Breeze journalists to compete for national SPJ honors

The student-run news organization won the "Best All-Around Student Newspaper" in the Mid-Atlantic regional Society of Professional Journalists competition.

Breeze, Breeze TV win 14 Virginia Press Association awards

Competing against professional news organizations across Virginia, students won 14 awards for journalism and advertising in the annual VPA contest.

SMAD honors 2024 graduates and scholarship winners

SMAD doled out more than $40,000 in scholarships to incoming and returning students and honored top performers from the class of ’24, which started at JMU amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

SMAD students win silver ADDY award for local co-op’s campaign

Creative Advertising students’ work to revamp a “stale promotion” at the food co-op, winning second place in an advertising competition.

Turning the first page

Rachel McRady (’11) promotes her debut novel in a place she loves.

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.

SMAD alumna to discuss debut novel at Feb. 1 event

An Emmy-winning writer/editor and 2011 SMAD grad just published her debut novel and will host a Feb. 1 event in Harrisonburg as part of her book release.

SMAD students and professor help hatch new school’s logo

Harrisonburg’s new high school, which opens next year, needed an identity, and SMAD professor Adrienne Hooker saw the branding of Rocktown High School as an opportunity for students

Echoes from the past

Paranormal investigators Tee Morris (’92) and Phil Rossi (’01) share a passion for unearthing buried history at the country’s most haunted places

Community-Engaged Courses Give Students Hands-On Experience

In courses from several CAL programs, student groups work on problems for various organizations — including local businesses and community nonprofits — to connect their classroom learning to real-life outcomes.