March 2013
March 11 - Exploration of the Night Sky: From Madison to Alger
Location: John C. Wells Planetarium
Time: 10:00-11:00am
This event is open to the public.
Our ancestors were adept at decoding the sky to learn their position on the surface of the planet, to tell the passage of time, and to learn when winter was approaching. Today, astrophysics is an academic enterprise in which we have learned our Universe is filled with billions of galaxies, each of which can have more than billions of stars. We are now learning that planets around these stars are common. Is the discovery of life next?
Join us for a special presentation at the John C. Wells Planetarium to learn more about these discoveries, to learn more about how our night-time sky has changed since the time of Madison, and to learn how you can use the constellations to find your way around the night sky. We will also briefly discuss the current robotic exploration of the Solar System and what we are learning as a result.
March 11 - First Lady's Ice Cream Social
Location: area between Gibbons Hall (D-hall) and Carrier Library
Time: 11:00-1:00pm
This event is for JMU students.
Dolley Madison introduced ice
cream to the White House and served it at James Madison’s second inaugural ball
in 1813. Come enjoy ice cream floats
and learn more about the connection with Dolley Madison and ice cream. Stations
of “ice cream through the ages” from Dolley Madison’s to Mary Ann Alger’s
favorite flavors.
This event will start the week-long celebration of the Inauguration and Madison Week.
March 11 - Faculty and staff Dessert Reception and Scroll Signing
Location: Festival Ballroom
Time: 3:00-5:30pm
This event is for JMU faculty and staff.
Faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the University with colleagues and sign the inaugural scroll. The scroll represents the signing of the Constitution as well as a way for the JMU community to welcome President Alger.
March 11 - Citizenship Forum
Location: Festival Ballroom
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
This event is open to the public.
The campus and community are invited to the Citizenship Forum to discuss higher education's responsibility to society to help produce educated, informed and enlightened citizens. The JMU debate program will moderate a panel of experts in civic engagement, community engagement and ethical decision making.
The audience will then breakout into focus groups (facilitated by the JMU Debate program). Come join us for this thoughtful look at our role and responsibility to help shape our communities and society.
March 12 - Community Services Projects
Location:
Off-campus location will be throughout the Harrisonburg community.
On-campus opportunities will meet in the upper and lower levels of the Festival Center, Warren Patio and Transitions Room.
Time:
Off-campus opportunities will be available from 9am-5pm.
On-campus opportunities will be available from 10am-3pm.
This event is for JMU students, faculty and staff.
Working with the United Way, the Institute for Innovative Health and Human Services (IIHHS), and the Community Service Learning office, students will be able to engage in service opportunities on-campus, while faculty and staff are able to participate in off-campus projects.
There are a number of opportunities available throughout the community. Several of the service opportunities will have transportation available from Godwin Hall.
To register for a service project:- Log into MyMadison
- Click on the "Employee" tab
- Under Employee Training Tab, Click Request Training Enrollment
- Search by JMU Course Type
- Look for President Inauguration, Click Available Courses
- If you click the info icon, you will see the summaries.
- Click View Available Sessions
- Click Session Number to enroll
Open Community Service Projects - Off Campus
| Roberta Webb Child Care Center | 9:00-11:00 PM | Plan to have fun with 2, 3 and 4 year olds at the center with indoor and outdoor play and reading. Shuttle provided. |
| Second Home | 12:30-3:00PM | Reading, Games, Activities with school-age children. Shuttle provided. |
| Mercy House | 1:00-5:00PM | Wear comfortable clothes and bring work gloves to help Mercy House with cleaning and organizing the shelter for homeless families. Shuttle provided. |
| Second Home | 3:00-5:00PM | Wear comfortable clothes and bring work gloves to help Mercy House with cleaning and organizing the shelter for homeless families. Dress for physical work. Shuttle provided. |
| Roberta Webb Child Care Center | 11:00-1:00AM | Plan to have fun with 2, 3 and 4 year olds at the center with indoor and outdoor play and reading. Shuttle provided. |
| Mercy House | 9:00-1:00AM | Wear comfortable clothes and bring work gloves to help Mercy House with cleaning and organizing the shelter for homeless families. Dress for physical work. Shuttle provided. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | 3:00-5:00PM | Second Home - Muhlenberg Lutheran Church. Activities with school-age children. Will be making care packages to send to soldiers in Afghanistan. Shuttle provided. |
| First Step Domesetic Violence Center | 1:00-4:00PM | Roll up your sleeves and wear gloves for cleaning out the attic and basement of this shelter for victims of domestic violence. Volunteers will help First Step get organized. Dress for physical work. |
| Generations Crossing Working With Older Adults | 10:00-12:00PM | In Massanetta Springs Area. Activities with Older Adults. Assist with organized activities. |
| Generations Crossing Outdoor Work | 9:00-12:00PM | In Massanetta Springs Area. Landscaping the playground area including spreading mulch.Dress for physical work in the outdoors, rain or shine. |
| Harrisonburg/Rockingham Child Day Care Center | 1:00-3:00PM | At Harrisonburg/Rockingham Child Day Care Center (Muhlenberg Lutheran Church). Landscaping the playground area including spreading mulch. Dress for physical work in the outdoors, rain or shine. Shuttle provided. |
| Meals on Wheels at Price Rotary Club |
8:30-12:00PM | Prepare and ride along to deliver lunches to shut-ins. |
| Our Community Place |
10:00-1:00PM | Some volunteers will help with general work projects around the facility with no skill required. Other volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve lunch to participants at OCP. Lunch will be provided. |
March 12 - Exploring SRI's Cornerstone Math
Location: Skyline Middle School, Harrisonburg Public Schools
470 Linda Lane, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Time: 3:30-4:30pm
This event is open to JMU Faculty and Staff, JMU students and K-12 school partners.
Come
join Dr. Patrick Shields, executive director of SRI International's
Education Division, as he shares about the Cornerstone Math project. Cornerstone Math is
an innovative integration of technology, curriculum and teacher
professional development aimed at improving
mathematics instruction and learning in grades 7 and 8. Studies
completed in Texas, Florida, and the United Kingdom provide encouraging
results of the program that could be implemented in the Shenandoah
Valley.
March 12 - JMU Baseball Game
Location: Veteran's Memorial Field
Time: 4:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Receive free admission to the Diamond Dukes versus Virginia Military Institute.
March 12 - Dining Discount dinner
Location: Gibbons Hall (D-Hall), East Campus Dining Hall (E-Hall)
Time: 4:30pm
This event is for JMU faculty, staff and their families.
JMU faculty and staff can treat their families to dinner on campus at D-hall or E-hall at a discounted price. This offer will be emailed and accepted in printed or smart phone forms.
Be on the look out for various specials and theme meals throughout the week around campus.
March 12 - Faculty Roundtable: The Political thought of James Madison
Location: HHS 1301 (Health and Human Services Building)
Time: 4:30-6:00pm
This event is open to the public.
JMU professors Kevin Hardwick, Howard Lubert, and Bill Hawk and Rebecca Brannon (moderator) will discuss "The Political Thought of James Madison." The panelists will examine Madison’s ideas from a variety of perspectives and offer their expertise on the subject.
Audience questions are welcomed.
March 12 - JMU Alumni Reception
Location: JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Grand Lobby
Time: 6:00-7:30pm
This event is open to all JMU alumni and families.
Kick off Inauguration Week at JMU on Tuesday, March 12 as the JMU Alumni Association and the Harrisonburg Alumni Chapter invite you to Sing Out! at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts.
An annual sellout event, Sing Out! showcases the musical talent of JMU's student A Capella groups inside the university's state-of-the-art performance venue. The alumni association will host a pre-concert reception at 6pm, complete with food, beverages and a live performance from the Harrisonburg High School A Capella Group. Doors for the show open at 7:30pm, and the performance begins at 8pm.
To register for this event, please visit the Alumni website.
March 12 - Public Lecture: "Dolley Madison and the Creation of 'The First Lady'"
Location: HHS 1301 Lecture Hall (Health and Human Services building)
Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Join us for this public lecture, "Dolley Madison and the Creation of 'The First Lady'" presented by Holly Shulman, Editor, Dolley Madison Digital Edition, at University of Virginia. Professor Shulman’s presentation will examine how and why Dolley Madison created the role of the first lady.
March 12 - UPB Movie: My Date with the President's Daughter
Location: Grafton-Stovall Theater
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
This event is open to JMU students, faculty and staff.
Come out and enjoy a free movie, My Date with the President's Daughter, at Grafton-Stovall.
**Please note the movie title is subject to change.
March 12 - Sing Out! An a Capella Concert
Location: JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall
Time: 8:00-10:00pm
This event is open to the public.
A cappella continues to take the world by storm! A sellout last season, this event returns for two nights of performances by JMU's amazing a cappella groups. This second annual Sing Out! also features an a cappella group from Harrisonburg High School and a visiting university.
For tickets, check http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/ or call (540) 568-7000.
March 12 - Trivia Night at Clementine Cafe
Location: Clementine Cafe, Downtown Harrisonburg
Time: 9:00-11:00pm
This event is open to the public.
As an on-going tradition, Clementine Café has their trivia night on Tuesdays.
For Inauguration week they will be using James Madison as the theme for trivia.
March 13 - Exploration of the Night Sky: From Madison to Alger
Location: John C. Wells
Planetarium
Time: 2:00-3:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Our ancestors were adept at decoding the sky to learn their position on the surface of the planet, to tell the passage of time, and to learn when winter was approaching.
Today,
astrophysics is an academic enterprise in which we have learned our Universe is
filled with billions of galaxies, each of which can have more than billions of
stars. We are now learning that planets around these stars are common. Is the
discovery of life next?
Join us for a special presentation at the John C. Wells
Planetarium to learn more about these discoveries, to learn more about how our
night-time sky has changed since the time of Madison, and to learn how you can
use the constellations to find your way around the night sky. We will also
briefly discuss the current robotic exploration of the Solar System and what we
are learning as a result.
March 13 - Colonial Tea Time
Location: Warren Hall, Transitions Room
Time: 3:00-4:30pm
This event is for JMU faculty and staff, and students.
A celebratory tea party to recognize and remember the Madisonian Era. Bring your etiquette and prepare to mingle over flavored tea and scones, a James Madison University favorite.
March 13 - Faculty Emeriti Reception
Location: Carrier Library, Old Lobby
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
This event is by invitation only.
The Faculty Emeriti Association will be hosting a reception for all retired and Emeriti Faculty in honor of President Jonathan Alger from 3pm until 5pm. All Emeriti and retired faculty are invited to attend this event to provide best wishes to the President.
March 13 - Faculty Roundtable: "The Madisons' World"
Location: HHS 1301 (Health and Human Services buildling)
Time: 4:30-6:00pm
This event is open to the public.
JMU faculty members Bruce Brunton, Pam Johnson, Matt Rebhorn and David Owusu-Ansah (moderator) will discuss “The Madisons’ World." Our panelists will offer their interdisciplinary expertise on the Madisons’ life and time with a focus on the economy, literature and dress of the era.
Audience questions are welcomed.
March 13 - Public Lecture: "Madison, Slavery and the Constitution"
Location: HHS 1301 Lecture Hall (Health and Human Services building)
Time: 6:00-7:00pm
This event is open to the public.
David Waldstreicher, Department of History, Temple University will present "James Madison, Slavery and the Constitution."
Professor Waldstreicher will examine Madison’s pivotal role in framing the Constitution and the dilemmas posed by the institution of slavery.
March 13 - Sing Out! An A cappella Concert
Location: JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall
Time: 8:00-10:00pm
This event is open to the public.
A cappella continues to take the world by storm! A sellout last season, this event returns for two nights of performances by JMU's amazing a cappella groups. This second annual Sing Out! also features an a cappella group from Harrisonburg High School and a visiting university.
For tickets, check http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/ or call (540) 568-7000.
March 14 - The Annual Stewardship Luncheon
Location: JMU Festival Conference and Student Center
Time: 11:30-2:00pm
This event is by invitation only.
The Annual Stewardship Luncheon will be held Thursday, March 14, 2013, in the JMU Festival Conference and Student Center.
March 14 - The Madison Collaborative: Ethical Reasoning in Action
Location: Highlands Room
Time: 1:00-2:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Over the past few years, members of the James Madison University community have participated in preparing materials for reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission On Colleges (SACSCOC). A centerpiece of this process is the development of a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The QEP is a five-year plan designed to enhance student learning that is required by SACSCOC. This panel discussion will discuss the QEP, its development, and the five year plan of implementation.March 14 - Spirit of Innovation: The SRI Model
Location: Highlands Room
Time: 2:30-4:00pm
This event is for JMU faculty, staff, alumni and community leaders.
Presentation on innovation by Dr. Curtis R. Carlson, President and CEO of SRI.
About SRI
Founded as a center of innovation and research at Stanford University,
SRI International became an independent nonprofit research institute in
1970, and remains a recognized leader in Silicon Valley’s innovation
ecosystem. SRI’s research has generated over 1,000 patents, and touches
on virtually every sector in the U.S. economy, including (but not
limited to): banking, robotics, national security, economic development,
energy and environmental technology, biomedicine, atmospheric research,
computing, and sensing technologies. One of SRI’s most widely
recognizable innovations revolutionized personal computing—the computer
mouse.
Other discoveries attributed to SRI during the early history of computing are the “Windows” concept, hypertext, and videoconferencing. Countless people around the world have benefited from SRI’s drug development programs, which produced Halofantrine, a drug used to treat malaria. In order to further their biological research, SRI established the Center for Advanced Drug Research (CADRE) in the Rockingham Center for Research and Technology, located just north of Harrisonburg. A more recent technological innovation in the field of communications is Siri, the virtual personal assistant for Apple’s iPhone. Launched in October of 2011, Siri was made possible as a result of decades of SRI research in artificial intelligence and leadership of the Personalized Assistant that Learns (PAL) Program.
March 14 - Student Scroll Signing
Location: Wilson Hall, Auditorium
Time: 3:00-4:00pm
This event is for JMU students and representatives from JMU student organizations.
JMU students and student organizations will celebrate the University and sign the inaugural scroll. The scroll represents the signing of the Constitution and provides an opportunity for the JMU student body to welcome President Alger.
March 14 - Purple and Gold Reception
Location: JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Grand Lobby
Time: 4:00-6:00pm
This event is by invitation only.
This event provides an opportunity for invitees including major donors to the university, current and former board members campus wide, donor stewards, and alumni who have been honored by various campus organizations to come together to celebrate the events of the week. Attendees are encouraged to wear purple and gold.
March 14 - Presidential Walk
Location: JMU Quadrangle to Court Square, then program in Court Square Theatre
Time: 4:30-6:30pm
This event is open to the public.
Part 1 (4:30 – 5:15):
Students, faculty, and staff will join in a walk from the Quad
side of the Main Street tunnel to Court
Square for a welcome from Harrisonburg city and Rockingham county. After a brief
program, participants will come together inside Court
Square Theater for Part 2 of this momentous event.
Part 2 (5:15 – 6:15):
After a performance by JMU’s a cappella group, Notoriety, there will be a lecture on "Beyond the Marble Man: Who was James Madison?"
presented by
David Mattern, Associate Editor, The Papers of James Madison, University of Virginia. Professor
Mattern’s presentation will provide answers that
demystify Mr. Madison and provide a sense of who he really was.
Be sure to stay downtown after the program to explore various specials being offered by Harrisonburg downtown restaurants.
March 14 - UPB Student Inaugural Ball
Location: Festival Ballroom
Time: 8:00-10:00pm
This event is for JMU students. Tickets Required.
The Inaugural Ball is opportunity for students to dress up and celebrate the inauguration of the sixth president of JMU.
Please check back for additional details for this event.
March 14 - Trivia Night at The Corner
Location: The Corner, Downtown Harrisonburg
Time: 8:00-10:00pm
This event is open to the pubilc.
As an on-going tradition, The Corner hosts a weekly trivia night on Thursdays. For Inauguration week they will be using James Madison as the theme for trivia.
March 15 - Inauguration Day Purple Out
In honor of James Madison University's new president, Jonathan Alger, it’s a Purple Out day!
Even if you can’t join us in Harrisonburg, wear purple to help us celebrate this historic JMU occasion.
Click the link to learn more information on the inauguration http://www.jmu.edu/inauguration/
March 15 - Inaugural Ceremony
Location: JMU Convocation Center
Time: Doors will open at 10:15am
This event is open to the public.
James Madison University will take a momentous step in its young, vibrant and storied history when it inaugurates Jonathan R. Alger as its sixth president on March 15, 2013.
For detailed information please visit our Ceremony Information page.
March 15 - JMU Debate Team: Federalists vs. Antifederalists
Location: TBD
Time: 3:00pm
This event is open to the public.
JMU’s award winning debate team will present the two sides of ratification of the Constitution. Basing their arguments on correspondence, newspapers and pamphlets of the era, they will recreate the tension surrounding the debate over whether or not the Constitution should be ratified.
March 15 - JMU Softball Invitational
Location: Veteran's Memorial Park
Time: 3:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Receive free admission JMU versus Fordham.
March 15 - JMU Baseball Game
Location: Veteran's Memorial Park
Time: 4:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Receive free admission to the Diamond Dukes versus University of North Carolina Wilmington.
March 15 - MadisonFest
Location: JMU Quadrangle
Time: 5:30-8:00 pm
This event is open to the public.
Join in on this finale celebration of the Inauguration week and birthday party for James Madison consisting of music, carnival-like games, and fireworks!
March 15 - Exploration of the Night Sky: From Madison to Alger
Location: John C. Wells Planetarium
Time: 7:00-8:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Our ancestors were adept at decoding the sky to learn their position on the surface of the planet, to tell the passage of time, and to learn when winter was approaching.
Today, astrophysics is an academic enterprise in which we have learned our Universe is filled with billions of galaxies, each of which can have more than billions of stars. We are now learning that planets around these stars are common. Is the discovery of life next? Join us for a special presentation at the John C. Wells Planetarium to learn more about these discoveries, to learn more about how our night-time sky has changed since the time of Madison, and to learn how you can use the constellations to find your way around the night sky.
We will also briefly discuss the current robotic exploration of the Solar System and what we are learning as a result.
March 15 - Star Party
Location: Astronomy Field, behind Festival Center
Time: 8:00pm
This event is open to the public.
View the nighttime sky and look at planets, binary stars, and the moon through a telescope at Astronomy Park.
March 16 - Bus Trip to Montpelier
Location: Montpelier, home of President and Mrs. James Madison
Time: 10:00am-2:00pm
This event is open to the public but you must have a confirmed reservation prior to the event.
Please fill out the registration form to reserve your seat for this trip.
Celebrate the 262nd birthday of the Father of the Constitution. Saturday, March 16 is James Madison's birthday! To celebrate JMU will provide roundtrip transportation to Montpelier free of charge. Visit with Mr. and Mrs. Madison in their home throughout the day.
Also, attend a poignant wreath presentation ceremony in the Madison Family Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. that will also include President Alger.
Costs:
There will be free admission to
the property. If you wish to tour the house, there will be a reduced fee of $7.50 a person.
You may signup for and purchase box lunches, $15.24 each or you can bring your own picnic lunch.
Approximate time
frame:
Depart JMU on buses
at 8:00am, arrive at Montpelier at 10:00am
Tour the house, grounds
and have lunch, then attend the 1:30 ceremony and depart around 2:00pm
Participants are welcome to drive on their own to Montpelier. Please be sure to reserve your ticket for the tour of the home and order your boxed lunch. If you are planning to drive yourself, please register here.
March 16 - Community Resource Campus Tour
Location: JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts
Time: 11:00am
This event is open to the public.
Meet at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at 11:00am to have a guided tour from students of JMU. This tour is specifically designed to highlight resources on campus that are available to the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County community.
Parking is available in the Warsaw Avenue Parking Deck.
March 16 - JMU Softball Invitational
Location: Veteran's Memorial Park
Time: 1:00pm and 3:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Receive free admission to JMU versus Detroit at `pm and JMU versus Fordham at 3pm.
March 16 - JMU Baseball Game
Location: Veteran's Memorial Park
Time: 2:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Receive free admission to the Diamond Dukes versus University of North Carolina Wilmington.
March 16 - Marimba Orchestra and Friends
Location: JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Concert Hall
Time: 8:00pm
This event is open to the public but tickets are required.
This extraordinary event returns with performances by JMU's Marimba Orchestra, Steel Band and Madison Singers, as well as faculty guest artists. This concert features selections by Grammy Award winner Bela Fleck, plus classical and ragtime style works, including a medley of tunes from hit Broadway musicals, as well as an extended salute to the world-renowned Carlos Santana.
For tickets, check http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/ or call (540) 568-7000.
Tickets required.
