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The debut issue of Madison
Renamed, redesigned
As you no doubt have noticed, the magazine you’re reading has a new name and a new look. After a brief hiatus for a thorough redesign, Montpelier makes way for the debut of Madison.
Montpelier served as a solid, dignified name for the magazine since 1977, just as the Madisonian, Madison Quarterly and Virginia Teacher had earlier. As JMU’s reputation grows in popularity and esteem across the country, the administration has chosen Madison to signal a more obvious and immediate connection to the university. It is also a name that embraces JMU’s history, which will grow in importance as the university approaches its Centennial Celebration in 2008.
Madison’s expanded format allows JMU to tell a fuller story while retaining many of the things, like campus news and class notes, you’ve come to expect. Some new items, like By the Numbers and Connect, are fast, fun and informative. Others, like the service-focused One World, are more characteristic of a JMU education.
What truly distinguishes Madison is you. We’ve devoted a good portion of the magazine to stories you have written. Departments like 22807, Professors You Love, Transformations, Real Life, My Madison, Class Notes, and, in the future, feature-length stories, will carry the bylines of alumni, student and professors. Who, after all, can better express the Madison Experience than those who participate in it and shape it? Involvement is how the Madison Experience continues to flourish well beyond graduation.
The Madison staff — along with the professors and alumni who have contributed articles this time — hopes you will investigate these pages, like what you read and then take the next step: Get in touch.
If you have a story to share, please contact us to discuss the possibilities. While naturally we will be selective, we will always be on the lookout for stories of personal and professional service, achievement and transformation that contribute to a lifelong Madison Experience for all readers.
Happy Reading.
Pam Brock
Editor
Download the pdfs to the Fall 2005 issue of Madison, JMU’s redesigned university magazine for alumni, friends and the campus community.
Find the Table of Contents on Page 2. It will be your guide to the entire magazine.