News Topic: JMU in the Community Archive

Intergenerational buddies

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

Honoring the Histories

Through internships with the Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project, JMU students have forged deep connections with Harrisonburg’s Black community and history.

Hart School event makes run for racial equality

The Hart School assembled hundreds of participants to participate in a virtual 5K to support racial equality.

Cross-campus initiative helps Harrisonburg Farmers Market

As local businesses faced unprecedented market changes due to Covid-19, members of the JMU community worked in a cross-campus initiative to create solutions that will benefit the entire Harrisonburg community.

Delivering hope

JMU Supply Chain Club gathers and donates medical supplies to aid African hospitals.

JMU Banking Team focuses on community for a win

A team of four finance majors and one SMAD video production major worked on a project that focuses on our local community.

Igniting the supply chain for Pale Fire

The head brewer at Pale Fire Brewing Company in Harrisonburg, had a problem. An interdisciplinary group of supply chain students began the search for data-driven answers.

'It was meant to be'

Sheary Darcus Johnson ('70, '74M) reflects on choosing Madison as her college.

Helping the helpers

The COVID-19 Community Response Fund supports front-line human services organizations.

Stand up and be counted

The 2020 Census is underway. Here's what you need to know.