Rivers Institute
Summer jobs and internships
As the school year wraps up for most high schools and Hanover, there’s only one thing on everyone’s mind. Summer. With it, summer brings the ever-illustrious summer jobs. This is true for college students, too. While many high schoolers and college-age students may wind up working in fast food, retail or other hometown business opportunities, [...]
Going nowhere for break
It wasn’t bad — going nowhere, that is. For break this winter I had to stay on campus to begin workshops for the traveling theatre I am in this summer. One of the things the Rivers Institute at Hanover specializes in is cultural education in matters regarding the local area. This summer, Rivers is funding [...]
Learning and Teaching – All in One Day
For my spring term education class instead of doing regular observations in a classroom setting, my professor has made other arrangements for us to get out in the field. One of my previous posts was about one of my observation experiences at the Scottsburg (Ind.) New Tech Academy. Now that the semester is coming to [...]
Green Week!
We had our annual Green Week here at Hanover for about two weeks! There were different events all about making Hanover a greener place, such as talks, movies, demonstrations and a green workday! This is brought to Hanover by the Rivers Institute and some of Hanover’s science related clubs. One of these days was Hanover’s [...]
Recap: FREEDOM at the Freedom Center
Since I never really did debrief you all about how AMAZING my internship was this summer, I figured now was better late than never. To recap, I received an incredibly generous grant from the Rivers Institute at Hanover to fund my adventures in Cincinnati-land by studying the connection between the Underground Railroad and the Ohio River. I [...]
:D x 1000
Ok, nevermind the fact that I’ve just reverted to using emoticons (It’s a close-kept secret that most college students are a lot less serious than they pretend to be). I have the most exciting news, well, for me, at least. I found out that because of the nature of my Independent Study, I am eligible [...]
