A new way to learn languages

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A new world language-learning resource, Powerspeak Languages, is now available at Waynesboro Public Library. Powerspeak Languages is a new online language learning course that uses a variety of methods to engage learners. The core languages available are Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, and English for ESL learners. Each course uses a variety of multi-sensory activities…

‘Detectives’ scour rare periodicals for clues to 20th century life

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James Madison University students are gaining new insight into American popular literary genres by poring over a growing collection of old pulp magazines. Called “pulp” because they were printed on rough paper stock made from wood pulp, the magazines’ very form led to their rarity as readers discarded their copies after reading them. Students enrolled…

Author to speak about Madion’s views on nature

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Is James Madison really “the forgotten father of American environmentalism”? Andrea Wulf, design historian and award-winning author of “The Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation,” will discuss this topic at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the Health and Human Services Building on the JMU campus east of…

Chris DeWald: Strokes/neuropsychological evaluations

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As always, I have something happening to me.  This results in having  information for you.  From my last article, I left you with the next step in my fight with severe vascular disease.  This test was designed to reveal my strengths as well as my weaknesses.  You may be scheduled for one and not know…

Former EMU education professor dies

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Kathryn F. (Kass) Seitz, a former member of the Eastern Mennonite University teaching faculty, died Sunday, June 5, at Oak Lea Nursing Home in Harrisonburg. She was 73. Seitz was a member of EMU’s education department faculty from 1979 to 1986. Her teaching specialty was elementary education. Her spouse, Kenneth L. Seitz, Jr., who survives,…