Hanover College

Hanover College is a select, private liberal arts institution whose diverse students, faculty and staff believe in lifelong inquiry, transformative learning and meaningful service. An almost exclusively full-time teaching faculty (94% with terminal degrees), a 12: 1 student-faculty ratio, and an average class size of 14 ensure that students receive personal attention from experienced professors in a supportive environment.

Students develop strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in interactive classes in 30+ major areas and programs of study. Those skills distinguish Hanover graduates in whatever their career path. The College is known for its outstanding placement of graduates in career opportunities, graduate schools, and professional programs.

One reason for that success is because Hanover emphasizes student research in partnership with a faculty mentor. Nearly two-thirds of all students complete projects on a remarkable variety of topics: contemporary furniture design and construction, communication strategies in health care legislation, original screenplays, the impact of exercise intensity and timing on insulin sensitivity, software design for campus housing preferencing, the autobiographical context of John Keats's poetry, agricultural policy in francophone Africa, magnetic fields and projectile propulsion, and the relation between leading questions and false memories in court testimony.

Another reason is because Hanover promotes a broad range of off-campus opportunities for experiential learning. Student Fellows of the Rivers Institute study the cultural and natural histories of river environments in local, regional, national, and international projects. The Internship Office coordinates a tuition-free academic internship for any student. The unique Business Scholars Program (open to students of all majors) arranges paid, project-based internships wherein participants apply their knowledge, gain experience, and develop their resumes. The Career Center offers semester-long programs in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, allowing students to learn and to explore possible careers in major cities. And Richter Grant recipients pursue creative, self-designed, and independent learning experiences not normally a part of a college curriculum.

Hanover also encourages a global education, with approximately 56% of students traveling and studying abroad before graduation. Four-week Spring Term courses travel to countries such as England, Ireland, Italy, South Africa, China, Japan, and Vietnam. Substantial financial support is available to all eligible students, while the Global Scholars Program guarantees one fully-funded such course for academically-talented incoming students. Semester-long partner programs (in Australia, Turkey, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain and Mexico) also enable students to immerse themselves in foreign cultures and gain invaluable life skills. And recent Biology, Economics, Classics, Art History, Spanish, and French majors have pursued summer research and internships opportunities in India, Thailand, Turkey, Spain, Belgium, Australia, Ghana, and France.

The Hanover experience extends beyond the classroom and the laboratory. Majors and non-majors alike participate in and are eligible for Visual and Performing Arts Scholarships that enable them to develop and demonstrate their talents in the studio, on the stage, and in the performance hall. More than one-third of all students compete in NCAA DIII athletics. All of the College's 56 student clubs and organizations, from the campus newspaper to ultimate Frisbee, are established and run by students.

Located in southeastern Indiana, close to three major cities; Louisville (45 minutes), Cincinnati (75 minutes), and Indianapolis (90 minutes)the College's beautiful 650-acre campus overlooks the Ohio River and allows ample opportunities for fieldwork, recreation, competition, and reflection.