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research tools and collections: student grant
reports and independent studies
Student Grant Reports and Independent Studies
The Duggan Library has on file Richter Grant proposals and reports
beginning with the program's inception in 1981, as well Parents'
Association Spring Term Experience Endowment Award reports, which
began in 2005. In addition to these grant reports, the Library collects
Independent Studies. All have been cataloged and are searchable
through PantherCAT.
If you would like to see a student grant report or Independent
Study, please inquire at the Library Circulation Desk.
Parents' Association Spring Term Experience Endowment Award
Hanover sophomores, juniors or seniors looking for funds to help
finance a spring-term project or activity that goes above and beyond
the normal work of any course have the opportunity to submit a proposal
to apply for funding provided through the Parents' Association Spring
Term Experience Endowment.
Spring 2005 marked the first year that funds were made available
to upperclassmen students through proposals submitted to the Vice
President and Dean of Academic Affairs.
Awards must specifically be used for a project or activity during
spring term that enables the student to explore the opportunity
to engage in work that contributes to his or her academic, professional
and/or personal development in a significant way. The project or
activity may be conducted on or off campus.
Richter Grants
In establishing certain trust funds for the support of higher education,
J. Edward Richter sought to promote "an educational environment
which fosters the independence of thought and expression essential
to the cultural development of the United States" and to support
those institutions "which encourage individual achievement and emphasize
the necessity for the student's use of his own capacity to achieve,
based upon his own efforts and a sense of responsibility for his
own conduct . . ." (Information release, Arthur Murray, Trustee,
Richter Trust Funds).
In line with these concerns and in keeping with Mr. Richter's express
intent, the Richter Grant Program at Hanover College provided students
since 1981 the opportunity to engage in a wide range of independent
learning experiences not normally part of the college curriculum.
However, with the allocation of monies for 2004/05 proposals, Richter
funds were depleted and the program ceased.
Independent Studies
As a graduation requirement for students enrolled in an Independent
Study, students are required to file at the Library a paper copy
with any accompanying media.
Independent Studies are kept as part of the Archives of the College.
The Library has Independent Studies cataloged from 1950 to the
present.
updated 28 August 2006
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