News Archive: April 2016

Civic engagement in Virginia's Capitol
April 29, 2016: Widespread participation in civic life is part of the Madison Experience. Case in point: SGA's annual trip to Richmond, Virginia, to meet with legislators
A brave new world
April 28, 2016: Natural User Interface community leader Joshua Blake ('05) offers advice to fellow "computer nerds" on crafting a career and becoming an entrepreneur
On her 'A' game
April 28, 2016: "By the age of 28, I had my dream job," says Kara McGuirk-Allison ('95), "and it would never have happened without the connections and foundation I received from JMU."
Anything is possible
April 28, 2016: Honors student Margo Deihl ('16) says there's an opportunity to achieve in every area at JMU. Her opportunities include biology, pre-med, the JMU Symphony Orchestra, and more!
Celebrating 50+ Years
April 27, 2016: Members of the Classes of 1966, 1961, 1956 and 1951 were back on campus to celebrate their 50th, 55th, 60th and 65th reunions. They toured campus, reconnected and told us what it was like at JMU when they were on campus!
A visionary $2.5 million investment
April 27, 2016: Jeff Tickle's gift to the College of Integrated Science and Engineering supports JMU's efforts to produce engineers focused on problem-solving
The evolving Disney princess
April 22, 2016: Mirror, mirror, standing tall, have Disney princesses changed at all?
JMU to launch space explorers program at city Boys and Girls Club
April 22, 2016: The weekly Space Explorers activities will be patterned after the successful Space Explorers summer camps that Virani has been running
The art of finding the best solution
April 21, 2016: Creative solutions to problems benefit from the power of a multidisciplinary approach. And arts and humanities play a significant role in the process of innovation
The good, the bad, and the downright dangerous
April 21, 2016: Joe Showker's ('79) foresight in computer literacy and Internet safety became a clarion call for digital ethics
April 2016 Faculty Accomplishments
April 20, 2016: Dr. Bradley A. Striebig (Professor, Engineering), Dr. Adebayo A Ogundipe (Assistant Professor, Engineering) and Dr. Maria C. Papadakis (Professor, Integrated Science and Technology) received the 2016 Most Promising New T
Update on wildfire
April 20, 2016: A wildfire located southeast of Harrisonburg is burning in the Shenandoah National Park. The fire poses no threat to the James Ma
JMU's College of Business ranked in top 50 in the nation
April 19, 2016: Bloomberg Businessweek's final rankings of undergraduate programs includes JMU's College of Business in the top 50 in the country.
Engineers acting? Artists doing science? It's the norm for this group
April 13, 2016: Hannah Gutman, a fifth-year theatre and dance major, has been part of the JMU DI teams in each of her five years.
Motivating middle schoolers
April 12, 2016: Researchers, teachers team up to elicit students' best efforts
Natural born explorers
April 12, 2016: Innovation and discovery is not the sole domain of the brilliant, but rather something that we constantly strive for beginning at birth.
Performance and health
April 12, 2016: Integrated Health and Sports Performance Model helps student-athletes realize their full potential
CHOICES welcomes #JMU20
April 12, 2016: JMU welcomed Class of #JMU20 to campus this CHOICES weekend!
Students and Alums roll up their sleeves for the #JMUBigEvent
April 11, 2016: Nearly 500 JMU students and over 300 alumni participated in the 2016 Big Event, a day of service to impact the local community.
Benson to retire in 2017
April 11, 2016: University to seek chief academic officer upon Dr. Jerry Benson's decision to retire in 2017
April 2016 Board of Visitors Summary of Actions and Discussions
April 8, 2016: The James Madison University Board of Visitors met Friday, April 8, 2016, in the Board Room of Madison's Festival Conference and Student Center.
Face processing study could contribute to future autism research
April 7, 2016: The eye-tracking technology triangulates a subject's eyes with cameras and follows them throughout the screen
President's Update:Review of the April Board of Visitors meeting
April 6, 2016: The James Madison University Board of Visitors met on Friday, April 8. The board heard about the Class of 2020, a number of campus conversations, our academic achievement on a national stage
JMU to honor May 2016 graduates
April 4, 2016: University Ceremony guest speaker Dr. Curt Carlson to address nearly 3,300 undergraduate students and their guests on Friday, May 6, in Bridgeforth Stadium
University statement on Spirit Rock
April 2, 2016: University statement on spirit rock
Cupola bell ringer retires after 31 years
April 1, 2016: Ron Payne ('83), better known as "Coop," has been ringing the bells of Wilson Hall for over 30 years. After a rewarding experience, Payne has decided to retire and the cupola bell ringer position is now vacant

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