Faculty members from Trine University's Department of Humanities and Communication
stand with Angola Mayor Richard Hickman after Hickman read a proclamation in Wells
Theater on Monday, April 2, proclaiming April 2018 as Trine University Department
of Humanities and Communication Month in the city. Front row, from left, Amy Nicholls,
dean, Jannen School of Arts and Sciences, Richard Hickman, mayor of Angola, Jeanette
Goddard, Ph.D., assistant professor; middle, Lou Ann Homan, adjunct, Ana Boman, lecturer,
Cassandra Bausman, Ph.D., assistant professor, Brandy DePriest, assistant professor,
Sarah Zimmer, lecturer, Melissa Mayus, Ph.D., assistant professor; back row, Justin
Young, chair, Department of Humanities and Communication, Tim Hopp, Ph.D., professor,
and Donald Jones, Ph.D., professor.
Hickman praised the university and its faculty, saying, “You not only allow humanities
and communication to be part of the curriculum here, you encourage it, and that just
makes your students better and allows them to grow intellectually and personally.
And at the same time, it allows the community to grow intellectually and culturally
by allowing humanities and communications and arts to be such an important part of
this university.”