JMU gets $600K grant to aid Iraqi university business programs
A pair of Iraqi universities will get help from James Madison University to gain accreditation for their business programs.
The Center for International Stabilization and Recovery and the College of Business at JMU have received a $629,513 grant to provide information and guidance through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The work will take place at Salahaddin University in Erbil, and at Al Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad. Read more
JMU responds to ODU, VCU moves
Statement from James Madison University On athletic conference affiliation:
In recent days, the Colonial Athletic Association has been notified of the departure of two member institutions. Both Virginia Commonwealth University and Old Dominion University have made decisions to join other conferences. Read more
JMU’s first engineers getting job, grad-school offers
It has been four years since they entered a program unlike any other in Virginia, and the results indicate they made a good choice.
Of the 45 students who make up the inaugural class of the JMU School of Engineering, 24 already have secured full-time engineering jobs. Another 12 will be heading off to graduate school. The schools they will be going to include the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Cornell, Pennsylvania State University, Arizona State University and the University of Delaware. Read more
Gay Men’s Chorus: “Together Again” at JMU
The Forbes Center for the Performing Arts and the Valley AIDS Network at James Madison University will host the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., for a performance titled “Together Again.” The incredible evening of pop, Broadway, jazz, country and classical singing will benefit the Valley AIDS Network.
This concert marks the third visit to JMU by GMCW. The group took part in a fundraiser for the Valley AIDS Network in 2007 and 2009. The Valley AIDS Network is dedicated to compassionately meeting the needs of individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and to promoting education and encouraging prevention in the Central Shenandoah Valley. Read more
JMU breaks home losing streak
Senior first baseman Evan Scott (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) and sophomore third baseman Conner Brown (Richmond, Va./Godwin) paced a James Madison offense that scored 12 unanswered runs in the middle innings to top Northeasetern 14-6 in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association series on Friday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
JMU snapped a 10-game losing streak at home and won for just the second time overall since March 4. The Dukes improved to 7-22-1 overall and 2-11 in the CAA while topping Northeastern for the eighth time in the last nine matchups with Northeastern. NU dropped to 12-12 overall and 3-7 in the league. Read more
Big inning lifts UVa. over JMU
The Virginia baseball team scored nine runs in the fourth inning in rolling to a 15-5 victory over James Madison Wednesday evening at Davenport Field. UVa sent a dozen batters to the plate and hit a pair of home runs in the nine-run outburst.
Virginia (19-10-1) finished with 14 hits. Colin Harrington (Jr., Johnstown, Pa.) had a big night, swatting his first career home run as part of a 3-for-4, four-RBI performance. Jared King (Sr., Radford, Va.) cranked a three-run homer and scored four times. Keith Werman (Sr., Vienna, Va.) extended his hit streak to 14 games with a fifth-inning single. Read more
JMU students plan to ‘harvest’ Valley’s religious history
The Shenandoah Valley History Harvest, a specialized event patterned on the popular “Antiques Roadshow,” is coming to Harrisonburg.
James Madison University history students are organizing the April 14 event to “harvest” – digitally scan or photograph – historical religious items with connections to Rockingham, Augusta, Page and Shenandoah counties. Professionals from Special Collections and the Center for Instructional Technology in Libraries and Educational Technologies are working with the students. Read more
