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JMU Campus  and Off-Campus Life

 

Go to the Student Life and Services tab on the JMU home page to access resources and information.  Some of the more useful are listed below.  Also included is information about local and area life.

Off-Campus Life: 
http://web.jmu.edu/ocl/index.asp

Area Information
Harrisonburg, VA Home Page:  http://www.ci.harrisonburg.va.us/
Harrisonburg and Area Tourism:  http://www.harrisonburgtourism.com/
Staunton, VA Home Page:  http://www.staunton.va.us/
Charlottesville, VA Home Page:  http://www.charlottesville.org/

Athletics and Fitness
Ticket Office – Athletics:  http://www.jmusports.com/Ticketing/
Ticket Office for various campus events – Warren Hall:  http://www.jmu.edu/ubo/boxoffice.shtml
University Recreation (UREC):  http://www.jmu.edu/recreation/

Bookstores
Campus Bookstore (Follett’s):
http://www.bkstr.com/Home/10001-10317-1?demoKey=d
Barnes & Noble:  289 Burgess Road, Harrisonburg (540-432-3801)
Books-a-Million:  1866 E. Market St., Harrisonburg (540-574-4490)

Campus Map: 
http://www.jmu.edu/map/

Cultural Events:
JMU Masterpiece Season—Box Office, Harrison Hall
568-7000 on campus; (877) 201-7543 off campus (toll free)

Furious Flower Poetry Center: http://www.jmu.edu/furiousflower/

Ticket Office for some campus events – Warren Hall:  http://www.jmu.edu/ubo/boxoffice.shtml

Blackfriars Theatre/American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA (30 minutes south of Harrisonburg and simply fabulous):  www.americanshakespearecenter.com

Furious Flower Poetry Center sponsors a poetry club, events, and slams. Click here for more information.

Click here for the Court Square Theatre schedule and box office.

Click here for information, including the 2006-2007 schedule, on the Green Valley Bookfair, a discount book outlet store that houses over 500,000 volumes.

Dining
Off-Campus Dining Link:  http://www.jmu.edu/parents/Hburgrestaurants.shtml

Coffee Shops:  Starbucks is located on-campus and at Barnes & Noble Bookstore

The Daily Grind:
2 N. Main St., Harrisonburg - (540) 433-0313
1651 E Market St, Harrisonburg, - (540) 432-1004
1925 E Market St, Harrisonburg - (540) 433-1711 & (540) 433-0313

Campus Dining Services:  http://www.campusdish.com/en-US/csse/jmu

Employment
Student Employment Office:  http://www.jmu.edu/stuemploy/

Grocery Stores
Food Lion, 1751 S High St, Harrisonburg - (540) 433-8099
Food Lion, 1751 Virginia Ave, Harrisonburg - (540) 434-7573
Kroger, 1790 E Market St, Harrisonburg - (540) 432-1830
Wal-Mart Supercenter,  171 Burgess Rd, Harrisonburg - (540) 433-7473

Housing
Off-Campus Housing Office:  http://web.jmu.edu/ocl/listings/index.html

Parking Services: 
http://web.jmu.edu/parking/

Public Transportation
As a JMU student, you can ride the bus for free! 
Since finding an open parking space on campus can be challenging, riding a Harrisonburg transit bus to campus and/or while you are on campus may be an option worth exploring. The buses travel from one side of the campus to another and can save a student much time. The bus system is a unique form of transportation available to the city of Harrisonburg including JMU. There are routes to take you all over campus and Harrisonburg as well as to and from the apartment complexes. It is free to all students, faculty and staff. A bus schedule can be found at any bus stop, information sites or at http://64.203.166.35/index.pl/_the_schedule3. The home page for the transit buses of Harrisonburg Department of Transportation is located at http://64.203.166.35/index.pl/transit. The routes are listed there for your planning purposes.

If you live in Augusta County, another option may be to catch a shuttle from Blue Ridge Community College to JMU. The BRCC Shuttle offers free transportation for students from Rockingham and Augusta Counties, as well as the cities of Harrisonburg and Staunton, and offers connecting service to Waynesboro. Go to http://www.brcc.edu/Student/shuttle.htm for details.

 

 

 
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