News Archive: August 2010

JMU Faculty Share Adult Literacy Strategies with Colleagues in Iraq
August 31, 2010: As the citizens of Iraq move forward on a path to self-reliance, a group of JMU faculty can point to their collaboration with professional colleagues in Baghdad as one example of helping to improve the future of people
Connecting art and science . . . The DNA Dance
August 25, 2010: This year, faculty members hope the Class of 2014 will experience a connection between science and the arts and relate back to their required summer reading of "The DNA Age."
The Arts at JMU Welcome New Year in New State-of-the-Art Center
August 25, 2010: The inaugural season at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University offers a wide variety of first-class entertainment for Shenandoah Valley audiences.
JMU Welcomes New Faculty
August 25, 2010: James Madison University welcomes over 100 new faculty members for the 2010-2011 school year. Seventy-five full-time and 28 part-time faculty joined JMU's dedicated core of teaching professionals.
The Dance of Art and Science
August 17, 2010: James Madison University freshmen will experience a connection between science and the arts in a unique way this year. Senior orientation peer advisor Jeff Alexander says, "It's going to be epic!"
"U.S. News" Ranks JMU As Top Public University in South
August 17, 2010: James Madison University is the No. 1 public regional university in the South as ranked by "U.S. News & World Report's" 2011 edition of "Best Colleges" guidebook. JMU has held the spot for 17 consecutive years.
Princeton Review Guide Recognizes JMU as One of "Best 373 Colleges"
August 2, 2010: JMU has earned a place in the 2011 edition of the Princeton Review's annual best colleges guidebook.
Sports management major holds court
August 1, 2010: Elle Bunn ('11) lives for sports and often takes in the intensity of her two favorites, hockey and football.
Madison's professors and their students take globalization into the community in practical, fundamental ways (2010)
August 1, 2010: This department's professors come from all over the world, bringing the best of their cultures to students
Crystal clear
August 1, 2010: Debates over religion, culture and ideology grow increasingly divisive. Yet some JMU professors and students are pouring their energy into honing cross-cultural communication, and they're seeing results.
Student Ambassador and 'typical Duke'
August 1, 2010: "Professors aren't just here to fulfill research or just to instruct," says psychology major Rachel Rosenberg. "They are here for students, and they make you feel that way."
Putting the "super" in mileage
August 1, 2010: "Our goal was to achieve a fuel economy between 700 and 1,000 mpg,"

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