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Humanities grants awarded to U.P. groups

MARQUETTE, MI--   Several Upper Peninsula organizations have received grants from the Michigan Humanities Council.  

The money is awarded to Michigan nonprofits in support of cultural, educational, and community-based public humanities programming. 

Grants of $15,000 were given to the Alger County Historical Society, the William Bonifas Fine Arts Center in Delta County, the Museum of Ojibwa Culture in Mackinac County, and Northern Michigan University’s Beaumier Heritage Center.  Houghton County’s International Frisbee Hall of Fame and Museum received $8,400. 

The awards are part of more than $274,000 in grants to 24 state organizations.  

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.