Hanover College

Hanover College is a select, private liberal arts institution whose students, faculty, and staff believe in lifelong inquiry, transformative learning and meaningful service. The College's 11: 1 student-faculty ratio and average class size of 14 ensure that students receive personal attention from professors in a highly supportive environment. Faculty in 30+ major areas and programs of study offer interactive classes where students develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills and engage in experiential learning.
Nearly two-thirds of Hanover's students conduct research in partnership with a faculty mentor. Noteworthy senior projects in 2010-2011 focused on contemporary furniture design and construction, communication strategies in health care legislation, software design for campus housing procedures, the autobiographical context of John Keats's poetry, agricultural policy in francophone Africa, the effects of environmental change on African women, original screenplays, magnetic fields and projectile propulsion, and the relation between leading questions and false memories in court testimony.
Such research experience is a crucial reason for the College's outstanding placement of seniors in career opportunities, graduate schools, and professional programs. Off-campus experiential learning is also supported in multiple ways: a tuition-free academic internship is available for any interested student; project-based internships through the Business Scholar's Program enable Hanover students to apply their knowledge, gain experience, and develop their resumes before graduation; and internships through the Career Center, including semester-long programs in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, allow students to learn and to explore possible careers in major cities.
Hanover students engage with national and international affairs outside the classroom through such programs as the Hanover Capstone, bringing renowned speakers (documentarian Ric Burns, archaeologist Zahi Hawass, actress and activist Mia Farrow, Bill Nye 'The Science Guy,' Robert Kennedy, Jr., primatologist Jane Goodall, and oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau) to campus to address significant issues of the day. And the Hanover experience extends beyond the classroom in other equally important ways. More than one-third of all students compete in NCAA athletics. Majors and non-majors alike participate in and are eligible for scholarships in outstanding Music and Theatre programs. All of the College's 56 student clubs and organizations, from the campus newspaper to ultimate Frisbee, are established and run by students.
Hanover College is located in southeastern Indiana, close to three major cities: Louisville (45 minutes away), Cincinnati (75 minutes) and Indianapolis (90 minutes). The beautiful 650-acre campus overlooking the Ohio River allows ample opportunities for fieldwork, recreation, competition, and reflection. But Hanover promotes a global education that extends beyond the bounds of any single campus, however large. Approximately 56% of Hanover students travel and study abroad before graduation. Four-week spring term courses, offered in almost all disciplines, travel to countries such as England, Ireland, Italy, South Africa, China, Japan, and Vietnam. Hanover's semester-long partner programs in Australia, Turkey, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain and Mexico invite students to immerse themselves in foreign cultures, broaden horizons, and learn invaluable life skills. Recent students have also pursued summer research and internships opportunities in India, Thailand (biology), Turkey (archaeology, business), Spain (Spanish, religious history), Germany (genetics), Belgium (museum studies, business), Australia (museum studies, art history, business), Ghana (microfinance), and France (French, marketing). Most of these students received financial support from the College to enable their international studies.