JMU hosts Ethics Across the Curriculum Conference

“Designing Just Futures” studies the future of ethics and technology and their relationship with STEM.

Donna Harper to cap 47-year career with spring 2024 retirement

Donna Harper, vice president for access and enrollment management, will retire in spring 2024.

JMU Student Shares Stage with Alger in Japan

Bella Santos ('25) shares her experience talking to university leaders in Hiroshima, Japan

The promise and the pitfalls of AI

JMU is proceeding with caution as it assesses the AI landscape.

Alger offers comments on Power 5 coach salaries

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics released a report illustrating just how big “Power 5” conference football coaching salaries had grown.

Reaching across the aisle

Sen. Tim Kaine emphasizes the importance of finding common ground.

Carly Fiorina urges students to challenge the status quo

Business executive says future leaders can learn the fundamentals from looking at how Jamestown became the world’s first representative government

Carly Fiorina to give Constitution Day talk at JMU

The event in Wilson Hall is free and open to the public.

Kay Coles James continues to immerse herself in life of public service

Newest member of the JMU Board of Visitors hosts an open discussion on bipartisan communication

Donor generosity continues post-Unleashed

Donors gave more than $27.5 million in charitable gifts to JMU during fiscal year 2023

U.S. universities launch partnership to elevate free speech to counter threats to democracy

The Campus Call for Free Expression is designed to cultivate freedom of expression on campuses.

Alger: Financial aid is 'single biggest need' to diversify JMU further

President Alger discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on race-conscious admissions.

JMU president to visit Hiroshima to participate in international summit

His attendance highlights JMU's commitment to fostering international partnerships and collaboration through education.

The engaged university

President Alger on what it means to be an engaged university.

Local first-generation college students experience a “first,” earn diplomas

This year, 17 graduates from the Shenandoah Valley will be the first in their families to earn a college degree.

Valley Scholars: Longtime friends find success at rival schools

An eighth-grade friendship follows a path once considered impossible

Madison grad grateful for opportunities offered through Valley Scholars program

Ayam Ali (’23) reflects on her journey to JMU

Members of first Valley Scholars cohort graduate from JMU

Nineteen members of the first class of Valley Scholars graduate this year

Fauci defends COVID-19 decisions during Madison Vision Series event

Shutting down schools, businesses and institutions in the wake of COVID-19 helped save lives and contain the spread of the virus, Fauci says.

The Affirmative Action conversation colleges should be having

JMU President Jonathan R. Alger discusses the upcoming Supreme Court decision on Affirmative Action.

Black in America

“There's never been a golden age to be Black in America. Will you be a part in making that happen?”

Everybody sees diversity and inclusion as part of their job

President Alger has taken the charge of diversity and inclusion seriously at JMU.