Hope College News
2023 Dec
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Campus Life Retired English Professor Nancy Nicodemus Dies
Nancy Nicodemus, a professor emerita of English who after 33 years as a dedicated teacher and mentor at Hope went on to earn an additional degree of her own from the college in retirement, died on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. She passed away peacefully two days short of her 89th birthday, after extended care at home and a brief stay in hospice care at Resthaven Care Center in Holland, Michigan.
2023 Nov
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Arts Hope Rep to Feature “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” Dec. 19-23
Hope Repertory Theatre, a significant feature at Hope College for more than 50 years, will welcome back one of its founders to direct the beloved holiday story “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” on Tuesday-Saturday, Dec. 19-23, in the Knickerbocker Theatre.
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Academics Professor and Students Receive Statewide Health/PE Educator Awards
Recently retired Hope College professor Nancy Kamstra has been named University Educator of the Year by SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators) Michigan. She received the recognition at the same time that the statewide organization honored two of her students — seniors Clayton Dykhouse of Zeeland and Emily Dieffenbach of Grand Rapids — with Future Professional of the Year awards.
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Academics Book on Blindness in Early Modern Japan Receives Three Awards
The book “Blind in Early Modern Japan: Disability, Medicine, and Identity” by Dr. Wei Yu Wayne Tan of the Hope College history faculty has received two awards for excellence from professional associations.
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Arts Michelle Bombe Appointed Executive Director of Hope Repertory Theatre
Longtime Hope College theatre faculty member Michelle Bombe has been appointed executive director of Hope Repertory Theatre.