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Summer 2006 Madison
Be the Change
A lofty, but not so surprising notion
There’s a theme running through this issue of Madison — one that is lofty, but really not that surprising. Be the Change makes a claim about the enterprise of education at JMU and the professors, students, alumni, donors and friends who participate in it that has been playing out for almost 100 years.
Be the Change launched on March 15 in support of JMU’s first-ever capital campaign that takes its inspiration from President James Madison and shows how individuals quite literally change the world. The campaign stems from the power of knowledge and learning the Father of the Constitution advocated, which James Madison Center Director Phil Bigler (’74, ’76M) explores on Page 38.
In a 2004 interview, television writer and producer Barbara Hall (’82) summed up the personal value of her JMU education. Madison, she said, “gave me a glimpse into the world — that I was going to be able to participate in the world instead of being batted around by it.”
Madison’s special Be the Change section spotlights JMU people who have taken that JMU advantage and run with it. They have chosen to Be the Change in a changing world.
It is impossible, of course, to parse Madison into stories of people who are making a difference in the world and those who are not. Be the Change simply puts a finer point on the obvious in support of greater awareness of JMU’s overall contribution to the world.
During the next two years, Be the Change will appear in Madison and many other JMU communications. The Be The Change video that premiered March 15 is available for viewing at www.jmu.edu/BeTheChange/. All highlight how JMU changes the world and that it’s worthy of your personal involvement and investment.
Through your letters to the editor, readers, meanwhile, have changed Madison. See how on Page 4. That is as it should be.
PAM BROCK
Editor
Summer 2006 Madison
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Download the pdfs to the Summer 2006 issue of Madison, the university magazine for alumni, parents, friends and the campus community. Find the table of contents on Pages 2 and 3. It’s your guide to the entire issue.