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INsIDE: Health and hope on the go: JMu nursing et al.: Madison Magazine - Spring/Summer 2011 students deliver health care to local homeless Pag e 28 Alumni Association: 100 years of alumni success Pag e 4 4 M a d i s o n the magazine of s P ring/summer 2 0 1 1 MadisonJ a m e s m a d i son university This can’t be sciencePage 30 , Can it? s P r i n g / s u m m e r 2 0 1 1 NephCure ambassador and hoops Plus! Carnegie Foundation nod Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2011 1 star Dawn Evans (‘11) inspires Pag e 18 JMU/community engagement lauded Page 8 INSIDE: From the Quad to the stage to the lab, science Madison Magazine, Vol. 34 [2011], No. 2, Art. 1 dances to life all year at JMU Pag e 30 Professors You Love honors Harrisonburg’s ‘Uncle Bijan’ Pag e 40 M a d i s o n Madisonthe magazine of James m a d i son university s P ring/summer 2 0 1 1 Student nurses serve Harrisonburg’s health homeless children Page 28 s hope P & r i n on the go g / s u m m e r 2 0 1 1 There’s so much to do at JMU! The Crop Mob storms https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol34/iss2/1Save your Madison Community Calendar insert Plus! valley farmers >>>>> 2 et al.: Madison Magazine - Spring/Summer 2011 FULLFRAME ‘JMU students have a great time helping out. We get to hang out and share a meal with the farmers who produce our food, learn new skills and ground our- selves in the real world.’ — Ga r r ett Ster n (’11) anthropology major and Crop Mob co-organizer PublishedMadison by JMU Scholarly Magazine Commons, 2011 3 Madison Magazine, Vol. 34 [2011], No. 2, Art. 1 PeoPle Power n a chilly February day, volunteers mob andrew schaefer’s Wildside Farms in singers glen to build a tractor bridge, O marking one of the newest phenomena to hit Harrisonburg: the Valley Crop Mob. providing assistance for small- scale sustainable farms, they knock out big projects in a single afternoon. There is strategy behind this people- powered marvel, says co-organizer garrett stern (’11). The Friendly City Food Co-op and JMu EARTH spon- sor these monthly mobs to build a bridge between JMu and the commu- nity and to advocate for locally grown food and sustainable farming. “The Crop Mob is the easiest way to unite people in an environmen- tal way and build connections back to farmers, because everybody has to eat,” says stern, who is also the Harri- sonburg Farmer’s Market newly hired program manager. Farmers who strive to farm organi- cally consider the mobs a real boost. “it’s been great having this much help, getting all this done at once,” sherri Huffer told the staunton News Leader when the mob descended on her gather- ing rabbitry and Farm in Mount sidney in March. “They’re getting a lot of things done that would not have gotten done.” The mob last hit Janet’s garden in greenville in april. M ✱ Watch the Crop Mob video at www.jmu.edu/ bethechange/stories/ FirstCropMob.shtml Michelle Strickland (’14), foreground, heads to the site of the emerging tractor bridge with an armload of stones to assist 12 other JMU students volunteering at Wild- side Farms in Singers Glen. Inset: Organizer Garrett Stern (’11) contributes a load of cement to the tractor bridge project. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol34/iss2/1photographs by norm shafer s p r i n g / s u mm e r 2 0 1 1 4 et al.: Madison Magazine - Spring/Summer 2011 Contentss p r i n g / s u mm e r 2 0 1 1 * V o L . 3 4 * n o . 2 The Dance of Art and Science Can this be science? JMU takes cross- disciplinary collabo- ration to a new level. P a g e 3 0 F e a t u r e d 30 The Dance of Art and Science By Brad Jenkins (’99) a yearlong academic emphasis on the “dance of art and science” began with more than 4,000 freshmen Up Front dancing in the shape of a double helix on the Quad during orientation and culminated with a presentation by Liz Lerman, of the Liz Lerman dance exchange, and Francis Collins, chief of the national institutes of Health 1 Full Frame and mapper of the human genome. The science of exploration and the art of research came together for students Crop Mob descends on from varying disciplines. They learned how to tackle life’s most complex health issues and they learned, as Wildside Farms to help build Collins said, “it will take people from a host of disciplines to decide what to do with scientific advancements.” a tractor bridge 28 Health and Hope on the Go by Jean Young Kilby 4 22807 nearly half of the homeless people in the Harrisonburg and rockingham County area are children. The students Your letters and feedback and faculty members in the JMu department of nursing are addressing basic health care issues for this under- represented population with a Health Care for the Homeless initiative. To reduce barriers to health care, nursing 6 Contributors students and their professors visit Mercy House and provide basic health screenings and education. They also 7 Directions connect clients to much-needed community resources. JMu president Linwood H. rose on creativity and the 27 One World by Jacquelyn Walsh (’09) Dance of art and science political science major alexandra robbins (’09) and geographic sciences major daniel Haney (’07) take the Be the Change spirit to Cambodia’s aziza’s place to provide education, health needs and independence. On the COver: Suitcase nursing student (regional community cover) and freshman 46 You Look Good for 100 Baby! by Michelle Hite (’88) Orientation DNA Dance (arts cover) The JMu alumni association celebrates 100 years of alumni successes this fall during Homecoming, sept. by Diane Elliott (’00). See both at 30– oct. 1. This is the year to be back in the ’Burg to celebrate JMu alumni and the Be the Change spirit. www.jmu.edu/MadisonOnline. Published2 Madison by JMU Scholarly Magazine Commons, 2011 dance photograph by sarah davis (‘13) 5 Madison Magazine, Vol. 34 [2011], No. 2, Art. 1 M@ dison Bright Lights IraqAndBack.com 8 news Carnegie Foundation applauds JMu/community engagement; presidential search founder and Ameri- firm selected; campus traffic changes; phi Beta Kappa; Businessweek lauds College of can hero Maj. Justin Business; Thermal Fluids Lab; social work program named outstanding; and much more Constantine (’92) helps fellow wounded 11 By the numbers Who is Todd shifflett and why is he first? What are no. 4, 19, 35 soldiers. P a g e 2 0 Contents and 100? The Madison project celebrates its 15th anniversary 13 Celebrating the Arts The grand opening gala for the Forbes Center for the performing arts 18 Dukes Turf by David Driver Women’s basketball star dawn evans (’11) is ready to create her own shots and a powerful future; duke dog pride’s 2,011 in 2011 Be the Change Daniel Haney (’07), left, and Alexandra Robbins (‘07) take the Be the Change spirit to Cambo- Departments dia’s Aziza’s Place. P a g e 2 7 15 Special Report by Andy Perrine (’86) an investment in higher education is key to restoring economic strength 17 Connections JMu is on Facebook, Flickr, Linkedin, Wordpress.com. and Twitter. stay connected to the JMu nation Peer Pressure 20 Bright Lights english professor annette Federico, Members of the Psy- IraqandBack.com founder and american hero Maj. Justin chology Peer Advis- Constantine (’92), and 2010 student stage Manager of the ers celebrate 20 Year Bekah Wachenfeld (’11) years. P a g e 4 7 Stewardship 24 Expressions by Lynda Ramsey and fellowship The art of Madison Madison alumni and donors meet the 26 Transformations by Lisl Magboo (’12) students their gifts Psychology major Trisha smith (’14) has not let a brain aVM are supporting. slow down her academic career or her dreams and goals P a g e 2 5 40 Professors You Love nancy delosh rusinak (’88, ’91M) honors psychology professor Bijan saadatmand Transformations From brain AVM and 41 Mixed Media Book announcements and music releases by rehab to advocate and professors and alumni psychology major, Trisha Smith (‘14) is helping others. P a g e 2 6 alumni Get connected: 43 news an invitation from the alumni associa- www.jmu.edu tion president, alumni staff update, 2011 alumni award nominations, JMu alumni Get inspired association centennial, JMu alums at to be the chanGe LiVESTRONg, psychology peer advisers The Be the Change website has stories and videos about students, professors and alumni celebrate 20 years, road dawg logs more changing the world. Sign up, connect, chime in: than 12,000 miles, and the save the date www.jmu.edu/bethechange calendar Share your Be the Change story at [email protected] 50 Class notes news from alumni and faculty emeriti, visit jmu: scholarship thank-yous and a Class of Prospective students, alumni, community members, JMU friends: Find it all here. The JMU 1958 professorship thank-you from events calendar, campus map, area lodging and david pruett. JMuWorks features for- dining. Log on before you roll in to the ‘Burg: mer Breezers at rhudy & Co; alumni www.jmu.edu/jmuweb/visitor/ highlights on Janice C. Wiley (’77), Kim also: Wheeler (’09) and Wes Mitchell (’10) Follow @JMUnews on Twitter.