The general responsibility for
the administration of the university has been assigned to the president, who is
appointed by the JMU Board of Visitors. When the board is in recess, its
executive committee may exercise the power of the board.
Assisting the president in the
administration of the university are the provost and vice president for
academic affairs, the senior vice president for administration and finance, the
senior vice president for student affairs, university planning and analysis,
the vice president for university advancement, and the executive assistant to
the president.
Appointment to these
positions, to other administrative offices and to the university’s faculty and
staff are made by the JMU Board of Visitors upon the recommendation of the
president.
JMU consists of a College of
Graduate and Professional Programs and five undergraduate colleges:
Douglas T. Brown, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Charles W. King Jr., M.A.
Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance
Kathy Stafford, Ph.D.,
Vice President for University Advancement
Mark Warner, Ed.D.
Senior Vice President for Student Affairs, University Planning & Analysis
Deans
Ralph Alberico, Ph.D.,
Dean of Libraries
A. Jerry Benson, Ph.D.,
Dean, College of Integrated Science & Technology
David F. Brakke, Ph.D.,
Dean, College of Science and Mathematics
Linda Cabe Halpern, Ph.D.,
Dean, General Education
Phillip M. Wishon, Ph.D.,
Dean, College of Education
Robert D. Reid, Ph.D.,
Dean, College of Business
N. William Walker, Ed.D.
Dean, College of Graduate and Professional Programs
Richard F. Whitman, Ph.D.,
Dean, College of Arts and Letters
JMU Alumni
JMU Alumni
Office of Alumni Relations
Phone: (540) 568-6234
Web site: www.jmu.edu/alumni/
JMU benefits from an active,
enthusiastic and supportive alumni association. With more than 70,000
graduates, the JMU Alumni Association strives to develop and stimulate a
continuing interest in the university by providing opportunities for service,
fellowship, networking and loyalty for JMU alumni, parents of current students
and friends of the university.
Alumni chapters across the
country sponsor events, programs, services and various forms of communication
for a diverse constituency. In addition to the celebrated Homecoming
festivities, class reunions are hosted annually for alumni commemorating their
30th, 35th, 40th, 45th and 50th reunions. Appointed volunteers on the JMU
Alumni Association Board of Directors advise the alumni office in the
implementation and management of the association’s affairs.
JMU’s quarterly magazine, Montpelier, provides information about the university to all
alumni, parents of currently enrolled students, friends and businesses,
corporations, and foundations associated with JMU. An international alumni
travel program provides both leisure and educational travel opportunities to
alumni.
JMU Foundation
JMU Foundation
The James Madison University
Foundation, Inc., a 501(c) 3 organization was established in 1969 to promote
the welfare, efficiency, service to the public, and objectives of James Madison
University and to encourage private gifts of money, securities, land, or other
property of whatever character for such purposes, and to that end to take,
hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise or bequest, for the benefit of
James Madison University in the manner designated, for the general purposes and
improvement of James Madison University, and to accept, execute and administer
any trust in which it may have an interest under the terms of the instrument
creating the trust.
Gifts received by the
foundation are used to support the university in many ways, such as
§Construction of buildings
§Endowed chairs for distinguished faculty members
§Purchase of library resources
§Purchase of specialized equipment for university classrooms
and laboratories
