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What's new at JMU?
You'd have to see to believe how the landscape has changed
at JMU! Here's a summary of what's happened on campus over the last
5 years to bring you up to date.
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In place:
New conference center
New alumni center
New track and field
New parking lots
New Potomac Hall
New CISAT building
New parking deck
New bookstore
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Renovated:
Converse Hall
Gifford Hall
D-Hall
Ashby Hall
Wilson Hall
Warren Campus Center
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Current Construction:
Plecker Athletic
Performance Center,
New chemistry and
physics building,
New "Quad Plaza"
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Bond Projects/Future Construction:
Miller and Harrison
renovations,
New music recital hall,
New theater and dance
center,
New east campus
library
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Course Offerings:
2 new doctorate
programs
5 new masters degree
programs
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Athletics:
Conference champ or post season play 40 times over the
last 5 years!
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JMU's Rising Selectiveness
State colleges are already at maximum capacity and the number of
Virginia students wanting to go to college is expected to rise by
an additional 40 to 70 thousand in the coming years. Naturally, as
the number of applicants increases, the number turned down also
increases. Students with better academic records than their
grandparents, parents, or siblings that went to JMU aren't getting
in these days, which is a hard pill for many "legacies" to swallow.
Although JMU does use legacy status as a tie breaker in
the selection process, it is by no means a guarantee for admission
these days. Keeping in mind the tough competition to get admitted,
encourage the potential JMU legacy in your family to take a
challenging high school curriculum.
- Taken from Michael Walsh, JMU Director of
Admissions
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