News about the Program

The Honors Program is planning a student trip and alumni reunion in Washington, D.C. in spring 2008. The event will include tours of a Smithsonian Museum, lunch, a matinee performance, and a later afternoon reception for alumni. If you would like to help us plan this event, please contact our program office at (540) 568-6953 or e-mail us at honors@jmu.edu

As of July 2007, the Honors Program has a new director. Dr. Barry Falk comes to James Madison University from Iowa State University where he was a professor of economics at Iowa State University for twenty-five years. He worked with the Honors Program at Iowa State for fifteen years and was responsible for Iowa State's first undergraduate research symposium. For more information, see our administration page.

JMU honors students have been awarded nationally prestigious scholarships. Katherine Kross, a senior biology major, was selected for a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2007-2008 academic year. Ryan Powanda,a junior majoring in integrated science and technology, was selected for a Morris K. Udall Scholarship due to his environmental activism. Adam Carpenter was selected to receive a grant from the Freeman-Asia Program for language study in Japan. For more information, see http://www.jmu.edu/honorsprog/recipients.shtml

As of spring 2005, the Honors Program became part of the newly formed office of University Studies, led by Dean Linda Halpern. For more information on University Studies, see http://www.jmu.edu/universitystudies