Engaged Learning: Online Hybrid Teaching

Student organizations adapt amid COVID-19 restrictions

Clubs and organizations adapt to adhere by COVID-19 guidelines.

Orchestras take advantage of opportunities afforded by pandemic

Student ensembles further their understanding of their repertoire and themselves.

Intergenerational buddies

Bracelets and letters link JMU students with seniors as the pandemic heightens loneliness.

Virtual field trips created by JMU professors gain national recognition

A pair of virtual field trips prepared by two JMU geology professors have been placed in the “Exemplary Teaching Activity collection.”

‘¡Conectémonos!’

Language learning still translates in an online setting.

The week in photos

JMU steps up safety measures for the return to in-person classes.

Return to in-person learning

With all of these enhancements, we must emphasize how critically important it will be for everyone to follow public health guidance.

Answers to questions related to temporary transition to online classes

We began this year with a mix of in-person, hybrid, and online classes. We weighed many factors when deciding to offer in-person instruction.

A temporary transition to online learning

Protecting the health of our Harrisonburg and Rockingham County community—including students, faculty, staff—is our top priority.

COVID-19 in Perspective: Course covers the disease, and much more

Students enrolled in a special course are learning about COVID-19 from experts in chemistry; health; history; philosophy; and writing, rhetoric & technical communication.

Fall 2020: The Way Forward

The hallmark of the JMU educational experience is the interaction between our students and faculty in classrooms, studios and labs, and we are excited to welcome students back to campus under the following procedures.

Photojournalism students capture life in quarantine

Class assignment becomes a visual record of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Studying the virus

Undergraduate biochemistry and epidemiology students research the pandemic in real time.

A photo essay from an empty campus

Carrie Chang (’20) shares her first-person introspection through a before-and-after treatment of campus imagery.

OT to go: Clinic gets creative to continue services to children

Unable to hold face-to-face sessions with clients, a JMU-based occupational therapy program for children has found another way to continue its services.

JMU Chemistry lends a hand – sanitizer, that is

With its labs shut down for the foreseeable future, the JMU Chemistry Department has found a way to aid medical workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Add a bit of JMU to Zoom meetings

Choose a JMU image to brighten up your background while you enjoy the beauty of campus.

JMU School of Nursing well prepared for switch to virtual simulation

When the COVID pandemic forced classes online, the JMU School of Nursing was well prepared to provide simulated clinical experiences.