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Center for Applications and Research in Telecommunications
(CART)
Center for Direct, Interactive, and Retail
Marketing
Center for Economic Education
Center for Entrepreneurship
Center for Environment, Health, and Safety
Center for High Performance Manufacturing
Center for Innovation in Health and Human Services
Center for Materials Science
Center for Research in Accounting Education
CISAT Creative Services
CISAT International
CLEP Testing Center
Commonwealth Information Security Center
(CISC)
Caregivers Community Network
Community Health Interpreter Service
Counseling and Psychological Services
Center
Center for Applications and Research in
Telecommunications (CART)
The CART is a
cross-disciplinary join project of the College of Business and the
College of Integrated Science and Technology. It is designed to be
a focal point for close linkages among academics, telecommunication
firms, and local, regional, and national government agencies.
Operating as a kind of teaching hospital, the CART supports
discussion, research, and practical problem-solving in an overall
atmosphere of innovation where students pursuing an academic
program are exposed on a regular basis to professioals grappling
with real-life business and policy issues.
Center for Direct, Interactive, and Retail
Marketing
CDIRM
MSC 0205, JMU
Harrisonburg VA 22807
540-568-3223/ fax: 540-568-2754
CDIRM@jmu.edu
The center aims to: provide an opportunity form distinguished
business leaders in the retailing area to interact with JMU
students on a formal and informal basis; provide an opportunity for
distinguished business leaders in the retailing area and scholars
to exchange ideas and opinions about business and specific
retail-related topics; provide the retailing community with
research that satisfies their specialized needs; provide seminars,
training sessions and continuing education programs to selected
segments of the retailing, business, and educational communities;
increase awareness of retailing opportunities in teaching,
research, and service among faculty members in the Marketing
Program, the College of Business, and James Madison University;
provide networking opportunities and disseminate information about
retail trends and issues to retailing professionals.
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Center for Economic
Education
MSC 5503, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-3244/fax: 540-801-8650
contact: William C. Wood
woodwc@jmu.edu
The Center's mission is "to
promote economic literacy in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia."
The center accomplishes this mission with a program of outreach and
research. The outreach is funded as a sponsored program of
Shenandoah Valley Economic Education, Inc., a 501(c)3 corporation
that promotes teaching about economics and the free enterpise
system in the area. The Center is an affiliate of the National
Council of Economic Education and the Virginia Council on Economic
Education. The Center serves K-12 teachers, primarily in the public
schools of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. The Center also
serves a secondary area that includes Shenandoah and Page counties,
and opens its workshops on a space-available basis to educators
from elsewhere in Virginia.
Center for
Entrepreneurship
MSC 0205
Contact: Paul Bierly
bierlype@jmu.edu
540-568-3236
Founded in July, 1985 as an interdisciplinary unit of the College
of Business of James Madison University, the Center for
Entrepreneurship (CFE) is the focus and originating point of a
broad variety of business-related activities with special emphasis
on venture creation and entrepreneurship. The Center's mission is
to promote, foster, and perpetuate the American entrepreneurial
tradition, and to strengthen Virginia's economy by encouraging
innovation and the creation of new enterprises. Since 1995 the JMU
Entrepreneurship Program has been ranked as one of the "Top 10
Up-and-Coming Entrepreneurship Programs" by Success Magazine. JMU's
ranking improved in 1996 and again in 1997. The Center for
Entrepreneurship is the home of the Student Business Counselor
Institute (SBCI) which offers business and technical assistance
counseling to members of the small business community.
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Center for Environment, Health, and
Safety
MSC 4102, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-2710/fax: 540-568-2768
contact: Steven P. Frysinger
frysinsp@jmu.edu
The Center for Environment, Health, and Safety offers continuing
education and training courses in such areas as Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) and others of interest
to EH&S managers and staff. The Center serves environment,
health, and safety managers and staff in industry and
government.
Center for High Performance
Manufacturing
MSC 4102, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-2740/fax: 540-568-2768
contact: Ronald Kander
kanderrg@jmu.edu
The VT/JMU Center for High
Performance Manufacturing (CHPM) has a Rapid Prototyping and
Tooling Laboratory located in the Integrated Science and Technology
(ISAT) Department at JMU. The ISAT laboratory focuses on rapid
prototyping and tooling, materials development, and injection
molding. The CHPM research emphasis at JMU is to synergistically
combine these technologies into a flexible molding capability for
plastic prototyping, injection molding mold manufacturing, and
limited-run production of plastic parts via injection molding. CHPM
laboratories at JMU are used for undergraduate and graduate
education, externally sponsored research programs, and are
available for industrial use on a fee-for-service basis. All types
of regional, state, national, and international companies who
manufacture plastic parts or metal molds benefit from partnering
with the laboratory. In addition, small to mid-sized companies who
need limited-run manufacturing or prototyping capabilities benefit
from partnering with the laboratory.
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Center for Innovation in Human
Services
MSC 9009, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-6058/fax: 540-568-6374
contact: Julie B. Gochenour
gochenjx@jmu.edu
The mission of the Center
for Innovation in Health and Human Services at James Madison
University (CHHS) is the creation and facilitation of excellence in
health and human services. This will be accomplished through
innovation and collaboration in cross-disciplinary and holistic
education, training, scholarship, grantsmanship, research, service,
practice, and outreach programs, projects, and initiatives. Please
see individual programs for information.
Center for Materials
Science
MSC 4310, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-2723/ fax: 540-568-2955
HHS Building Room 3206
The Center for Materials
Science offers a minor and concentration in materials science that
enhance students' preparation for employment and advanced study in
the rapidly growing materials industry. In these programs, students
develop broad interdisciplinary skills and in-depth knowledge in
materials science that integrates undergraduate education with
basic and applied research.
Center for Research In Accounting
Education
MSC 0203, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-3071
contact: Dr. Paul Copley
copleypa@jmu.edu
The James Madison University
Center for Research in Accounting Education publishes an ongoing
series of volumes on accounting education. Each hard bound book
contains a collection of the best articles, research monographs,
and essays on a specific topic. These books are a valuable resource
for educators in all fields, not just accounting. The prices are
intended to keep these readings readily accessible to educators,
Ph.D. students, and anyone with an interest in instruction,
assessment, or other educational topics. Our latest release is on
Group Learning. This collection of readings is of immense value to
anyone involved in classroom instruction, curriculum development,
or researching the latest pedagogical techniques.
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CISAT Creative Services
MSC 4306, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-2781/ fax: 540-568-2349
contact: Christine Letsky-Anderson
creative@cisat.jmu.edu
CISAT Creative Services is a
resource for the faculty, staff and students of the College of
Integrated Science and Technology. The facility offers a variety of
resources and services including web programming and design, print
design, photography, and video production.
CISAT
International
MSC 4301, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-6570 / Fax: 540-568-3336
contact Tammy Wagner: wagnertl@jmu.edu
The CISAT International
Center promotes international and interdisciplinary collaboration,
education, scholarship, and cultural exchange with other countries.
Areas of focus include agriculture and water management,
information technology, energy, health and nutrition, mental and
physical well-being, science and social policy, telecommunications,
and transportation.
CLEP Testing
Center
MSC 6913, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-6824/ fax: 540-568-2589
contact: Pamela Brown
brownpg@jmu.edu
The College Level
Examination Program (CLEP) provides standardized testing for
specific colleges courses. Individuals who achieve minimum scores
may request academic credit from participating colleges and
universities. The Bachelor of Individualized Study (BIS) program at
JMU accepts CLEP credit. Individuals who desire testing should
contact the Center to schedule specific testing dates. All tests
are taken online and scores are immediately available. The CLEP
testing center serves students of the Shenandoah Valley, including
those enrolled in programs at Blue Ridge Community College, Mary
Baldwin College, Eastern Mennonite University, and JMU.
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Institute
for Infrastructure and Information
Assurance
MSC 4103, JMU
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-8196 / fax: 540-568-3521
cisc_info@cisat.jmu.edu
The Center is a
collaborative effort that includes several Virginia universities
(James Madison University (JMU), George Mason University(GMU),
Hampton University, and Virginia Tech(VT), along with industry and
government. The Center conducts applied research and technology
transfer to increase the competitiveness of Virginia's information
security industry and workforce as well as to address the security
needs of Virginia's IT industry and users. The Center's current
activities include six projects and approximately 15 individuals at
Virginia universities. The mission of the CISC is to enhance
information security responsibly by conducting technology and
policy research; educating the public, policy makers, and a new
generation of professionals; and, facilitating technology transfer
among governments, businesses, and universities.
Caregivers Community
Network
MSC 9014
540-568-6682/877-568-6682
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
contact: Vicky Landes
landesvl@jmu.edu
CCN provides services,
companionship, and support for those who care for frail older
family members. CCN also provides services for those with memory
loss or Alzheimer's disease. CCN can help to give caregivers a
break and provide valuable time to care for themselves, as well as
their loved ones.
Community Health Interpreter
Service
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-3383
For hundreds of Shenandoah Valley
residents, linguistic and cultural barriers seriously compromise
the quality of health care that they receive. To address this
challenge, the Blue Ridge AHEC at JMU provides training to
bilingual persons who then interpret for limited English proficient
persons during health and medical care encounters. The schedules
interpreters upon request from area health care
providers.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Program
MSC 9012
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-568-1735/ fax: 540-568-8866
contact: Tim Schulte
schulttj@jmu.edu
If you or someone you know is dealing with a personal,
educational, emotional or interpersonal concern, Counseling and
Psychological Services at JMU's Human Development Center can help.
Counseling and Psychological Services offers friendly, affordable
care to persons of all ages. Graduate students in JMU's Department
of Psychology work professional Care Team, to provide quality
counseling services for you and your family. Confidential
counseling is available to assist adults, families and children who
are experiencing: Depression, Anxiety, Marital tensions,
Parent-child conflicts, and/or Work or school difficulties. All
fees are based on a sliding scale, depending on gross income and
number of dependents in the home. Fees and payment plans are
discussed in advance.
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