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Captain of sustainability Spring 2009 Commencement brought both a new tradition and a captain of sustainability to campus. For the first time, JMU offered two commence- ‘Here at my firm, I’m the ment ceremonies. On Friday, May 8, 480 graduates received academic only non-Ivy League or hoods for their master’s, educational Stanford graduate. It’s specialist and doctoral degrees. The a very elite education next day, 3,314 undergraduates celebrated their accomplishments and environment that I work were challenged by the speaker to in, but I brag to every- meet the future energy demands in environmentally responsible ways. one about some of the College of Business alumnus Paul things JMU is doing.’ Holland (’82) has tackled the same — Paul Holland (’82), challenge throughout his career. In Foundation Capital venture partner March he was selected as a representative of the nation’s CleanTech industry to deliver an address at the White House event “Investing in the Clean Energy Economy.” In helping steer one of the nation’s leading venture capital firms, Foun- dation Capital, Holland also leads the charge for investment in sustainable and clean technologies. “I’m really fortunate now,” he says. “Here at my firm, I’m the only non-Ivy League or Stanford graduate. It’s a very elite education environment that I work in, but I brag to everyone about some of the things JMU is doing. ... the entrepreneurship and sustainability programs.” As pleased as Holland is with his own Madison Experience, he says he envies the opportunities available to current students. To stay in touch, he serves on the JMU College of Business Advisory Committee and leads study missions for business students to visit JMU alumni at companies including Apple, Google and salesforce.com. “What I think is inherent in a place like JMU are people who’ve got the interest, aptitude and ability to do something that’s one or two standard deviations above the norm and to do something like create new companies, new businesses, even new industries,” he says. “I’d like to see more JMU grads take those paths, some of the roads less traveled.” M ✱ Listen to Holland’s speech and see more commencement coverage at www.jmu.edu/news

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Alternative Fuels Program Students from varying disciplines are tackling transportation issues through hands-on learning in the alternative FEATURED fuels lab. PAGE 32 26 The rise of a new America Cover Up Front Under a charge from President Linwood H. Rose, JMU has created the Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World. The philosophy of the institute is to address global citizenship, environ- 1 Full Frame mental education, alternative fuel research, stewardship of the Earth, being eco-wise, tackling A captain of sustainability environmental issues from social and economic viewpoints and changing individual behaviors. challenges 2009 grads Learn what alumni, administrators, professors and students are doing to make sustainable change. 4 22807 Your Letters 40 Flowing by design by Chris Bolgiano The JMU-RMH Collaborative creates a wetland site at the new regional hospital to 6 Contributors reduce flooding, prevent erosion and create a beautiful setting to help in patient wellness. 7 Directions 42 A Virginia woman of history by Jan Gillis (’07, ’11P) JMU President Linwood When an elementary school class sought the name of a Virginia woman making a difference in H. Rose on our role in stewarding of the Earth children’s lives, one name kept popping up — JMU psychology professor Joann Grayson.

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M@ dison 8 News JMU Gandhi Center to honor former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, College of Business awards $50,000 to sustainability entrepreneur, Earth Week, House of Privilege museum challenges student perceptions, 2009 James Madison Week and more s 11 By the Numbers What’s No. 1? What’s 40¢ cheaper at D-Hall? What is No. 10, 59, 70? What JMU YouTube video has 60,000-plus hits? 17 Special Report by Andy Perrine (’86) Solving an American dilemma: James Madison University Making an impact addresses a “new citizenship” Colin Wright (’07) and Matt Fenzel (’07) install a water irrigation system 19 Dukes Turf Christina Julien (’09) makes the in a Kenyan village. PAGE 22 Women’s Canadian National Soccer Team

Departments Preserving Purcell Park’s 20 Bright Lights Institute for Stewardship of the Natural stream World director C.J. Brodrick Hartman, Virginia Democratic Led by John Eckman Party leader Levar Stoney (’04) and ISAT Community Impact Award Drawing (’82), the Valley Conser- winners Matt Fenzel (’07) and Colin Wright (’07) fresh air vation Council is helping Valley AIRNow’s to preserve Blacks Run 24 Expressions by Colleen Dixon art contest draws stream in Purcell Park. JMU-developed Valley AIRNow asks kids to draw a breath of fresh air 100 entries, includ- PAGE 36 ing first-place win- 46 Professors You Love by Mary Frances Shuler Johnson (’48) ner Sophia Dorsey Remembering swimming instructor Dorothy Savage (above). PAGE 24 47 Mixed Media Books by alumni and professors: Liberty & Learning: The Essential James Madison; Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa, and the Struggle for Place; Last Words and the Death Penalty: Voices of the Condemned and Their Co-victims; Steel Girders & Steeplechases: The Life & Art of Bernhard H. Bernsten; Twist and Zen Master Next Door Alumni 50 News JMU Alumni Association welcomes legacy students and hosts 2009 Alumni Volunteer Weekend, news from alumni chapters and groups, Richmond firefighter legacies, rugby alumni honor former teammate, and the Madison Events calendar 51 My Madison by Carrie Priddy DuPre (’02) Finding my voice in English 101 Alternative fuels 56 Class Notes News from alumni, JMU Works: Sustainable C.J. Brodrick Hartman and Energy Developments Inc. and profiles of Shirley Steele (’63), Jerry Benson explain how Lindsay Czarniak (’00) and Jared Setnar (’04M) students are converting a truck to an electric vehicle for Shenandoah National Park. PAGE 32 Get connected: www.jmu.edu 2009 COMMENCEMENT Stories, profiles and an insider’s look at 2009 Commencement, a special Army commissioning, a Flickr pool for graduates to upload photos and more: www.jmu.edu/news/ 2009springCommencement.shtml SPRING GREENING Learn more about the JMU Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World and how you can be an Earth ambassador www.jmu.edu/stewardship Spring Commencement Get an insider’s look at 2009 Spring Commencement, upload your graduation photos and more at www.jmu.edu/news

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{Editor’s Note} A JMU FAMILY representative for the Central Virginia As I read the newest edition of Madi- Duke Club Chapter for years. During son magazine, I had a thought about this time I met J. Locklier when he was Earth ambassadors our family and our JMU story. I gradu- named assistant director of the Duke ated in 1975 after following my sister’s Club. He was new to JMU and Har- he best part of working at JMU is footsteps to Madison and Virginia from risonburg, and I suggested my daugh- getting to meet remarkable alumni Pennsylvania. I worked in Virginia as a ter, Olivia, send him a welcome e-mail. from every generation of the Madi- speech pathologist and married a man They met after the first home football son Experience. from Waynesboro, Va. Ten years ago game that year, and the rest, as they say, TIt’s a privilege to tell their stories. I was hired to work in JMU’s Train- is history! They were married July 19, I met Ginny Moffett Bernstorf (’59) during and Technical Assistance Center. I 2008 — all because of these JMU con- ing Bluestone Reunion Weekend in May. earned my M.Ed. in special education nections. She told some fantastic tales from her stu- in 2001 at Madison and have served Deborah Yancey (’75, ’01M) dent days. (Stay tuned for the fall issue!) on the College of Education’s adjunct Waynesboro While sharing, Ginny touched on a long- faculty teaching a course that I devel- standing Madison tradition — alumni who oped on assistive technology. We have Madison welcomes letters in response to magazine give back by serving as unofficial Madison two daughters who graduated from content. The staff reserves the right to edit for clar- ambassadors. In every aspect of her life — ity, length and style. Anonymous letters will not be at church, as a teacher, within her commu- JMU in 2004 (integrated science and published. Send to “22807” Madison, 220 University technology) and 2006 (art education). nity — Ginny is an ambassador for Madi- Blvd., MSC 3610, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, or son. Countless students have chosen JMU We are a JMU family. I served as a e-mail [email protected]. because she took the time to talk to them. Being an ambassador for Madison is not uncommon. In every alumni profile featured on the JMU “Be the Change” Web So, you love Madison? site, alum after alum talks about his or her continued connection to the Madison Expe- rience. Some support scholarships. Some volunteer for admissions. Others return to campus to mentor and advise students. Being a Madison ambassador will remain important. And now, JMU President Lin- wood H. Rose has upped the ante. He has Great stories. charged alumni and the university community to be ambassadors for Earth. In Septem- ber, Rose announced the formation of the Great photos. Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World to guide JMU’s efforts to become a Great memories. more environmentally responsible operation. Part of the institute’s mission is to edu- Give JMU your e-mail address, cate JMU citizens about their personal relationship to the natural world. and don’t miss an issue. President Rose’s charge to embrace a new global citizenship — to be ambassadors of Earth — expands on JMU’s mission to pro- As you know, times are tough. Madison may scale back the number of duce educated and engaged citizens. In this issue of Madison you can read magazines it prints as JMU goes through the process of making budget about the new institute and meet the students, alumni, professors and JMU administrators who are leading the way to embrace a reductions. You can help JMU be an environmental steward and keep new global citizenship. Challenge yourself to accept Dr. Rose’s charge. Why not start with your relation- university resources focused on the educational mission by going digital. ship to Madison magazine? If you would like to “go digital” to save some paper and resources, share your e-mail address with Read Madison from any Web browser. Sign up at JMU. You will receive future magazine issues www.jmu.edu/madisononline/emailme.shtml that you can read in any Web browser. (Fol- low the instructions in the ad at left.) If you are already bringing that JMU “Be the Change” spirit to your small part of There’s no easier way to the planet and serving as an Earth ambas- BE the CHANGE sador, tell us how. Write to madisonmag@ jmu.edu, so we can share your story. — Michelle Hite (’88), managing editor

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Solutions for planet Earth Addressing sustainability through education, research and stewardship

ew would argue that the con- accessibility committees examine the physical dition of our planet is vital to plant for ways to make our facilities and trans- our future, just as few would portation more environmentally friendly. argue that obtaining food and The final committee, education and shelter and making a living research, is just beginning to get its arms are vital to our well-being. around the vastness of JMU’s ongoing aca- FBut scientists warn that our children and demic and scholarly work related to sustain- their children will live in a world of increasing ability. The committee is identifying the energy needs, worsening environmental deg- majors and minors, and even individual aca- radation and economic instability. Thomas demic courses, with implications for the envi- Friedman in his bestselling book, Hot, Flat ronment and stewardship that range through- and Crowded, puts this conundrum into per- out the academic program. spective: “How we address these interwoven In research our faculty — often with the global trends will determine a lot about the participation of our undergraduates — is quality of life on Earth in the 21st century.” monitoring, improving and reporting on the It is impossible to understate the critical environment for the direct and immediate need to act responsibly on behalf of our envi- JMU President Linwood H. Rose has estab- benefit of society. Research into the Shenan- lished a new institute to challenge the JMU ronment; it is equally impossible to understate community to be stewards of the Earth. doah River fish kill, the liming of mountain the complexity of the problems we face and streams, the JMU-RMH Collaborative, bio- their solutions. As an institution of higher education, I believe James fuel research and innovations in water conservation are examples. Madison University not only has a compelling moral obligation to It is through education and research in particular that JMU and address these issues, but that JMU also holds the key to the solutions other institutions of higher learning, given sufficient resources from Friedman and others are warning us we need. state funding, grants and private gifts, will continue to provide solu- For that reason I elevated a campus working group to the President’s tions for our planet. JMU is preparing the science teachers who will Commission on Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability in 2007. improve the quality of K-12 science education of our nation’s youth. During its yearlong investigation, the commission found that like- JMU is preparing scientists whose investigations will offer innovations minded employees and students are the norm on our campus and that and increase society’s knowledge about Earth’s condition. JMU is pre- many serious environmentally conscious efforts have been under way paring future citizens and decision makers whose choices will deter- for quite some time. Recycling has been an integral practice for 20 years, mine the success of sustainability and ultimately our quality of life. for instance. In many cases, our academic program and our professors’ It is choice, after all, that lies at the heart of sustainability. Sound research have been driven by the quest to do right by our planet. The individual choices and subsequent behavior translate into responsible commission also found that those individual and operational sustain- stewardship, which is the distinct contribution JMU will be making ability efforts could be more effective with an administrative structure. toward environmental sustainability. In September, I implemented the commission’s recommendation This approach is more sophisticated than “being good or being and announced the establishment of the Institute for Stewardship of bad.” It means having the knowledge and framework to think criti- the Natural World to coordinate environmental stewardship efforts cally about the planet. In the lifecycle of a product or service, for across campus, advocate for priorities and challenge all members of instance, what ingredients or byproducts are created? Are they toxic? the university to think critically about their role in achieving the long- Is one less optimal choice actually better than a so-called green option? term stewardship of Earth. How do we weigh alternatives? I named the Institute for Stewardship After a months-long search, I appointed integrated science and of the Natural World with this fundamental approach in mind. technology professor Christie-Joy “C.J.” Brodrick Hartman as the I believe that JMU will help lead the way toward a fundamental institute’s director. With degrees in transportation technology and shift in the consciousness of the modern world by fostering a sense policy from California Polytechnic and the University of California of responsibility for our planet and our collective well-being. In step- at Davis, her research specialty has evolved through transportation ping up and taking the lead, JMU follows the example of President and energy efficiency to focus on life cycle analyses that include the James Madison, himself an early advocate of environmental steward- environmental, economic and social impacts of vehicle design and ship. What better footprint to follow. use. Today we are fortunate as she takes an even broader scientific perspective on environmental stewardship and sustainability. In addition to Dr. Hartman’s leadership, cross-curricular committees advise the institute. The awareness committee is raising the level of understanding among employees and students. The policies and Linwood H. Rose practices committee looks at what administrative changes will enhance President and support ongoing stewardship efforts. The operations and campus James Madison University

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Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will visit campus on Sept. 21 to accept the Gandhi Center’s top award.

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Gandhi Center to honor Virginians hope to instill in our youth,” says Virginia Gov. Timo- thy M. Kaine. Jimmy Carter President Carter’s Gandhi Award Lecture is titled “The Path to Peace in the Middle East.” After leaving the White House, he JMU community to honor former president on and Mrs. Carter founded the Atlanta-based Carter Center, a non- 2009 International Day of Peace profit organization that prevents and resolves conflicts, enhances freedom and democracy, and improves health around the world. Former U.S. President and Nobel Peace laureate “The Gandhi award recognizes that the Carters exemplify the Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter will visit importance of tolerance and compassion for other nations and JMU on Sept. 21 to receive the Mahatma Gandhi Center for people from different backgrounds,” says Sushil Mittal, JMU Global Nonviolence’s top honor, the Mahatma Gandhi Global Gandhi Center director. Nonviolence Award. The award ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 21, the Interna- “The Carters’ presence in the commonwealth will serve to high- tional Day of Peace, at 7 p.m. at the Convo. Admission is $10 light, especially for our (lower level Convo) and young people, the values ‘The Carters’ presence in the commonwealth $5 (upper level). Tickets [they] both embody in will serve to highlight, especially for our young must be purchased in promoting peace, free- people, the values [they] both embody in pro- advance and are available dom, human understand- moting peace, freedom, human understanding at www.jmu.edu/gandhi Fing and the alleviation of center/gandhiaward2009. human suffering. These and the alleviation of human suffering.’ shtml or by calling (540) are universal values that — Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine 568–3853. M

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SUMMER 2009 hree new minors that environmen- approach tal knowledge from a variety perspec- of Learn more about at www. at about more Learn Sustainability Studies Sustainability j Three new minor programs offered this fall ✱ [ Environmental knowledge jmu.edu/environment/. tives will be offered beginning this fall semester.Environmental studies, environmental science and environmental management are cross-disciplinary minors that are united common a by capstone experience. The cap- course,stone ENVT 400, will bring students from different minors together a collabora- for tive research experience that is both applied and theoretical. A faculty team from two areas will teach the capstone course, and each offering the of capstone will focus a different on environmental theme topic. or Students from any major can declare an environment minor. T nt M Bortolot’s product is based 2009 Earth2009 Week JMU’s celebration of 2009 Earth Week included a Renewable Energy Fes- Fair, tival day Fest of music, (a crafts and games on the FestivalLawn), an eco- sustainability, on discussion panel nomic the Really Really FreeMarket event, a community bike ride and No Drive Day. “These business proposals business proposals “These Learn more about the ✱ competition and Bortolot’s company at www.jmu.edu/ news/. Click under the Lat- est Headlines section. illustrate the vibrant entrepreneurial spirit in the JMU community and the Shenan- doah Valley,” says Carol Hamilton, assistant director of the Center for Entrepreneur- ship and organizer of the Sus- tainable Business Plan Compe- tition. “The business concepts ranged from energy-efficient design and social networks to alternative energy solutions.” on timberland management processes whereby forest inventories are routinely performed to account for benefits (e.g., for carbon trading) and to maximize the forests’ economic and environmental benefits. Forests are a renewable source of building materials and paper products and remove large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, placing it in long-term storage. director of the Center for Business Plan Competition Shenandoah Valley.’ Shenandoah the JMU and the community — Carol Hamilton, Entrepreneurship and organizer of the Sustainable et al.: Madison Magazine - Spring/Summer 2009 Spring/Summer - Magazine al.: Madison et the vibrant entrepreneurial spirit in spirit entrepreneurial the vibrant ‘These illustrate proposals business In March, the Center for While the top two presenters Entrepreneurship received 54 executive summaries during the first round of competition. Contenders represented JMU students, faculty and staff members, alumni, and entre- preneurs from an eight-county area in the Shenandoah Valley. Submissions were evaluated to identify the top 12, and then the final four, based on the via- bility of the business concept, the strength of the sustainability elements, the long-term growth potential and the ability to launch within one year. — Optisilv and Eastern Bio- Plastics — will receive funding and services, such as accounting and marketing assistance, to support their startups, Robert D. Reid, dean of the College of Business, says all four finalists were viable businesses. ground data to perform forest inventories at a lower cost and more accurately than traditional techniques. Bortolot is co-owner of the company with John Paul McTague and Mark Milligan. ]

irst, 54 contestants entered. Then there were 12. The final four presented their

The Center for Entrepre- Zachary Bortolot, JMU Sustainable Business BORTOLOT PHOTOGRAPH BY ALEX MACDONALD (’08); EARTH WEEK BY DAN GORIN (’11) GORIN DAN BY WEEK EARTH (’08); MACDONALD ALEX BY PHOTOGRAPH BORTOLOT College of Business Dean Bob Bob Dean Business of College Reid congratulates pro- ISAT for Bortolot Zachary fessor taking the top prize in the first Plan Business Sustainable CoB Competition. By Toni Mehling By Toni Mehling College of Business launches College of Business launches first Sustainable Business Plan Competition [ Sustainability entrepreneur CoB takes top prize neurship in the College of neurship in the College of Business launched its first Sus- tainable Business Plan Com- petition this spring. The top four venture teams pitched their business plans for a chance to win up to $50,000 and in-kind services. integrated science and technology professor, received top honors for his business plan for Optisilv LLC, a remote sensing software for forest inventory applications. Bortolot developed the software that combines digital aerial photographs and a related technology known as light detection and ranging with plans to the public and a panel of judges on April 20. Amid photo flashes, TV crews, cameras and a live audience, the top contender was announced. F Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2009 Madison Magazine, Vol. 32 [2009], No. 3, Art. 1

[Madison Quotient] [Graduate Researchers] Six graduate Return on investment researchers BusinessWeek gives College of Business graduates a nod for skill sets participate in hile layoffs, salary freezes student/faculty ratio to 25 to 1, in an effort conference and unemployment sta- to improve the student experience,” says Students showcase works at tistics dominate today’s Reid. “We devote a lot of time, attention and business headlines, the resources to the program. Recruiters time Virginia Council of JMU College of Business and time again tell us, ‘We really like the Graduate Schools forum Wis being recognized for continuing to prepare quality of your graduates.’ graduates for success. “Our students’ technical skills are as good ix JMU graduate stu- JMU is No. 3 on the public schools list as or better than you get at other places, dents presented their and fourth out of all business schools in the their interpersonal skills are far superior, research at the Fourth- 2009 BusinessWeek “50 Best Undergradu- their leadership skills are superior, and Annual Graduate Stu- ate Business Schools” rankings, which are that’s why companies hire our graduates.” Sdent Research Forum spon- calculated by comparing annual tuition and Recruiters and CoB faculty now recognize sored by the Virginia Council median starting salaries for 2008 graduates. that coveted set of soft skills as the “Madi- of Graduate Schools in Rich- “Number one, you want a son Quotient.” According to a mond at the Library of Vir- place that’s going to help you be recent Leadership IQ study of ginia. The annual research prepared to enter the business more than 300 U.S. companies forum showcases graduate stu- world. At the same time, you’re and organizations, almost half dent research and scholarship concerned with what kind of of newly hired employees fail across Virginia. It also high- costs you’re going to incur,” says within 18 months, due mostly lights the benefits of graduate Bob Reid, dean of the College of to poor interpersonal skills and education to the economic, Business. “Versus what you spend lack of motivation. “The Madi- social and civic develop- on tuition at JMU, the return on son Quotient means employers ment of the commonwealth. investment is very high.” are going to get a better return Attendees included members Affordable tuition alone on their investment by hiring of the Virginia General Assem- doesn’t translate into a high a JMU graduate,” says Reid. bly and their staff members, ROI, Reid adds. Schools must “Lower turnover rates mean @ industry representatives, pro- provide a high quality education companies spend less on recruit- fessors and administrators, that gives graduates the skills ing, hiring and training, and the and the general public. needed to contribute to success- soft skills JMU students have JMU graduate students ful companies. “We’re continu- Recruiters and profes- help them become productive were among more than 60 ously working to improve our sors recognize CoB employees more quickly.” M graduates’ interper- students showcasing their program. In the last two years sonal, technical and ✱ Read a white paper about the work. The JMU students and we’ve reduced the size of the leadership skills as the Madison Quotient at www.jmu. their topics included: Jennifer college slightly, bringing our ‘Madison Quotient.’ edu/cob/. Becker on “Motor Recovery Approaches Used to Rehabili- tate Central Nervous System Dysfunction in Adult Patients after Stroke;” Sarah Coffey on “Caregivers and Stroke — Identifying Needs to Create Normalcy and Sustain Qual- ity of Life on a Daily Basis;” William Shelly on “Determi- nation of Diagnostic Predic- tors of Heart Failure;” Anna More on “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Reviver and Rec- onciler;” Jeffrey Borowiec on “Dead End Kids on a Leaky Boat: An Examination of Irish Punk;” and Daniel Kitchie on “Could Lithuania be a Valu- able U.S. Ally? A Comparative Management professor Bob Eliason emphasizes employment preparedness in his classroom Statistical GIS Analysis.” M and in the 12-credit COB 300 course he team-teaches. “Leadership skills are critical,” he says.

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It is often noted that James Madi- guration in 1809 was woven from wool harvested from sheep son preferred the world of books raised at Montpelier. After serving two presidential terms, Madi- and intellectual pursuits to the son later embraced a return to farm life. In managing Montpelier’s tedium of farming at Montpelier; agricultural operations, he kept detailed weather diaries, including but he did believe in sustainability. a 10-year experiment to understand temperature variations caused 1809 The jacket that Madison wore during his first presidential inau- by altitude, latitude and distance from the sea. The all-female JMU dining services a cappella group offers patrons using @ BluesTones and a reusable mug a 40¢ the all-female discount on 22-ounce 10 Christian a cappella group fountain40¢ refills rather than choosing a Into Hymn celebrated their ONE 24-ounce drink in disposable cup. JMU’s physicians assistant master’s 10th anniversaries this year. More than 40 past and program is the only one at a public present members of the university in Virginia and offers the BluesTones celebrated a weekend of reunions, lowest tuition of the four programs in rehearsals and a campus performance in March. the state. Graduates have a 100 percent PA certification pass rate. JMU ranked 59th out of 400 schools th nationwide and No. 4 in Virginia for its 59overall recycling program in 2007–08. May 13, 2009, is the 70th anniversary of the found- 62,790Experience JMU’s “lush, green, beautiful ing of Sigma, Sigma, Quad” like you never have before. Check Sigma and Alpha Sigma out the Madison Projects’ I’m on the 70 Alpha The PA program provides students Quad YouTube video at www.youtube. sorori- opportunities to practice primary care in com/watch?v=RR1FzuUnvM0. ties at rural and underserved areas. Madison. Madison Read about the history of these Project’s two sororities in the August T-Pain issue of Madison. take-off has more Madison women founded Alpha than SigmaS Alpha and Sigma, 60,000 Sigma,S Sigma sororities and YouTube electede officers in 1939. views.

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[Experiential Education] Keeping up with the Joneses Exhibit exposes students to various levels of privilege By Sarah Mead (’09)

ven in times of economic instability, do you ever consider how fortunate you really are? Students were asked to con- Esider their “level of privilege” through an interactive exhibit on campus this spring. The residence life staff sponsored House of Privilege, an experiential museum in Chandler Hall. During a 45-minute “tour” of the House of Privilege, students walked through multiple rooms and witnessed scenes of different types of socioeconomic privi- Students were asked to consider their personal “level of privilege” in the lege in the United States. experiential education exhibit, “House Paul Krikau, an area direc- of Privilege.” Participants viewed inter- tor in JMU’s Office of Resi- active scenes from three houses of dence Life, chaired the House different economic and cultural backgrounds and then discussed the oppor- of Privilege event committee. tunities and challenges. “The student affairs division gave us a grant to sponsor the museum @ exhibit,” he says. “The museum provided ‘The museum provided interactive opportunities interactive opportunities to experience to experience various levels of privilege that various levels of privilege that occur out- occur outside of our own personal bubbles.’ side of our own personal bubbles.” — Paul Krikau, area director in JMU’s Office of Residence Life The exhibit included scenes from three houses of different cultural and spectators to join in caroling and trim- Throughout the tour, a guide asked economic backgrounds. The first ming the tree. The third house showed a students if they could “see themselves” depicted an underprivileged home in a Hindu family partaking in a sand project in any of the families depicted. Students dangerous neighborhood. The second and singing prayers. were given assessment surveys and partici- showed a middle- to upper-middle-class Each home included a “window of pated in discussions led by Nate Sharer, home, where the Jones family decorated opportunity,” which provided information a counselor in the JMU Counseling and their Christmas tree. The couple invited on resources available in the Shenandoah Student Development Center. “The Valley for the underprivileged such as how museum made students more aware of the to gain help for paying energy bills. levels of privilege in America,” he says. Other rooms in the museum depicted The exhibit also included areas where dining-room tables with note cards homeless men and women camped out explaining a typical family dinner. The in temporary resting spots. Pieces of card- first room’s table was the floor, and it board included notes explaining the situa- had four McDonald’s bags. Note cards tions of several homeless people including described a single mother, who had to a veteran. The “window of opportunity” work two jobs to support her family. Her presented information on local commu- children would eat later, before she left for nity resource centers like Mercy House. her evening job. The unhealthy nutrition “Many times we experience high privi- facts of the family’s typical “dinner” were lege and don’t even realize it until we are listed as well. Another room showed a fully exposed to the other side,” said one stu- Greg Myer and another JMU staffer participate in the House of Privilege set dinner table, and note cards explained dent. “The first house in the bad neighbor- and share in a typical meal to better that the parents of the family hired a cook hood struck me, because I don’t often think understand economic opportunities. to make healthful meals nightly. about the safety in my neighborhood.” M

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the JMU magazine, and http://wmra.org/ live and on-demand video www.jmusports.com www.jmu.edu/news/ www.jmusports.com Pawprint: the Duke Club Newslet- WVPT: Students intern at the PBS WXJM: Student programming, AM 1610: Tune in when you roll WMRA: Madison, JMU’s front door: JMU’s front Everything alumni: PublicThe Newsroom and JMU Brightening the Lights of Madison The Family Connection Madison Channel: Live and archived Madison Channel: Live and MadiZONE: MadisonOnline. ✱ scriptions: (540) 568-2664 or e-mail [email protected] video and audio coverage of JMUvideo and audio coverage activities and events: parents/Update_Form.shtml SPORTS ✱ ✱ ✱ JMU sports action — TELEVISION ✱ RADIO ✱ http://orgs.jmu.edu/wxjm ✱ ✱ PRINT ✱ for tination and audio: ONLINE ✱ edu/alumni ✱ ✱ + HEADLINES HIGHLIGHTS ✱ www.jmu.edu/alumni/publications ✱ ter, (540) 568-6164 affiliate for central Virginia, Shenandoah Valley and northeastern West Virginia, (540) 434-5391: news, talk and music on FM 88.7 into the ’Burg. MadisonOnline: Affairs: and the JMU Online Community: for JMU parents: jmu.edu/ NPR, local news and programming. WMRA, WMRY, WMRL, WMLU on your 89.9 and 91.3 103.5, at 90.7, FM dial. ConnectionsConnect M The Ashburn, Va., nity to grow and nity to grow and learn more about myself while making absolutely amazing friends. JMU has been a big part of my life, and I want future students to have the same, if not better, Madison Experience. I hope that by giving back and telling other people about it, I can influence others to do the same.” native gives back in more ways than Madi- son Connection. She serves as a first-year orientation guide. Each fall FROGs assist the JMU orientation team. “I know the importance Hrusovsky believes teach- Hrusovsky graduated on Learn more about at www.jmu. at about more Learn ✱ edu/MadisonConnection/ paign. This year, she is the paign. This Committee MSGC Steering charge of recruit- member in campaign ing and training work and the captains. Her Commit- MSGC Steering off. tee’s efforts are paying A recent survey of students had showed that a majority Student heard of the Madison Giving Campaign. JMU ing students to give to connects to alumni giving. years “I’ve had the best four here. I’ve had the opportu- that private dollars make to programs like FROGs,” Hruso- vsky says. Her fellow Madison Connection callers are never far from her mind. “Informing students about the importance of giving makes future callers’ jobs easier.” May 9 and has been accepted to the University of Virginia law school. While she will miss JMU, she is looking forward to her alumni status and hearing from the Madison Connection. “I can’t wait to get a phone call.” et al.: Madison Magazine - Spring/Summer 2009 Spring/Summer - Magazine al.: Madison et Hrusovsky accepted the Hrusovsky accepted the During her second semester second semester During her I give back, too,” she says. I give back, too,” she says. “Alumni expect to be asked to give back, but with students it’s a lot more work.” challenge, and last year she was the top campaign captain for the student giving cam- as a Madison Connection Connection as a Madison was asked caller, Hrusovsky to get involved by a classmate Student Giv- in the Madison Formerly the ing Campaign. the Senior Class Challenge, its campaign has expanded mission to ask all students mis- to give to JMU. The with sion really resonated it is very Hrusovsky, who says the similar to her work with “If I’m Madison Connection. asking alumni for donations, that I think it’s important Madison Connection caller Connection Madison Nicole Hrusovsky (’09) enjoys students and alumni to talking about giving back to JMU. Madison Connection caller ]

everal days a week everal days a week Nicole Hrusovsky (’09) heads to work at Madison Connection,

Among her favor- “I don’t consider myself Madison Connection Madison PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL MIRIELLO (‘09M) MIRIELLO MICHAEL BY PHOTOGRAPH — Nicole Hrusovsky (’09), ‘I don’t consider myself a very talkative consider myself ‘I don’t the opportunity talk to but person, to Connec- the Madison alumni [through me.’ intrigued tion] Senior helps alumni and stu- Senior helps JMU dents choose to support ’96M) By Paula Polglase (’92, [ the call Making the campus call center staffed staffed the campus call center and by students that solicits to the thanks alumni donors one- Madison Fund. A beige, story building on the outside opens to a bustling, high- energy, colorful workroom full of students talking to alumni. “I usually ask alums if they’ve been back to campus,” say Hrusovsky. “Most haven’t been back in years, so I like to ask what it was like when they were here.” ite stories alumni have shared in the past two years are steak night in D-Hall, alumnae who were required to wear skirts and the many love stories of alumni who met their future spouses at JMU. “I even talked to the first Duke Dog,” says Hrusovsky. a very talkative person,” the senior adds. “But, the job’s schedule and the opportunity to talk to alumni intrigued me. I get to talk to really great alumni, hear great stories and sometimes get some pretty good advice.” S Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2009 Madison Magazine, Vol. 32 [2009], No. 3, Art. 1

[James Madison Week] Reconnecting to Madison American classics scholar keynotes 2009 Madison Week wo hundred years to the month after James Madison’s first inauguration toT the U.S. presidency, JMU celebrated his life and legacy during James Madison Week, March 16–20. The week’s highlights Above: The C-SPAN Civics Bus made a included the release of stop near the Quad during 2009 James Liberty & Learning, the Madison Week activities. Essential James Madison, written by Phil Bigler (’74, ’76M), director of the James Madison Center. Other highlights included a visit by the C-SPAN Civics Bus, Above: Senior VP for AbAbove: SSenior i ViVice PPresi- i University Advancement a wreath laying at the James dent for Student Affairs Joanne Carr talks to Dan Mark Warner helps present Madison statue on Bluestone LeVitt (‘09). Right: Maurice a wreath at the Madison Drive and the annual Scholar- Smith (‘09) thanks Sean statue. Below: Liberty & ship Endowment Luncheon. Bates (‘92), Black Alumni Learning authors Annie Madison scholar and Cor- Chapter president. Lorsbach and Phil Bigler. @ nell University President Emeritus Hunter Rawlings III JMU donor and Miracle on the Hudson talked about President Madi- hero Dave Sanderson (‘83) spoke at the Scholarship Endowment Luncheon. Listen son’s legacy as Father of the to his speech at www.jmu.edu/donors/ Constitution. A Virginia native, Scholarship_Luncheon09.shtml. Rawlings is a recognized scholar of classic and American history and sits on the board of Madison’s Montpelier. The team from Cornell Uni- versity won the eighth-annual Madison Cup Debate tournament besting teams from 14 universities. JMU took second place and Johns Hop- kins University took Madison scholar third. Debaters argued and Cornell Uni- the role of coal-based versity President Emeritus Hunter technologies in meet- Rawlings III gives ing the country’s future the keynote dur- energy needs. ing 2009 James Read more about Madison Day. 2009 James Madison Week at www.jmu. edu/news/FlashFeature- MadisonWeek.shtml. And, Doug Brown, JMU provost and senior vice president, presents read a chapter of Liberty & the Madison Cup to debaters Learning at www.jmu.edu/ from Cornell University, who birthday. M bested teams from 14 schools. C-SPAN BUS AND DEBATE PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAN GORIN (’11); SANDERSON BY KATHY LAM; LUNCHEON, WREATH CEREMONY https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol32/iss3/114 MADISON MAGAZINE AND RAWLINGS BY DIANE ELLIOTT(’00) 16 et al.: Madison Magazine - Spring/Summer 2009

In Memoriam [ ] JAMES W. KUHNS Remembering physical James W. Kuhns, professor plant supervisor and emeritus of psychology, died psychology professor March 31. He was a resident of the Virginia Mennonite LUCIUS “CASEY” FRYE SR. Retirement Community and a Former operations supervisor in JMU’s physical plant member of Park View Menno- department Lucius “Casey” Frye Sr. died March 29. The nite Church. A former clinical Glade Spring, Va., native served in World War II, Korea psychologist, Kuhns joined and Vietnam. After a distinguished 23-year career in the the JMU School of Psychol- U.S. Army, where he was awarded numerous combat and ogy faculty in 1970. Prior to Former clinical psychologist and JMU professor emeri- service medals, Frye joined the JMU staff in 1970. He joining the Madison faculty, tus of psychology James W. Kuhns. directed and implemented the construction of Bridgeforth Kuhns was a high-school Stadium and much of the early campus expansion on the teacher and served in the Civilian Public Service from 1944 to east side of I-81. JMU’s Frye Building was renamed to 1946. He earned an Ed.D. and a master’s in education at Temple honor Frye in 1991. Originally constructed in 1958, the University and his undergraduate degree at Goshen College. building provided a long-needed central storeroom and His areas of professional research included developmental maintenance building. The building later housed JMU’s scales for children, aggression characteristics among pacifists

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Resolving an American dilemma JMU addresses a new citizenship through environmental stewardship and sustainability By Andy Perrine (’86)

ften in discussions on campus about environmental Earths would be required to sustain us all. And that’s average stewardship and sustainability Thomas Friedman’s Americans, not Friedman Americans. book Hot, Flat and Crowded comes up. In fact, Obviously, as the middle class continues to grow in China, India several times in this edition of Madison you will and in some developing nations, supporting an average Ameri- see the book mentioned. Hot, Flat and Crowded is can lifestyle globally will simply exhaust Earth’s resources. considered to be an important recent addition to So what are we supposed to do? Othe topic of sustainability. Undeniably, the author shines his very Because our American habits of living are so deeply entrenched bright light on what many believe to be a looming global disaster. and our economy is so heavily reliant on consumer spending the But comparing the problem seems insur- message in Hot, Flat and mountable. Crowded to how Fried- President John F. Ken- man lives his personal life nedy exhorted America reveals a very American in 1961 to “commit dilemma. Ian Parker of itself to achieving the The New Yorker recently goal, before the decade is criticized Friedman out, of landing a man on for living in a whop- the moon and returning ping 11,400-square-foot him safely to the Earth.” home. Plus, he flies fre- Some believed Kennedy’s quently in fuel-guzzling goal was out of reach. and polluting airplanes But he captured the pub- to his $50,000 speak- lic’s imagination, and ing engagements and is before the decade was married to the heiress done Apollo 11 histori- of the largest shopping cally reached the moon mall developer in the and returned her astro- world (which just filed nauts safe and sound. for bankruptcy, inciden- Perhaps we are at a simi- tally). So while Friedman lar moment in history. certainly deserves much Perhaps if the will of the credit for bringing more American people was attention to environ- channeled toward taking mental problems, his personal lifestyle and the consumerism pro- the lead globally on developing new clean and renewable sources moted by more than 200 shopping malls built and managed by of energy and new modes of conservation, the average American his wife’s family are some of the big reasons we’re in the situation style of living could become environmentally sustainable. To his he decries. credit, big-carbon-footprint Friedman makes the point in Hot, Many Americans — including me Flat and Crowded that America can unify and renew its national What’s your — are like Friedman, perhaps just purpose by doing just this. An exciting thought. footprint on a different scale. Lots of us pro- You can see throughout the current issue of Madison how a new fess to care about the environment sense of purpose of working toward environmental sustainability look like? or proclaim to have gone “green” is taking shape on campus. Professors, staff members and students Calculate how many planets your personal because we recycle or use fluo- have initiated much of the activities related to this purpose. To lifestyle requires at rescent light bulbs when the basis of coordinate it all, the new Institute for Stewardship of the Natural footprintnetwork.org. our lifestyles is anything but. That’s World was created at JMU. While its mission is diverse, one of Try making changes and why I call Friedman’s behavior an the institute’s main goals is to create among students a sense of see hhow you “American dilemma:” Even though individual responsibility for the health of our planet, or a “new ccana reduce tthe number many average Americans care about citizenship.” This is a much deeper commitment than faddish of planet environmental issues and make some proclamations of “going green.” And if we’re ever to overcome Earths your lifestyle changes, if everyone on Earth the American dilemma I describe above, future generations will lifestyle lived as do average Americans, the need to approach the issue with an utterly new point of view and requires. natural resources of about six planet a true sense of national purpose.

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Christie-Joy “C.J.” Brodrick Hartman, director of the Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World, is interviewed in this issue on Page 29. She describes in depth what the university hopes to accomplish with the institute. But one of the important distinctions to make in this report is the difference between stewardship and sustainability. The diagram on this page shows that true sustainability is achieved where ecological, techno-economic and social concerns overlap and do not conflict. In other words, if a technological solution has a negative effect on the environment, it’s not considered sustainable. Likewise, if a social solution creates a negative impact on economies, it also cannot be considered sustainable. Solutions that satisfy the concerns of all three areas are truly sustainable by this model. The Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World is focusing its efforts mainly on ecological concerns. “The institute will focus on the environmental dimensions of sustainability. The other dimensions are handled by multiple groups at the university with whom the institute will collabo- rate,” says Hartman. “In terms of our role The “Three Dimensions of Sustainability” diagram above shows where true sustainabil- as an educational institution, JMU’s mis- ity goals are achieved. When ecological, techno-economic and social concerns overlap, and do not conflict with one another, true sustainability solutions are created. sion statement clearly addresses preparing students to become educated and enlight- perity of our society, and if they chose, being set of knowledge, skills and abilities that will ened citizens. Given our urgent energy and equipped to professionally solve our envi- help this generation solve the issues that will environmental issues, we need to assure that ronmental issues,” she adds. “Our campus face them and subsequent generations.” ‘enlightened’ includes our graduates being of course needs to lead by example. To me Friedman writes that what lies before us environmentally literate, thinking critically it is a moral imperative that we make certain is like no undertaking we’ve ever faced as a about a personal role in the long-term pros- our students graduate Madison possessing a country. Every part of our national infrastructure — from transportation to utilities ‘While its mission is diverse, one of the institute’s — must undergo a transformation. main goals is to create among students a sense Really, it’s nothing short of nation building, but in this case it’s our nation and not of individual responsibility for the health of our a developing one we’re working to help on planet, or a new citizenship.’ the other side of this precious planet. M

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Excelling out of her comfort zone and time zone JMU Female Athlete of the Year makes Canadian National Team By Carrie Klamut (’10)

here are moments in a per- With a mix of countries comes a mix of because it had come to an end,” says Julien. “I son’s life that are etched cultures. “The New Zealand squad per- was overwhelmed with a mosaic of feelings.” into the heart and will formed the Haka,” says Julien. “Their start- Yet from every ending comes a new remain a part of one’s ing lineup and the leader of their team lined beginning, and Julien’s play on the field has identity for years to come. up in front of our starting lineup and con- certainly undergone some improvements. “I Although these moments tinuously stomped and screamed while star- now realize I had to go out of my comfort Tmay occur spontaneously, they have usu- ing us down for five minutes.” zone to get better. It was a learning experi- ally been anxiously anticipated since The Canadian National Team was even- ence. I certainly was not the best, but I have childhood. They are dreams — dreams tually defeated in the championship game, played with some of the best,” she says. that come true. JMU earning second place in the Her teammates agree. women’s soccer player tournament. “I was sad in a way “She got to compete against some of the Christina “Corky” Julien best players in the world,” says saw her longest-awaited JMU teammate Rachel Chupein. soccer dream-come-true “I think getting to see firsthand this spring when she how they approach the game is was asked to try out for going to help her become a more the Women’s Canadian dynamic threat,” says Chupein National Team playing of the reigning Colonial Athletic for the Cyprus Cup, an Association Player of the Year. international soccer tour- Her coaches are also excited to see nament in Greece. her perform so well at the this level. “The most memorable “It was an amazing opportunity for moment of my life came just her to get that kind of recognition,” before kickoff, when I pulled on says Dukes coach Dave Lombardo. the Canadian jersey,” says Julien, a “There is some validation as a coach native of Williamstown, Ontario. that you have a good program; when “That had always been one of my kids reach that level it can mean you lifelong dreams.” might be doing something right.” The opportunity for Julien’s Two more of Lombardo’s play- dream come true took place on a ers, Kim German and Ariana Sunday night not unlike any other Ruela, earned their way onto inter- dreaded end of the weekend. She Christina “Corky” Julien helped the Wom- national squads. Germain, a four- received a phone call from the national en’s Canadian National soccer team take year starter in midfield, was invited to travel team’s assistant coach asking her if she second place in the 2009 Cyprus Cup, an with the U.S. Under-23 National Team to could join them in Los Angeles for a series international tournament in Greece. Julien Ireland in May. Ruela played for the Portu- of training and tryout sessions. Earning a was the 2008 Virginia Co-Player of the gal Under-19 National Team in a qualifying Year, CAA Player of the Year and one of spot on the team would mean traveling to three JMU Female Athletes of the Year. event for the European Championship. M Europe to train. The decision did not take long. Three hours later she was boarding a plane destined for the West Coast. 2009 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE “I arrived at 1 a.m. Pacific Time but did SEPT. 12 at Maryland not fall asleep until 3 a.m., basically because Please check JMUSports.com SEPT. 19 vs. VMI I was too nervous for any calming body for the most up-to-date times SEPT. 26 at Liberty position,” says Julien. and information regarding Julien headed with the other athletes to OCT. 3 at Hofstra* Duke Club, tailgating and Rome, Italy, and later to Greece to train. OCT. 10 vs. Richmond* (Family Weekend) parking details. Her international experience rose to an OCT. 17 vs. Villanova* (Homecoming) entirely new level when she worked out with OCT. 24 at William & Mary* Listen to Dukes Sports Center coaches who did not speak English. “Every OCT. 31 at Delaware* Mondays, Wednesdays and drill and every discussion had to be trans- NOV. 7 vs. Maine* Fridays on MadiZONE. lated,” she says. Once in Greece Julien’s NOV. 14 at Massachusetts* team took straight to the practice fields and NOV. 21 vs. Towson* *CAA GAMES moved quickly into round-robin play.

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passion for nature since childhood led integrated science and technology professor Christie-Joy “C.J.” Brodrick Hartman to the unlikely career path of heavy-vehicle technologies. “I was born in Michigan but grew up mostly in Arizona,” she says, “where I spent a great deal of time outside swimming, playing tennis and going to summer camps.” Hartman’s parents, both teachers, moved the family to California for the higher education opportunities. “They encouraged me to take a nonconventional Acareer path,” says Hartman, who earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in environmental and civil engineering at California Polytechnic State University and the Univer- sity of California at Davis. “I realized that transportation was a big part of the overall sustainability of Earth, and I decided to pursue transportation technology and policy.” Hartman’s doctoral work included experimenting with fuel cell auxiliary power units for trucks. As she gained experience, her focus broadened from specific issues like tailpipe emissions and energy efficiency to life cycle analyses that include environmental, economic and social impacts of transportation. “When I was done with my schooling and looking at career opportunities,” she says, “JMU had this fantastic opportunity in the College of Integrated Science and Technology to do research and conduct outreach to the community and to teach. That was everything I was looking for, so it was an easy decision to come here.” Since coming to JMU in 2002, Hartman has contributed to grant proposals, winning $2 million for transportation and air pollution applied research and education, as well as an award from the Society of Automotive Engineers. But formal academic success has not stifled her spontaneity, as she proved when she jumped into the big yellow Smog Dog mascot suit for one of her outreach programs after the usual role-playing student fell ill. “I couldn’t get out of the suit,” she remembers, “and I had to ask a colleague for help.” Hartman’s holistic approach to environmental issues includes critically analyzing and making choices about popular green actions. She chose not to buy a hybrid car to do weekend highway commutes to the Roanoke area, where her husband, Jason Hartman (’85M), is a CPA and partner in Brown, Edwards and Co. “I prioritize taking the bus for in-town Since joining the JMU faculty in 2002, inte- transportation, conserving home energy, minimizing waste and grated science and ‘... there is no eating local, vegetarian foods. ... There are always trade-offs.” technology professor Finding ways to equip JMU and individuals to make Christie-Joy “C.J.” one solution environmentally sound choices will be her newest challenge: Brodrick Hartman has to the many Last September, JMU President Linwood H. Rose named helped win some $2 million in grants for air dilemmas we her executive director of the new Institute for Stewardship pollution research and of the Natural World (Read more on Page 26). education. Her newest face.’ “The institute will address environmental issues through project? Taking the — Christie-Joy science and critical thinking,” Hartman says. “Green is helm of JMU’s Insti- tute for Stewardship Brodrick Hartman, extremely trendy right now, but there’s no ‘green easy but- of the Natural World. director of the Institute ton,’ no one solution to the many dilemmas we face. But for Stewardship of the there is a tremendous opportunity for us to make small Natural World individual changes to make a large difference.” M

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[Levar Stoney] [Matt Fenzel and Colin Wright] Leading Virginia’s Democrats Breathing life into By Sarah Mead (’09) an honor’s thesis y first leap into Vir- immensely since then. As executive direc- By Lindsay Parnell (’09) ginia politics occurred tor he manages the party’s budget. at JMU,” says Levar “JMU prepared me for my career because n 2008, integrated science and tech- Stoney (’04), executive I was a public administration major,” he nology graduates Matt Fenzel (’07) director of the Virginia says. “I used some of the tools that I use and Colin Wright (’07) traveled Democratic Party. now while in the classroom and as student to the Namawanga community in “ The public administration major was body president. This is just another leader- Kenya and implemented an irriga- Ma member of the JMU College Demo- ship position with a lot of pressure and a tion system, an idea that began as crats and served as SGA president during lot of expectations.” their honor’s theses and culminated in a his junior and senior years. In 2006, Vir- There is no average day for Stoney. He lives I$10,000 grant and experience of a lifetime. ginia Gov. Tim Kaine within walking distance of After the pair received JMU’s ISAT asked Stoney to become ‘At JMU I learned his office and always comes Community Impact Award in 2007 for involved in the Demo- to balance aca- prepared with a long list their research and thesis, “Sustainable cratic Party of Virginia. of to-dos at the beginning Water Extraction and Distribution Sys- Since then, Stoney has demic life with of the day. He usually gets tem for Agricultural Applications in the kept moving forward. SGA; I’m better diverted from the list as Namawanga Community in Kenya,” His first title was political he has to pay attention to Fenzel and Wright began preparation to director, and his respon- for it now.’ each situation at hand. “In embark on an intercontinental journey. sibilities have changed — Levar Stoney (’04) politics, you have to be a Their plan was to aid the Kenyan commu- multitasker, and you have nity of Namawanga’s crop production by to be able to balance,” he explains. “At JMU supplying an innovative irrigation system I learned to balance academic life with SGA; to benefit the entire village. I am better for it now.” The duo completed their honors research It serves him well. As a Virginia Demo- under the guidance of their adviser and cratic party leader, Stoney helped with ISAT professor Wayne Teel, who teaches the Barack Obama presidential campaign. courses on the environment and geog- “I had a hand in helping open all 70 of raphy. Teel spent nine years in Africa in Obama’s offices across Sudan and Mozambique. His expertise Former SGA president the state, and I had final and knowledge helped Fenzel and Wright Levar Stoney sign-off on a host of with their research and trip preparation. (’04) serves strategic items coming Their effective and inexpensive system was as executive through the Democratic implemented during a 10-day trip to the director of the Party of Virginia,” he Namawanga community. Virginia Demo- cratic Party. says. “I never thought “The Kenyan communities were very that I would be working rural but also had a very formal culture,” says in campaign politics at this level this early Wright. “Our trip to the Namawanga com- in my career. I have found out that with a munity was incredibly educational. While it little hard work you can do anything.” served as a capstone to our undergraduate Stoney sees his political future growing. experience — allowing us to deliver a new “Someday I would love the opportunity to technology to an underdeveloped area — we serve a public office,” he says. “I don’t have also learned much about Kenya and its peo- any plans to run for office [immediately], but ple.” Their trip between the communities of any role that allows me to give back to my Bungoma and Namawanga was split between community, state and country I will do.” constructing the water drip irrigation system Stoney advises young alumni and stu- and getting to know the citizens. dents: “If you have a goal in mind stay “It’s definitely a relationship-based cul- steadfast in achieving that goal. There ture,” says Fenzel. “We spent a lot of time will be obstacles in the way, but the getting to know the Kenyans we were ability to jump over those obstacles working with and living with. For the will make you stronger in the Kenyans, the success of our stay was based end. Don’t be shy about on how well they got to know us. They having a drive or ambition; were a welcoming, helpful and very sweet just go for it.” M people. They were also very resourceful.”

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Fenzel and Wright’s water drip irrigation Right: Colin Wright system was much different and foreign to (’07) and Matt Fenzel the diesel pump the Namawanga village (’07) present their honors thesis “Sus- had been using. The alums worked exten- tainable Water Extrac- sively with two nonprofit organizations to tion and Distribution complete their system. “Working with Pos- System for Agricul- sibilities Africa and Least of These Interna- tural Applications in the Namawanga tional was incredible,” says Wright. Community of Kenya.” Fenzel and Wright returned to campus Below: The alumni duo in October 2008 to talk to a current ISAT brought their honors honors thesis group working on a sys- thesis to life in the tem to potentially be implemented in the Namawanga village. Their water drip irriga- Namawanga community. The alums fielded tion system was much questions, discussed technical aspects of different than the their trip and the irrigation system they diesel pump that the installed, and shared pictures and personal village residents had experiences of the trip. “Having the oppor- been using. tunity to work with nonprofits like LOTI and to demonstrate a new concept to an underdeveloped area was something that we had actually discussed during our first years at JMU,” says Fenzel. “It’s an experience I wish everyone could have.” Both Fenzel and Wright want to remain committed to this project and those affected by it. Wright says, “It was mind-boggling how our host family, destitute by our standards, was enthusiastically willing to give us so much. They found such joy in the sim- plest things — family, newly formed relationships with us and the gift of rising each day. Looking into the faces of sincere happiness and gratitude, you could never feel like you’re doing enough to help such deserving people. We know that our short stay in Kenya has made a lasting impression on us, and we hope that our endeavors there have done the same for the Namawangans.” Wright now lives in Santa Monica, Calif., and is the West Coast field service engineer for the medical device startup company, Omni- Guide, which is based in Cambridge, Mass. Fenzel is a process engineer for PHOENIX Process Equipment Co. in Louisville, Ky. He assists in laboratory testing, process evalua- tions and equipment R&D for the company, which specializes in liquid/solid separation and residual dewatering technologies. M ‘Looking into the faces of sincere happiness and gratitude, you could never feel like you’re doing enough to help

such deserving people.’ Colin Wright (’07) and Matt Fenzel (’07) share some time with students in the Namawanga — Colin Wright (’07) community in Kenya, where the alums implemented a water irrigation system.

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DrawingA BREATH OF FRESH AIR By Colleen Dixon

Art students throughout schools in Winchester and Frederick County drew a breath of fresh air last semester and illustrated what they could do to protect the air. Valley AIRNow, a public education and outreach program created by JMU, invited students to enter the first Thankful for Clean Air art contest. Young artists were asked to draw inspiration from the theme “What YOU can do to protect the air that WE breathe.” The students’ examples of ways to protect the air included car- pooling, taking alternative transportation, refueling in the evening, checking tire pressures, maintaining autos properly and reducing vehicle idling. Nearly 100 children from public and private schools, and child-learning centers submitted entries from November 2007 to January 2008. Their drawings were judged by an organization Aof arts management students from Shenandoah University. The winning artwork was so well received by the community that Valley AIRNow printed customized postage stamps to honor the talented and environmentally conscious young artists. The stamps are used in several educational programs and are given in appreciation to existing partners who have shown extraordinary environmental stewardship. JMU developed and staffed the Valley AIRNow outreach pro- Fourth-grade student gram after being granted a contract by the City of Winchester and Sophia Addison’s draw- Frederick County in 2005. The program is part of the northern ing (right) earned an honorable mention Shenandoah Valley Air Quality Improvement Task Force, and in the Valley AIRNow its mission is to improve overall air quality and increase knowl- Thankful for Clean Air edge of air quality issues in the northern Shenandoah Valley area. art contest. JMU devel- C.J. Brodrick Hartman is the principal investigator of the Valley oped Valley AIRNow, AIRNow grant. She directs the JMU Institute for Stewardship of which created stamps with student artwork the Natural World. Tiffany Tumer Johnson (’06M) serves as co- like kindergartener principal investigator for the grant through the end of this fis- Allison Ward’s below. cal year. Hartman and Johnson are responsible for implementing educational programs for primary and secondary schools to address ground-level ozone issues in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. The program also offers initiatives for local govern- ments, businesses, civic organizations, formal and nonformal educators, and the general public. M ✱ See more of the winning artwork, learn more about Valley AIRNow and learn 10 simple steps to help clear the air at www.valleyairnow.com/.

About the Artists Nearly 100 young artists in Winchester and Fred- erick County entered the 2008 Valley AIRNow Thankful for Clean Air art contest. First- through third-place winners were third-grader Sophia Dorsey, fourth-grader Bailey Taylor and kindergartener Allison Ward. Honorable mention recognitions went to second-grader Edward Buzalsky and fourth- graders Sophia Addison and Grace Baggett.

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THE RISE OF A NEW AMERICA New Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World challenges JMU community to embrace sustainable change

BY MICHELLE HITE (’88)

For a century Madison has educated students Students also have embraced the new institute and its to be enlightened and engaged citizens, problem solvers — principles. From coordinating campus No Drive Days to community leaders. Now through the coordinated efforts of composting in their own eco-friendly residence hall to com- professors and administrators, and a charge from JMU Presi- peting with other residence halls to use the least amount of dent Linwood H. Rose, the university electricity and water, JMU students is training students to be global citi- are leading the charge to live a more zens — stewards of planet Earth. sustainable lifestlye. In September, Rose announced the According to Christie-Joy “C.J.” university’s formation of the Institute Brodrick Hartman, director of the for Stewardship of the Natural World Institute for Stewardship of the Natu- to guide JMU’s efforts to become a ral World, the focus on sustainability more environmentally responsible and stewardship is not advocating operation as well as to educate JMU citizens about their current green trends. The importance of President Rose’s relationship to nature. charge and this institute is education and changing culture FIt wasn’t a hard sell on this campus. For decades, JMU — researching even more alternative energy resources and professors and staff members have built a recycling pro- their environmental impact, changing individual behaviors, gram. They have collaborated on alternative fuel research; focusing on environmental literacy, studying economic and they have tackled environmental issues and built a new social systems that affect the environment, and training students engineering program that focuses on sustainability. to find innovative solutions — it is about sustainable change. M

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DESIGNING OTHER JMU SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABILITY- RELATED EDUCATION SOLUTIONS PROGRAMS INCLUDE JMU engineering focuses on sustainability BY BILL GENTRY MAJORS ■ earth science, B.A., a geology major for future teachers Another new program. Another rousing success. Graduates from the ■ geology and environ- JMU engineering enrolled its first class in fall 2008 JMU program “will mental science, B.S. with 120 students and expects the total number of improve the sustainability ■ biology, B.S., a new con- students in the program to reach between 300 and of our world by participat- centration in ecology and 400 in the near future, says Ronald Kander, director ing in projects in which environmental biology of the School of Engineering. they analyze problems ■ economics, B.S., a con- Rather than splitting into separate departments that and design solutions in centration in environmen- address the subdisciplines of the engineering profes- the context of technical, tal and natural resource sion, Kander says JMU’s single, integrated engineer- economic, environmen- economics ■ geographic science, ing degree that focuses on sustainability, design and tal and social impacts,” B.S., a concentration in systems analysis is educating and training “engineer- Ron Kander, direc- Kander says. “There is a tor of the School of environmental conserva- ing versatilists who can address the wide range of ever- Engineering. global shortage of engi- tion, sustainability and changing engineering challenges of the 21st century.” neers that is growing development A larger by the year. We need more ■ integrated science and engineers, and we need more engi- technology, B.S., concen- neers trained the way we are doing it trations in environment here at JMU if we are going to attack and energy systems the big problems of our society.” MINORS Engineering at JMU is packed ■ environmental infor- with differentiating features that mation systems “will give our graduates a competi- ■ environmental man- tive advantage compared with tra- agement ditional engineering curricula,” ■ environmental science Kander says. ■ environmental studies “JMU finds itself yet again with MASTER’S PROGRAMS another leading-edge, breakthrough ■ forestry (B.S. in biology way of preparing students to handle at JMU and Master of the challenges of tomorrow in sig- Forestry at Virginia Tech) nificant ways,” he adds. This is ■ sustainable environ- done through hands-on lab experimental resources man- ences, in-depth engineering design agement (JMU and Uni- experience and through an inte- versity of Malta) grated focus on sustainability and CERTIFICATE sustainable design processes to inte- ■ College of Business grated business courses designed Sustainable Business specifically for engineers. Certificate “We’re embarking on an excit- ■ Stay tuned to www. ing and challenging new journey jmu.edu/stewardship that will redefine the meaning of an for a more in-depth list undergraduate engineering educa- of sustainability-related tion,” adds Kander. M education programs. ‘We need more engineers, and we need more engineers trained the way we are doing it here at JMU if we are going to A German exchange student works on a joint project among attack the big problems of our society.’ students in JMU’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle lab and rangers from Shenandoah National Park. RON KANDER, director of the JMU School of Engineering

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An interview with Christie-Joy “C.J.” Brodrick Hartman, executive director of the Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World, and Emily Thomas (’09), student representative to the ISNW Campus Accessibility Committee

BOLGIANO: What is the Institute for Stew- ardship of the Natural World — and why now?

HARTMAN: The institute was established in September 2008 as the result of recommen- dations by the Commission on Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability that President Linwood Rose inaugurated. The commission included students, professors, staff and community members, and was co-chaired by Maria Papadakis of ISAT and Towana Moore, associate vice president for business services. It was one of only a handful of commis- sions in the history of the university, which sent a clear message about President Rose’s commitment to the environment. Nature writer Chris Bolgiano interviews C.J. Brodrick Hartman, director of the Institute There is growing evidence that we need to for Stewardship of the Natural World, and Emily Thomas, ISNW student leader. change our individual and institutional practices to assure the future health of our planet global and local environmental practices, and defined sustainability as human and ecologi- and ourselves. The institute will challenge the they received no personal gain for doing it — cal health, social justice, secure livelihoods, entire JMU community to think critically about they were concerned individuals who were and a better world for all generations. Thus, our roles in the long-term stewardship of heard. And that history is tremendous for us to environmental stewardship can be viewed as Earth. We will coordinate stewardship efforts build on because it’s what will be the foundation one of several elements that support sustain- across campus, which include promoting sci- for JMU’s commitment to the environment to ability. We are interlinked with nature, and ence and critical-thinking skills. We will recom- be successful. everything we do either affects or is affected mend priorities. President Rose established by the ecosystem services nature provides — five cross-divisional committees to guide the THOMAS: I want to stress that when we, as like clean air, clean water, fertile soil, diversity institute: awareness, education and research, student groups, talk to our counterparts at of plants and animals. policies and practices, operations, and cam- other universities about the activities we could If we understand the scientific, political pus accessibility — meaning everyone — walk- bring to campus, we run up against, “Your and social issues that surround our natural ers, bikers, bus riders and drivers. administration isn’t going to want to spend resources, we see that we do have responsibil- the money, sustainability costs money, making ities as individuals for choices that affect our THOMAS: We’re looking at how many people efficiency upgrades costs money.” We haven’t own health as well as the health of our world. drive by themselves, how many people utilize found that. We’ve always had faculty members the carpool lot, how many people know we have who are willing to talk with us and give us ideas. BOLGIANO: Taking personal responsibility a carpool lot, how many people take the bus. for one’s own environmental impacts poses We’ll use that data to hone in on how we can BOLGIANO: Let’s start with the institute’s a big challenge for our consumerist society: make positive changes and roll with the positive name: What does “stewardship” mean in an How do you change behavior? changes that we already have going on. environmental context? HARTMAN: Changing behavior is very diffi- HARTMAN: Good point. I don’t want to lose HARTMAN: Stewardship means that we cult — not just for environmental stewardship, track of what got us here. Over several decades, have a responsibility for the care and man- but in general. As an educational institution many JMU citizens advocated for improved agement of our planet. For the institute, we we have excellent resources to support us in this endeavor. Our role is already to produce ‘Over several decades, many JMU citizens advo- enlightened citizens, people who question, who analyze. We want them to gain the knowl- cated for improved global and local environmental edge and skills here to make their own per- practices, and received no personal gain for doing it sonal choices for change, not just comply with our telling them something. —they were concerned individuals who were heard.’ Going forward, the institute will facilitate bringing our resources together in CHRISTIE-JOY “C.J” BRODRICK HARTMAN, executive director of the forums where we can have informed dia- Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World CONTINUED ON PAGE 31

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GREEN TO THE MAX Senior’s environmental efforts permeate JMU BY KATIE HUDSON (’10)

Emily Thomas (’09) is taking “going green” to a whole new cal thinking rather than just advocating level. As the student representative to the new Institute for ‘green trends,’” Hartman explains. Inset: Emily Thomas (‘09), helped organize Stewardship of the Natural World, Thomas serves the ISNW Those qualities helped Thomas organ- JMU’s first No Drive Campus Accessibility Committee. She is an integrated science ize No Drive Day. The program — Day while she was a and technology major with an environment concentration. She which proved to be a major success freshman. The event also founded JMU’s No Drive Day as a freshman and is co- — worked with the Harrisonburg raises awareness founder of the Clean Energy Coalition. Department of Public Transportation about excessive automobile use. The coalition, which is a grouping of many of JMU’s Earth- to raise awareness about excessive auto- friendly clubs, helped sponsor the Village Green Wars, where mobile use. JMU has since sponsored several No Drive Days. students competed to conserve the most energy in nine Village Thomas sees scientific evidence as a way “to debunk green residence halls. myths. There are too many conflicting ideas out there, and the Thomas’ enthusiasm for the environment started at an early only way to really find the right one is through education and age. “I’ve recycled since I can remember,” she knowledge.” Thomas has analyzed the cradle- Esays. But it was not until her freshman year ‘There are too to-cradle costs and benefits of a hybrid car at JMU that she decided to really become purchase versus a highly efficient and low- involved with environmentalism. many conflicting emissions conventional vehicle. After a professor recommended she attend ideas out there, Surprisingly, the best part of Thomas’ cur- a climate conference at Yale University, rent work with ISNW doesn’t involve scien- Thomas quickly became enthralled with and the only way tific evidence. “The greatest thing is seeing green efforts. “I was so inspired after the con- to really find other people get excited and informed when ference; I knew I wanted to be a part of some- it comes to helping the environment,” she thing big,” she explains. the right one is says. Thomas hopes to continue that feeling Soon after, she met now-ISNW director, through education after graduation. “My dream is to research C.J. Brodrick Hartman. “Emily has really and knowledge.’ renewable resources and implement tangible furthered the campus environmental efforts ideas that can really change the environment at JMU. She uses scientific evidence and criti- EMILY THOMAS (’09) for the better.” M

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logue. For example, in curricular and co- Competing to conserve curricular training, activities, and the campus landscape itself. Really the key part is “informed.” It’s not jumping on a band- Students reduce energy use in Village Green Wars wagon; it’s going to take some effort. Maybe BY MICHELLE HITE (’88) we’ll even find an alternative to the overused and abused word “green.”

THOMAS: It is important to teach people nd the winner is ... the envi- This year, for the first time, students how they are responsible because many ronment. And some pretty cool and administrators could see rates of don’t realize the effects of what they do. students from Frederikson Hall. energy and water consumption in select For the fourth year, students liv- residence halls thanks to Building Dash- HARTMAN: We have to model the behav- ing in the nine Village residence board, a Web-based application. Spe- iors we desire. I set a standard not so much by what I say in the classroom but by what I halls competed to see who could cial meters, installed on the electric and do daily. And my students continually chal- Acreate the biggest reduction in energy water lines of all Village residence halls, lenge me. I’m thinking, “Oh no, what’s the usage during Village Green Wars. supply data to the Dashboard Web site. setting on my washing machine?” when Students living in Frederikson Hall With real-time information, Village resi- Emily talks about washing her clothes with won this year’s competition, held March dents can understand and respond to the cold water only. My hardest job is to reach 23 to April 17, by decreasing their electri- ecological consequences of their daily those who aren’t listening, many of whom cal energy use and water consumption by energy consumption and make informed are frustrated by associated fads and politics. One area of common ground I’ve found just over 10 percent. and educated decisions. is that human health and the environment “There were energy are intertwined. We have an opportunity for reductions in every single environmental stewardship to be a uniting hall,” says Emily Thomas endeavor, and it is exciting to see people (’09), a student repre- together who ordinarily wouldn’t be in the sentative to the Insti- same club or major. The Interfaith Coali- tion sponsored a panel on faith views on the tute for Stewardship of environment, and we had diverse people the Natural World and talking and sharing a very common view co-founder of the JMU on the environment and divergent views on Clean Energy Coalition. other topics. When it comes to the environ- “Village Green Wars ment, we’re all sharing the same space. We and Dashboard are great need to consider environmental stewardship as us working together thoughtfully, as ways to involve and edu- a team. And we need to bring our different cate students about envi- perspectives to challenge each other and ronmental responsibility,’” develop innovative solutions. says Maggie Evans, JMU director of residence life. THOMAS: I agree. As an ISAT major, I view The competition was energy choices in a different light than my a collaborative effort friends in the Earth Club who have an anthro- pology background. I talk about the sci- among the JMU Office ence side, and they talk about how it affects of Residence Life, the people. One of the biggest debates is always Institute for Stewardship nuclear power. It’s not necessarily polluting, of the Natural World, the but it creates toxic waste that we don’t know Clean Energy Coalition how to handle. There’s mining for uranium, and the facilities manage- very similar to coal mining, which is not what M Earth Club stands for — but maybe it’s also an ment division. intermediate solution. We had people come up from where uranium is being mined and say, “This environmental destruction is not DASHBOARD DATA permissible for us. We need your help against Students living in The uranium mining and nuclear power.” But on Village residence halls the flip side, we don’t have that much else competed against each that can give us that base load power right other to reduce energy now. And then some members of the Earth use during Village Green Club say, “It is maybe better than coal; maybe Wars. Thanks to Building we should support nuclear power.” I think it’s Dashboard, students could valuable to see a topic from so many different make informed decisions angles; you kind of push each other to open on water and electrical your eyes that much more. use by logging on to the Web-based application BOLGIANO: It’s widely reported that many and viewing energy use young people lack a connection with the nat- information in real-time. CONTINUED ON PAGE 33

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ALTERNATIVE FUELS JMU’s research and programs are cross- curricular, cooperative and clearly taking the lead BY MARTHA BELL GRAHAM

Think of all 250 million cars on American highways right now. Next, think how to get every driver to stop, park and mount a bike, get into a small electric car or take a bus. You now have an idea of the task undertaken by professors and students in the College of Integrated Science and Tech- nology’s Alternative Fuel Program. It’s a critical problem with complex solutions — and tough hurdles to overcome. Part of the university’s Center for Energy and Environ- mental Sustainability, the Alternative Fuel Program is one of many dynamic programs on campus working toward sustainability. The AFP provides a framework of research in the area of transportation, says director and ISAT professor Chris Bachmann. The program merges applied Tresearch with education and outreach, attacking the problem three ways: fuels, technology and the elusive human factor — perhaps the greatest challenge. The program’s exploration of alternative fuels springs from many academic disciplines: biology, chemistry, engineering, geology, physics and technology. The cross-curricular and Chris Bachmann, cooperative nature of the program makes it dynamic and integrated science fluid — and impossible to tell the story of one research proj- and technology pro- ect without touching on multiple academic departments or fessor, directs the JMU divisions. Using surveys, simu- JMU Alternative Fuel lation modeling, statistical analysis, Program, one of many programs on campus along with hands-on research that working toward sus- emphasizes student participation, tainability. In the lab, the program twines varied disciplines professors help stu- with many campus, community and dents tackle transportation issues through government agencies — and students education, research, in all levels of education. outreach and hands- The Alternative Fuel Program on learning. began in 1997 when then-ISAT professor Jamie Winebrake initiated the assembly of JMU’s first fleet of alternative $20,000 grant, to an electric vehicle the park service will use. It is fuel vehicles, which eventually included elec- one of several electric vehicles successfully developed in the univer- tric, natural gas, biofuel and propane vehicles. sity’s Alternative Vehicle Lab. Students from a Since then, JMU students and professors have In fact, the Alternative Vehicle Lab is one of the most exciting variety of disci- worked together to explore the potential of places at JMU. Located in a former machine shop, the space is shared plines — biology, chemistry, engi- harvested macrocystic pyrifera (giant sea kelp) by facilities management, along with tools and people. Roger Mon- neering, geology, and trichoderma reesei (a fungus) to produce ger, a facilities management staff member, oversees the lab and pro- physics and tech- biofuels. They have evaluated the efficacy of vides technical expertise to students constructing the designs they’ve nology — work side converting cooking oils left over from the din- created. The contribution of the facilities management people can’t by side on projects in the Alternative ing hall into biofuels and converting campus be minimized, Bachmann says. “It’s been humongous.” Through Fuel Program lab. vehicles to run on it. They have investigated the work of Bachmann and Towana Moore, associate vice president compressed natural gas as an alternative fuel for business services, the entire lab was made available to students. and fuel cell auxiliary power units. JMU now has two CNG refueling Here they take their ideas and build them. It is rare on college cam- stations on campus and a fleet of vehicles using alternative fuels. puses for so many students to have access to a complete and profes- They also have explored electric and wind energy. Students are sional machine shop, Bachmann adds. It’s even more uncommon converting a truck donated by Shenandoah National Park, using a — indeed exceptional — to have the collaboration on lab space.

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Students often have and the implementation that connection with the outdoors is espe- to drill through their projects to make an cially important for our students who will adjustment. These things never show up of new ideas.’ work in outdoor environments. There are until they get into the lab. “When they get also an increasing number of studies that CHRIS BACHMANN, it, it’s a little bit of an epiphany.” director of the indicate health is closely tied to interaction Alternative Fuel Program with nature. We have tremendous resources The lab is of special benefit to students at JMU in terms of the natural world — for enrolled in the new JMU School of Engi- It’s a complex problem with solutions example, the arboretum, where a lot of pro- neering. Unlike almost every other school that demand the best of science. But the fessors take their classes. The JMU Farm is where engineering students never build best science — like a brilliant mind — is another and, of course, our surroundings like their designs — and if they do, not until useless without the discipline of individuals the Shenandoah National Park. their junior or senior years — JMU engi- to embrace it. Changing human behavior is THOMAS: I love the arboretum and go neering students use it from day one, as the missing piece and perhaps the biggest through there as often as possible. At the ISAT students have done for a decade. challenge AFP faces is changing the culture right spots it’s possible to get lost and pre- One of the first projects to come out of outside the university. Take NASCAR, for tend you’re not in the middle of Harrisonburg. the Alternative Vehicle Lab, Bachmann instance. It’s the most popular spectator says, was the Super Beetle. Then-ISAT- sport in the country — drivers going fast BOLGIANO: Recycling may be the most student Randall Morrison’s (’06) uncle in a circle. They’re not concerned with immediate way that most people connect donated an old Yamaha motorcycle. “The fuel economy or environmental impact. with the environment on a daily basis, and recently JMU competed in the National students scoured the town and found an They’re interested in speed. Much of the RecycleMania Waste Minimization Competi- old VW Beetle,” Bachmann says. “We saw same mentality exists for American drivers. tion. How is the recycling program going? potential in the old Bug. I bought it for They want to get from point A to point B $50.” John Miller (’70, ’83M) at Massanut- quickly and comfortably. Only a fraction HARTMAN: JMU recycling started about ten Technical Center donated an engine. are more concerned with the environmen- 20 years ago and employs 10 people. Most To make floorboards, they cannibalized an tal impact of their gas-powered cars. JMU employees have desk-side bins for old picnic table they hauled out of a dump- This point of interface is where AFP common recyclables such as paper, bubble wrap, soda cans; and we have community ster. With the materials, students designed hopes to have an impact. Bachmann puts bins that people use in the common areas. and built the Super Beetle. “$50, free and it this way: “We’re doing a different kind We have about a 35 percent recycling rate, free. Pretty good,” Bachmann says. of research. … How society interacts with and that’s one of the highest university “A lot of times our students have no con- technology. What are the hurdles to over- rankings in Virginia. Now it’s time to take the cept of money. ... They can propose pretty come to get them (environmentally smart next steps, to reduce and to reuse. outlandish ideas,” he says. “So, along with fuel vehicles) into the mainstream?” RecycleMania is a way to promote waste minimization. The idea is simple: Carry your reus- economy, they are learning real lessons in how One approach they are taking is through able mug and also save 40 cents at the dining economic factors influence research, develop- alternative vehicle competitions, and the most hall instead of using disposable or even biode- ment and the implementation of new ideas.” important is the Society of Automotive Engi- gradable cups. But it’s a cultural change, which The economic perspective is a significant neers, the most prestigious of the collegiate- is challenging. We’ll have our incoming class at part of the entire alternative fuels question adjunctive engineering societies. Two years orientation get a reusable bag as opposed to a and requires creative approaches. One such ago, JMU petitioned SAE to allow the uni- plastic bag. Next, they will get their mug. Hope- approach, Bachmann says, might be grid- versity to start a campus chapter. Without an fully, they will see everybody use these. We’ll be reaching out to make our citizens aware that to-grid power. He explains it this way: Sup- engineering school, JMU’s request required this is campus culture, and it is what’s expected. pose you charge your electric car through a “flexibility” in SAE’s decision. The allowance My hope is that our citizens reuse for so many wind-generated power plant (at a price) and was granted and the chapter established. Now years that when they leave it would seem drive to work. As it sits all day, the power through SAE, JMU plans to make its mark wasteful to practice a different behavior. dissipates — it’s lost. What if you could on the entire collegiate engineering world. Last fall we did a trash sort where three plug it in at work and sell that power back Each year, SAE holds Baja SAE, an off- buildings dumped their trash on the CISAT lawn, and 40 of us sorted through it to see to the grid while you’re at work? road vehicle competition that draws some how many recyclables were there. Recycling This kind of innovative thinking, Bach- 100 colleges and universities to each of three was anywhere from 10 percent of the trash mann says, is why JMU’s creative approach events. The competition challenges student in one building to 50 percent in the other. to the entire alternative fuels paradigm is so teams to design, build, test, promote, race Later, we surveyed our 40 volunteers who important. Anyone can build electric cars. and market a vehicle that will handle chal- bravely did this; it was a cold, cold day and it The technology is there. But how do you lenging terrain and, sometimes, water. But was not a pleasant aroma … get a majority of drivers to buy and drive there is no element in the current compe- THOMAS: It was not pleasant. them? “In 20 years, we’ll run out of easy tition that addresses environmental impact, oil,” Bachmann says. Bachmann says. So the JMU chapter is CONTINUED ON PAGE 39 CONTINUED ON PAGE 35

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Freshmen are living a green lifestyle in the MADISON’S FIRST renovated Hoffman Hall, JMU’s first eco-community. The students com- ECO-COMMUNITY post and are adopting BY EVAN DYSON (’08) other lifestyle changes Freshmen make lifestyle changes to make a difference to emphasize environmental stewardship. Hoffman Hall students meet For 14 freshmen living in Hoffman Hall, thinking green is weekly with much more than a fad, it’s a lifestyle. ISAT professor Under the leadership of JMU professors Maria Papadakis, Maria Papada- Pete Bsumek and Julia Sochacki, the newly created Madison kis to talk about human Eco-Community at Hoffman Hall is a unique experience with effects on the an emphasis on environmental stewardship and sustainability. environment. Throughout the year, students involved in the program learn The students about human effects on the environment through course work also visited the Chesapeake and projects in addition to getting a firsthand look at the world Bay and re- through coordinated outdoor activities. moved invasive “Living in this community has helped me think about what I’m plant species doing and to make the small changes in my life become every- from area wet- day habits because I’m in a lands. F‘Living in this place where people care about allows for “transitioning as a freshman into the college experi- that,” says Blake Krejci (’12) ence and then giving us a place where we could connect with community has of Vienna. other people.” In doing so, she adds, the community fosters helped me think In addition to hiking under opportunities to form lasting friendships and plan adventures about what I’m a full moon and visiting the outside of the academic experiences. Chesapeake Bay to learn Working with staff members from the JMU Office of Resi- doing and to make about its health, the students dence Life, the group is developing changes to the residence the small changes have also spent time remov- hall room shown during campus admissions tours. Emphasis is ing invasive plant species from being placed on the importance of a green lifestyle. Students are in my life become area wetlands. Everyday habits also providing input to revamp the suggested list of items that everyday habits adapted by the students include incoming students should bring to campus. because I’m in a the use of reusable mugs and The Madison Eco-Community is open to incoming freshmen, flatware and consideration for but this year’s group is already investigating the possibility of place where people the amount of electricity used forming a club for the rest of their Madison Experience. “If you care about that.’ by their devices. want to be healthy and if you want to have a healthy lifestyle,” Liz Coates (’12) of Lees- Lindsay Holt (’12) says, “I think a big part of that is to remem- BLAKE KREJCI (’12) burg says the experience ber how you’re connected with the world around you.” M

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BOLGIANO: That leads naturally into a discussion about food, which is one of society’s greatest energy expenditures. How does the institute approach food issues?

HARTMAN: One of the successes at JMU is the environmental efforts of our dining services. The waste oil is converted into biodiesel fuel. Dining services went tray-less the beginning of this year to save wash water and energy. JMU is looking at composting and several of the dining halls emember Kermit the Frog’s lam- “In 2006, the equivalent of 2 billion half-liter already have pulpers, but unlike the com- entation (circa 1970s): “It’s not bottles of water were shipped to U.S. ports. posting I do in my backyard, this is a large easy being green.” Although today’s ... Only about 13 percent of the bottles we endeavor for a campus to compost all its green, which symbolizes environ- use get recycled. In 2005, 2 million tons of food waste. So we’re probably looking at mental consciousness, differs from plastic water bottles ended up clogging land- a model similar to what they’re doing with Kermit’s reference, the statement, fills instead of getting recycled,” according to the waste oil, which is an external company processing it. R“It’s not easy being green,” is applicable to the Natural Resources Defense Council. today’s environmental challenges. Popula- Relatively simple measures by individ- THOMAS: I really love the stickers in the tion growth, climate change and fossil fuel uals can have a positive impact and con- dining halls that say, “The oil used to fry consumption are among myriad factors that tribute directly to a healthier people and your food will be made into biodiesel.” It’s necessitate we re-examine, and perhaps rein- planet. The challenge is that what “green” is cool to hear people talking about it in line. vent, our approach to fundamental systems can be elusive. For example, organic T-shirts such as energy. Despite the frequent head- are popular. But what is the balance of effect HARTMAN: One of the most interesting dining advances this year was a farmer’s lines we read, “Ten tips to save the Earth if those are made under unfair trade stand- market on campus once each semester. The in five minutes a day,” Thomas Friedman ards and shipped from overseas creating dining hall already buys 200 locally grown is correct in his national bestseller, Hot, Flat emissions and fossil fuel consumption? products. Also, the new east campus dining and Crowded: “There is no easy button we The answers are not simple. hall is our first LEED-certified building [Lead- can press to make the world green.” JMU’s environmental stewardship effort ership in Energy and Environmental Design Given the magnitude of the changes specifically focuses on environmental liter- green building rating system]. needed, it can be unclear what impact indi- acy, critical thinking and personal behavior THOMAS: I use the campus farmer’s mar- vidual actions can have. For an example of change. We strive to be “eco-WISE:” wary, ket and really enjoy the fresh fruits and veg- the large-scale cumulative effects of individ- investigative and scientific in our approach, etables. Learning about sustainability has ual actions, let’s look at bottled water. In the and environmental stewards in our actions. definitely made me stop and think. If I have 1970s, “bottled water” meant a water-filled Individual actions, like those below, sup- a choice between two different oranges, I’m thermos. Three decades later, billions of dol- port large-scale, fundamental changes that going to pick the oranges grown a little bit lars flow through the bottled water industry. are needed to ensure a sustainable future. M closer rather than down in South America. WAYS YOU CAN BE JMU ECO-WISE: BOLGIANO: Reducing energy use — like eating local foods instead of those transported long ■ Conserve energy. Manage your energy use by turning off and unplugging small appliances, distances — has become a major national strat- upgrade heating and cooling systems, change the thermostat a few degrees, seal and insulate egy. How does the institute approach this issue? your home, and consider renewable energy systems. Take advantage of energy tax-credits. ■ Preserve natural resources, including water and ecosystems. Practice water conservation. HARTMAN: We will recommend targets, Minimize chemical use, especially in your yard. Compost food and yard waste. establish benchmarks and work closely with facilities management staff, who have his- ■ Buy locally produced products. Purchase foods from local farms. Consider the life cycle of torically been progressive, to implement manufactured products, including production, transportation and disposal effects. specific actions. Facilities management ■ Minimize materials consumption and effects. Practice the five R’s: rethink, repair, reduce, reuse already mulches and reuses about 90 per- and recycle. Use reusable items versus disposables. cent of campus plant material; very rarely does it get bagged up to leave campus. ■ Walk or bicycle; use public transit or carpool. Purchase a fuel-efficient vehicle. There are timers on many lights, and they ■ Challenge yourself and others to learn more at www.jmu.edu/stewardship/involved.html. have low-energy lighting. One of the most interesting new things ✱ Members of the Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World Executive Council contributed to JMU has installed is a Web-based system this article: Jerry Benson, Randy Mitchell, Mack Moore, Towana Moore and Susan Wheeler. CONTINUED ON PAGE 37

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ROOTED IN THE LAND HELPING TO SAVE IT Alumni lead the Valley Conservation Council BY CHRIS EDWARDS The Valley Conserva- tion Council hosted the second-annual Statewide Land Trust Conference in Staunton Any local preservation campaign draws strength last June. Left to right: John Eckman (‘82), from people with deep roots in the region. JMU alumni VCC executive director; with growing ties to the Shenandoah Valley are leading Jill Templeton (‘08), the charges of the Valley Conservation Council. VCC program manager; VCC executive director and Waynesboro native John L. Preston Bryant Jr., Secretary of Natural Eckman (’82) credits his passion for preservation to Resources of Virginia; “being a lifelong resident of the Shenandoah Valley.” Corbin Davis (’07), for- Jill Templeton (’08M) sees why Valley Conservation mer VCC strategic plan- Council’s work is of interest to JMU alumni. A Tennessee ning intern; and Kim native, Templeton and her husband relocated to the Shenan- Tinkham (’01), former VCC office manager. doah Valley in 2005. “We both realize that the valley is unique,” she says. “Many communities still have the option to grow recalls farms in that area that have all disappeared in his lifetime. and develop in a way that respects their beauty and rich history.” VCC, a nonprofit land trust and environmental organization AJMU geology professor Cullen Sherwood, who has taught hun- founded in 1990, serves 11 counties and is supported primarily by dreds of students, including Eckman, about local soils, contributes dues and donations from members and foundation and govern- his expertise to VCC’s governing board. “I’ve always been interested ment grants. Eckman has been director since 2004 and, he empha- in land conservation,” he says. Sherwood grew up in Fairfax and sizes, a member since 1991.

John Eckman (’82), VCC’s executive director, looks over the Purcell Park Stream Restoration Project. This project has involved many groups working with the City of Harrisonburg to restore the natural bends in Seibert Creek and Blacks Run. The project involved putting natural bends and rock structures back into Blacks Run as it runs through Purcell Park just south of JMU’s campus. The riparian buffer zone along the stream will be planted with native species and allowed to grow up over time. VCC’s role as a land trust is to ensure that future owners of the land maintain the project by never disturbing the streamside areas.

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A typical easement, THOMAS: During our first Village Green negotiated with the landowner, restricts JOHN ECKMAN (’82) Wars, we posted little reminders like “Take development that would impinge upon Valley Conservation Council executive director shorter showers” in the shower stalls and the land’s beauty or natural resources, “Turn me off when done” above the sinks. but allows farming, hunting and tim- VCC has been able to draw person- We noticed huge savings. One of my favorite events was the No Drive Day to encourage bering. Landowners can take advantage nel from Harrisonburg as well, enjoy- the use of alternative transportation. Every- of Virginia’s generous tax incentives for ing a surprising run of JMU graduates one was very excited to take the bus or car- land conservation. in the last two years. “All of us arrived pool or walk, and not only to do that, but to In June 2008, at the annual conference from very different experiences,” Eckman tell their friends that they did. It was a source of Virginia land trusts — hosted by VCC points out. “It’s good to see JMU grads of pride. Our first year we had a 14 percent — Gov. Tim Kaine reiterated his goal of feeling so connected to this place.” increase in bus ridership. setting aside 400,000 more open-space An English and political science double- HARTMAN: We’re really seeing some bene- acres by 2010. By spring 2009, there major, Eckman earned a master’s in envi- fits of No Drive Day in combination with gen- were nearly 330,000, thanks to help from ronment and community at Antioch eral awareness of the environmental steward- VCC and many groups around the state. University. Prior to VCC he taught earth ship movement as well as the fuel price fluc- With its partner agencies, the Val- science, helped run The Little Grill res- tuations. Right now about half of our student ley Conservation Council’s efforts have taurant, and worked for 10 years at The body uses alternative transportation, taking helped landowners conserve hundreds Mountain Institute, an international con- the bus, bicycling or walking to campus. We’re seeing a 21 percent increase over the last few of farms, mountain forests and his- servation organization. years in overall ridership every day. toric lands in the region, including sev- An environmental policy major at eral unique properties along waterways. North Carolina’s Warren Wilson Col- BOLGIANO: And JMU has been a pioneer in Limiting development is a first step, but lege, Jill Templeton earned her master’s using alternative fuels in its vehicles, hasn’t it? restoring natural functions of the region’s in public administration at JMU after green infrastructure is the ultimate goal. several years of working in nonprofit HARTMAN: I was fortunate to come here VCC’s easement in Purcell Park, just organizations. She also gained research when Cally Oglesby, a visiting scholar, was exploring biodiesel. She and four students, south of the JMU campus, will protect experience through her fellowship known as the Biodiesel Boys, were work- the restoration of natural bends in a sec- with JMU’s Institute for Infrastructure ing with facilities management making their tion of Blacks Run. Another urban ease- and Information Assurance. own biodiesel in a homemade reactor and ment protects the human health and the VCC’s summer 2008 intern Corbin running it in a modified engine, a process environment at a Superfund site being Davis (’07) watched changes both in Har- not well known at the time. Cally convinced cleaned up in Front Royal. risonburg and his hometown, Staunton, JMU to adopt commercial biodiesel because the experiments in the lab had been so suc- Anyone who returns to Harrisonburg where VCC is housed on historic Barris- cessful. I was co-director of the Alternative after a few years away knows the area is ters Row. The ISAT and geographic sci- Fuels Program for several years and had the still growing fast, says Eckman. VCC ences major is completing a master’s in opportunity to work with Harrisonburg, Roa- takes a proactive approach to facing new urban and environmental planning at the noke and other areas that ended up adopt- development. “We know people are mov- University of Virginia. ing biodiesel. Our Alternative Fuels Program ing to the area,” he adds. “We will con- Kim Tinkham (’01), a native of Rock- collaborated with Virginia Tech to dissemi- tinue to grow, and that’s not necessarily ingham County, worked with VCC and nate our experience via an extension paper, and we did a series of workshops around a bad thing. Where that growth happens continues her interest in education and the state. In Harrisonburg and on campus and the design it takes will make a huge history in the area. She is thrilled to be we run a blend of up to 20 percent biodiesel, difference in the quality of life for people raising her children in such a “beautiful known as B-20. There is a significant differ- in the valley.” place. If you love a place, you want to ence in emissions coming out of the tailpipe. To encourage smarter growth, VCC stay there and care for it,” she says. Building and grounds folks who are exposed annually recognizes significant develop- What’s it like to grow up in the valley to the emissions say they feel the improved health effects. [See Page 32] ment projects in the region with its Bet- and watch urban sprawl emerge over a life- ter Models for Development Awards by time? “I’m not going to cry over what has BOLGIANO: One of the main goals of highlighting sensible projects that pro- already happened,” Eckman notes. “While reducing energy use is reducing greenhouse tect natural or historic resources while it is frustrating to see the loss of great gas emissions linked to climate change. still accommodating new growth. Many farmland, we still have much to cherish in President Rose is a signatory to the Ameri- projects in downtown Harrisonburg have this region. Wherever you choose to live, can College and University Presidents won awards for reusing historic buildings we all need to make sure we leave a legacy Climate Commitment, which has very specific goals and timetables. Where does the in new and novel ways, bringing more for future generations.” M institute fit into that commitment? people into the core of the community. ✱Learn more at www.valleyconservation.org CONTINUED ON PAGE 39

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ONE UNIVERSITY’S TRASH is TREASURE JMU recycling program turns 20 BY COLLEEN DIXON

JMU has a 35 per- Twenty years. That’s how long JMU’s cent recycling rate, recycling program has been at work. The which is one of the program began when the Virginia Gen- best among Virginia eral Assembly adopted legislation in universities. Left: To gear up for the 2009 1989 that established the current 25 per- national Recycle- cent recycling rates for communities. To Mania competition, heighten awareness when the program students did a trash first started, articles ran in The Breeze, sort from a residence hall, academic build- and staffers helped spread the word. ing and an administra- Two decades later, JMU has a 35 per- tive building to see cent recycling rate, which is one of the how much trash was highest rates among Virginia universities. actually recyclable. From Feb. 2 through March 28, the JMU community participated in the Tnational RecycleMania program and competed against hundreds of universities nationally. JMU ranked third among Virginia universities in the waste minimization category. value, and revenue is During RecycleMania, students in Georgia Polacek’s health sci- deposited in the bud- ence class helped with a campus trash sort to see how much of the get to further cam- waste in three JMU buildings was actually recyclable. Students pus recycling efforts. who participated in the trash sort reported long-term behavioral JMU’s list of recycla- changes and more interest in environmental issues. On campus, bles is long and includes aluminum, plastic, computers, glass, cal- faculty and staff members competed, building by building, to cium and mercury in lamps, metal, mixed papers, cardboard and reduce waste. The building competition winners were Blue Ridge newspaper, plastic film, scrap wood, steel cans, tires, and wood. Hall, Carrier Library, CISAT/CS-HHS, East Campus Library, the About 30 percent of the remaining waste is incinerated and turned Health Center, Sonner Hall, Theater II and University Unions. into steam power, and less than 40 percent of JMU’s total waste JMU’s Recycling and Waste Management team also generates hits a landfill. M some income from campus recycling. Products are sold at market ✱ Learn more at http://facmgt.jmu.edu/web/operations/recycling.

JMU’s new east campus dining hall will be certified at the silver level of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Build- ing Rating System. LEED is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED promotes a building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

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Students living there focus on the envi- CHRIS BACHMANN, director of the tory is benchmarking — we will have quanti- ronment, and the residence hall itself is a Alternative Fuel Program tative data, so we will know where to focus model of green living. [See Page 34] our energies. petitioning SAE to change the parameters BOLGIANO: Reaching sustainability is so of the competition to include an environ- BOLGIANO: What kind of measurements challenging that it surely will take many years. mental plank. will the institute use to mark progress What is your long-term vision for the institute? If they succeed, JMU will have substan- toward sustainability? tially shifted the entire nation’s collegiate HARTMAN: I want JMU to be Virginia’s HARTMAN: Benchmarking, which emphasis on alternative transportation to model of community metamorphosis into includes measurement, involves all natural a healthy human-ecological system. JMU environmental sustainability and changed systems, not just emissions. Benchmarking citizens will be environmentally literate, and the dialogue to include environmental campus water consumption, water qual- an ethic of conservation will be a JMU com- impact in vehicle construction. ity, materials use, waste minimization and munity member’s hallmark. The campus will Still, the greatest challenge looms — attitudes of citizens is something the ISNW be a low-impact, living laboratory developed changing the behavior of the Ameri- committee members are working on. through cross-divisional collaboration. can consumer. Much of the technology Environmental stewardship will be inte- THOMAS: Our campus accessibility com- grated into the institutional and individual research done on campus is done in light mittee is looking at a bicycle compatibility decision-making process as a core value. of this dilemma. No matter how successful index, because to ride a bicycle safely you JMU will offer environmental courses and a program is, Bachmann says, “none can have to have bike paths, locks and easy programs to underserved groups, and the meet current consumption. We have to access to buildings. campus’ environmental stewardship efforts use less energy. We have to shift our think- will grow together with other JMU initiatives ing.” And that is perhaps the most chal- BOLGIANO: “Sustainability” is a complex to address the two other dimensions of the issue, and determining what is truly green can lenging aspect of alternative fuel research triple-bottom line of sustainability: econom- be a challenge in itself — witness the current ics and equity. — and the one where JMU is clearly tak- controversy over corn ethanol versus nonfood ing a leading role. biofuel. How will the institute approach con- BOLGIANO: Emily, you’ll soon be entering “We’re not like R1 schools,” Bachmann flicts over what is or isn’t truly “sustainable?” the world of work. What do you hope to do? says. Plenty of schools and companies can create the technology, but JMU is work- HARTMAN: First, through dialogue. We THOMAS: I’d like to work with alternative fuels, either in research and development or ing hard to change the perception and the purposefully recruited people for our committees who may be on the end of the spec- in education and outreach. I’d really like to acceptability of environmentally responsible trum that says, “Global warming is highly work with a city government and do a lot of vehicles. “It doesn’t matter if you can cre- exaggerated,” because we want everybody’s the same outreach efforts that we’ve done ate the most efficient vehicle on the road if voice included. Of the 100 people on the five here. And I’d like to go to graduate school. people won’t drive it.” That’s JMU’s chal- committees there are professors, students JMU has set me on the right path toward lenge and where AFP is making its mark. and staff members from a variety of jobs. what I want to do. It’s taught me how to “We need to reach a new audience,” Bach- In terms of the ethanol, these are complex learn, and I’ve been exposed to a bunch of problems that require analysis to under- ideas I didn’t know about and experienced a mann says, and education and outreach are stand the environmental economic-social lot of things, not just going to conferences huge components of AFP. Engineering pro- repercussions. One of the common tools or classes, but also working with a group. It’s fessor Rob Prins agrees. He is developing a is cradle-to-grave analysis, where the full made me see the cradle to grave, or cradle- bicycle competition for high school students. product cycle is accounted for. We try to put to-cradle way of thinking, and that’s very While most high-school students don’t have together scientific, peer-reviewed research much how I think about things now. M the funds to re-engineer cars, they can attack the problem of creating an electric bicycle. About the Interviewer Chris Bolgiano, faculty member emerita, worked for 31 years at Carrier Prins hopes that students will build their bikes Library while homesteading in the Appalachian Mountains and learning to write about it. As a freelance writer she has written travel and nature articles for the New York Times, Washington Post, Sierra Magazine, and bring them to JMU to compete with Wilderness, Audubon, American Forests, and many other publications. Three of her five books have won other high-school students. (See Page 64.) awards, and she describes a sixth book as “a community service project that documents a short history of a Strictly separating one program from small place, namely my own rural neighborhood.” Her occasional op-eds are syndicated by the Bay Journal News Service, and she appeared as a talking head in all four episodes of the recent PBS documentary spe- the next, one department from another, is cial, Appalachia, A History of Mountains and People. Learn more about Bolgiano at www.chrisbolgiano.com. impossible at JMU because of the dynamic exchange and generation of innovative ideas. About the Experts Christie-Joy “C.J.” Brodrick Hartman is executive director of JMU’s Institute There are no ivory towers here, no sanctuar- for Stewardship of the Natural World. Since coming to JMU in 2002, the integrated science and technology professor has helped write grants which landed some $2 million for transportation and air pollution ies of knowledge untouched by students. It research. Read more about her in the Bright Lights section on Page 20. is an unfettered and unmatched collaboration of professors, students, staff members, Emily Thomas (’09) is the student representative to the ISNW Campus Accessibility Committee. The integrated science and technology major has helped further campus environmental efforts. She coordinated alumni and community members — all JMU’s first No Drive Day during her freshman year, and the event has become an annual effort. An Earth working toward a sustainable world. M Club member, Thomas also attended Yale University’s climate conference. Read more on Page 30.

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“We’ve never actually seen it wet,” says Nicolas Jaramillo (’09), standing in the wetland he helped create on the construction site of the new Rockingham Memorial Hospital. “But this is the lowest place on the property,” explains project partner Bonnie Tang (’09), “so this is where the water wants to flow.” The intensely green grass along this low swath of land between rolling brown hills testifies to the subsurface seepage of moisture in an unusually dry year. This flow is the headwaters of the stream known as Pleasant Run.

F BLY O W D E IS NI GGN JMU-RMH Collaborative creates wetland at new hospital By Chris Bolgiano

Guided by Wayne Teel, integrated sci- benefit students, faculty members, the a local company to plant more than 400 ence and technology professor, and sup- hospital and the community.” trees and shrubs. Because of low rainfall and ported by the JMU-RMH Collaborative, Paving is an apt metaphor for Lovell but soil type, they selected native species that Jaramillo and Tang designed a two-acre it’s the source of a problem at the new RMH can handle dry as well as wet conditions wooded wetland to filter water flow- site. The original 254-acre farm is being rather than wetland plants only. “RMH ing from the new hospital grounds into transformed into an intensively human- funded the work, and we minimized the Pleasant Run (and ultimately into the dominated landscape. Rain running off cost of everything so we could maximize Chesapeake Bay). The integrated sci- roofs, parking lots and other impermeable the number of plants we could get,” says ence and technology students’ project surfaces will carry a wide variety of pollutants Tang. Plant roots hold soil against the ero- will be a special area of natural beauty at and sediments into Pleasant Run. A down- sive force of water, giving the soil time to Virginia’s first hospital certified by the stream segment of Pleasant Run is already absorb and break down pollutants. Leadership in Energy and Environmental on the state’s list of “impaired” streams, due “What we didn’t expect,” says Jara- Design green building rating system. mainly to bacteria from livestock manure, so millo, “was how heavily the deer would Established in early 2007, the JMU- water quality is a crucial issue. browse the plants. Replanting might be RMH Collaborative aims to expand the Two existing farm ponds and two new necessary. We’ve installed a solar electric century-long relationship between the ponds that were built to contain runoff experimental deer exclusion fence. Once two institutions by building networks from soil exposed by construction had the plants are established, little to no wet- Gfor communication and development of to be woven into the plan for water flow land maintenance will be necessary.” shared initiatives. through the wetland. Sewer, water and gas Debra Thompson, RMH associate direc- As the collaborative lines running beneath the low area, plus tor for communication, says, “We’re com- celebrated its second sewer system manhole covers at surface mitted to monitoring the wetland and doing birthday in April, level, further complicated the challenge of what’s needed to ensure that it thrives. Our interim Dean of the directing water flow. Jaramillo and Tang long-term vision is to create a beautiful park- College of Integrated designed two long humps of earth, called like setting with trails that offer a unique Science and Technol- berms, at right angles to the water flow to wellness opportunity for patients, visitors ogy (and collabora- mimic a natural stream meander and to and the entire community.” tive leader) Sharon slow the velocity of the water. To complement the planned trails, Jara- Lovell (’85) counted “The most important thing,” Teel says, “is millo and Tang considered aesthetics in some 20 new projects slowing the water to reduce flooding impact choosing plants. Redbud trees and several ISAT majors Nico- las Jaramillo (’09) to be discussed. and prevent erosion.” At about 15-inches varieties of dogwood will enhance spring- and Bonnie Tang “And those are just high, the berms were kept low enough to time; iris, marsh marigold, cardinal flower, (’09) check a tree the ones we know allow exceptionally heavy rains — during great blue lobelia and other wildflowers will sapling inside the about,” she says. “We hurricanes, for example — to simply flow bloom throughout summer. Witch hazel intense green of have no formal sub- over them rather than rush around the berm bushes will add yellow blooms to fall foli- the wooded wetland they helped mission procedures or ends, digging gullies in the process. age, and holly trees will enliven winter with create at Rocking- any oversight; we’re “It took many months of surveying, red berries. Most of the plants selected will ham Memorial strictly a facilitative mapping, planning and communicating attract insects and birds to their flowers Hospital. Above: body. We try to pave with everyone,” Tang explains, “and then or fruits. “One of our goals was to attract ISAT professor Wayne Teel guided the way for people to the berms were built in a week. It was native wildlife, especially birds,” Tang says. the design of the move forward with very gratifying to see a physical result.” Canada geese and mallards preening on one two-acre project. joint projects that Jaramillo and Tang also contracted with of the ponds seemed happy to oblige. M

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When an elementary school class embarked on an Internet search for the name

of a Virginia woman who made a difference in the lives of children, one name

came up over and over again: Joann H. Grayson, JMU professor of psychology.

A VIRGINIA of WOMAN HISTORY Fourth-graders honor child advocate Joann Grayson By Jan Gillis (’07, ’11P)

Amy Garrett was teaching Virginia history to her fourth-graders at Island Creek Elementary School in Alexandria and decided to use the Library of Virginia’s “Virginia Women in History” project as an instructional tool. Each year, the project seeks nominations to honor eight women, past and present, who have made important contributions to Virginia, the nation and the world. “I am always looking for ways to challenge my students,” says Garrett, “and this nomination project was a great opportunity to give them a hands-on task.”

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‘I decided to take baby chicks with no mother as well as Henrietta and her chicks to the class, so the children could see the difference.’

— Joann Grayson, psychology professor and Virginia Woman of History

Garrett’s class examined the achievements of past honor- ingham Memorial Hospital, the Gus Bus literacy effort, the ees and learned that altruistic endeavors and “breaking glass Teen Pregnancy Prevention program, JMU’s counseling and ceilings” were the general themes. The children narrowed psychological services, Healthy Families and Western State their focus. “The class decided they wanted to nominate Hospital,” she says. “The students grow and become col- someone who made a difference in the lives of children,” leagues. Many of our current site supervisors are people who Garrett says. “At that point, Google took over.” went through the service-learning field program as students. As the children searched multiple terms — women, Vir- So it’s a nice system.” ginia, child welfare — Grayson’s name was repeatedly in the Nonetheless, educating a class of fourth-graders on the search results. history of child protection presented a challenge for Gray- It’s no surprise. Grayson, a 30-year veteran of JMU’s psy- son. “I talk to my JMU class about child protection his- chology faculty, is a champion of child abuse prevention tory for 45 minutes, and I wondered what in the world I and treatment. Her list of accolades includes the 2006 Vir- was going to say to fourth graders for two hours,” she says. ginia Professor of the Year awarded for “extraordinary dedi- It didn’t take long for the educational and child expert to cation to undergraduate teaching” by two national organi- come up with a solution. zations, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of She found the answer in the family farm’s chicken house. Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support Grayson observed one of the hens, Henrietta, sheltering a of Education, as well as the 2006 Champion for Children brood of chicks under her wings. “You’ll notice that baby Award from Prevent Child Abuse Virginia, the 2005 Com- chicks are quite content when with their mother hen. They missioner’s Award for Virginia from the U.S. Department feel safe. Chicks that you buy, who have been separated from of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Chil- their mothers, are quite different. Their loud and constant dren and Families, and a 2004 TIAA-CREF Virginia Out- peeping can drive you crazy,” she says. “I decided to take standing Faculty Award, administered by the State Coun- baby chicks with no mother as well as Henrietta and her cil of Higher Education for Virginia and announced by the chicks to the class, so the children could see the difference.” governor. Grayson has taken her advocacy for children to Grayson knew that Henrietta would provide the students an the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on excellent example of the value of a protective parent. Education and is a past chair of the Governor’s Advisory Grayson’s classroom visit was a hit. The kids learned the Board on Child Abuse and Neglect in Virginia. Since 1981, history of child protection, got acquainted with Henrietta, she has been the editor and publisher of the Virginia Child named the chicks, and received an introduction to JMU Protection Newsletter. — Grayson showed the class a video from the university’s As the class read about Grayson’s briefings on Capitol admissions office. Hill, her work at JMU and in the community, and saw the Several weeks later, her mailbox was flooded with letters leading role she has taken in advocating for children, they from the students thanking her for her visit. “Now I want to knew she was exactly the nominee they were looking for. go to JMU for college. I showed my parents the pamphlet, Not only did Garrett’s class nominate Grayson, but they and they agree with me! Also, do you think that maybe I also invited her for a visit. could be part of that Virginia Child Protection group?” Grayson, of course, is no stranger to the classroom. At wrote Megan Miller. The letters also contained plenty of JMU she teaches in the areas of child abuse and neglect, well wishes for the success of Grayson’s nomination. “I cross child clinical psychology, clinical psychology and field my fingers that you win,” wrote one student. placement. Each year, she supervises scores of students in The positive thinking worked. Grayson was recognized service-learning work. “We have more than 40 participating as a 2009 Virginia Woman in History and was honored at a sites throughout the community that partner with the psy- reception at the Library of Virginia on March 26. M chology department for field placements. For example, stu- ✱ Read more about this Virginia Woman in History at www.lva.virginia. dents work with First Step, a community organization for gov/whatwedo/k12/vw/2009/honoree.asp?bio=7. And, read some of victims of domestic violence, prevention programs at Rock- the children’s letters at www.jmu.edu/MadisonOnline.

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She never got in the water Remembering Miss Savage’s poolside life lessons By Mary Frances Shuler Johnson (’48)

loved Miss Savage. She taught me how to three grandsons received swimming lessons. I firmly swim, yet she never once got in the water! believe that every child needs swimming lessons. Dorothy L. Savage was an associate pro- All of our Madison professors where dedicated to fessor of physical students and taught us life les- education in 1948. Dorothy L. sons. I also remember econom- She wore slacks and Savage, physi- ics professor Otto Fredrik- Iknelt at the edge of the pool cal education son. “Dr. Freddie” sponsored professor and to show students how to do Porpoise Club our International Relations swimming strokes. sponsor. Club. He was a short, stocky I earned my physical educa- man and loved to teach. He tion credits in her swimming taught us the importance of class. I earned a B.S. in edu- living within one’s income, cation with a concentration and that lesson has guided me in home economics. My swim throughout life. I have always class partner was Mickey Par- been creative and able to man- rotta (’48). She was slightly age without numerous trips to heavier than me and much the store. stronger, and she was the Por- Dorothy Savage made poise Club president! I had the most lasting impression to struggle to “save” Mickey on this Madison student. I in our swim class exercises am proud to see that JMU because I was very thin and named the Godwin Hall not very strong. In fact, Miss Olympic-size pool after Savage worried about the Miss Savage. She was a “dark circles under my eyes.” wonderful instructor. She didn’t know that I had Around age 12, I had a been staying up late studying Mary Frances Shuler Johnson (‘48), above near-drowning experi- by the dim light in the bath- middle, and as a senior in 1948 (inset right), ence at my grandparents’ room of Johnson Hall. I was is a member of one of the largest legacy farm near the Shenan- families in Madison history. Her son earned his not a very good eater, either. undergraduate degree from JMU in 1979. Mary doah River. After sur- I wanted to prove that college Frances and her sister, Eva Shuler Holtzman viving that experience, I girls “don’t get fat.” I was (’52), above right, followed their mother’s foot- “jumped” at the oppor- practically anorexic, but you steps to Madison. Alma Beatrice Comer Shuler tunity to learn to swim (above left) attended the Harrisonburg State Teachers College should see me today at the in 1922 and 1923. All seven of Alma’s sisters — the Comer sisters — at Madison College. Miss age of 87. I am neither thin attended HTC and Madison. Read more about Alma and Mary Ann Savage’s swimming instruc- nor weak. Comer Kammel (’32), Margaret Virginia Comer Kupiec (’38), Brownie tions, personal talks and life Miss Savage instilled in Frances Comer Cave (’39), Grace Marie Comer Shackelford (’39), lessons have stayed with me me a lifelong love of swim- Beulah Mae Comer Huffman (’39, ’59M), Catherine Charlene Comer my whole life. Even though Nichols (’40) and Nellie Elizabeth Comer Robinson (’45) at www.jmu. ming. I took my own four edu/montpelier/2003Fall/EightComerSisters.shtml. she didn’t get in the water; I children to swim classes at guess she didn’t have to. M the water babies level and up. Two of my sons earned the Mile Swim Merit Badge as Boy Scouts. I also helped ensure that my About the Author: Mary Frances Shuler Johnson (’48) of Lynchburg is a retired kindergarten teacher from Bedford County Public Schools. She served as an officer on the Bedford County Education Association and has volun- ‘Dorothy Savage made the most teered with the American Heart Association. She represented her church three times at the National Conference of Church Women at Purdue University. lasting impression on this Madison She and her husband, John, have visited Alaska, Canada, England, France student ... [Her] swimming instruc- and Hawaii. tions, personal talks and life lessons About the Professor: Dorothy L. Savage was a physical education pro- have stayed with me my whole life.’ fessor from the 1940s through the 1960s. The Godwin Hall Savage Natato- rium is named in her honor. The natatorium is an Olympic-size pool with — Mary Frances Shuler Johnson (’48) spectator seats for 800.

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Big Sycamore Stands ‘... examines the evolving relationship of the condemned as well as Alone: The Western those made by co-victims as between this people and this place, he seeks to give voice to these Apaches, Aravaipa, two groups. Vollum finds the and the Struggle illustrating the enduring power of most dominant themes among for Place Aravaipa to shape and sustain con- the condemned are centered on BY IAN W. RECORD (’93) temporary Apache society.’ transformation, redemption and UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA positive messages of connection PRESS, 2008; ISBN: 978-0- — Ian W. Record (’93) to others. The most dominant 8061-3972-2 themes of co- Apache society.” Record articu- subsistence practices, and a his- victims are Western lates Aravaipa’s cultural legacy tory of early Apache struggles to more conflict- Apaches have through the eyes of some of its maintain their connection with ing with a mix long regarded descendants, bringing Apache Aravaipa in the face of hostility of frustration the corner of voices, knowledge and perspec- from outsiders. with the death Arizona encom- tives to the fore. Focusing on ✱ http://uanews.org/ penalty pro- passing Ara- the Camp Grant Massacre as the node/22946 cess, relief that vaipa Canyon narrative centerpiece, Record Last Words and the it is over, and as their sacred employs an approach that desire for jus- homeland. Ian reflects how the Apaches concep- Death Penalty: Voices tice or revenge. Record (’93), tualize their history and identity, of the Condemned and Through condemned and co- senior lecturer for the American interweaving four distinct narra- Their Co-victims victims’ words, readers learn Indian Studies Department at tive threads: contemporary oral BY SCOTT VOLLUM that the death penalty is neither the University of Arizona, says histories of individuals from the LFB SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, a soothing salve for the pain his book “examines the evolving San Carlos reservation, historic 2007; ISBN-10: 159332264X and suffering of co-victims nor relationship between this people documentation of Apache rela- simply an extraction of evil and and this place, illustrating the tionships to Aravaipa following Scott Vollum, JMU profes- irredeemable criminals. enduring power of Aravaipa to the reservation’s establishment, sor of justice studies, analyzes ✱ www. lfbscholarly.com/criminal_ shape and sustain contemporary descriptions of pre-reservation the content of last statements justice/vollum_322649.htm

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Party Dawg! The social calendar of Madi- son magazine’s Road Dawg is the envy of many Dukes. Everyone’s favorite pup got his tailgate on by helping Jer- emy Bullock (‘03), center, and Dave Denoff (‘03) and Mark Salazar (‘04M) cheer on the Washington Redskins against the Dallas Cowboys at Fed Ex Field. (Inset): Road Dawg was also center stage when longtime Duke Club support- ers Cara Staley Bullock (’04) and Jeremy Bullock (’03) married. The couple lives in Fredericksburg.

Inside:Alumni News 2009 Alumni Volunteer Weekend, welcoming new legacies 50 My Madison Finding my voice in English 101 By Carrie Priddy DuPre (’02) 51

Loyalty and legacies Richmond City firefighter alumni By Sande Snead (’82) 52

Do you know Smittie? 1929 SchoolMa’am offers up treasures and an HTC mystery 54

Class Notes News from alumni, profiles and JMU Works: Sustainable Energy Developments Inc. 56

Picture This Education on wheels By Michelle Hite (’88) 64

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{Alumni Leadership} Legacy students

make the right Snappin’ with Duke Dog. A freshman legacy takes CHOICES a photo opportunity with Duke Dog and Mom. Welcome Class of 2013 legacies ore than 200 accepted students — members of the Class of 2013 — and their parents joined M Duke Dog, JMU staff members and alumni association members for three Legacy Receptions during CHOICES events on Feb. 16, April 17 and April 20. These JMU families celebrated their Madison legacies Finding Mom. A This year, leaders from the JMU and learned about JMU Alumni Class of 2013 legacy Alumni Association collaborated with Association scholarships. looks in her mother’s class yearbook to the admissions staff and offered Legacy The JMU Office of Admis- find mom as a Madi- Receptions during CHOICES events. A sions sponsors several CHOICES son freshman. Madison student is considered a “legacy” programs for accepted freshmen if his or her mother, father, grandmother, and their families to visit cam- professors and stu- grandfather or older sibling is a JMU pus and soak in the Madison Experience. dents. They can ask questions, learn more graduate. View a slideshow from the event Incoming freshmen have the opportunity about JMU academic programs and become at www.jmu.edu/alumni/events/recent

News to interact with university administrators, familiar with student support services. events.shtml. M JMU volunteers at work Alumni Volunteer Weekend is June 5–7

The JMU Alumni Associa- Alumni Recruit-A-Duke tion’s annual Alumni Vol- unteer Weekend leadership conference is June 5–7. Join Connect, job search the alumni relations team and recruit for free and fellow JMU volunteers for a two-day leadership conference designed to enhance your experience as a volunteer and build JMU alumni groups. For more information, contact Stephanie Ham- son, alumni chapter coordinator, at hamsonsk@jmu. edu. Learn more at www. Senior VP for Student Affairs Mark Warner will host the AVW awards. jmu.edu/alumni/events.

Alumni board meets June 6 JMU’s Career and Academic Planning offers Board meeting open to all interested alumni Recruit-A-Duke job postings and searches The JMU Alumni Association Board of Directors will have its open ALUMNI: Post jobs for current students and JMU meeting on June 6 on campus. All alumni are welcome to attend graduates or access job postings and submit a resume. and hear updates on alumni association events and projects. To attend or learn more about the alumni association’s mission, e-mail Learn more at www.jmu.edu/cap [email protected].

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Finding my voice JMU English 101 gave me confidence By Carrie Priddy DuPre (’02)

n the fall of 1998, as I headed off to the ’Burg for the worry about fixing my grammar later. She gave me possibly the first of my four years at JMU, I had no idea where my best gift a teacher can give a student — confidence. life would take me. I was more concerned with how I’d Beyond helping me learn who I was as a writer, she also taught get along with my roommate and who I’d sit with at me how influential a teacher can be in the life of a student. That D-Hall than what I would do with my life. I figured stuck with me; and when I grew tired and unfulfilled with my my future might have something to do with writing. corporate life, it was this thought that drew me back to univer- IAs a big fish in the small pond of high school, my writing, I had sity life. Writing for the marketing team of a regional headquar- been told, had been pretty ters kept the rent paid, but good. So I registered as it left me wondering who an SCOMM major and I was really helping at the hoped for the best. end of my long days. So, I was just another lost I took a job writing for freshman, with no clue Clemson University and where I was headed. polished up my vitae. Alumni I’m pretty sure, too, After I got my first that even in my wildest teaching assignment tak- dreams I never thought ing on two freshman comp I’d be where I am now: classes, I looked back living in Clemson, S.C., through my JMU note- working as a full-time books to find my teacher’s university writer and old syllabus and my raw teaching freshman com- writings; but I couldn’t News position. Grad school find aanyn proof of my tak- brought me to the area, ing that class. (I’m then corporate ambitions kicking myself took me into public rela- now for throw- tions for several years ing it all away.) in Greenville, S.C. But As it turned out, what really brought me though, I didn’t to this unexpected career need her syllabus to was something (or some- Writing professor Carrie Priddy remember the key one) even more unex- DuPre (’02), in front of Sikes Hall at eelements of her class pected — my JMU Eng- Clemson University, says she “found her voice” in her JMU English 101 tthat I now incorpo- lish 101 teacher. writing course. Right: “Just another rrate into mine. Because the full lost freshman” at JMU — Carrie Like her, I take impact of the class didn’t Priddy at Garber Hall in 1998. a community writ- hit until years later, I iing approach to can’t even tell you my teacher’s name. But she changed my life. my classes. We write together in class, we share our successes I find myself thinking of her class often. My teacher was soft- and our struggles; and, as a result, we grow as writers together. spoken. Understated. She did not have a Ph.D. or an ego the size We use peer reviewers, like she did, to help us build confidence of the Potomac. But she had passion before turning in our final papers, and we embrace our unique ‘She gave me — and time for her students. She took backgrounds to make us better with pen and paper. us out to the Quad when she saw our When I have rough days in the classroom and I wonder if possibly the imaginations waning. She gave us I’m getting through to these fresh-faced “kids,” I think about best gift a feedback on our writing before she col- my freshman comp class. I think about how it affected me for teacher can lected it for final grading — she actu- the better and how I didn’t have the confidence at 18 to tell my give a student ally wanted us to learn and improve. professor how much I liked her class, and how the full impact It was in her class that I found my of her teaching didn’t even hit me until years later. That gives — confidence.’ voice. I learned to think, to analyze, me the hope that maybe I really am reaching at least one of — Carrie Priddy to trust my inner writer. She taught these kids. Maybe, just maybe, I can be to one of them what DuPre (’02) me how to write from my gut and to my teacher was to me. M

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Loyalty and legacies Firefighters share family career paths and alumni legacies By Sande Snead (’82) News Alumni

oyalty and legacy are words that come to mind when defined. So was his college choice. Four of Richmond Dukes and describing five dedicated Richmond firefighters who his seven sisters graduated from JMU. His career firefighters Chris Davis (‘76), all hail from the same alma mater. David Griffin, daughter, Heather Davis (’10), is a junior David Griffin (’81), Kevin Knight, Kim Roberts, Chris Davis and Michael at JMU. Kevin Knight (‘99), Oprandy work at different stations around the city, but Kim Roberts (’01) is a fourth-gener- Kim Roberts (‘01) L and Michael Oprandy they have a number of things in common — many come from a ation firefighter. Her great-grandfather family legacy of firefighters as well as a legacy of Dukes. was a New York City firefighter, and her (‘02) hail from families of firefighters. Both Lt. Michael Oprandy’s father and brother are in the grandfather and father were New Jer- firefighting business, but check out the purple blood running sey firefighters. “I’ve always known I wanted to be a firefighter,” through the Oprandy family veins: Oprandy (’02), his brother, she says, “but I still wanted to go to college and study different one of his sisters, his wife, her sister, her brother and his wife are things just to be sure.” all JMU grads. Roberts is pleased with her decision. “Every day is exciting,” she Likewise, Chris Davis’ (’76) grandfather was a police officer, says. “You never know what to expect. It’s very dynamic and it feels and his father was a firefighter, so his career path was pretty clearly good to know that you are helping someone almost every day.” ‘I’ve always known I wanted to be a firefighter, but I still wanted to go to college and study different things just to be sure.’ — Kim Roberts (’01)

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{An HTC Mystery}

Do you know Smittie? Donated SchoolMa’am offers Madison treasures By Tony Madsen (’99)

eafing though old enjoyed it to the nth degree. Smit- yearbooks from Madi- tie hon, you have been so sweet to son’s yesteryear — us this year. I’ll always remember donated to the Madi- you as #6 and the good old games L son magazine office — you played.” offered up quite a piece of notable An admirer writes: “You’ll be university memorabilia and a bit president someday.” Last, but not of Harrisonburg State Teachers least, a friend leaves this touching College history. Esther Louise remark, “My life has been happier Smith (’30) — or her family — at HTC because of you.” donated a 1929 SchoolMa’am to This SchoolMa’am is well worn. the university some time over the It looks as if the Duke Dog might last 80 years. have taken a bite out of its cor- This particular yearbook is copi- ner. Some inner pages are torn or ous with classmates’ signatures and missing, but one page offers a rare personal notes to “Smittie.” Esther surprise. Two paper pennants are Louise Smith, a native of Safety glued onto the last page of the stu- Harbor, Fla., was a junior in 1929. dent directory. The pennants are She was a member of the basketball for VPI (aka Virginia Tech,

News team and a leader on the HTC Ath- where maybe Smittie’s “Eddie” letic Council. Her roommate writes: matriculated?) and another for “June 1, 1929 … Never will I forget thet Harrisonburg State Teach- the good ole times we had together er’se College. What a beautiful in Spotswood ‘6.’ Raving about historicalh artifact from our spir- your man, Eddie … and eating as itedi Smittie. we three usually do the greater part If you are out there, “Smit- of our time. Always remember me, tie,”ti thank you for this spectac- Alumni your bad little roomie, Grace.” ularu glimpse into student life at The 1929 SchoolMa’am of Esther A classmate pens, “We’ve Louise Smith (‘30), inset, offers MadisonM 80 years ago. washed [laundry] together again treasures like the HTC and VPI pennants above. Are you a If you know Smittie, please and again … Smittie, girl, I’ve legacy of Smittie’s? If so, e-mail [email protected]. write to [email protected]. M HomecomingHomecoming 20092009 The JMU Dukes battle the Villanova Wildcats on Oct. 17

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{Be the Change} MadisonEvents Madison rugby alumni MAY 30 honor player and friend Charlotte Dukes Family Picnic JUNE 5–7 The Luis de Souza Pinto Memorial Scholarship Alumni Volunteer Weekend By Katie Hudson (’10) Leadership Conference www.jmu.edu/alumni/events

hen alumni think of JMU cially in these tough economic times. JUNE 20 men’s rugby, one of the “We’d like to have enough funding so that Black Alumni Chapter first people they think multiple students receive the scholarship Summer Picnic of is Luis de Souza Pinto all four years,” Rainey says. “ Denver Alumni Chapter (’02),” says Pinto’s former “By setting up the memorial scholar- W Rooftop Happy Hour teammate Brian Rainey (’04) of Arling- ship, rugby alumni have honored their ton. “He personified the love for the game, friend in a most appropriate way,” says JUNE 27 and everything that came with playing Ted Sudol, JMU director of charitable Baltimore/Annapolis rugby at Madison is Luis.” gift planning. “The scholarship also helps Chapter Outing Pinto died in a jet skiing accident in increase diversity at JMU.” Orioles vs. Nationals at Camden Yards 2004. Madison rugby players decided to Rainey adds, “Luis was a great rugby honor Pinto by creating a memorial schol- player, and he always had a smile on his AUGUST 29 arship. When Madison Rugby Alumni face. There were so many people whose Richmond Chapter Alumni Chapter members and players approached lives he touched. And that continues. We 2009 Crabfest the JMU Development Office, they were have received e-mail from prospective advised that they had five years to raise students and rugby players from Africa, OCT. 9–11 $25,000 to establish an endowed scholar- Asia, Europe and South America. All are Family Weekend 2009 www.jmu.edu/parents/ ship. For those who knew Pinto, the fact interested in the scholarship. … But hon- Family_Weekend.shtml that the team raised the total amount in oring Luis is the most important factor. four months came as no surprise. He loved JMU.” OCT. 16–17 The Luis de Souza Pinto Memo- To support the Luis de Souza Pinto Homecoming: News rial Scholarship Endowment ben- Memorial Scholarship contact Brian Under the Big Top www.jmu.edu/homecoming efits an international student/rugby Rainey (’04) at [email protected]. player attending JMU. The Pinto Learn how you can support many JMU For more information on events, family and the Madison Rugby scholarships at www.jmu/edu/give/. M please call the JMU alumni office toll free Alumni Chapter helped create criteria 1- (888) JMU-ALUM or visit A Madison Connection manager talks with www.jmu.edu/alumni/calendar/. to select scholarship recipients. Luis de Souza Pinto (’02) before he calls Originally from Brazil, Pinto came to on alumni to give back to JMU. JMU in 1998 and quickly became involved with the rugby team. He was named one of the captains and team vice president. He also served the Madison Connection by calling alumni to ask them to give back to JMU. After graduation, Pinto moved to New York City to work with the Bloomberg news media company. When the players learned of Pinto’s passing, they immediately started to collect donations. Rainey says that setting up the scholarship was a “defining JMU highlight” in his Madison Experience. “Alumni help was inspirational. We have received donations from original players who established the club in 1975 to recent graduates.” Rugby alumni hope to see the scholarship endowment continue to grow, espe-

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Former JMU Alumni Asso- Conference of the United Method- Cl41 ciation Board of Directors ist Church and numerousass other N member Mary Wright Thrasher service organizations. She served of Norfolk died on March 17. as president of Virginia’s chapter Thrasher also of the American Association of served on the University Women and represented JMU Founda- Virginia as a delegate to several tion Board. She national conventions. was a member of the Friends of Barbara Overby Sublett Carrier Library, 57 sold her home and bought a the Madison townhouse on Gaston Lake. Founders Society, and she received the JMU Distinguished Alumni Cambridge Who’s Who Service Award in 1978. The former 67 Among America’s Teachers senior nutritionist in the North recognized Beatrice Crantz for Carolina State Health Department leadership in primary education. Above: Mary Fleming Woodle Philip Wayne Updike, was an active community volunteer. She teaches fifth-grade social stud- (’72), Virginia Sen. Walter A. 73 a College of Business She served on the boards of Virginia ies and English studies at Linville- Stosch and Sara Benghauser graduate, is a JMU Foundation (’08) at the capitol in Richmond Wesleyan College, the Virginia Edom Elementary School. She Board member and a co-owner of Symphony, the Virginia Annual was also recognized by Who’s Who years of teaching in Virginia, Mary RE/MAX Performance Realty in Among America’s Teachers in 1994, Fleming Woodle has been working Harrisonburg. 2004 and 2005. Crantz has served for Virginia State Sen. Walter A. at Linville-Edom for 13 years. Stosch, republican leader emeritus. David Grimm joined the SCHOLARSHIP Woodle has served as an administra- 74 JMU Office of Develop- THANKS Steve Smith (’75M) cele- tive assistant during the General ment as director of development for Dear Fred B. Devitt Jr: 71brated his 25th year of Assembly session for the past three the College of Arts and Letters in I am a sophomore nursing major at service to JMU this year. Smith years. “It’s an honor to work with January. Grimm previously served JMU, and I would like to express my originally joined the JMU admis- Sen. Stosch, who’s main focus has as a volunteer for the College of extreme gratitude for receiving the sions team in 1971 and later led been on college affordability and Business Executive Advisory Coun- Myra Doherty Memorial Scholar- the alumni office. He worked at college accessibility,” says Woodle. cil and the JMU Alumni Associa- ship. This generous gift has greatly Bridgewater College from 1990 to “And, this year was special in that tion Board of Directors. helped me in financing my educa- 1995 and later at a computer firm we had a JMU graduate on staff.” tion. I cannot put into words how before returning to JMU in 2001. Centennial Duke Sara Benghauser Eric Warren Broyles thankful I am to receive this generous He is currently associate vice presi- (’08), a fellow JMU Alpha Sigma 76 writes, “Patty and I cele- gift. I am the fifth of six children, dent of constituent relations in the Tau sorority sister, interned with brated our 15th anniversary this and I am paying my own way through division of university advancement. the senator’s office. Benghauser is year. We will be going on our sev- college. I am an active member of the Many alumni will remember him as completing her master’s degree in enth cruise in January to celebrate National Honor Society of Collegiate facilitator of the Madison Confes- public administration at Virginia our love for each other and sip mint Scholars, Catholic Campus Ministry, sional programs during the annual Commonwealth University. As part juleps in the Caribbean.” and I work in the Java City Coffee in Bluestone Reunion Weekends. of her program, she is completing an our new East Campus Library. I have internship with the Virginia General James “Jim” Dawson is always felt a strong desire to serve my Sandra Joan Claytor Neel Assembly during the 2009 session, 79 a movie critic and enter- community. Thank you for your gen- 72 proudly announces the working for Sen. Stosch. Benghauser tainment-industry writer whose erous gift and assistance in helping Sept. 24, 2008, birth of her first has met with lobbyists, tracked legis- work appears on ARTISTdirect. me achieve my Bachelor of Science in grandchild, Audrey Grace Miller, lation, assisted the senator with other com and in the British magazines ✱ Nursing. Thank you. who is the daughter of Neel’s daugh- legislative matters and met a Madi- Film Review and Ultimate DVD. Clair Karaffa (’11) ter, Anna Marie, and her husband, son sorority sister who graduated 36 J. Craig Williams joined the law Jason. ✱ After retiring from 34 years earlier. firm of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Continued on Page 58

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This Duke knows her sports NoteBy Sande Snead (’82) s hen you MLB player Carlos Delgado have a in January 2005, when he Wikipedia signed a four-year contract page, you worth a reported $52 million kindW of know you’ve arrived, with the Florida Marlins. It but Lindsay Czarniak (’00), was then that she got a phone sports anchor for WRC-TV, call from George Michael. “I the local NBC television thought he was calling me to affiliate in Washington, D.C., get some footage of Delgado, takes it all in stride. but instead he said, ‘I want to “How funny is that?” see what we can do to get you Czarniak says. “But I feel to come to D.C.’” like everybody has a wiki Later that year, Czarniak page now.” returned to D.C. and joined Well, everybody who’s NBC4, acting as sports covered the Olympic games anchor and reporter for twice, serves as co-host of George Michael. She offi- The George Michael Sports cially became the co-host of Machine and has a weekly The George Michael Sports gig on the Mike O’Meara Machine in September 2006. Show does. In her first major assignment This Duke knows her as a reporter, Czarniak trav- sports. Her father, Chet, who eled to Turin, Italy, to relay has been with USA Today for more than two decades, was a sports Lindsay Czarniak (’00) and coverage of the 2006 Winter reporter and editor for 16 years. He is now network managing edi- her father, Chet, share a Olympics for NBC Sports. tor of USA Today and USA Today online. “Both of my parents had a trip to the Great Wall during In August 2008, she tremendous influence on me,” Czarniak says. “My mom [Terri] was a Lindsay’s 2008 coverage returned to the Olympic of the Olympic Games in teacher and is now a principal at an Alexandria elementary school.” Beijing, China. arena, covering the Beijing Czarniak grew up attending Olympic Games and other sporting Games as part of NBC’s events with her father, and she got some hands-on instruction as broadcast team. Her chief responsibility was a daily program about well. “I remember Dad editing my papers, and I just wanted to cry,” gymnastics for the Oxygen network. “Covering the Olympics was a she says. “He would rip them apart. But he taught me that having great experience, and I got to immerse myself in Chinese culture,” high standards and ethics in this business is key.” Czarniak says. The “Czarniak School of Journalism” worked. “Lindsay obviously Czarniak’s father is most proud that she has made a respected had a passion for the business,” says Marilou Moore Johnson (’80), name for herself in the business. “When I hear from my peers that associate dean for the JMU College of Visual and Performing Arts. Lindsay does her homework and that she is well prepared — that’s Johnson taught Czarniak in a broadcast journalism class. “It’s a lot of the best you can ask of anybody.” work to put together video reports, package the news, anchor and Czarniak’s love of sports has passed the capital beltway to super produce a newscast, and that burns some students out quickly, but it speedways. She served as a pit reporter for NASCAR’s former didn’t daunt Lindsay. She had an enthusiasm for it,” says Johnson. Busch Series races at the Martinsville Speedway and an IRP Busch Czarniak’s first job out of college was at CNN in Atlanta. “I abso- race. She doesn’t see any barriers to women in sports news these lutely had stars in my eyes,” she says. “I was just in awe.” days. “While women sports reporters may still be a minority stats- After reporting and anchor stints at various television stations wise, I did an interview in the locker room the other day, and there in the Jacksonville, Fla., area, Czarniak was covering a story on were four women with microphones right in front,” she says. M

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Ma rk E. E. rk 60 ClassNotes 61 59 WORKS JMU SUMMER 2009 In July with 2007, exciting be to a part of a company that’s on the forefront of change,” McConochie. says “We’ve seen so much change in the accept- of conscience and ance energy.” power wind wind market that was not being attended to — munici- farms, schools, and factories palities, want “We towns. small to help benefit com- them show and munities that wind power can provide both environ- economic and mental Abbett, says benefits,” who joined SED in 2005. the help of a grant, SED 1.5-megawatt a installed GE wind turbine atop the Mountain Peak Jiminy the helped which Resort, company gain a strong foothold in the wind “It’s industry. power M To remainTo financially sound from the start, SED received In 2008 SED moved new a to office in Ontario, N.Y., “We really need to see the use of more renewable energy At theAt wind turbine outside the headquarters company SED McConochie George (l-r): are (’00), Ernie Pritchard (’00), Loren Pruskowski (’00), Dave Strong Kevin (’03), Schulte (’00), John Trout (’05) and (’00). Abbett Scott Schulte’s educational foundations in environmental engineer- Inte- of College JMU the from design systems energy and ing grated Science and Technology. “They have a mantra in ISAT about being problem solvers,” says Schulte. “We help develop self-suffi- more be to people allow that projects power wind environment.” greener a to contribute that and cient its main source of income by installing meteorological towers. in worked previously all had Swaha and McConochie Pritchard, the meteorological construction tower business. the com- As pany developed, the founders realized there was a niche in the and completed a 600-kilowatt wind turbine Holy at Name first the — Mass. Worcester, in School High Junior/Senior the installed also team The Worcester. in size that of turbine Cape in Garden Country Hyannis at turbine wind large first Cod and incorporated wind power into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. SED is the first company to have installed four commercial scale wind turbines in Mas- sachusetts. The projects also were each a first — the first wind turbine a ski at resort in the United States, the first for a high school in Massachusetts, the first commercial scale wind turbine on Cape Cod and the first public a at school in Massachusetts. sources in the U.S.,” says Pritchard. “I hope that our experience and our abilities can help promote the use of wind energy throughout our great nation.” By HaliBy Chiet (’07)

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Whereas most com- most Whereas After graduation, Schulte worked on building wind farms In March 2002, Schulte, Pruskowski and McConochie “We’re all excited by the freedom of a small business and first,At the company founders focused on wind resource “We’re trying bring to renewable energyservices and I team, energy go-green this of Pruskowski George (’00), McConochie Ernest (’00), Pritchard III (’00) the company boasts three more alumni (’03), Strong — David John Trout (’05) wind large up set panies location, one in turbines turbines installs SED distributed more a in fashion. “Most the of is use people electricity hundreds made actually of miles says away,” Strong, who joined SED in 2002 after serving as an intern. “We encourage people make to they where right energy breakuse it. it down To simply, we create distributed rather generation.” energy centralized than for a company in Pruskowski Texas. was working on wind resource assessment in Albany, and McConochie, Pritchard construction project wind about learning were Swaha and throughout the nation. In September 2001, Pruskowski got the urge to reconnect with the others after “I 9/11. was working in the field on top of a mountain during and 9/11, I was very iso- we time was it him told and Schulte phoned “I says. he lated,” created our own company. I felt it was a great time to start; the world was changing, and a company like ours could support change.” positive moved into a small apartment in Schenectady, to create N.Y., a formal business plan. Pritchard joined soon after and helped finance the company. On April 2, 2002, the plan was submitted to the New State Attorney York General’sOffice, and SED Inc. official. became by working by our own philosophy,” says who Trout, became a 2005. in interning after 2006 August in employee full-time assessment work, evaluating potential wind farm sites on the East Coast. They were successful thanks Pruskowski’s to and products people to so that they can be more self-sufficient,” Pruskowski. says Schulte adds, “One of our goals is to increase the awareness of the benefits of wind power the Northeast-across ern United States.” PHOTOGRAPH BY MEAGHANN SCHULTE MEAGHANN BY PHOTOGRAPH Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2009 Madison Magazine, Vol. 32 [2009], No. 3, Art. 1

television and on ABC-TV’s Good Professional of Morning America. Cyr lives in the Year Award. Hopedale, Mass., with his wife Johnson joined and their triplets, Olivia, Sophie Vanderbilt in and Jackson. ✱ Tanya Davis was August 2004 promoted to manager of artistic after serving as administration from artistic and the chief secu- education coordinator at the rity officer for Mark Johnson Nashville Symphony. In her new London Bridge (’99M) position she manages the Nash- Group, a London-based global ville Symphony Chorus, produces provider of technology solutions the Pied Piper family concert for the financial services industry series and works regularly with that was purchased by Fair Isaac world-renowned soloists, conduc- Corp. in 2004. Johnson has more tors and composers. ✱ David than 16 years of experience in the Helfen was awarded the Depart- information security field and ment of the Navy Meritorious was named the 2007 Executive Volleyball Coach of the Year and In March, Jeff Smith ran a Civilian Service Award and was Alliance National Information was selected to coach the Virginia 90 personal best time of 3:46 recognized as the Naval Criminal Security Executive of the Year in High School Coaches Association in the Marine Corps Marathon in Investigative Serv ice Special Agent the academic category. He earned All Star Game in July. Ragland Washington, D.C. of the Year for performance in his master’s in computer science holds Virginia’s career mark for the agency’s Operations Support at JMU. ✱ James Marvin Keeton coaching victories in volleyball. Timothy M. Persons Directorate. ✱ The U.S. Chamber III graduated from the University 93 accepted a position as of Commerce honored Chad Lay- of Richmond’s T.C. Williams J. David Garlow accepted chief scientist at the U.S. Govern- man, owner of Fine Earth LLC, College of Law in May 2008. He 85 a position as director for ment Accountability Office in with its 2009 Community Excel- is attending Villanova University DGD Research in San Antonio. Washington, D.C. Previously he lence Award and a Blue Ribbon to earn his master’s in tax law. It is the largest private diabetes was employed at IARPA as tech- Small Business Award in May. He has been married to Hillary research facility in the United nical director. The GAO is the The awards recognize the com- Joy Campbell since December States. He writes, “I have been investigative arm of the U.S. Con- pany’s dedication to excellence 2007. ✱ Brandy Palmore Arnold employed in the clinical research gress. In his new role, Persons is an in financial growth, community accepted a position at Henry industry since 1996, and I am expert adviser and chief consultant involvement and customer service. County Schools in Collinsville Notes a nationally certified clinical to the GAO, Congress and other Layman is an active alumnus as a seventh-grade English and research professional. I hope to federal agencies and government volunteer in the Edith J. Carrier social studies teacher. She most contribute to the development of programs. He focuses on cutting- Arboretum lecture series. recently served as a seventh-grade new medicines to help those with edge science and technology, key social studies teacher for Halifax life-threatening diseases.” highly specialized national and Kimberly Matthews County Schools. Class international systems, engineering 98 Robertello published Continued on Page 63 Timothy Michael McCon- policies, best practices and original Evidence-Based Practices in Alcohol 86 ville joined the law firm of research studies in the fields of Treatment: The Robertello Evaluative Odin, Feldman and Pittleman PC engineering, and computer and Tool for Assessment and Evaluation SCHOLARSHIP in Fairfax as a partner in the area of physical sciences to ensure effi- with VDM-Verlag Publishers in THANKS labor and employment law. cient, effective and economical Germany. It is available internation- Dear Gary Thompson: ✱ use of science and technology in ally through Amazon.com. Molly I am a 29-year-old junior at JMU. Lt. Col. John Bell is government programs. Amburn Whelsky was promoted I was recently married, and my 88 home after a tour in to area director from assistant area husband and I just bought our first Kabul, Afghanistan, where he Carrie Willwerth director at Boston University. home. I work full time at Har- helped rebuild Kabul’s police 94 Brogden writes, “My risonburg High School, while I’m program. He says, “This was a 180 husband Craig, who is Australian, Kim Hartzler-Weakley completing my B.A. through JMU’s turn from flying planes and a very and I have three children, Reece 99 was named executive Adult Degree Program. My goal is interesting time in my life. I was (5), Isabelle (3) and Layne (1). We director of the Office of Children to also complete my M.A.T. in early ready to get home to my children: own and live on a thoroughbred and Youth of Harrisonburg and childhood special education. I want son Jake is 1, Megan is 3, Susan racehorse farm in Kentucky. We Rockingham County. She previ- to express how grateful I am to receive is 5 and Amber is 9. I’ve returned have 180 horses, and we love every ously served in the JMU Institute the Thompson Family Scholarship. to flying the 737 for American minute of it!” for Innovation in Health and I am the first person in my family to Airlines. I mainly head south to Human Services, which oversees attend college, and I am paying for Latin America, but if you are fly- Matt Cyr is the editor the Office of Children and Youth. my education on my own. This gener- ing out of DCA look for me, we 95 of Children’s Hospital The office offers community ous scholarship has truly helped me ✱ go up there a lot.” Edward S. maga zines and publications in programs like Gus Bus and a teen feel financially supported and secure, ✱ Patterson writes, “My daughter is a Boston. Earlier this year Cyr trav- pregnancy prevention program. which, in turn, helps my performance freshman at JMU entering exactly eled to Ghana, where he wrote The Information Systems Security at work and in school. Thank you for 20 years after I graduated. I have about, blogged and filmed the Association honored Mark John- making my college experience so much earned an M.S.Ed. at Old Domin- work of a Children’s Hospital son (’99M), chief information easier. It means the world to me. ion University to go along with my cardiac surgical team. His film security officer for Vanderbilt Kacey Neckowitz (’10) M.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill.” was featured on Boston network University, with its 2008 Security

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Creating a dyslexia friendly classroom Alumnus overcomes for self and students By Katie Hudson (’10) Class Notes hen I look out at my class, I see myself,” says and classrooms have Jared Setnar (’04M) relates Jared Setnar (‘04M). That’s because, like interactive white boards to learning-challenged stu- many of his students, Setnar is dyslexic. to facilitate learning. dents on a personal level at Chesapeake Bay Academy. Setnar teaches ninth- and 11th-grade his- Erica Smith-Llera, “Wtory at Virginia Beach’s Chesapeake Bay Academy, a private principal of the upper school, says Setnar’s teaching is not academy that offers learning-challenged students a more indi- solely successful because of state-of-the-art technology. vidualized environment. Students with attention disorders and Setnar’s ability to connect with the students is much more dyslexia are the majority enrolled in the academy. powerful. “His energy level is contagious, and students Setnar knows how frustrating it can be to overcome a immediately become excited about the history he weaves learning challenge. During most of his education in public into compelling stories,” Smith says. “Each day, I not only schools, he says that he resorted to “teaching himself.” Dys- hear, but I also feel, the learning going on in his classroom.” lexia, Setnar says, “is something one can never be fully cured Setnar individualizes his teaching methods for particular of.” His dyslexia followed him to Virginia-Wesleyan College students. Some may need one-on-one attention, while others and on to JMU where he earned a master’s in history. need visual representations of subject matter. “I think it’s very Throughout his education, test taking was the most dif- easy to teach learning-challenged students,” he says. “Dys- ficult task, Setnar says. Because of his dyslexia, he does not lexia is not an intellectual disability. These students have dif- perform well on standardized tests. After he explained his ficulty with language or reading, or other challenges, and they situation to professors in the JMU history department, they just need to handle their aggravation and stress differently. I decided to waive Setnar’s GRE scores. “I will never forget that, understand their aggravation, and I can remind them that I am and I will always be grateful,” he says. in the same boat they are.” A few years later, Setnar’s mother saw an ad in the news- Within two years of joining the Chesapeake Bay Academy paper from Chesapeake Academy seeking a history teacher. “I faculty, Setnar has worked his way up to assistant principal of was really excited to find this school that focuses on learning- the upper school. challenged students. This is definitely a place that I would have With his dyslexia, he knows what it was like to feel isolated wanted to go to school,” Setnar says. and alone during high school, and he doesn’t want any of his The school currently enrolls about 65 students, and students to have that same kind of experience. “I am trying to classes consist of usually no more than six students. Technol- be the principal I wish I had,” Setnar says. ogy plays a big role in Setnar’s classroom. Each lesson has His new position requires a lot of work but Setnar consid- structured notes that Setnar calls “road maps to the lecture.” ers himself very lucky. “I might be a little tired when I leave Students can follow along during PowerPoint presentations, work, but I feel satisfied and fulfilled everyday.” M

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Soaring service Alumna helps create Young Eagles By Sarah Mead (’99)

hirley Steele (‘63) has taken community service to the Carroll County Teachers Association, the Woodlawn new heights. Following her retirement from teaching United Methodist Church, Chapter 1426 of the Experimental in 2000, Steele became interested in the Experi- Aircraft Association, the Young Eagles organization and mental Aircraft Association. “One of the major the Carroll County Historical Society. She also serves as programsS of EAA is to give kids their first airplane ride,” she the treasurer of her church’s United Methodist Women’s says. “Once the child Group and is on between ages 8 and the Parish Rela- 17 has flown, he or tions Committee of she is considered Woodlawn United a Young Eagle, and Methodist Church. the participant’s Beyond her multiple name is placed in webmaster duties the most extensive and church service, logbook in the world. Steele serves as Our organization editor of the Carroll has given free flights County Historical to approximately Society’s magazine, 650 to 700 kids The Carroll County since 2006. Chronicles. The program also Steele became a has a scholarship devoted volunteer program where after she retired two partici pants from teaching in sev- are sent to a week- eral high schools and

Notes long NASA Space elementary schools, Challenge camp Experimental Aircraft Associa- and after raising her in Huntsville, Ala. tion volunteers Shirley and Bob two sons. She moved Steele depart from the 2006 “They get a full- to California with Young Eagles Rally at Rotometrics blown introduction Airport in Meadows of Dan, Va. her husband, who into the world of was in the Air Force. Class flying, and it is guaranteed to change their lives.” Steele She taught fourth says. “Our scholarship was set up to honor former World grade for two years, War II Air Force service pilot Emily Metz Giles, who passed and then she and away in 2008.” her husband relo- “A desire to help the community and give back some- cated to Wycombe, thing to the area in which we grew up is very special to us,” England. Later, the says Steele. Steeles moved back A business education major, Steele has kept herself to Virginia, and active since her graduation more than 40 years ago. She Shirley returned to earned her master’s in education with a concentration in teaching business education in Fairfax County in 1977. instructional applications of microcomputers from George Steele believes that Madison certainly prepared her for Mason University. the real world. “Being from a small rural area, it was a major In addition to her EAA service, Steele is vice president adjustment to fit into Madison College,” she explains. “I of the Woodlawn Ruritan Club, and she has been voted always strived to do my best. When Madison’s truly dedi- Outstanding Ruritan of the Year two years in a row. She cated professors realized that a student was doing her maintains the Web sites for the Woodlawn Ruritan Club, best, they were willing to help any student achieve.” M

‘A desire to help the community and give back something to the area in which we grew up is very special to us.’ — Shirley Steele (’63), Experimental Aircraft Association volunteer

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In February Nelson Cragg David Clementson is ANNOUNCEMENTS 00 took one of the three top 03 director of communica- honors at the 23rd-Annual Ameri- tion for the Virginia Office of the can Society of Cinematographers Attorney General, where he previ- Ben Simonds, 8/16/08 Outstanding Achievement Awards. ously served as press secretary. Weddings 2000s Katie McLoughlin (’02) He topped the episodic TV compe- to Kris Pearson, 10/4/08 ✱ Leah tition for CSI/For Gedda. In 2004 Nadine Wu moved to 1990s Amit M. Desai (’93) to ✱ Cragg was the recipient of the ASC 04 New Orleans in February Kerry Cunningham, 11/3/07 Benson (’03) to Matthew Metzler, Heritage Award in the student 2006 and currently works for the Sonja Macys (’93) to Chuck Wil- 9/27/08 ✱ Beth McBroom (’04) to competition. This is the first time Louisiana Department of Health lard, 6/14/08 ✱ Angela M. Clavelli John Paul Javier-Wong (’03), 9/20 an ASC Outstanding Achieve- and Hospitals. (’99) to Casey Nestlerode, 10/4 ✱ ✱ Julie Vogel (’04) to Brandon ment Award has been presented to Nicole M. Gruenebaum (’99) to Smit, 5/31/08 a former recipient of the student Sarah Cowan is a regis- award. ✱ In February, the New tered nurse at Memorial 05 ✱ York Giants named John DeFil- Health University Medical Center Olivia Grace, 11/3/08 Julie-Ann ippo assistant quarterbacks coach. in Savannah. She says, “As a pedi- Future Dukes Raymer Wash (’98) and Paul (’98), DeFilippo served two years as the atric intensive care nurse, I am met 1980s Mark A. Davison (’81) a son, Paul Edward III, 6/3/08 ✱ offensive quality control assistant with challenges each day. But I keep and Piya, a son, Dylan Robert, Colleen Gallagher Hickman (’99) with the Giants and prior to that going back, head held high with the 7/31/08 ✱ Timothy McConville and James, a daughter, Abigail served two seasons as the Oakland goal of making one moment in one (’86) and Amy, a daughter, 12/08 Grace, 8/21/08 ✱ Jessica Lynne Raiders quarterbacks coach. Before person’s life better.” ✱ Miller Cole (’99) and Steven, a son, entering the NFL coaching ranks, Kelli McHugh Klein (’88) and ✱ DeFilippo was the quarterbacks Andrew Kepley has been Paul, a son, Partick Thomas, 1/3/09 Caleb David, 1/17/09 Andrea coach at Columbia University for 06 nominated as a candidate ✱ Dawn Patterson Vaccaro (’89) Moser Atkinson (’99) and Andy, a two seasons and a graduate assis- in the 2008 Man & Woman of the and Daniel, a daughter, Catherine son, Logan Andrew, 8/13/08 tant coach at Notre Dame for two Year Campaign to raise funds for Grace, 10/14/08 2000s Brian Johnston (’00) and seasons, working with wide receiv- the National 1990s David Aungst (’94) and Alisha, a son, Bryce Davies, 9/5/08 ers and tight ends in 2001 and Capital Mindy, a daughter, Caroline Elisa- ✱ Jill Langridge (’00) and Nick, a Class quarterbacks in 2002. He started Area of the ✱ son, Parker Owens, 3/3/09 ✱ Delia his coaching career at Fordham Leukemia & beth, 2/17/09 Lauren Maimone University in 2000. DeFilippo was Lymphoma (’95) and John Duffy, a daughter, DiGiacomo Ruffner (’00) and a four-time all-conference aca- Society. Emma Marie, 2/15/08 ✱ Darci Justin (’99), a son, Cooper Warren, demic quarterback at JMU while The Man Teten Fortune (’97) and Charles, 12/18/08 ✱ Rebecca Ann Loef- Notes holding NFL summer coaching & Woman a son, Brayden Samuel, 10/07 ✱ fler Benson (’00) and Philip (’99) internships in 1997 (Panthers) and of the Year Nicole Ogramovitch Harrison 12/24/08 ✱ Gavin Q de Windt 1998 (Colts). Campaign is (’98) and Michael (’98), a son, (’00) and Wendy, a daughter, a fundrais- John Patrick, 10/11/08 ✱ Jennifer Giselle Joleigh, 1/21/09 ✱ Sean D. Terrence Nowlin accepted ing competition among 21 men 02 a position in Alexandria and women in the Washington, Lanuti Plurad (’97) and Jason, a Calvert (’01) and Guenevere, a son, as manager of communication at D.C., area. Contestants have 10 son, Christian Michael, 11/9/08 Declan Taylor, 10/29/08 ✱ Jennifer the Society of Competitive Intel- weeks, from April 1 to June 13, to ✱ Cynthia Briere Lundgren Killi Marshall (’01) and Benjamin, ligence Professionals. He leads the raise as much money as possible. (’98) and Mark, a son, Braeden a son, Owen Michael, 9/11/08 ✱ development and distribution orga- The man and woman who raise the Gregory, 10/31/08 ✱ Angela Goo- Marie Cunningham Nelson (’03) nization’s online and print media as most money individually become dus Katona (’98) and Dan, twin and Bobby, twins, Reagan Margue- well as promotes two international the “Man and Woman of the Year.” rite and Robert Louis III, 10/22/08 conferences and numerous training To support Kepley’s campaign or daughters, Chyler Elizabeth and events annually. He was previously to learn more, please visit http:// employed as associate editor of Parks nca.llsevent.org/pledge/index. & Recreation Magazine. cfm?mid=2TIMESSTRONG. InMemoriam Mary W. Thrasher (’41) of Norfolk, 3/17/09 Georgina Chappelear Milliken (’43) of Williamsburg, 3/30/09 James W. Eavey (’52) of Moneta, Va., 3/2/09 ALUMNI VOLUNTEER Madeline Carmicel Kelley (’54) of Coral Springs, Fla., 3/1/09 Joyce Meadows McGee (’59) of Glenn Allen, Va., 11/18/08 WEEKEND Daisy Ferne Simmons King (’62) of Narrows, Va., 3/4/09 SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 5–7, 2009 Sherry Burcham Anderson (’76, ’81M, ’85Ed.S.) of Harrisonburg, 1/9/09 Join the alumni association for a three-day Linda Goolsby Downs (’76) of Buena Vista, 3/3/09 leadership conference to enhance your JMU Sherry Helsley Gordon (’77) of Port Republic, 4/3/09 volunteer experience. Current and future Darrell Eugene Nix (’79M) of Rocky Mount, 3/1/09 alumni volunteers are welcome. For more information, e-mail Benjamin L. Stipes (’83) of Hartwood, Va., 3/15/09 [email protected] David B. Crain (’85) of Fredericksburg, 3/14/09 Kenneth S. Harper (’85) of Denver, Colo., 2/21/09

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Sustainable friends change JMU culture

Maria brought the science and Towana brought the business. Together they spurred one of the most significant shifts in JMU Maria Papada- kis and Towana history — one that has influenced every component of campus. When President Linwood H. Rose looked around in 2007 Moore brought for two people to chair a new commission on environmental stewardship, he tapped Maria Papadakis, professor of integrated their expertise to bear on the Towana Moore science, and , associate vice president for business services. Together they surmounted the huge task of pulling commission on together a plethora of programs and people, all interested in changing the culture of JMU into an incubator of ideas, plans and environmental stewardship. dreams of a university community practicing the emerging arts and sciences of environmental stewardship. Papadakis says, the group tackled the “big environmental domains: air, water, transportation, energy, renewable energy, agriculture, soils.” She also brought her science to bear. “We’re a moving target … as people are saving energy we’re also adding new facilities. To get a handle on this, we go in and measure the impacts of different savings initiatives.” That’s the science. Moore looked at their mission with a practicable eye. “From a business point of view,” she says, “we were interested because we’re looking at ways to save money … and it’s the right thing to do.” What Papadakis and Moore found was a lot of natural collaboration. In fact, Moore says, “it is one of the things that’s so nice about working at JMU. Our whole alternative fuel program is a collaborative project between facilities management and the faculty in Maria’s area. It’s so much better when you have everybody working together.” While Moore and Papadakis were leading the charge for JMU’s responsible environmental future, they became friends. “Getting to know Maria has been the icing on the cake,” Moore says. “I’ve gotten a really great friend,” Maria echoes. Sustainable friends.

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