[3][4] Hovey taught theology, Hebrew, New Testament Greek, and philosophy.
[2] In his late career he worked to create an extension course for Black ministers.
[2] Hovey succeeded Malcolm MacVicar, Virginia Union University's first president, after his death in 1904.
[4] Multiple newspapers reported on an educational tour in 1912 Hovey took in the North.
[7] From 1919 until 1930, Hovey served as Secretary for Education of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, from 1919 to 1930; and from 1930 until he retired in 1935 was Director of the National Ministers Institute.