• Gold Standard of Transfer Programs
    May 28, 2012: JMU's Transfer Summer Springboard orientation program won national recognition from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators as the Grand Gold Award winner for 2012.
  • May Means Service
    May 19, 2012: 48 JMU students began their summer break by volunteering to help rebuild New Orleans, La.
  • JMU Outdoor Music Series Welcomes Summer
    May 16, 2012: JMU will present its 2012 Concerts on the Lawn Series every Sunday at 7 p.m. from May 20 to July 1.
  • Medical Scribes Improve Health Communication
    May 16, 2012: The use of scribes is becoming more common in hospital emergency rooms, where patient volumes are increasing.
  • PR Globetrotters
    May 16, 2012: A group of James Madison University students are developing a worldview of organizational communication during a three-week tour of Europe, the Middle East and India this month.
  • JMU Board of Visitors' Executive Comm. Sets 2012-2013 Tuition and Fees
    May 8, 2012: JMU Board of Visitors' Executive Comm. sets 2012-2013 tuition and fees
  • The Galapagos connection
    May 1, 2012: JMU alum and scientist Carole Baldwin ('81) guided Zach Foltz ('08) from a junior biology major trying to break into marine biology into a promising scientist overseeing a Smithsonian-leased island off Belize.
  • Changing the world one person at a time
    May 1, 2012: It's not just a slogan. It is Madison - a living, evolving university where change is the status quo.
  • Concrete shredder
    May 1, 2012: Cheaper and more portable than a bike, its practicality can't be denied.
  • Red, Blue and JMU
    May 1, 2012: Virginia Republican Dave Rexrode ('01) and Democrat David Mills ('02) graduated from JMU within a year of each other and hold mirror positions as executive directors of the two primary Virginia political parties.
  • Bob Gordon honored for 50 years at JMU
    May 1, 2012: He's described as the kind of professor who "is exactly what universities need more of." Professor Bob Gordon's exceptional, and continuing, career at JMU is honored by the J.
  • Phi Beta Kappa and love of learning
    May 1, 2012: "I came in as a media arts and design major, and added a Spanish major and a minor in political communications. People ask me how I have managed...I just say,'I love to learn,'" says Allison Gould.
  • Helping secure the vote in Afghanistan
    May 1, 2012: Army 1st Lt. Tyler Moyer ('08) served a 10-day mission to recon and secure the polling sites in Afghanistan from the Taliban during the presidential election.
  • A hot air balloon over Cappadocia
    May 1, 2012: Spice bazaars, Turkish knots and class credits By Caitlin Harrison ('10)
  • Talk about performance!
    May 1, 2012: <strong> Dance major Kelsey Hickson ('10) combines pre-med, biology, dance and community service in her routine </strong><br/> By Jacquelyn Walsh ('09)
  • Following his bliss
    May 1, 2012: Piano performance/music composition major Andrew T. Pham ('11) chose JMU's School of Music for its focus on performance and the approachability of the faculty. "I got such a positive feeling from the music professors."
  • QEP Steering Committee to submit report
    May 1, 2012: The committee tasked with developing a quality enhancement plan for the university is set to deliver their report to the university's accrediting body.
  • Getting personal
    May 1, 2012: Carly Starke knows firsthand that genetic variations can lead to disease. The research she began as a JMU freshman using molecular biology and biochemistry techniques put her on a path to finding cures through genetic re
  • Removing roadblocks
    May 1, 2012: Called 'America's outcasts,' homeless children are innocent victims of economic downturns

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