News Archive: October 2009

Food City endows scholarship for community college transfers to JMU
October 28, 2009: A new scholarship endowed by Food City will help connect top graduates from western Virginia community colleges to the James Madison University College of Business.
Duke Battalion Takes Third Place in Ranger Challenge
October 27, 2009: The James Madison University Duke Battalion Ranger Challenge squad took third place out of 39 teams during their first action since a large restructuring of Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs in the United States.
Observatory Exposes JMU Astronomers to What They Can't See
October 1, 2009: What do we already know about our galaxy?
Undergraduate Mathematics Conference Receives High Marks
October 1, 2009: Students from as far away as the University of Southern California, the University of Utah, and the University of Nevada traveled to the 3rd annual Shenandoah Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (SUMS) Conference.
JMU Team Modifies Motorcycle, Sets Electric-Powered Cycle Record
October 29, 2009: What can you do with a 1968 Sears 124cc motorcycle? A group of James Madison University students have transformed one that sets speed records for electric-powered motorcycles.
JMU Play Contemplates Fictitious Meeting of Einstein, Picasso
October 20, 2009: James Madison University's School of Theatre and Dance presents "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" at Latimer-Shaeffer Theatre, Duke Hall, from Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 3-7, 2009, at 8 p.m.
Madison for Keeps Fund Tops $100,000
October 20, 2009: The board of the JMU Alumni Association made a commitment to ensure that current students have the opportunity to remain at the university - and to enjoy future Homecomings as alumni.
JMU Awarded Prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Chapter
October 5, 2009: In an effort to reduce vehicle congestion in the central part of the JMU campus, a new bus service for students, faculty and staff will begin Monday, Oct. 5.
JMU Is Home Of New Campus Suicide Prevention Center
October 1, 2009: A new suicide prevention center based at JMU, the Campus Suicide Prevention Center of Virginia, hopes to provide that relief for college students across the commonwealth.
New Bus Service Aims To Reduce Traffic Congestion on JMU Campus
October 1, 2009: In an effort to reduce vehicle congestion in the central part of the JMU campus, a new bus service for students, faculty and staff will begin Monday, Oct. 5.
JMU Professor 's Goal: Ease Shortage Of Physics Teachers
October 1, 2009: The program, funded through a $255,365 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation, enables Mattson to hire one high-school physics teacher a year to work in the JMU physics department.

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