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Igniting imaginations Full Frame 100 Jon McNamara (’05) mobilizes relief, Leah 43 Madison alumni photographers step from HalingPublished (’11) harnesses by JMU Scholarly the Kenyan Commons, sun, profes- 2012 behind the lens to show their work in 1 sor Joan Kindig gets kids reading PAGE 20 a celebratory exhibit PAGE 28 Madison Magazine, Vol. 35 [2012], No. 1, Art. 1 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

A rare occasion: Jonathan Alger, J.D., accepts appointment as JMU’s sixth president. Speaking the same language President-Elect Jonathan Alger talks about democracy, “the engaged university,” JMU’s student-centered culture and a future Madison listening tour

On Nov. 28 something rare occurred at Madison. The JMU Board of Visitors announced a new president to lead JMU. Jonathan Alger, J.D., will take the helm as the university’s sixth president on July 1, 2012. A lawyer who has worked on constitutional issues throughout his career, Alger comes to JMU from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he serves as senior vice president and general counsel. Alger earned his educational degrees at Swarthmore and Harvard Law School. Even for the Madison community, which embraces change as an integral part of its culture, the appointment of a new president is momentous. In its 103-year history, only five presidents have led the university. Each one has guided the university into a distinctly new phase of its journey and simultaneously upheld Madison’s core values. Already, Alger and Madison are speaking the same language. In his acceptance remarks last month at the JMU Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, the president-elect spoke extensively of “the engaged university” as his vision for JMU. A movement beginning to take hold in higher education, the engaged university is a concept lived every day by the Madison community. It is regarded as a point of pride among JMU’s 104,000 alumni and as a great promise among 16,000 JMU parents. After the flurry of activity surrounding the presidential announcement subsided, Madison had a chance to speak in depth with President-Elect Jonathan Alger about “the engaged James Madison University,” Madison culture and the future.

Madison: Why is an engaged university important in this day and age? Madison: Other universities are beginning to embrace the notion of the engaged university, something JMU has embodied for a President-Elect Alger: More than ever, a university has a criti- long time. What is Madison’s role in this movement? cal role in preserving and enhancing the heritage of democracy. It is up to us to develop educated and enlightened citizens who will Alger: This is why I am so attracted to James Madison University. participate actively in the world, who have the knowledge and skills The principles of the engaged university are deep-rooted in the JMU to meet and confront new challenges, and to work with people from culture, summed up so well in Be the Change. Another great strength different backgrounds. Certainly, higher education can be an eco- of JMU is the historic linkage in name to James Madison. He helped nomic engine for our communities and the world at large. In the build a framework of government in which different perspectives and marketplace of ideas that we represent, faculty, students, alumni and points of view can thrive. He promoted educated and enlightened others can debate and address the big issues of our time and chal- citizens who are involved and built structures for diversity and inclu- lenge assumptions. That is how a democracy flourishes and grows. sion and progress. As the one university named for him, JMU has a https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/1MADISON MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH BY MIKE MIRIELLO (’09M) 2 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

unique opportunity to model these principles Madison: What is the next step for alumni in action. They are relevant and important ‘Alumni can help in the life of JMU? more than ever in the 21st century. students see what Alger: I’m a big believer in intergenerational Madison: You feel a strong personal con- they can do with learning and in fostering opportunities for nection to James Madison, don’t you? their lives and inspire alumni to interact with current and prospective students. It is important to learn Alger: I do feel a strong connection. As a them in ways no one from one another, and alumni should quite lawyer who has worked extensively on con- visibly act as mentors and role models. stitutional issues such as free speech and else can.’ Engaged alumni will help take JMU to the access, I find that the values James Madison — President-Elect Alger next level of success and prestige. Fostering espoused really resonate with alumni relationships will me. The whole world today constitute a major initiative is talking about how to make of mine. For 100 years now, democracy solve big and alumni have been rippling pressing problems, and about outward, taking JMU’s Be how government can foster the Change values into the and value human connec- world. It is critical now for tions and create caring com- alumni to turn their atten- munities who are concerned tion back to the university, beyond themselves. Given and I will be calling on Madison’s Be the Change alumni to reach back and culture and the strong tra- help students. It is really dition of student-centered In the wings before the announcement at the Forbes Center: future important in society that learning, we have the oppor- first lady Mary Ann Alger and daughter, Eleanor, 13. people in different stages tunity to really project these of their lives and careers values outward. Everyone — faculty, stu- clear that JMU prides itself on student- interact with and learn from one another. dents, alumni — can reflect and enhance centered learning in a unique environment, Alumni can help students see what they can those values out in the world through the and I am devoted to continuing and deep- do with their lives and inspire them in ways choices they make in their lives. ening that tradition. It is an ingrained part no one else can. I want to be very inten- of the Madison Experience. The university Madison: What should parents know tional about fostering those interactions. combines the very best of the liberal arts about the impact on their students of “the tradition — along with interdisciplinary Madison: Do you see further promise for engaged James Madison University?” learning, undergraduate research, individual James Madison’s intellectual legacy at JMU? Alger: As a parent of a daughter who will attention from faculty members — as well Alger: Another theme of mine for JMU soon be headed to college, I understand the as the opportunities associated with a large will be making sure that the university is a parent perspective. When parents send their research university — exposure to great beacon for access and opportunity. Foster- children to JMU, they can be sure their minds in a wide variety of disciplines. It is a ing diversity and inclusion among students, students will learn how to think beyond dynamic and rare combination. faculty and staff will help us compete in themselves, live as part of a community Madison: In your acceptance remarks, you the global environment and allow people and prepare themselves for lifelong learn- said you would conduct a listening tour of of differing backgrounds, challenges and ing. Naturally we want students to engage JMU. Will that include alumni? aspirations to fully develop their potential. with ideas in the classroom — to acquire James Madison, the man, established those the knowledge accumulated throughout Alger: Yes, it is very important to me to principles in the abstract in the Constitu- human history. But they are not just pas- meet with alumni all across the country. tion. It is a tribute to his genius that this sive recipients of knowledge; they are active I want to hear from alumni about their living and breathing document continues learners solving problems and tackling big hopes and dreams for the future — to hear to evolve and in turn become even more issues, inside and outside the classroom, what Madison has meant to them and how enlightened with diversity and inclusion in and acquiring the values of public service. they feel they can be involved in helping to the 21st century. M As educators, we are arming students with further JMU’s goals. I want to make sure knowledge, skills and abilities and the cour- alumni feel engaged with what’s happening age to use them. To me, that is preparing for at Madison, to know the ways in which they MORE ABOUT PRESIDENT- a rewarding kind of life in a democracy. can be resources — certainly financially — ELECT JONATHAN ALGER but also as role models and mentors to stu- Madison: It sounds as though you are a ■ ■ dents and to help the university community Nov. 28 Webcast/ Acceptance believer in JMU’s student-centered culture. Announcement speech think about its impact on the world. I want ■ Biography ■ Photo gallery Alger: It is really important to think of the alumni to feel connected to a Madison that ■ Curriculum vitae ■ News coverage university as an extended family. When cares about them and that will serve them students enter, they become part of that in important ways and who will also benefit www.jmu.edu/newpresident community for the rest of their lives. It is from relationships with other alumni.

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Kate Joyce (’08), a photographer with the Afri- can Inland Mission organization, shot this image of a Sudanese warrior. Joyce is an art and art history major from Burke, Va., and she joined nearly 50 alumni photographers in the Full Frame 100: Celebrating Alumni Photographers exhibit during Homecoming 2011. The alumni photographers — former Breeze staffers, professional photographers, artists and photojournalists — celebrated each other, networked with current students and Breeze staffers, and remi- nisced with their former JMU professors. The JMU Alumni Association also celebrated 100 years of alumni success during Homecoming Weekend. See more exhibit photos and Home- coming coverage beginning on Page 28. M ✱ More photos and info: www.jmu.edu/link/full

[LANDSCAPE] Sudanese Warrior KATE JOYCE (’08) Full Frame 100: Celebrating Madison Alumni Burke, Va. Photographers showcased the work of nearly 50 Art and art history alumni photographers, artists and photojournal- African Inland Mission photographer ists. Read more about Kate Stevens (‘96, ‘99M), who helped organize the exhibit on Page 38.

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Harnessing the Kenyan sun Three JMU engineering students, including Leah Haling (‘11), joined three JMU professors in the 2011 Kenya Field School to figure out new ways to meet basic electrical power needs. (Right): Haling studies outside a traditional Maasai home. The JMU students lived with Maasai families in the Kajiado district for three days. Page 22

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24 Happy Birthday Dukes! Up Front 100 years ago, a group of 20 women — the first graduates of Harrisonburg normal school — gathered together after commencement exercises and organized the school’s first alumnae association. Today, more 1 Full Frame than 106,000 alumni call James Madison University their alma mater. and JMU alumni know how to celebrate. The JMU alumni associa- during Homecoming, the JMU alumni association celebrated 100 years of alumni successes with the birthday tion celebrates Madison alumni bash of the century. see Homecoming photos and the 2011 alumni award winners. photographers during its ﬁrst Homecoming exhibit 28 Full Frame 100: Celebrating Madison Alumni Photographers 4 22807 The images are thought-provoking, artful, chilling, joyful, beautiful — and, a first. nearly 50 alumni Your letters and feedback photographers — former Breeze staffers, professional photographers, artists and photojournalists — helped JMU celebrate the alumni association’s 100th birthday with the first-ever alumni photography 6 Contributors exhibit. Madison art Collection director Kate stevens (’96, ’99M) teamed with Madison magazine staff, JMU office of alumni Relations staff and faculty to sponsor the exhibit. see the images through- 7 Directions out this issue and online at www.jmu.edu/madisononline. JMU President Linwood H. Rose 40 Striking Gold by Eric Gorton (’86, ’09M)

getting gold film to adhere to plastics is a tricky task. Finding a sure-fire, low-cost way to accomplish On tHe COver: it would be a real breakthrough for a number of industries from biomedicine to computer chip Homecoming cover photograph by manufacturers. Brian augustine, professor of chemistry, and Chris Hughes, professor of physics Cathy Kushner (’87); Community and astronomy, have worked with JMU biology major alan Mo (’11) on experiments to solve cover “Sunrise” photograph by the sticky issue. and a provisional application for a patent has ensued. Bonnie Stephens (‘83) More at www.jmu.edu/MadisonOnline

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Kate Stevens Departments Madison Art Collec- tion director brings 12 Picture This Ashley Grisham (’13) alumni photographers’ creates a JMU alphabet work to life PAGE 38 13 Connections JMU is on Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, WordPress.com and Twitter. Stay connected to the JMU Nation 17 Special Report by Andy Perrine (’86) Timeless Madison connections

20 Bright Lights American Red Cross Regional Director Jonathan McNamara (’05), engineering major Leah Haling (’11) in Kenya Field School and reading specialist Joan Kindig Google this JMU students take 44 Professors You Love top prize in 2011 Heather Branscome (’06) honors biology professors Google Marketing Carol Hurney and Sharon Babcock Challenge PAGE 11 45 Mixed Media Chasing Holly- wood dreams Book announcements and music releases by professors and alumni 20 students intern in Full Frame 100 Los Angeles PAGE 8 Alumni photographers Alumni work in many media PAGE 28 47 News Delta Sigma Theta alumni celebrate 40 years during Homecoming Weekend, Bluestone Reunions, alumni relations staffer Alan Maynard (’06), JMU license plate program, Road Dawg logs 17,000 miles and the Save the Date calendar 49 Madison Legacies GET CONNECTED: Jamie Jones Miller (’99) on the continued Madison Experience www.jmu.edu 52 Class Notes News from alumni and former GET INSPIRED TO BE THE CHANGE faculty, and scholarship thank- The Be the Change website has stories yous from students. JMUWorks and videos about students, professors Madison Forever and alumni changing the world. features College of Education teacher alumni. Madison For Keeps Sign up, connect, chime in: Also: Ed Wotring’s Color Coded business scholarship student www.jmu.edu/bethechange and Bradford Jones (’87) Amanda Stowe (‘10) Share your Be the Change story at is changing her [email protected] 64 Picture This hometown PAGE 9 VISIT JMU: Bridgeforth Stadium Prospective students, alumni, community shines members, JMU friends: Find it all here. The JMU events calendar, campus map, Homecoming area lodging and dining. Log on before on the Quad you roll in to the ‘Burg: Duke Dog shows ‘em www.jmu.edu/jmuweb/visitor/ how it’s done at the ALSO: Pep Rally PAGE 24 Follow @JMU on Twitter PARENTS: Visit www.jmu.edu/parents

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CLASS OF 1958 HOMECOMING CONNECTIONS! MEMORIES Everybody’s a Many thanks for the beautiful Madison My two favorite girls enjoyed photographer magazine, which keeps us in touch Homecoming 2011! with both old and new Madison alumni. Kudos to Shirley Mowles oday, with the convenience of McKinley for representing the Class of digital cameras and cell phones 1958 well during the 2011 Scholarship to take pictures and Facebook Luncheon in April. I look forward to pages and Flickr to share them, celebrating our classes’ 55th reunion Teverybody’s a photographer. Aren’t you? during Bluestone Reunion Weekend in But there is a dividing line, and we drew it. 2013. I hope my classmates and others As part of the 2011 JMU Alumni Associa- will read the nice thank you letter from tion 100th celebration, Madison and the Mad- JMU History Professor Dr. Raymond Karen Foreman Jackson (’91) ison Art Collection teamed up to highlight the “Skip” Hyser in this issue’s Class Notes gets in the purple and gold spirit. success of a special band of visual storytellers section. [See Page 57]. Dr. Hyser is the — alumni who usually remain in the back- 2011–12 recipient of the Class of 1958’s ground as they aim the lens at others. endowed Mengebier Professorship, and Professional photographers usually don’t we hope he will speak at our reunion get a lot of attention, running as they do in 2013. Many 1958 classmates stay between assignments, laden with equipment in touch with Dr. Maggie Kyger and bags and deadlines, covering stories, (’80), daughter of our beloved biology chasing light, seeking elusive moments and professor Dr. Mengebier. Several posing poignant ones. classmates had lunch with her in April Full Frame 100: Celebrating Madison at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Class of 2030 Zuri Jackson Alumni Photographers showcased the work Dr. Kyger is assistant dean of the JMU loves Duke Dog. of 43 of JMU’s professional and semiprofes- College of Education. sional photographers in art, documentary, Betty Ball Mann (’58) Rudy Jackson (’90M) photojournalism, sports photography, wed- Richmond, Va. Nashville, Tenn. ding photography, portraits, candids and landscapes. Seen together in one space, against black drapery, their work was stunning. We REMEMBERING JOHN NOFTSINGER JR. (’85) are happy to share many of these dramatic images with you in this issue and the rest of hange probably sums up Dr. John them, along with a list of the participating Noftsinger Jr.’s all-too-short life photographers, online. better than any other word. When he Almost two dozen alumni photographers C died unexpectedly in November, the also attended the weekend events, some with university community was left reeling in large cameras with enormous lenses hanging from part because of the enormous contributions he them like oversized jewelry. Some could only made to JMU, and because his death stood in such stay for a short time, their life doled out in dramatic contrast to the enthusiastic way he lived. segments, before dashing off to another gig. When one considers what John’s life’s work will At the Professional Practices panel, sev- produce in future generations, his contributions eral alumni gave students advice on how to are inestimable. Through many roles, including make a living as a photographer. While edu- his last as Madison’s vice provost for research cator and artist Anne Savedge (’69) extolled and public service, John facilitated exciting the virtues of Photoshop for an art photogra- opportunities. Under his leadership, sponsored, pher, freelancer Holly Marcus (’03) faced the external funding at JMU increased 645 percent. conundrum, not to mention the injustice, of He was also instrumental in bringing SRI to the having to photograph the alumni panel while Shenandoah Valley creating long-term benefits John B. Noftsinger Jr. (‘85) sitting on it and dispensing advice. She quickly served as JMU vice provost for Madison students, faculty members and the for research and public ser- handed the camera to her husband, Jeremiah, community at large. John Noftsinger changed vice. As JMU’s chief research to snap a few shots to chronicle the event. Madison and the lives of thousands of others who officer, he spearheaded the Yep. Everybody’s a photographer. Phew. will benefit from his legacy. development and implemen- — Pam Brock, executive editor Martha Graham, tation of a comprehensive research agenda for the 4 JMU Be the Change coordinator and blogger university community. See a full list of the exhibiting alumni photographers and all the works online at: www.jmu.edu/link/full

PublishedJOHN by NOFTSINGERJMU Scholarly PHOTOGRAPH Commons, BY MATTHEW 2012 WORDEN WINTER 2012 5 9 Madison Magazine, Vol. 35 [2012], No. 1, Art. 1 Madison CONTRIBUTORS WINTER 2012 * VOL.35 * NO.1 Kelley Freund (’07) joined Madison magazine as assistant editor in Executive Editor October. Before joining the JMU staff, she worked as a publications PAM BROCK assistant for the Women’s Sports Foundation, an assistant sports Managing Editor information director at Muhlenberg College and as a nanny (Hi, MICHELLE HITE (’88) Matt and Will!). Freund loves the Braves, the Packers and of Art Director course, her JMU Dukes. She has completed five half marathons, BILL THOMPSON the most recent in Alaska, and is currently training for number six. Assistant Editor KELLEY FREUND (’07) She says, “If you see me around campus, make sure I’ve gone for my JMU Web Managing Editor run.” Read Freund’s first Madison article on Page 8, where she writes about JMU’s new JAN GILLIS (’07, ’11P) L.A. Study Program. Be the Change Coordinator MARTHA BELL GRAHAM Eric Wagner (’12) is a School of Media Arts and Design major with University and Sports Media Photographers a concentration in journalism. “My favorite JMU activities include DIANE ELLIOTT (’00) spending time with close friends in the Triathlon Club and working CATHY KUSHNER (’87) at my internship at Madison,” he says. Lisa Wagner, his mother and University Designers LYNDA RAMSEY accomplished writer, has always encouraged his writing and urged RINN SIEGRIST him to enroll at James Madison when she heard about the strong CAROLYN WINDMILLER (’81) School of Media Arts and Design. He has also always enjoyed the Staff Writer support of his father Ralph Wagner and his older brother, Matthew GABRIELLE PICCININNI (’11) Wagner (’09). After graduation, Wagner plans to apply for several internships to Proofreader network contacts before ultimately working towards his dream job of writing for National SHERRY MATTHEWS Geographic magazine. Editorial and Design Interns KELSEY DILL (’13) TYLER M CAVOY (’12) As the community affairs manager, Rachael Walters works to ERIC WAGNER (’12) advance the JMU brand through community relations, university AMELIA WOOD (’13) advertising and issues management. She helps coordinate the Additional Contributors BOB ADAMEK Madison Community Calendar to engage the community in TIM BORNY (’13) HEATHER BRANSCOME (’06) JMU’s many public activities. Walters comes to JMU from her COLLEEN CALLERY (’11) TOM COGILL role as a public relations specialist at Lord Fairfax Community CARRIE COMBS (’07, ’09M) College. Prior to that, she served as the advertising manager for SARAH DAVIS (’13) CHRIS EDWARDS the weekly Rappahannock Record, where she earned 24 Virginia CAT ELSBY (’12) STEVE EMERSON (’85) Press Association awards. A 2004 cum laude graduate of West Virginia University’s BILL GENTRY REBEKAH GIRVAN Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism, Walters loves cheering on the Mountaineers, DAN GORIN (’11) reading, traveling and running with her Weimaraner Gracie, the coolest dog in the world. ERIC GORTON (’86, ’09M) ASHLEY GRISHAM (’12) JASON GROW KEITH HOLLAND Celebrating JMU Alumni Photographers: We can’t come close to squeezing into JAMES IRWIN (’06) this small space all the contributors to the Full Frame 100: Celebrating Madison Alumni BARBARA J. KING (’15P) KATHY LAM Photographers exhibit presented at the Alumni Centennial Celebration and Homecoming. BRETT LEMON (’06) HOLLY MARCUS (’03) At last count they totaled 43 alumni exhibitors and 12 faculty and staff organizers and JACOB MELTON (’12) MIKE MIRIELLO (’09M) ANDY PERRINE (’86) PAULA POLGLASE (’92, ’96M) KELLY SWEET (’84) NORM SHAFER KATE STEVENS (’96, ’99M) JONATHAN STOTTS CASEY TEMPLETON (’06) JACQUELYN WALSH (’09) MAKENZIE WALTER (’12) JAKE WILLIAMS (’13) MATTHEW WORDEN Contributing Offices curators. So let this photograph from the event’s Professional Practices alumni panel Offices of Alumni, Be the Change, Public Affairs, Sports Media Relations, Photography Services represent them all, (l-r), art photographer and educator Anne Savedge (’69), Associated For address updates, email: Press Photo Editor Wayne Partlow (’78), International Monetary Fund Senior Media [email protected] or call (540) 568–2821 Officer Stephen Jaffe (’85), panel moderator and JMU Institute for Visual Studies Director To contact the magazine staff: David Ehrenpreis, InterAct Media founder Chris Tyree (’91), freelance photographer Holly www.jmu.edu/MadisonOnline Email: [email protected] Marcus (’03) and College of Arts and Letters Associate Dean Dietrich Maune. Read more Voice: (540) 568-2664 about Madison Art Collection Director Kathryn Stevens (’96, ’99M) on Page 38. Madison, the magazine of James Madison University MSC 3610 ✱ Email [email protected] if you can spot JMU photography professor Corinne Diop James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 in these pages. Tell us where, and we’ll send you a Madison tote bag. (One bag per reader!)

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A Madison community, so genuinely aligned

s you might imagine, Experiences such as these high- in the final year of my light the catalytic effect of JMU’s presidency of James growing international focus on Madison University, the university’s mission. Over the A I have allowed my last three decades, the Office of observations of the Madison com- International Programs has led the munity to become a bit personal fundamental shift in JMU’s educa- and even philosophical. tional emphasis that an interdepen- At every turn, I am impressed by dent and technologically connected the people of this university and how world requires today. Last year more singular of belief and purpose they than 1,100 JMU students studied in are when it comes to educating our 56 destinations around the world, students. As a devoted student of including semester programs in organizational leadership, I can say Antwerp, Beijing, Florence, Kenya, how rare it is for such a large group JMU QEP: Enlightened Citizens, Ethical Lives highlights London and Salamanca, graduate of people to be so genuinely aligned. what is so right about Madison. This major initiative is programs in Florence and Malta, We have been persistent in mak- designed to increase student learning related to civic and more than 40 short-term and ing our mission statement well knowledge and engagement, both local and global. exchange programs. Our students known. However, it is difficult to discern whether it drives our have studied art and literature in cosmopolitan environments and culture of education or describes our culture of education or both. anthropology and wildlife preservation in remote villages. Thirteen years ago, a committee of faculty and staff members, These varied experiences have made our students more sensitive alumni, and community and business leaders deliberated over to the nuanced implications and human circumstances of world every syllable and nuance of these 20 words: We are a community events. Moreover, they highlight a global dimension of our mis- committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citi- sion statement. In this day and age, we can no longer think exclu- zens who lead productive and meaningful lives. sively of educated and enlightened American citizens and their JMU faculty and staff believe truly and deeply in these ideals and role in American culture. Increasing numbers of JMU students that delivering on them requires academic programs and experi- from nations like China, India, Korea, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam ences of real-world relevance for our students. Our professors rou- help us consider our role as citizens of the world and illumine the tinely translate those scholarly ideals into tangibly relevant learn- diverse meanings, opportunities and obligations of citizenship. ing for students in the classroom, group projects, undergraduate The JMU Quality Enhancement Plan: Enlightened Citizens, Ethi- research, internships, service-learning, mentoring relationships cal Lives, a major initiative now under way, couldn’t encompass with alumni and more. JMU’s ideals more naturally. The QEP is designed to increase At the controls of Bloomberg machines in the College of Busi- student learning related to civic knowledge and engagement, both ness’ Gaglioti Capital Markets Lab, for instance, our students local and global; environmental stewardship; ethical reasoning and monitor and react to the same worldwide financial news that responsible decision making; multicultural competencies; and per- drives Wall Street traders and other investors. Our students tune sonal, fiscal, professional and social responsibility. into financial data as the Dow and the NASDAQ rise and fall Although a QEP is required as part of reaffirming our reaccred- (and rise again, we hope) throughout the day on Wall Street. itation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools — They use this data to inform their research for class, investment Commission On Colleges, the topic is all our own. It was chosen competitions and more. A leadership gift from a generous alum- from among 76 proposals from the JMU community and win- nus provided 12 Bloomberg terminals, which are the equipment nowed down to five, two of which were then combined into one of choice of major financial organizations. His philanthropic potent socially and educationally relevant initiative. gesture highlights a strong commitment to current students — That two civic-minded proposals can bubble up as individual shared by many alumni, who this year celebrate 100 years of efforts at JMU, a committee combine them into one powerful Madison heritage. initiative, our campus then embrace and implement it, and our While our stateside finance students gauge the effects on the students — and society — ultimately benefit from it is a phenom- U.S. stock markets of, so recently, Greek and Italian debt, aus- enon that highlights what is so right about Madison: our com- terity plans and newly formed governments, a group of JMU munity’s belief in its ability to make the world a better place by master’s students headquartered in Florence, Italy, has marked educating students. JMU’s fifth year of graduate study focused on the European Union. Our scholars are conducting their study in the midst of the intense economic, political and social pressures at work as the EU, its member nations and their citizens negotiate their Linwood H. Rose interests in this volatile time. President, James Madison University

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ebecca Dowdy (’12) had an awesome view from her office this past summer: the iconic Hollywood sign. Dowdy and 19 other JMU students spent eight Rweeks in Los Angeles amongst palm trees and movie stars. They saw Clint Eastwood driving his Gran Torino (yes, the one from the movie), and one day four students opened the door of their apartment to find Jay Leno standing there, asking them to be on his show. Sounds like a dream summer. But this was no vacation. These students were part of the first-ever JMU in L.A. Study Twenty JMU students chased their Hollywood dreams this past Program. School of Media Arts and Design professor Tom summer in the inaugural School of Media Arts and Design’s O’Connor and his colleagues created the program to build a L.A. Study Program. strong JMU presence in L.A., allow students to establish connections and explore career options in the entertainment industry. “This is the most important thing I’ve ever done,” Dowdy O’Connor says the joke among industry bigwigs is “to live in says. “Before I came to L.A., thinking of living here was over- L.A. or not to live in L.A.?” but he believes you have to be there, at whelming — I didn’t think I could do it. But being here helped me realize I can.” M least at the start, to make those connections. Students could write 4 or video edit anywhere, but it is important to form relationships in Learn more at smad.jmu.edu the place considered the heart of the entertainment industry. O’Connor selected 20 resourceful students with a positive atti- tude and willingness to work. Students were required to complete [Fellowships] two courses — an overview of the entertainment industry taught by O’Connor and a television production course taught by JMU alum and E! Entertainment producer Seth Kingsley (’98) — and Microbiology society taps an internship of at least 120 hours, which students were respon- JMU senior sible for securing themselves. Rebecca Dowdy landed an internship with Helios Produc- he American Society for Microbiology selected Jona- tions, where she did everything from answering phones to call- T than Barrett (’12) as a 2011 ASM Undergraduate ing the agents of scriptwriters. Andrew Henchen (’13) worked for Research Fellow. “This prestigious award is aimed Threshold Entertainment’s development department “researching at highly competitive students who wish to pursue graduate anything we could turn into a movie,” he says. “It was interest- careers in microbiology and infectious diseases,” says Louise ing to see how a production company finds and develops stories. Temple, JMU biology professor and Barrett’s mentor. “Jona- They’re constantly looking for new ideas.” than’s interest in bacterial virus work began when he was One student interned for Chris Morgan Productions, reading one of the first JMU students to participate in a freshman screenplays for the Fast and Furious franchise. Other students research course, originally sponsored by the Howard Hughes had jobs at Prefect Films Studio and Bedford Falls Productions. Medical Institute.” ASM Fellows conduct full-time sum- Henchen says, “Most people [in L.A.] started from nothing, mer research at their institutions and present their research but they have a great work ethic. They work harder than anyone, results at the 112th ASM General Meeting, if their abstract and I learned from that.” is accepted. Each fellow receives up to a $4,000 stipend, a The JMU in L.A. program is open to rising juniors and seniors two-year ASM student membership and funding for travel in all majors, and participating students leave the program with expenses to the ASM Presentation Institute. Temple is mentoring Barrett in his research project, “The Genomic Analysis real-world connections and the confidence to make their career M dreams a reality. of a Novel Group of Bacillus pumilus Bacteriophages.” 4Learn more at www.asm.org/students

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Former alumni board members: Carole Eldridge Coburn (’62) catches up with Betty Ball Mann (’58), who helped establish the JMU Distinguished Alumni Teacher Award.

Ensuring the Madison Experience President’s Council Richmond event host Dan Lynch BY PAM BROCK (’84) thanks JMU President Dr. Linwood H. Rose.

ore than 80 JMU alumni, spouses, parents and friends gathered at the Westwood Club this fall for a MJMU President’s Council celebration with President Linwood H. Rose. “My wife, Alice, and I were very happy to host the President’s Council event in Richmond,” says Dan Lynch (’84). “It was a huge success, and we all enjoyed Dr. Rose’s visit. Richmond has many devoted alumni, family and JMU friends, and it was good to see such a great turnout.” Guests representing class years from 1954 to 2003 demonstrated that charitable giving to the university spans the ages and is gain- ing ground among young alumni. President’s Council members give a minimum of $1,000 annually to JMU (alumni who have graduated in the last six to 10 years give $500 annually and alumni who graduated five years ago or less give $200 annually). Lynch sums up the council members’ shared Madison philosophy: “I appreciate the education I received at JMU, the With three children who are Dukes, former Parents Council friendships made and the overall experience. JMU is a special members Rick and Lane Witthoefft (’97P, ’01P, ’03P) might as place, and, by giving back, we are all helping ensure that future well be alumni. They share a moment with fellow JMU parents students share in these same experiences.” and alumni Richard (’80, ’15P) and Gail Hendrick (’82, ’15P). Volunteers for the Richmond celebration were Eric (’02) and Stephanie Bowlin (’01), Barry (’94) and Lillian Saadatmand, and Johnnie Lou (’54) and Charles Terry. M

JMU Foundation Board member and scholarship donor Warren Coleman (’79, ’81M, ’07P) greets equestrian scholarship donor Tom Vance (’84). Are they talking Madison parenthood or Madison alumni-hood? Graduating 20 years apart and with children graduating 20 years apart, Jane “Gibbie” Young alumni make the scene. College Berry (’61, ’86P, ’89P) and Suzanne Ridgway (’80, ’09P) of Business scholarship donors Jim have a lot in common. Their husbands are former Board (’02) and Alison Bonnell (’03) and of Visitors rector Sandy Berry and Frank Ridgway (’80), College of Arts and Letters donor Trip former alumni board member and Athletics Advisory Hughes (’09) find common cause in Committee member. supporting JMU.

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[Family Connections] Mother-daughter campus lunches do come true Freshman parent lauds daughter’s JMU choice

BY BARBARA J. KING (’15P)

attended JMU’s Whether she was dispensing 2011 Family Week- handouts or erasing black- end, my first such boards, no role was too small. event as a par- Her finest moment came as Sarah (’15) and Barbara King (’15P) look forward to many mother- ent. Amid the guest instructor of a brief daughter lunches on campus during Sarah’s Madison Experience. Shenandoah Valley’s flaming sign-language lesson given to October trees and the tailgat- seniors in my advanced pri- ing crowds awaiting a home mate-communication seminar. ‘Sarah’s daily path takes her from football game, my husband It required no specialist in and I found our daughter, child psychology to predict Shenandoah, the honors hall, to the Sarah Hogg (’15), to be thriv- that this developmental phase Quad for classes and library study, ing. Her classes in the JMU would be finite. When the and on to choral practice. Having now Honors Program, the thrill teenage years struck and Sarah walked this campus path with her, I can of auditioning into two elite vowed to fling herself out of choirs and the fun of up-till- state for college, we took it in envision it leading to a rewarding all-hours college life had com- stride. four years at JMU.’ bined to make Sarah feel intel- What my husband and I did lectually engaged and at home. not expect was that as a high- — Barbara J. King (’15P) During the weekend, school student, Sarah would the three of us ate dough- reconsider and then seriously For a while, I walked into that pus path with her, I can envi- nuts at the honors breakfast, pursue admittance to my col- seminar room with a bitter sion it leading to a rewarding wandered the campus, and lege. Soon I caught myself taste lodged in my throat. four years at JMU. weighed pros and cons of daydreaming about the occa- Though disappointed, Sarah My husband and I have future courses. A highlight was sional mother-daughter cam- moved more swiftly toward attended two concerts at the the Saturday night Pops Con- pus lunch. recovery than I. Other days gorgeous Forbes Center to cert, where Sarah sang with All of us took that rejection brought happier college news. hear Sarah sing. And I won’t the JMU Chorale, a terrific letter hard. Yet what I’ve come When she was admitted to the soon forget an elated phone mixed choir of professors and to realize, a half-year later, selective JMU Honors Pro- call from her in late Octo- students. Only six months ago, is that only one of us took it gram, she accepted immedi- ber: She’d just learned of her that happy on-campus sce- hard for any length of time. ately and joyfully. I celebrated acceptance into the honors’ nario seemed out of our reach. That would be me. with the family, but somehow, summer 2012 Study Abroad During that tense season of I had known my college’s I still felt bruised. program in Florence. college-admissions decisions, policy, of course: Faculty kids Six months later, I’ve recov- From the start, Sarah one event stands out: Sarah’s get no special consideration in ered. Most importantly, in the believed JMU was the right laptop screen announcing her applying. With Sarah’s class wake of Family Weekend, I’m place for her. Now, I feel the rejection from the College of rank in the top 10 percent, her able to see that Sarah is where same. I anticipate more good William and Mary. tough honors courses, her sus- she needs to be. Her daily path things for Sarah at JMU — W&M had been one of her tained community service and takes her from Shenandoah, and mother-daughter lunches top-choice colleges. It’s also her recognized excellence in the honors hall, to the Quad in Harrisonburg. M the place where I have served choral programs, she was com- for classes and library study, 4Learn more about Family on the faculty for 23 years. petitive on her own, I figured. and on to choral practice. Weekend and see photos at When Sarah was small, she And let me not shy away Having now walked this cam- www.jmu.edu/parents would talk about someday from what was, for me, a enrolling in her Mom’s biolog- salient point. She wrote far About the Author This article was adapted from an original version ical anthropology courses. On published in The Chronicle of Higher Education. A Chancellor Professor of better than a hefty percentage Anthropology at the College of William and Mary, JMU parent Barbara J. her school holidays she would of the freshmen in my writing- King writes about anthropology and animal behavior on NPR’s 13.7 Cosmos join me in my classroom. intensive seminar that spring. and Culture blog. Follow her on Twitter @bjkingape. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/110 MADISON MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH BY CHARLES HOGG (‘15P) 14 the et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012 By G.I. Jobs magazine namednu mbers JMU a “Military Friendly” school in October. JMU has previously appeared on the magazine’s1st list, but for the first time, the $152,991 magazine added a list of More than 2,800 donors — JMU Madison For “four-year baccalaureate alumni and friends — have donated Keeps Scholar- programs offering the best $152,991 to the Madison Forever ship awardee Ashley Gregory education, value and wel- Scholarship fund, which helps hold the (’11) is grateful come to veterans.” JMU door open for JMU students in need. for the Madi- also made this list, which highlighted 4 Make your gift today at www.jmu. son Forever results from a survey of student veterans. edu/madisonforever program.

JMU’s new bio- science building 2012will open in fall 2012. Designed 30,000The four-year-old JMU SafeRides from its inception to enhance club offered its 30,000th ride in teaching and learning environ- October. The student volunteer ments, Centennial Hall will offer group runs four cars every night to classrooms designed for large num- take JMU students home safely. bers of students to work and learn 4 Read more at www.jmusaferides.org in an intimate classroom setting. ‘Biology faculty will be 4 Learn more at www.jmu.edu/biology Fourth U.S. Presi- able to generate two-way dent James Madison discussions and collabor- All of the student addressed the Agri- callers serving the cultural Society of ative group work among 2011–12 Madi- 1Albemarle 818 in 1818 and talked about many 70 to 100 students in son Connection innovative ideas ranging from crop rota- these new classrooms.’ 10have made 0a gift to% Madison Forever in 2011. tion to overpopulation and — MARK GABRIELE, 4 President Emeritus Ronald E. Carrier talks with discussed new approaches JMU biology professor and member of the student callers at www.jmu.edu/madisonforever/ to agriculture. biosciences building design team Carrier.shtml 4 See Page 15 and learn 4 Learn more at www.jmu.edu/madisonconnection why one author thinks Madison is regarded as the May graduates “forgotten father of Ameri- Larissa Cookson, can environmentalism.” Lindsay Keller and Molly Shea JMU Study 1 won the 2011 Ameri- Abroad cas Region Google and the Online Marketing President Office of Challenge, a global James Madison International30 Programs cele- online marketing was an early brate 30 years. Committed competition. Under advocate of to facilitating an appreciation the direction of The- environmen- tally friendly for other cultures, languages resa Clarke, JMU agricultural and belief systems, OIP marketing professor, practices. promotes and encourages a the JMU team bested critical awareness of world 35,000 students from issues and a sense of global community. 95 countries. 4 Angel Elza (’10) writes about her Study 4 Read more at www. Three students in JMU marketing professor Theresa Clarke’s Abroad in Florence, Italy, at www.jmu.edu/ jmu.edu/jmuweb/ class won the 2011 Google Online Marketing Challenge America’s bethechange/stories/my-semester-in- general/news/ region. Led by team captain Lindsay Keller (‘11) and mentored by Florence.shtml general11677.shtml Clarke, the team topped students from 95 countries.

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Madison Forever Holding the door open for future generations of Dukes BY CARRIE COMBS (’07, ’09M)

n 2009–10, hundreds of JMU students and their families faced urgent finan- I cial crises and had to make hard decisions on continuing their education. Without hesita- tion, JMU deployed Madison For Keeps, an emergency fundraising campaign, and thousands of alumni rallied to support the program. As a result more than 110 students were able to stay at Madison and earn their undergraduate degree. Now JMU is promoting Madison Forever. This permanent program gives JMU financial aid officers the flexibility to help students with the greatest financial needs — students like Amanda Matherly Stowe (’10), who says the Madi- son For Keeps financial support changed her life. Carrie Combs Amanda Matherly Stowe (‘10) took alumni’s support through Madison (’07, ’09M) caught up with Stowe For Keeps and is making a difference in her hometown of Danville, Va. for Madison magazine. Madison: What was your Madison Experience like? Madison: How did you make the tran- Amanda Matherly Stowe (’10): My hometown, Danville, sition from working in a lab to becoming Va., is very special to me and has a very special place in my a job coach? heart. JMU was my first experience away from Danville, and it Stowe: I was a biotechnology major Watch the completely opened my eyes to a bigger world. I want to bring and philosophy minor. Everybody at Madison Forever video with my Madison Experience back home and change lives. After JMU always complains about why we’re Dr. Carrier. graduation, I worked for a year at the Institute for Advance required to take GenEds, but it ends up www.jmu.edu/ Learning and Research at the Institute for Sustainable and helping in the long run. I was able to link/forever Renewable Resources in a grant-funded position. I helped switch fields without much effort. develop novel plants and plant products to be grown and pro- Madison: How did you hear about Madison For Keeps? duced regionally by re-purposing some of the tobacco infra- Stowe: My dad died in a tragic motorcycle accident during structure that still resides in Southern Virginia. I just received my senior year. He was the breadwinner of my family. My mom the Youth Preservationist of the Year award from Preservation works some too, but we depended on his income. I had to really Virginia for this work. hunt for money to cover school costs. I was just blessed that Madison: What have you been up to recently? JMU offered Madison For Keeps. Stowe: I started working as a job coach. Most of the peo- Madison: If you could tell donors one thing, what would ple I serve have intellectual or developmental disabilities. The it be? organization I’m with is the first in Danville. We’re in a very Stowe: If you want to make a difference in someone’s life, economically depressed area, and we’re starting an inclusion in give to Madison Forever. You are directly changing a life the community program. In the past, those with intellectual by giving someone the opportunity to finish what he or she and developmental disabilities have been institutionalized in a worked so hard to achieve. I was so close to graduation — if I group home or alienated in special schools. had to give that up it would have been heartbreaking. M

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Guest Lecturer [ ] Wulf: He often gets portrayed as a kind of studious The secret life of Jemmy but dull personality, compared Author touts James Madison as forgotten founder of to the more colorful heroes of the American Revolution. BY CHRIS EDWARDS American environmentalism Not much private correspon- dence — say between James ove over Thoreau and Muir! In Founding Gardeners, Brit- and Dolley Madison — exist ish design historian and New York Times best-selling author that would show his personality in depth. But Dolley, for MAndrea Wulf identifies James Madison as “the forgotten father example, told a friend that of American environmentalism.” In November, Wulf lectured about “The Revolutionary they were running races on the back portico! Madison has Generation, Nature and the Shaping of the American Nation.” She came to campus as part of JMU’s been portrayed as a very cere- environmental stewardship emphasis. The diverse turnout of scientists, professors, gardeners, students and bral man, but he had a pair of gardening trousers that had activists reflected that of the lecture sponsors, which included the JMU Department of Integrated Science been patched at the knees. He and Technology, the JMU Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World and the Augusta Garden Club. seems to be a more physical person than we might guess. Madison contributor Chris Edwards interviewed Wulf to ask more about the fourth president’s connec- I see him more as a farmer tion to American environmentalism. who’s often out in his garden, not just standing on his por- Madison: You wrote that It’s so topical. It’s what we’re tico looking at his land. for his 1818 Address to the dealing with now. The speech Madison: You’ve written Agricultural Society of Albe- was widely read at the time, books about horticulture, so marle, Madison gathered both in the United States and what attracted you to Revolu- many innovative ideas — England. It was very radical. tionary politics? ranging from crop rotation to You don’t have new legisla- Wulf: It happened sort of by overpopulation — into “one tion following this, but it kind accident, while I was research- concerted plea.” What dif- of set a new tone. Over the ing my last book, The Brother ference could such a speech next decades more and more Gardeners. It’s a story about make? agricultural and horticultural the British obsession with gar- Andrea Wulf: It confirmed societies were established, such dens but one of the protago- him as an incredibly innova- as the New York Horticultural nists is John Bartram of Phila- tive farmer who was approach- Society. Its members were delphia, who transformed the ing agriculture and forestry in asked to ensure “the preser- English garden with American new ways. He said man has vation and culture of plants trees and shrubs — and who to return to nature what man indigenous to our soil.” was a good friend of Benjamin Andrea Wulf says James Madison Madison: might have been a more physi- took from nature. When you What surprises Franklin. He was amazing. cal person that we would guess. read it, it’s so contemporary. did you find in Madison? Continued on Page 16

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Continued from Page 15 United States. But of course it He sent seeds to England, can only be speculation that hundreds of boxes. I found an a three-hour walk on a cool invoice to George Washing- summer morning among the ton, who had ordered plants United States of America’s from Bartram. Madison, most glorious trees and shrubs Washington, John Adams and influenced these men. Thomas Jefferson all knew and Madison: What did you visited Bartram’s garden — so find at Montpelier? the Founding Fathers and Wulf: I talked a lot with Constitutional Convention the archaeologists there — in came up again and again. particular about the archaeo- Madison: You devote a logical dig of Montpelier’s chapter to the hot day in July, slave village. Madison had 1787, when that motley group, relocated it to his garden area including Madison, slipped and built slave huts that were away from the stalemated very unlike the usual flimsy negotiations to stroll the Bar- cabins built elsewhere. They tram grounds with John’s son, had raised wooden floors, William. Two days later, three glazed windows and brick among them (though not chimneys. I went back, with British design historian Andrea Wulf has also written Chasing including Madison) switched that information, to the Brit- Venus, a book about 18th-century transits of Venus. In this book votes. The ayes had it. Were ish Library, and studied the Wulf characterizes the study of those phenomena as the first those events connected? contemporary books with global scientific endeavor. Her book will be released in May 2012. Wulf: Among that politi- patterns for “model villages” cally incongruous group, more constructed by British land- other more basic cabins The founders believed in than half the delegates were owners for their tenants and in the fields). small-scale farming, but I farmers, many were interested found very similar designs. Madison: How would find it very problematic to in plants — what they saw on Since Madison owned these Madison feel about today’s interpret today’s problems that day were trees and shrubs books, he probably used those environmental issues? through their eyes. M from all 13 colonies, their to create his “village.” By plac- Wulf: I would like to think 4Learn more about JMU’s branches intertwined in hor- ing it in the middle of his gar- he would be very concerned Institute for Stewardship of the ticultural union — so maybe den, he presented himself as a about the environmental Natural World at www. jmu.edu/ it inspired them to come to slave owner who cared for his issues of this day. It would stewardship and about Andrea a compromise to be a truly slaves (but of course still had seem a natural proposition. Wulf at www.andreawulf.com.

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Timeless Madison connections Consider the role alumni play in assuring the continuity of Madison BY ANDY PERRINE (’86)

or any of you Andy Griffith Show as they who gradu- walked by. I was hilarious. ated during Here’s when my happy the 1980s, memories hit me like a F just turn the stone ricochet: It suddenly page now. occurred to me that I am Really, stop reading before as old to this year’s fresh- you get to the part where I men as those 1950s alumni reflect on my student years were to me then. Ouch. at Madison; it only will Immediately my ego make you uncomfortable. switched into full defense This fall, during the mode searching for ways in celebration of the James which I might appear cool Madison University in some way to an 18-year- Alumni Association Cen- old freshman. Despite my tennial celebration at best efforts I failed. Or, as Homecoming, I reflected an 18-year-old might sim- on my time as a student at ply say today, “Fail.” Madison. I’m not typically Despondent I picked nostalgic, but that’s what up a copy of the Fall 2011 you do during anniversa- edition of the excellent ries — you reflect. student magazine, port & I arrived as a freshman main — a great source for in the early ’80s, a cool discovering what’s cool time, I thought. The Talk- with students. The cover ing Heads were my favor- story was an interview with ite band, people had fabu- the soon-to-be-retired Pres- lous hair and fashion was ident Linwood H. Rose slick. My world seemed reflecting on his 36 years at fast and ultramodern to JMU. In it the interviewer me. In fact, everything was asks him, beginning to resemble the “What’s JMU’s futuristic vision of soci- biggest contri- ety depicted in the movie bution?” He version of Orwell’s 1984, responds, “In released during the quaint a word it’s our and long ago 1950s. graduates. It’s Speaking of the 1950s, not so much at Homecoming during JMU students and alumni have the institution my freshman year I clearly helped create Madison tradi- as a physical remember seeing alumni tions for 100-plus years and entity. It’s the are an key part of the success from the ’50s walking of the Madison Experience. students who bemusedly around campus go through the marveling at all the shiny new buildings. Poor shuffling oldsters, Madison Experience and leave hopefully as better people, prepared I thought smugly; they had no idea how connected and wired my to come to grips with the problems that are out there. I don’t have 1981 world was. I cranked The Head’s Life During Wartime on my any doubt that that sense of contribution is just going to be magni- cassette Walkman and contemptuously whistled the theme to The fied in the future.” ‘In a word it’s our graduates. It’s not so much the institution as a physical entity. It’s the students who go through the Madison Experience and leave hopefully as better people.’ — JMU PRESIDENT LINWOOD H. ROSE

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Still in reflection during Madison’s nearly mode I considered the 104-year history. As the president’s idea. While transition in leadership is I always have felt con- made, consider the role nected to other alumni in alumni play in assuring a somewhat vague sense the continuity of JMU of having shared a com- culture. When you think mon positive experience, of it in this way, what we it never occurred to me did as students and are that collectively we rep- doing as alumni may be resent an extension of the the fullest expression of university’s community why Madison matters and ethos through time and why it must persist. geography. All of us — This links us all in a no matter how long ago meaningful way. Students and alumni share and grow we graduated and how Madison connections through campus I didn’t know it back in far from Harrisonburg we traditions, lifelong friendships, faculty 1981, but I was glimpsing settled — are a contin- interactions and shared memories. my future self walking by uum streaming from cam- when those 1950s gradu- pus into the world carry- ates passed me on campus ing a bit of it with us. at Homecoming. Hope- I recently chatted fully freshmen today don’t with JMU Alumni Asso- feel the same way about ciation President Jamie me as I walk by seemingly Jones Miller (’99) about out-to-lunch. But if they the alumni centennial. I do, it’s OK. Some day asked her, “Much is said they will come to know about the unique cul- the incredible Madison ture of closeness at JMU. connection we share. Students comment all In this issue of Madison the time on how they you can read about and see love the feeling of JMU. images of the events on Is this a legacy built by campus this past Home- alumni?” She replied, coming that celebrate the “My husband works at 100th anniversary of the another university where alumni association. No this sort of culture is com- matter how much time has pletely missing. I believe passed since your days as a a lot of credit should go JMU student, I hope you to the admissions office see yourself in the celebra- for admitting a particular tion. Sure, campus looks type of student. But it’s different, and so do the really what we do while students. Times change, we’re students. It’s a giant after all. So I think of it in community; and the more this way: Heraclitus said, connected you are, the “You cannot step twice more you expand it.” into the same river; for As we head into a rare other waters are continu- occasion at Madison, Dr. ally flowing in.” While he Rose’s idea and Jamie was correct that everything Miller’s comments carry changes, as alumni we all even more potency. This passed through the same spring, the university ‘It’s a giant community; and the more stretch during an impor- will select a new presi- tant time in our lives, and dent — an event that has connected you are, the more you expand it.’ we will forever flow from happened only five times — JAMIE JONES MILLER (’99), JMU Alumni Association president Madison. M

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Day with the Dukes JMU students help create a level playing field BY MAKENZIE WALTER (’12)

ixty local Special Olym- dribbled basketballs through obsta- pians spent a beautiful cles and learned some soccer skills October Saturday learn- and pointers. ing and interacting with After an active morning, every- dozens of JMU students body gathered for a tailgate lunch and athletes during the before heading back into the sta- Sfifth annual Day with the Dukes. dium to watch the Dukes take on “The Dukes, and this event, truly the Maine Black Bears. are a shining example of the good The Day with the Dukes pro- things that can happen when the gram was founded in 2007 by then community gets together for a great junior psychology peer adviser and cause,” says Daniel Leake, Shenan- tennis player Jesse Tarr (’08). “I doah Region director of Special was looking for ways to give back Olympics Virginia. to the community,” says the Hunt- JMU students in the Psychol- ersville, N.C. native. “I thought ogy Peer Advisers program paired JMU is such a cool place, we can each Special Olympic athlete with do something special.” a JMU buddy to offer one-on-one In its fifth year, Day with the interaction throughout the day. Dukes is not just a fun-filled day “Having this day to spend time for the Special Olympians; it also and get to know somebody on a provides a valuable learning experi- different level is really special,” ence for the JMU students and stu- says Catherine Clarke, special dent-athletes involved. events coordinator for the Psychol- “Sometimes practices and games ogy Peer Advisers. get really hard and we forget how Day with the Dukes began in much fun it is to be able to play Bridgeforth Stadium, where the basketball,” says Andrey Semenov Special Olympians met members of JMU student-athletes, Psychology Peer Advisers and local (’12), men’s basketball forward. the JMU football team. They ran Special Olympians share laughs and fun during the fifth- “This day reminds us that what we drills, practiced passing and kicked annual Day with the Dukes. The program was established do is a whole lot of fun.” by former peer adviser Jesse Tarr (‘08). field goals. Being in the stadium The success of the day beams and interacting with the players is just one of the highlights of in the smiles of everyone involved. “It’s a win-win situation for the day. “The Special Olympians get to do things that nobody everyone,” says Leake. “The interaction among our Special else gets to do. They’re out on the football field with the guys; Olympian athletes, the JMU athletes and the peer advisers is just nobody gets to do that,” says Leake. a wonderful relationship.” M After the football drills, everyone moved to Godwin Hall to meet with the men’s and women’s basketball and soccer teams. ✱ See videos from Day with the Dukes at www.jmu.edu/jmuweb/ In the gym, students and Special Olympics athletes shot hoops, general/news/general11760.shtml.

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[Jon McNamara (’05)] Disaster relief all in a day’s work by amelia Wood (’13)

During his first few weat drips down the brow of Jonathan McNamara and Hurricane Irene, relief efforts months as director (’05) as he sits in his 90-plus-degree office con- seemed almost natural after such an of the American Red templating another sleepless night on a cheap intense welcome. Cross office in Rich- cot smashed into the corner. Another phone call, For much of the spring, his office mond, Jon McNamara another meeting, another media interview. Even operated its essential electronics on a helped Virginians overcome a rash of when the proverbial smoke has cleared from a nat- backup generator. McNamara’s job was tornadoes, Hurricane Sural disaster, McNamara’s job is only beginning. Hired this to restore order and deliver supplies to Irene’s wrath and an past spring as the regional director of donor and media rela- as many people as possible. But, his earthquake. tions for the American Red Cross in Richmond, Va., McNa- duties far exceed giving out blankets mara spent many nights in his office in the aftermath of the and bottles of water. He also serves as an external constituent August 2011 earthquake and Hurricane Irene. liaison and provides legislative assistance for lobbying bills. Starting in March, McNamara walked into the Red Cross “After a disaster hits we have a responsibility to communi- position right as Virginia was experiencing the most tornadoes cate … and also to get local business support,” says McNamara. in one season in the commonwealth’s history. The tornadoes Of course, he always looks forward to the end of any disas- were only a precursor of the summer to come, yet McNamara ter cleanup, but he knows that marks the time when the Red says the actions he had to take after the August earthquake Cross focuses on preparing for the next disaster.

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when red Cross teams based JMU photography aren’t preparing, they are alumnus allows him to reflecting on what they maximize his budget since have gone through so the red Cross relies heavily they can “do the job bet- on volunteers. ter,” Mcnamara explains. Mcnamara also works “JMU’s School of Media with Sarah Pine (’11), a Arts and Design really recent SMAD graduate who enabled me,” he insists. concentrated in corporate “Other university programs communications. She works hyper focus you, yet SMAD in the public relations sector professors and classes pre- of the red Cross. pare you for an ever-chang- “i’ll do anything i can ing media environment.” to help other alumni,” says After graduating from Mcnamara, who serves as JMU, Mcnamara worked president of the richmond for L-3 Communications/ Chapter of the Duke Club. SY Coleman. “we brought He also enjoys helping some color to the black and area youth. He is the pub- white of government con- lic addresser for Powhatan tracting,” he says. And with County Public Schools the help of fellow SMAD and works with teachers to graduate Brian King (’05), involve students in media Mcnamara helped form coverage of athletics events. a partnership between After the proverbial smoke has cleared from a disaster, Jon McNamara’s Mcnamara modestly attri- SMAD and L-3 for intern- job is just beginning. The American Red Cross regional director directs butes this volunteer effort to ship and scholarship oppor- staff in his office — and sometimes catches a nap after sleepless days. SMAD as well. He minored tunities. After L-3, Mcna- in sports communication mara moved to richmond ‘After a disaster hits we have a and wrote athletics features to work for Patient Ser- for the JMU Sports Media vices inc. to help patients responsibility to communicate … and relations office. with chronic illnesses. He also to get local business support.’ Mcnamara’s enthusiasm then served as director for JMU’s School of Media of storytelling for Media — Jonathan McnaMara (’05) regional director of donor and Arts and Design fuels his Bond, a video production media relations for the American Red Cross in Richmond, Va. desire to promote the pro- firm that helps companies, gram. “i’m a big believer mostly nonprofits, to create advertisements and public service in ‘networking is everything,’” he says. His Madison expe- announcements. rience and career path prepared him to meet the challenges Mcnamara keeps close ties with fellow JMU alumni, not of a demanding red Cross job. “SMAD prepares you to wear only to network, but also to help him serve the red Cross many hats and accomplish anything,” he says. M effectively and efficiently. His acquaintance with a richmond- ✱ Learn more at http://virginiacapitalredcross.org

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BRIGHTLIGHTS [Leah Haling (’11)] Harnessing the Kenyan sun BY TYLER MCAVOY (’12)

t may be a surprise to many students that there are still places in the world Iwhere electricity is a luxury, but in Kenya, this is just the case. A nation in east Africa, Kenya is constantly burdened by an ever-increasing demand for electricity. As the population grows and more Kenyans are using com- puters, cell phones and other electronics, the nation’s electric utilities are strained beyond capacity. The frequent blackouts sometimes last hours. Kenya relies on hydroelectric dams to provide the majority of its power. Yet, when the dry season hits and the rivers run too low to power the dams’ generators, much of Kenya’s most populated areas experience brownouts or electricity rationing. In a place like Nairobi, this can be devastat- Leah Haling (’11), an engineering student and math major, shares books with Kenyan ing to a fragile economy. Those who can schoolchildren. She helped install solar panels on Kenyan homes during summer 2011. afford to do so rely on back-up generators, and most of these are powered by polluting and money for wood. Those who have cell lanterns, which can also be used to charge diesel fuel. For others, kerosene, charcoal phones have to walk miles to a place to cell phones, provide bright and consis- and firewood light the night. charge them, and then pay to do so. tent lighting, displace the need for costly JMU engineering and math major There are numerous solutions for this kerosene, and also eliminate emissions Leah Haling (’11) says that rural areas problem, but the large-scale answers are from burning kerosene inside the house — are not tied to the electrical grid so incredibly expensive. With 50 percent of a significant health concern. “They were brownouts are less of a problem, but the population under the international just blown away by it and how it could there is still a need for electricity. Hal- poverty line, the income isn’t there for change their lifestyle,” says Haling. ing traveled to Kenya this past summer the government to electrify all rural Engineering students Emilio Jimenez as part of JMU’s Kenya Field School. She areas. Private investors are wary of the (’13) and Gail Moruza (’13) joined Hal- joined other students and professors and unseen costs of building another hydro- ing in the 2011 Kenya Field School. Led studied appropriate technology, includ- electric dam, and stand-alone generators by integrated science and technology pro- ing energy sources. In an elective course, are incredibly expensive. fessors Jennifer Coffman and Wayne Teel, students also studied the science and According to Haling, new sustain- and engineering professor Keith Holland, applications of solar and other renewable able energy ideas from within Kenya may the Study Abroad trip offered 34 students technologies to help bring electricity to provide the answers rural communities from across the United States the opportu- the most needy. need. “Solar energy is a fantastic thing; nity to work and learn in the ecologically Haling says she expected some culture all you do is put a solar panel on a house, and culturally diverse country of Kenya. shock but was surprised. “Kenyans are and it will provide electricity without any “We did a lot of volunteering and the nicest people in the world,” she says. change to the house at all,” she says. brought books and school supplies,” says Many of the places Haling visited didn’t Solar power is the key to getting cer- Haling. “We got to know the families have access to large-scale electrical utili- tain energy needs met, adds Haling, and taught them about the U.S. and our ties. Instead, many people wake up with though solar energy doesn’t provide a culture.” The trip also offered Haling a the sunrise and end the day with the sun- huge amount of electricity. Haling still steppingstone to a career. “After taking set. Some use kerosene for lanterns, vehi- believes that little changes are key to get- this trip I got hooked. I want to go back cle batteries for radios and firewood for ting some forms of energy to everyone and help people who don’t have as much cooking. The lack of electricity affects all who needs it. as others. My main interest is getting aspects of life. Children read or complete One of the projects undertaken during energy to people who don’t have it.” M homework by the light of a kerosene lamp. the field school was the introduction of 4Learn more at www.jmu.edu/engineering/ Cooking over an open fire requires time solar lanterns into rural households. These features/studyabroad_kenya.html. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/122 MADISON MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH BY KEITH HOLLAND 26 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012

BRIGHTLIGHTS [Joan Kindig] Igniting imaginations BY GABRIELLE PICCININNI (’11)

e all remember the books could clone her and sprinkle a million of Last year she helped establish JMU’s we loved as kids — the her around the country, every kid would first-ever free summer reading clinic. Wones that made everyone be reading and be excited about it. Dr. Serving as the capstone to the M.Ed. of want to give a mouse a Kindig obviously knows the pedagogy Reading Education program designed cookie, say “goodnight” to the moon, or of reading teaching and understands its by JMU colleague Gay Ivey, the clinic discover where the wild things are. They value, but she also knows that reading is provided the opportunity for children are the books we read, re-read and con- personal and, most importantly, that kids to experience the wonder of literature tinue to love. outside the classroom. JMU Joan Kindig, JMU pro- repeated the clinic this past fessor of reading education, summer at John C. Myers Ele- believes “what you read as a mentary. Although held at a child becomes part of who you new location with 14 different are when you grow up.” From grad students and 28 different Harold’s adventures that made children, the results remained every kid wear out the purple the same — each child left the crayons, to Nancy Drew’s mys- clinic with a new enthusiasm teries that made everyone a for reading and each grad stu- detective, reading ignites the dent left with an enriched pas- imagination. sion to teach reading. Kindig’s love of reading “I take advantage of every- also started in childhood. She thing that JMU offers — and it later studied English at Hof- offers a lot,” Kindig says. This stra University and earned past spring she served as the fac- her M.Ed. and Ed.D. from ulty member-in-residence for the the University of Virginia. JMU Semester in London pro- In 2007, in her eighth year of gram. She taught From Beatrix teaching at U.Va., she visited Professor of Reading Education Joan Kindig has dedicated her Potter to Harry Potter, a course career to getting children excited about reading. the JMU campus. After meet- in British children’s literature. ing the College of Education faculty and Kindig’s love of reading is spurring her learning about JMU’s education program ‘If we could clone her on to new ventures. She is writing a book with its emphasis on teaching, she fell in titled Motivating Readers in Grades 4-8. love with Madison. and sprinkle a million of She is also a contributing writer to Exem- In 2008, she traded her orange and her around the country, plary Instruction in the Middle Grades: navy for purple and gold, and became Teaching that Supports Engagement and part of the largest education school in the every kid would be Rigorous Learning. This fortuitous oppor- state. With expertise in children’s litera- reading and be excited tunity was a “real example of JMU colle- ture and a knack for getting kids excited giality,” explains Kindig. JMU Professor about reading, Kindig teaches pre-service about it.’ and Coordinator of Reading Education teachers and graduate student classes in Gay Ivey was originally approached with — JON SCIESZKA, reading and children’s literature. author the project and suggested Kindig tackle It’s a knack that even gets college stu- the noteworthy endeavor. dents excited about reading. In 2008 need to be excited to want to be readers.” With an unwavering determination to Kindig invited Jon Scieszka to campus. Kindig received the 2008 Margaret get kids excited about reading, Kindig The author of The Stinky Cheese Man Sue Copenhaver Contribution to Edu- says that it’s her students who inspire and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Scieszka is cation Award, which recognized her life her. “I went into this business thinking the first National Ambassador for Young work, passion and commitment to pro- ‘I would love to just help one kid learn People’s Literature. He spoke to students viding the very best of books for young how to read.’ Now I get to teach the about the importance of quality chil- people. Among her long list of awards next generation of exceptional teachers, dren’s literature. and recognitions, Kindig also is involved and they will get even more children Scieszka and Kindig are on the same in the Virginia Readers’ Choice Awards excited about reading.” M mission: to consistently inspire kids, — part of the International Reading 4Learn more about Joan Kindig and the teachers and readers. “Joan Kindig is a Association — and runs the Teachers’ College of Education at www.jmu.edu/coe/ national treasure,” Scieszka says. “If we Choice Program in the southeast region. eere/FACKindig.shtml.

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he Homecoming crowd was Today more than 106,000 alumni call their Purple and Gold centennial groove on reminiscent of the Electric Zoo. James Madison University their alma mater. for the birthday bash of the century. Alumni greeted each other And JMU alumni know how to celebrate. After a week of student Homecoming events T with hugs, high-fives and lots This “Happy Birthday” Homecoming had — including Purple Out, the Homecoming of laughter. Class reunions and everything. From the first-ever alumni pho- banner decorating contest, a downtown deco- student organization reunions marked new tography exhibit, a video confessional, a rating contest, Commons Day and the Pep Madison memories. And the Skip Cas- “Put Up Your Dukes” Centennial Duke Dog Rally — alumni hit campus for reunions, the tro Band brought the house down. JMU’s exhibit, the dedication of Alumni Associa- big game and the alumni photography exhibit. alumni association turned 100 this year, and tion Centennial Park, a centennial bash in On Page 28 see the artful, newsworthy, topical Homecoming was the perfect setting for an the Festival to fireworks and a 31–7 football and beautiful photos shared by more than 40 extra special birthday celebration. win over the Richmond Spiders, alumni got alumni photographers. M 100 years ago, a group of 20 women — the first graduates of Harrisonburg Nor- mal School — gathered together after com- Bob Harper (‘75, ‘77M) and mencement exercises and organized the Marcia Wells York (‘75, ‘78M) school’s first Alumnae Association. share a Homecoming hug at the Skip Castro show.

(Above): Former JMU Alumni Association President Elaine Toth Hinsdale (‘85) shares memories. (Below): Alumni groove with Skip Castro.

Delta Sigma Theta sister Patricia South- all Smith (‘92) shows off signature DST red.

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(Below): JMU room- Skip Castro got Dukes moving. Those mates Eric who didn’t shake a purple tail feather Rosenkranz shared some purple, gold and priceless (‘79) and memories, or a photo op with Duke Dog. Lt. Gen. Ray Mason (‘78) reunite and celebrate.

2008 JMU Centennial Celebration Duke Dogs made an encore during the Alumni Centennial Celebration at the Festival.

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Celebrating alumni success

stories, Madison memories and Homecomingthe birthday of the century 2 011 adison’s rich history has a lot to do with its alumni’s successes. During Home- M coming Weekend, the JMU Alumni Association honored five members of the Madison community — three alumni and two professors — for their outstanding contributions to the university and the world. Methodist University President Ben Hancock (’74, ’75M) received the Ronald E. Carrier Distinguished Alumni Achieve- ment Award. Emmy Award-winning jour- nalist, not-for-profit founder and children’s advocate Tracey Neale (’89) received the Inez Graybeal Roop Distinguished Alumni Service Award. Faculty members Jonathan Monroe and Cara McFadden received the James Madison Distinguished Faculty and JMU Alumni Association 2011 award winners join JMUAA President Jamie Jones Miller (‘99) Service Awards, respectively, and Mont- to present an association gift to JMU. President Linwood H. Rose and his wife, Judith, accept. gomery County Teacher of the Year Crystal Smith (’02) received the JMU Distinguished university advancement positions at Penn winning the Edward R. Murrow Award in Alumni Award for Teaching. State and Maryville College. From 1977 2000 for a documentary she produced on to 1979, he served as director of the JMU the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Ronald E. Carrier Distinguished Office of Alumni Relations. He is currently Alumni Achievement Award the fourth president of Methodist Univer- James Madison Distinguished Ben Hancock (’74, ’75M) sity in Fayetteville, N.C. Faculty Award grew up near Petersburg, JMU Biology Professor Jon- Va., and was the first per- Inez Graybeal Roop Distinguished athan Monroe has held sev- son in his family to attend Alumni Service Award eral positions in the Ameri- college. He fell in love with Tracey Neale (’89) is a can Society of Plant Biolo- JMU and decided to pur- nine-time Emmy Award- gists at both the regional and sue a career in academics. winning television reporter national levels — including By his mid-20s, he knew and steadfast advocate for his current role as treasurer. he one day wanted to be a college president. vulnerable children world- He initiated the national He served as vice president for university wide. She runs Veronica’s CUR Fellows Award to honor highly success- advancement at Ball State University, vice Story, a nonprofit that ful mentors of undergraduate researchers. He president for institutional advancement at helps raise money and co-initiated the 11-year-old Summer Under- Albion College, executive director of the awareness to benefit Pediatric AIDS clinics graduate Research Fellowship program that Boise State University Foundation and in and orphanages, which she founded after supports up to 15 students each summer.

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JMU Alumni Associa- tion President Jamie Jones Miller (‘99) and immediate past Presi- dent AJ Fischer (‘92) dedicate Alumni Cen- tennial Park with the help of JMU President Linwood H. Rose. ✱ More alumni centennial fun at www.jmu. edu/homecoming/blog. shtml.

James Madison Distinguished Service Award Kinesiology Professor Cara McFadden is the faculty adviser for the Student United Way. Last year she took a group of students to a national conference, after which — armed with the tools of knowledge and inspiration — they returned to campus and raised nearly $2,000 and more than 300 pounds of canned goods for residents in Elkton, Va. Their JMU Alumni Association leaders, past presidents, friends and JMU staff members gathered efforts provided Thanksgiving dinners to 270 on Sunday of Homecoming Weekend for an after-brunch, orange juice toast to the new needy families. The JMU Student United Way Alumni Association Centennial Park, located near the Leeolou Alumni Center. organization is the first of its kind in Virginia. McFadden also volunteers her time with the Special Olympics, as a civic learning mentor and as an assembly member for the National Intramural-Recreational Sport Association.

Alumni Centennial Park Homecoming Weekend culminated with the dedication of the Alumni Association Centennial Park. More than 30 current and former alumni association board members — including past presidents AJ Fischer (’92), Jon Offley (’89), Elaine Toth Hinsdale Former JMU Alumni Association presidents and other leaders shared memories and hopes for JMU’s future during a Homecoming brunch in their honor. (’85) and Chester Bradfield (’61) — helped dedicate the park near the Leeolou Alumni Center. JMU Alumni Association President Jamie Jones Miller (’99) and JMU Presi- dent Linwood H. Rose addressed the crowd. Alumni Centennial Park is one of three initiatives tied to the alumni association’s $100,000 gift to the university earlier this year. The other gifts include a commissioned portrait of President Rose and funds ear- marked to develop the JMU Alumni Associa- tion Centennial Scholarship Endowment. M

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Celebrating Madison

Alumni Photographers FULL 1FRAME00

Professional photographers, artists and photo-

journalists — 43 alumni in total — helped

JMU celebrate the alumni association’s 100th

birthday with a first. The Full Frame 100:

Celebrating Madison Alumni Photographers

exhibit in the Festival Student and Confer-

ence Center was the first-ever Homecoming

exhibit featuring alumni photography. On

Friday night of Homecoming, 25 alumni

photographers joined art and media arts stu-

dents, Breeze photographers, professors and

staff members for a professional practices dis-

cussion, where panel members Anne Savedge

(’69), Wayne Partlow (’78), Stephen Jaffe

(’85), Chris Tyree (’91) and Holly Marcus

(’03) answered student questions and talked

about making a living as a photographer.

The Saturday exhibit featured more than 50

alumni photos.

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[ HUMAN EXPERIENCE] Summer’s End CHRIS TYREE (’91) Portsmouth, Va. Communications (journalism), anthropology minor Principal and founder of Re:Act Media, executive director of the Edom Foundation and Truth With A Camera ‘I photographed my father-in-law’s last days as he succumbed to cancer. This image is part of a project addressing how families deal with loss, deep love and hope.’

[ LANDSCAPE] Sunrise BONNIE STEPHENS (’83) Centreville, Va. Communication arts, business ‘I live and work on a small horse farm in Virginia. This was taken early one foggy morning while I prepared the feed.’

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FULL Night SARAH THOMAS (’08) Burke, Va. Bachelor of Arts Freelance artist/student ÔThis photograph represents the mood that was in the air that night. It was pure magic, and so was the moon.Õ 1

The Madison Art Collection, Madison include David Ehrenpreis, director of the Insti- Design and Art History; Dietrich Maune of magazine and the JMU Office of Alumni tute for Visual Studies. He also moderated the School of Media Arts and Design; and Relations teamed up with faculty members to the photographer’s panel discussion on Friday. Frank Doherty, director of the Office of Insti- sponsor the photography exhibit. Professors Also helping with the exhibit were Corinne tutional Research. Doherty coordinated a who helped curate and organize the exhibit Diop and Bill Wightman of the School of Art, PictureIt! JMU exhibit of student photography

[ LANDSCAPE] Untitled STIRLING ELMENDORF (‘98) San Francisco, Calif. School of Media Arts and Design, music industry Freelance photographer

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[ LANDSCAPE] The Birds CHRIS TYREE (’91) Portsmouth, Va. Communications (journalism), anthropology minor Principal and founder of Re:Act Media, executive director of the Edom Foundation and Truth With A Camera

to complement the alumni exhibit. Collection Director Kate Stevens (’96, ’99M) the scenes on Page 38. See more Homecom- These pages include images from the helped bring this first alumni photography ing coverage — including the 2011 alumni alumni exhibitors. Learn how Madison Art exhibit to fruition and see her work behind association award winners — on Page 26. M

[ LANDSCAPE] McGaheysville DANIEL ROBINSON (’08M) Harrisonburg, Va. Masters in Fine Arts (studio art) Assistant director, Institute for Visual Studies at JMU

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FULL Liang’s Wunderland CAROL HOLLANS PRATT (’86) Springfield, Va. Business management Owner Carol Pratt Photography ‘The photo shows ballet dancers as living, moving art sculptures.’ 1

[ LIFE IN MOTION] Archival pigment inks on Velvet Fine Art Paper Flag ANNE C. SAVEDGE (’69) R ichmond, Va. Art and art history Fine arts photographer, adjunct faculty at John Tyler Community College ‘For the past few years, I have been photographing belly dancers. On a trip to China to participate in an exhibition, I had the opportunity to photograph the Tang Dancers in Xi’an. My goal was to show the color and movement of the dance.’

[ LIFE IN MOTION] Mechanics of a snowboard flip TED ALVIS (’06) Harrisonburg, Va. Independent studies in videography, editing and photography Media specialist at Marymount University, Owner of Alvis Media ‘This photo was taken at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre. This is an 8fps layered sequence shot of one of the snowboarders doing a backflip off a jump.’

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Focusing on photography [ LIFE IN MOTION] careers From the Perspective of Eternity ... HOLLY MARCUS (’03) Two student photographers Harrisonburg, Va. get tips from two alumni School of Media Arts & Design, art and anthropology minors photojournalists Freelance photographer ‘This photograph was taken from the back of a motorcycle BY JACQUELYN WALSH (’09) while riding through the Peruvian highlands.’ Madison contributor and former Breeze writer Jacquelyn Walsh (’09) caught up with two JMU student photographers who were excited to talk to Full Frame 100 alumni panelists Wayne Partlow (’78) and Stephen Jaffe (’85). Partlow is photo editor for the Associated Press and Jaffe is senior media officer for the International Mon- etary Fund. SMAD digital video major Jacob Williams (’12) and Breeze photographer Cat Elsby (’12) asked the alums questions about their careers and asked them to share their best pro- Jacob Williams fessional photography tips. (‘12), SMAD Jacob Williams (’12): Photography is about being aware of your surroundings and capturing the essence of a moment. How do you keep that focus and creativity consistent during assignments?

Wayne Partlow (’78): One of the unique things about working for a wire service is that [ LIFE IN MOTION] there is an element of competitiveness. A lot The Perfect Tackle of assignments that our photographers go on CATHY KUSHNER (’87) Harrisonburg, Va. have a lot of photographers there from our JMU Sports Media photographer competitors, shooting at the same time. This competitive spirit can keep you focused so that you aren’t beaten out. When your photos are published the next day or within the next couple of days, you get instant feedback on how you did. You want your Wayne Partlow best work out there for (‘78), AP people to see. This instant feedback can also relate to a gratification about your work that can push you to stay focused.

Stephen Jaffe (’85): I’m also a former wire photographer, and it is such a competitive business that you’re always looking and waiting for the decisive moment. When you

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[ SOCIAL COMMENTARY] 0 Air Force One LAWRENCE JACKSON (’90)

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[ SOCIAL COMMENTARY] Reagan Funeral STEPHEN JAFFE (’85) Alex andria, Va. Photo team leader for the International Monetary Fund

[ SOCIAL COMMENTARY] Aerial 100 STEVE EMERSON (‘85) Weyers Cave, Va. R.R. Donnelley Printing

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go into an event or any situation, you cover it by getting at least the bread- and-butter pictures and then you start looking deeper into things that [ SOCIAL COMMENTARY] Homeless Shelter might not be as obvious. Depending on how long RODERICK WORDEN (’08) you have to photograph Steve Jaffe (’85) Alex andria, Va. the situation, you can Art and art history hold onto your focus or gain creativity with extra time and making people feel at ease with you. That’s how you usually get better pictures — making people feel at ease.

Williams: Chances to capture a specific shot can be missed if you’re not close enough to the subject. How do you make sure you are in the right place at the right time?

Partlow: It’s a judgment call, but one of the things you want to use as a tool are the lenses you select. Sometimes it’s better to use a very wide-angle lens and get really close to the subject so that you can really get the emotion of what’s going on. Sometimes it’s better to put on a longer telephoto lens and stay back, observe and let what’s going on in Marcello Amari the scene develop. It’s really (’84) an experience issue. As a young photographer you need to experiment, and you’ll begin to get a feel for the better way to go in certain situations.

Jaffe: Be prepared. There’s always a little luck in anything, but if luck comes your way and you’re not prepared, you won’t capture it. You have to put yourself in that situation to be ready. Sometimes it doesn’t happen — you zig and they zag. The main thing is to be prepared.

Williams: Do you find yourself editing your photos or leaving them natural? What are some good photojournalism tricks with natural lighting?

Partlow: Lighting is an extremely important aspect of photography. As a young photographer you really need to start focusing on where light is coming from and how it comes across. A good technique is to use [ SOCIAL COMMENTARY] ‘Big Queen Ausettua of the Yellow light coming in from the Jill Koeppen (’92) Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indians with Queen Ausettua Amor Amunkun second chief David Montana. Taken MARCELLO AMARI (’84) Continued on Page 37 at the First-Annual Congo Square Woodstock, N.Y. Rhythms Festival, New Orleans, La.’ Communication arts, (theater) Semi-retired photographer JAFFE (’85) PHOTOGRAPH BY KATHY LAM; WINTER 2012 35 PublishedAMARI by JMU(’84) AND Scholarly KOEPPEN Commons, (’92) BY BOB ADAMEK 2012 39 Madison Magazine, Vol. 35 [2012], No. 1, Art. 1 0 FRAME FULL

[ ARCHITECTURE] NYC – Grand Central Station STEPHEN E. LACKEY (’08) R ichmond, Va. Marketing and digital video double major Energy conservation analyst at Dominion Virginia Power ‘Day 115 of a 365 Photo of the Day project. This photo was taken on an early Sunday morning in N.Y.C.’s Grand Central Station.’

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side because that adds a lot of texture and depth to your photographs. In terms of whether you leave an image natural, editing begins when you’re taking [ HUMAN EXPERIENCE] the picture and how you North Philly Kids compose it. After you’ve (22nd & Berks) taken the picture you can RODNEY ATIENZA (’95) Chris Tyree (’91) Narberth, Pa. edit as you decide which History; Photographer picture you want to use and how you crop and documenting social concern turn a picture. These are standard and accept- ‘The photograph is part of a able forms of editing, but I would not encour- project documenting children age anyone to use any kind of photographic from Philadelphia’s inner city.’ technique that is outside the bounds of standard editing and toning technique. For example we wouldn’t take a sign out of a picture [ HUMAN EXPERIENCE] using Photoshop. The Traveler LAWRENCE JACKSON (’90) Jaffe: You can shoot a lot more with natural Arlington, Va. light. It’s my preference to shoot all with nat- White House photographer ural light. Just be aware of light and contrast and try not to fight the light but actually have it work with you.

Cat Elsby (’12): What is the No. 1 thing you recom- mend to aspiring photographers trying to break into the business?

Partlow: The business is changing now, and a lot Cat Elsby (’12) of news organizations are cutting back on the number of staffers. Aspir- ing photojournalists need to be flexible and think outside of the box. In the past you may have thought, “Well I’m going to go to work at a small newspaper and work my way up the ladder.” Now, you need to think about the possibility of being a freelance photographer, going to a market where you would excel and start knocking on doors to try to get a staff job. There’s definitely work out there but how you get it is changing.

Jaffe: Always have your camera with you

[ HUMAN EXPERIENCE] and shoot as much as you can. When I was Boys starting out, you needed a dark room and CASEY film. Now the film is TEMPLETON endless and you have a (’06) hard-drive and can always R ichmond, Va. delete. It’s to your advan- School of Media Arts & Design, Freelance tage to practice and to photographer take pictures all the time. ‘Young boys were Look at light and the rule Casey Templeton having their photo of thirds, all those things (‘06) taken by parents after a wedding.’ Continued on Page 39

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Behind the exhibit drapes The not-so-still life of Madison Art Collection curator Kate Stevens

BY MARTHA BELL GRAHAM

he first thing one notices about Kate Stevens (’96, ’99M) is that she is always smiling. The second Full Frame Tthing is that she exudes enthusi- ‘With Kate Stevens’ talent and energy behind asm and boundless energy. Per- 100, the alumni exhibit became more than a photogra- haps that’s why she became the perfect complement to a great idea. phy show. It was an engaging success.’ The problem with great ideas is that they — STEVE SMITH (‘71, ‘75M), JMU associate vice president of constituent relations have no arms or legs or expertise. That was the dilemma faced by Madison magazine and JMU more than 20 students. Her interns are fully inte- Warhol. The collection is scheduled to open in Alumni Relations staff when they concocted grated into the workings of JMU’s three major art January 2012. the idea of hosting a curated exhibition of pro- collections. They are not just marking time; they “Working for Dr. Stevens,” Smead says, “has fessional alumni photographers to celebrate the are learning the heart of what makes a museum been the most rewarding and fulfilling portion association’s centennial. A great idea, yes; but tick. Working with Stevens is as rich as it gets. of my undergraduate experience. Her forward- where to begin? Over the past year, for instance, art history thinking guidance has allowed me to have real- Enter Kate Stevens, director of the Madison major Josh Smead (’12) has been responsible world museum experience to prepare me for gradu- Art Collection. Stevens quickly became the resi- for cataloging a new Madison collection, the ate school and the next step in my career. With dent expert, the adviser and eventually the arms Lisanby Collection. Alongside Stevens, Smead her focus on cutting-edge technology Dr. Stevens and legs of Full Frame 100: A Celebration of has made multiple trips to Los Angeles and New facilitates an environment in which students such as Madison Alumni Photographers. York to assess, catalogue and explore the newly myself can explore new ways to solve old problems.” Describing Stevens as “director” of the collec- acquired collection, which alumna Gladys And if the museum and all its parts weren’t tion only is a bit misleading; it certainly doesn’t Lisanby (’49) and her husband were instrumen- enough, Stevens teaches classes in the ancient adequately describe everything that she does. tal in bringing to the university. The Lisanby world, Tribal Europe, and virtual worlds as a In addition to the oversight of three major uni- Collection comprises the collected artworks and faculty member in the School of Art, Design versity art collections plus an educational out- a lifetime archive reflecting the career of Charles and Art History. She also speaks to groups reach program that delivers art to the local com- Lisanby, a legendary pioneer in the worlds of and has developed a virtual campus for JMU munity, Stevens supervises a professional staff and television and art, and whose protégé was Andy through Second Life, a virtual world. Kate Stevens, who oversees three JMU art collections, directed the Full Frame 100 alumni exhibit from conception to engaging success. Below she confers with colleague Cindi Smead.

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Despite her full plate, Stevens enthusias- plans meditation sessions. “I’ve ordered medi- tically stepped in to become the “face” of tation cushions,” she says, effusively. photographers are inter- Full Frame 100, handling many of the tasks Stevens’ embrace of technology makes JMU’s ested in. And you should required for acquiring the photographs. She new Skyline Museum not state-of-the-art, but experiment. Really experi- contacted the photographers and set up a sys- ahead of the curve. The museum’s art features ment. College is great for tem to receive images. Alumni photographers QR tags — those ubiquitous square bar codes that. If you mess up, so from six decades submitted more than 50 that visitors can access with their smart phones what? Everyone messes works for the show. or iPads to learn more about up; that’s part of learn- On the front end, Stevens the item. Stevens has ordered ing. If you don’t push the Artist Anne wrote and signed contracts 10 iPads that visitors can boundaries and are always Savedge (’69) with the photographers, check out. “With these, visi- safe, your pictures are going to look that way and she made sure that each tors can use the QR at each — safe and mediocre. When you push the work’s title and each pho- display to explore beyond envelope you’ll end up taking some fantastic tographers’ name was cor- what hangs on a wall or sits in photographs. rect. She also made all the a display case,” she explains. arrangements to receive the The iPads are yet one Elsby: What’s the most important thing to photographs. more innovation for Stevens’ remember in the business of photography? “Have them sent to me,” museum. In fact, last sum- Stevens said, as plans were Madison Art Collection Director mer, when Melanie Brimhall Partlow: As a photojournalist the most forming for the exhibit. Kate Stevens uses her iPad to (’84), who works closely with important thing is that you need to photo- Working closely with check a wall display in the new Stevens as director of educa- graph an event or scene in a fair and accurate JMU Skyline Museum. graphic designer Caro- tion for the MAC, traveled way. You can capture the emotion of the event lyn Windmiller (’81) and a committee that to the Smithsonian to learn all about iPads and and possibly provoke a response from the included staff members from Madison maga- museums and how they work together, it was reader. You need to accurately portray and be zine; the alumni relations staff; and faculty Brimhall who became the teacher. “She ended fair in your coverage of the event or story. members from the Institute of Visual Studies; up teaching them,” Stevens says. the School of Media Arts and Design; and the It is one of the rewards of being a museum Elsby: One thing I like School of Art, Design and Art History, Stevens curator on a university campus. “The advan- about photography is that collected the images as they arrived. Some came tage I have,” Stevens says, “is that I have smart you’re always learning. to her framed; more than half, however, came students. The Smithsonian doesn’t have that.” What’s the most important digitally as high-resolution images. Stevens Stevens makes the most of the talents of lesson you’ve learned in printed and framed each of these for the show. those around her. One of Stevens’ interns, engi- your career? The day the exhibit opened, Stevens and neering major Peter Epley (’12), is working on a cadre of students hung the 55 photographs a special museum application for iPads. As the Ted Alvis (’06) Partlow: Being fair in along the draped hallway in the Festival Confer- technical specialist for the Charles Lisanby Col- your coverage of a story. Tell all sides of the ence and Student Center — and like a mother lection, Epley has worked with Smead on the story. It’s extremely important that you cover hen, she looked after the photographs as if they iPad application. things fairly and are sensitive to the people were her own throughout the weekend. Right now, museums don’t have a specific that you’re covering. While all this was going on, Stevens was also application for iPads. “It will be the first,” Ste- overseeing the creation — from the ground vens says, with her characteristic smile — but Jaffe: As a photog- up — of the Skyline Museum, a new art space certainly not the last innovation in the Madison rapher you really have tucked into the always-populated Festival. Sky- Art Collection or in Stevens’ Madison galleries. to put people at ease line Museum opened in October, just days after Her vision is as broad as her enthusiasm: “I within seconds. It’s the Full Frame 100 exhibition closed. want it to be more than a museum experience.” M the first impression Stevens is excited about the new museum. that makes a differ- ✱ Read more on Kate Stevens’ virtual world Students can bring in a cup of coffee, engage at www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/ ence, whether it’s the in a discussion with a curator, or simply enjoy SecondLife.shtml. See the Madison Art ability to blend in or the offerings that rotate monthly. She also Collection at www.jmu.edu/madisonart to talk about almost anything. Good photographers know a Photography profes- little bit about every- sor Tommy Thomp- son and Sandra thing; you just need Paetow-Saman (‘80). to have that conversa- tion to put someone at ease. It’s easy to hop on a plane somewhere for an assignment, but it’s in that last 10 or 20 feet that you need to get that moment for a photograph. M

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Student and faculty

research leads to golden

chemical discovery GStriking LD

BY ERIC GORTON (’86, ’09M)

Getting gold film to adhere to plastics is a tricky task. Finding a sure-fire, low-cost way to accomplish it would be a real breakthrough for a number of industries from biomedicine to computer chip manufacturers. A pair of JMU researchers and a High Point University student thought they stumbled upon the perfect method during summer 2009 while working on a biomedical device to replicate DNA. The solution: Use a solvent to dissolve a polymer and create a silicon oxide layer that the gold would stick to. It worked like a charm. But their excitement was short- lived when a JMU student the following fall could not replicate the experiment.

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After closer evaluation of the steps each student used, Brian Augus- tine, professor of chemistry, and Chris Hughes, professor of physics and astronomy, noticed the students used different solvents in the process. Laura Lee, a High Point University student who participated in JMU’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program, used chloroform; JMU biology major Alan Mo (’11) used toluene. “They’re both very common organic solvents,” says Hughes. “There would be no reason why you would choose one over the other.” Augustine recalls, “Alan asked what to do, and we said ‘just get something that dissolves the polymer. Pick toluene. That’s as good as anything.’” The real head scratching began when Mo repeated the experiment using chloroform, and it worked. “Our reaction was, ‘Come on. Do it again,’” Augustine says. “We couldn’t believe that. That was ridiculous. The solvent should have no effect whatsoever.” More experiments with a variety of solvents proved that chloroform did indeed make the difference. That resolved the problem of finding a simple, low-cost method for getting gold to stick to plastics, but it created a mystery: What was different about chloroform than the other solvents? “We had some goofy theories,” Augustine says. “When you sort of think about them, you say, ‘How can all those atoms move in just the right way? Why would the solvent do that? Why would it stay that way?’” To find out, Augustine and Hughes had a third student, Vezekile “Veve” Zungu, a summer 2010 visiting student from South Africa, use spectroscopy to investigate what was happening with chloroform. “Once you understand the why, then you can start making predictions about other things that can happen,” Augustine explains. “Now we understand, I think, the basic science or the mechanism behind it, so now we can start making predictions about other metals we think are going to stick or other polymers we think are going to work.” That could be big news for a variety of industries. “One of the show-stoppers for plastic tech devices is putting electrical contacts onto plastic surfaces,” Augustine says. “Intel and all the big players out there are trying to move to plastic electronics or at least some subset of their operation is trying to go to plastic electronics,” which are light, durable and less costly to manufacture than silicon-based technologies. “The whole biomedical industry is looking at plastic electronics for implants and stuff like that. Acrylic is an FDA- approved material to go inside the body, so you can put implants into the body with electrodes that are maybe sensing glucose levels.” Brian Augustine, professor of chem- Hughes says, “JMU has filed a provisional pat- istry, and Chris Hughes, professor of ent application for the process. Soon, scientists physics and astronomy, work with JMU and manufacturers may have the option of using biology major Alan Mo (‘11) on experi- plastic electronics to design and build devices we ments to find the best solvent to use to haven’t thought of yet.” get gold to stick to plastic. The professors plan to submit the findings In the two months following their first about the chemical reactions to a top-tier journal. article’s publication, it was among the The first paper touting the research was published top 20 most downloaded articles from in the March 2011 issue of The Journal of Vacuum the JVSTA website. Science and Technology A. The paper primarily focused on the discovery “That paper was the work of Laura Lee basically discovering that of a more efficient process to chloroform has some effect, although she didn’t know that; Alan Watch a video adhere gold to plastic rather really figuring out that it was chloroform that was doing it; and then from the lab than the details of the chem- Veve doing a little bit of spectroscopy to figure out there’s some sort www.jmu.edu/link/gold istry that made it possible. of chemistry happening in there,” Augustine explains. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/142 MADISON MAGAZINE 46 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012

‘Once you understand the why, then you can start making predictions about other things that can happen. Now we understand, I think, the basic science or the mechanism behind it so now we can start making predictions about other metals that we think are going to stick or other polymers that we think are going to work.’ — BRIAN AUGUSTINE, PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY

All three students were co-authors of the paper along with that works. “Industrial labs or national labs, but also most grad Augustine, Hughes and JMU chemistry Professor Tom DeVore. schools these days, if they had come to the point where we were — The research was significant enough that a quarterly newsletter for where they were trying to develop a device and ran into that prob- American Vacuum Society members chose it as one of three research lem — the device is always supreme. You have a client you need to papers to feature in June out of hundreds published in the vari- make the device for, or you have to make it for your dissertation. ous chemistry journals. The AVS has more than 4,000 members in In those environments it is much more likely that a researcher or industry, academia and government laboratories. grad student would say, ‘Well, let’s just find a work-around and “It’s a very significant thing from the applied technology side of get the job done.’ At JMU, we had the freedom to pause and ask: things,” Hughes says. “But then the basic science of why this is hap- ‘What the heck is going on here?’ That freedom is part of our pening is also interesting. And those are two different audiences that research environment.” are met by different journals. And that’s the way we ended up seg- The JMU research resulted from a collaboration with the Univer- regating things.” sity of Virginia, which wanted gold film to work as mirrors inside Hughes also notes that the JMU research environment has a lot a polymerase chain reaction device used to amplify DNA, and has to do with the opportunity to go beyond just finding a method received funding from the National Science Foundation. M

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Introduce yourself to your professor You might form a lifelong friendship and change your Madison Experience BY HEATHER BRANSCOME (’06)

t was a beautiful morning in May 2006 when I gradu- test. I thought I had nailed it. The transition from high school ated from JMU. My emotions were on the psychologi- to college proved to be difficult, and I realized I needed advice cal rollercoaster we all experience when faced with new on how to better adapt my study habits. I decided to speak with challenges. I was both excited and apprehensive about Dr. Babcock, who taught my Bio 114 lab. I had more interaction my future. Yet, even these emotions could not come with her due to the smaller size of the lab class, so I deemed her close to those I felt my first day at freshman orientation. more approachable. She didn’t seem nearly as alarmed as I was INow, I realize my fortune about my grade! I was stunned in encountering several great when she complimented an professors who exceeded my essay I had prepared for a lab expectations and left a lasting report. After discussing my impression on me. My first- test, Dr. Babcock encouraged semester biology professors, me to introduce myself to Dr. Dr. Carol Hurney and Dr. Hurney and to take advantage Sharon Babcock, left an indel- of office hours. I took this les- ible mark on my life, and saw son to heart: Always introduce me through every step of my yourself to your professors. Madison Experience. I became a fixture at office My first recollection of Dr. hours offered by Drs. Bab- Hurney is from the annual cock and Hurney, and they JMU Admissions Open House were always willing to answer hosted for prospective biol- questions. I know they rec- ogy majors. I was doubtful ognized my insecurities, and and anxious about declaring a their combined efforts slowly major, but Dr. Hurney’s con- helped me to overcome them. tagious enthusiasm solidified With their help, my self-confi- my decision to choose biol- dence increased and so did my ogy. JMU surely chose the best performance. professor to introduce students It was bittersweet to see to the biology program! that first semester come to an Her Bio 114 lectures Heather Branscome (‘06) says JMU biology professors Sharon end, but I maintained corre- quickly became the highlight Babcock and Carol Hurney helped mold her into the type of stu- spondence with Dr. Babcock dent she wanted to become. of my week. Dr. Hurney’s pas- and Dr. Hurney. Throughout sion for teaching is extremely palpable and her presentations are my Madison Experience, I found myself turning to them for aca- engaging. She quickly instilled in me the belief that one can never demic advice. I was always generously welcomed into their offices. take too many notes. I have vivid memories of her pausing mid- By the time I enrolled in Dr. Babcock’s anatomy lecture course, sentence, looking up into the lecture hall and asking, “Why aren’t I was a senior. I was no longer a shy, uncertain girl sitting in the you writing this down?” I’m glad that I even jotted down her back. I plowed through anatomy like it was my job. The knowl- humorous quotations. They provided some much-needed laugh- edge that I finally achieved the level of academic satisfaction for ter while studying. And, my relentless note taking was extremely which I had been striving was not only affirmed by my grades, beneficial in other courses. but it gave me a sense of personal pride. It took a few weeks before I got the first indication of how I have the utmost respect for Dr. Babcock’s and Dr. Hurney’s I was doing. I was mortified when I received a ‘C’ on the first intelligence, dedication and passion for teaching. Their encour- agement and kindness came at a crucial time, and it was invalu- About the Professors Carol A. Hurney and Sharon Babcock are able. I’m thankful for that initial ‘C.’ I would not trade it for JMU biology professors. Hurney also serves as executive director of the Center anything. Not even an A+. Thanks, Dr. B and Dr. H. M for Faculty Innovation. She joined the JMU faculty in 1998. She earned her B.A. in biology from the University of Rochester in 1986 and a Ph.D. in biol- About the Author Biology major Heather Branscome (’06) partici- ogy from the University of Virginia in 1995. In 2005 she received the JMU pated in the March of Dimes, Tri-Beta and was a member of the Rockingham General Education Distinguished Teaching Award. Sharon Babcock is associ- Memorial Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary. She works for the American Type ate director of the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services and Culture Collection in Manassas, Va., and previously served as a cell biologist coordinator of pre-professional health programs. She earned a B.S. from the for more than three years. Branscome has completed several credits of gradu- University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. from Duke University Medical Center. ate-level coursework at George Mason University. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/144 MADISON MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH BY REBEKAH GIRVAN 48 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012 BOOKS MUSIC MixedMedia & FILM

{ Books} Bye for Now: A Wisher’s Story BY KATHLEEN HANNON CHURCHYARD (’89); EGMONT USA, 2011 ISBN: 978-1606841907 In her first novel, Kathleen Hannon Churchyard (’89) asks: What if you wished for someone else’s life, and it came true? After the worst 11th birthday ever, Robin wakes up the next morning in the body of Fiona, an 11-year-old girl from London with an amazing life. Fiona is gorgeous, has glamorous parents and she is the star of a major theatrical production. Why would Fiona have wished herself out of her own body? Slowly, Robin discovers a whole network of girls like her — girls who have gotten their wish and are living somebody else’s life. But what happens when Robin finally decides she wants to go home? 4 www.goodreads.com/book/show/8715554-bye-for-now

As part of her fall 2011 book tour, Kathleen Hannon Churchyard (’89) signed copies of her first novel during JMU’s 2011 Homecoming Weekend.

from interviews and research con- of contemporary theories of juve- theory and related research that ducted around the world. He nile delinquency. He opens with can explain the youth’s behav- also examines the critical role of a comprehensive description of ior. Hoffmann also critically ana- mid-size states — such as Aus- what a theory is and explains how lyzes the theories and provides tria, Canada and Switzerland — theories are created in the social a straightforward discussion of recruited to support the banning sciences. Each subsequent chap- policy implications of each, thus landmine movement. Rutherford ter describes an individual the- encouraging readers to evaluate the examines how NGOs affect the ory, broken down and illustrated usefulness of the theories and to international political agenda, within four distinct sections. consider the relationship between especially in seeking legal prohibi- Each chapter also shares a story theory and policy. tions on weapons and changes in of a delinquent youth and gives a 4 www.routledge.com/books/ Disarming States: states’ behaviors. thorough review of the particular details/9780415781879 4 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ The International disarming-states-kenneth- Movement to Ban r-rutherford/1101089613?e Complex Evolutionary Dynamics in Urban- Landmines an=9780313393969 Regional and Ecological-Economic Systems: BY KENNETH R. RUTHERFORD From Catastrophe to Chaos and Beyond PRAEGER, 2010 BY J. BARKLEY ROSSER JR.; SPRINGER, 2011; ISBN-10: 1441988270 ISBN: 978-0313393969 Drawing on the middle chapters from the first edi- Landmines can remain active for tion of his book, JMU Professor of Economics J. 50 years, posing a deadly threat Barkley Rosser Jr. presents an unusual perspective on to civilians long after a war is economics and economic analysis. Current economic over. Landmines also hinder post- theory largely depends upon assuming that the world conflict reconstruction, under- is fundamentally continuous. However, an increas- mine infrastructure, and render ing amount of economic research uses approaches valuable land off-limits to civilian that allow for discontinuities such as catastrophe the- use. Kenneth Rutherford, JMU Delinquency Theories: ory, chaos theory, synergetics and fractal geometry. professor and director of the Cen- Appraisals and Rosser reviews the applications of these approaches ter for International Stabilization Applications in various subdisciplines of economics and draws upon past economic thinkers to develop an integrated view of economics as a whole from the and Recovery, demonstrates how BY JOHN HOFFMANN (’84) perspective of inherent discontinuity. A review in the Journal of Economic non-government organizations ROUTLEDGE, 2011 Literature states, “Rosser deserves great credit for drawing together an brought the landmine issue to ISBN-10: 0415781876 international attention by form- enormous number of sources both inside and outside economics and in ing the International Campaign John Hoffmann (’84), professor neighboring fields like ecology, history, biology and mathematics, and to Ban Landmines. Rutherford of sociology at Brigham Young weaving them into a compelling story.” 4 Read J. Barkley Rosser Jr.’s presents new information gleaned University, provides an overview blog at http://econospeak.blogspot.com

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Sundial Caught in the middle of a CIA plot to do. What started as a few ques- of Roanoke, and an undeniable magnetic attrac- tions mushroomed into a world- successors of BY CAROLYN FRUZZETTI (’96) tion to Reid, she will need to decide wide, viral discussion. Hundreds Portuguese AND MEGHAN PEARSALL (’95) whom she can trust and what it of interviews later, Dodd trans- and Spanish PURE ENERGY BOOKS, 2011 means to become the Sundial. Will forms the career horizon with Dig shipwrecks, ISBN: 0983744203 she have what it takes to not only This Gig, which features interviews or offspring Public administration major Caro- survive but also prevail and turn with JMU alumni Caleb Hannan of early Car- lyn “C.F.” Fruzzetti (’96) and Eng- adversity into advantage? (’04) and Amy Faulconer (’04) in thaginians lish major Meghan Pearsall (’95) 4 http://sundialbook.com chapters five and seven. or Phoeni- have been best friends since child- 4 www.amazon.com/Dig-This-Gig- cian seaman? For centuries these hood. The Dig This Gig Laura-Dodd/dp/0806532459 people and their origins have duo teamed been cloaked in mystery.” Mul- BY LAURA DODD up to write the Melungeons Out lins believes the Melungeons are CITADEL PRESS/KENSINGTON young adult of the Dungeon descendants of the Spanish who PUBLISHING CORP., 2011 settled in the Southeast United novel, Sun- BY ISBN: 0806532459 TERRY W. MULLINS (’75) States and intermarried with dial. “Some of WEST VIRGINIA BOOK CO., 2010 American Indians. the socioeco- When Laura ISBN-10: 1-891852-70-1 nomic issues Dodd started 4 www.wvbookco.com tackled in the talking with Terry Mullins (’75) is associate book have her 20-some- professor of education at Con- Saint Peter Killed God been around for generations and thing peers cord University in Athens, W.Va. BY KARL KRONLAGE (’89) others, like food allergies, are more His children’s book describes the about work- SLUSH PILE READER, 2011 recent,” says Fruzzetti. Sundial’s 1500s people who began to explore ing, it didn’t ASIN: B0059VU9UQ heroine, teenager Whitney Forbes, take long for and settle North America. He says, thinks her biggest problem is sur- her to see “Some of the first to settle in the Karl Kronlage (’89), aka KJ Kron, viving high school and determining that people New World were a people we now published Saint Peter Killed God if there is more to handsome Reid are passionate about the jobs they call Melungeon. Were these peo- by winning a voter’s poll at Slush- Wallace than just his popularity. do and the jobs they would like ple survivors of the Lost Colony PileReader.com. Kronlage asks, “What happens when a priest no longer believes what he preaches?” Father Pete Southern Appalachian Celebration acts like he’s having a ner- BY CHRIS BOLGIANO; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS, 2011; ISBN-10: 0807835145 vous break- In collaboration with renowned naturalist photographer Jim Valentine, former JMU Special down. He invites his Collections Librarian Chris Bolgiano published Southern Appala- congrega- chian Celebration. Valentine’s images of ancient mountains, old- tion to walk growth forests, rare flowers and powerful waterways highlight the out of mass region’s beauty, while Bolgiano’s text reveals how these mountain in protest with him. forests renew themselves even as they age. World-renowned scien- This fails. tist and Harvard University professor E.O. Wilson says, “No book No one lis- of my experience has ever caught the natural beauty and richness tens to his sermons, and he’s too old and far too embarrassed to of Southern Appalachia with greater start over. Three days later Father exactitude.” This year marks the Pete wakes in a hospital suffer- 100th anniversary of the Weeks Act ing from amnesia after attempt- ing suicide. He finds a notebook that established the eastern national he doesn’t remember filling, with forests, including the George Wash- entries referring to himself as Saint ington National Forest, which pro- Peter. His entries are so outland- vides the Shenandoah Valley with ish he knows he is insane, but the other patients begin joining him drinking water, clean air and recre- in prayers. They thank him, claim- ational amenities, says Bolgiano. ing he offers better therapy than 4 www.chrisbolgiano.com any of the doctors. Is he crazy or is it actually his destiny to change the church? Kronlage has taught Former JMU Special Collections English and creative writing in Librarian Chris Bolgiano signs copies of her book after her October lecture Prince William County, Va., at Massanutten Regional Library. schools for 15 years. 4 http://slushpilereader.com https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/146 MADISON MAGAZINE BOLGIANO PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE EMERSON (’85) 50 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012 News AJMU alumslumn i from day one Learning the JMU Fight Song is a crucial step in becoming part of the JMU Nation. The JMU Alumni Association has embraced this tradition, and since 2007, the association has given JMU Fight Song T-shirts to incoming freshmen at the start of the academic year. Since their debut these tees have been a coveted item. The back of each year’s shirt

displays the class year. The Alumni song lyrics are printed upside down on the front so freshmen can join in the game-day ritual. The shirts also feature the slo- gan “JMU Alum From Day One” to help students embrace their immediate connection to the

alumni association. News Go Dukes!

Alumni News Make plans now for Bluestone Reunion Weekend 2012; Alan Maynard (’06) promoted; JMU Legacy Scholarships ...... 48

Creating your own Madison legacy The Madison Experience after Homecoming By Jamie Jones Miller (’99)...... 49

You look good for 40, baby! Delta Sigma Theta sorority celebrates 40 years By Paula Polglase (’92, ’96M) ...... 50

Madison’s Road Dawg logs 17,000 miles By Michelle Hite (’88) ...... 51

Class Notes Alumni notes; scholarship thank yous; Ed Wotring’s Color Coded; JMU College of Education alumni teachers ...... 52

Picture This: Bridgeforth Stadium shines bright Photos By Norm Shafer ...... 64

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{Alumni Association News} JMU LOVE is coming your way Alan Maynard (‘06) promoted to direct alumni engagement program BY JAMES IRWIN (’06) he Office of Alumni Rela- tions announces the promotion of Alan Maynard (’06) from T chapter coordinator to assistant director for alumni engagement. M a y n a r d , who earned a degree in communication studies, will over- Plan now for Bluestone s e e y o u n g a lumni and Reunion Weekend 2012 student programming, It’s almost time to induct the News including the Class of 1962 into the Bluestone management Society! Mark your calendars for of Madison’s April 26–29 as JMU welcomes new Leaders the Classes of 1962, 1957, 1952, of Volunteer Engagement (LOVE) pro- 1947, 1942 and 1937 back to cam- gram. As chapter coordinator from 2009 pus. If you are a member of these to 2011, Maynard played an instrumen- classes and want to help plan your

Alumni tal role in growing JMU’s alumni chapter reunion, contact the Office of programs and built the CASE award-win- Alumni Relations at 888-JMU- ning Madison Alumni Conference into ALUM or email alumni_link@ one of the office’s signature annual events. jmu.edu. Start making your plans He looks forward to expanding the JMU now to get back to Madison and M LOVE program with alumni’s help. M connect with friends. 4 Learn more at www.jmulove.com

ou have at least three Drive home the “Purple Out” shirts and Y enough JMU swag to fill half the Bookstore. Why Purple Pride! not get a JMU license plate and Now show off your JMU support JMU scholarships while love on the road. When you’re at it? A portion of the you buy a JMU license plate, purchase price from the Vir- ginia DMV supports the JMU $15 of the $25 annual fee Alumni Association Legacy is transferred to JMU for Scholarship fund. Show your spirit and help fund education at Madison. In 2010–11, the Legacy Scholarships! JMU Alumni Association awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships to 48 legacy students.

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{The Madison Experience} Create your own Madison legacy The Madison Experience continues after Homecoming Weekend BY JAMIE JONES MILLER (’99), president, JMU Alumni Association Board

here is just something special about being on cam- Homecoming Weekend was capped off by the dedication of pus in the fall. The air in the Shenandoah Valley is the JMU Alumni Association Centennial Park on east cam- crisp, the purple and gold mums are bursting with pus and an alumni association board member’s reunion for cur- color, and the campus is full of energy and students rent and former alumni association volunteers and staff. The T wearing their “I Bleed Purple” T-shirts. Being on JMU Alumni Association Board of Directors invites alumni to campus is like drinking from the fountain of youth. Imagine visit the park, and we look forward to it becoming the home of what it would be like if some new Madison tra- we could bottle that feel- ditions. In honor of the ing up and take it with centennial, the associa- us when we are not in tion has also committed Harrisonburg! to funding several Cen- Some of our alumni tennial Scholarships, are doing just that. Every a lasting legacy from day, JMU alumni are alumni to current stu-

taking their Madison dents to perpetuate the Alumni Experience on the road. Madison Experience. This fall, alumni all over Our time as under- the country represented graduates on campus is JMU at college nights short; yet we have a life- held at high schools in time of opportunities their communities, look- ahead of us to engage ing to pass the Madison in the Madison Experi- News Experience on to pro- ence. How are you cre- spective students. The JMU Alumni Association President Jamie Jones Miller (‘99) and AJ Fischer (‘92), ating your own Madi- highlight of the college immediate past alumni association president, help dedicate the Centennial son legacy? M night I attended was Garden during Homecoming Weekend. The garden is funded by a gift from the 4 See more Homecoming alumni association. The ceremony was part of a reunion event for JMU alumni talking to a parent who association leaders and presidents. coverage on Page 24. said there is an energy at JMU that makes her and her son feel right at home. In August, alumni parents shared their Madison Experience Madison-era alumni know with their children who are members of the Class of 2015 at the how to stay connected! annual Legacy Luncheon hosted by the alumni association. This Four Class of 1955 alumnae, Joey Osbourne Graves, Joy Turner event honors incoming students whose parents or grandparents Corkery, Janet Dybvad Tink and Nancy Kiser Thomas, met in San graduated from JMU and recognizes the Legacy Scholars who Diego, Calif., in April. Graves and Thomas traveled from coast to collectively received more than $40,000 in scholarships from the coast for the Madison reunion. The foursome alumni association this year. Students and alumni participated in enjoyed California a ceremony where parents welcomed their children into the JMU sunsets, walking tours, Alumni Association as “JMU Alums from Day One.” hummingbird activity and Madison memories. The 100 Years, 100 Days, 100 Dukes campaign leading up to “We visited the Coro- the alumni association centennial anniversary highlighted 100 nado Hotel, decorated alumni who are crafting their own Madison legacies. These dis- in JMU colors for our tinguished alumni are doing their part to make the Madison tour and lunch,” says Thomas. “And we toured Experience part of their communities, businesses and volunteer Balboa Park. Janet is work. This campaign culminated in the Centennial Celebration a wonderful host and at Homecoming where we honored alumni like Dr. Ben Hancock Madison means so much to all of us. It’s fun to (’74, ’75M), the 2011 Ronald E. Carrier Distinguished Alumni keep up Madison con- Achievement Award and Tracey Neale (’89), the 2011 Inez Roop nections.” M Distinguished Alumni Service Award.

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{Homecoming Reunions} Delta Sigma Theta sisters celebrate 40 years Sisterhood and service never looked so good BY PAULA POLGLASE (’92, ’96M)

ames Madison is typically known to “Purple Out” chapter,” she says. “It is a real legacy of Iota Alpha to be a close- for Homecoming each year, but for a special group of knit organization but also leaders and visionaries.” alumni, this year the color to wear was red — specifi- The Delta Sigma Theta reunion activities included a meet-and- cally, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. red. The Iota greet Friday night and the football tailgate and game followed by J Alpha chapter of DST, an international service organi- the annual JMU Step Show on Saturday. On Sunday the “sorors,” zation, celebrated 40 years at JMU with a reunion that brought as they call themselves, gathered for a rededication ceremony that, back nearly 100 members, according to Belcher, “reaf- including 10 of the 11 firms our reason and pur- founding sisters. pose on the campus.” Current Delta Sigma The highlight of the Theta president, senior weekend was a Sisterhood psychology major T’Airra Brunch attended by 10 of Belcher (’12), has worked the 11 founding sisters. on the planning commit- The women who pioneered tee for the past year and African-American involve- was excited to see the soror- ment on campus shared ity sisters from the last 40 their stories and marveled years return to campus to at the progress of the chap- celebrate. “I love history. ter and the university. “Our Meeting people from the charter members were amaz- ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — it’s ing people and still are,” interesting to hear their says Belcher. “They took

News stories and hear about the a chance for the university history of campus,” says and it paid off with more Belcher. than 250 women joining Delta Sigma Theta Inc. the sorority through the Iota has a large role in the his- Alpha chapter.” tory of campus as the first The Sisterhood Brunch, African-American Greek while honoring the past,

Alumni organization. The Iota also focused on the Alpha chapter predates the future. Members of the JMU Center for Multicul- organization announced tural Student Services by plans to raise funds with 14 years. “For the Delta the intent of naming a Sigma Theta members, it room on campus. really means something to Francine Edwards (’91), celebrate 40 years of doing who traveled from Dela- service and scholastically ware to reconnect with her achieving,” says CMSS sisters, was thrilled that Director Valarie Ghant. she made the trip. “I’ve Deanna Reed, who has always been so impressed been advising the JMU with the fortitude, com- c h a p t e r f o r mitment and genuine love 10 years, says from the women in this chapter mem- chapter. Our 40th cele- bers have con- bration reaffirmed how sistently been important service, sister- campus lead- hood and activism are, ers and very both in our communities active in the and in our lives,” she says. Harrison- “It’s the bond that will for- M burg commu- Delta Sigma Theta sisters, including Patricia Southall ever connect us.” n it y. “ T h e y Smith (’92) left, celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ✱ See more Homecoming are a visionary DST Iota Alpha JMU chapter of the service sorority. fun on Page 24. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/150 MADISON MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHS BY KATHY LAM 54 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012 {Madison’s Road Dawg} Madison Events DEC. 9 17,000 miles and priceless JMU Brass Band 8 p.m. Forbes Center Concert Hall Madison memories www.jmu.edu/JMUArts Road Dawg dons tux for several summer weddings BY MICHELLE HITE (’88) DEC. 10 Black Alumni Chapter ince his first outing on Corolla Beach on July 28, 2007, Madison magazine’s Road Holiday Party Dawg mascot has partied down with JMU alumni, toasting nuptials, welcom- www.jmu.edu/alumni/calendar ing Future Dukes, rooting on the Redskins and several other alumni surprise parties. This past summer Road Dawg grabbed the tux and celebrated several DEC. 17 alumni weddings. On July 16, 2011, Road Dawg celebrated with 32 Dukes at the Winter Commencement S www.jmu.edu/commencement wedding of Jennifer Carver (’06, ’08M) and David Castilleja (’07, FEB. 17 ’08M) in Centreville, Va. “We Dukes Interacting enjoyed snapping photos with Past & Present Road Dawg,” says Jennifer. www.jmu.edu/alumni/calendar On July 23, 2011, Michele Ritner (’09, ’10M) and Wes APRIL 13–15 Hillyard (’09, ’11M) married in Black Alumni Chapter Reunion Manassas, Va. “Our guests loved www.jmu.edu/alumni/calendar Road Dawg,” writes Michele. On Sept. 10, 2011, Lisa Sheehan APRIL 26–29 Alumni (’07, ’08M) married Joe Proch- Bluestone Reunions Weekend www.jmu.edu/alumni/calendar Growl if you smell wedding cake! Road Dawg celebrates now (’08) in Sterling, Va. “Road with bride and groom, Jennifer Carver (’06, ’08M) and Dawg was a huge hit with our David Castilleja (’07, ’08M), and their alumni guests. big alumni crowd,” writes Lisa. MAY 3 Senior Candlelighting www.jmu.edu/alumni/calendar

MAY 5 News Spring Commencement www.jmu.edu/commencement

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(Above): Road Dawg is center stage at the wedding reception for Mi- chele Ritner and Wes Hillyard. Left to right are Jay Sucher (’84), Gayle Did you miss Sucher (’87), Beth Tobin Rodriguez Homecoming 2011? (’06), Gabriel Rodriguez (’06), Chel- sea Heishman (’11), Cover Heishman (’08), Shannon Allmendinger (’05), YOU MISSED THE former JMU residence hall director BIRTHDAY BASH OF Wes Hillyard (‘09, ’11M), Michele Ritner Hillyard (’09, ’10M), Alyssa THE CENTURY! Ritner (’15), Amelia Seagle (’11), Jenny Sinnott (’12), Jake Myer (’12), See more Homecoming Maria Gandolfo (’09), Amanda Ruth- photos and the alumni erford (’09, ’10M), JMU Residence Life administrator Rosie McArthur, association award winners Josh Althouse (’09), Melissa Went- on Page 24–27 zel (’09), Nicole Ritner (’12), Robert Tux, tails and alumni friends: Joe Prochnow (’08) and Bruno (’04), Mike Livesey (’09), Lisa Sheehan Prochnow (’07, ‘08M) take a wedding Melissa Noble Foster (’09). photo op with Road Dawg.

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Mary “June” Kiser “Mad Girls” met in Wrightsville 40 Wood attended Madi- Beach, N.C., in May. “For more son Bluestone Reunion Weekend than 60 years our group of “Madi- on April 29, 2010, with three son Girls, aka the Mad Girls,” of her 1940 classmates. Wood have celebrated mini-reunions taught high school for 23 years regularly between our official class and has six living children, 36 reunions,” says Martin, “Although grandchildren and eight great- our group is much smaller these grandchildren. She has previously days, there is no less spirit among served as an international flower these octogenarians.” judge for Chrysanthemums. She judged U.S.A. flower shows and Rita Ritchie Seale of traveled to six countries as a judge 56 Charlottesville, Va., says visiting Australia, Canada, Eng- she was prompted by Professor land, India, New Zealand and Emerita of Physical Education Japan. A charter member of the Lee Morrison’s challenge in the The 1948 “Mad Girls” at Wrightsville Beach, N.C., in May included Beta Epsilon chapter of the Alpha Spring/Summer 2011 Madison (seated) Julia Smith Martin of Lexington, Va. Standing (l–r) are Rives Sigma Alpha Sorority, Wood has for pre-1970 alumni to share James Brown of Richmond, Va.; Nancy Creel Winborne of Greer, S.C.; Josephine Garber of Richmond; Nancy Rogers Smith of Fort traveled to 59 countries through- news and Class Notes. Seale has Myers, Fla., and Wolfeboro, N.H.; Ellen Rader Wigren of Lake Ridge, out her life. She says she hopes to reunited with two of her Dingle- Va.; and Mary Louise Huntington Upham of Seneca, S.C. attend her 75th Madison reunion dine House roommates from in 2015. the Class of 1956 — Vernelle Betty Ball Mann of the program. Alumnae who wish Stinnette Lytton of Lynchburg, 58 Richmond, Va., says she to check their fitness levels are Grace Pitts Shackleford Va., and Sandra Williams is looking forward to her 55th invited to attend the April event 44 celebrated her 91st birth- McCarthy of Coronado, Calif. class reunion during Bluestone sponsored by the College of Inte- day with 16 friends at the West Seale and Lytton met for lunch in Reunion Weekend in April 2013. grated Science and Technology Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills Nellysford, Va., while Seale and She reports that several members and the Morrison-Bruce Center Gardens, N.Y. She writes, “Due to McCarthy have shared email cor- of the Class of 1958 had lunch for the Promotion of Physical the blizzard, we moved my Janu- respondence. “Email is great for in April with Dr. Maggie Kyger Activity for Girls and Women. ary birthday luncheon to May! reminiscing and sharing up-to- (’80) at the Virginia Museum of Greetings and God bless all the the-minute life stories,” says Seale. Fine Arts. Kyger is assistant dean Elizabeth “Betsy” 1944 Madison grads.” “There were other mini-reunions in the JMU College of Education 66 Robertson Boyd and around the time of our 55th Class and daughter of the late JMU Pro- her husband, Dan, have restored Julia Lewis Smith Reunion. Now it’s their chal- fessor Emeritus of Biology Dr. antique hand-hewn log cabins into 48 Martin reports that the lenge: Let’s hear from you, too!” William Mengebier. The Class all-season rental cabins that accom- of 1955 created the Mengebier modate two to 10 visitors at Boyd Professorship at JMU to honor Mountain Log Cabins in Waynes- Make plans now to their former biology professor and ville, N.C. “I invite any alumni Class department head. 4 Connie Cass, visiting the North Carolina Smoky be on campus for Caroline Von Wagoner, Betty Mountains to come by Boyd of ’62: your 50th reunion Oliver, Bertie Selvey, Betty Jo Mountain Log Cabins and Christ- Butler and Dixie Mertens partici- mas Tree Farm,” says Boyd. Learn pated in the JMU Morrison-Bruce more at www.boydmountain.com. Center’s annual Alumnae Health 50th reunion April 26–29, 2012! and Fitness Program. Students in The band Gabby Haze, For more info, call (540) 568–6234 the kinesiology department con- 72 aka TKE brothers Carl ducted health evaluations during Bailey, W. Dan Layman (’71)

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Walking the talk of leadership NCPA alumnus chairsote Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants BY PAULA POLGLASE (’92, ’96M)s

any people take the mantra “walk the talk” to heart. to any leadership position — integrity, objectivity, independence Bradford R. Jones (’87) embodies this belief and and competence.” M takes it to work daily. Last year, Jones chaired the Jones says the VSCPA’s top five strategies for the next two board of directors of the top leaders in his field — years include addressing the unique opportunities and challenges certified public accounting. Jones in the VSCPA’s geographic areas; chaired the Virginia Society of Certi- serving as the premier provider of fied Public Accountants board during education to CPAs in a challenging the 2010–11 fiscal year. The VSCPA financial environment; providing a has 9,000 members who work in resource of unbiased information on public accounting, industry, govern- Virginia business, finance and econ- ment and education. omy; providing a membership dues Jones has a long history of and category structure to gain new leadership in the Virginia Society of members; and offering an initiative Certified Public Accountants and for students and young profession- the CPA profession. An accounting als that supports aspiring CPAs. major, Jones is principal/owner of The VSCPA initiated a student PBGH Financial Advisers in Freder- membership drive that includes free icksburg, Va. He began working with membership for accounting stu- PBGH in 1988 in its home office, dents, campus visits and the VSCPA founded in Harrisonburg, Va. Leadership Institute, a two-day lead- Jones passed the CPA exam in ership training class for high achiev- 1990 and earned the Certified Man- ing college accounting students. agement Accountant designation in “VSCPA wants students to 1994. He has earned the Certified network with potential employers in Fraud Forensics credential by the and learn about significant develop- American Institute of Certified Public ments in the profession,” says Jones. Accountants. In addition to chairing the During his term as VSCPA chair, 2010–11 VSCPA board, Jones is a Jones supported the society’s top member of the American Institute five strategies and maintained an of CPAs, the National Association of intense focus on increasing VSCPA Valuation Analysts and the Institute membership. Jones also focused of Management Accountants. He has on a personal agenda item — pro- Bradford R. Jones (‘87) is a partner with PBGH in Freder- taught credited accounting courses moting CPAs as top candidates for icksburg, Va., and chaired the Virginia Society of Certified at Strayer University, and he taught Public Accountants during the 2010-11 fiscal year. leadership. a variety of accounting and tax “CPAs are the people I’d like to have sitting at the head of courses as an adjunct instructor for Germanna Community College. the table,” Jones says. “CPAs need to be leaders because we He has served as president of the VSCPA Battlefield Chapter, as a are CPAs first. Every day, CPAs render opinions based on sets of member of several VSCPA committees, as a board member of Fred- rules and objective criteria. They are trained to be objective and ericksburg nonprofit organizations, and as an active member of the impartial. Leadership may mean leading by proactively offer- Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce. M ing skills to an employer, charitable organization or community 4 Learn more about Bradford Jones (‘87) at http://www.pbgh. organization. CPAs bring the four cornerstones of our profession com/index.php?option=com_contact&catid=78.

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College of Education alumnae rock the Purple and Gold Virginia teachers share their Madison Experience in the classroom BY AMELIA WOOD (’13) lumni from the JMU College of Education are spreading the History major Catherine Moffett (’90) says she is a more well- Purple Pride among Virginia’s youth as more and more JMU rounded person able to teach a variety of subjects to her students A Dukes are teaching at schools in the commonwealth. Two because she was able to take classes in many content areas at JMU. Northern Virginia schools count 15 alumnae among their Her Madison Experience also made her appreciate friendships and veteran and new faculty. Eight alumnae teach at George W. Watkins enjoy the simple things in life like those great campus days in early Elementary School in New Kent County, and seven alumnae teach at spring when she could finally wear shorts with her JMU sweatshirt. Swift Creek Middle School in Fifth-grade teacher Emily Chesterfield County. Gillis Williams (’96) is also an JMU alumnae faculty emergency medical technician. members at George Watkins “I use my experience as our fire Elementary look forward to department’s treasurer to teach the school’s annual College my students math. They are so Day so they can show off a interested in what I do outside sea of JMU purple and gold. of school that they become “Madison memories enthusiastic about those con- abound,” says Linda Hewitt cepts,” says Williams. Upshaw (’68), a remediation First-grade teacher Jes- teacher at George Watkins. sica Chenault Mistr (’97) says She is also proud of her JMU’s early childhood educa- nephew Joey Hewitt (’15), a tion program allows frequent JMU freshman. observations of master teach- Barbara Griffith Martin ers. “Seeing those experienced (’70) is a special education teachers, who made every day teacher at George Watkins. in the classroom look so easy, She was inspired to choose helped me appreciate all of the special education because George Watkins faculty members: (Front row, l-r): Marie Owens (‘89M), behind-the-scenes preparation Peg Noctor (‘79), Catherine Moffett (‘90) and Renee McCarthy (‘09M). of the wonderful professors I do each day.” Notes (Back row): Jessica Mistr (‘97), Linda Upshaw (‘68), Barbara Martin (‘70) who helped her make the and Emily Williams (‘96). Renee Nice McCarthy right career choice. After (’09M) and her husband, Ste- graduation she decided to teach in Virginia Beach for two years and ven McCarthy (’09), live in Richmond, Va. “The education program resumed teaching special education in Fairfax County, Va. She moved at JMU provided outstanding preparation for real-life teaching and to New Kent County in 2003. classroom settings,” says McCarthy. “Many of my JMU professors had Class Margaret “Peg” Honecker Noctor (’79), a New Jersey native, K-12 teaching experience and were able to give me practical advice says her Madison Experience was the catalyst for choosing to move that is invaluable in the classroom.” She shares Madison College sto- to Virginia to raise her family. She says that JMU helped prepare her ries with her grandmother Gloria Schaefer Good (’58). for working as the librarian at George Watkins. Two of her children The “George Watkins Eight” say JMU holds many memories. When also chose JMU, daughters Maggie (’08) and Courtney (’11). they wear their purple and gold, they want others to ask “Why was Marie Kelley Owens (’89M) joined New Kent County Public James Madison so special?” Their collective answer is: “Do you have Schools in 2000 after working for 10 years in a variety of clinical set- a couple hours?” tings. Owens says JMU’s speech pathology program and faculty mem- A similar sentiment is shared by the seven JMU alumnae, who bers did a wonderful job of preparing her. teach at Swift Creek Middle School in Chesterfield County.

and Dave Magnone, play ’70s He has served as the Pittsylva- music, contemporary tunes nia County Commonwealth’s and original songs at local and Attorney since 1992 and has regional venues. Last spring been a member of the statewide they rocked out at the Mock- prosecutors’ association for 20 ingbird in Staunton, Va. Lay- years. Grimes previously served man is married to Peggy Jones the Virginia Association of Layman (’72), and they have a Commonwealth’s Attorneys as daughter who graduated from secretary-treasurer, vice presi- JMU, Jessica Layman Herr dent and president-elect. An (’02). Bailey is married to Larri independent legislative watch- Lou Shacklette (’72). 4 David dog, the association represents Grimes was elected president more than 800 state prosecutors Gabby Haze, which includes (l-r) Carl Bailey (‘72), W. Dan Layman of the Virginia Association of before the General Assembly (’71) and Dave Magnone (‘72), rock the Mockingbird in Staunton, Va. Commonwealth’s Attorneys. and state boards and commis- (Background): Bandmate Bob Yetzer.

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Sara Critz (’09, ’10M) is in her second year teaching algebra. teaching for 29 years. “JMU provided me with the tools to become “As a JMU student I realized I was surrounded by amazing people with more well-rounded and perceptive,” says Atkinson, who enjoys the many talents. I am lucky to work with many of them as alumni!” many JMU connections among Virginia teachers. “Peg Honecker Psychology major Rachele D. Jackson (’07) is a school coun- Noctor from George Watkins Elementary is an Alpha Sigma Tau selor for Swift Creek. She says she chose her field after being sorority sister from my JMU days! She was the president of our inspired by her work with the JMU Psychology Peer Advisers. sorority, and I served as pledge master. I spent 22 years teaching “I love working with middle- in New Kent County. It was school students! I enjoy their there that Peg became humor and the connections I my neighbor, and I had the make with them!” pleasure of teaching her Swift Creek Middle School children!” Principal Mary T. Robinson Leslie Vaughn (’83) is (’76, ’79M) has taught mid- a librarian at Swift Creek dle- and high-school English Middle School. She consid- and developed “an alterna- ers JMU “one of the most tive program for over-aged, friendly universities,” and under-achieving middle-school recalls a time when “Presi- students.” She has had the plea- dent Ronald Carrier called sure of working with several to check on me my fresh- JMU alumni, and she has rep- man year when I was sick. I resented Chesterfield County thought someone was play-

Public Schools at the JMU’s ing a joke on me, but it was Class annual Teacher Recruitment really him!” Day for several years. Bonnie Burnham Amy Maddox (’86) has been Lashley (’84) graduated teaching for 25 years. She met Swift Creek alumnae faculty: (Back row, l-r): Melissa Atkinson (‘79), with a major in manage- her husband at JMU and is now Mary Robinson (‘76, ‘79M), Leslie Vaughn (‘83), Bonnie Lashley (‘84), ment information systems. Amy Maddox. (Front row, l-r) Emily Barker (‘75), Rachele Jackson (‘07), Notes proud to say her son is a Duke. Sara Critz (‘09, ‘10). She began her career as She was incredibly involved a dentist after attending in her community as a student, and she continues her community the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. She left the involvement at Swift Creek. dentistry practice in 2003 due to severe migraines. “I became a A JMU legacy Emily Barker (’08, ’10M) followed her mother, career switcher and started teaching at Swift Creek Middle School in father and brother to JMU and into a teaching career. Deborah 2005,” she says. “Although I wasn’t an education major, my Madison Sheeler Barker (’75), Frank Barker (’75) and Matt Barker (’04, Experience helped prepare me for every career I’ve had. I still remain ’05M) are all JMU Dukes. Emily Barker says the most rewarding in contact with my JMU friends and sorority sisters from Phi Mu. things about teaching are “remembering the first moment that a stu- Both George Watkins Elementary School and Swift Creek Middle dent actually asks how your day is, the smile a student has when they School faculties host a healthy helping of Purple Pride and a top- do well on a test after spending the time to study, or the look of that notch Madison education. M ‘Aha’ moment when a student really gets it.” Melissa D. Atkinson (’79) teaches speech and theater at Swift 4 Learn more about other JMU College of Education alumni at Creek. Though it is only her second year at the school, she has been www.jmu.edu/coe/alumni/.

sions. After earning a law degree High School. 4 Sheila Jamison- Sue Nelson-Sargeant, Spotsylvania County schools. 4 at T.C. Williams School of Law Schwartz retired five years ago. 76 a preschool speech-lan- Daniel Webster writes, “On May at the University of Richmond, She taught elementary music guage therapist with Spotsylvania 4, 2011, I was elected president Grimes was admitted to the bar two years in Augusta County, County Public Schools, pre- of the Manchester Township, in 1977 and spent two years Va., and 31 years in Virginia sented “Oh Say What You Sing! Ocean City, N.J., Board of with a law firm in Rockville, Beach. After earning a Bachelor Increasing Communication Skills Education by my fellow board Md. The political science major of Music Education degree, she through Collaboration of Speech members. I also continue to serve moved to Gretna, Va., in 1979 taught hundreds of piano stu- and Music Therapy” at the 2011 as the vice president for finance to become an assistant pros- dents and sang in the Virginia National Council for Exceptional on the New Jersey School Boards ecutor under former common- Opera Chorus for 10 years. She Children Convention. Nelson- Association. In that capacity, wealth’s attorney Glenn Berger. still sings with the Virginia Sargeant co-presented with her I just returned from the 71st Grimes lives in Chatham with Symphony Orchestra Chorus daughter, Rachel Sargeant, a Annual National School Boards his wife, Dorothy “Dottie” and is a docent at the Hermit- first-year teacher at King George Association Delegate Assembly Mullins Grimes (’74), a retired age Museum and the Chrysler Primary School, and Sarah and Convention in San Fran- guidance counselor for Gretna Museum. Winkler, a music therapist with cisco, Calif.

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Zella Higginbotham Weber joined RCM&D as a client John Lee Ochettree Jr. 79 Jones of Manassas, Va., executive in the company’s Rich- 80 traveled on his fourth earned her Doctor of Education mond, Va., office. He will serve medical mission field trip with degree from Virginia Polytechnic clients in Virginia and throughout Global Ministries to Honduras. and State University on May 15. the mid-Atlantic. Weber will He is a podiatrist with Augusta Her dissertation topic was titled provide a Podiatric Medicine and Surgery “A Case Study of Middle-Class full spec- in Staunton, Va. He has been in African-American Males Taking trum of medical practice for 25 years. Dur- Advanced Mathematics Classes.” insur- ing his mission trip, Ochettree Jones is an assistant principal ance, risk visited Olanchito, Honduras, and for the City of Manassas Public manage- shared some JMU soccer shirts Schools. 4 Dan Nardi accepted a ment with the local children. 4 Rod multi-year assignment as a leader and Shepherd of Mount Jackson, Va., with Merck and Co.’s global employee received the John Fishburn Award procurement organization for the benefits during the Fairfax Symphony Asia Pacific and Japan region. He solu- Orchestra concert on July 30. The and his wife, Alyce (’79), relo- tions to award recognizes extraordinary cated to Singapore. He shared a diverse service and dedication to the Lt. Gen. Raymond Mason (‘78) photograph of handcrafted JMU clients Mike Weber (’79) Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. purple and gold shoes that he including transportation, distribu- The award is named for John H. The U.S. Senate con- had made in Singapore. 4 Mike tion and warehousing businesses, Fishburn, a former executive direc- 78 firmed the appointment nonprofit and educational institu- tor and president of the Shenan- of Gen. Raymond Mason to tions and construction companies. doah Valley Music Festival during the rank of lieutenant general He has more than 20 years of sales the 1980s. Shepherd received the and his assignment as deputy and client service experience in award for his years of supporting chief of staff, G-4, of the United commercial insurance. Prior to the Shenandoah Valley Music Fes- States Army. The Sept. 23 Sen- joining RCM&D, Weber was vice tival’s fundraising and operational ate confirmation makes Mason a president of commercial lines for efforts. Shepherd is a former board three-star general. According to an insurance agency. He has also member of the festival. He has JMU ROTC Program Director worked in senior roles for Liberty been an event sponsor for the past Lt. Col. Robert Pettit, Mason Mutual Insurance Co. The JMU several years and altogether has Notes is the highest ranking active College of Business alumnus con- obtained more than $15,000 in duty Army officer to graduate centrated in management. He is funds to help support the festival’s from JMU and the JMU Army a Certified Insurance Counselor mission. Shepherd attends every ROTC program. Mason was and also earned a Specialist in concert during the summer season. instrumental in establishing Transportation Risk certifica- The John H. Fishburn Award has Class JMU’s ROTC program while he Dan Nardi (‘79) shows off his tion. He and his wife, Elizabeth, been bestowed every year since was an undergraduate. hand-crafted JMU shoes! live in Mechanicsville. 1987 to the person or group that DO YOU REMEMBER? Do you remember the Quad tunnels? May Queen? Call

downs for ‘cutting campus?’ Trips to the

University Farm? The Stratford Players?

Sitting on the hill watching the Marching

Royal Dukes? Decorating the Jemmy statue?

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in managing community-based, player selected as a First-Team nonprofit organizations. She is All-American in 1985, and was the 2011–12 president of Hanover also JMU’s first NFL draftee. 4 County (Virginia) Council of Par- Mark C. Pratt was appointed ent/Teacher Associations. senior vice president for state affairs at America’s Health Insur- Charles Haley, the ance Plans, located in Washing- 87 only NFL player to win ton, D.C. AHIP is the national five Super Bowls, was named trade association representing the as the FCS Ambassador for the health insurance industry. Pratt 2012 NCAA Division I Football is responsible for AHIP’s national Championship. Haley is the third advocacy agenda. ambassador of the football championship. As ambassador, Haley Sarah Riley Augustine will lend his support to the cham- 88 earned a master’s degree pionship game in a number of from Winthrop College in Rock ways, including pre-game inter- Hill, S.C. action with fans, serving as an instructor at a youth clinic, per- Marie Antoinette forming the pre-game coin toss 89 Davis-Roman of Amiss- and participating in the postgame ville, Va., is one of the stars of a awards ceremony. “I am honored new television commercial for Double Dukes! John Lee Ochettree Jr. (’80) shares some JMU soc- to serve as FCS Ambassador for Virginia Credit Union. Davis- cer love with twin girls in Olanchito, Honduras. the 2012 Division I Football Roman sings and dances in the Championship game,” Haley told 30-second spot along with 11 has rendered extraordinary service David S. Ellena of ESPN. “Greatness is not born, it’s other Virginia Credit Union Class to the organization, which presents 85 Chester, Va., was named made. The FCS has been turning members. She was chosen from a concert series each summer in principal of Tomahawk Creek out great players for years, and I more than 75 credit union mem- Orkney Springs, Va. Learn more Middle School in Chesterfield look forward to watching these bers who auditioned. at www.musicfest.org County. He is in his 27th year as outstanding student-athletes an educator (the last 22 years in compete at the highest level.” A Kathleen Moore joined Notes Mitch Townley teamed up the Chesterfield County school 2011 inductee into the College 90 Global Location Strate- 81 with Stephen Miller and system). Ellena and his wife, Football Hall of Fame, Haley was gies, an international site selec- submitted the winning jingle in the Nancy McNulty Ellena (’84), inducted into the Dallas Cow- tion consultancy, as a senior All My Sons Moving and Storage have two children, a son, Billy, boys Ring of Honor in Novem- consultant. Moore has worked National Jingle Contest. Townley and a daughter, Rachel. 4 Susan ber. The social science major was on site selection and incentive lives in Knoxville, Tenn., and serves Roberson Steagall was promoted a four-year starter under JMU negotiation assignments world- as the children’s pastor of the West to vice president of IT applica- football coach Challace McMil- wide in industries from biotech Hills Presbyterian Church. Listen tion delivery services for Novant lin. Haley became the first JMU and energy to manufacturing to the winning jingle at www.all Health, a multi-state integrated mysonsmovingradio.com. hospital and physician network system. Steagall is the daughter PROFESSORSHIP THANKS: Deborah Consalvo of the late retired JMU Provost 82 McWilliams was named Dr. Julius B. Roberson and Class of 1958 chief administrative officer of Esther Roberson of Harrisonburg. Mengebier Endowed Professorship the Department of Psychology at Steagall lives in Charlotte, N.C., the University of California, Los with her husband, Greg (’85). Angeles. She and her partner live 4 Roger Ward was appointed Dear Members of the Class of 1958: in Newport Beach, Calif. as plant manager of Timken’s I am honored to be selected as the Mengebier Professor in the JMU Altavista, Va., plant. Ward joined Michael L. Rebuck Timken in 2005 as a lead man- College of Arts and Letters. Thank you to the entire Class of 1958 83 began his 23rd year ager and most recently served as for creating this professorship at James Madison University. I plan to of operating Rebuck Insurance plant manager of Timken’s St. use the award to continue my research and write about the late 19th- Agency representing Erie Insur- Clair Plant in Ohio. He is a native century scientific farmer William I. Chamberlain. I will also endow ance. He says, “I’m looking for- of Gretna, Va., and is active in a student research fund. Thank you for creating this professorship. I ward to visiting my son Aaron, local chamber of commerce and who is a freshman at JMU.” United Way activities. am humbled with this honor, and I hope to continue the good work of William Mengebier as a teacher, scholar and friend. I look forward to Ronald Steven Coons, Wendy Logan is director thanking many of you in person. 84 R.E.A, C.H.M.M. is a 86 of business development biologist/project manager with at Seltek Inc. She is a graphic Raymond “Skip” Hyser the ATC Associates Inc. ATC is a designer and marketing special- Professor of History leading U.S. engineering firm. ist and has extensive experience

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and telecommunications. She has Custom Concierge Care, a pet EMERITINOTES completed successful site selection sitting and concierge services firm and former faculty news assignments for clients includ- located in Fairfax, Va. Sheard was ing Citibank, Hitachi, Assurant, previously employed at Peace of Professor Emeritus of History Sidney Bland is an instructor in Kodak and Home Depot. Moore Mind Pet Care as a dog walker/ JMU’s Lifelong Learning Institute along with Professor Emeritus will focus on analysis of capital pet sitter. She writes, “As co- of Art and Art History Bob Bersson. investment alternatives, financial owner of the company, I perform Professor Emeri- and operational metrics, and all needed activities from mar- tus of History identifying efficiency and produc- keting to accounting to the pet Sidney Bland talks tivity improvement opportunities sitting itself. Fits my short atten- to alumni during for clients. 4 Michelle Turenne tion span.” Learn more at www. Bluestone Reunion was promoted to senior director, creaturecomfortva.com. Weekend in 2008 to share in the kick off corporate alliances and develop- of the JMU Centen- ment at the American Thoracic Justin Constantine was nial Celebration. Society, a medical specialty soci- 92 elected to the board of ety focused on pulmonary, critical directors of the Wounded War- Professor Emeritus of Education Harold D. Lehman (’42) will care and sleep medicine. She was riors Project. A successful attorney celebrate his 70th class reunion at Bluestone Reunion Weekend in appointed to a second term on the with 12 years of U.S. military and April 2012. He is a “double-Duke” — both an alumnus and a JMU board of directors for the Health- federal service, Constantine’s work employee. He taught in the JMU College of Education for many years care Convention Exhibitors Asso- has focused on drafting legislation, and may be the oldest living male JMU graduate. If you are a male ciation and presented two lectures criminal trial work, implement- Madison graduate with a class year previous to 1942, the Madison at the group’s June 2011 meeting. ing appellate-level immigration magazine staff wants to hear from you! Email [email protected] law and reviewing government and tell us your story. Maj. Keith Ensley led contracts. He currently works for a mission to restart a the U.S. Department of Justice The JMU Office of Alumni Relations invites all graduates from 91 Reserve Officer Training Corps on counterterrorism issues. He the 1930s to the 1960s to come back to campus in April 2012 for program at Southern Oregon is founder and president of Got Bluestone Reunion Weekend. Start planning now at www.jmu.edu/ University. Ensley is a JMU Pride LLC, a company that raises alumni/events/reunions.shtml. Are you a professor emeritus/emerita ROTC alumnus, Afghanistan awareness of available veterans’ who would like to share with alumni during Bluestone Reunions? veteran and Oregon Army resources. Constantine earned his Contact Tracey Kite at [email protected]. National Guard officer. He law degree from the University of Notes IN MEMORIAM teaches military science at SOU. Denver School of Law. His mili- Professor Emeritus of Education Garney Lewis The new ROTC program at SOU tary decorations include the Pur- grew from zero to 31 cadets in 18 ple Heart, the Navy and Marine Darrin (’73M) died on July 21, 2011. Darrin months. Ensley retired from the Corps Commendation Medals earned a M.F.A. from JMU and taught in the military June 23, six days after and the Combat Action Ribbon.

Class Department of Art and Art History. He also the first ROTC cadets graduated Learn more about Constantine served two terms on JMU’s Greater Madison from Southern Oregon in 20 at www.jmu.edu/bethechange. 4 Board of Directors. years. 4 Kimberly Seidel Sheard Jessica L. LaCosta Grupenhoff Professor Emerita of English Cynthia A. Gilliatt died on Aug. 16, co-founded Creature Comforts of Carlsbad, Calif., helps veterans 2011. She served on the JMU faculty from 1971 to 2008. An avid golfer, she taught Milton, 17th-Century Literature, The Bible as Literature, Mythology, and Gay and Lesbian Literature, a course she SCHOLARSHIP THANKS: developed. Gilliatt was a founding member of Safe Zones at JMU and Carol Carter Fitzgerald Elementary of Integrity/Virginia, a faith-based organization that provides spiri- tual space and counsel for gay members of the Episcopal Church. Education Scholarship Professor Emerita of Special Education, Betty Dr. Warren Braun and Mrs. Lillian Braun: Wilson Landis (’64) died on June 24, 2011. She My name is Kathryn Liskey, and I am a junior in the College of Educa- was an alumna of the JMU College of Education and member of Sigma Sigma Sigma. She earned tion. Thank you for awarding me the Carol Carter Fitzgerald Elemen- her Ed.S. from JMU in autism spectrum disor- tary Education Scholarship. I am truly honored. The opportunity to ders in 1970. Before joining the JMU faculty, obtain an education is priceless, but in today’s society that expression Landis served as a special education resource is put to the test. This scholarship will help make my road to a college consultant for the Delaware Department of Public Instruction. She education a much smoother path. I look forward to a career as a teacher also taught at the Anthony-Seeger Campus School at JMU and and working with children. Your scholarship will make my career choice for Rockingham, Va., and Shenandoah, Va., public schools. She a reality. Thank you for your generosity and for the compassion you have received the 1985–86 Outstanding Woman of Virginia Award and was nominated by the JMU Women’s Caucus. shown by presenting me with this scholarship award!

4 All former professors are encouraged to contribute an Kathryn Liskey (’13) “Emeriti Note” at [email protected]. Harrisonburg, Va.

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SCHOLARSHIP THANKS Yolanda Darville of Md., in July. 4 Megan Seibel was Department of Human Resources 94 Nassau, Bahamas, was named director of the Virginia Management) and CIPPS (Pay- Farrell Endowed named executive director of Agriculture Leaders Obtaining roll, Department of Accounts) Scholarship in Hands For Hunger in March. Results program for the College systems. “I hope this project will Nursing The public relations major most of Agriculture and Life Sciences be a stepping stone for automa- recently served as director of at Virginia Polytechnic Univer- tion for other agencies in the Dr. Francis X. and development for the Queen’s sity. Seibel will provide leadership commonwealth and benefit the College Foundation and as a for a new adult leadership devel- VCCS’s mission,” says Cabana. 4 Mary Carter Farrell: development associate at the Col- opment program that serves Vir- Steven Yavorsky is vice president Thank you so much for the 2011–12 lege of The Bahamas. A magna ginia’s agricultural community. of business development for the Farrell Endowed Scholarship in cum laude graduate, Darville has “I see this position as an oppor- Greater San Marcos Partnership more than a decade of experi- tunity to utilize my formal back- in San Marcos, Texas. The JMU Nursing for JMU’s R.N. to B.S.N. ence in nonprofit management. ground in experiential learning, College of Business alumnus program. I am deeply honored and 4 Greg Werner (’94M), JMU’s learning issues and adult educa- most recently served as assistant excited to receive this generous gift. head strength and conditioning tion, and my formal background director of James City County In 2010 I graduated from Blue Ridge coach, was elected to the board in social community develop- Economic Development in Wil- College with an associate’s degree. Since of directors for the Collegiate ment and leadership to maximize liamsburg, Va. He has 11 years of Strength and Conditioning opportunities in Virginia for economic development experience July 2010, I’ve worked in Rocking- Coaches Association at the orga- developing the strong leaders and including chairing the Virginia ham Memorial Hospital’s pediatrics nization’s 11th-annual national collaborative partnerships neces- Economic Developers Associa- department. Working with children conference. Werner received the sary for the optimal future of our tion, Hampton Roads Association has always been my heart’s desire, and title Master Strength and Con- agricultural industry,” says Seibel. for Commercial Real Estate and I am very passionate about my profes- ditioning Coach. He has chaired Prior to accepting this position, Jamestown 2007. sion. I am very blessed to enjoy what I the organization’s Mentoring Seibel coordinated professional Symposium Advisory Board for development for paraprofession- Holland America Line do. I am 21 and grew up in a house- the last three years. als and volunteers affiliated with hired Laura A. Apelt as 00 Class hold of six children, so I can identify the Virginia Family Nutrition an entertainment technical man- with Mrs. Eva Farrell nurturing all Sarah-Katharine Owen Program through the Virginia ager. Her first tour was on the her children. My siblings and I were 95 of Arlington, Va., is Cooperative Extension. She man- Eurodam in Northern Europe. all home-schooled, and my parents’ a teacher for Arlington Public ages and co-owns a family farm, Apelt earned a master’s degree in Schools. She double majored in Mountain View Farm and Vine- theater from Regent University selfless sacrifice prepared us for a col- Notes French and Spanish and earned yard, in Roanoke. in Virginia Beach, Va. 4 Diane lege experience. I enjoy learning how her teaching certificate. 4 Sound- Elliott (known as Madison stu- to become a more efficient, caring and Exchange announced that Jason Cabana was part dent DeeDee Eicher Niarhos compassionate nurse. I look forward long-time senior counsel Colin 99 of a team that imple- in 1972) concluded 34 years of to completing my B.S.N. next year. Rushing will be the nonprofit’s mented a unified PeopleSoft acclaimed photography services new general counsel. Rushing was HRMS system for all 23 schools for JMU. Upon retirement Thank you for providing the Farrell instrumental to the negotiations in the Virginia Community Col- Elliott says, she “is struck by the Scholarship. I know that this gift will surrounding the 2009 Webcaster lege System and the VCCS main dramatic growth and transition bring some financial relief to my family Settlement Act, a series of agree- office in Richmond. Cabana’s at JMU observed through the and myself as I enter the next stage of ments between SoundExchange team is interfacing with the lens of many cameras over the my education. Thank you! and online music services aimed Commonwealth of Virginia decades.” Elliott photographed at securing the emerging Internet Personnel Management Informa- thousands of students, profes- Sarah E. Lam (’12) radio model while protecting the tion System (Human Resources, sors, alumni, staff members, Elkton, Va. interest of performers and record facilities and campus events. The labels. Rushing’s leadership student body more than doubled helped strengthen relationships and the campus expanded across transition into civilian life. 4 between Internet radio and con- Harrisonburg during her tenure Neils W. Pemberton of Reston, tent creators by balancing com- as JMU photographer. Elliott Va., earned a degree in legal assist- pensation for artists and record- is not putting down her camera ing. He is a fixed guard for Lerner ing labels with the business needs in retirement. She’s started the Enterprises and works Washing- of the innovative service. next phase of her career with her ton National events. Shenandoah 2000 Galleries. She Michael L. Doxey continues to offer photographic Deb Katz Rycus of New 96 earned his Doctor of services to JMU while continu- 93 Albany, Ohio, is associ- Medicine from George Washing- ing her photographic artistry ate creative director at the Ad Age ton University School of Medi- capturing the changes underway #4 advertising agency, Resource cine culminating a career change in the Shenandoah Valley. Her Interactive, in Columbus, Ohio. prompted by his experiences fly- accomplishments in creative She works exclusively in digital ing combat missions in Afghani- imagery of the beauty and cul- advertising for Proctor & Gamble stan in 2001. Doxey began his Retired JMU Photographer tural heritage of the valley have clients and would love to see some internship at the National Naval Diane Elliott (‘00) owns Shenan- been lauded in a wide variety of JMU student intern candidates. Medical Center in Bethesda, doah 2000 Galleries. photography shows and exhibits.

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Elliott says she looks forward to in the U.S. premiere of “applying her talents in other Suite for Saxophone and creative photographic artistry 16 Instruments written with digital imagery.”. by legendary composer- arranger and jazz artist Michelle McDaniel Bob Brookmeyer. 01 Berra is a 2011 Yale Distinguished Music Educator Khalil Garri- Award recipient at Yale Univer- 04 ott celebrated sity School of Music. Berra is five years as website a music teacher in the Miami- editor of the National Dade County Public Schools. Football League Berra enjoys leading professional Players Association. development workshops in music In December 2010 education, arts integration and he earned a master’s the Orff Schulwerk process. She degree in journalism also served as a guest conductor from Georgetown for local choral events. Berra was University. Garriott a member of the Next Generation returned to JMU in Sunshine State Standards Writ- April to participate ing Team and serves as president in an alumni panel for the South Florida Chapter of discussion during the the American Schulwerk Associa- School of Media Arts tion. 4 Tom Ferrebee is a Peace and Design’s annual Go Dukes! Kyle Hutchinson (’10), Meredith Hoyle (’07) and Caitlin Harrison (’10) Corps volunteer in the Philip- SMAD Day. 4 Liz cheer on the Dukes at the season opening football game. pines. He accompanied youth Cascio Hall of Reston, from the Rehoboth Children’s Va., is a preschool teacher for interns. Bovio is also responsible Colleen Mahoney Home to the capstone Peace Fairfax County public schools. for managing and coordinating 09 is serving Teach for Corps 50th-anniversary event — She and Matt welcomed their in-game presentations and spe- America. She will spend the next the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Future Duke on July 17, 2011. cial events including Fan Fest. two years teaching in Memphis, where they performed tinikling, 4 Holly Cline will participate Tenn. 4 Jacquelyn Walsh won a Notes the national dance of the Philip- Jessica Gosnell Caron in the Zappos Rock-n-Roll Half Virginia Press Association award pines and demonstrated tradi- 05 graduated with a Marathon on Dec. 4, 2011, to for her article about Aziza’s Place, tional Filipino games, papermak- Masters of Science in Speech- benefit the Crohn’s and Colitis a Cambodian education center ing and cooking. Language Pathology from MGH Foundation of America. Her team for at-risk children. Her article Institute of Health Professions is trying to raise $7,200 for the appeared in the Spring/Summer Class Matt Stuver was named in Boston. 4 Chemistry major foundation. Learn more at www. 2011 issue of Madison magazine. 03 the best Graduate Col- Erik Stang works for Bristol- active.com/donate/DC11TCVE- Walsh is co-president of JMU’s lege Soloist in DownBeat maga- Myers Squibb in New Jersey. GAS/holsab. 4 Nora McDonnell Harrisonburg/Rockingham zine’s 34th-annual Student Music His research has appeared for Shettel was hired as a risk analyst Alumni Chapter. Awards. Stuver is a doctoral a second time in the research for Legg Mason’s Enterprise Risk student in saxophone and was journal Chemical & Engineering Management team in August Kyle Hutchinson, recognized for his performance News. Stang’s work was first rec- 2011. The business adminis- 10 Meredith Hoyle (’07) ognized by the journal when he tration major concentrated in and Caitlin Harrison met at the was an undergraduate complet- finance at JMU. Legg Mason’s MetroDukes alumni bus tail- ing research with JMU professors world headquarters is in Balti- gate before JMU’s first home foot- Kevin Minbiole and Barbara more, Md. ball game on Sept. 10 and noticed Reisner. His graduate research they were wearing JMU colored with Christina White, chemistry Mary Beth Sorrentino sunglasses. About 40 alumni rode professor at the University of 07 earned a Doctor of Den- the bus from Arlington and tail- Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, tal Medicine in Dentistry from gated in the baseball parking lot. appeared in the Sept. 12, 2011, the University of Pennsylvania Harrison is a former Madison mag- issue of C&EN. Read the article School of Dental Medicine. She azine intern. 4 Former women’s at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/ graduated summa cum laude in soccer player Christina “Corky” news/89/i37/8937notw4.html. the distinguished Clinical Honors Julien was in the starting lineup Program. She now serves as a for the Canadian women’s team Brett Bovio is promo- captain in the United States Air in its June 30 match vs. France 06 tions coordinator for the Force Dental Corps. during the FIFA Women’s World 2011 Stanley Cup champion Bos- Cup. A JMU All-America player, ton Bruins. He manages a staff of 08 Andrew Williams Julien played 60 minutes in the Khalil Garriott (‘04) has served 40 including the Boston Bruins teaches English at Din- contest for Canada, which lost 4-0 as the NFL Players Association Ice Girls, Street Team, Blades widdie County High School in to France. This was Julien’s 29th website editor for five years. (the Boston Bruins mascot) and central Virginia. Continued on Page 62 https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/160 MADISON MAGAZINE FOOTBALL FANS PHOTOGRAPH BY AJDA BERRYMAN (’07) 64 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2012

JMUWORKS Conquering clutter JMU alumni business helps organize the masses BY COLLEEN CALLERY (’11)

verstuffed closets. Piles of financial statements. Bags Getting organized may also offer financial benefits when one of holiday décor. Rooms filled with children’s toys. learns to use a smaller space more efficiently. And the argument O Beyond being necessary evils in most of our lives, this makes sense. Instead of spending money on storage units or mov- list shares another, frustrating commonality — life ing items that no one uses, optimizing an existing space and getting would be easier if they would organize themselves. And that’s rid of unused items can actually save money. exactly what Ed Wotring (’02) has set out to do with his company, But Color-Coded is dedicated to their clients varying needs, Color-Coded. offering flexible programs and options for getting organized. They Based in Arlington, Va., Color-Coded is a team of professional provide online organizing services where clients can pay a monthly organizers who’ve been tackling almost any kind of clutter since membership fee for several coaching calls per month. The team 2008. The Color-Coded team also offers a wealth of tools offers organizing systems and to help anyone get organized. solutions for homeowners, This option is cost-effective small businesses and people and facilitates relationships who have gone through major with clients across the nation life changes like marriage or and abroad. moving. Okay, so the clutter The Color-Coded team doesn’t exactly organize itself, has jumped into social media but the Color-Coded team to help share their organiza- works hard to make it seem tion systems and services. that easy. The team maintains a blog It may not be the first and uses other social media career choice one would platforms. “Customers enjoy Class expect from a computer infor- the fact that they are able to mation systems major, but the receive coaching and learn entrepreneurial opportunities organizing techniques and were undeniable for Wotring. tips but still perform the Citing his rigorous business organizing and de-cluttering Notes courses and involvement in the themselves,” says Wotring. international business frater- Everyone at Color-Coded nity Delta Sigma Pi, he found contributes to the blog, the inspiration to take his and some of the company’s career in his own hands. JMU student interns spent “I have always been fairly summer 2010 working to organized,” says Wotring. “But further their communica- my business partner and fian- tions and marketing efforts cée, Alejandra Costello has with social media and search been organizing all her life. It engine optimization. After was not until she discovered receiving an email from the National Association of Wotring through the market- Professional Organizers that ing department in the JMU Color-Coded owners Ed Wotring (‘02) and Alejandra Costello keep we realized organizing is a College of Business, San- clients organized and share organizational tips via social media. profession. We created Color- dra Tran (‘11) and Larissa Coded to pursue our desire to be entrepreneurs.” Cookson (’10) jumped on board with Color-Coded’s mission. Wotring began assembling his team by attracting organizers “It is important for me to stay organized because it has been so who were already members of the National Association of Pro- beneficial in my life,” says Tran. “Color-Coded really provides a fessional Organizers. “Organizing is a very personal service that great service to those who feel overwhelmed and can’t figure out requires confidentiality,” explains Wotring. “As members of NAPO where to start.” our organizers abide by the NAPO code of ethics, which provides a Wotring and the team at Color-Coded enjoy sharing their exper- level of assurance and professionalism for our clients’ privacy.” tise. The company not only serves as a positive model in the com- However, professionalism and talent may not always be enough munity, holding seminars in retirement communities and at elemen- to convince everyone that hiring organization specialists is worth tary schools, but it also serves as example for aspiring profession- the cost. Wotring says organizing a frequently used space offers als and students. “It was inspiring to see Alejandra and Ed, basically both mental and emotional benefits. “An organized living or work- fresh out of college, pursue the grand endeavor of running their space can reduce stress, increase motivation and help with men- own company,” says Tran. “It didn’t seem easy, but it looked do-able tal focus,” he explains. “Being organized leads to efficiency and and rewarding, which was a great motivating factor for me.” M productivity, which have a ripple effect of positive outcomes in all areas of one’s life and career.” 4 Get organized at www.color-coded.net.

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“Get Involved: Change Your ANNOUNCEMENTS World,” and she is an advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association. 4 Rebecca Simonds spent two 4 Melissa Stark (’03) to Scott months in Ilula, Tanzania, in the Weddings Maxwell, 7/10/10 4 Johanna Iringo region living and volun- 1980s Tim Arnold (’85, Fox (’04, ’07M) to Eli Klein teering at the Ilula Orphan Pro- ’88M) to Lynn Rogers (’85), (’01), 7/10/10 4 Liz Cascio gram. The biology major was a member of Delta Delta Delta and 11/24/10 Hall (’04) to Matt, 1/17/10 an avid participant in Alternative 4 Sara Ross (’04) to Nate 1990s Marie Innocenti (’92) Spring Break programs. She led Towne, 4/2/11 4 Lauren Bern- to Victor Grafton, 4/29/11 4 an ASB trip in spring 2011. hard (’05) to Raymond Decker Karyn Scoville (’93) to Dan 2011 Miss Virginia Elizabeth (’07), 5/21/11 4 Jennifer Crot (‘10) will compete in Janu- Ialeggio, 5/1/09 4 Nicholas ary for Miss America 2012. Carver (’06, ’08M) to David Lee Kohn (’98) to Maria Castillejo (’07, ’08M), 7/16/11 international appearance with Heiser (’07), 5/29/11 4 Canada since joining the team Andrea Denise Parilak (’06) in 2009. Julien is the first JMU 2000s Heather Hogston to Omar Hammad, 8/6/11 player to participate in a World (’00, ’02M) to Matt Lambert, 4 Jennifer Piantedosi (’06) Cup competition. 5/29/11 4 Emily Bishop (’01) to Justin Fabian, 9/5/10 4 Elizabeth Crot is 2011 to Hudson Boyer (’99), 5/7/11 Trevor Caudill (’08) to Ashley 4 11 Miss Virginia. The 4 Rebecca R. Campbell (’01, McPike (’10), 5/22/11 Evan English major will represent Vir- ’03M) to John Guzowski, Dyson (’08) to Sarah Buell ginia at the 2012 Miss America 7/2/11 4 Elizabeth Bakes (’06, ’08M), 12/3/11 Pageant in January in Las Vegas. (’03) to Jason Halpin, 5/29/11 Crot competed in the Miss Virginia Pageant four previous times and was once third Rebecca Simonds (‘11) volun- runner-up. She hopes to perform teered for two months at an a daughter, Ella Margaret, on Broadway. Her platform is orphanage in Ilula, Tanzania. FutureDukes 4/6/11 4 Kelli Kirby Bryant Notes 1990s Ed Kalletta (’92) and (’98) and Dustin, a daughter, Kim, twins, Brady Edward Lillian Case, 9/6/10 4 Kelly James and Kaitlynn Fox, O’Connor Opipari (’98) SCHOLARSHIP THANKS: 1/7/11 4 Jennifer K. Juliano and Benjamin, a daughter, Class Sally A. and Robert M. Kelly (’92) and John (’95), Cristiana Nicole, 3/21/11 4 Goldberg Scholarship for a daughter, Theresa Marie, Deborah Stromberg Stein Early Childhood Education 6/24/11 4 Karyn Scoville (’98) and Kyle, a daughter, Ialeggio (’93) and Dan, a Zoe Marie, 1/15/11 4 Leigh daughter Lia Grace, 12/16/10 Reynolds Dunavant (’99) and Mr. David Parker (‘82) and Mrs. Holly Parker: 4 Karen Rule Darden (’94) Mike, a daughter, Sarah Stuart, My name is Minah Yoo, and I’m a senior in the JMU Early Child- and Scott, a daughter, Audrey 12/23/10 4 Julie Schneider hood Education program. I am honored to receive the Sally Goldberg Grace, 7/28/11 4 Jennifer Kaufman (’99) and David, Scholarship for Early Childhood Education. I am deeply grateful for Lee Gaskins Narron (’96) a daughter, Kate Lillian, this wonderful opportunity and for your generosity. I took a long time and Jesse (’97), a son, Wyatt 8/14/11 4 Kathleen Hopson to decide to be a teacher, and receiving this scholarship reassures me that Cruz, 11/15/10 4 Heather Kozlowski (’99) and Kevin I am on the right path. I believe your aunt, Sally Goldberg, must have Bradburn Osl (’96) and Chris (’99), a son, Parker Chase, been an incredible kindergarten teacher, and somewhere the children (’95), a daughter, Katherine 7/20/11 4 Ryann McKinley whose lives she touched will always remember her. The difference you Elizabeth, 4/28/11 4 Carter Laden (’99) and Kevin (’99), are making through this scholarship continues her legacy, and I will be Berkeley-Taylor and Rob a son, Sam Michael, 7/21/11 4 one of the many to remember her. Receiving this scholarship has made (’97), a son, Brayden Michael, Betsy Rollins Stanley (’99), an unforgettable impact on my family. I hope to one day be a teacher 5/13/11 4 Tamara Cahen a daughter, Kate Madison, who has an impact on the lives of my students. I wish you and your fam- O’Toole (’97) and Jamie, 4/15/11 ily all the best and wish many blessings your way. Thank you again!

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FutureDukes Arundel, 7/8/11 4 Heather InMemoriam Burakow Park (’01) and Chris, 2000s Chrysalinn A. a daughter, Charlotte Ame- Dr. James H. Taylor Jr. (Former Rector JMU Board of LeDoux Archie (’00) and lia, 5/28/11 4 Terra White Visitors) of Lynchburg, Va., 6/17/11 Ulysses, a son, Gavin Joseph, Walker (’01) and Tracey (’01), Gladys Bradenham Upp (’28) of Barhamsville, Va., 7/13/11 7/13/11 4 Christine Graham a son, Garrison James, 9/2/10 Ruth Manning Brittingham (’36) of Pocomoke City, Md., Baker (’00) and Michael, 4 Amy Ziegenfuss Kowalsky 8/17/11 a daughter, Lauren Marie, (’ 02) and Jeffrey (’01), a son Louise Ellett McClure (’38) of San Angelo, Texas, 7/29/11 5/2/11 4 Hayden S. Bar- James Brent, 2/14/11 4 Krista Elise Turner Franklin (’38) of Greensboro, N.C., 8/11/11 nard (’00) and Brooke, a son, Rush McMullen (’02) and Lois Jean Mason Foerster (’40) of Penn Laird, Va., 8/17/11 Ford Scott, 3/25/11 4 Kelly John (’02), a son, Dylan Rush, Julia A. Flohr Metzger (’41) of North Manchester, Ind., 6/19/11 Wheaton Barton (’00) and 3/19/11 4 Melissa Chewning Lee Schaaf Schultz (’42) of Harrisonburg, 6/11/11 Marc (’03), a daughter, Emily Ryman (’02) and Gregg (’01), Roseline Wampler Bryan (’43) of Harrisonburg, Va., 7/6/11 Rachel, 12/2/09 4 Rebecca a son, Bradley Nelson, 4/1/11 Cornelia Riley Crosby (’43) of Charlottesville, Va., 7/30/11 Church Carroll (’00) and 4 Kimberly Johnson Terry Sara J. Crumley (’43) of Richmond, Va., 7/23/11 Jeffrey (’00), a son, Dylan (’ 02) and Cuaduana P. Terry Jean F. Carpenter Petersen (’43) of Knoxville, Tenn., 7/15/11 Kenneth, 8/1/11 4 Jessica (’99), a daughter, Ananda Lena Bourne Ritchie (’44) of Raleigh, N.C., 4/9/11 Plageman Christensen (’00) Taylor, 6/24/11 4 Melissa Virginia Graham Gentry (’46, ’70M) of Elkton, Va., 7/12/11 and Corey, a son, Cole Joseph, Stark Maxwell (’03) and Scott, Katharine Mason (’46) of Elizabethton, Tenn., 7/4/11

5/31/10 4 Jennifer Mooney a daughter, Addison Jean, Mildred Andra Witten (’46) of Tazewell, Va., 8/6/11 Class DesRoches (’00) and Paul 5/10/11 4 Elise Boyd (’04) Dorothy Bowles McCollum (’47) of Winston Salem, N.C., (’00), a son Jackson Wil- and Jesse Dodd, a daughter, 7/3/11 liam, 4/9/11 4 Kathy Cler- Margot Boyd Dodd, 10/14/10 Zane Neff (’56P) of Edinburg, Va., 7/15/11

mont Karp (’00) and Evan, a 4 Kristen Battles Anderson Dr. Richard T. Bruce Jr. (’53) of Harrisonburg, Va., 8/24/11 Notes daughter, Ella Bryce, 1/26/11 (’05) and James (’05), a daugh- Marlene E. Wilbarger (’53) of Harrisonburg, Va., 6/9/11 4 Emily Couch Kirby (’00) ter, Lila Michelle, 1/12/11 4 Julia Batson Burns (’58) of Harrisonburg, Va., 8/6/11 and Brian, a daughter, Abigail Amber Allen Loyacano (’05, Anne Burruss Naumann (’58) of Mechanicsville, Va., 6/28/11 Lee, 12/27/10 4 Lori Dlugos ’06M) and Joe (’02, ’06M), a Nancy Close Vanture (’60) of Birmingham, Ala., 7/25/11 Knapp (’00) and Bobby, a daughter, Emma Grace, 8/2/11 Betty Wilson Landis (’64, ’70D.S.E.) of Hinton, Va., 6/24/11 son, Camden Robert, 6/15/11 4 Lauren Smith Murphy (’05) Nancy Lasher Flynn (’70) of Myrtle Beach, S.C., 7/5/11 4 Kimberly Layton Moffett and Kevin (’04, ’06M), a son, Dr. Myrtle David Fultz (’70) of Midlothian, Va., 6/4/11 (’00) and Julian, a daughter, Callan Timothy, 7/18/11 4 Wayne Eugene Heatwole (’70, ’73M) of Harrisonburg, 6/20/11 Layton Grace, 7/25/11 4 Leigh Morris Stisser (’05) Janet Merritt McClary (’71) of Glen Allen, Va., 3/10/10 Andrea Polizzi Nicolosi (’00) and Brian, a daughter, Evelyn Garney Lewis Darrin (’73) of Harrisonburg, Va., 7/21/11 and Paul, a son, Paul Antonino, “Evie” Dickey, 6/1/11 4 Daniel J. Ottavio (’74) of Kitty Hawk, N.C., 5/6/10 4 7/21/11 Sara Owrey (’00) Amanda Bochneak Ogg (’06) Susan Reiss Hamman (’77) of Berryville, Va., 1/24/09 and Michael Monteleone and Jameson, a boy Jackson Carol Ann Reece Brunton (’78) of Bridgewater, Va., 7/12/11 4 (’03), a daughter, Penelope Welton, 12/28/10 Kimberly Robert Shannon Myers (’79) of Palm Coast, Fla., 7/18/11 4 Rosalie, 6/1/11 Wendy B. Tashner Shyu (’06) and Alan Chase Nicol (’80M) of Broadway, Va., 8/24/11 Peterson (’00) and Dan (’00), Daniel (’06), a son Ethan Gregory Lewis Morris (’81) of Grottoes, Va., 8/4/11 4 a daughter, Rebecca Claire, Parker, 6/23/11 Tristan Sul- Carl L. Mullins Jr. (’82) of Harrisonburg, Va., 7/19/11 4 5/12/11 Leslie Coffey Ste- livan Stutzman (’06, ’07M) Thomas Charles Dawson Jr. (’83) of Virginia Beach, Va., vens (’00) and Matthew, a and Eric, a son, Finninan 7/20 /11 son, Bradley Robert, 5/1/10 4 Timothy, 3/3/11 4 Kendall Jane F. Rosenberger Wever (’83) of Winchester, Va., 7/12/11 Kristin Dobbins Frese (’01) Szafranski Wills (’06) and Jef- Virginia Stafford McGuire (’84) of Leesburg, Va., 4/14/11 and Greg (’99), twins, a son frey, a daughter, Teagan Marie, Kellie L. Asher (’87) of Mesa, Ariz., 8/14/10 Andrew and a daughter Kate- 2/28/11 4 Rachel Anne Bur- Alexander William “Will” Ellis Jr. (’00) of Dayton, Va., lyn, 12/6/10 4 Asheley Ash- rows Fleming (’07) and Todd 7/8/11 bridge Jewett (’01) and Mat- (’98), a daughter, Eva Ayers, Andrea Lynch Lohr (’05) of Broadway, Va., 7/10/11 thew (’00), a daughter, Abigail 2/26/11 Ross Taylor Church (’07) of Fairfax, Va., 5/30/11

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In August JMU alumni submitted 177 1 photos that captured the Madison Expe- rience — the beauty, the people and the spirit of JMU. Then in September, Dukes voted via Facebook “Likes” for the top three favorites. The Facebook contest complemented the Homecoming 2011 professional alumni photo exhibit. See more Homecoming coverage on Page 24.

Maj. David Mills (’06) “Dukes pride in Afghanistan” Drum roll, please! Maj. David Mills (’06), from Combat Logis- tics Battalion 8, stands in front of a tank he has draped with a Duke Dog flag. Mills just returned from his deployment in Afghanistan

and says he is “thrilled to win the contest.” C

2 E Barry Strohl (’84) 3 “Rusty Wrinkles and Duke Dog” Zephan Blaxberg (’10) Capturing the “awww” vote, Rusty Wrinkles “Centennial Fountain and Wilson” sizes up the Duke Dog statue in front of the Blaxberg captures the tranquility of the campus at Plecker Athletic Performance Center. night and the beautiful architecture of the Quad https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol35/iss1/1Be Engaged. Be Involved. BE the CHANGE www.jmu.edu/BetheChange 70