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Orientation

On campus New Graduate Student Orientation will be held
Monday, August 20, 2012
9 am to noon

HHS 1302
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Parking:  Please park in C10 lot only. (parking map)

Parking in other lots may result in parking citations, especially if you have not yet registered your vehicle with the university. You are prohibited from parking specialty spaces such as those for service vehicles, handicap (without proper permit), expired meters, or fire lanes.

Schedule and information from last year's orientation:

Preliminary Schedule:

9 am - Introductions and video, Dr. Reid Linn, Dean

9:45 - panel presentation on student services

10:45 - current graduate student panel

 UREC (University Recreation Center) will offer a tour of the facility 1:30- 2:15.

The University Libraries will offer tours from 2:30-3:30. Gather at the main desk in either Carrier or East Campus Library where a staff member will provide the tour.

As dean of The Graduate School at James Madison University and on behalf of the graduate faculty, I want to welcome you to JMU.

 Founded in 1908 and located in the center of Virginia’s famous Shenandoah Valley, James Madison University is a public institution enrolling more than 19,000 students. The Graduate School was established in 1954 and since 1993, U.S. News and World Report has ranked JMU as the top public master’s level university in the south.

 At JMU you will find a comprehensive array of graduate programs, outstanding faculty and excellent personal and academic support services. Our mission is to support, facilitate and promote excellence in lifelong education through graduate programs of distinction, innovative outreach programs and a diverse student body. The university offers approximately 50 graduate programs, seven of those at the doctoral level with an eighth recently approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. These graduate programs cross multiple academic colleges and units such as the College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Integrated Science and Technology, the College of Science and Mathematics, the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Leadership Studies.

 Our programs are designed to meet the future needs of the state, nation and, indeed, the world. Again, I want to welcome you to JMU, a student-centered community that values excellence, integrity and mutual respect. The faculty has determined that you embody these values and has offered you admission. I look forward to meeting you on campus and wish you the very best in your future academic endeavors at our fine university.

 

Online Orientation

For more information about beginning your experience as a graduate student, visit the links below:

JMU Computing

Financial Aid

Student Employment

Learning Centers

Center for Faculty Innovation (CFI)

University Health Center

Insurance

Counseling and Student Development Center

News

   AWARDS!

Dr. Anne Stewart is elected to receive the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Award by the  State Council of Higher Education for Virginia!  Read more...

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Justine Schembri, a May 2011 graduate of the ISAT-Malta program is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS (Conference of Southern Graduate Schools*) Master's Thesis Award in Life Sciences.

Jason Kopp, a doctoral student in the Assessment and Measurement Ph.D. program, and graduate of the Psychological Sciences master's program, is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS Master's Thesis Award in Social Sciences, Business and Education.  Read more...

Dr. Sarah Finney, with the Center for Assessment and Research Studes and the Ph.D. progra in Assessment and Measurement is selected to receive the 2012 CSGS Outstanding Mentor Award for her work with master's and doctoral students at JMU.

*The Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (of which JMU is a member) is an organization of over 200 gradaute schools in the following 15 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

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Dr. Brenda Ryals, faculty in the Communication Sciences and Disorders progam,  is the recipient of the 2012 Jerger Career Award for Research in Audiology. Read more...

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JMU Graduate Student, Sarah DiDimenco,  is Virginia Occupational Therapy Association (VOTA) scholarship award winner ....  more.

Important Dates and Deadlines 

  Summer 2012

June 1  - last day to submit an application to graduate in August

July 6 - comprehensive assessment results and thesis/research project/dissertation due to The Graduate School

August 3 - Course completion deadline for December graduation

"Like" the JMU Graduate Student Association (GSA) on Facebook. Click the link below.

JMU Graduate Student Association  

If you would like to receive email notifications of GSA activities and information, please send an email to JMUGSA@gmail.com and indicate your interest.   Visit the JMU GSA webpage: www.jmu.edu/grad/gsa

Assessment Stars Aim High
(JMU's Assessment and Measurement Program):

Click here to read more.

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Although the orientation is free, we do ask that you register and let us know that you are coming!
Please register here.