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Fall 2006 Madison
Campus views
'No matter when you graduated, campus has changed'
A Student Ambassador said that recently, and it inspired the focus of this issue.
"I can't believe it," we routinely hear from alumni returning to Madison for their 50th reunions. Not surprisingly, these alumni are awed by the transformation that has occurred since the 1950s, before the bluestone Quad began to give way to the red brick of "back campus."
Now younger alumni are saying the same thing. That's because in the last decade, campus has continued to grow with enrollment, resulting in expanded facilities on the eastern side of Interstate 81. Many of these facilities — like the Physics/Chemistry and Health and Human Services Buildings — have risen in just the last few years.
Most recently, attention has returned to the locus of the original Madison campus, as fundraising and planning proceed for the future Performing Arts Center, which will be built on South Main St. opposite the Quad and re-energize the focus on the arts.
It was announced two years ago that the facilities of Rockingham Memorial Hospital will become part of JMU in 2010, when the hospital completes the construction of its own new center of operations in a new and expanded location.
Just this year, the westernmost point of Madison has moved farther west to incorporate the former Harrisonburg High School as the new headquarters for the College of Education. Now known as Memorial Hall, JMU has preserved the building's original purpose as a focal point for public education and for community outreach.
This issue of Madison pulls all of this together with an aerial photograph of JMU today as well as a foldout map (see Page 32) illustrating campus in more detail. Articles and other updates present Madison's most recent areas of concentration and the people who believe in JMU so much they are helping to make these campus improvements possible.
PAM BROCK
Editor
Fall 2006 Madison
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