Deborah E. Kennedy ’99
Publication Date: October 2022
“Fair Game”
By: Robyn Ryle, professor of sociology
Publication Date: June 2023
“An Inducement into Matrimony: A Collection of Romantic Short Stories Inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice”
By: Abigail Fulton Caress ’09
(pen name: Gailie Ruth Caress) and others
Publication Date: November 2022
Lindsay Rainey Faulstick ’07 has been selected Hanover’s vice president and dean of student life.
Faulstick has 14 years of collegiate student life experience. She joined Hanover’s staff in 2014 as associate director and served as director of residence life and leadership from 2015-18. For the past five years, she has worked as associate dean with oversight of resident life and leadership programs, student engagement and co-curricular staff members, and budgets for housing and student activities.
She previously served as associate director for housing and residential life at Kenyon College from 2012-14, including one year as interim director. She was area coordinator, Greek life coordinator and acting director of residence life and housing at Roanoke College from 2009-12.
Faulstick earned a master’s degree at Indiana University in 2009. She recently completed a doctoral degree in higher education leadership at Maryville University (Mo.).
Chris Hitchcock ’97 has been appointed Hanover’s executive director of admission. Hitchcock’s career includes experience in college admission, middle and high school education and youth and collegiate athletics. He joined Hanover’s athletic department as a part-time assistant women’s basketball coach in 2015 and became a full-time member of the admission staff in 2020 as assistant director. He has served as the College’s firstyear recruiting coordinator since 2021.
Prior to joining Hanover’s staff, Hitchcock was an award-winning language arts teacher at the Bloomfield (Ind.) School District (2009-15) and Southwestern (Ind.) Middle School (2015-20). His athletic experience includes stints as head women’s basketball coach at Benedictine University (2001-04), Hendrix College (2004-09) and Bloomfield High School (2009-15).
Before taking the reins at Benedictine, Hitchcock previously worked at Hanover as assistant women's basketball coach (1997-2001), assistant athletic director (1998-2001), head women's golf coach (1998-2001) and head men's golf coach (1999-2000).
Hanover’s Office of Student Life earned two honors for its “Panther Pursuits” program. The digital application-based initiative inspires participation in campus activities outside of the classroom experience.
Instituted one year ago, “Panther Pursuits” earned awards for outstanding new program and best incentives from Suitable, a student-engagement and success software company. The honors were presented in July during Suitable’s annual Pathways studentdevelopment conference in Philadelphia.
“Panther Pursuits” was created to encourage student exploration of the range of entertainment and educational opportunities offered on campus. The initiative gamifies the College’s co-curricular activities, inspiring attendance and participation that enhances engagement, practical skill development and transformative learning.
Through Suitable’s digital application, point values are assigned to a wide variety of campus happenings. Students earn points with their participation in these activities. As their level of engagement and point totals rise, students can unlock rewards of increasing value throughout the academic year. Rewards vary from free items and exclusive opportunities to skip-the-line access at popular campus events.
Suitable’s software also generates a leaderboard, which is viewable on the app and digitally displayed on campus. The rankings provide not only an entertaining campus-wide competition, but also a relatable glimpse at how Hanover’s most-engaged students are becoming involved.
Hanover’s Educator Preparation Program has been awarded full accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
CAEP is a globally recognized accrediting body for educator preparation for aspiring teachers of students ranging from preschool through high school. The non-profit and non-governmental agency strives to assure that new teachers know their subjects and students and possess clinical training for effective teaching upon entry into the classroom.
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation utilizes peer review to assure quality and promote improvement. The entity’s unified accreditation system provides a framework to encourage continual self-assessment and evidence-based analysis of programs and their effectiveness.
Formed in 2010, CAEP was created through a consolidation of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, founded in 1954, and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (1997). Since 2013, the organization has served as the sole accrediting body for educator preparation providers. To date, CAEP has accredited nearly 600 providers, spanning 43 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.
Hanover has received a $104,000 grant from the Bethany Legacy Foundation to help enhance the health and wellness of Jefferson County (Ind.) residents.
The non-profit Bethany Legacy Foundation, based in nearby Madison, Ind., promotes well-being in the county by collaborating with the community to design accessible health solutions. The organization’s health professions planning grant provides Hanover and community partners with an opportunity to identify and reduce the county’s healthcare disparities.
The grant will fund market research, economic and health impact analysis and conversations with area residents and partners. Information collected will be used by Hanover and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana-Madison Campus to identify academic programs and community initiatives to address health deficits in the county and improve specific health outcomes.
Based on research analysis, Hanover and Ivy Tech will establish or enhance specific academic and co-curricular programs that will address the area’s prominent wellness issues. Each institution will create offerings that best fit their missions and, where possible, establish partnerships that will improve educational attainment and health outcomes in Jefferson County
The Heroes Scholarship has been established to provide financial support for children of fallen heroes.
Beginning this fall, students with a parent or guardian who has died in the line of duty – while serving in the military, police, fire or as a first responder – are now eligible to receive an award up to full tuition. The scholarship is renewable for four years.
“Hanover College is eternally grateful for the sacrifices of those in the military, police, fire and emergency services,” said Peter Ashley, vice president for enrollment and marketing. “We hope that this scholarship eases the burden on these families and honors the service of the fallen.”
For information about Hanover’s scholarships, visit hanover.edu/financialaid
riendships are to college as the Point is to Hanover – essential, expected and cherished.
Generations of students have made their way to Hanover’s campus with the hopes of finding their people, their lifelong friends. However, students are not the only ones invested in these friendships. There are also professors who watch these friendships form - see them begin as first-year classroom partners and blossom into seniors taking graduation photos together.
Among these professors is Kate Johnson, professor of philosophy and two-time recipient of the Arthur and Ilene Baynham Outstanding Teaching Award. Her experience of watching friendships unfold in class led her to develop a new course surrounding just that, “The Philosophy of Friendship.”
Taught for the first time this fall, “Philosophy of Friendship” sprouted from observing students and their interactions in the classroom. “It used to be that you would go in class and you couldn’t get people to stop talking,” Johnson noted. “Then, for a couple of years, people were only on their phones and not talking. I just always felt bad when everyone was looking at their phones and not talking because I felt like they were going to miss a really essential part of learning, but also socializing.”
Johnson attributes much of this to the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on students who are now beginning their college journeys. The switch to virtual schooling during the pandemic left students feeling more comfortable interacting through screens rather than face-to-face during the moments before class would begin. Her solution, she stated, was to start “a ‘Philosophy of Friendship’ introductory class where we could talk about what it meant to be friends.”
Lajuan “Mac” McAdoo ’27, a first-year student enrolled in Johnson’s course, laughed when asked about his initial assumptions about the class. He pondered, “Friendship? How can you really explain friendship without using the word ‘friendship?’”
Reflecting on his high-school experience during the pandemic, McAdoo stated “COVID got me in the mindset that you’ll learn who your real friends are. It probably damaged a lot of relationships just through not seeing and interacting with people.”
However, McAdoo has not let this influence the friendships he is forming at Hanover. “You can build a friendship based on the connection to your environment and the people you see every day,” he said. “I just really like seeing other people’s thoughts on life, just different views on how other people think and maneuver through life.”
Campus life has given McAdoo ample opportunities to interact and develop friendships with people who think differently from him. He touches on the importance of this, adding “Find things and other people who make you happy. I’m not saying only find people who like what you like. Be active. Be willing to want a friendship that’s good for you.”
There are many ways people find friendship on Hanover’s campus Some form naturally in the classroom, while others often begin as a result of campus clubs, athletic teams or other organizations.
Greek life brought Francesca Bowling Kemper ’83, Susan Yoder Jacob McClew ’72, Shawn Schreiner ’83 and Anne Fieselmann Wehrly ’73 together. These women are linked through Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) - a sorority active on Hanover’s campus from 1950-85 - and a strong bond among the sisterhood has flourished for more than four decades.
Reminiscing near Lynn Hall’s rose garden during Homecoming, Schreiner said, “I loved weekends when it was our time to cook because there was something fun about teaming up with someone else who was in the sorority, planning the meal and having the opportunity to gather for food. When you gather around the table, it’s a great way to build friendships and relationships and tell stories.”
These memories flood back easily for the three women, constantly bouncing story after story off of one another, as if not a second has passed in the years since they were on campus.
McClew, who served as AOII chapter advisor, continued, “I kept the recipe box that the cooks used in the kitchen. So, I’ve got a couple Jell-O salad recipes that the girls just loved.”
The women reconnect at occasional campus events, but also have discovered new ways to gather, including a shared Facebook page and group chats. “Some people who wouldn’t normally drive and show up some place could show up online and visit for a while,” Schreiner noted on the shift to a virtual world. “That is an amazing way to get people who, for whatever reasons, like mobility or economics, couldn’t normally get together.”
There is something special about seeing the ways gathering places have changed through the years, though the sentiment seems to stay the same. From classroom to kitchen table, flower garden to group chats, generations of alumni have found ways to cherish and preserve friendships they developed at Hanover.
Johnson offers advice on forming friendships in the early days of college, stating “Everybody is awkward. Looking at
people face-to-face is just awkward. Everybody is going to feel weird. It’s hard to make new friends when no one knows each other. It’s hardfor everybody, so just be patient and reach out.”
This wisdom comes from her experience as a professor, as well as memories from her days as a student. Johnson, reflecting on her early college days, acknowledges, “It was hard for me. I found the first semester painful. I was very homesick. I had a terrific roommate who really helped me make friends. I eventually found my people, but I have to say it took me a while.”
From being an undergraduate student struggling to find her place, to a professor specifically creating a course to assist current students in this process, Johnson sees both sides of the friendship-forming coin. She has already had an impact on her first-year students.
“Dr. Kate has made me mature in a lot of ways,” reflects McAdoo. “She lets me
“You can build a friendship based on the connection to your environment and the people you see every day,” he said. “I just really like seeing other people’s thoughts on life, just different views on how other people think and maneuver through life.”
Lajuan “Mac” McAdoo ’27
speak my mind freely and really makes me think deeper about what I’m saying and how my words can influence other people. It makes me think deeper into what’s going on in life.”
As generations gather at the collective table of Hanover College, it is not only a hope, but a guarantee, that lifelong friendships will form as a result of this special place. The lasting connections of Hanover alumni, professors and staff members are a testament to the power of intentional friendships and the ways they span the test of time.
For parts of seven decades, award-winning student and faculty art has inconspicuously peppered Hanover’s campus. Unbeknown to the campus community, many of these pieces have existed in full view, hanging on walls, sitting in high-traffic areas, perched on office shelves or resting on the edge of desks.
This grand array of artwork no longer hides in plain sight. A fall-term collaboration between students in an art course taught by instructor Matthew Gaddie and Jen Duplaga, Hanover’s archivist, has changed all of that.
The Greiner Art Purchase Award is named for Mary Louise Greiner, an artist and art enthusiast from Madison, Ind. First awarded in 1969, funding endowed by Greiner has allowed Hanover to buy the most outstanding campus artwork created during each academic year. In addition to payment for the artwork, the student is recognized at the annual springtime Honors Convocation. The
Greiner Collection has blossomed since its inception and now includes more than 30 distinct pieces.
“The collection shows what a remarkable art department and art students we have,” said Duplaga. “The types of pieces they have been able to create is just astounding. When you consider that they are not all art majors, the creativity of these artists and works of art is even more amazing.”
Thoughts of an exhibition have been on the radar of art department members for years. Making this a reality would not only reunite the collection for display (and preservation) but serve as the catalyst to showcase the artwork in the years to follow.
Homecoming seemed an ideal time to celebrate the Greiner Collection, but the deadline would add a sense of urgency for the 12 students enrolled in Gaddie’s “Contemporary Art Practices” course. With just seven weeks until the premiere, the classmates – 10 firstyear students, one sophomore and one junior - would all receive a crash course in the implementation of an exhibition, including the construction of displays, design of visual presentation and lighting, proper care of artwork and even campus promotion.
“In the real world, it’s how you have to do projects,” stated Gaddie about the timeline. “If you know you have a deadline and it has to be completed by then, you work backwards from what you know to what you don’t know.”
The first task was to locate the art, which had seeped into the fabric of campus through the years.
Working from a rudimentary list - often including just the academic year, name of the winning artist and a nebulous
description of the piece - Gaddie’s students went on a campus-wide art scavenger hunt. After two weeks of combing the walls and offices of campus buildings, mining decades of documents in the Joseph Wood Evans Memorial Special Collections and Archives Center, including old Triangles and Revonahs, the students managed to locate nearly all of the Greiner Award-winning works.
“At first, we didn’t know how big of an undertaking it was going to be,” said Maeve Smith ’27. “We thought ‘We are just going to grab the pieces of this collection. We should be able to find them pretty easily and hang them up.’ So many of the pieces were lost or unnamed. It took a lot longer than we thought it would.”
With the artwork in hand, attention turned to a near-complete renovation of the Greiner Art Gallery in the Lynn Center for Fine Arts. With assistance from members of the College’s physical plant staff, new ceiling tiles and lighting fixtures were installed. The students worked to refinish and repaint the gallery’s perimeter walls. Sizable floating walls and pedestals were created for additional display space. Signage completed the preparations.
“The thing I am most grateful for is that the class leapt into the unknown and just kind of went along with the journey,” added Gaddie. “Each step of the process they just went at it with as much effort as they could muster.”
With the paint barely dry, the exhibition, “Legacy,” debuted (on time) Oct. 14 during a special Homecoming premiere. The retrospective, featuring student and faculty artwork spanning 55 years, highlighted works ranging from former faculty member John Whitlock’s 1969 painting, “Landscape,” to the 2023
mixed-media creation, “In Life,” by Callie Wilder ‘23. The presentation included a vast array of campus creativity, including such media as ceramics, clay, foam, glass, metals, paper, plaster, wood and more.
“It’s incredible to see it all together,” beamed Smith, who would one day like to illustrate books or create comic books. “You walked past some of these pieces everyday but really didn’t know their significance. It’s great to see this whole kind of legacy put together, because it really is part of Hanover College’s history.”
Though the Greiner Collection’s first exhibition is now in the past, the artwork will not seep back into campus crevices. In the coming months, the two-dimensional pieces will find a home on the walls in the Underground (formerly the Hub), located in the lower level of the J. Graham Brown Campus Center. The three-dimensional works will adorn the display cases in the archives on the second floor of the Duggan Library.
“We really want to make sure that people can see the collection, together as much as possible,” said Duplaga. “We’ve also talked about, in several years, doing another retrospective. By then, we will have more pieces to add and new students who have never seen the collection like this. We will even have new classes that will be able to curate it.”
Greiner, who earned a degree in fine art from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, died April 10, 2010. She was 91 years old.
“I like to think she’d be really proud of what she had given the College the funding and ability to do. It is an incredible collection,” added Smith.
“I really do wish she could see what’s become of it.”
In addition to support of campus-created artwork, Greiner also donated a varied compilation of pieces from her personal collection to the College in the 1960s. The anthology was presented to Hanover in memory of her parents, Walter and Jean Graham Greiner, and was first displayed in the J. Graham Brown Campus Center in 1968.
The original gift of artwork was highlighted by creations from British artists Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. The contribution also included etchings, lithographs, linocuts, aquatints and woodcuts by such artists as Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault, Gustave Singier, Jean Arp, Marino Marini and Serge Poliakoff.
Longtime cross country and track and field coach Josh Payne, volleyball standout Abby Merritt Baker ’12, soccer all-American Kaitlin McCulloch Ilnick ’13 and record-setting receiver Daniel Passafiume ’12 were inducted into the Hanover College Athletic Hall of Fame Nov. 4.
Hanover’s women’s soccer squad won the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season title for the 12th time and earned the program’s seventh trip to the NCAA Division III national tournament since 2011.
Head Coach Jim Watts was named the HCAC’s coach of the year for the seventh time after leading the Panthers to a 14-2-4 overall record. The squad’s only regular-season loss was a 6-0 setback at Indiana University Sept. 10. The team secured the Heartland Conference crown and top seed in the HCAC’s six-team post-season tournament with an 8-0-1 mark.
During the regular season, Hanover’s offensive attack led the Heartland Conference with 61 goals, 3.59 goals per match, 375 shots, 204 shots on goal and a 2.83
goal differential. The Panthers’ defense, meanwhile, posted 10 shutouts and tied for the league lead with just 13 goals against.
In the 64-team NCAA tournament, Hanover lost to the University of the South (Sewanee), 2-0, in the opening round. The match was played Nov. 11 in St. Louis.
The Panthers claimed the spot in the national tourney field with two wins in the Heartland Conference tournament. After earning a first-round bye, the Panthers blanked the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2-0, in an Oct. 31 semifinal contest. Hanover outlasted Transylvania University in double-overtime, 1-0, in the Nov. 4 title bout.
Hanover’s women's cross country team won the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championship Oct. 28 in Shelbyville, Ind.
Hanover tallied 41 points in the meet to hold off the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (68), Manchester University (89) and Transylvania University (97) to claim the Panthers’ fourth Heartland Conference crown since 2013. The HCAC title marks the Panthers’ seventh in program history.
Amberleigh Sorensen ’24 won the event with a time of 23:23.80. Sorenson, who was named the league’s most valuable runner, is the third Hanover athlete to win the HCAC meet, joining Arig Tong ’22 (2021) and Leah Peelman Mysock ’06 (2005).
Sarah Jones ’26, Alli Manley ’25, Paige Wildman ’27 and Hanna Whitney ’25 each posted top-20 finishes to earn all-conference honors.
Jones covered the five kilometers in 24:14.36 to place third overall among 73 runners. Manley was seventh with a time of 24:50.70 and Wildman finished 13th in 25:02.44. Whitney, who received honorable mention all-HCAC recognition, placed 17th with a time of 25:23.55.
Head Coach Brady Wells ’83 earned the Heartland Conference’s coach-of-the-year honor for the second time. Wells also earned the award following the spring 2021 (COVID-delayed) meet.
For the second year in a row, soccer standout Beth Cook ’25 was honored as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference’s offensive player of the year. She joins all-American Maggie Day ’22 (2020, 2021) and Anna Cornacchione Childers ’17 (2013, 2014) as Hanover’s repeat HCAC most valuable offensive player honorees.
A first-team all-Heartland Conference selection, Cook set Hanover’s single-season scoring record with 22 goals and her 52 points (22 goals, eight assists) mark the second-highest production in school history. She surpassed the mark of 21 goals previously shared by Childers (2014) and Kathleen Reynolds-DeBra ’05 (2003). Childers set the school scoring mark with 54 points in 2014 (21 goals, 12 assists).
This fall, Cook led the league with 22 goals, 52 points, 126 shots and 78 shots on goal. She also finished tied for second in the HCAC with eight assists. She scored in 11 of the Panthers’ 19 outings and tallied eight multi-goal matches. She netted four goals in an Oct. 18 win against Mount St. Joseph University and had three in a Sept. 1 victory against Asbury University.
2023 Beth Cook ’25
2022 Beth Cook ’25
2021 Maggie Day ’22
2020 Maggie Day ’22
2014 Anna Cornacchione Childers ’17
2013 Anna Cornacchione Childers ’17
2003 Kathleen Reynolds-DeBra ’05
2002 Megan Bohlander ’02
Quarterback Eian Roudebush ’27 has been selected the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference’s newcomer of the year by the league’s eight head football coaches.
Roudebush, the son of former Hanover standout Nick Roudebush ’95, is the third Hanover player to earn the HCAC rookie-of-the-year honor in the past 25 years, joining quarterback Nick Sharp ’12 (2008) and linebacker Kyle Treber ’21 (2017).
He appeared in seven games for the Panthers this fall, completing 115-of-169 passes for 1,344 yards with 20 touchdowns and one interception. He also rushed 59 times for 159 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He threw for 454 yards and six touchdowns in a 44-39 loss at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Oct. 28. He added five touchdown passes in a 69-0 win against Anderson University, Nov. 4.
Hanover capped the season with a 7-3 overall record. The Panthers finished third in the Heartland Conference with a 4-3 mark.
Forward Grace Bezold ’25 tied the Hanover women’s basketball program’s singlegame record with 41 points in a Nov. 10 victory against Simpson College (83-64).
Bezold’s 41-point effort matched the school mark set by Julie Branstetter Combs ’95 during the 1994-95 campaign. The two-time all-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference honoree made 16-of-24 shots from the floor and hit 9-of-10 free throws. She also added 12
rebounds to secure her eighth career double-double. Combs, who was inducted into the Hanover Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017, was a three-time all-Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference selection. She scored 41 points in a Dec. 2, 1994, contest against Indiana University Southeast. She continues to rank in the top 10 in Hanover history in career points (1,320), rebounds (690) and blocked shots (90).
Richard Warren joined Hanover’s athletic department last summer as assistant athletic director for marketing, special events and community engagement.
Warren came to the College after serving as athletic director at Knox (Ind.) and West Central (Ind.) high schools, where he gained experience in development, fundraising, sponsorships, promotion and event-planning. He also has more than 20 years of experience as a collegiate basketball and track and field coach at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) levels.
A four-time all-American high jumper at Bethel University, Warren was inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame earlier this year. He was the Pilots’ first individual national champion and totaled three national titles in the event. He later earned a Master of Science in sport management at Indiana State University.
Angelo Butturi ’16 has returned to Hanover’s athletic department as head coach of the men’s lacrosse program. He comes to the College after six seasons as an assistant coach at Augustana College.
Butturi collected more than 200 ground balls as a four-year defensive standout for Hanover’s squad. He was a two-time All-Ohio River Lacrosse Conference selection, earning honorable mention all-league honors as a junior and senior. He served as a team captain during his final two seasons.
He previously served as head coach at Francis Joseph Reitz (Ind.) High School. He also guided the Evansville Storm U17 club squad.
While at Augustana, he was area coordinator for first-year students in their Office of Residential Life. Last spring, he earned a master’s degree in student affairs administration from the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse.
Daniel Stokes II now serves Hanover’s athletic program as head strength and conditioning coach. He comes to the College after working on the sports performance staffs at Miami University (Ohio) and North American University.
While at Miami, Stokes assisted the baseball, softball, swimming and diving, volleyball, women's basketball and field hockey squads. At North American, he designed weightroom sessions for football, men's and women's basketball and men's soccer programs. He also served as the football team’s linebackers coach and defensive passing game coordinator. Stokes graduated from Texas State University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Exercise Science. He is working to complete a master's degree in kinesiology at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Hanover and Notre Dame battled Nov. 1 during an exhibition game in Purcell Pavilion at South Bend, Ind. The contest marked the first meeting on the hardwood between the schools and was the first home appearance for Micah Shrewsberry ’99, who was named the Fighting Irish head coach last spring, and Associate Head Coach Kyle Getter ’01. The Panthers held a four-point lead seven minutes into the contest (15-11) but ultimately lost, 96-62. Matt Munoz ’24 led Hanover with 16 points.
A strong endowment creates a solid foundation to make the Hanover experience possible for future generations. Endowed funds provide essential financial support for all aspects of the College, especially its students, faculty, academic programs and career-centered endeavors. In recent months, Hanover’s endowment has received generous support, including these new legacy commitments:
Giffin – Jones Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
Created by Dick ’74 and Liz Giffin ’74 Jones, this fund will provide scholarships to students who are in good academic standing and declare a pre-veterinary track with the intention of pursuing graduate education in veterinary medicine.
Todd and Deb Hines Endowed Scholarship Fund
Established by Todd ’86 and Deb Hines, this fund will provide scholarships to students who are in good academic standing and demonstrate financial need.
James R. Terhune ’62 Scholarship
Established by Jim Terhune ’62, this fund will provide scholarships to students who are worthy history majors.
Jonathan D. Welty ’92 and Russell J. Kutell Endowed Fund for LGBTQ+ Initiatives
Created by Jon Welty ’92 and Russ Kutell, this fund will support LGBTQ+ initiatives including, but not limited to, sexual orientation programing and/or scholarships and emergency assistance for Hanover students identifying as LGBTQ+.
Interested in making a never-ending gift? Endowments can be established with a single gift or series of gifts. For more information on how you can create a legacy at Hanover, call 812.866.6813 or visit hanover.edu/giving.
Throughout its storied history, Hanover College’s financial stability has been ensured by planned gifts. Estate plans transform campus and define student experiences for generations. Regardless of sizewhether a bequest in a will or the designation of Hanover as the beneficiary of a retirement account, life income gift or insurance policy – planned gifts secure the donor’s legacy, even living forever as part of the College’s endowment.
The 1827 Society recognizes the vision and benevolence of alumni and friends who shape campus life by including Hanover in their estate plans. Each year, members receive invitations to special donor activities and events, access to the College’s financial-planning specialists, recognition in publications and an exclusive gift.
To explore your planned-giving vision, create your legacy or learn more about The 1827 Society, contact Kevin Berry ’90, associate vice president of individual philanthropy, at 812.866.6813 or berry@hanover.edu. hanover.edu/plannedgiving
Hanoverian Eternal is now available on Hanover’s alumni website. Information about the passing of members of the College community, including alumni, faculty, staff and trustees, are regularly updated online along with links to obituaries, when available. our.hanover.edu/eternal
Joseph Lee Barnett, instructor emeritus of education, died Sept. 6, 2023, in Shelbyville, Ky. He was 89 years old.
Barnett, who was born Nov. 19, 1933, was a graduate of Campbellsburg (Ky.) High School. He served the U.S. Army’s security agency in Japan during the mid-1950s before earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physical education at Hanover in 1960. He later received a master’s degree at the University of Kentucky.
A career educator, Barnett taught math at Trimble County (Ky.), Shelby County (Ky.) and Southwestern (Ind.) high schools. He also coached youth basketball and baseball. After retiring from Southwestern High School, he served Hanover’s faculty as an instructor of education from 199196. He taught courses including “Introduction to the Junior High/Middle School and High School,” “Special Methods for the Teaching of Mathematics” and “Principles of Middle/JuniorSenior High School.”
He was preceded in death by his parents, Shelby Barnett and Martha Martinie Barnett. Barnett is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Sue Barnett; son, Jeff Barnett, and his wife, Rebecca; brother, David Barnett and his wife, Ruth; sister-in-law, Lois Whaley; and four grandchildren, three nephews, seven nieces and two cousins.
GEORGE MARTIN CURTIS III RETIRED PROFESSOR OF HISTORY FIRST THREE-TIME RECIPIENT OF ARTHUR AND ILENE BAYNHAM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHING
George Martin Curtis III, retired professor of history, died Sept. 19 in Indianapolis, Ind. Curtis, age 88, served as a member of Hanover’s history department from 1980-2008. He was the first three-time recipient of the College’s annual Arthur and Ilene Baynham Award for Outstanding Teaching, earning the honor in 1984, 1989 and 1994.
Curtis was born April 11, 1935, in Washington, D.C. He attended The Hotchkiss School in
Lakeville, Conn. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history at the University of Iowa in 1958 and received a master’s degree at the University of Kansas in 1963. He earned a doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970.
He joined Hanover’s faculty as associate professor in 1980, was promoted to professor in 1984 and served as department chair from 1987-96. His primary research interests were American constitutional and legal history. Through his tenure, he taught such courses as “The American Experience,” “Foundations of the Modern Age” and “Liberty in America,” among others.
Before coming to Hanover, he was an assistant/ associate professor at Montana State University from 1968-73, research associate at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation from 1975-80 and an adjunct professor at the College of William and Mary from 1973-80.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George Martin Curtis II and Louise Scully Curtis.
He is survived by daughter, Rebecca Corson; daughter, Louise Curtis, daughter, Anne Steger and her husband, Jay; daughter, Sarah Zimmerman and her husband, Geoff; daughter, Jessica Curtis; eight grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; brother, Chase Curtis and his wife, Lynne; and several nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and cousins.
1949 ROBERT TERRY KIMBROUGH, 93, of Irondequoit, N.Y., died Nov. 13, 2021
1950 JERALDINE FRANCES HOOTON HORN, PH.D., 95, of New Castle, Ind., died Oct. 27, 2023
1952 CLARK STUART KETTERMAN, 92, of Westfield, Ind., died August 11, 2023
1954 ROBERT C. LAUER, 94, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Nov. 2, 2023
1954 CAROLYN ESSEX WADE EAKER, 90, of Albuquerque, N.M., died Oct. 27, 2023
1957 RICHARD REX BOYD, 93, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Nov. 11, 2023
1958 JOHN LEO DWENGER, 90, of Indianapolis, Ind., died Oct. 22, 2023
1959 NANCY JANE PEYTON YOHE, 85, of Valparaiso, Ind., died August 4, 2023
1960 CHARLES TOWLE COZIER, 87, of South Lyon, Mich., died March 12, 2023
1961 WILMA BALDWIN MELCHIORRE, 84, of Green Valley, Ariz., died Sept. 14, 2023
1964 ROBERT P. RANDLE, 80, of Plainfield, Ind., died July 9, 2023
1972 MARGARET ELLEN KERR RICE, 73, of Fort Thomas, Ky., died July 21, 2023
1974 MICHAL KIM HOWDEN, 71, of Zionsville, Ind., died July 7, 2023
1981 JEFFREY NELSON WALTON, 63, of Marietta, Ga., died July 8, 2022
1983 VINCENT KINKADE, 61, of Indianapolis, Ind., died June 27, 2023
1985 MICHAEL EDWARD MEYER, 60, of Greencastle, Ind., died August 4, 2023
1987 BRENT GUTAPFEL, 59, of Sunman, Ind., died Nov. 9, 2023
1992 STACY K. SOMERS, 53, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died August 8, 2023
1994 BETSY LYNN GROGG WEBER, 51, of Clover, S.C., died August 11, 2023
FACULTY AND STAFF
CHARLES LEO BOWERMAN, 83, of Bartlesville, Okla., died Sept. 2, 2023 (former trustee)
EDNA MARIE SCHMIDT SULLIVAN
PERRY, 95, of Madison, Ind., died Oct. 31, 2023 (former food service employee)
RONNIE WHICKER, 74, of Hanover, Ind., died Nov. 16, 2023 (former physical plant staff)
In 1995, members of the Class of 1967 conceived the idea of a memorial wall located on Hanover’s campus. Envisioning a place where the names of Hanover friends and alumni could be remembered, this landmark would also provide a lasting way to enhance the College’s beauty.
The Memorial Wall and Garden, located near the president’s home, stretches from the entrance to the Daryl R. Karns Natural History Trails toward the Levett Career Center. Adjacent to the limestone wall is a decorative garden that encircles the historic Baldridge Columns, which mark the original entrance gate to the College.
A Hanoverian, family member or friend can be honored with their name on the wall for a gift of $500. This provides for the engraving, as well as maintenance of the wall and garden area.
For more information on how to have the name of a friend or loved one added to the wall, contact Miranda Maxwell ’01 at 812.866.7034 or maxwellm@hanover.edu.
