News Archive: February 2012

Service to Others Brings Out Best of Self
February 29, 2012: When Meaghan Eicher started college at James Madison University two years ago she was shy
America The Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments
February 26, 2012: Sunday, February 26th 6 PM Grafton Stovall Theatre Free and open to the public This documentary takes a look at our unhealthy obsession with dieting and other weighty matters
From Type to Pixel: JMU Students Digitize Local Press Documents
February 15, 2012: JMU history students digitize local press documents.
New BioSciences Building
February 13, 2012: Watch the progress of the new BioScience Building
JMU Senior is Virginia Nursing Student of the Year
February 13, 2012: JMU nursing student Miriam Daoud is the Virginia Nursing Student of the Year.
Engineering Students Take a Plunge Into . . . Biology
February 9, 2012: Engineering students challenge themselves with DNA project.
Provost Search Committee Named in 2012
February 9, 2012: Provost Search Committee Named
Engineering Students Take a Plunge Into Biology
February 9, 2012: How many picoliters of fluid are required to synthesize a section of DNA? That's not exactly the type of question five engineering majors expected to encounter when they began their studies four years ago.
JMU Identified as 'Best Value' College by Princeton Review
February 7, 2012: James Madison University's impressive balance of educational, social and extracurricular activities to enrich students' experience earned the school a place in the Princeto
JMU Puts Recycling/Waste Reduction Practices to the Test
February 7, 2012: JMU students, faculty and staff can help compete against other universities in RecycleMania 2012 by responsibly disposing of food and recyclable material. <div style="width: 350px
Speaking the same language
February 2, 2012: Can higher education meet the demands of the future? In this Q&A, President Jonathan Alger explains why the JMU model of an "engaged university" is vitally important in developing the kind of
Under the Wing: Amadi Azikiwe Mentorship
February 1, 2012: Mentoring students is important to professor, conductor and violist Amadi Azikiwe. "I am one of four JMU Faculty-in-Residence, which means I live in Eagle Hall, a freshman residence hall, where I host student events...
A fervor for theater
February 1, 2012: <em>By Sara Riddle ('10)</em>
Happy trails
February 1, 2012: Alumna turns hobby into volunteer opportunity
Madison Forever Scholarships change lives
February 1, 2012: When the world crumbles, who can JMU students count on? The JMU family.
Overcoming barriers
February 1, 2012: Designed to give students experience working with children with disabilities, this JMU program also provides a vital community service.

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