News Archive: January 2010

Students Launch "30 for 30" Campaign
January 29, 2010: JMU students have initiated a Haiti relief campaign with a goal to raise $30,000 from the JMU community in 30 days.
Two JMU Professors Earn SCHEV "Outstanding Faculty Award"
January 27, 2010: James Madison University faculty members Dr. Lennis G. Echterling and Dr. J. Peter Pham have been selected as recipients of the 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award.
Lawson Lecture Concludes Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week
January 21, 2010: Lawson, a friend and colleague of King, discussed “Nonviolent Action for Civil Rights” in front of a packed lecture hall in the Health and Human Services building.
JMU Named a U.S. Top 50 Best Value Public University
January 12, 2010: Virginia residents have the opportunity to study at James Madison for a very low price, while receiving the major benefits of the school's strong academic and pre-professional programs, according to the Princeton Review.
JMU to Honor Work of Martin Luther King Jr.
January 11, 2010: Institutions of higher education, just as individuals, have an obligation to help others and promote social justice, says Valarie Ghant, director of James Madison University's Center for Multicultural Student Services.
January 2010 Board of Visitors Summary of Actions/Discussions
January 9, 2010: Summary of Actions/Discussions
JMU Recognized as a "Best Value" Public University
January 4, 2010: James Madison University ranks 21st in Kiplinger's Personal Finance's 2010 list of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges.
Accomplishments Under Dr. Rose
January 1, 2010: Accomplishments Under Dr. Rose
JMU Student Participates in UN Climate Change Conference
January 1, 2010: How much does global warming effect your life? For one James Madison University student this question took her all the way to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Wyngaard Uses Fulbright Scholarship to Broaden Copepod Research
January 1, 2010: Though they are so diminutive they can barely be seen by the naked eye, copepods' importance in the food chain is as gargantuan as their numbers.

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