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The Graduate School - About Us 
Mission
Brief History
Quick Facts
Adjunct Faculty
MISSION
It is the mission of The Graduate School to support, facilitate and promote excellence in lifelong education through graduate programs of distinction, innovative outreach programs, and a diverse student body.
The Graduate School is committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who will lead productive and meaningful lives. The mission addresses the first three defining characteristics of the university in that, as a unit, it will:
strategically select innovative and new academic programs for development and implementation,
serve primarily full-time students but will increase programs that fulfill non-degree and competency certification requirements as a complement to the traditional academic programs and bachelor’s degrees, and
offer graduate programs of distinction. Further, the college holds an integral place in three of JMU President Dr. Linwood Rose’s six strategic initiatives to be accomplished by 2008: to offer a richer educational experience for our students by establishing a critical mass of underrepresented populations among the faculty, staff and students; to attain base adequacy and diversify the university’s revenue profile; and establish six to eight graduate programs that are recognized as nationally prominent.
BRIEF HISTORY
Founded in 1908 and located in the center of Virginia’s famous Shenandoah Valley, James Madison University is a public, comprehensive university. The university offers programs at the bachelor’s, master’s, educational specialist and doctoral levels. Student enrollment includes approximately 15,000 undergraduates, 1,000 graduate students, and 700 non-degree seeking students, most of whom are enrolled in graduate level courses. The name of the institution has changed several times over the years from the State Normal and Industrial School for Women in 1908 to: State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg (1914), State Teachers College at Harrisonburg (1924), Madison College (1938), and then to James Madison University in 1977.
The JMU Graduate School was established in 1954 when the State Board of Education authorized the university to offer programs leading to the Master of Science in Education degree. In October 2001, the Graduate School and the Office of Continuing Education joined to form the College of Graduate and Professional Programs. In April 2006, the college was renamed the College of Graduate and Outreach Programs to reflect the university's increased focus on innovative outreach efforts. In November 2007, the College's division of Outreach Programs moved under Research and Public Service, and The Graduate School of James Madison University resumed as its own entity.
QUICK FACTS
THE UNIVERSITY
Founded: JMU was established in 1908. The Graduate School was established in 1954
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Size: 55 Academic/Administrative buildings, 14 Support Facilities, 32 Student Housing Facilities on 614 acres
Accreditation: James Madison University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor’s, master’s, educational specialist and doctoral degrees. In addition, a number of the individual university departments, degree programs and service functions are accredited by appropriate professional organizations.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Graduate Enrollment
Graduate Degree-Seeking Students (Fall 2006): 1132
Graduate Non-Degree-Seeking Students (Fall 2006): 287
Total Graduate Enrollment (Fall 2006): 1419
Full-Time: 64%
Part-Time: 36%
In-State: 76%
Out-of-State: 24%
Female: 63%
Male: 37%
Graduate Enrollment by Ethnicity
Caucasian: 89%
African American: 3%
Asian American: 1%
Hispanic: 4%
Non-resident Aliens: 4%
Graduate Applicant Details
Applications (2005-06): 1634
Accepted (2005-06): 740 or 45%
Enrolled (2005-06): 66% of accepted students
Assistantships
Number of students assisted through assistantship funding (2005-06): 416
Degree/Certificate Programs Offered
Master’s: 30
Educational Specialist: 2
Doctoral: 4
Graduate Certificates: 8
Degrees Awarded (2005-06)
Master’s: 477
EDS: 16
Doctoral: 11
Graduates
Over 11,000 graduates since 1954
OUTREACH PROGRAMS / CONTINUING EDUCATION
Graduate Non-Degree-Seeking Students (Fall 2006): 242
Undergraduate Non-Degree-Seeking Students (Fall 2006): 360
Credit Courses Offered (2005-06): 100
Credit Course Enrollments (2005-06): 1292
Non-Credit Online Courses Offered: Over 1000
Continuing Education Units Awarded for Over 6244 Contact Hours
Grants and Contracts
$3,973,274 in grants and contracts have been awarded to the
college since 2005-06
JMU’s National Recognition
For the 12th consecutive year and 16th time, James
Madison University ranked as the top public, master's level university in the South in the highly regarded annual poll on academic quality conducted by U.S. News & World Report for its guidebook, 2006 America's Best Colleges. JMU also had the highest graduation rate — 80 percent — overall among public and privates colleges in the South.
JMU placed at No. 17 nationally in The Kiplinger
100, a listing of best values in public colleges — schools selected for "their combination of top-flight academics and affordable costs" — published in the February 2006 issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. JMU is one of five
Virginia public universities ranked in the list's top 25.
The Princeton Review, in spring 2006, named JMU one of the nation's best values — offering excellent academics, generous financial-aid packages and at relatively low costs —among American undergraduate institutions in the 2007 edition of its book, "America's Best Value Colleges," published by Random House/Princeton Review.
JMU's Communication Sciences and Disorders masters program is among the top ranked speech-language pathology and audiology programs in America according to the 2004 U.S.
News and World Report on "America’s Best Graduate Schools"
The Counseling Psychology program was named Outstanding Counselor Education Program at the Masters Level by the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in 2006.
James Madison University ranked second nationally among master's-level institutions for the total number of students who study aboard to expand their educational experience to other cultures, as reported in November 2005 in Open Doors, an annual report published by the Institute of International Education.
Breaking into college cuisine's Top 10, Madison jumped to No. 6 in the nation for "great campus food," based on student surveys, in The Princeton Review's annual college guide for 2006, Best 361 Colleges. .
The Princeton Review's 2006 guide, Best 361
Colleges, in its profile of JMU, quotes students as recognizing the school's "welcoming environment," "friendly and outgoing" student body, "well-ranked academics" and ability to deliver "more fun than you can have anywhere else." JMU faculty are praised for their "willingness to extend learning outside of the classroom" and their "realistic method of teaching to prepare students for real-world job applications."
With 65 of its alumni serving as Peace Corps volunteers in developing countries, JMU ranked second in the nation among medium-sized colleges and universities for graduates currently serving as volunteers with the U.S. service program in a 2006 ranking.
In March 2005, JMU was selected as a "college with a conscience," one of 81 of the nation's best colleges for fostering social responsibility and public service by The Princeton Review and Campus Compact, a national organization committed to civic service in higher education. JMU is the only Virginia higher education institution featured in the 2005 book, Colleges With A Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement, published by Random House/Princeton Review Books.
Edward B. Fiske, former education editor of "The New York Times," included JMU in his highly regarded guidebook, "The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2005," saying “JMU has carved a comfortable niche among Virginia's superb public universities.” The 2005 edition notes that JMU is "making considerable progress" toward establishing itself as "a front-rank national university," and that "the school is growing, but not outgrowing its Southern charm."
JMU's Army ROTC program received the MacArthur Award as the best large battalion in the eastern United States in March 2005.
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Teaching courses through Outreach Programs
J. Chris Arndt, Ph.D., Professor of History
Elizabeth A. Arnold, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ben L. Baines, M.Ed., Private Consultant - Vocational Education
Marianne I. Baker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Reading
James L. Barnes, Ed.D., Professor of Integrated Science & Technology
Debora Bays, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education - Radford University
Cheryl L. Beverly, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Special Education
William Bloomer, Ed.D., Adjunct Instructor of Adult Education/Human Resource Development
Melinda Bright, M.Ed., Co-Director and Coordinator – Virginia Department of Education’s Region 5 T/TAC
Karen Broaddus, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Reading
Karen Campbell, M.Ed., Instructional Technology Coordinator - Harrisonburg City Schools
David C. Carothers, Ph.D., Department Head and Professor of Mathematics
Linda Cauley, Ph.D., Director and Instructor - Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor's School
Laurie O. Cavey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Secondary Education
W. Mark Church, M.S.Ed., Career and Technical Administrator for Franklin County Public Schools
Harriett Cobb, Ph.D., Professor of Graduate Psychology
Dorothy Connelly, M.Ed., Assistant Professor of IST – Blue Ridge Community College
Bryan Daniels, Ed.S., Technology Instructional Specialist - Rockingham County Public Schools
Stacy Dean, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Special Education
C. B. Dix Jr., Ed.D., Associate Professor Emeritus Education
K. Kurt Eschenmann, D.Ed., Adjunct Instructor of Education
Richard Evans, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Special Education
John A. Fahey, Ed.D., Principal - Robert E. Lee High School
Thomas P. Falkowski, M.F.A., Adjunct Instructor of Art
Ray Fern, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Education
Jeanne Fitzgerald, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics
Brenda Fogus, B.A., M.A.T., Instructor of Special Education
Hood Frazier, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Education
Kathryn Garber, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Discrete Mathematics
Linda Harpine, M.Ed., Adjunct Instructor of ISAT
Charles M. Harris, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Teresa T. Harris, Ph.D., Professor of Early Childhood Education
Cheryl L. Henderson, M.Ed, Co-Director of Virginia Department of Education’s Region 5 T/TAC
Gregg Henriques, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Graduate Psychology
David E. Herr, Ed.D., Graduate Coordinator and Professor of Special Education
Marcia D. Hickey, B.S., Adjunct Instructor- Integrated
Science and Technology
H. Joe Hill, M.A., Director of Math & Technology - Rockingham County Public Schools
Jane C. Hilton, Ph.D., Clinical Instructor of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Raymond M. Hyser, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of History
Richard Ingram, Ph.D., Educational Technology
Robert Jacobs, M.A.T., Adjunct Instructor of History
Erika Kancler, M.D., Instructor of Biology and Integrated Science & Technology
Lance E. Kearns, Ph.D., Professor of Geology & Environmental Science
John H. Kidd, Ed.D., Superintendent - Rockingham County Public Schools
Judy B. Kidd, M.S., Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Edward Killiher, M.Ed., Coordinator - Virginia Department of Education’s Region 5 T/TAC
Robert A. Kolvoord, Ph.D., Professor of Integrated Science & Technology
Margaret M. Kyger, Ph.D., Department Head and Assistant Professor of Special Education
LouAnn Lovin, Ph.D., Department Head and Professor of Mathematics Education
Reid J. Linn, Ph.D., Associate Dean CGAPP and Professor of Special Education
Solange A. Lopes-Murphy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Secondary Education
Jeanne Martino-McAllister, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health Sciences
Pamela Maslin, Ph.D., Project Manager/Research Associate - Reading First Project University of Virginia
Gina Massengill, M.Ed., Coordinator - Virginia Department of Education’s Region 5 T/TAC
John Matherly, M.S., Instructor of Mathematics and Computer Science- Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor’s School
Lawrence McLaughlin, M.S., Instructor – Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor’s School
Carol Miller, Instructional Technology Training and Development Coordinator
Elizabeth Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Reading
Georgia Newlin, D.M.A., Adjunct Instructor of Music
Thomas O’Neill, M.Ed., Physics Instructor - Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor’s School
Eric J. Pyle, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geology & Environmental Science
Ronald W. Raab, Pd.D., Adjunct Instructor- Integrated Science and Technology
Kevin Ratliff, M.S., Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Michael D. Rettig, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Leadership
Gary K. Ritcher, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Music
Deborah Roudebush, Ed.D., Physics Teacher - West Springfield High School
Brenda C. Seal, Ph.D., Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders
Mary Slade, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education
Donna L. Smith, M.Ed., Adjunct Instructor- Integrated Science and Technology
Glenn T. Smith, M.S., Associate Professor of Communication Information Systems & ManagementScience
Kristen St. John, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geology & Environmental Science
Maria Timmerman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education - University of Virginia
Arvid W. VanDyke, Ed.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Integrated Science & Technology
Patrick Walders, D.M.A., Assistant Professor of Music
Colleen Watson, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Maria T. Wessel, Ed.D., Professor of Health Sciences
Virginia J. Whiting, B. S. Ed., Adjunct Instructor- Integrated Science and Technology
Steven J. Whitmeyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geology and Environmental Science
William H. K. Wightman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art Education
Keri Wormald, M.F.A., Adjunct Instructor of Theatre - Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor's School
Ann H. Wrenn, M. Ed., Adjunct Instructor – Secondary Education
Charles W.S. Ziegenfus, M.A., Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
David P. Zimmerman, Ed.D., Associate Professor Emeritus of Library Science & Educational Media
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