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  • Sep 17 farewell_leadimage_1000x600 Remembering those we’ve lost

    Last September, we lost two precious members of the College of Arts and Letters community.

  • Mar 3 2023 WMMS-thumbnail "A Fresh Commitment and Real Opportunity"

    For over a decade, the Whitten Maher Memorial Scholarship has celebrated the work of creative and principled communicators who express the most fundamental emotional truths.

  • Feb 8 JMULandscape Welcome Mollie Stambler, Ph.D.

    Mollie Stambler, Ph.D., has completed a variety of different projects from historical archival research to usability testing/UX to surveys and interviews.

  • Jan 31 Wilson Evening ALR Lead image The Heart of Administrative Service

    Sandra Purington, Senior Administrative Assistant in the School of Writing, Rhetoric & Technical Communication (WRTC), is a vital part of the administration in our college.

  • Jan 31 Snowy Wilson ALR Lead image Writing the Headlines

    Senior Grant Johnson (‘24) has become adept at time-management skills while at JMU — if only to ensure he finds campus parking. The editor-in-chief of The Breeze, he interned with The Washington Post last summer.


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School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication
Harrison Hall
MSC 2103
54 Bluestone Drive
Room 2251-2252
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
540/568-6004
Fax: 540/568-2742