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Mission Statement We are a community committed to preparing 2008 students to be educated and enlightened citizens President’s Letter ...... 3. who lead productive and meaningful lives. Decade at a Glance ...... 4

vision Achieving Vision To be the leading comprehensive university. Through Leadership ...... 7

values Academics Above All Else...... 19.

Our student-centered community values Looking Like the World ...... 27 excellence, integrity, and mutual respect. Investing in People ...... 31

Planning to Lead ...... 39

Securing Madison’s Future ...... 43

Tools to do the Job ...... 51.

Cover and campus photogr aphy by Tom Cogill; All other photography by Jenny Baker (’08), N ata lie Bur rus, Cis at Creative Services, Phi l De Jong (’05), Brian Dillensnyder (’08), Diane Elliot t (’00), Steve Emerson (’85), Richard Finkelstein, Eric Gorton (’86), Cathy Kushner (’87), K athy L a m, Michael Miriello, A aron Stewart (’08), Casey Templeton (’06), Tommy Thompson and Matthew Worden 1998 2008

President’s Letter

Traditions are a cherished and integral trait of The point of highlighting the aspects of Madison that many colleges and universities, and James Madison Uni- have not changed while the university grew and added so versity has plenty . One tradition that is most pronounced many academic programs is twofold: For any institution at Madison is change . Change is ever present on campus, to explode in size and scope in such a short time while having driven Madison forward during every era of its also maintaining its special character is a testimony to the 100-year history . As you will read in this report, the enduring strength of that character . But even more pow- decade of 1998-2008 is no different . erfully, by preserving the Madison Experience while add- In the 10 years since I was inaugurated as president, I have ing more students and new academic programs — includ- had the opportunity to meet with ing disciplines in the sciences, countless students, faculty mem- engineering, healthcare and bers and alumni from nearly every other areas at the doctoral, mas- Tera of the institution’s history . ter’s and undergraduate levels Often I hear from alumni of all — a new kind of university is ages that James Madison Univer- born, one in which highly spe- sity is a very different place than cialized majors with heavy when they attended . That of research and technical compo- course is true, but mainly in nents take place in a broader lib- appearance . Once alumni visit eral arts curriculum . This com- with current students and faculty bination will produce highly members or participate in an capable students who also pos- event on campus they are aston- sess a wide perspective on their ished by how consistent the atmo- places in an increasingly com- sphere on campus has remained plex world . It is essential for — they feel surprisingly recon- higher education to head in this nected . So, despite our growth in direction if our graduates are to size and prominence, the Madison successfully tackle the big chal- Experience and the people who lenges facing humankind today sustain it are remarkably similar . and tomorrow . My anecdotal experiences are Finally, this report is timed to corroborated by comments in several published national coincide with the university’s centennial year of 2008 . The rankings . Edward B . Fiske, former education editor of JMU Centennial Celebration is an important watershed in The New York Times, included JMU in his highly regarded Madison’s history and a time to reflect, take stock and look book, The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2007. He notes that “an ahead . And while 100 years might seem like a long time, emphasis on undergraduate teaching, close student/faculty compared to our peers in higher education, Madison is interaction, and a warm and welcoming climate are business young . In light of this perspective, I hope that you will share as usual at JMU ”. The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges 2007 my enthusiasm for the future . As great as Madison is now, says about Madison, “full professors who hold consistent we’re just getting started . office hours and make themselves extremely accessible ”. In its “Bottom Line” section on JMU, the Insider’s Guide con- cludes, “JMU provides a terrific liberal arts education and continues its history of producing successful alumni today while fostering an inclusive and high-spirited atmosphere that complements its beautiful area ”. From all accounts, the Linwood H. Rose conditions described by these comments were accurate in President the ’20s, ’40s, ’60s and ’80s and continue today . James Madison University

2 3 1998 2008 The a t a The last decade was onceDecade again a time of growth for James Madison University. Student enrollment increased more than 16 percent;Glance the full-time faculty by 77 percent and the staff by 22 percent. But the decade also saw significant accomplishments that in many ways are descriptors for the excellence of the past 10 years.

■ Five new doctoral, almost $300 million, ment, vision statement, seven new masters and affecting approximately values and distinguish- eight new undergradu- one out of every 10 of ing characteristics for ate programs were the area’s jobs . the university have been approved by the State ■ International programs established and modi- Council for Higher for students have increased fied and continue to be Education in Virginia . by more than 50 percent: the basis for planning . ■ Undergraduate applica- More than one in six stu- ■ Financial commit- tions have increased more dents now has an “inter- ment to the professional than 40 percent; graduate national experience .” development of the fac- applications have increased ■ Greatly expanded ulty and staff has more than 50 percent . diversity efforts have increased 327 percent; ■ The student-to-faculty resulted in new posi- the Center for Faculty ratio has improved from tions, programs, councils Innovation and the VIPs visit JMU Renowned guests helped distinguish key milestones: 19 .2:1 to 16 .4:1 (a 14 .6 Rally in the valley and commitments and Training and Develop- More than 20,000 people, including JMU students, faculty members Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu percent improvement) . an increase in underrep- ment Department have and administrators, those from surrounding colleges and universities, and residents of the spoke at JMU on the International ■ More than 25 major resented students and been established . Shenandoah Valley, turned out to attend a last-minute rally organized by the presidential Day of Peace in 2007 and received ■ buildings have been con- campaign for Illinois Sen . Barack Obama just one week before the national election . With faculty members . Each year the university the Mahatma Gandhi Global ■ structed or renovated . many sleeping outside overnight to reserve a place in line and then waiting for hours in the Through the work of has met the Common- Nonviolence Award from the JMU Mahatma Gandhi Center for ■ The six-year gradua- bitter cold, just 8,000 were able to crowd into the Convocation Center to hear the candi- the Centennial and wealth of Virginia’s Global Nonviolence . Academy Award-winning actor and student tion rate has remained date make his case for the U .S . presidency . The senator made a surprise appearance on the Madison Commissions, Financial Management of history Richard Dreyfuss helped launch JMU’s first comprehen- high at 81 percent — University Recreation Center soccer field to the delight of the overflow crowd . a concise mission state- Standards . sive capital campaign, which ended $20 million over goal . putting Madison in the campaign exceeded its lead nationally for a uni- goal by almost $20 mil- versity of its type; the lion . Faculty positions four-year graduation rate increased by approxi- has increased from 58 mately 77 percent; staff percent to 64 percent . positions increased by 22 ■ The endowment has percent . More than $99 increased from $18 .5 mil- million in facilities con- lion to $46 7. million, a 152 struction were received percent increase from 1998 from a bond referendum; through fiscal year 2008 . equipment trust dollars ■ The university won increased by more than its first national football 75 percent; library fund- East campus grows up Taking shape during the last decade championship . ing increased 126 percent . was the eastern side of JMU’s campus with the building of ■ The university’s bud- ■ The university’s eco- residence halls (pictured) and of academic buildings for get has increased 127 nomic impact on the health and human services and physics and chemistry, along percent . The first capital local community is now with a new library for science and technology collections .

4 5 1998 2008

Achieving Vision Through Leadership

A change in the helm at the beginning of the decade signaled a change in the university’s approach to leadership . At a

university where for 90 years the only status quo was change, leadership in the last decade became a thoughtful, cooperative

process, one characterized by explicit and purposeful attention to the future and by thoroughly vetted collaboration . It was

leadership from the top down and from the bottom up .

Early in his administration, President Linwood H . Rose created a 70-member Centennial Commission to closely examine the culture of JMU and then to describe what James AMadison University should be in 2008, the 100th anniversary of its founding . Rose gave impetus to the overarching goal of the commission and its forthcoming recommendations in his inauguration speech on Sept . 17, 1999 . “I believe that JMU can become the gold standard for the undergraduate educational experience .” Seizing on JMU’s historical and successful synthesis of intel- Collaboration and innovation JMU’s reputation for cross-dis- lectual study, societal relevance and its habit of attracting and ciplinary collaboration and innovation helped bring indepen- further shaping a particularly engaged student body, the com- dent research giant SRI International to Harrisonburg . SRI mission took the broadest look at education . It considered its President Curt Carlson, JMU President Linwood H . Rose and impact on the student and its role in the world, anticipating state officials announced the new SRI facility in December and assimilating societal and marketplace needs, directions and 2006 . The SRI Valley Partnership was announced at the Festival Conference and Student Center at JMU . “This deci- challenges to shape the university’s ongoing mission . sion represents a validation of the scholarship and talent that JMU’s overarching approach to education, the commission exists among our faculty and our students at JMU,” Rose said . concluded, should be an encompassing experience for the stu- dent and take into account the many ways in which a student be termed the Madison Experience is that JMU students learns and ultimately interacts with the landscape of life and should graduate with an embracing view of the world and with horizon of world change . A specific goal of what has come to the intellectual, communication, technological and exploratory capabilities to effectively inte- grate a solid education into the commerce and meaningfulness of life . The end game of a chal- lenging educational experience should reach beyond the sin- gular pursuit of intellectual thought to carry with it a prag- matism that will positively enhance the venues the student explores as a future citizen of the world . In other words: to be intellectually, technologi- A way of life At JMU, Alternative Spring Break is a way of life . The Princeton Review and cally, interpersonally and emo- Campus Compact selected Madison in 2005 as “a college with a conscience,” one of 81 of tionally committed to making the nation’s best for fostering social responsibility . a difference .

6 7 To put these goals into action, the commission came up with a series of Decadeleaders defining characteristics of its ideal James Madison University that has led the planning and vision for the decade . Thus JMU embarked on a decade of deliberative change in quest of a simple and elegant mission: “We are committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened students who will lead pro- ductive and meaningful lives .” A key symbol of inspiration was the James Madison’s legacy JMU’s regular celebration of Constitution Day each ■ Linwood H. Rose president’s call for the intentional Sept . 17 predated congressional legislation requiring public universities to offi- President renewal of the university’s identifica- cially observe the day . One of the accomplishments of the last decade has been James Madison University tion with James Madison, the Father of the alignment of JMU with the intellectual and civic legacy of James Madison, the Constitution, who wrote that a self- the Father of the Constitution . Linwood H . Rose, the fifth governing people “must arm themselves ideal of an enlightened citizenry to work an unprecedented level across disciplines president in James Madi- with the power which knowledge in scholarship, research and outreach . In and vitally engages with society beyond son University's 100-year gives .” In 1999, Rose established the the exercise of this Madison Experience, campus boundaries to address the big history, has led the uni- James Madison Center to raise aware- JMU has been recognized for academic issues that affect people’s lives — energy, versity into a position of ness of James Madison’s legacy and to excellence and innovation, faculty environment, poverty, disease, global national prominence and serve as an educational resource for the research advances, unrivaled undergrad- conflict, access to health care . has also represented JMU K-12 community . The center has uate research opportunities, committed Having crossed the threshold of its and Virginia in a variety assisted thousands of schoolteachers community outreach, pioneering com- first centennial during this decade of of important roles on na- and schoolchildren to understand munity service-learning, exemplary stu- exceptional achievement for JMU, this tional, regional and state James Madison’s impact on the world, dent activism, unsurpassed institutional engaged university has opened the doors commissions, committees the country’s founding era and principles effectiveness and accountability, and for students to walk into the world will- and advisory boards . Of of citizenship . outstanding educational value . ing and prepared to change it . special note, in fall 2002 Through the ensuing decade, the All of this has been achieved by a uni- To learn more, please visit www jmu. . President George W . Bush JMU community has put Madison’s versity community that collaborates on edu/bethechange . appointed Rose to the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee . The committee makes recom- mendations regarding the security of the cyber and information systems of the United States . Rose has been at James Madison University virtually his entire professional life . He began his professional career with JMU in 1975, and his assignments have included responsibili- ties in every division of the university . He took a leave from the university Inaugural address In his inaugural address in 1999, President Linwood H . Rose called for in fall 1985 to serve as JMU to strengthen its ties to President James Madison: “JMU will be the institution that Emphasis on fundraising With the appearance on campus of two statues of the United States’ fourth president, the renewal of Virginia's deputy secre- people look to for learning more about Mr . Madison and the vital part his leadership Madison’s legacy coincided with another top priority — fundraising . Bruce and Lois Forbes (’64) funded the two statues and tary of education . played in the creation of America .” also contributed the university’s largest gift in the Madison Century capital campaign .

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Division Heads was to building and acquisition Jerry Benson, JMU’s In this critical position for Deans occurred during his tenure, cation, but also that they initiate a of new facilities . He also most experienced dean, JMU’s future, Gonzalez’ the football team won the under- ■ Douglas Brown culture of has guided the university brings a broad view of maintains relationships ■ Ralph Alberico 2004 National Division stood the Provost, Academic Affairs philan- through several economic the university to his role with major university and Libraries and Technologies I-AA Championship and interrela- Early in the decade, Doug- thropy downturns and budget as vice higher education groups Dean of Libraries and the diamond Dukes won tionships las T . Brown became the at JMU where none had reductions, contributing to provost for to support the success- Educational Technolo- the 2008 CAA baseball among vice president of academic been before . She began by JMU’s national reputation science, ful growth of academic gies Ralph Alberico heads championship . disciplines . She also over- affairs, and later provost . building the relationships as an excellent steward of technol- programs . She has been a up the sees the Honors Program ■ Brown’s key mission was and infrastructure to lead budgetary resources and ogy, engi- tireless facilitator and ad- vital and David Brakke and administers interdisci- to give to the start of significant institutional effectiveness . neering and mathematics vocate of JMU’s successful complex Science and Mathematics plinary liberal studies, the life to the and ongoing private giving — a perspective garnered practice of interdisciplin- process David Brakke, whose major that provides the president’s ■ Mark Warner to support the university’s in multiple prior appoint- ary collaboration . of guid- tenure parallels the decade, content area for students charge mission . Carr led the Senior Vice President, ments . Previously, Ben- ing JMU’s libraries along oversees a college with preparing to become to set the ■ John Noftsinger university’s first compre- Student Affairs and Uni- son headed the College a continually moving a two- future teachers of PK-8 standard for a new kind of hensive capital campaign versity Planning of Education and later Vice Provost for Research technological conveyor . pronged schoolchildren . university, one that offers to unequivocal victory . Mark Warner has success- moved to put a focused and Public Service One of his major ac- approach the best of a small, liberal ■ David Jeffrey Culminating in June, the fully complemented JMU’s edge on the College of The university’s connec- complishments was the of hands- arts college and the vast Madison Century: A Cam- challenging Integrated Science and tion to the broader world assessment of need for and on science Arts and Letters opportunities of a large paign for JMU exceeded academic Technology, one of the as a re- conceptualization of the and mathematics and a Over the last decade, Da- research university . Hall- its own $50 million goal education university’s largest and cipient and new state-of-the-art East collaborative and inter- vid Jeffrey has focused the marks of his tenure have by $20 million . with the broadest colleges . With contributor Campus Library with its disciplinary approach wide-ranging College of been teaching excellence, develop- an expertise in systems defines modern profile, student- to research . Brakke has Arts and Letters into three research that advances ■ Charles King ment of the highly prized intervention, program the areas centered atmosphere balanced faculty research key areas . The first com- the disciplines, unrivaled Senior Vice President , “soft skills” for which, evaluation and consulta- in which John Noftsinger and panoramic views priorities and undergradu- prises the foundational opportunities for under- Administration and Finance employers attest, JMU tion, Benson’s leadership has led JMU . He has of campus and skyline, ate research opportunities humanities programs of a graduate research, acces- At the beginning of his ad- graduates are known . War- is focused on strategic spearheaded numer- which came online this with top teaching and liberal arts education that sible faculty members and ministration, ner has advocated the all- integration of the sciences ous strategic initiatives, fall . He also facilitates the teacher preparation . Many have long productive faculty mentor- the president encompassing perspective where they merge with particularly in grant university’s ventures into undergraduates are actively constituted ing . Furthermore, Brown predicted of the engaged student — multiple other disci- and contract funding, distance learning . involved in professional- Madison’s has been a tireless advocate the changing leadership, involvement, plines . Most recently, he economic development level research and a high heritage . of interdisciplinary col- landscape teamwork, service-learn- has headed the focus on and defense and security ■ Jeff Bourne percentage go on to Second laboration at JMU, which JMU’s exemplary STEM of public funding and ing, character, emotional issues . As a result of col- Director of Athletics master’s programs . The come the highly techno- countless observers have identified future challenges readiness, interpersonal programs . laborative efforts, spon- college uses the rigors and logically demanding and remarked upon as unprec- Jeff Bourne has continued in obtaining sufficient skills, situational adapt- sored program funding to precision of the traditional constantly innovating edented and surprising in ■ Teresa Gonzalez JMU’s tradition of produc- resources to support JMU’s ability . Also in his portfolio JMU has increased more sciences to address the fields of communications higher education . He has ing highly mission . Through a period is university planning, a Vice Provost for Academic than 721 percent . He needs of an increasingly and media . The last is the overseen the implementa- successful of strategic enrollment steadfast and deliberative Programs helped facilitate JMU’s complex world . realm of international and tion of 20 new doctoral, student- and physical plant growth approach that has charac- Teresa Gonzalez oversees groundbreaking Insti- public affairs, which offers master’s and undergradu- athletes . for the university, Charles terized this decade at JMU . curriculum development, tute for Infrastructure ■ Linda Halpern the knowledge and insight ate programs . While ath- King has advocated suc- implementation and and Information Assur- letes have achieved count- University Studies required for a discussant cessfully in the Virginia program ance and JMU’s strategic citizen of the world . In ■ Joanne Carr Vice provosts less victories on the playing Linda Halpern structured General Assembly to bring review at partnership with research field, they have also main- and implemented an inno- addition, programs within Senior Vice President, ■ Jerry Benson JMU funding-per-full- a univer- giant SRI as it develops its tained high graduation vative program of general these areas contribute to University Advancement time-student into parity sity known new Center for Advanced rates as well as high levels education that guaranteed the overall teacher prepa- Vice Provost for Science, When Joanne Carr joined with the other universities for the Drug Research in the of academic performance . that JMU students not ration effort at JMU . Technology, Engineering the university in 2004, her of the commonwealth successful creation of new Shenandoah Valley . Among the 31 conference only benefited from a and Mathematics mission from the president and has overseen the cutting-edge programs . championships that have broad and expansive edu-

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■ Reid Linn leads a college whose ■ George Sparks top teacher preparation Graduate School diverse fields — like nurs- Visual and Performing Arts program because it ing and psychology on repeatedly graduates the The Graduate School has The university’s newest one hand and integrated largest number of highly focused on programs that dean, George Sparks, came science on the other — qualified teachers in the escape the to JMU in resonate in the commu- commonwealth, Wishon confines 2008 to nity because of their vital has enhanced that reputa- of scholar- lead one engagement with society . tion with his emphasis on ship and of the top During her tenure, the fostering an atmosphere of make an arts schools integrated science and inclusiveness and diversity immediate impact on in the nation, one whose technology program was and by outreach to under- society as its graduates enter M .F .A . program ranks accredited retroactively to served communities . The the work world proficient in alongside Savannah Col- 2006 by the Accrediting College of Education is their areas of expertise and lege of Art and Design Board of Engineering and one of 283 teacher prepa- ready to contribute . The and whose graduates have Technology . ration schools nationwide decade saw the university’s found success in venues to have been continuously first doctoral programs in from regional arts shows, ■ Robert Reid accredited by National audiology, psychology and to museums, to communi- Business Council for Accreditation music . JMU maintains 35 ty theater to off-Broadway of Teacher Education . graduate programs offering Throughout the decade, and Hollywood . Compris- master's, educational spe- Robert ing programs and faculty cialist and doctoral degrees . Reid has members that have been Other leaders While several of them are guided the recognized nationally, ■ Barbara Henry nationally recognized for College of the college’s undergradu- their quality and innova- Business ates have performed at Former Vice President tion, Linn’s goal has been to as it has built a reputa- the Kennedy Center and Barbara Henry (then Taking the long view Almost 3,000 students, professors, staff members, alumni and friends of JMU assembled on the make them all programs of tion rated twice in the top Carnegie Hall . Graduates Barbara Castello) was a Quad to form a human 100 in celebration of the university’s centennial on March 12, 2008 . distinction . All consistently 5 percent nationally by enter many fields, having key administrator at JMU exceed their respective ac- Business Week and known experienced a conserva- for 24 years . For most of ■ Marilou Johnson George Sparks, Johnson being “student friendly” Whitman’s legacy contin- creditation standards . for successful collabora- tory-quality education that time, she served as Interim Dean has been integral in the was intensified by Scott’s ues to reverberate, particu- tions with major compa- conceptualization of and leadership . Although JMU larly in the College of Arts within a comprehensive vice president of univer- Still an active and vital ■ Sharon Lovell nies and financial institu- ongoing building, equip- grew into a major univer- and Letters he led as dean . liberal arts atmosphere . sity relations . In heading administrator as associate tions . He has developed ping and fundraising for sity during Scott’s tenure Whitman’s contributions Integrated Science and that division, she led a dean of the College of Vi- a challenging curriculum ■ Phil Wishon the future Performing Arts in student affairs, he were many, but his strong Technology staff in seeding programs sual and Performing Arts, that produces well- Education Center, due for completion maintained and enhanced and long advocacy of the First billed as a novel ap- in fundraising, public Marilou Johnson bridged prepared graduates who in 2010 . the close student focus that new Performing Arts Cen- proach to the marriage of When Phil Wishon came relations, alumni relations the transition between two are ready to immediately has distinguished JMU ter was stellar . Interviewed science and technology, to JMU in 2003, he as- and parent relations . She colleges and two leaders . assimilate into an em- ■ Robert Scott for 100 years . Scott was at his retirement, Whit- JMU’s sumed came to JMU as director Following the retirement ployer’s organization . He well known throughout man said: “One of the College of leadership of the Anthony-Seeger of Richard Whitman from Former Vice President has cultivated a vibrant higher education for his highlights of my career has Integrated of a college Campus School and served the College of Arts and Robert Scott came to JMU Executive Advisory Coun- leadership role in national been remembering what it Science that was as executive assistant to Letters, Johnson guided as vice president for stu- cil of alumni and business student affairs organiza- felt like when I heard we and not only the president, JMU’s first the coalescence of that col- dent affairs, overseeing res- leaders who consult on tions . He retired in 2002 . got the approval for the Technology has proved the foundational heritage vice president for spon- lege’s fine and performing idence life, health care, ex- curriculum development, Estes Center for Theatre to be the innovation its of Madison, but also one sored research and external arts programs into a brand tracurricular activities and mentor students and ■ Richard Whitman and Dance . After 42 years designers hoped for . With that remains at the head programs and secretary of new College of Visual and the many other programs contribute financially to of teaching, that stands an expertise in industrial of a vital mission for the the JMU Board of Visitors . Performing Arts . As she that benefited the uni- Dean Emeritus the college . out as the greatest piece of and organizational psy- entire university . Gener- She retired in 2002 . awaited the permanent versity’s growing student Although he retired in news I’ve ever received ”. chology, Sharon Lovell ally regarded as Virginia’s appointment of new dean body . JMU’s reputation as 2005, the late Richard

12 13 boardofvisitors nationalrecognitions University Governance past rectors of the Board of During the Rose decade, JMU has appeared regularly in national rankings. The university has James Madison University is part of the statewide system garnered praise across a broad spectrum, from its fiscal value as an institution of higher learning of public higher education of the Commonwealth of to its innovative student programs, from its dining hall fare to its sterling reputation as a community Virginia . The governing body of James Madison University is the board of visitors, which is appointed by the governor of compassion for the world’s needs.

of Virginia and which is by statute responsible for oversee- ■ ■ Carrier Library was In its second year in the ing the effective governance of the university . Visitors during the decade identified by the Asso- Top 10 of college cuisine, Madison ranked seventh James Madison University ciation of College and Research Libraries as one in the nation for “great Board of Visitors of 10 institutions or pro- campus food,” based on grams that exemplified student surveys, in The best practices in informa- Princeton Review’s annual ◆ Paul J. Chiapparone ◆ Joseph F. Damico ◆ Joseph C. Farrell tion literacy program- college guide for 2007, Best ◆ ◆ ◆ Charles H. Foster Henry H. Harrell Zane D. Showker ming for undergraduates . Programs to look for In the “Programs to Look For” sec- 361 Colleges . JMU had tion of U.S.News & World Report 2007 America’s Best ranked sixth in 2006 for ■ For the 14th consecutive Colleges guide, JMU was one of 12 public colleges and 35 its food offerings, 11th in ◆ Meredith Strohm Gunter (Rector) Board o f Visito rs mem bers year and 18th time, James institutions overall from across the country spotlighted for 2005 and 18th in 2004 . ◆ James E. “Jim” Hartman (Vice Rector) Madison University during the decade excellence in “undergraduate research/creative projects” ◆ Mark T. Bowles ranked as the top opportunities for undergraduate students . ■ The Princeton Review’s 2007 guide, ◆ Joseph F. Damico ◆ Sonya M. Bell public, master’s- ences” in its “Programs book, published in spring Best 361 , in its profile of ◆ Ronald C. Devine ◆ Alexander B. Berry III level university to Look For” section . 2006, profiles 150 under- Colleges JMU, quotes students as ◆ Vanessa M. Evans ◆ Helen R. Blackwell in the South in Madison’s strong fresh- graduate institutions that recognizing the school’s ◆ Lois J. Forbes ◆ James Scott Bridgeforth the annual poll man orientation and first- offer excellent academics, on academic qual- “welcoming environment,” ◆ Charles H. Foster Jr. ◆ Frank L. Carzo year-in-college academic generous financial-aid ity conducted by “friendly and outgoing ◆ Joseph K. Funkhouser II ◆ Pablo Cuevas guidance programs were packages and relatively student body,” “well-ranked U.S. News & World Report spotlighted as superior, low costs . ◆ Stephen R. Leeolou ◆ Charles H. Cunningham for its guidebook, 2008 academics” and ability to ◆ along with programs at 40 ◆ Elizabeth V. Lodal Richard S. Fuller ■ With 53 of its alumni deliver “more fun than America’s Best Colleges . other public colleges in the ◆ Wharton B. Rivers Jr. ◆ John “Chubby” Grover currently serving as Peace you can have anywhere ■ nation . ◆ Larry M. Rogers ◆ Martha E. Grover James Madison sent 13 Corps volunteers in devel- else ”. “Almost all the stu- ◆ Judith “Judy” S. Strickler ◆ Conrad Helsley undergraduates to the 21st ■ JMU placed at No . 22 oping countries, JMU dents you meet are in love National Conference on ◆ Fred D. Thompson Jr. ◆ Suzanne B. “Renny” Humphrey nationally in The Kip- ranked 14th in the with this school,” Undergraduate Research ◆ Marley Green (student member) ◆ Jean Appleby Jackson linger 100, a listing of best nation among the book quotes in April 2007 and values in public colleges — large colleges ◆ Donna L. Harper (Secretary) ◆ William S. Jasien a student . JMU hosted the fourth Colo- schools selected for “their (those with ◆ George K. Martin faculty members nial Academic Alliance combination of outstand- more than Stu d ent Board o f Visito rs ◆ Timothy M. McConville are praised for Undergraduate Research ing economic value with 15,000 under- their “willingness members during the decade ◆ Mark A. Mix Conference, an annual top-notch education” — graduates) for to extend learning ◆ E. Ray Murphy ◆ Timothy A. Brooks academic event among the published in the February 2008 . JMU ranked outside of the classroom” ◆ Mark D. Obenshain ◆ Emily Sue Couch 12 schools that compete 2008 issue of Kiplinger’s second in the nation and their “realistic method ◆ James A. Parker ◆ Andrew J. Dudik athletically in the Colo- Personal Finance . among medium-sized of teaching to prepare ◆ Delores Z. Pretlow nial Athletic Association, ◆ J. Brannen Edge III colleges and universities students for real-world job ■ The Princeton Review’s ◆ John W. Russell in March 2006 . ◆ for graduates serving as applications ”. Stacy Fuller 2007 guide, America’s Best ◆ Robert L. Testwuide ◆ Stephanie Genco ■ The volunteers with the U .S . U.S. News 2006 Value Colleges, selected ■ Madison ranked third ◆ Linda Zecher service program in a 2006 ◆ Thaddeus J. Glotfelty America’s Best Colleges JMU as one of the nation’s nationally among mas- ◆ Barbara Henry (Secretary) ranking . JMU moved to ◆ Hunter Hanger guidebook recognized best values for a college ter’s-level institutions for the large colleges category ◆ Justin D. Markell JMU’s “First-Year Experi- education . The guide- the total number of stu- in 2007 . ◆ Kristy Weeks

14 15 ■ JMU accounting majors ■ JMU’s Army ROTC Special Populations (trans- ■ A Madison senior major- who took the national cer- program received the Mac- fer) and Outstanding Bro- ing in media arts and nationalrecognitions continued tified public accountant Arthur Award as the best chure (2004), Outstanding design, Casey Templeton, dents who study abroad examination and passed large battalion in the eastern Web site and Outstanding was named the national to expand their educa- the first time ranked United States in March Brochure for Special Popu- 2005 College Photographer tional experience to other JMU at No . 25 in the 2005 . The award is based lations (2005), and Out- of the Year, an award that cultures, as reported in nation for candi- on the overall perfor- standing Brochure for Spe- included a 14-week intern- November 2007 in Open dates without mance of cadets in cial Populations (2006) . ship at National Geographic Doors, an annual report advanced ROTC programs magazine . A Madison senior ■ In 2008, U.S. News published by the Institute degrees who in academic in graphic design, Kristie & World Reports listed of International Education . pass the CPA performance, Kinch, designed a poster JMU as one of 23 colleges exam on the leadership dem- that won the grand prize in ■ Madison was selected recognized nationally for first try . The onstrations, physical an international competi- as a “college with a con- service-learning programs . University of Virginia, the conditioning and the col- science,” one of 81 of the only other Virginia college lective scores of cadets in nation’s best colleges for Top marks for Orientation Freshmen ramp up the spirit . JMU has been ranked nation- in the top 25, recorded various training programs . fostering social responsi- ally for the high quality and effectiveness of its freshman orientation program . a passing rate of 47 .8 . JMU’s Duke Battalion was bility and public service ■ JMU’s commitment to ◆ award was in recognition JMU’s 41 candidates had cited as the best large bat- by The Princeton Review A team of 54 students, and world-changing contribu- for excellence in assessment a passing rate of 46 .3 . The talion based on its record of and Campus Compact, a faculty and staff volunteers tions through volunteer of general education . rankings appear in the commissioning more than national organization com- gave up their Thanksgiving service was demonstrated 2005 holiday, and a 56-mem- 2006 edition of Candidate 19 lieutenants after gradu- mitted to civic service in ■ JMU developed a strategic in 2005 and 2006 with ber team returned in May Performance on the Uni- ation each year . The Mac- higher education . JMU is alliance with the Virginia service trips by the Madi- 2006 for hurricane recovery form CPA Examination . Arthur Award is named for the only Virginia college Community College System son community . Among work on the Gulf Coast. Gen . Douglas MacArthur . featured in the 2005 book, to provide an assessment ■ Twenty graduates of President George W. Bush, in a May 16, 2005, speech on them are: Colleges With A Conscience: ◆ In 2007, 23 student-led testing service for statewide JMU’s teacher-preparation ■ JMU was named a Best alternative fuels, included James Madison University (along 81 Great Schools with ◆ Psychology professor Anne L. teams — more than 300 stu- competencies . Currently, program were designated Practice Partner for Inno- with the U S. . Department of Defense and National Park Outstanding Community Stewart traveled to Sri Lanka dents total — worked during four tests are marketed, and “Meritorious New Teacher vation in Student Services Service) as an operator of major vehicle fleets using biodiesel . Involvement, published by in February 2005 to aid young Spring Break on community- all were developed at JMU . Candidates” in the first in 2002 by IBM and the ■ Mother Jones Magazine tion, an award that included Random House/Princeton traumatized tsunami survivors. service projects in 13 states, class of an innovative Society for College and The tests are delivered via listed JMU as a Top 10 $5,000 and an all-expenses- Review Books . Colleges ◆ the District of Columbia, regional program aimed at University Planning . This Sixteen nursing students the Web and monitored Activist School in 1998 paid trip to Rome, Italy, for were selected for “both an Mexico and the Caribbean. enhancing teacher quality recognition resulted from and three professors went to and provided by the Cen- and 2003 . the award ceremonies . administration commit- the U.S. Gulf Coast shortly ◆ Ten JMU alumni participated ter for Assessment and and at providing teacher- JMU’s identification as ted to social responsibility after Hurricane Katrina struck in an annual fall alumni service Research Studies . licensing reciprocity an institution that was ■ In 1997, Who Cares Mag- ■ The Admissions Web and a student body actively in late August 2005 to aid in trip to the impoverished Carib- among Virginia, Mary- innovative in improving azine named JMU as one site that guides potential ■ JMU’s Dukes football engaged in serving society ”. the region’s recovery. bean island of Dominica. land, Delaware and the student services through of their Top Ten Schools students from prospect team won the 2004 Divi- District of Columbia . The technology, processes and That Make A Difference . to applicant at JMU was ■ JMU received a com- sion I-AA National Cham- Mid-Atlantic Regional organizational changes . ranked among the top 10 mendation for assessment ■ The JMU Brass Band pionship by defeating the Teachers Project, estab- Web sites in the nation during the last site visit ■ James Madison Univer- earned second place in the Montana Grizzlies, lished to acknowledge in 2005 by the National from the Southern Asso- sity’s orientation publica- championship section in 31-21, in the exceptionally well-pre- Research Center for College ciation of Colleges and tions and Web site have the North American Brass championship pared, high-performing & University Admissions . Schools . Such commen- received top honors from Band Championships in game Dec . 17, new teachers, recognized dations, particularly for the National Orientation Indiana in April 2006 and ■ Human Resources won 2004, in Chatta- 192 meritorious new assessment, are quite rare . Directors Association from 2007 . The 30-member the Southern Region College nooga, Tenn . Head teacher candidates in Coach Mickey Matthews 2003 through 2006 . These band voluntarily moved up & University Professional ■ JMU earned one of four January 2005 at the U .S . was named the national awards include Outstand- to the championship section Association for Human national awards from the Capitol . JMU had the Division I-AA Coach of the ing Orientation Handbook after winning two straight Resources Successful Business Week ranks b-school The College of Business’ Council for Higher Educa- largest number of teacher Year by the American Foot- and Outstanding Welcome national championships in Practices Award for the star has risen high during the last decade . Business Week tion Accreditation for Insti- candidates from a Virginia ball Coaches Association in Week Publicity (2003), the honors section competi- development of the JMU ranked it twice among the top 5 percent of business tution Progress in Student college or university . January 2005 . Outstanding Brochure for tion in 2004 and 2005 . Employee Mediation Center . schools in the nation — in 2007 and 2006 . Learning Outcomes . The

16 17 1998 2008

Academics Above All Else

James Madison University has always been known — and still is — as a place where professors love to teach and

mentor and interact with students . As the faculty has increased its emphasis over the last decade on pursuing research

that advances the disciplines, it naturally has done so in such a way that offers unprecedented research opportunities

for undergraduates . These are opportunities traditionally reserved for graduate-level students at other institutions

and often ones that are a component of addressing larger societal issues . The last 10 years at JMU have seen a steady

rise in academic excellence with expanded program and degree offerings on the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral

levels . This expansion, in response to marketplace demands and societal needs, has been accompanied by a sustained Jlevel of excellence in the quality and commitment of its faculty members . The academic community has clearly accepted the president’s challenge to set the standard for a new kind of American university — one that offers the

best of a small liberal arts college and the vast opportunities available at a large research university .

While the Centennial Commission could not foresee this level of success, it nonetheless chose well in its selection

of the university’s No . 1 defining characteristic: “The university will offer a wide variety of quality academic pro-

grams: general education core, liberal arts, professional programs, and graduate programs of distinction ”.

Achievements Nursing program responds ■ Five eminent scholars have been hired, two in com- to nationwide shortage munication sciences and disorders, two in accounting Responding to the nationwide nursing short- and one in nursing . ■ The Madison Center was created, and JMU alumnus age and an increasing need for highly qual- Phil Bigler, the National Teacher of the Year in 1998, ified nurses as America ages, JMU’s nursing was hired as director . JMU celebrated the 250th birth- program has doubled in size during the last day of President James Madison in 2001 . decade. This extensive program offers the ■ The total number of new freshman and transfer applica- RN-to-BSN, BSN, MSN program and an online post-master’s certificate program. The tions has increased from 15,313 to 21,573, a 41 percent RN-to-BSN program emphasizes the care of underserved, rural and culturally diverse increase from 1998 to 2008 . The number of graduate applica- individuals within the acute care and community settings, while a federally funded tions increased more than 50 percent from 1994 to 2008 . ■ The university is committed to 55 strategic alliances, alternate track (in partnership with five other Virginia universities) prepares school formal agreements between James Madison University nurses to work with the needs of students with low-incidence disabilities. The two- and governmental agencies, businesses and foundations pronged MSN program focuses on preparing adult, family and gerontology nurse in which each party commits itself to the achievement of practitioners and nurse educators. the other’s critical long-term goals . For example, two While at JMU, nursing students make a difference in the quality of life new strategic alliances were added with the Virginia of many individuals in the local community through membership in the JMU Department of Education (Region 5 Training and Tech- Chapter of the Virginia Nursing Student Association. JMU’s chapter has been nical Assistance Center) and the Virginia Department of Correctional Education between 2005 and 2007 to very active at the local, state and national levels and has consistently won enhance professional development opportunities for many state awards for community service and chapter excellence.

18 19 teachers and promote greater success for all students . New Doctoral Programs The call and response are historic Poets, like pilgrims, These strategic alliances award annual grants totaling ■ Ph .D . in Assessment and Measurement converge on the campus of JMU; the high fliers, schol- ■ approximately $1 .8 million for training and technical Au D. . in Clinical Audiology ars and hopefuls lock in an assistance . ■ Ph .D . in Communication Sciences and Disorders embrace of literary passion . ■ The integrated science and technology program was ■ Ph D. . in Combined-Integrated Clinical Their achievements glitter accredited retroactively to 2006 by the Accrediting Board and School Psychology like charms on a literary for Engineering and Technology in 2007 . ABET also ■ D .M .A . in Performance, Pedagogy and Literature bracelet . The poetry they accredits the computer information systems program . create is music . Lucille New Master’s Programs Clifton and Nikki Giovanni ■ The university’s academic outreach and engagement ■ M .A . in Community Counseling (pictured) are two of the program was moved to independent status in November ■ M .A . in Political Science: European Union Policy luminaries who attended JMU’s second Furious Flower 2007 and reports to the vice provost for research and pub- Political look-see Virginia and Missouri congressmen Bob Concentration Poetry conference: Regenerating the Black Poetic lic service . The move will better position it with state and Goodlatte and Roy Blunt visited campus in 2006 to tour ■ M .Ed . in Mathematics Tradition in 2004 . The conference brought together community outreach endeavors . The outreach and engage- the College of Integrated Science and Technology . ■ M O. T. . in Occupational Therapy veteran and emerging African-American poets to cele- ment program oversees credit and noncredit off-campus ■ M .P .A .S . in Physician Assistant Studies brate a tradition reaching from the first-known slave narratives of the 1700s to the Harlem Renaissance of courses, on-line noncredit courses and professional certifi- Celebrating the ■ M .S . in Integrated Science and Technology the 1930s to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, cate programs . There has been exponential growth of these Constitution Supreme ■ M .S .N . in Nursing programs in the last decade with significant growth Court Judge Clarence right up to the present . expected in the future . Thomas made two New Bachelor’s Programs ■ JMU’s communication sciences and disorders master’s appearances at JMU, ■ B .A . and B .S . in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies program in speech-language pathology and audiology was the first in celebration ■ B .A . and B .S . in Justice Studies of Madison Week ranked among the top programs in the country in 2004 by ■ B .S . in Athletics Training 2001, which coin- U.S. News & World Report. ■ B .S . in Biotechnology cided with the 250th ■ ■ B .S . in Engineering The counseling psychology program was named the anniversary of the ■ B .S . in Health Services Administration outstanding counselor education program at the master’s birth of James ■ level by the Southern Association for Counselor Educa- Madison, the Father B .S . in Information Analysis tion and Supervision in 2006 . of the Constitution . ■ B .S . in Statistics

Virginia’s best teachers First Science on a Sphere JMU was the first university to performancemeasures Throughout the last 10 years, JMU’s acquire a 3-D visualization theater, called Science on a ◆ The student-to-faculty ratio has decreased from 19.2:1 (1997) to 16.4:1 (2008). program of teacher preparation has con- Sphere . The SOS technology projects animated images onto a unique 6-foot-diameter, spherical movie screen . ◆ The percentage of full-time instructional female faculty members has increased from 36.1 tinued a tradition of being widely rec- Many of the current images for SOS use processed sat- percent to 43.9 percent. ognized as Virginia’s best, producing ellite data so the observer has the illusion of seeing ◆ One hundred percent of the state’s management standards have been met each year. more teachers each year than any other university in the commonwealth and, Earth (and other planets) from an astronaut’s perspec- tive in space . Previously used primarily in museums as ◆ The percentage of education and general expenses committed to instructional and academic support has more importantly, producing more highly qualified teachers than any other. an educational tool, SOS is used at JMU for environ- increased from 66.6 to 67.8. With a curriculum overseen by the College of Education and distributed mental and educational research . ◆ The number of transfers from Virginia’s two-year colleges has increased from 231 to 320. Up all night Students camp out across the university, the program speaks directly to the moral imperative ◆ Student overall satisfaction with JMU has increased from 92 percent to 94 percent. overnight to earn a coveted spot in JMU embraces in preparing graduates to enter positions of teaching and JMU’s Alternative Spring Break ◆ The percentage of alumni who would recommend JMU to a colleague, friend or relative is 98. educational leadership, civic responsibility and national service and become program . There are now approxi- ◆ Student satisfaction with the university’s concern with them as individuals has increased from 72 percent mately 35 domestic and interna- committed and qualified stewards of the public good. During the Centen- to 76 percent. tional trips offered . To meet stu- nial Celebration, JMU renewed its appreciation of its founding heritage as a ◆ Student perceptions of the university include: ✱ The right size has risen from 68 percent to 75 percent. dent demand, several ad hoc teacher’s college, which today offers undergraduate, graduate, and profes- Thanksgiving break trips have ✱ Friendly has risen from 81 percent to 88 percent. ✱ Intellectual has risen from 72 percent to 75 sional programs and has a doctoral program in the offing. been converted and upgraded into percent. ✱ Supportive has risen from 57 percent to 74 percent. a formal Alternative Thanksgiving Since 1999, JMU’s College of Education has continually hosted an annual Guaranteed admissions JMU president Linwood H . ◆ Student satisfaction with course content in their major field has increased from 71 percent to 77 percent. Break program . Content Teaching Academy on strategies for teaching Virginia’s rigorous stan- Rose and Blue Ridge Community College President ◆ Student satisfaction with the availability of courses they want at the time courses can be taken has dards of learning. The highly acclaimed program is sponsored by the Virginia James R . Perkins exchange sweatshirts to mark a guar- increased from 33 percent to 51 percent. anteed admissions agreement . Agreements have been Department of Education. negotiated with 13 other community colleges . ◆ The four-year graduation rate has increased from 58 percent to 64 percent.

20 21 Accreditations Memberships Business integration ■ American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education ■ Commission on Colleges of the Southern ■ American Association of State Colleges and Universities Association of Colleges and Schools ■ American Council on Education ■ Accreditation Board for Engineering ■ Association of American Colleges and Universities Technology ■ Association of Virginia Colleges and Universities ■ Accreditation Commission for Programs in ■ College and University Personnel Association Hospitality Administration ■ Colonial Athletic Association ■ American Assembly for Collegiate Schools ■ Council for Advancement and Support of Education of Business ■ Council of Graduate Schools in the United States ■ American Chemical Society ■ Council of Southern Graduate Schools The College of Business’ so-called “CoB 300,” a course and subsequent ■ Accreditation Council for Occupational ■ National Association of College and University Business business plan competition, has been recognized nationwide as one of the few Therapy Education Officers successfully integrated approaches to an undergraduate business school. In CoB ■ American Psychological Association ■ National Association of Student Personnel Administrators 300, an integrated, team-taught, 12-credit course that teaches students the ■ Association for Advancement of Health ■ Southeastern Universities Research Association interdisciplinary nature of business, student teams learn and apply the funda- Education Talk about getting your hands dirty In the last decade, JMU has built ■ Association for Information Technology Institutional and mentals of finance, management, marketing and operations by building a busi- mightily on the 20-plus-year Montpelier/JMU field school in archaeo- ness from the ground up. The course culminates in the creation of a business Professionals logical method and technique pioneered by the sociology and anthropol- Educational Membership ■ Association of University Health Programs ogy department . Today JMU’s partnership offers hands-on opportunities ■ Association of Computing Machinery plan, the best of which are eligible to be entered into the college’s business plan in Health Administration in additional disciplines for students to research plantation life . Their competition, which gives significant monetary awards to the top three winning Corporate Membership ■ Accreditation Review Commission on efforts assisted in the recent unveiling of the restoration of James plans. The awards are funded primarily by members of the College’s Executive Madison’s home to its original form . ■ American Association of University Women Education for the Physician Assistant Inc . Advisory Council, comprising alumni and business leaders who consult on the ■ Center for Credentialing Nursing Education ■ Council for Interior Design Accreditation college’s curriculum development and mentor students. ■ Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education, the ■ Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and accrediting agency for the American Dietetic Association Speech Language Pathology of the American Speech- A time for the arts In mid decade, the president declared the coming years as a ■ Commission on Accreditation of Athletics Training Language and Hearing Association time for the arts at JMU . Business, science and technology in their time all have Education ■ Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related felt the benefit of a focus of resources at JMU . With the coming refurbishment Educational Programs of Duke Hall for the fine arts and construction of the future Performing Arts Center on track for completion in 2010, facilities will finally meet the stature of ■ Council on Social Work (baccalaureate level) Proven educational value JMU’s nationally recognized arts programs . ■ Education Commission on Accreditation on Social Work The university has gained national ■ Educational Standards Board of the American Speech- renown in both institutional effective- Language-Hearing Association IIIAstrategicalliances ness and accountability through the ■ International Association of Counseling Services Because the security issues facing the nation will be solved not in isolation, but rather through collaboration, Center for Assessment and Research ■ National Association of School Psychologists the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance at James Madison University was established in Studies. In short, that means JMU ■ National Association of Schools of Art and Design 2002 as an interdisciplinary research center focusing on homeland and national security issues. IIIA has can show the value of a Madison education by proving that students learn. So ■ National Association of Schools of Dance ■ provided funding for more than 40 research projects at JMU and other Virginia universities. affirmed U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings in her July remarks at National Association of Schools of Music ■ National Association of Schools of Theatre One of its first achievements was to be named as one of the original seven Centers of Academic Excellence the 2008 Higher Education Summit, A Test of Leadership, in Chicago. “We see ■ National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education for Information Security Education by the National Security Agency. it at James Madison University, a leader in sharing information to help families ■ National League of Nursing In fall 2002, JMU's president, Linwood H. Rose, was appointed as higher education's representative Homeland security leader The make wise choices. As their Web site says, ‘Some say their education programs Institute for Infrastructure and ■ Society for Public Health Education to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council to advise the U.S. president through the secretary of Information Assurance, recognized are successful. At JMU, we can prove it!’ I love that,” she said. In addition, the ■ Virginia Board of Nursing Homeland Security. as a national leader in homeland associated academic program in assessment and measurement produced the ■ Virginia State Board of Education JMU partnered with George Mason University on the federally funded Critical Infrastructure Protection Proj- security issues, was named one of world’s first doctorate, a Psy.D., in that field in 2001. The program now offers ect that same year, one of many partnerships with state and federal agencies and private sector businesses. the original seven Centers of a Ph.D. Both efforts have been ahead of the political curve in the demand for Academic Excellence for JMU has become known as a leader in computer security through its on-line master’s of computer science in Information Security Education greater accountability in higher education and other public agencies. information security and master’s of business administration with a concentration in information security. by the National Security Agency .

22 23 engaging with society economic Starts at home eastcampuslibraryOpens JMU’s distinctive The new East Campus Library opened in Sep- impact approach to educa- ◆ The university, its students and its employees spent $292 million tion, found in the tember 2008. The modern five-story structure locally (not including what visitors spend on major weekends i.e., university’s century- combines traditional book stacks and study graduation, Homecoming and Family Weekends) in 2005. long habit of engag- spaces with dramatic open study areas offering ing with society to ◆ More than 3,000 non-JMU jobs in the local area were a result of views of the campus and distant mountains. The address the big issues university-related spending. of the time, contin- library houses JMU’s science and technology col- ◆ More than $211 million was spent locally on capital outlay projects. ues to flourish most strongly in JMU’s local community — in lections and is open to students and faculty ◆ Almost $12 million in health-insurance premiums paid by the univer- the arts, business, health, science, student activity and more . members from all academic programs and to The science faculty is involved in a dozen efforts that contrib- sity for employees were returned in payments to local health providers. community members as well. ute to watershed research and reparation and water quality ◆ University-related spending generated a tax effect of $7.6 mil- The new building is approximately 107,000 monitoring and fixing, while programs like Children’s Playshop lion in revenue to local governments. and College for Kids deliver the arts and education to youth . square feet in size, about the same size as Carrier Since 2004, the Career Development Academy and the Library, located on the west side of campus. 21st Century Community Learning Center have earned The new library meets two critical needs at Science, Technology, more than $1 million in support for English language JMU: collection space for science, technology Engineering and Math learners, low-income student and adult learners . Focused in The building incorporates study space for in- the College of Education and coordinated with local agen- and health sciences resources and study space dividuals and small groups and open study areas cies, the center’s impact on the Shenandoah Valley’s grow- in which students and faculty can collaboratively with casual seating. A section of the building is ing immigrant population is substantial . use information resources in a technology-rich designed for 24-hour student use with a secure JMU’s English as a Second Language curriculum and out- environment. reach programs have risen in magnitude in this decade to entrance, study seating, a computer lab and a meet an exponentially increasing local and global demand . Flexibility and the ability to reconfigure space coffee bar. ESL joins JMU’s traditional student teaching and K-12 part- to support changing programs and new technol- A critical mass of faculty specialization and research as well as market Most of the library’s fifth floor is devoted nerships, which enrich both the teacher education program ogies have been incorporated into the design. demands and societal challenges have made JMU’s programs in science, to faculty support and houses the Center for as well as local schools and schoolchildren . The learning, teaching, collaboration and reflec- technology, engineering and mathematics a naturally increasing focus in A multitude of ongoing faculty endeavors in the health Instructional Technology and the Center for tion spaces in the new library will make it a the last half of the Rose decade. field came together in this decade under the Institute for Faculty Innovation, which provides programs The angled architecture outside fore- JMU’s emphasis in STEM fully exemplifies JMU’s recognition that the big Innovation in Health and Human Services . The institute is a focal point for the academic community. to promote faculty innovation in teaching and shadows a contemporary and creative issues facing the world — energy, biotechnology, the environment, for instance clearinghouse of outreach and service-learning partnerships An information commons on the first floor scholarship. A faculty seminar room is located use of open space inside to meet the — often fall outside the confines of traditional academic disciplines. That’s one as well as collaborations like the highly successful Harrison- needs of students and professors and provides users with access to information re- on the top floor, providing formal meeting space burg Community Health Center, which fills a gap in the offers dramatic views of the scenic reason JMU fosters rich collaboration among students and professors from many sources and new media, as well as media pro- local health care system by serving the primary health care and dramatic views. Shenandoah Valley . disciplines. Nationally recognized for undergraduate research opportunities, JMU needs of children and families on a sliding fee scale . duction technology and support services. takes an innovative, hands-on approach to learning that prepares students to be Library resources ◆ JMU Libraries has moved into cutting edge JMU’s long tradition of forming strategic alliances to fur- catalysts for real change in communities and around the world. ther local economic development came to a head in 2006 ◆ JMU Libraries subscribes to more than 46,700 Web development with dynamic content, interactive During the last year of the decade, JMU built on its traditional sci- with the announcement by the prestigious research giant SRI journals and has access to more than 13,000 on- online services and user-centered design. Through ence and integrated science and technology programs in preparation to that it would build its new Center for Advanced Drug line journals through membership in the virtual online access to collections and services, the librar- Research in the Shenandoah Valley . The decision was due in implement its current sustainability-focused engineering program with an Library of Virginia. In addition, the library either ies’ Web site has become a critical component of emphasis on engineering design and systems analysis. It may be the only large part to SRI’s wish to collaborate on research with JMU . Students involved with their professors through the many owns or leases more than 40,000 electronic the student and faculty research experience. such program that offers an integrated international component. centers in the College of Business participate in analyzing books. Almost 3,500 streaming audio and more ◆ JMU Libraries opened a new facility in the Also vibrant is the Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, business opportunities and boosting economic opportunity than 1,600 streaming video files are also avail- Health and Human Services building. through which professors and students across disciplines collaborate to and awareness in the area . able, as well as thousands of digital images. Print ◆ Wireless network access has been imple- address issues of alternative energy/fuel and the impact on the environ- While JMU’s pioneering Community Service-Learning The original: Carrier Library is book collections continue to increase at a rate of mented throughout Carrier Library and the East ment in an applied, integrated manner. The faculty has been highly active program coordinates partnerships with more than 75 com- approximately the same size as its in exploring wind, solar and innovative biofuels. munity agencies, much of JMU’s student volunteering hap- new east campus counterpart . between 15,000 and 20,000 items annually. Campus Library. pens unbidden, without any formal role by the university .

24 25 1998 2008

Looking Like the World

Recruiters for corporate, nonprofit and government organizations say with rising frequency that their

workforces are more diverse every day . They also say that students who have experience learning and working in

teams with students from varying backgrounds have an edge in the recruitment process . While the goals of diversity

go far beyond career preparation, the evolution of the workplace is clear evidence that achieving a more diverse

student body and faculty is a practical goal at James Madison University . In fact, accomplishing our mission

requires it .

The university’s second defining characteristic of strategic importance is, “The university will be a diverse community Rwhose members share in and contribute to a common JMU experience ”.

Achievements ■ The Office of the Special Assistant to the President was established in fall 2003 . The office is responsible for coordi- nating the JMU diversity initiative . ■ The Presidential Commission on Diversity was created in 2003 and completed its report and offered recommendations to the president in 2004 . ■ African-American first-time freshman applications increased from 726 to 1,073, a 48 percent increase from 1998 to 2007 . ■ Minority applications increased from 1,650 to 3,061, an 86 percent increase from 1998 to 2007 . ■ African-American first-time freshman enrollment increased from 152 to 184, a 21 percent increase from 1998 to 2006 . ■ Enrolled racial/ethnic minority students increased from 1,589 to 2,020, a 27 percent increase from 1998 to 2007 . ■ The percentage of racial/ethnic minority students in the first-year class increased from 10 4. percent to 13 4. percent, a 3 percent increase from 1998 to 2006 . ■ Full-time staff members from underrepresented racial minorities have increased from 32 to 38, a 19 percent increase from 1998 to 2007 . ■ Full-time faculty members (instructional and adminis- trative/professional) from underrepresented racial minori- ties increased from 73 to 112, a 53 percent increase from 1998 to 2007 . ■ The Centennial Scholars Program was established in 2004 . The program, comprising freshman, transfer and graduate students, enrolls 50 new students each year with The annual International Week festival at JMU features cos- an overall retention rate of 94 percent . tume and dance representing cultures from around the world .

26 27 Jesse Jackson, Kwame Mfume and Coretta athletics Scott King have spoken at annual Martin Plecker Center Fund drive chairman Joe Luther King Jr . Day Funkhouser, donor Frances Plecker, services, which donor Joe Showker (’79), JMU Presi- became a campuswide dent Linwood H . Rose and Athletics celebration under Director Jeff Bourne cut the ribbon for President Rose with the dedication and grand opening of classes cancelled for the observance . the Robert and Frances Plecker Athletic Performance Center . Plecker and her husband, the late Robert Plecker, con- ■ Diversity Councils have been established in each division, ■ Undergraduate admissions added a recruitment position tributed $2 million to lead the private every academic college, the president’s office and three aca- to increase the number of underrepresented students . giving for the facility . The center was demic administrative units . ■ Notable on-campus speakers addressing diversity have built primarily from private gifts of ■ Diversity Enhancement Awards are presented annually . included Bernice King (1998), Kwame Mfume (1998), Joh- $8 .3 million . The remaining funding ■ Innovative Diversity Efforts Award grants are awarded netta Cole (2000), Jocelyn Elders (2000), Alma Martinez came from JMU reserves and other annually . (2000), Joe Clark (2000), Elaine Chao (2001), Derrick Bell non-tax sources . No state funds were ■ Women of Distinction Awards are presented annually . (2001), Patricia Russell McCloud (2001), Coretta Scott used for the project . ■ The Faculty-in-Residence Program has been fully imple- King (2001), Douglas Wilder (2002), Julianne Malveaux mented in seven high and middle school settings . (2003), Jesse Jackson (2004), Myrlie Evans-Williams achievements ■ The Office of Human Resources added a recruitment (2005), Paul Rusesabagina (2005), Freeman Hrabowski ◆ Intercollegiate athletes have won 31 conference championships; 255 students position that is focused primarily on developing relationships (2006), Nikki Giovanni (2006), Jaime Escalante (2006), have been All-Colonial Athletic Association honorees; and 162 students have within local communities to increase the number of applica- Cornel West (2007), Desmond Tutu (2007) and Julian received All-American honors. tions JMU receives from underrepresented local groups . Bond (2008) . ◆ Athletics has been reorganized to meet the proportionality test of Title IX.

◆ The Challenging Athletes’ Minds for Personal Success (CHAMPS)/Life Skills internationalprograms Program was implemented in 1995 and has achieved 100 percent participation from student athletes. ◆ The number of international programs available to students has increased from 20 to 39, a 95 percent increase from 1998 to 2008. ◆ ◆ JMU’s student-athlete graduation rate, which has always been respectable at The number of students participating in the Study Abroad Program has increased from 572 to 902, a 58 percent increase from 1998 to 2008. Duke Dog Statue A massive, one-ton bronze statue of a ◆ All state financial management standards have been met every year since being established. JMU, rose this year to 80 percent for athletes entering JMU in 2001. The rate for snarling Duke Dog took its place — menacingly — in athletes compares extremely well to the general student body graduation rate of 81 front of the Robert and Frances Plecker Athletic percent, which is based on the national six-year matriculation trend for all students. Performance Center, which is behind the south end zone of Bridgeforth Stadium . The statue weighs 2,100 ◆ Kellen Kulbacki was the national co-player of the year for Division I for the 2006 pounds and is 7 and a half feet wide at his front paws, 6 baseball season. and a half feet tall and 8 feet long . The Duke Dog statue was commissioned with gifts from the owners of the University Outpost: Rick (’89) and Christine (’90) Johnston and Jeff (’91) and Karen (’91) Wolter .

Champions celebrate In 2004, the entire Madison community erupted in celebration as the gridiron Dukes won the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship, defeating the University Out of the park In 2008, the diamond Dukes celebrate Flags of the many countries represented by students and faculty members of JMU . of Montana Grizzlies . their first CAA championship .

28 29 1998 2008

Investing in People

Learning at a university can never be static and, in fact, can never peak or plateau . No faculty member or student

should ever find the end of his or her learning experience or ability to find new and fascinating avenues of study . The

university takes an active and supportive role in the ever-evolving expansion of academic expertise — a straightforward

and uncompromising goal defined by the Centennial Commission as its No . 3 characteristic: “The university will

invest in the professional development of its people ”. The results are impressive .

Facilities encourage achievement President M Linwood H . Rose joins College of Science and Mathematics Dean David Brakke (left), Chemistry Department Head Donna Amenta and Physics Department Head Steve Whisnant in cutting the ribbon to ceremoniously open an academic build- ing with state-of-the-art facilities for chemistry and physics .

■ The Disability Resource Committee was established in Achievements 2001 to provide information, support, training and advice to ■ The Center for Faculty Innovation was established dur- university personnel to help maximize the opportunities and ing fall 2001 . CFI strives to provide support to the fac- success of faculty and staff members, students and others ulty and academic unit leaders in the areas of teaching, with disabilities as they related to the university community . scholarship, service and leadership . The center currently ■ The Training and Development Department was estab- offers 16 programs or services and since 2001 has had an lished in May 2004 and has provided 52,841 hours of impact on 93 academic unit heads, 4,148 faculty mem- professional development activity with a total headcount bers, 105 teaching assistants and 7,778 students . Program of 16,278 . Examples of topics discussed have included: topics have included: ◆ Communication ◆ Conversations with Students ◆ Decision-Making ◆ Conference Support ◆ Diversity ◆ Faculty Book Discussions ◆ Teamwork ◆ Faculty Workshops ◆ Covey’s Seven Habits for Leadership Training ◆ Leadership Circles for Unit Heads ◆ Mediation, Laws and Regulations ◆ New Faculty Orientation ◆ Leadership ◆ New Faculty Enhancement Series ◆ Outside speakers ◆ Scholarly Writers’ Groups

30 31 ■ The total expenditures for professional development increased from $889,019 in 1996-97 to $4 .3 million in facultyaccomplishments 2007-08 — a 386 percent increase; 1996-97 expenditures on contemporary writer were 2 percent of total personnel services costs and 4 .3 Larry Brown is scheduled for percent of the 2006-07 costs . publication within the year . ■ A faculty education leave program has been developed . ■ Impact3 Leadership Program was created in 2003-04 and ■ History professor Lee has been offered to 64 academic unit heads and administra- Congdon, internationally tive directors . Madison projects presented include: renowned ◆ Advancement Data Structure for his ◆ Communication Issues work on ◆ Diversity Measures the his- tory of ◆ Faculty and Staff Giving Hungary, was awarded the ◆ JMU Culture Petty (Knight) Cross Merit ◆ Major Academic Advising Order of the Republic of ◆ Student Alcohol Use Hungary for his scholarship ◆ Summer School and writings on Hungary . Walk the walk The Center for Faculty Innovation, directed ◆ Transportation Issues by Karen Santos (pictured) and Carol Hurney, assists profes- ■ David Cottrell, professor ◆ University Planning sors in honing their teaching, research, scholarship and writ- of music, along with his ing skills . The center has served almost 12,000 professors, ◆ Wireless Access on the JMU campus professional partner, Chris teaching assistants and students since its inception in 2001 . ◆ Service Learning Feet of a master Renowned dancer, choreographer and teacher Daniel Nagrin hands Magnum, ◆ Community Relations Outstanding Virginia Faculty down his six-decade legacy to future generations through JMU dance professor Shane won the Joann Grayson was selected as a O’Hara and his performance of The Nagrin Project at Centre National de la Danse in 2003 ◆ Transfer Students winner of the 2004 TIAA-CREF Paris . “Daniel’s work coming to me, my having the opportunity of working with him Emmy for Virginia Outstanding Faculty for an extended period and then possibly handing that experience down to someone “Out- Awards, presented by Virginia else … That’s a very rare thing,” explains O’Hara, a student of Nagrin and future artis- standing Achievement in a Gov . Mark Warner . This award is tic director for Nagrin’s nonprofit organization, the Daniel Nagrin Dance Foundation . Craft: Music and Sound,” the commonwealth’s highest for the work on National ■ In 2002, Nick Bankson didates from 37 teacher when communication honor bestowed on faculty mem- Geographic Explorer’s bers at Virginia’s public and pri- and Chuck Runyan took preparation programs in studies professor Peter documentary Stalking vate colleges and universities . the nationally ranked the commonwealth and Bsumek and Andy Perrine, Leopards. Grayson was recognized for her communications sciences pairs them with successful- associate vice president outstanding work, especially in the field of child abuse preven- and disorders professional ly established mentors in for communications and ■ In 2008, Steve Cresawn tion services . She subsequently received the Carnegie programs to the doctoral the teaching field . Bigler, marketing, developed the and Louise Temple first of- Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council level with the Au .D . and director of the James Mad- Madison Cup Debates, an fered a yearlong course in for the Advancement and Support of Education’s 2006 Ph .D . ison Center, will publish a annual spring debate and Phage Genomics involving Virginia Professor of the Year as well as the 2006 Champion book about James Madi- citizen forum that draws for Children Award by Prevent Child Abuse Virginia . isolating bacterial viruses ■ Phil Bigler, himself a son on March 4, 2009, collegiate teams from (phages) from soil, prepar- Music Professor J . Patrick National Teacher of the the 200th anniversary of across the country . ing viral DNA for sequenc- Rooney, James Madison Year in 1998, brought the his first inauguration as ing, and annotating and University’s former director of Virginia Department of the fourth president of the ■ The first complete comparing the sequenced bands, was one of 11 recipients Education- and Milken United States . biography of Southern genome . JMU is one of of the annual State Council of Educators-sponsored novelist and short story 12 schools chosen for this Higher Education for Virginia Teachers of Promise initia- ■ A writer Flannery O’Connor Outstanding Faculty Award pre- honor by the prestigious tive to JMU permanently . decade of was published by English sented in 2000 in Richmond . Howard Hughes Medical The initiative and confer- debating professor Jean Cash in 2002 Top teaching Chris Hughes of the physics department is Rooney received his award in a Institute as part of its Sci- ence honors outstanding began (University of Tennessee widely regarded as a top teacher on campus, offering chal- ceremony on the State Capitol south portico and was recog- ence Education Alliance . teacher education can- in 1999 Press ). A volume of essays lenging research opportunities for undergraduates . nized by the General Assembly and Gov . Jim Gilmore .

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■ During a decade that ■ Steve Evans, the Alvin V . which Giuliana Fazzion Program Committee for Medallion in 2003 for con- Microbiology . His publica- university’s Institute for gineering and Technology has seen significant hu- Baird Jr ,. Centennial Chair fashioned a cross-disciplin- the 2007 Meeting of the tributions to playwriting . tions are now having im- the Innovation in Health accreditation by 2012 . man suffering across in Psychology and profes- ary academic conference European Association of The author of Performing pacts on other fields, and and Human Services, a the world, the work of sor of graduate psychology, in 2004 for JMU and Work and Organization the American Frontier, in conjunction with Kevin strategic collaboration of ■ Laura Katzman, art his- psychology professors developed the Challenging visiting scholars to explore Psychology . Gallagher is 1870-1906 (Cambridge Minbiole in chemistry/bio- the university’s health and tory professor, is a senior Lennis Echterling and Anne Horizons the harsh reality of exile, also associate editor of the University Press), Hall has chemistry, are appearing human services programs . research fellow and a Stewart channeled and as- Program which has repeated itself journal Human Relations also served as chair of the in journals dealing with research collaborator as- sisted the compassion that for throughout history and and serves on the edito- Kennedy Center American natural products chem- sociate at the Smithsonian overwhelmed the cam- research resounded thematically in rial boards of several other College Theatre Festival istry . The research being Institution . pus . Called up for their and the arts . “Living in Exile” professional journals . As National Playwriting conducted by Harris and expertise and reputation in implementation of treat- was the first of what has a member of the Federal Program . his collaborators is being ■ Bob Kolvoord, jointly disaster response, Echter- ments and strategies for become an annual confer- Mediation and Concilia- featured on the Discov- appointed in CISAT and ling and Stewart further adolescents with Atten- ence to explore themes like tion Service, Gallagher is ■ Biology professor Reid ery Channel in 2008 . In ■ Chris Hughes, physics the College of Education, developed methodologies tion-Deficit/Hyperactivity immigration, assimilation, often involved in resolving Harris has published addition, long interested professor, and Brian Augus- led the effort to establish and guidelines as they Disorder . The program cultural identity, war and workplace disputes . significant in quantitative approaches tine, chemistry professor, JMU’s National Center for responded to tragedies received the National In- peace, and freedom from long-term in biology and having co- received the university’s Rural STEM Education such as 9/11, Hurricane novative Program of the perspectives as diverse as ■ Work by anthropology results on taught a course in biologi- first patent since 2000 for — a coordinated effort of Katrina, the tsunami in Year award from Children the humanities, educa- professor Clarence Geier to sala- cal mathematics, Harris is their collaborative work on science, technology, engi- Sri Lanka and the Virginia and Adults with Attention- tion and the sciences . The preserve James Madison’s mander co-principal investigator microfluidic devices . neering and mathematics . Tech shootings . Deficit/Hyperactivity efforts of Fazzion and the historic home, Montpelier, behavior and reproduction with Brian Walton, Anthony The center was established Disorder or CHADD . Ev- Department of Foreign and the Shenandoah Val- over an extended period . Tongen and Nusrat Jahan in ■ Ronald Kander led JMU’s in 2006 to help provide ■ The ability to assess all ans, also editor-in-chief of Languages, Literatures ley’s history, have brought His research has been sup- the Department of Math- development of a new gen- teachers in rural areas facets of the university is the the journal School Mental and Culture are another close to $750,000 to the ported by a series of grants ematics and Statistics for a eral engineering program access to emerging tech- result of a program unique Health, was instrumental example of JMU’s interdis- university . from the National Science quantitative skills in biol- designed nologies, such as geospa- to JMU and one that has in establishing Jumpstart, ciplinary nature . Foundation continuously ogy project with $700,000 around the tial technologies, remote brought a summer camp for chil- ■ The Prairies, a book of from 1999-2008 with in funding through 2010 . need to sensing, digital imaging national dren with ADHD . ■ Richard Finkelstein, graphic design by graphic awards approaching $2 approach and global positioning . acclaim . Theater professor was the design professor Dawn million . More recently, he ■ In 1998-99, John Hilliard, sustainable Going one step further, the The ■ Political science professor official Hachenski, has been ac- has made groundbreaking music professor and systems and environs from Center for STEM Educa- Center Anthony Eksterowicz (pic- photog- cepted into art collections discoveries related to mi- resident composer was multiple perspectives . tion Outreach coordinates for Assessment and Re- tured) and Glenn Hastedt of rapher at Yale, Virginia Com- crobe, fungal and amphibi- composer-in-residence in The School of Engineer- information sharing and search Studies, spearheaded justice for the monwealth University, In- an interactions that appear Hong Kong as a Senior ing, itself a collaborative assistance among faculty in by Dary Erwin, associate studies largest diana University, Univer- to be fundamental clues to Fulbright Scholar-Artist . venture that drew faculty various disciplines, as well provost for public policy are dance event in the world, sity of Delaware, Rochester the declines of amphibian from business, the hu- as with K-12 educators, de- and professor of graduate co-ed- the 2006 USA-Interna- Institute of Technology, populations . Not a micro- ■ The late Vida Huber manities, health sciences livering STEM education psychology, has given the itors of tional Ballet Competition . Ringling College of Art biologist by background, understood that human and ISAT, combines to students throughout the university targeted statistical White House Studies, a peer- His photos have been seen and Design, Rensselaer he has collaborated with needs and caring for multiple disciplines to commonwealth . information with which to reviewed journal of scholar- around the world in such Polytechnic University and others locally, regionally, people and needs could not develop students with make decisions and shape ship and commentary on publications as The New the Clark Institute . nationally and internation- be addressed in a vacuum a broad and practical ■ Biographies of two Pulit- policy . The associated the American presidency York Times, The Christian ally to understand the or with independent rem- expertise to approach the zer Prize-winning newspa- academic program, sup- and the White House . Science Monitor and Dance ■ Roger Hall of the School role of microbes and their edies, but that service was most pressing problems of per editors who chronicled ported by additional faculty Magazine. of Theatre and Dance re- impact on amphibians . His best delivered holistically . the future from a con- the struggle to end segrega- members, is successful and ■ The 700th anniversary ceived the Kennedy Center work has been published As director of JMU’s nurs- servator’s point of view . tion in the American south unique in higher education . of Dante’s ■ Dan Gallagher, profes- American frequently and featured ing department and later The new school enrolled were published by School A Psy D. ,. and later a Ph D. ,. exile sor of management in the College in many settings, and was associate dean of CISAT, 119 students in fall 2008 of Media Arts and Design in assessment and measure- was the College of Business, served Theatre recently highlighted by Huber’s concept of coordi- and expects to apply for professor Alex Leidholt. ment was established at the occasion as the sole North Ameri- Festival the American Society of nated services inspired the Accrediting Board of En- Publication of Leidholt’s university in 1998 . around can representative on the Gold

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biography of Nell Battle ■ Dave Pruett’s philosophy for Excellence from the leads the Shenandoah Un- and neuroscience at the Fulbright Senior Scholar Lewis, the 1920s most for teaching mathematics Order of the Founders and dergraduate Mathematics NSF by being named the Grant for a culturally- important Southern female is simple: Patriots of America in both and Statistics Conference university’s first Fellow focused study of the street journalist, is forthcoming . Inspire 2007 and 1998 . for undergraduate re- of the American Associa- graphics in Seoul, Korea . awe in search, which is funded by tion for the Advancement ■ Biochemist Gina Mac- learning . ■ Mathematics profes- a grant from the National of Science . Her work has ■ Mo Zarrugh, who teaches Donald’s combined pas- Pruett, sor Laura Taalman was Science Foundation . She been supported by a series in the engineering and sions for who in 2008 became the recognized in 2005 by has written a critically ac- of research grants from manu- scientific university’s first recipient the Mathematical Asso- claimed integrated calculus the NSF and most recently facturing research of the Mengebier Endowed ciation of textbook and led in the de- has included a series of sector and Professorship, is devoted to America, velopment of an integrated international projects and of ISAT teaching that philosophy . In 2001, when she calculus and pre-calculus being responsible for an and who earned her the Presidential the Templeton Founda- was se- course that has improved international gathering is director of Virginia’s Early Career Award for tion recognized develop- lected for student success . of copepodologists, again Manufacturing Innovation Scientists and Engineers ment and teaching of a Henry L . Alder Award with support from the Na- Center, spearheaded the in 1999 . MacDonald’s “From Black Elk to Black Katrina relief Led by professor Mary Slade, the College of as one of the most dis- ■ In 2005, the National tional Science Foundation . university’s successful effort teaching research, which Holes – Shaping a Myth Education received the Presidential Gold Award for tinguished beginning Science Foundation Wyngaard is a frequent to attain ISAT’s accredita- has received major funding for a New Millennium,” a Volunteerism and Disaster Relief for a series of relief mis- college professors in North featured Grace Wyngaard’s reviewer, site team leader tion by the Accreditation from the National Science course in the JMU Honors sions to assist Gulf Coast-area victims of Hurricane Katrina . America . The award work on copepod genet- and performs other ser- Board for Engineering and Foundation, has an impact Program . He has also been honored “extraordinarily ics and evolution . She vices for the NSF . Technology . The program’s ■ Two metal artists from economists in the world on students of all levels . recognized for work in successful teachers whose was recognized for her accreditation, which was the School of Art and and editor of the Journal Her research manifests an computation science and influence extends beyond research and for her work ■ Graphic design professor awarded in 2008, is retro- Art History have had of Economic Behavior and ongoing commitment to modeling by the National the classroom ”. Taalman in integrative biology Sang Yoon received a 2007 active to 2006 . their work added to the Organization. Rosser, develop scientific curios- Science Foundation . ity and pursuit in diverse permanent collection of author of eight books, has the Victoria and Albert been at JMU since 1977 . populations of students ■ Two ISAT professors, Museum in London . Mark including minority, un- Ronald Raab and Robert GlobalConnections D. Rooker created “Green ■ Lt. Col. Dominic Swayne derprivileged and hearing McKown, who is also direc- Cheese Gouger,” and led JMU’s Well aware that South Africa had the highest rate of impaired . tor of JMU’s Biotechnol- Ronald J. Wyancko created ROTC HIV/AIDS in the world, health sciences professor Deb- ogy Laboratory, along with “Fish Slice ”. Both pieces program ■ English professor Inman Eastern Virginia Medical ra Sutton embarked on a Study Abroad experience are part of the Rabino- to win the Majors’ novel, The Mil- School, and undergradu- that would bring her students into rich collaboration vitch Contemporary Silver presti- lionaires, will be published ate biochemistry students with the already established AIDS outreach efforts of Collection . gious MacArthur Award in January by Norton collaborated to create a for 2004-2005 . The award JMU alumna, Amy Zacaroli (’88), and her nonprofit Publishing in New York . cloning and reproduction ■ J. Barkley Rosser, the designates the best large 25:40. Among their many learning activities, students process for the produc- Kirby L . Cramer Jr . ROTC program in the ■ Nancy Nichols, director of tion of Lacritin, a protein in Sutton’s Health 490 Class, HIV/AIDS Prevention in Professor of Business east, making it one of the JMU’s master’s in account- discovered by University of South Africa, accompanied AIDS monitors from 25:40 Administration, was feted two best large units in the ing program, is president- Virginia professor Gordon this year when a confer- country . In 2007, under as they walked door-to-door through their home villages elect of Beta Alpha Psi Laurie . Lacritin, cur- ence on dynamic modeling Lt. Col. Rodney Lusher, the looking for children who have not had treatment. They International Board of rently in testing as a result in economics and finance ROTC program earned top Directors . Nichols, an edi- of JMU’s work, has the also saw firsthand the efforts under way at the Des- was held in his honor . The honors in the U .S . Army torial board member of the potential for relieving the mond Tutu HIV Centre and the Centre for the Study of JMU student Natalie Burrus visits with neighborhood children during home calls in conference at the Uni- Eastern Region Brigade ATA Journal of Legal Tax suffering of many medi- AIDS at the University of Pretoria. the South African village of Neer . versity of Urbino in Italy Ranger Challenge, besting Research, has also served on cal patients who can not honored the renowned 18 other groups from the Sutton’s Study Abroad program in South Africa demonstrates JMU’s long education. International opportunities now include experiences in Antwerp, Flor- the board of the American produce tears . Taxation Association . professor who is one of Mid-Atlantic region . The commitment to collaborative partnerships, preparing students to engage with ence, London, and Salamanca, Chengdu, Argentina, Canada, the Czech Republic, the leading mathematical unit also won the Award the world around them, and the increasingly international component of a JMU Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Malta, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Rome and Scotland.

36 37 1998 2008

Planning to Lead

Madison’s fourth defining characteristic of strategic importance is, “The university will involve

the entire campus community in a well-defined, consistently used and commonly understood process for

planning and decision-making that emphasizes accountability and ties resource allocation to institutional

effectiveness .” Many of the accomplishments toward this goal were described in the earlier segment of this

report, “Achieving Vision Through Leadership .”

Linwood H . Rose began his first year as president of James MMadison University in 1998, and among his first initiatives was a proposal to involve the university faculty, staff and stu- dents in planning for the univer- sity’s future . He invited the uni- versity community to join him in envisioning the type of insti- tution James Madison University might become in the 10 years from his inauguration to the university’s centennial in 2008 . To begin articulating this vision, the president appointed JMU’s green roof project at Taylor Hall in 2007 was the first on a Virginia college campus . the Centennial Commission — It was funded by a grant from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation . a group of more than 70 faculty members, administrators, staff members, students and rep- resentatives of off-campus groups . The Centennial Com- mission, chaired by Sandy Berry and Virginia Andreoli- Mathie, was charged with defining the characteristics that would ideally describe James Madison University in 2008 and offering recommendations that the JMU president and board of visitors could consider to achieve these character- istics . After reviewing educational, societal and govern- mental changes that were occurring in the United States, hearing directly and indirectly from national leaders of American higher education, and reflecting on the thoughts and beliefs of representatives from the university’s varied Much of JMU’s success is due to Virginia taxpayers . Their constituencies, the commission presented its final report to support of a successful bond referendum in 2002 enabled the president in May 1999 . partial funding of many of the facilities that are now or In the ensuing months, the JMU Board of Visitors, Rose soon will be open and serving students — the future and the university’s vice presidents refined the ideas of the Performing Arts Center, including a music recital hall, the Centennial Commission . From their efforts came a revised East Campus Library, the Physics and Chemistry Building, university mission statement and defining characteristics and the renovation of Miller and Harrison Halls .

38 39 Next Phase In summer 2004, a review was conducted to determine the definingcharacteristics university’s progress since 1998 toward attaining the 29 charac- In response to President Linwood H. Rose’s 1998 charge to describe the ideal university of 2008, the teristics . From those analyses came the decision to identify two groups of characteristics . The first group of six requires strategic Centennial Commission responded with the following defining characteristics that have guided the emphasis and constituted the university’s strategic plan for the university’s planning for the last decade. The characteristics are focused into the three general areas four years through the university’s centennial . The other 23 of academic programs, community and infrastructure. characteristics represent a continued commitment . In August 2005, JMU moved to the next phase of its com- Academic service and teaching to infrastructure prehensive strategic planning efforts . Rose charged the Programs enhance student learning ■ The university will Madison Commission with reviewing the university’s mis- ■ The university will and provide a challeng- enhance and diversify offer a wide variety of ing and supportive envi- funding sources, expand that specified opportunities to achieve the new mission . sion, vision and values statements to determine whether they quality academic pro- ronment with a height- its strategic alliances, The board of visitors approved the mission statement in were appropriate to guide university planning beyond the grams: general education ened sense of intellectual and develop broad-based January 2000 . Since that time, university planning activi- centennial through 2012 . The Madison Commission, chaired core, liberal arts, profes- stimulation . financial support among ties have focused on advancing the mission through the by Reid Linn, comprised 67 individuals representing all areas sional programs and ■ The university will a variety of constituents . pursuit of these 29 defining characteristics . Each year the of the university . The commission delivered its final report in graduate programs of develop and offer inter- ■ The university will pos- strategic focuses are identified and annual departmental/ April 2006 . The report confirmed that a majority of the goals distinction . national curricula, associa- sess sufficient resources office objectives are created . developed by the Centennial Commission remained vital and relevant and recommended several important changes: ■ The university will be tions and experiences that (financial, facilities, ■ innovative in its pro- enhance the global com- human and technology) Achievements The defining characteristics — those described by the Centennial Commission that provide the foundation of the grams and services . petencies of the student . to achieve its goals . ■ The Centennial Commission completed its work in university’s strategic planning — changed from 29 to 17 . ■ The university will Serving the community ■ The university will May 1999, recommending to the president a mission, This change was a consolidation of intent, not a reduction continue to be a selective is a hallmark of a JMU involve the entire campus vision and 29 characteristics that described its vision for in commitment, allowing the university to more effectively institution in its admis- education . community in a well- the university in 2008 . pursue its original goals . sion practices and admit defined, consistently used ■ students who will enable JMU experience . and commonly under- ■ Strategic plans written for each year include objectives, The mission statement, vision and values of the univer- the university to realize ■ The university will stood process for plan- past accomplishments, current objectives and performance sity were also modified: its mission . provide students with a ning and decision-mak- indicators . Mission Statement We are a community committed to pre- ■ The university will wide array of extracur- ing that emphasizes ■ A Web-based planning database has been in use for more paring students to be educated and enlightened citizens who Teaching the teachers con- focus on student learning ricular activities . accountability and ties than five years . lead productive and meaningful lives. tinues to be a vital mission and development ■ The university will resource allocation to ■ Vision To be the leading comprehensive university. The university’s Six-Year Plan and Institutional of JMU . through collaboration serve our state, region and institutional effectiveness . Performance Standards have been accepted by the Virginia Values Our student-centered community values excellence, across all divisions . nation, and will be recog- ■ The university will be State Council for Higher Education . integrity and mutual respect. ■ The university will nized on a national basis . an attractive, safe, complement its residen- community ■ The university will friendly and service ori- tially based academic ■ The university will be a maintain our heritage of ented campus . PlanningforSustainability offerings with nonde- diverse community whose nurturing and cultivating ■ The university will Based on the recommendations of a presidential commission organized by President Linwood H. Rose in 2007, gree, competency certifi- members share in, and enduring relationships invest in the professional cation and distributed contribute to, a common with its constituencies . development of its people . JMU announced the formation in September 2008 of the Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World to guide education programs . the university’s engagement with the expanding environmental concerns of its community and the world. ■ The university’s stu- The role of the institute will be to coordinate and facilitate JMU’s pursuit of sustainability, environmen- dents will possess opti- tal stewardship and a broader sense of citizenship. This includes fostering, informing and documenting mum competencies in sustainability-related education, outreach and scholarship. written and oral commu- nication, critical think- The result of one of just three commission-level efforts of the university in the decade, the institute will ing, information systems, move JMU forward into the next era of achievement. It will do so by drawing on the university’s well-established practices of thoughtful planning, campuswide quantitative literacy and collaboration, institutional commitment and effectiveness, faculty and student research, and strategic partnerships. scientific literacy as basic The institute is led by Executive Director Christie-Joy Brodrick Hartman. She previously served as associate professor in the Department of Integrated Science graduation requirements . and Technology and co-director of the university’s Alternative Fuels Program. ■ The university’s faculty will integrate scholarship, Infrastructure investments enhance programs and community access to JMU .

40 41 1998 2008

Securing Madison’s Future

The financial magazine Kiplinger’s names the top values in higher education every year, and Madison has been

among the top 20 nationally for a few years . So have five other Virginia public schools . No other state offers so many

high quality choices at comparatively low cost . But while Virginia funds its colleges and universities better than many

states, a diverse set of revenue sources allows greater flexibility and helps to keep tuition affordable . So the fifth plan-

ning characteristic of strategic emphasis is, “The university will enhance and diversify funding sources, expand its

strategic alliances, and develop broad-based financial support among a variety of constituents ”.

TPublic Funding As a state-supported university, JMU relies on the support of the Common- wealth of Virginia . The result has been exceptional education in a state of stel- lar academic institutions . While JMU began the decade behind the pack in terms of state funding-per-full-time- enrolled-student, the quality of JMU’s education has been among the best in Virginia — primarily because of JMU’s widely regarded wise use of resources . 21st Century skills Linda Zecher, vice president of Microsoft U S. . Public Sector, Amid the challenges and several rever- joined the JMU president in a tour of Pleasant Valley Elementary School in sals of fortune in Virginia’s economy, Rockingham County in 2005 . The occasion marked Microsoft’s $500,000 gift to the the university has moved forward . By College of Education to fund the JMU Partnership for 21st-Century Skills project, 1999, news from the state legislature on which provides training for teachers to become certified in the National Educational funding was unsettling, as it was again Technology Standards program . The pair visited six classrooms all taught by NETS*T in 2001 and as it appears to be again certified teachers who have acquired and use teaching technology in their classrooms . today . JMU, however, has remained the recipient of significant state dollars and, toward the close of the decade, gained substantial ground among its fellow Virginia institutions toward funding-per-full-time-enrolled-student . ■ In 2002, the Virginia electorate voted strongly in favor of the Higher Education General Obligation Bond refer- endum, which provided more than $99 million for facili- ties on the JMU campus . ■ The overall university budget has increased from $169 .2 million to $383 8. million, a $214 6. million or 127 percent Public-private projects In one of the first combined public- increase from 1998 through July 1, 2008 . private capital projects during the tenure of President Linwood ■ The number of new full-time faculty positions from both H . Rose, VIPs gather for the groundbreaking of the Leeolou education and general and auxiliary enterprises has Alumni Center . Partial funding came from Steve and Dee Dee increased from 801 to 1,415, a 77 percent increase from Leeolou (’78), pictured here with the president and JMU’s 1998 through July 1, 2008 . first lady, Judith Rose, as she welcomes the Leeolou children .

42 43 ■ The number of later, the results new full-time staff are impressive . p osit ion s f rom Private funding bot h education has risen signifi- and general and cantly . The suc- auxiliary enter- cessful Madison prises has increased Century cam- from 1,038 to paign, the uni- 1,266, a 22 percent versit y’s f irst increase from 1998 capital cam- through July 1, paign, exceeded 2008 . its own goal by ■ more than 40 Equipment trust Parent participation The JMU Parents Council presents a check representing 100 f u n d s u p p o r t percent participation of its members in a gift to JMU . Overall, parents contrib- percent . increa sed f rom uted 16 percent of the total $70 million committed through the Madison ■ The Madison $1 .2 million to Century capital campaign . Century, the uni- $2 .1 million, an versity’s f irst increase of $900,000 or 75 percent Private Funding capital campaign, exceeded its $50 mil- from 1998 through July 1, 2008 . In his inaugural address, President lion goal by $20 million by the cam- ■ General fund appropriation per in- Rose signaled a call to arms for private paign’s conclusion on June 30, 2008 . state student increased from $4,202 to fundraising . “Today’s competitive ■ Since the beginning of the Madi- an estimated $6,145, a $1,943 or 46 environment dictates that private sup- son Century campaign, $13 9. million Signature moment Construction work on the future Performing Arts Center is sweet music to the JMU community . The walls percent increase from 1998 through port is no longer the sole province of in cash and pledges have been added of the concert hall, proscenium theater, black box theater and dance facility are now apparent, and the pedestrian tunnel under July 1, 2008 . private liberal arts colleges and research to the scholarship endowment and Main Street was completed ahead of schedule . Construction reached its maximum physical height with the raising of the last steel beam on Sept . 5, but the center’s maximum effect will be realized by future students, professors and guest artists who will ■ Student financial aid increased from institutions of international prominence an additional $2 .3 million have been perform on the center’s stages . Major donors to the Performing Arts Center joined JMU President Linwood H . Rose has signed $3 .3 million to $8 .7 million, a $5 .4 and prestige,” he said . The president’s raised for other scholarship support . the highest piece of structural steel at the center’s topping off ceremony . The center, named in honor of Bruce and Lois million or 163 percent increase from considerable forethought signaled the ■ Private fundraising increased from $5 Cardarella Forbes (‘64), will feature the Dorothy Thomasson Estes Center for Theatre and Dance and the Shirley Hanson 1998 through July 1, 2008 . million to $12 million annually, more beginning of a substantive move toward Roberts Center for Music Performance . Construction is on track for completion in 2010 . State-of-the-art facilities for dance, ■ Non-fee revenue in auxiliary operations private funding . The university’s endow- than doubling from 1998 to 2007 . theater, and musical performances, rehearsal rooms, classrooms, computer labs, and faculty offices will benefit the university increased from $8 .6 million to $19 .2, ment, standing at $23 million at the ■ Employee giving has increased community and entire region by offering a high-quality home for JMU’s outstanding performing arts events . a $10 .6 million or 123 percent increase beginning of the decade, would have to from 6 percent to 27 percent from ■ The endowment has increased from Estes and the Estes family; and, the from 1998 through July 1, 2008 . grow to meet future needs . A decade 1998 to 2008 . $23 .8 million to $46 7. million, a 96 largest to date, $5 million by Bruce Sponsored Funding All-Steinway The percent increase during the capital and Lois Forbes (’64) . Engaging with society to address its big Steinways begin to campaign . ■ Duke Club funding has increased issues is especially evident in the realm arrive under the ■ There were 1,050 individual charter from $374,731 to $1,054,676, a 181 of sponsored programs, where faculty supervision of School members (814 households) of the Pres- percent from 1998 to present . members’ research converges with of Music Director Jeff ident’s Council . ■ The university advancement busi- hands-on learning opportunities for Showell and piano ■ Funding for JMU’s first two aca- ness process has been incorporated their students and benefits for society . professor Eric Ruple . demic chairs has been received . into the work environment for the ■ Sponsored programs grew from $7 A $1 million gift from ■ Eighteen major gifts of $1 million staff in the division and for volun- million to $24 million, a 243 percent Harrisonburg physi- or more have been received during teers and other university staff mem- increase from 1998 to 2008 . cian Elizabeth the last decade of the century, begin- bers who support the advancement ■ The number of faculty members Swallow has made ning in 1999 when Steve Leeolou effort . possible JMU’s offi- receiving sponsored program grants ■ cial designation as an (’78) and Dee Dee Collins Leeolou The JMU Alumni Association and has increased from 87 to 135, a 55 All-Steinway School, (’78) gave $1 million, a gift that set Greater Madison, both independent percent increase from 1998 to 2008 . the largest in the the bar for other donors . That bar support organizations, have engaged ■ Sponsored program grant awards country and the first was raised incrementally during the in strategic planning programs to grew from 138 in 1998 to 252 in 2008, in Virginia . The decade by subsequent donors — $2 fully revamp how they work to sup- an increase of 83 percent in volume . Steinways will ulti- million by Robert and Frances port JMU . ■ JMU principal investigators achieved mately number 120 Plecker, $2 5. million by Richard and ■ Gift accrual is approximately 133 .6 an average proposal success rate of uprights and grands . Shirley Hanson Roberts (’58) and Ed percent of cash receipts . 72 .8 percent over the past 12 years .

44 45 campusgrowth During the decade, and factoring in several pending acquisitions, JMU’s campus has grown by 50 percent to include 675 acres and more than 3 million square feet. The decade has seen the construc- tion of some 20 major buildings, including the long-anticipated Performing Arts Center. Acquisitions of existing buildings, expansions and renovations have further developed the university’s footprint. Growth has embraced the arts with new studios and galleries, propelled the sciences with new state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to reinforce the university’s strong program of undergraduate research, and enhanced student life with new residence and dining halls.

■ Chesapeake Hall One ■ Festival Dining Hall The university advancement construction of two residence halls in dining hall was constructed staff . The Leeolou Center ■ Baseball and Softball JMU’s Skyline area on the to meet the needs of the first was completed in 2002 . Complex: Honoring a campus east of Interstate academic programs that ■ Madison Plaza A new promise to the city to 81, Chesapeake Hall, built moved to the east side of circular plaza in front of replace the old Memorial in 1999, is a five-story resi- campus early in the decade . Wilson Hall on the Quad Stadium, construction dence hall housing more ■ Frances Plecker Education is reminiscent of the origi- is under way on a new than 400 students . $9 75. million baseball and Center at the Arboretum nal sidewalks of the early A changing perspective In the last 10 years, the facilities of the eastern side of campus have grown to rival those on the softball complex adjacent ■ College of Integrated The Frances Plecker Educa- century lawn . western side of Interstate 81 . The Integrated Science and Technology tower and the Wilson Hall cupola have become Science and Technology Din- tion Center opened in 2008 equally iconic to a student body that has grown beyond 17,000 and an alumni body that is closing in on 100,000 . to Memorial Hall . ■ Massanutten Hall A large ing Hall Currently under to support the educational office complex on Main into a new building on campus . The five-story ■ University Recreation number of programs and ■ Champions Drive Parking construction, a new din- and outreach mission of the Street opened in 2006 . It the eastern side of cam- hall accommodates 430 Center Recreational Field departments . Many are Deck In 2001, the uni- ing hall with a 700-seat university’s Edith Johnson houses JMU’s information pus in 2005 . Designed students . Construction began behind grouped under the Institute versity added a 520-space capacity and a 100-seat Carrier Arboretum and Bo- technology and financial to meet the needs of an the University Recreation for Innovation in Health parking deck near the separate dining room, will tanical Gardens, the only ■ Shenandoah Residence services offices . active research faculty and Center on an artificial turf and Human Services, center of campus . serve the eastern side of arboretum on a Virginia Hall Also under construc- further opportunities for multi-sport recreational whose far-reaching impact campus . university campus . ■ Performing Arts Center tion, a new residence hall Leeolou Alumni Center undergraduate research, field . It was completed in symbolizes the university’s Currently under con- adjacent to existing halls ■ East Campus Library The ■ Health and Human the new facility offers the fall of 2008 . ongoing commitment to the struction and scheduled on the eastern side of cam- new East Campus Library Services Building Built state-of-the-art laboratories world beyond the campus . to open in 2010, the new pus, is scheduled to open ■ Warsaw Street Parking opened in 2008 on the in 2001, the Health and and equipment . 175,000-square-foot in May 2009 . Deck Opened during the ■ JMU Administrative Com- eastern side of campus . Human Services Building Performing Arts Center ■ Plecker Athletic Perfor- year of JMU’s centennial, plex Located on the west The five-story, 106,000 is one of two buildings of ■ Track and Field, Field will feature a center for mance Center Opened in the five-story, 784-space edge of the campus, the square-foot, state-of-the- the College of Integrated Hockey and Lacrosse Facility theater and dance, a 2005, the Plecker Center parking facility provides collection of former doc- University Bookstore art library houses the Science and Technology . Keeping pace with the center for music perfor- supports all of JMU’s in- parking in the Bluestone tor’s offices was acquired university’s science and It houses the departments success of JMU’s intercol- mance and a concert hall . tercollegiate programs with area of campus . The deck by the university in 1998 technology collections . of health sciences, dietetics legiate athletics, a new A tunnel under Main a sports-medicine complex, features an electronic and refitted for use as an and nursing . Field Hockey, Lacrosse ■ Festival Conference Street at the bottom of a strength-training arena, vehicle counting system administrative complex . and Track Complex was Center The conference ■ Leeolou Alumni Center the Quad will link the state-of-the-art equipment, that displays the number of completed in the Skyline ■ Memorial Hall (Former center was constructed on Adjacent to the Fes- Main Campus to the new offices for athletic staff and spaces available in real-time . area of campus during the Harrisonburg High School) the east side of campus to tival Conference and Performing Arts Center locker rooms . Festival Dining Hall 2003-2004 academic year . Following the construction accommodate large events Student Center on the Complex . ■ Potomac Residence Hall m a jor of a new city high school, and gatherings for faculty CISAT campus, the ■ University Bookstore A ■ Physics and Chemistry Built in 1998, Potomac JMU purchased the old members, students, alumni 19,000-square-foot new, 28,100-square-foot aquisitions Building After three Hall was the first student Harrisonburg High School and the public . The facil- Leeolou Alumni Center university bookstore ■ Blue Ridge Hall Blue decades in Miller Hall, residential building con- in 2006 to house the College ity connects to the Festival provides meeting and ac- opened at the center of Ridge Hall, acquired by the departments of phys- structed across Interstate of Education and outreach Dining Hall . tivity space for alumni and campus in fall 2003 . the university in 2004, is ics and chemistry moved 81 on the eastern side of and engagement programs . office space for alumni and headquarters for a growing

46 47 Halls — were extensively of three student-centered and mathematics, as well Champions Drive Parking Deck campusgrowthcontinued renovated to accommodate buildings located in the as a leader in undergradu- an enrollment that grew heart of the campus, was ate research . from 14,400 in 1998 to designed as a one-stop ■ Boiler Plant Replacement the current enrollment of service center for students . Construction is set to more than 18,000 . The Warren Hall houses finan- begin on a $6 1. mil- major overhauls of these five cial aid, registration, card lion replacement of the buildings on or near JMU’s services, student employ- university’s boiler plant . historic bluestone quadran- ment and postal services, The project to enlarge theater for more than gle reflected the university’s as well as other student- and upgrade the steam three decades, Duke Hall continuing commitment to resource offices . plant will add and replace currently is scheduled for provide modern on-campus ■ Wells Planetarium In- boilers, which will support a major $43 7. million ex- housing for students includ- cluded in the renovation the new hospital complex pansion and renovation . ing facilities and access to of Miller Hall was a $1 3. when it comes on line, as technology, while maintain- ■ Recreational Fields at Port million overhaul of the well as upgrade the zones ing the historic character Republic and Neff Con- Wells Planetarium that the plant now supports . of the buildings’ distinctive struction is scheduled to includes a total immersion bluestone exteriors . ■ Bridgeforth Stadium/ begin on newly-acquired space that is available at Showker Field Expan- land for future recreation Roop Hall Roop Hall was only three other planetaria sion Construction should and athletics fields . modified in mid-decade to in the United States and a begin in 2009 on a major accommodate the math- hybrid system of projection ■ Rockingham Memorial three-phase expansion and ematics department, which that is cutting edge . Hospital Renovation JMU renovation of Bridgeforth moved to the building will soon begin a $51 Stadium . When all three when the College of Edu- million project to refit the planning phases are complete in cation moved to Memorial acquired Rockingham Me- ■ Biotechnology Build- 2011, the stadium’s total Hall . Such program-driven morial Hospital property ing Now in the planning seating capacity will be Valley View The historic bluestone campus melds into the predominately brick ‘back campus’ against the mountains that refurbishing occurred fre- for the university . The stages is a $44 .8 million 24,878 . In 2006, the play- frame the Shenandoah Valley . quently on campus during 15 .8-acre hospital campus building project which is ing surface at Bridgeforth the decade . that is adjacent to campus ■ Rockingham Hall Used 78,000 square feet houses the Memorial Hall slated to open in 2011 . The Stadium, built in the 1980s, includes nine buildings off and on by the univer- renovations School of Media Arts and Warren Hall The upper biotechnology building received FieldTurf, an and two parking decks and sity for years as a residence Gibbons Hall Gibbons Hall Design and the offices of the lounge and former book- will be a key component artificial surface made with will provide the university hall to accommodate underwent partial modifica- College of Arts and Letters . store areas of Warren Hall of the “science corridor” a patented layering process with exceptional avenues growing enrollment, Rock- tion in 2001 to accommo- were renovated to further on the east side of cam- to emulate a grass field . Miller Hall After Miller for academic and adminis- ingham Hall, a former date the needs of a new food enhance the building’s pus and will help solidify Hall was completely ■ Duke Hall Renovation trative expansion . motor lodge was purchased service provider . Smaller purpose as a student suc- JMU as a focus for science, traditional dining rooms overhauled in 2007, the Housing art, music and in 2000 . Converse Hall cess center . Warren, one technology, engineering were combined to create building became the new ■ Rockingham Memorial a large smorgasbord-style home for the Depart- Hospital In 2005, the uni- food service . ment of Psychology . The versity agreed to the future $13 9. million renovation purchase of the Rocking- Harrison Hall During an provided extensive new ham Memorial Hospital extensive renovation in laboratory space for stu- complex when the hospital 2005, some 23,000 square dent and faculty research, moves to its new campus feet of new space was added including a new 25-room Chesapeake, Potomac and in 2010 . Acquisition of the to Harrison Hall . Care was human research suite . Shenandoah Halls property, which is adjacent taken, however, to maintain Residence Halls During the to the JMU campus, will the historic character of one decade, five residence halls offer significant opportuni- of JMU’s oldest buildings . Its — Ashby, Converse, Gif- ties for academic expansion . current capacity of more than ford, Hoffman and Logan Bridgeforth Stadium Athletics events offer an opportunity to bring the entire JMU community together .

48 49 1998 2008

Tools to do the Job

Teaching and learning at JMU still constitute a mostly human-to-human interaction . But the enabling technologies

that have propelled U .S . productivity gains have allowed the university to run its operations more efficiently and

effectively . Madison has managed not only to keep pace with many technological improvements but also has been

recognized nationally for the quality of its infrastructure . This is an important component of staying competitive

in higher education and the reason the university’s sixth defining characteristic of strategic importance is, “The

university will possess sufficient resources (financial, facilities, human and technology) to achieve its goals ”. TFinancial, facilities and human resources achievement are noted elsewhere . Achievements ◆ Made improvements to Stu- ◆ Supported University Advance- dent Self-Service (e-campus) ment’s Viking system . Technology including e-grading, request ◆ Implemented a Web-based ■ The technology satisfaction survey official transcripts, “what if” applicant tracking system and conducted annually beginning in degree audit, faculty grading, position description module . 2004 reports an average of 95 per- online bill pay/real-time ◆ Implemented Mirapoint’s Web- cent satisfaction by the faculty/staff account information and course mail e-mail system, Oracle Calen- and students . registration . dar, Medicat Health Center Sys- ■ Information technology reports ◆ Implemented Employee Self- tem, Facility Focus in Facilities these changes: Service to include pay advice, Management, Parking System, ◆ Implemented PeopleSoft’s Stu- leave balance, training enroll- Resource 25 in support of event dent Administration System and ment, address update and com- management and room scheduling, upgraded to the Web version . pensation history . completed the interface to the state Upgraded PeopleSoft’s Human ◆ Implemented JMU Time Entry procurement system, Electronic Resource and Finance Systems to to support Web-based entry of Virginia, eVA, and developed the the Web version . wage employee hours worked . university’s planning database .

Night Sky The out- door Astronomy Park was created in 2006 on the grassy mall beside the Physics and Chemistry Building, just down the hill from the amphithe- ater . There are six piers for mounting 10-inch telescopes and a place to set up a tripod and 14-inch telescope . Programs have offered views of comets, Mars, Saturn and an eclipse .

50 51 ◆ Procured portal and content finance) and now restrict management tools, which are access to social security num- currently in prototype . bers in all end-user queries . ◆ Selected, procured and ◆ Provided Dell and Apple began implementation plan- warranty repair services for ning of a new document imag- all faculty, staff and student The decade of 1998 ing system . computers . to 2008, the final ◆ Improved Internet connec- ◆ Implemented an online vot- decade of the first tivity offering two 155-mbs ing module for Student Gov- Madison Century, is Alternative fuels Undergraduates experiment with connections and expanded alternative fuel vehicles as part of JMU’s wide- ernment Association elections . best defined as a time wireless service throughout ranging programs in alternative energy — wind, ◆ Established Web-based of thoughtful leader- campus to include all new and solar, biofuels — environmental engineering and applications for undergradu- ship, strategic growth renovated buildings . campuswide sustainability . ate admissions, the Graduate and controlled change ◆ Renovated main data center School, outreach and engage- — all focused on the and provided a contingency data ‘The university ment and a Web-based system to central mission of center in the library . Currently handle noncredit registration for preparing educated adding another data center in will possess outreach programs . Also imple- and enlightened Massanutten Hall along with mented degree verification via citizens who lead pro- investing in high-availability sufficient the National Student Loan Clear- ductive and meaning- storage systems to ensure no loss inghouse, which is available 24 ful lives . of data for critical systems during resources to achieve hours a day, seven days a week . Characterized by a contingency or disaster . ◆ Enabled all graduating students an inherent sense ◆ Reduced the use of sensitive since December 2005 to keep their of optimism and an data in the critical central systems its goals.’ e-ID and retain access to specific extraordinary degree (human resources, student affairs, JMU electronic services . of faculty collabora- tion and student involvement, this purpose- well-being of humanity and the planet . Keezell cupola In 2004, the Keezell Hall cupola was removed for repairs and painting for the first time in 75 years . “It’s been ful, institutionwide endeavor has achieved Together these attributes deliver an exceptional up there since 1929,” says George Davis, director of JMU’s facilities management . Formerly known as Reed Hall, Keezell sustained educational excellence and growing experience — an all-embracing Madison Expe- was built in 1926 . During a month-long repair project, some of the cupola’s clay roof shingles and rotting wood were replaced, and then lead paint was sandblasted off . After a new coat of paint, the cupola was hoisted back on top of Keezell . prominence for James Madison University . rience — that never loses sight of the world’s Throughout the decade, the university has held single most important asset: the student . firm to Madison’s foundational principles — With this unerring aim, both James Madi- teaching excellence, innovative scholarship, an son University and its graduates stride forward engaging faculty, fiscal stewardship, institutional into a new era of greatness prepared to Be the effectiveness, and a commitment to engaging Change . To learn more, visit www jmu. edu/. with society to address issues that affect the bethechange .

A university that produces engaged and enlightened citizens who recognize the complexity of the world around them makes that world a better place. I can think of no better evidence of greatness. — Linwood H. Rose President, James Madison University

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