The James Madison University Board of Visitors met Friday, April 27, 2018, in the Board Room of Madison’s Festival Conference and Student Center.
The following is a summary of actions taken by the board and key areas of discussion at the board meeting;
- Approved the Feb. 9, 2018, Board of Visitors meeting minutes;
- Approved committee reports from the Advancement, Athletics, Audit, Education & Student Life, and Finance & Physical Development committees;
- Received a report on Title IX presented by Ms. Amy Sirocky-Meck, Title IX coordinator;
- Approved 2018 – 19 tuition and fees for returning undergraduate students and all graduate students:
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2017-18 |
2018-19 |
$ Chg |
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VIRGINIA UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT |
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Tuition & Fees (returning students)* |
$6,250 |
$6,620 |
$370 |
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Comprehensive Fee (all students) |
$4,628 |
$4,766 |
$138 |
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TOTAL COMMUTER COSTS |
$10,878 |
$11,386 |
$508 |
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Room & Board (all students) |
$9,706 |
$10,092 |
$386 |
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TOTAL ON-CAMPUS COSTS |
$20,584 |
$21,478 |
$894 |
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NON-VIRGINIA UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT |
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Tuition & Fees (returning students)* |
$22,650 |
$23,334 |
$684 |
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Comprehensive Fee (all students) |
$4,628 |
$4,766 |
$138 |
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TOTAL COMMUTER COSTS |
$27,278 |
$28,100 |
$822 |
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Room & Board (all students) |
$9,706 |
$10,092 |
$386 |
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TOTAL ON-CAMPUS COSTS |
$36,984 |
$38,192 |
$1,208 |
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GRADUATE (per credit hour) |
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Virginia student |
$473 |
$485 |
$12 |
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Non-Virginia student |
$1,231 |
$1,231 |
$0 |
* Student level – sophomore, junior and senior
- Approved tuition and fees for the 2018 summer sessions:
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Summer ‘17 |
Proposed Summer ‘18 |
$ Chg |
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Tuition and Education & General Fees (per credit hour) |
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Virginia Undergraduate |
$350 |
$371 |
$21 |
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Non-Virginia Undergraduate |
$911 |
$938 |
$27 |
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Virginia Graduate |
$435 |
$448 |
$13 |
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Student Services Fee (per credit hour) |
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Virginia Undergraduate |
$24 |
$24 |
$0 |
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Non-Virginia Undergraduate |
$24 |
$24 |
$0 |
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Virginia Graduate |
$24 |
$24 |
$0 |
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Non-Virginia Graduate |
$24 |
$24 |
$0 |
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Room and Board (per week) |
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Room |
$100 |
$100 |
$0 |
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Board |
$113 |
$113 |
$0 |
- Approved the fiscal year 2019 university budget (in millions):
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2017-18 |
2018-19 |
$ Change |
% Change |
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Education & General |
313.4 |
325.2 |
11.8 |
3.8% |
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Auxiliary Enterprises |
203.5 |
208.8 |
5.3 |
2.6% |
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Financial Aid |
15.8 |
18.3 |
2.5 |
15.8% |
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Sponsored Programs |
36.9 |
37.3 |
0.4 |
1.1% |
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Total Operating* |
$569.6 |
$589.6 |
$20.0 |
3.5% |
* Excludes ETF
- Approved the creation of a graduate certificate in cyber intelligence;
- Approved a resolution changing the university’s legal representative for the Florence study abroad program;
- Approved resolutions to authorize the sale of bonds for the demolition and replacement of Phillips Hall and for the construction of the Chesapeake Avenue Parking Deck;
- Approved 5 utility easements related to the Chesapeake Avenue Parking Deck, the College of Business expansion, Phillips Hall and improvements to the intersection at West Grace Street and South Main Street;
- Approved revisions to the Board of Visitors by-laws;
- Approved a resolution recognizing Dr. Mark Warner, senior vice president for student affairs, for his service to the university and congratulating him on his retirement;
- Elected the following individuals to serve as officers of the Board of Visitors for the 2018-19 term:
- Maribeth Herod, Rector;
- Lara Major, Vice-Rector;
- Met in closed session;
- Approved the following real estate purchases:
- 1140 Hillcrest Drive for $425,000. - Approved the sale of the following real property:
- 2868 South Main Street for $5 million.
Was told by President Alger during his President’s Report:
- Former Virginia lieutenant governor and Board of Visitors member Bill Bolling gave a lecture on campus titled, “Since When Did Compromise Become a Bad Thing?” as part of the Democracy in Peril lecture series;
- Board of Visitors member Mike Thomas spoke about business ethics with a College of Business class;
- Board of Visitors member Matt Gray-Keeling w the keynote speaker at JMU’s 2018 Lavender Graduation;
- CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta spoke on campus as part of the Madison Vision Series;
- The JMU Parents’ Council recently held a gala to celebrate their 40-year anniversary;
- JMU is at the table nationally on issues such as civic engagement, free speech and civil discourse;
- Noted business leader and philanthropist David Rubenstein will be the next Madison Vision Series speaker on September 17, 2018;
- JMU has officially entered into a partnership with the Peace Corps to build a Peace Corps Prep program;
- Laura Katzman, professor in the School of Art, Design and Art History, has been appointed as a visiting professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University in Berlin;
- Imelda O’Reilly, assistant professor in the School of Media Arts and Design, had a screenplay accepted into the Cannes International Film Festival;
- Four students and alumni received Fulbright awards;
- Nine students received National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow Program awards;
- Three students received Goldwater Scholarship honorable mentions;
- Student Sakira Coleman was named a 2018 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact;
- A team of JMU students coached by Mert Tokman, professor in the College of Business, won first place in a case competition at the National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators;
- The new Hotel Madison and Shenandoah Valley Conference Center opens May 1, 2018;
- The university is excited to support the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport’s new United Airlines jet service to Washington Dulles and Chicago O’Hare airports;
- Dr. Mark Warner will be the commencement speaker at the university ceremony on May 4, 2018. The university will confer degrees on 3,817 undergraduates and 597 graduate students.
