Student Life News

MAD4U Promotes JMU Spirit with Their Football Watch Parties

The JMU campus always feels a little too quiet on fall weekends when the football team has an away game. Home games bring spirit and excitement to the student body, and MAD4U believes that away games should be able to do

Daniel Franzese Taps into Mean Girls Nostalgia for Comedy Night

As students flooded into Grafton, the iconic mantra “on Wednesdays we wear pink” seemed to echo. UPB members were all decked out in pink shirts in honor of Daniel Franzese, known widely for his role as “Damien” in the no

UPB Updates Movie Nights

 If you love movies, then we’ve got some good news for you. UPB has updated their weekly movie nights at Grafton Stovell Theater. Students and staff members can now see movies for free if they present a valid JACard at t

Combat the Sophomore Slump with Second Year Success

Are you going through a sophomore slump? If so, think about applying for the Second Year Success Program through the Office of Off Campus Life and the Office of Career and Academic Planning! JMU has a wide range of r

Mad4U Wants to Know: What’s the TEA?

Marginalized peoples are often misunderstood. Through this misunderstanding, they often find themselves further outcast from the community. To combat misunderstanding, Mad4U is Shades of Pride and the Black Student Allia

Learn to Find Peace of Mind

Once you have calmed your mind, use your spare energy at Let’s Dance Dukes every Thursday from 12-1 in the commons, or the third-floor lounge if its raining.          Academic Advisor at the Hart School of Hospitality,

Find Your Place at Madison Union’s Open House!

Have lunch with us and get to know your Union on September 5 from 11am to 2pm! There will be food throughout the building including crab dip, nachos, fruits and veggies, cheese and crackers, spinach dip, ice cream, brown

Quieting the mind

Contemplative practices are ways to meet students' stress management needs in an often too-busy world.

Learn How to Take Charge with JMU’s Presidential Leadership Academy

Creating an impact on campus is no easy task, but those who succeed do not go unrecognized. Each year, JMU hosts the Presidential Leadership Academy, a week-long seminar that allows students who have shown their leadersh

Can’t Believe It: T-Pain Takes Over Convo

The end of the academic year at JMU traditionally carries a lot of stress. The heavy workload of classes, impending graduation, and finding summer jobs pile up and create anxiety amongst the community. As the semester wi

The JMU Community is Celebrated in the 2019 All Together One Awards

On the sunny Spring afternoon of April 9, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society (ODK) presented the All Together One Awards to their 2019 recipients. The honors were presented to a lively crowd and many passersby on the newl

FSL Egg Hunt on the Row: A Harrisonburg Event

Looking for a fun, kid friendly, and totally free spring activity? Come down to Greek Row on JMU’s campus for the annual Fraternity and Sorority Life Egg Hunt on the Row this Thursday April 18th! The sororities and frate

Accentuate Greek Week With Greek Sing

On Sunday, April 14th Fraternity and Sorority Life is hosting a charity event with choreographed singing and dancing by Greek Organizations in the Convocation Center from 5:00pm to 9:00pm.Proceeds will go to The Arc of H

Cure Your Spring Fever with Madipalooza!

Spring is here and so is our excitement to get outside! School maybe getting busy, but that doesn’t mean we have to waste all this good weather. So leave your winter blues at home and grab all your friends and festival g

Browse Professional Clothing at Madison Union’s Career Closet

Having trouble navigating how to present yourself in the professional world? Don’t have appropriate clothes for those job interviews? Job searching can be a stressful process for college students, but Madison Union is he

Southview Tragedy Unites Community

On Thursday March 28, the JMU community was shaken to its core as a five-alarm structural fire broke out at the Southview Apartment Complex. While the Harrisonburg Fire and Police Departments were quick to arrive, the fl

Escape Deep Sea Danger at UPBreak Free!

Do you like mysteries? Do you feel like challenging yourself with an elaborate puzzle? On Saturday, March 30th, from 4-10PM, UPB is hosting an escape room competition on Festival Lawn! If you’d like to compete, sign up o

Dux Leadership Presents the Technology Advantage: Tool or Tyrant?

What comes to mind when you think of leadership? Often, larger than life figures leading great armies or nations through turbulent times can cloud the portrait of what leadership entails at the individual level. Dux Lead

Paint Some Happy Little Trees with Bob Ross!

This Saturday, March 23rd, from 9 to 11pm, UPB is hosting a Bob Ross painting session in Festival Lower Drum! If you’re a fan of his work or just his encouraging, playful attitude, you need to be there! Even if you don’t

Rumble Down Under: The Fight for Madipalooza

Madipalooza, one of the biggest yearly events at JMU, provides a space where everyone, no matter age or background, can come together and unite over their love of music. For such a high-profile event, how could anyone po

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Crazy Commons Event to Learn about UPB Events

Have you ever wished there was a fun, convenient way to find out about activities on campus, while also winning prizes and even tickets for these events? Well on the spookiest day of the year, October 31, you can come to