Awards

Peace Corps - 2008, JMU Ranked #14 Nationally for Large Universities (53 active alumni). JMU ranks #129 for all time Peace Corps volunteers with 347 alumni having served.

Model Community Based Federal Work Study Program- Connecting Classroom Learning and Real-World Living-2008-Campus Compact.

President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction - 2007 - Corporation for National and Community Service and Campus Compact.

U.S. News and World Reports - 2002-2007- JMU Recognized as One of the Top Twenty Three Service-Learning Programs in the United States.

Princeton Review - 2005 - Selected as a Colleges With a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement.

Mother Jones Magazine, 2003 and 1998 - JMU, Top 10 Activist Schools

Break Away - 1999 Alternative Spring Break National Program of the Year

Who Cares Magazine, 1997 - JMU, Top 10 Schools That Make A Difference