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Character countsWhile the Challace McMillin Center for Sports Psychology helps JMU student-athletes reach their personal best, its programs team up students with local youth to build character and share sports experiences.

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By Eric Gorton (’86, ’09M) and Janet Smith (’81)

JMU joined local observances honoring america’s military veterans in early november, culminating with the dedication on nov. 8 of a new memorial honoring Harrisonburg and rockingham County veterans who died in foreign wars. the memorial, built near the entrance to new softball and baseball fields at Memorial Hall, is “a visual reminder of those who gave their lives for us and our way of life,” said JMU President Linwood H. rose during opening remarks inside the JMU softball stadium. rose, who was joined on the stage by U.s. Congressman Bob goodlatte (r-Va.), Harrisonburg Mayor Kai degner (’03, ’05M) and rockingham County supervisor Michael Breeden, said he also hopes the memorial reminds people “that somewhere in the world there is a solitary soldier that is standing as a guardian for our democracy, and for that, we should all be grateful.” goodlatte thanked local veterans, telling them they “are part of a long and distinguished list of brave, patriotic men and women who’ve helped to liberate victims of oppres- sion, spread freedom and democracy across the world, and preserve the freedoms that our nation was built on. Your service is definitely marked by self-sacrifice, making you heroes in the truest sense of the word.” in addition to speeches, the ceremony featured music from the Marching royal dukes, a ribbon cutting, reading of a resolution and a performance by the U.s. army drill team. JMU student timothy norville, an army veteran who served in afghanistan and iraq, said it is important to remember past events that led to the freedoms that americans enjoy and that the event was a fitting tribute. “it was a remarkable show and great support from the community. i came out today to support the local veterans.” the monument dedication was preceded by Harrisonburg’s annual Veterans day Parade, which also featured the March- ing royal dukes. on nov. 9, the army golden Knights Para- chute team delivered the game ball to Bridgeforth stadium for JMU’s game against the Univer- sity of Maine. M ✱ See photos from the Veter- ans Day parade on the JMU The JMU ROTC battalion Facebook page and the Marching Royal and read more Dukes participate in Har- about Madison risonburg’s Veterans Day veterans on the Parade on Nov. 8 (Inset): Operation Purple The U.S. Army Drill Team Pride Web site performs at the Veterans at www.jmu.edu/ Memorial Stadium dedi- bethechange/ cation, which honored operation-purple- local veterans. pride.shtml.

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Character counts JMU’s first football coach Challace McMillin leads the Dukes from the sidelines on Sept. 18, 1982, as JMU takes on U.Va. The new JMU sports psychology center has been named for the coach who continues to mentor JMU student-athletes. Featured Page 46 40 Sporting a new look and teaming up with the community Up Front by David J. Biancamano JMU nation gets a facelift. the athletics expansions to Bridgeforth stadium and the softball and 1 Full Frame baseball complexes and the Port republic road new athletics facility kick it up a notch for dukes’ fans. Veterans day

46 Character counts by Martha Bell Graham 4 22807 JMU’s first football coach Challace McMillin has mentored generations of student-athletes and Your letters and photos is a perpetual draw for former students, many who also have become coaches. the holistic 8 Contributors approach to academics and training in the new Challace McMillin Center for sport Psychology mirrors the philosophy of McMillin. the center’s community outreach programs are positively 22 Directions affecting JMU student-athletes and athletes of all ages in the region. JMU President Linwood H. rose addresses the 50 homecoming Week 2009 challenging economic times by Jacquelyn Walsh (’09) and Michelle Hite (’88) do you bleed purple? if you missed one minute of the action during Homecoming week check On thE COvER: Day with the Dukes photograph by out the student events, alumni awards, tailgate contests, hall of fame inductions, sigma nu David Lonnquest (’11); drill team by reunion and more. there are even more Purple Pride photos and highlights online. Mike Miriello (’09M)

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Bright M@ dison Lights 23 news JMU gets Phi Beta Kappa charter, starbucks opens in Carrier No “Payne,” Library, outreach and engagement addresses community needs, iiHHs wins no gain. Buck Payne (‘00) helps 2009 Caregivers award, men’s and women’s basketball schedules and more underrepresented youth get on the 25 By the numbers Professors You Love reaches 10th anniversary. path to college. what’s no. 3, 15, 37, 40 or 66? what reached 70 percent? or hit 70.17 mph? Page 36 Contents 31 Special Report by Andy Perrine (’86) Putting a face on the Madison for Keeps initiative Departments 27 Connections JMU is on twitter, Facebook and much more. are you connected? 33 Professors You Love Kristin Mcnamara (’09) writes about mathematics professor Laura taalman 34 Expressions Bethany tobin (’06) addresses the rhythms of the universe 36 Bright Lights english professor teresa Harris, aVid teacher Francis “Buck” Payne (’00) and Marlins pitcher dan Meyer (’02) 55 Mixed Media Furious Flower Center director Joanne gabbin releases Mourning Katrina to help Hurricane Katrina victims. More books and music by Expressions alumni and professors Bethany Tobin (‘06) creates art inspired by a JMU honors course taught by a mathe- alumni matics professor. Page 34 58 news Homecoming 2009 Photo Contest winner, JMU alumni associa- JMUWorks tion Board members support Madison for Keeps and welcome the Class of Find out why 2013, the Hall family’s JMU legacy, Homecoming 2009 distinguished these alumnae alumni awards, chapter news and updates, and the Madison events calendar moms say they “live better” 61 My Madison at The Martin by Katie Hudson (’10) and Ryan Hudson (’04) and their parents Agency. Plus the Hudson family celebrates its eighth JMU Family weekend Class Notes and other alumni pro- 62 Class notes news from alumni files. Page 65 and faculty emeriti, JMU works: the ExclusivE Martin agency. Profiles of Brian Hamrick (’83), Betsy witman (’87) and andrew gause (’02) online section 70 Picture this by Montte Hall Christiansen (’78) same time next year: JMU friends celebrate InstIg at ors 29 years at the beach of Peace See Page 8 Pakistan, Africa, the Middle East! homecom- JMU experts weigh in on ing 2009 issues that affect actions President Emeritus around the world. Ronald E. Carrier lit a bonfire and fired this exclusive online-only up the JMU Nation section of Madison includes: for Homecoming Week 2009. Even n Jimmy Carter on the Path to though there was Peace in the Middle East a tough loss to n JMU justice studies professor Villanova, alumni J. Peter Pham on “Why Africa and fans created matters” a win for Madison for Keeps and the n Award-winning journalist JMU Athletics Hall Nicholas Schmidle (’01) on fighting the Taliban of Fame. Page 50

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‘One of the strongest (’51) described in her Letter to the edi- qualities of JMU is the tor about the story on Miss savage. [spring 2009 Madison, “she never got quality of person who in the water”] Fortunately, this busi- attends the university. ness major also learned to swim! in all The Madison Experience the intervening years — and there are helps individuals grow many — i still do not swim because water is for drinking, boats and replen- in so many ways.’ ishing god’s green earth. — Peter Weilenmann (’89, ’93M) Lola Jones Stanco (’56) Bridgewater, N.J. at JMU 20 years ago, i want to thank the Madison community for its support and WISh I n G tO BE dedication to me as a student-athlete. run- D U kES? ning garnered me numerous opportuni - i graduated in august 1991 and return ties to compete on an international level to visit JMU when i can. on two after graduation. i am forever grateful to occasions i have brought my children my teammates, coaches and the athletics and turned it into a fun day for all of department for the support and friendships us. the Centennial Fountain is a won- during my five years competing as a duke. derful addition to campus. JMU emphasizes the “student” in student- Charletta Anderson (’91) athlete, and many of my student experi - Charlottesville, Va. After a walk through campus, Charletta ences were crucial to my development as Anderson’s children cool their feet in the Centennial Fountain near Burruss Hall. a person. i am grateful to the professors J EMMY h ELPS An OthER who helped me prepare for the vigorous MADISOn LOvE StORY nCaa scholarship applications and inter- i recently proposed to Kimberly ty l e r A vIRGI n IA ChARMER’S views, to a professor who encouraged me (’08), whom i met at JMU when she MADISOn LOvE StORY to take a fellowship i wasn’t sure about, to “bought” me at a male date auction held Madison family: it is with regret that i my academic advisers and professors whose write to inform you of the death of Mar- notes and stories i still refer to on occasion, garet Mayhugh Powell, my beloved wife and to Harrisonburg and the surrounding of nearly 64 years and a member of the region where i learned about the beauty of Madison College Class of 1942. she was nature on almost every training run and truly a Virginia charmer whom i trans- walk to class. Most important, i thank my planted to dallas, texas, in 1945 — where fellow students. one of the strongest quali- she became a texas charmer — but she ties of JMU is the quality of person who was always a Virginia girl. i relished our attends the university. the Madison expe- annual return visits to the beautiful Vir- rience helps individuals grow in so many ginia countryside. thanks to Madison ways. to the JMU community, especially College, which produced that lovely those who were around in the late ’80s, young schoolteacher who captivated me in thank you. 1943 when she said “yes!” Peter Weilenmann (’89, ’93M) “Jemmy” lends a hand in a Madison wed- Richard L. Powell ding proposal by Aaron Clark (‘07, ‘11M). Arlington, Va. Tulsa, Okla. to raise money for the fight against breast thE SAvAGE DISCUSSIOn cancer. after dating for more than two and COntI n UES ... a half years, i asked Kim to marry me, and i grew up in Hampton and spent many the proposal included JMU as a backdrop. days at the beach but decided early on that we shared a dinner for two in taylor 405, water was for drinking, boats and replen- a private showing of a movie in grafton- ishing god’s green earth. My freshman stovall theater, a stroll on the Quad, a year at Madison, i found myself in Miss limousine ride through campus and a savage’s swimming class whereupon she dance in the Festival grand Ballroom. designated me the “class sinker.” i did my even the Jemmy statue had a hand in our best to live up to her expectations and was special evening. of course, Kimberly had WISh YOU WERE h ERE fished out of the pool on many occasions to say “yes.” i rediscovered this photo that i took and with a long pole. never once did she jump Aaron Clark (’07, ’11M) thought it would look good in Madison in to “save” me, as nancy garth small Harrisonburg, Va. magazine. i wouldn’t mind reaping some financial benefit if this turns into a highly profitable postcard! Keep those letters and story ideas coming! Madison welcomes letters in response to magazine content. The staff reserves the right to edit for clarity, length and style. Anonymous letters will not be published. Send to Amanda Kristine Thomas (’06) “22807” Madison, 220 University Blvd., MSC 3610, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, or e-mail [email protected]. Minneapolis, Minn.

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Madisonw inter 2010 VoL .33 n o.1 * * David J. Biancamano Executive Editor is director of JMU athletics development, paM BroCk and he supervises both the annual fund and major gift side of Managing Editor athletics fundraising. He joined the staff in summer 2008 as the MiChelle hite (’88) assistant director of major gifts and moved into his current role in Art Director august. Prior to JMU, he worked at the Missouri Valley Confer- Bill thoM pSon ence as the assistant commissioner for operations from 2005 to Communication Assistant / Writer 2008. He is a 2002 graduate of Central Connecticut state Univer- Colleen dixon sity and was born and raised in wethersfield, Conn. Biancamano’s Copy Editor wife, emily, is director of sales for the Harrisonburg r esidence e laine Stroupe inn. read his feature on the stadium expansion on Page 42. JMU Web Managing Editor jan GilliS (’07, ’11P) University Photographers d iane elliott (’00) Madisononline contributor J. Peter Pham, professor of justice k athy laM studies, political science and african studies, is currently on leave Proofreader from JMU serving as senior fellow and director of the africa Sherry MatthewS Project at the national Committee on american Foreign Policy Editorial and Graphic Design Student Assistants in new York. He also serves as vice president of the american Caitlin harriSon (’10) association for the study of the Middle east and africa. Pham k atie hudSon (’10) has authored, edited or translated more than a dozen books and ChriS foS ter-Baril (’10) Sarah Marvill (’10) written more than 300 essays and reviews for scholarly and opin- Sara riddle (’10) ion journals. read his essay “why africa matters — to me, my Additional Contributors students and our country” at www.jmu.edu/bethechange/global_affairs.shtml. also, read j enny Baker (’08) john Carr (’82) his World Defense Review articles at worlddefensereview.com/phamarchive.shtml. Montte hall ChriS tianS en (’78) Sarah daviS (’13) Brian dillenS nyder (’08) Curt dudley Sara Riddle (’10) david driver Madison intern is a media arts and design major e van dySon (’08) and sports communication minor who aspires to work in the jour- ChriS edwardS an G el elza (’10) nalism field after graduation. she was producer for Bluestone her dan Gorin (’11) sophomore year and Ceo for the student-produced health news - e riC Gorton (’86, ’09M) Martha Bell GrahaM letter Potty Mouth her junior year. the proud delta gamma vol- l iSa ha (’04) unteers with Big Brothers Big sisters. Last summer, she interned r uSSell haMMond (’03) donald hudSon (’04P, ’10P) with Connection newspapers in alexandria. she served as a staff dorothy hudSon (’04P, ’10P) ryan hudSon (’04) writer for the Homecoming Week 2009 Breeze insert produced by n i Ck lanG ridG e (’00, ’06M) Madison. read her article on outreach and engagement on Page 24. lindS ey leeM iS (’12) j e SSi Ca lu MSden (’04) kriS tin M CnaMara (’09) adaM M CpherSon (’08) Mike Miriello (’09M) Caitlin Harrison (’10) is a Madison intern and school of Media andy perrine (’86) lynda raMSey arts and design major. she is concentrating in journalism with joe Showker (’79) a minor in film studies. she hopes to pursue a magazine-related Mary kaye t. Slonaker (’94) janet SMith (’81) writing or editing career that will allow her to travel the world. Sande Snead (’82) Harrison wrote for the Bluestone yearbook during her sophomore david taylor (’81) CaS ey te M pleton (’06) and junior years and is now a co-producer. she completed an alter- jaCquelyn walS h (’09) Carolyn windM iller (’81) native spring Break in 2008 and is an active member of saferides Matthew worden and delta gamma. she served as a staff writer for the Homecoming Bill wyatt Week 2009 Breeze insert. read her story on sigma nu on Page 54. Contributing Offices offices of alumni, Be the Change, Public affairs, sports Media relations, Photography services For address updates, e-mail: Cathy Kushner (’87), supervisor of JMU athletics pho- [email protected] or call (540) 568–2821 tography, provides sports images for Madison. an award- To contact the magazine staff: winning sports photographer, her images portray virtu- www.jmu.edu/MadisonOnline E-mail: [email protected] ally every facet of JMU athletics. Kushner’s work can be Voice: (540) 568-2664 ☎ Fax: (540) 568-7913 found at JMUsports.com and in numerous JMU mar- Madison, MSC 3610, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 keting materials. Before joining the JMU staff, the Long island, n.Y., native was a photojournalist with Harrison- burg’s Daily News-Record for 15 years. a longtime Yan- kees and giants fan, Kushner played field hockey and lacrosse at JMU. she plays a wide range of sports and enjoys watching her son, shea, develop his soccer skills.

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{Editor’s note} Partnerships and possibilities artnership, collaboration, team - work. these are not buzzwords on Bookstore ad here this campus. they are part of the Madison experience. JMU profes- Psors partner with each other on hundreds of cross-disciplinary programs, not only because it is a smart and thrifty way to approach academics, but also because these programs offer unique cross-curricular experiences for students. Many of these professors go a step further. they create programs that take JMU students and resources into the community to solve problems, to serve the local area and to teach students to be well-rounded citizens who think in a solutions-oriented way. in this issue you’ll read about several partnerships that entwine the local community and the Madison experience. on Page 24, read how the JMU office of outreach and engagement is opening doors to nontraditional students and expanding its outreach via distance-learning centers. the office is a community connection to JMU resources, and it addresses the needs of teachers, high-school students, military personnel and veterans. one of the office’s 20 partnerships is with Clarke County High school. Clark Hansbarger, a coordinator at the school, says, “i leave meetings at JMU energized by the possibilities and the positive, productive approaches the folks at JMU have in finding creative ways to meet community needs.” the institute for innovation in Health and Human services is a campus pioneer in community building. the institute is an alliance of organizations and JMU programs that offer community-based research opportunities, community health care services and real-world student learning experiences. this partnership takes the classroom into the community and vice versa. on Page 26, read about the iiHHs Caregivers Community network’s recent national nod. on Page 2, see how JMU partnered with Harrisonburg to honor area veterans. Partner with us. Check out www.jmu.edu and dig deep into the links. You’ll see the same kind of in-depth stories about alumni, professors and students that you read in these pages. Partner with fellow alumni by serving a chapter or coming back to JMU to share with students. Partner with Madison. send us your story ideas, articles and photos, or share the magazine with a prospective student. Partnerships, possibilities. are you part of the Madison experience? — Michelle Hite (’88), managing editor

Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2010 winter 2010 9 9 Madison Magazine, Vol. 33 [2010], No. 1, Art. 1 ‘There is no way to peace; peace is the way.’— Mahatma Gandhi, who taught the concept of peace as not an end, but as a means

Madison professors and alumni

experts weigh in on international issues

that affect our global community

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At this time of year, world peace is a wish among

many holiday revelers. it is a phrase that rolls easily off

the tongues of beauty pageant contestants. while there are

people who work hard for peace — some who fight for peace

— that state often appears to move ever further away.

one of the world’s most renowned instigators of

peace in the Middle east, former President Jimmy

Carter visited campus in september to accept the

Mahatma gandhi Center for global nonviolence

Former President award with the co-recipient, his wife rosalynn. Presi- Jimmy Carter dent Carter told a packed Convo audience, “Peace is

possible in the Holy Land.”

this exclusive online-only section of Madison

includes Carter’s gandhi Center award acceptance

Gandhi Center’s speech and thoughts from JMU justice studies and Sushil Mittal political science professor J. Peter Pham on obstacles

to peace in africa. nicholas schmidle (’01), an award-

winning journalist, shares thoughts on fighting the

taliban, and two JMU students write about economic JMU professor J. Peter Pham relations between africa and China. InstIGators of Madison’s people — professors, students, alumni — address crucial global issues every day. through

innovative and cutting-edge research seasoned with

a global-centric understanding and outreach, they Award-winning journalist, Nicho- invest in the future of people around the world on las Schmidle (’01) both national and individual levels.

get answers to many global issues at www.jmu.edu/

bethechange/global_affairs.shtml. In ThIs secTIon: n Justice studies professor Peter Pham on why Africa matters n 2009 Byrd symposium n Nicholas schmidle (’01) on dealing with the Taliban n JMu’s first Africana studies interdisciplinary symposium n Jimmy carter’s 2009 Gandhi Award acceptance speech n Gandhi center Director sushil Mittal on Jimmy and Rosalynn carter Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2010 11 ce winter 2010 11 instigators of Madison Magazine, Vol. 33 [2010], No. 1, Art. 1 peace

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, visited campus in September to accept the 2009 Mahatma Gandhi Global Non- violence Award. We can have peace in the holy Land 2009 Mahatma Gandhi Global nonviolence award acceptance speech By JImmy c arTer

President rose and director Mittal, distinguished guests who have i’m never going to run for another office in life so i can say just come to share our honor of associating ourselves with Mahatma about anything i want to and get away with it — with one excep- gandhi, a quiet but courageous champion of peace. tion. i’ve been married 63 years to the same woman, and i can’t say it’s been a great life for me and rosalynn to have a chance to get anything i want to around her; i have to be very careful. to know many champions of peace. a lot of people ask me how tonight i’ve been asked to discuss the prospects for ending a does it feel to no longer be president of the United states, and i conflict in perhaps the most sensitive area on earth, where contin- remember the cartoon i saw in The New Yorker magazine last year. ued violence sends tentacles of hatred and discord and disillusion- this little boy is looking up at his father, and he says, “ daddy, ment and terrorism far beyond its own boundaries. Many of us when i grow up i want to be a former president.” know and revere this place, because it was the home of the prince well, i know what it means to be a former president. First of of peace. and it’s good for us to remember as we contemplate the all, we’ve had a chance to drive through the shenandoah Valley complexities of the peace efforts in this region that every one of us every year since we’ve been out of the white House to go fishing has an obligation to join those who strive for peace with our prayers further north. and i can tell you that we’ve been in 125 or more and our commitment. countries since we left the white House; there is no place on earth it may be difficult for the audience to remember what i inher- more beautiful than where you live. and i can tell you we’ve had a ited as a new president back 30 years or so ago. there was an oil good time coming up here and having a wonderful supper and that embargo by the arab oPeC nations against the United states sort of thing, but it was worth the trip and the preparation for this of america and a secondary boycott against any corporation in ceremony just to hear the beautiful performance of the shenandoah america that did business with israel. there had been four major Valley Children’s Choir. wars in the preceding 25 years, all of them led by egypt, which well, there are many nice things about having been president was the only arab country that had soviet military support back and no longer being president. i’ve got secret service protection; then that was a formidable challenger for israel. there had been no https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol33/iss1/1 12 P2612 Madison Magazine — on L ine extra carters Photogra P h by kathy lam et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2010

concerted effort to have a peace process israel and egypt, not a word of which has A commitment to before i was elected president, and there been violated now in more than 30 years. were no demands on me after i was in so, this really removed the only major mili- community service office to initiate negotiations. tary challenge that israel had had up until strangely we lacked any site or place that time, and they haven’t had one since. On Sept. 21, former President Jimmy Carter in america as a reminder of the despi - so i left office believing that israel would and his wife, Rosalynn, visited campus to cable acts or facets of the nazi regime in soon realize its dream of peace with its accept the 2009 Mahatma Gandhi Center germany. also, the soviet Union back in neighbors — a small nation that exemplified for Global Nonviolence award in front of a those days was not permitting Jews to leave the finest ideals based on Hebrew scriptures russia, except just a handful each year. that i’ve taught in my local churches since i packed audience at the Convocation Center. as president, the first few weeks, i was 18 years old. it’s interesting to note that Following is a portion of the public ceremony began to meet with the leaders of israel, in the Old Testament in the Hebrew text the introduction by the Gandhi Center director. of Jordan, of Lebanon, of syria, of egypt word “justice” is mentioned 28 times and to try to induce them to join with me in “righteousness” is mentioned 196 times. By sushIL mITTaL, director of the Mahatma some effort. and i put maximum pres- since leaving the white House, i have Gandhi Center for Global nonviolence sure on the soviet traveled whenever Union to start grant- possible in the Mid- To each of you who are here with us tonight ing human rights ‘so I left office believing dle eastern region to at James Madison University, i offer my thanks. for its own citizens. encourage peaceful we have gathered here to express our deep appre- this increased ten- that Israel would soon relationships between ciation to rosalynn and Jimmy Carter for the sion between me and israel and all its neigh- many years that they have served the nation, the President Brezhnev realize its dream of peace bors, and i’ve led human family throughout the world, the fragile during the Cold the Carter Center in planet on which we live, war years when with its neighbors.’ monitoring three elec- and most of all the people both sides had enor- tions among the Pal- who otherwise may not mous arsenals of nuclear weapons. i mean estinian people in gaza, east Jerusalem and be heard and may not we knew that we could not only destroy in the west Bank. this required a thorough survive because they are each other, but we could destroy the entire knowledge on our part of every part of Pal- too old or young, too sick, earth if that should occur. within two estine, every political candidate, all of their or too poor to have access years, with that pressure for human rights, platform planks, every little village. we’ve to reliable shelter. the we were able to see a handful of Jews had to visit them and get to know them. Carters have responded, increase to 50,000 or more each year com- i’ve been to the region three times in in partnership and indi- ing out of the soviet Union. the last year including the israeli village of vidually, to major human Sushi Mittal, JMU we passed a law that prohibited anya mer- sderot, which is only three miles from the needs. they have devoted Gandhi Center director, ican corporation from honoring the second- northern border of gaza where a number of many years to ongoing and former President Jimmy Carter lead the ary boycott and put heavy criminal penalties missiles and mortar shells fired from nearby service projects. they ceremonial lamp light- against any chief executive officer who com- gaza have fallen and frightened the people. have given new vitality ing during the awards plied and had a boycott againsti srael. More recently, just in april, i visited gaza to a universal and deeply presentation. in 1978 on the south Lawn of the where schools and hospitals and public rooted humanitarian white House, with Prime Minister Me- buildings have been wiped out along with conscience that Mahatma gandhi understood, nachem Begin and several hundred Jewish 50,000 Palestinian homes either completely welcomed in others, honored and embodied rabbis present, i announced a commission destroyed or greatly damaged by the israeli in his own experiments with truth. and so it is to establish a memorial to victims of Hit- attacks on gaza in January of this year. entirely fitting for the Mahatma gandhi Center ler’s atrocities. with elie wiesel, a Holo- one and a half million Palestinians now for global nonviolence at Madison to recognize caust survivor as its chairman, the Holo- live and struggle to survive in an enor - their exemplary service. caust Museum in washington now is the mous ghetto area completely surrounded the presence of the former president and first result of that good work. by a high wall and without any ability to lady will remind us that the kinds of challenges that same year, i was able to negotiate visit the outside world by air or sea or land. that they have been willing to face are ones that with Menachem Begin and anwar sadat the israelis so far have not permitted one sack call out to us, too. while we are acknowledg- Camp david accords between israel and of cement or one board of lumber to go ing and appreciating their work tonight, may egypt. in exchange for peace, israel agreed into gaza to be used to repair the damaged the same kindly light be rekindled in each of to grant full autonomy to the Palestinians homes and other buildings. us, may the same resolve to serve others become and to withdraw israeli military and political recently, a United nations human rights more keen and strong in each of us, and may forces from the west Bank and from gaza. committee made a report on this headed by we become more effective contributors to the this was a difficult thing for Menachem Judge richard goldstone, who is a devout change that we wish to have happen within us, Begin to agree to, but it was submitted to and practicing Jew. and he pointed out that in others and all around this suffering world. the israeli Parliament, the Knesset, and it both sides have been guilty — the gazans rosalynn Carter has been active in the work was approved by an 85 percent majority. firing missiles into civilian areas and israel in of the nonprofit partnership Project interconnec- six months later after intense negotiation, its actions against gaza. the report claims tions, which provides housing for homeless peo- we were able to sign a peace treaty between that israelis deliberately targeted Christians

Publishedmittal by PhotograJMU ScholarlyP h by diane Commons, elliott (’00) 2010 winter 2010 1313 instigators of Madison Magazine, Vol. 33 [2010], No. 1, Art. 1 peace and that this constitutes crimes against ple who are mentally ill, and Habitat for Human- humanity. the israeli leaders obviously con- ity which is a network of volunteers who build demned the report as biased. homes for the needy. in cooperation with several now, i guess among all americans, you institutions that include her alma mater georgia might say leaders, hardly anybody knows southwestern University, emory University and any better than i the harsh rhetoric and the Carter Center in atlanta, she has been instru- the acts of violence that have torn apart the mental in developing programs to strengthen Middle east. i’m familiar with the fear that early childhood health through immunization, to has existed among israelis because of ter- promote more effective mental health policy, to rorist attacks that came across their border apply conflict-resolution resources in a wide vari- from Palestine into downtown Jerusalem ety of settings, and to train and support family- and other cities, and i know that crimes based as well as professional caregivers. as in her have been committed by both sides. other areas of service, Mrs. Carter and her col- i’ve reiterated my own condemnation leagues are working to raise public awareness and of any such acts against innocent people at the same time to discover increasingly effective at any time or for any goal. Like many evidence-based practices that really work in the of you, i have prayed for and worked for real world to help real people. peace for israel and its neighbors based on rosalynn Carter very clearly is an inspiring justice for the Palestinians. of the west Bank into little tiny compart- teacher and writer in addition to being an effec- during the past three years, i wrote ments or cantonments. there are more tive advocate for family and community coop- two books. rosalynn always likes for me than 200 israeli settlements in the west eration in action. among her four books, two to remark that they are still on sale. the Bank and more than 500 roadblocks that focus on the caregiving theme: Helping Yourself last one was titled We Can Have Peace in prevent Palestinians from riding from one Help Others: A Book for Caregivers and Helping the Holy Land, and that’s the main theme place to another. and there is a huge divid- Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate of my talk tonight. we can have peace in ing wall mostly inside the west Bank and Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers. the Holy Land. sometimes 40-feet high that obstructs it Jimmy Carter is a graduate of the U.s. naval as President Barack obama has made from passage and makes lives of Palestin- academy at annapolis, served the country in clear, the key factor that prevents peace is ians almost impossible. this harms israel’s the navy and afterward returned home to man- the continuing building of israeli settlements reputation for justice and righteousness. it age the farms that had been built up by his late inside Palestine, driven by a determined angers the world, the arab world as well, father. Community service carried him into poli- minority of israelis, not a majority but minor- and it makes peace impossible. it would be tics. eventually he was elected governor of geor- ity, who desire to occupy and colonize east an intriguing experience for any of you — gia and later 39th President of the United states. Jerusalem and the west Bank. and because students, professors or just other citizens — after the presidency, his commitment to com- of this intrusion on their own land, of course to visit the west Bank and gaza, talk to the munity service continued to keep him extraordi- Palestinians have committed acts of violence people there and to see if i’ve exaggerated narily active both locally and internationally, as against israelis, so the cycle continues. or whether i’ve incorrectly described what’s well as through his authorship of some two dozen as you probably going on there. books. after he left the white House in 1981, know, these two areas i understand that the next year he joined emory University and — israel and Pal- ‘Like many of you, I have much of our nation’s founded the Carter Center, a separately governed estine — comprise support — yours and unit of the university that is dedicated to “waging the land between the prayed for and worked for mine — for the exis- peace, fighting disease, building hope.” Jordan river and the tence and security of the difficult, delicate and at times unpopu- Mediterranean sea. peace for Israel and its israel, which is para- lar work that is required for waging peace has these two areas, east mount, comes from involved the former president in frequent travel Jerusalem and west neighbors based on jus- among Christians Bank, just make up like me who’ve been 22 percent, about one- tice for the Palestinians.’ taught since childhood fifth of the total. israel to honor and respect makes up 77 percent and gaza just 1 percent. and protect god’s chosen people from whom now the choice hilltops, the vital water came our own savior Jesus Christ. resources and the productive rich bottom an additional powerful factor is a politi- land have been taken by israeli settlers. cal organization called the american israel and like a spider web, these settlers are Public affairs Committee or aiPaC, connected to one another by major high- which exercises its legitimate goal to defend ways, many of which are prohibited from and protect whatever policies the israeli use by the Palestinians. in a number of government has at any time. and in this cases, Palestinians are not even permitted country there are practically no voices that A capacity crowd of students, professors, alumni, com- to cross the highways to get from one part speak out on the other side, and there is no munity members, performers and media congratulate of their farm or grazing lands to another. debate at all within the U.s. Congress or former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. so what this does is divide up what’s left among people who seek public office.

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Former President Jimmy Carter challenged students, professors and guests, say- and in numerous efforts at conflict mediation in ing, “This warrants the last two decades in many nations of africa, your prayers and asia, europe and the americas. in recogni- your help. We can have peace in the tion, the nobel Committee awarded President Holy Land.” Carter the Peace Prize in 2002 “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” More recently, he has become one of the younger members of a small group of “global elders” that includes nelson Mandela, desmond tutu and a few others who together seek ways to reduce conflict, restore justice and give voice to those who are not heard. Yet even with all these many responsibilities, Mr. and Mrs. Carter maintain a commitment ‘Mr. and Mrs. i’m convinced that the withdrawal of to the two-state solution, and the two-state that now goes back a israel’s occupying forces from Palestine, solution is one that is endorsed by all those quarter-century to set Carter maintain a syria and also the west Bank will dramati- that i just mentioned. and this is a goal that aside one week of every commitment that cally reduce the threats that exist in israel. President obama is now pursuing. He’ll be year to work alongside now goes back a all 22 arab countries have offered full dip- meeting with the leaders of israel and Pales- volunteers for Habitat lomatic recognition to israel, and full trade tine at the United nations tomorrow. for Humanity. the quarter-century to and commerce just like they have with each President obama has made this a high presence of the Carters, set aside one week other, if israel will withdraw from occupied priority for his administration; and he as you might expect, every year to work territories and comply with other United deserves the support of all americans, attracts support from nations resolutions, which the israeli’s whether they’re democrats or republi- many organizations along side volun- themselves have supported in the past. cans, liberals or conservatives, it doesn’t and individuals, and teers for Habitat the arabs have left open the opportu- matter. the bottom line is that israel will it makes possible the nity for the pre-1967 borders to be modi- never find peace until it is willing to with- construction of a large for Humanity.’ fied by good faith talks between israel and draw from its neighbors’ land and permit number of houses in a very short time as part of the Palestinians that would permit as many the Palestinians living side by side in peace an annual Jimmy Carter work Project. in 2006, as half of the israeli settlers to stay in Pales- to exercise their basic rights. for instance, the Carters were joined by 2,000 tine and to swap an equal amount of land this promise of peace in exchange for other volunteers, including more than 100 U.s. to the Palestinians from israel. and this Palestine territory adequate for a viable and sailors on leave, in doing the hands-on construc- could provide a corridor that connects gaza contiguous nation has been acceptable for tion work of building homes for villagers in south- from the west Bank, which is about 27 several decades to a substantial majority western india. this was also an effort in the larger miles, as you probably know. of israelis. these same premises of israel’s project of Habitat for Humanity that aims to this offer of two states living in peace peaceful existence honoring former agree- complete the construction of homes for a quarter- between the Jordan river and the Mediter- ments and the rejection of violence will million people in india in the coming years. ranean sea is supported by the United states have to be accepted by any government the connection between the Carters and india, of america. it is supported by all the agree- that represents the Palestinians as well. so of course, is not a new one, and it goes back at ments that have been approved by israel, both sides have responsibilities to carry out, least a generation. ... President Carter’s mother particularly those of 1978 and again in 1993. and they are very clear-cut. in fact, last year Lillian Carter was a dedicated and skilled nurse. it is also supported by the so-called road map a poll that was conducted by the Hebrew in 1966, then well into her 60s, she joined the of the international quartet that comprises University in Jerusalem found that 81 per- Peace Corps and was sent as a volunteer to india. the United states, the european Union, cent of all the citizens living in the occupied in off-duty hours, she also worked in a clinic that United nations and the soviet Union or territory, including gaza and the west served factory workers. when the younger Carters russia. the alternative to two states is one Bank and east Jerusalem, favored this kind worked in india in 2006, they were continuing state, or one nation between the Jordan of peace agreement, along with 63 percent a great family tradition. Miss Lillian, as she was river and Mediterranean sea, where Jews of all the israeli citizens. known, was long remembered in india, and is the and arabs live together in the same country. well, what i’ve described in these few subject of one of the most revealing and insightful But in just a few years there will be a major- minutes is a clear but difficult pathway of the many books written by the former presi- ity of arabs living in that region, and this — the only one to what all of us want, a dent; it is titled A Remarkable Mother. means that the arabs can out vote the Jews secure israel living within its own borders tonight the gandhi Center honors rosalynn and do away with the Jewish state ofi srael or in harmony with its neighbors. and Jimmy Carter, although in truth they honor they would be deprived of their civil rights as in closing, let me say again, and this warrants us by being here with us. M subjugated in the same country. your prayers and your help.w e can have peace ✱ Learn more at www.jmu.edu/gandhicenter You can see that this is the only alternative in the Holy Land. thank you very much. M

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On June 25, JMU professor J. Peter Pham testified before the U.S. Congress, providing expertise during more than three hours of testimony to a subcommittee examining “Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace and a Unified Response to Extremism and Terrorism.”

Why africa matters — to me, my students and our country By J. PeTer P ham, professor of justice studies

when i began my career, one of my mentors, knowing of my pas- possible exception of the greater Middle east, nowhere did this anal- sionate, personal and professional interest in africa, advised me to ysis truer than africa where, as the document went on to acknowl- refrain from talking too much about it. “it will be too eccentric for edge, regional conflicts arising from a variety of causes, including poor most of your colleagues,” he warned, “and certainly irrelevant to your governance, external aggression, competing claims, internal revolt, students.” while i have benefited immensely over the years from the and ethnic and religious tensions all “lead to the same ends: failed counsel of more senior colleagues, i am glad that i ignored this par- states, humanitarian disasters and ungoverned areas that can become ticular piece of advice as my scholarship and teaching — and, con- safe havens for terrorists.” sequently, my students’ intellectual and social horizons — have been the attacks by al-Qaeda on the U.s. embassies in dar es salaam immeasurably enriched by my continuing engagement with african tanzania, and nairobi, Kenya, in 1998, and on an israeli-owned peoples and countries and their relations with the Uniteds tates. hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, and, simultaneously, on an israeli com- How is this fascination of mine even relevant? that is a funda- mercial airliner in 2002 only underscore the deadly reality of the mental question since i belong to an academic community “com- terrorist threat in africa, as have the more recent “rebranding” of mitted to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens algerian islamist terrorist organization salafist group for Preaching who lead productive and meaningful lives,” as the mission statement and Combat (usually known by its French acronym gsPC) as “al- of James Madison University succinctly puts it. Qaeda in the islamic Maghreb” (aQiM), and the ongoing activities First, if the terrorist attacks of sept. 11, 2001, taught us anything, of various militant islamist movements in the territory of the former it is that poorly governed spaces like those found in many parts of somali democratic republic, including al-shabaab, an al-Qaeda- africa can be exploited to provide facilitating environments, recruits linked group designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the and eventual targets for islamist terrorists. as the 2002 National Secu- U.s. state department in early 2008, as well as the threat posed rity Strategy of the United States of America noted, “weak states … can to global commerce by somali piracy, the challenge of which have pose as great a danger to our national interests as strong states. Poverty been underscored in recent months. does not make poor people into terrorists and murderers. Yet poverty, second, it is in america’s interest to protect access to hydrocar- weak institutions and corruption can make weak states vulnerable to bons and other strategic resources, which africa has in abundance, terrorist networks and drug cartels within their borders.” with the and promote the integration of african nations into the global econ- https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol33/iss1/1 16 16WMadison Magazine — on L ine extra P hotograP h courtesy of P eter P ham et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2010

omy. President Barack obama has repeat- ple infected with HiV are sub-saharan Focus on AFricA: the edly set as a goal to “eliminate our current africans. numbers like these offend imports from the Middle east and Venezu- against america’s conscience even as their 2009 byrd symposium ela within 10 years.” consequences threaten our interests. in 2008, according to data from the as a consequence of the existence of these International affairs majors study U.s. department of energy’s energy significant national interests, my research Africa-China relations information administration, african work in african political and strategic issues countries accounted for more of america’s has opened the door to numerous experi- By sIerra sTanczyk (’09) petroleum imports than the states of the ences, which have permitted me the rare and racheL yang (’09) Persian gulf region: 916,727,000 barrels privilege of truly integrating my scholarship, (19.5 percent) versus 868,516,000 bar- teaching and public service. the subject On March 23 and 24, the JMU department rels (18.4 percent). Moreover, most of the of my research, like that of any dedicated of Political science, africana studies, the College petroleum from the gulf of guinea off scholar, necessarily informs the examples of Business and Madison Political affairs Club the coast of west africa is light or “sweet” used in lectures and other course settings. sponsored the 2009 Byrd symposium. this year, crude, which is preferred by U.s. refiners, But, thanks to the increasing recognition the title of the symposium was “Focus on africa: because it is largely free of sulfur. while by policymakers and other opinion lead- Business at the Bottom, scramble at the top.” production fluctu- ers of the importance numerous students attended the two-day ates, the significance of political, economic event and showed incredible enthusiasm and of africa for america’s ‘By 2020, today’s more and security develop- interest in the future of the african continent. energy security cannot ments in africa, my intelligent and challenging questions were posed be underestimated. than 900 million afri- students and i have to the guest speakers, demonstrating that JMU and it goes without the satisfaction of see- students feel a deep sense of responsibility and saying that U.s. plan- cans will number more ing our in-class discus- concern for the people of africa. ners have not been sions mirrored in and, Margaret C. Lee delivered the keynote address, oblivious to the fact than 1.2 billion — more occasionally, anticipate “re-enter the dragon: China-african relations that other countries civic discourse. a few and the 21st Century scramble for africa.” Lee is including China, rus- than the combined of my students have associate professor at the department of african sia and india, have even worked with me and afro-american studies at the University of been attracted by the populations of europe in research that has north Carolina at Chapel Hill. african continent’s impacted public debate Lee also spoke with students in the classroom, natural wealth and and north america.’ if not directly led to or along with panelists anita spring (University of recently increased otherwise influenced Florida), trushna Patel (aga Khan Foundation) their own engagements there, sometimes specific policy decisions. and irene safi (george Mason University). issues seeking exclusive arrangements. Because much of the material i study ranged from microcredit to China’s growing third, another priority of U.s. for- and write about when i examine security presence in africa. eign policy is empowering africans and issues is constantly evolving, in order to guest lecturers and attendees discussed the other partners to cope with the myriad get it out in a timely fashion, i began writ- relationship between China and africa vis-à-vis humanitarian challenges, both man-made ing a weekly internet column more than trade and investment at length during the Byrd and natural, which afflict the continent three years ago. since then, my weekly symposium and it quickly became apparent that with seeming disproportion — not just analysis has garnered a worldwide audi- there are both positive and negative implica- the devastating toll which conflict, pov- ence of about 5,000 regular readers, many tions tied to this relationship. Many hope that erty and disease, especially HiV/aids, of whom are senior government, military China will assist in building up a continent that exact on africans, but the depredations of and intelligence officials. since my column the continent’s remaining rogue regimes. posts every week on thursday morning, i International while africa boasts the world’s fastest rate usually have a draft by tuesday evening. affairs major Sierra of population growth: By 2020, today’s i have been wont to assemble a group of Stanczyk talks with more than 900 million africans will num- some of the students i work most closely classmates about ber more than 1.2 billion — more than with on wednesday to discuss the mate- global issues. the combined populations of europe and rial on the basis of the draft, occasionally north america — the dynamic poten- taking their comments and other contri- tial implicit in the demographic figures butions into consideration before “locking just cited is, however, constrained, by the down” the piece and filing it. economic and epidemiological data. the For example, at the end of March 2009, United nations development Program’s following this habitual pattern, i wrote a Human Development Report 2007/2008 commentary on the challenge of somali determined that all 22 of the countries piracy — a subject that i have followed for found to have “low development” were several years — and warning that it was only african states. while sub-saharan africa a matter of time before the United states, is home to only 10 percent of the world’s which had up to then largely remained population, nearly two-thirds of the peo- aloof, would have to tackle the issue head

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has faced challenges since the dawn of western colonialism. a recurrent theme in the presenta- tions and discussions was the notion that Chinese investment in africa will lead to south-south cooperation and increased security and stabiliza- tion of africa’s food supply. However, some participants posed critical questions regarding this investment and enterprise, such as how Chinese involvement will affect africa’s natural resources and environment. a common concern is that China will extract and control a large portion of africa’s natural resources for a one-sided profit. on. Barely a week later, pirates briefly the department of Peter Pham accompa- with a large part of the symposium focusing hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama and then defense and the nies personnel from the Combined Joint Task on sino-african relations, irene safi, who hails tried to escape with Captain richard Phil- men and women in Force-Horn of Africa from the Congo, shared a particularly interesting lips as a hostage. i quickly found myself no the armed Forces based in Djibouti as they engage Somali nomads anecdote regarding longer talking about piracy to my seminar, whose responsi- in January 2008. ‘a common western and Chinese but rather addressing international audi- bilities for america’s involvement in africa. ences on outlets like the BBC, Cnn and defense cover africa in particular. i was hon- concern is that Ms. safi explained that the Fox news Channel as well as briefing ored last year when general william e. “Kip” China will extract the west metaphori- officials in washington and testifying before ward, commander of the U.s. africa Com- cally eats with a fork in a congressional hearing. i subsequently even mand, invited me to give the keynote address and control a africa, meaning that had the opportunity to address senior euro- in Mainz, germany, at the command’s first- large portion of while the west “gob- pean Union diplomatic and military officers ever senior Leaders Conference. i am, how- bles up” resources, and was invited to address U.s. businesses ever, even more gratified when in my travels africa’s natural there are “scraps” that with a stake in maritime and port security to africa i come across one or another former fall through the prongs under the auspices of the Corporate Council student who, perhaps just slightly influenced resources for a that become available on africa. as a direct result of these engage- by our time together at JMU, has opted to one-sided profit.’ for africans. Mean- ments as well as further research, i pub- work on the continent himself or herself. while, the anecdote lished several more internet commentaries i admit that i have been extraordinarily goes, the Chinese eat with a spoon and so there is and several journal articles. Currently, i am lucky. i have been able to work in the field no spillage and nothing left once they are done. writing a major monograph on the subject that i am interested in and enjoy both the this analogy reveals a lot about on-the-ground of somali piracy which will look at the phe- support and stimulus necessary to do it african sentiment toward the Chinese. are we nomenon from a variety of disciplinary per- well. However, my experience also confirms witnessing a 21st-Century scramble for africa? spectives — history, political science, inter- my conviction that when faculty members what will the continent look like once the com- national relations, economics, international use the firm ground of pressing real-world modity boom is over? another interesting anec- law, security studies, etc. i anticipate that concerns to integrate their varied strands of dote discussed during the symposium was the fact this study will make its way into the class- research, teaching and civic engagement, that Chinese vendors are selling kebabs in many room somehow, thus completing the circle. all three aspects of the academic life are stands throughout africa, which many see as a it has been a great source of both encour- enhanced to the benefit of the scholar and the clear indication that the Chinese are moving in agement and satisfaction for me and the enrichment of his or her students and peers as and taking jobs away from the average african. students who have carried research under well as the community as a whole.M time will tell if the positives will outweigh the my supervision that our work is appreciated ✱ Read Peter Pham’s weekly analyses of negatives as the relationship between China and and often supported outside the immedi- African security issues for World Defense africa progresses. as one can tell from the anec- ate university community. in particular, it Review at http://worlddefensereview.com/ dotes, the general sentiment expressed by the pan- has been a privilege to work closely with phamarchive.shtml. elists regarding China’s presence in africa leaned toward caution and the belief that the global com- About the Author: J. Peter Pham is associate professor of justice studies, political science and Africana studies. He is the recipient of the 2008 Nelson Mandela International Prize for African munity should pay close attention to any type of Security and Development presented by the Royal United Services Institute for Defense and Security growing foreign influence on the continent. M Studies, the Brenthurst Foundation, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. He is currently on leave from James Madison University to serve as senior fellow and director of the Africa Project at the About the Authors: Sierra Stanczyk (’09) of National Committee on American Foreign Policy, a New York-based think tank. He is also a non - Marlton, N.J., earned a B.A. in international affairs resident senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C. He cur - with concentrations in Africa and the Middle East. rently serves as vice president of the American Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa. She was an Honors Program graduate and member of On Nov. 21, Pham spoke on the Fox News channel about the recent surge of piracy off the east coast the Madison Political Affairs Club, JMU Arabic Club, of Africa on the Fox News Channel. He was the principal expert commentator on Fox news report- Sigma Iota Rho and Alpha Phi. During her senior year ing: Pirates of the 21st Century, anchored by Geraldo Rivera. Pham has also authored, edited or she served as a managing editor of the James Madison translated more than a dozen books and is the author of more than 300 essays and reviews on a wide Undergraduate research Journal. Rachel C. Yang variety of subjects in scholarly and opinion journals. In addition to the study of terrorism and politi - (’09) of Ann Arbor, Mich., also earned a B.A. in inter - cal violence, his research interests lie at the intersection of international relations, international law, national affairs and was listed on the President’s List. political theory and ethics with particular concentrations on the implications for United States foreign policy and African states as well as religion and global politics.

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attractive ideas of the Taliban vs. real men with guns With two years in Pakistan before his deportation, award-winning alumnus author explains the realities of fighting the taliban InTervIeW By coLLeen d Ixon

Freelance writer nicholas schmidle (’01) writes about cul- Schmidle: does Baitullah Before being deported for reporting inside prohibited regions tural, political, religious and security issues facing the devel- Mehsud’s death mean the under Taliban control, journalist oping world. He arrived in Pakistan in 2006 on a writing end of the Pakistani tal- Nicholas Schmidle (’01) lived fellowship from the institute of Current world affairs in iban? not by a long shot. in Pakistan for two years on washington, d.C. For two years schmidle lived in and Q&a the taliban are a regen- a writing fellowship from the Institute of Current World reported on Pakistan before being deported in 2008. He received the erative militia; historically, the death Affairs in Washington, D.C. He 2008 Kurt schork award for freelance journalism based on his work of one taliban member has only has also traveled in Afghanistan and writes extensively about the in afghanistan and Pakistan. spurred others to avenge the fallen region. (Above): Schmidle talks schmidle is the author of To Live or To Perish Forever: Two one’s death. several commanders are to children outside the Great Tumultuous Years Inside Pakistan and is a fellow at the new america waiting to take over from Mehsud, Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan. Foundation. He regularly contributes to The New York Times Mag- including Qari Hussain, Mehsud’s ruthless deputy, who is thought to azine, Slate, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Virginia be most responsible for training suicide bombers. whether Hussain or Quarterly Review, Smithsonian and other publications. another lieutenant takes over, they’ll be hoping to strike back. Based on his expertise in Pakistan and afghanistan, schmidle now the hard part begins. since the Cia has demonstrated its abil- responded to questions on current events in that part of the world. ity to pinpoint “high-level targets,” it will want to go after other top His answers also include links to a variety of recent articles he has taliban leaders in Pakistan, such as Maulvi nazir in south waziristan written about this region. and Jalaluddin Haqqani in north waziristan. But Pakistan’s military and security establishment perceives both men, who focus their Madison: will the resurgent taliban continue to increase its influ- fighting in afghanistan and not in Pakistan, as national security assets ence in Pakistan and afghanistan? wasn’t the leader of the Pakistani more than threats. and there’s no magic drone strike to fix that. taliban recently killed? i go in depth on this topic in my aug. 7, 2009, article published by Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2010 19 FP hotograP h courtesy of n icholas schmidle (‘01) winter 2010 19 instigators of Madison Magazine, Vol. 33 [2010], No. 1, Art. 1 peace Slate magazine. read “after Mehsud: the spit. “that’s why i am so careful, because my unmanned drones and artillery in the moun- rest of the Pakistani taliban won’t be such decisions can affect many, many people. i tains of swat and the tribal areas. the other easy targets” at www.slate.com/id/2224668. am trying to bring people back from the fire, involves tens of millions of Pakistanis around not push them toward it.” rehman once the country, working within the context that Madison: How is taliban leadership seemed ready to introduce taliban-style rule has determined their lives for so long and try- changing in the borderlands of Pakistan? in Pakistan. now he is trying to preserve ing to reconcile what are seen as the attractive democracy from being destroyed by ruthless ideas of the taliban with the not-so-appeal- Schmidle: in the past five years, the taliban militants. if he can’t succeed, can anyone? ing realities of the actual men with the guns. has killed more than 150 pro-government i got more in depth with Maulana Pakistani and U.s. governments are cen- maliks, or tribal elders. oftentimes, the tal- tral to both conflicts. tactical and opera- iban would dump the bodies by the side of the tional victories, such as the drone attack that road for passers-by to see, with a note, written ‘any leader who resolves killed Baitullah Mehsud or the operation to in Pashto, pinned to the corpse’s chest, damn- clear the swat Valley of militants, can only ing the dead man as an american spy. to bomb the Taliban into be sustained if the appeal of the taliban is while in Pakistan, i got to meet one of its diminished. the obama administration can most influential politicians Maulana Fazlur submission will be dis- assist by channeling its aid away from purely rehman. “when the jihad in afghanistan military support and building the capacity started,” rehman told me, “the maliks and credited domestically as of rural courts and police forces in villages the old tribal system in afghanistan ended; a like Bangla acha. when the “rule of law” new leadership arose, based on jihad. similar an american stooge.’ rests on the whim of one feudal lord, as in is the case here in the tribal areas. the old the case of someone like Mazari, extremists tribal system is being relegated to the back- Fazlur rehman in a New York Times inter- can more easily offer a simplified, uniform ground and a new leadership, composed of view at www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/ alternative — sharia law — and inject their these young militants, has emerged.” He magazine/06PaKistan-t.html?pagewanted=7. demands into the public debate. added, “this is something natural.” i invite alumni who are more interested though rehman describes the emergence Madison: Could you explain the relation- about my two years in Pakistan to read my of the local taliban in evolutionary terms, ship between the american and Pakistani article, “talibanistan: the talibs at Home,” he explains it as a result of a leadership crisis governments, and how the latter’s commit- published in the fall 2009 issue of World in Pakistan. He respects the secular-minded ment to fighting the taliban plays into that? Affairs: a Journal of Ideas and Debate at www. people who created Pakistan but insists that worldaffairsjournal.org/2009%20-%20Fall/ social and religious changes over the past two Schmidle: Pakistani leaders know that full-schmidle-Fall-2009.html. decades have made such leaders much less nothing pleases the americans, or keeps relevant: “we have to adjust to reality, and their dollars coming, like a dose of anti- Madison: if sharia law is the “uniform alter- that demands new leaders with new visions.” taliban realism. the Bush administration native,” justice should not be subject to the i asked if he considered himself such a gave Musharraf more than $10 billion for whim of a tribal leader, correct? so, is there new leader with a new vision. help in the war on terrorism. the obama another piece? are tribal leaders just as ruth- “i don’t consider myself as someone administration has called for billions more, less as the taliban and thus it’s a wash? extraordinary,” rehman replied. “i have the albeit spread more evenly among economic same feelings as everyone else in the current and civilian institutions than Bush-era funds. Schmidle: it’s true that there are two judi- age: if the weather is warm, everyone feels Yet herein lies the fundamental quandary cial systems that co-exist today in the region warm; if it is cold, everyone feels cold. the of the U.s.-Pakistan alliance: any leader who straddling the Pakistan-afghanistan border: difference between me and other people is in resolves to bomb the taliban into submission the Pashtun tribal system, known as Pash- our responsibilities.” He took a long breath will be discredited domestically as an ameri- tunwali, and sharia or islamic law. Histori- of the fresh, fall air, continued rubbing his can stooge. and no Pakistani politician can cally, tribal laws have also superseded islamic prayer beads and leaned over the chair to lead a counterinsurgency against the taliban ones in Pashtun culture. But over the past without popular support. if the experiences of few decades — following the anti-soviet Musharraf, Bhutto and zardari over the past jihad in afghanistan and during the 1980s eight years are any indication, sharif’s very and the rise of the taliban during the 1990s even more online willingness to play ball with the americans — that’s begun to change. tribal law, in could undo the support he’s amassed. Perhaps and of itself, like islamic law, in and of itself, n Learn how professors, students and alumni the very fact that we’re starting to feel com- isn’t necessarily ruthless. there may be some address global issues and outreach at www. fortable with him should make us nervous. tribal leaders who interpret aspects of Pash- jmu.edu/bethechange/global_affairs.shtml. read more in my New Republic article, tunwalin in a way that could be seen as ruth- n read student papers from the JMU inter- “Can we trust nawaz sharif?” at www.tnr. less, just as the taliban have taken aspects of national Undergraduate research Conference com/article/back-pak. islamic law to the extreme. on Conflict transformation, which brought Madison: where do you see Pakistan head- Learn more about schmidle at www. together students, professors and mentors ing in the next decade? nicholasschmidle.com/, and read more about from around the world. download student his book, To Live or to Perish Forever: Two papers at www.jmu.edu/commstudies/conflict Schmidle: Pakistan is embroiled in at least Tumultuous Years in Pakistan, in the Mixed analysis/draftPapers.shtml. two major battles. one features helicopters, Media section of this magazine. 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(Above): JMU Professor of African Studies David Interdisciplinary answers Owusu-Ansah (left at podium) introduces the keynote speaker for JMU’s African a Studies Interdis- JMU hosted its first africana studies interdisciplinary symposium on oct. 9 ciplinary Symposium. (Inset, above left): Keynote hosting speakers from U.s. and african universities. the theme of the confer- speaker Isidore Okpewho shared “The World of ence was “africa at the crossroads: where do we go from here? Keynote speaker African Storytelling” with students, professors and guests. Okpewho is a professor of Africana Studies, isidore okpewho shared “the world of african storytelling” with students, English and comparative literature at Binghamton professors and guests in godwin Hall. okpewho is the state University of new University. (Above): Symposium panelists field York distinguished Professor of africana studies, english and Comparative Lit- questions from students and moderators on topics like African culture, environment and education. erature at Binghamton University. twenty speakers and six moderators talked about topical themes that included culture and identity, the environment, justice and governance, and education and development. JMU Professor of african studies david owusu-ansah says, “this symposium was designed to showcase new scholarly work that directly addresses future changes in africana studies with special focus on continental african societies. the event raised awareness of diversity issues in academia, and the symposium is a clear sign that the JMU africana studies program has come of age. this is part of the process of putting JMU on the map as an active africa and diaspora studies program.” Besi Brillian Muhonja who teaches africana and women’s studies courses was a key organizer of the symposium, which was sponsored by JMU international Programs, africana studies, the JMU office of Cross disciplinary studies and Planning, and the JMU office of diversity. M

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t is my pleasure to report to you an unparalleled triumph. JMU’s trademark innovation and boldness. We consider Madison on oct. 2, the Phi Beta Kappa society voted to establish a for Keeps as a natural extension of the campus tradition of holding chapter of the nation’s oldest, best known and most presti- the door open for those behind you. i encourage you to hold open gious academic honor society at JMU. You understand the the door to the Madison experience. honor and distinction this brings to our university when even with the energy and strength exemplified by Madison for you consider that only 288 U.s. institutions of higher Keeps, JMU must come to terms with some stark realities. For JMU Ieducation have a PBK chapter. selection by PBK signifies a broader to meet a budget reduction of almost $5.3 million this fiscal year, awareness of the high quality of our JMU faculty and recognizes we will cut just under $3.3 million across the board. We will draw the scholarly capability of our bright $1.5 million from the central operat- and talented students. You can read ing contingency fund and will apply in depth about what PBK means for the $500,000 interest on tuition to JMU on the facing page. meet these reductions. Without federal i want to thank the individuals who stimulus funds available to soften the worked to bring Phi Beta Kappa to blow, the next fiscal year looks even JMU, including application commit- more distressing. tee chairs Charles H. Blake, Linda To make matters worse, these cuts Cabe-Halpern and donna Harper; come during a time of overall dimin- and committee members Melinda J. ishing support for higher education in adams, Christopher J. Fox, John R. the commonwealth’s budget. The per- Hanson, Patricia n. Hardesty, Kay centage of total general fund support M. Knickrehm, Robert a. Kolvoord, allocated to higher education has fallen Robert n. Roberts, Kristen st. John, from 14 percent in 1992 to 11 percent John scherpereel and Lee sternberger. in 2009–10. in 2008, before this latest amid the joy of this news, the round of budget cuts, Virginia ranked economy and the budget are weighing JMU President Linwood H. Rose urges alumni and 40th in state and local appropriations friends to support Madison for Keeps to “hold the door heavily on our minds this semester. open” for current JMU students to remain Dukes. for full-time enrolled students among We hear the economy is slowly recov- the 50 states, and in 2008 its appro- ering, and yet job losses are on the rise and tax revenue is diminishing priation per student was the lowest of 16 southern states. correspondingly in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This makes no sense when you consider that education is a solu- The economy is hitting home in heart-wrenching ways for record tion to the problems facing society — whether transportation, numbers of JMU students, some of whom have parents who have health care, energy, crime, poverty, the economy, conflict. it takes lost their jobs. These students are at risk of not being able to return educated citizens and experts to explore and analyze our options, to JMU next semester. during the first three weeks of this semes- discover new solutions and innovations, and create the societal ter, 530 students appealed for aid due to changes in family finan- and political will to implement them. in fact, there is a move- cial circumstances. That is 109 more appeals in three weeks than we ment among Virginia business leaders called grow By degrees that normally receive in an academic year. 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We are well known for our effective- The good news is alumni response has been enthusiastic and grati- ness and efficiency, which comes from our entrepreneurial character, fying. at the magazine press time, donors had contributed $219,000. our committed faculty and staff, and their universitywide belief in one i urge you to learn more about how this emergency fundraising mission — the education of our students. initiative is helping students. Please read the special Report on Page JMU has long been known as a best value. Please do all you can to 31, send a gift in the enclosed help students graduate from JMU and solve the world’s issues. ‘In these challenging envelope or go to www. times, Madison for jmu.edu/madison4keeps Keeps demonstrates and encourage your fellow alumni to participate. once again JMU’s in these challenging Linwood H. Rose trademark innova- times, Madison for Keeps President tion and boldness.’ demonstrates once again James Madison University

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[serving Up sustainability] [Academic outreach] Beyond JMU Pumpkin spice lattes and stacks boundaries Starbucks opens in Carrier Library By Colleen Dixon Outreach and engagement offers off-campus centers and personal service By Sara Riddle (’10) ith an audience ranging from teachers to alumni and Whigh-school students to military members, the JMU office of outreach and engagement tarbucks Coffee Co. shops are every- new store in april. Caffeine and con- is the community’s connection versation. Students to JMU resources, academics where, but the newest one at JMU is it’s been an adjust- unique — it has a library attached to ment.” stacks were enjoy the amenities and the faculty. in the new Starbucks it. The first floor of Carrier Library rearranged to accom- “The outreach and engage- in Carrier Library. was transformed to make room for modate the addition. ment staff goes beyond the the coffee spot. outside, the library looks the Undoubtedly, the relocation of books to the boundaries of this campus and S same. inside, coffee flavoring bottles perch like new east Campus Library made this reshuf- serves a wide array of students, wine bottles on shelves, and the smell of coffee fling easier. all nontraditional,” says Carol fills the air as soon as the door opens. danielle, a freshman from Fairfax station, Fleming, director of outreach The newest addition to the Bluestone area has been in several times for a White Chocolate and engagement. “We assist opened for business on aug. Mocha. she likes the shop people in reaching their per - 24, just in time for students’ being in Carrier. “i don’t like sonal, professional and educa- return to classes. studying in my dorm,” she tional goals.” Carrier’s starbucks says, “it’s nice to have this The outreach and engage- patrons will find the same option.” First-time patron @ ment office extends JMU cam- menu as other starbucks, as Jake, a junior from ashburn, pus resources by encouraging well as WiFi access, breakfast is also planning on getting the implementation of new items and light lunch fare. a White Chocolate Mocha. educational opportunities. The This starbucks conforms senior Chelsea, also from office partners with professors, to JMU President Linwood Richmond, is hankering for academic programs, students H. Rose’s commitment an iced Caramel Mocchiato. and community organizations to new campus construc- A student takes advantage Having the coffee shop right of WiFi service in the Carrier to design and deliver a wide tion projects being built to Library Starbucks. in Carrier “is convenient,” variety of courses for the com- Leadership in energy and she says. “it’s a big plus.” munity. Last year, 1,913 stu- environmental design, or Leed, standards. even though JMU continues to operate dents were enrolled in outreach This is the first Leed-certified starbucks on a starbucks at the Top dog Café in Phillips and engagement’s credit pro- a Virginia college campus. Recycled materials Hall, business is picking up every day at the grams and 1,873 in noncredit were used as much as possible in construc- Carrier location, says davenport. “students programs. tion. Carpeting throughout the store was are enthusiastic.” What’s the best-selling item “i believe what we’re doing made using recycled tires. To make recycling so far? “our fall beverage special, the Pumpkin is re-thinking and re-shaping easy for customers, bins for recycled news- spice Latte,” she says. “We can make it hot or higher education,” says Flem- paper, glass, plastic and white paper line one cold for customers.” ing. “We’re opening our doors wall. Continuing the sustainability theme, the President Rose has been spotted a few times continued on page 26 baristas bag up used coffee grounds for use as in the Carrier starbucks. His favorite bever- fertilizer. Location supervisor suzanne dav- age? a grande non-Fat Latte. ‘We assist people enport says, “i’m surprised that students are new store hours make it a convenient in reaching their already taking the coffee grounds to use on choice for library patrons: 7:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. plants they have in their dorm rooms.” Monday to Wednesday, 7:30 to 11 p.m. on personal, profes- Reaction to the new store has been mixed. Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, sional and educa- Patricia, a reference librarian, says, “some noon to 6 p.m. on saturday and 2 p.m. to tional goals.’ students like a traditional library.” Patricia midnight on sunday. M stops by every day for a cappuccino or iced ✱ Read more at www.jmu.edu/news/Flash — Carol Fleming, coffee. “Library staff found out about the Feature-newStarbuck.shtml. director of outreach and engagement

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The JMU RoTC duke Battalion rd Ranger Challenge squad took third Nearly 30 ROTC cadets from JMU and VMI place out of 39 teams competing marched the Sept. 19 game ball 61 miles from in rifle marksmanship, rope bridge Lexington to Harrisonburg to honor the sacri- construction,3 weapons assembly and disassembly, fices of U.S. servicemen and servicewomen. physical fitness and road marches.

Who is your favorite JMU The Mu chapter of Tau The JMU combined-integrated 10th professor? alumni and stu- Kappa epsilon was chartered doctoral program in clinical and Anniversary dents have been sharing their at JMU 40 years ago on school psychology is celebrating stories for 10 years in Madison’s nov. 8, 1969. TKe mem- its 15th year. longest running department, Professors 40 bers are active 1 5 @ You Love. Read more on Page 19 and in community Though Barack share your story at [email protected]. service like trash obama received pick-up and 65 percent of the 66 current JMU students are assisting the electoral College U.s. veterans or active duty local Citizens 70%votes, he did not best James military personnel. G.I. Jobs against sexual Madison, who received magazine named JMU to its assault group. 70 percent when he 2010 6 list of 6 “Military Friendly schools.” was elected president The asso- in 1809. JMU ranks no. 37 ciated among 100 universi- Collegiate ties on Forbes 2009 Press rec- list of “america’s 9,ognized 50 The Breeze for 0 excellence in James Madison, 37Best Public Colleges.” JMU ranks news writing and the production of the along with George Mason, wrote the presi- no. 234 on the magazine’s ameri- newspaper’s annual back-to-school guide. dential oath of office ca’s Best Colleges list. outstand- The annual competition includes col- and the promise to ing academics and great food earned Madi- legiate media from the entire “preserve, protect son several mentions in the 2010 edition United states. Founded in and defend the of the Princeton Review’s annual best col- 1922, The Breeze circulates Constitution of the United leges book: no. 4 for “Best Campus Food” 9,500 copies on Mondays States.” and no. 18 for “Happiest students.” and Thursdays.

integrated science and technology, and engineering students converted a 1968 sears 124cc motorcycle into an e-Cycle and set a speed record for electric- powered motorcycles on oct. 24. The students and70.17 engineering professormph Rob Prins took the e-Cycle to north Former E-Cycle speed record Carolina to test its speed and improved the established east Coast holder Ernie Vaupel and JMU’s Timing association record for electric motorcycles from 53.458 E-Cycle team (l-r): Paul Crisman, mph to 70.17 mph. “our students are developing an appreciation Tripp Loflin, Sam Sweet and professor Rob Prins. Other E-cycle for the energy required in transportation applications and develop- team members are Drew Joyner, ing an aptitude in the areas of electrical energy storage, control and Joey Lang, Dan Ferrante, Haris machinery,” says Prins. ✱ Read more at www.jmu.edu/news Shafiq and Jessie Taylor.

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[community Partnerships] to nontraditional students in new ways and looking at inno- Caregivers Community Network lauded vative programs and providing multiple modes of delivery.” he national alli- When it comes to service, ance for Caregiving the outreach and engage- and MetLife Foun- ment staff offers convenience, dation recognized advising and personalized the JMU Care- attention. When it comes Tgivers Community network to programs, they offer with a 2009 national Family undergraduate and gradu- Caregiving award at the naC ate courses, certificates, full annual meeting. degree programs at a distance, The awards honor commu- customized programs and nity-based programs that sup- noncredit programs. port family caregivers of older “By extending JMU adults, and they recognize inno- resources beyond campus, vation, effectiveness and respon- we are providing learning siveness to caregiver needs. opportunities for people who The JMU Caregivers Com- may not have other options,” munity network recruits and says Jim shaeffer, associate trains community volunteers National Alliance for Caregiving representative Jordon Green (left) congratulates nursing professor Erika Metzler vice provost for outreach and and JMU students to provide Sawin on the Caregivers Community Network award. engagement. respite and companion-care serv- Because not everyone can ices to families caring for frail or disabled reports that “family caregiving is the under- come to the JMU campus older adults in rural Virginia. The commu- pinning of the U.s. health-care system, with a for programs and study, the nity partnership is coordinated by the JMU value to society estimated at $306 billion per office offers distance-learning institute for Health and Human services year — more than the value of home care and sites in Martinsville and Roa- under the direction of the nursing depart- nursing care combined. noke and hopes to add a third ment. The network The JMU Caregivers Community net- center in the future. ‘Family care- provides students work offers services for all frail elders and a main outreach and giving is the with numerous their family caregivers in augusta, Page, @ engagement objective is to fos- underpinning opportunities to Rockingham and shenandoah counties and ter partnerships while engag- reach out to the the cities within. The services include regu- ing individuals and communi- of the U.S. community via lar personalized in-home companion care, ties to reach and exceed both health-care service learning. educational workshops and support services, their personal and professional system, with nonprofit organi- telephone consultation to supply caregivers goals. Fleming believes these zations from around with support, caregiver tips and resources, partnerships “help to build a a value to the states competed partnerships with community-service and better relationship between society esti- for the national faith-based organizations, and errand run- JMU and the community.” mated at Family Caregivers ning like picking up prescriptions or grocer- More than 20 partnerships $306 billion awards. The non- ies to aid the caregiver. M contribute to the success of profit national alli- ✱ Read more at www.socwork.jmu.edu/ outreach and engagement. per year.’ ance for Caregiving Caregivers/. among these are Blue Ridge Community College; Clarke County High school; Rosetta tive approaches the folks at through the outreach and stone; greene, Page, Rock- JMU have in finding creative engagement program. “appli- ‘By extending ingham and shenandoah ways to meet community cation of the principles taught County schools; and the and school needs,” says Clark during these training ses- JMU resources Virginia department of Cor- Hansbarger, coordinator of sions resulted in significant beyond campus, rectional education. the Bridge Program and dual efficiency gains at Rosetta The Clark County High enrollment at Clarke County stone in the areas of project we are providing school partnership provides High school. “JMU’s atti- scheduling and budgeting,” learning opportu- high-school students with tude about student success says dale Richards, a producer nities for people university courses and experi- matched ours and has been at Rosetta stone. “our team ences designed to help them the key to the success of our continues to apply these prin- who may not have better prepare for the chal- partnership.” ciples, two years after the JMU other options.’ lenges of college. Rosetta stone, another outreach program provided us — Jim Shaeffer, “i leave meetings at JMU partnership, offers a series of with this training.” M associate vice provost for energized by the possibilities project management training ✱ Read more at www.jmu.edu/ outreach and engagement and the positive, produc- sessions to their employees outreach/.

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[in Memoriam] [community relations] Remembering Online community resource directory William Thomas Campus resource answers community-related questions rofessor emeritus of Philosophy and Religion William “Bill” W. here do i buy Thomas died May 22, 2008. tickets, War- Thomas was a longtime resi- ren or the Pdent of Harrisonburg and retired from Convo? Can JMU as a full professor in Wi check out a library book 1997. “dr. Bill touched on campus? When is the so many JMU commu- astronomy park open? Who nity members with his do i contact to find JMU deep love of teaching the student volunteers? Can i scriptures, theology and take courses at JMU? Where humanities,” says JMU do i park for a softball game? professor of philosophy The JMU online community and religion Bill o’Meara. resource directory is available Thomas’ former student stacey Black to answer these and many o’donnell (’01) says, “dr. Thomas was more questions from community mem- users can also learn more about greater always quick to greet us with a warm bers, JMU parents and campus visitors. Madison, a nonprofit organization estab- welcome and a smile, even if we arrived The online resource also features infor- lished in 1971 to advance a mutually ben- late to his 8 a.m. class. He addressed mation about campus construction projects eficial relationship between the university each of us as “professor,” which reflected like the Forbes Center for the Performing and the local community. M his belief that we all had something to arts, east Campus Library, Centennial ✱ Learn more and get answers to frequently learn from each other. He was certainly Hall and the athletics facility expansions asked campus visitor questions at www. a treasure to JMU and the community.” and renovations. Community resource jmu.edu/news/CR-CRC.html/.

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Madison reunion fun and spring in the Shenandoah Valley BLUESTONEREUNiONS Classes of 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955 and 1960 — April 29 to May 1 Don’t miss the Class of 1960’s induction into the Bluestone Society Want to help plan your reunion? Contact the alumni office at (540) 568–6234. Want to write about your reunion? E-mail Madison at [email protected]. See the full schedule at www.jmu.edu/alumni/events/bluestone.shtml.

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[dukes’ turf] dinal rugby teammates (who are parents of two of the JMU Rugby takes players), we were reminded of the battles we had as young Virginia title men on the rugby pitch. We Total team effort earns were inspired by watching one state championship of the most competitive state finals in years. Two underdog By John Carr (’82) opponents put in total team Members of the Madison rugby team celebrate their 2009 Virginia efforts. Division II Championship with their coach Holmes Brown (‘97). s a former Madi- now it’s on to the Mid- son rugby player atlantic Rugby Football Union from the ’70s — Mid-atlantic Rugby Football ship tournament, and both playoffs — an even bigger and now a proud Union. This rank earns the defeated top teams to advance. stage — where the next level of Asupporter — i watched the team home playoff matches JMU defeated no. 1 seed skill will be imperative. good Madison rugby team perform this spring. i am truly proud Mary Washington, and VMi luck dukes. amazingly in a victory over of coach Holmes Brown (’97) defeated no. 2 seed Radford. James Madison University Virginia Military institute in and his players. in a total team With four minutes left in the Recreation offers many great the division ii Virginia Rugby effort, they moved from fourth championship match, VMi led facilities and programs for Championship on nov. 8. place to first in just two days. JMU 21 to 20. JMU moved students, club athletes and the once again, Madison JMU and VMi were ranked through the VMi defense in community. everyone involved rugby is on top in Virginia fourth and third, respectively, dramatic fashion and in the final in UReC can be proud of and is ranked no. 3 in the going into the champion- minutes won 25–21. it feels good Madison Rugby. M to say, “We’re back,” Madison About the Author: John Carr (’82) is founder and chairman/CEO of ✱ Learn more about UREC, its Brain Surgery Worldwide Inc. A member of the JMU College of Business Executive rugby, champions again. services for students and commu- Advisory Council, he was one of the first rugby players at Madison in 1975. He as i watched this match nity, and JMU club sports at www. continues to play rugby with the Virginia Cardinals Masters Touring Team. with my current Virginia Car- jmu.edu/recreation/index.shtml. @ 2009–10 JMU BasketBall woMen’s Men’s Dec. 13 vs. Siena Dec. 12 at Easter Michigan Dec. 18 at Duke Dec. 17 at Gardner-Webb Dec. 21 vs. Longwood Dec. 19 vs. Radford JMU Invitational Dec. 29-30 Dec. 23 vs. Fordham Dec. 29 vs. Lafayette Dec. 29 at Stanford Dec. 30 (Invitational Consolation Games) Jan. 2 at Northeastern Jan. 3 at Drexel * Jan. 4 vs. Delaware * Jan. 7 vs. Georgia State * Jan. 6 at Old Dominion * Jan. 10 vs. George Mason * Jan. 9 vs. Towson * Jan. 14 at Towson * Jan. 14 at William and Mary * Jan. 17 vs. Old Dominion * Jan. 16 vs. George Mason * Jan. 21 at Northeastern * Jan. 20 at Drexel * Jan. 24 at Georgia State * Jan. 23 at North Carolina-Wilmington * Jan. 28 vs. Hofstra * Jan. 27 vs. William and Mary * Jan. 31 vs. Towson * Jan. 30 at George Mason * Feb. 4 at Virginia Commonwealth * Feb. 3 vs. Hofstra * Feb. 4 vs. Drexel * Feb. 6 at Towson * Feb. 11 at William and Mary * Feb. 10 vs. Old Dominion * Feb. 14 at North Carolina–Wilmington * Feb. 13 vs. Virginia Commonwealth * Feb. 18 vs. Delaware * Feb. 16 at George State * Feb. 21 at Old Dominion * Feb. 22 vs. Longwood Feb. 25 vs. Virginia Commonwealth * Feb. 24 at Virginia Commonwealth * Feb. 28 vs. William and Mary * Feb. 27 vs. Drexel * March 3 at George Mason * Check JMUSports.com for the most up-to-date game times, (CAA Tournament March 11-14 at JMU) Duke Club information and TV times. *CAA Games

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one day, she will change the world.

Today, she needs your help.

The economic headlines have been hard to miss. Madison’s students have not been immune to the difficult times. and they need your help.

Remember the campus tradition of holding doors for others entering a building behind you? giving to Madison for Keeps continues that tradition.

More than 2,000 alumni and friends have already given to Madison for Keeps, an emergency initiative to provide immediate aid to JMU students whose families have been severely affected by the global financial crisis. Please join them in this urgent effort to help dukes stay dukes. Make your gift by dec. 31.

Learn more and give at www.jmu.edu/madison4keeps/

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Madison for Keeps JMU community steps up to help students affected by economic hardship By Andy Perrine (’86)

t is a sign of our times that for the last two months one With that, Joanne Carr, senior vice president for uni- could follow on the Web a developing story of one Madi- anthony Bowman versity advancement, helps install campus son student’s economic hardship narrowly averted. joined a growing yard signs symbolizing the number of students helped by Madison for Keeps. Purple on the morning of sept. 15, a post on the university’s cast of characters in a signs in the shape of graduates surround Facebook wall mentioned Madison for Keeps, a univer- drama repeating itself a banner that says, “Thanks to donations sity program aimed at raising funds for emergency stu - across the country from JMU alumni and friends, every day Ident financial aid. Many more students than normal have reported at other universities. more Dukes can stay Dukes.” this year that they and their families face tough times and Madison That anthony is not alone, or that JMU is not the only stage upon for Keeps is designed to help these students quickly. which this story is set, transforms this small spectacle into an epic. in the ensuing Facebook discussion, a student posted this short But back to our story — after identifying himself as a student in yet plaintive comment: need on Facebook, anthony appeared in a video on YouTube and the university’s Web site describing his situation. anthony told his story. Up until that moment the reality that students were facing hardships Anthony Bowman appeared in a JMU video on YouTube to talk about his economic during this dismal hardship. Madison for Keeps is JMU’s economy, though response to help students at risk of not sad, was conceptual returning to school next semester.

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and impersonal to many. But then anthony as of press time, 45 students have — a student with a name and a face and ‘I’ve always felt that received Madison for Keeps grants. Brad a mother struggling to pay for her son’s it was an honor to Barnett, senior associate director of finan- university education, and a member of the cial aid at JMU, says, “i guarantee you that most beloved Marching Royal dukes — raise money for the every one of the students receiving Madi- informed us all that he might have to leave university. But rais- son for Keeps grants would have dropped JMU because of economic stress. ing money that you out of school if it were not for this emer - That brought it home. gency assistance.” Buzz about Madison for Keeps began know will go directly to grow. alumni began to give online to students who immediately and they responded to JMU students calling on behalf of the university really need the help annual fund. in fact, President Linwood — that is huge. It’s a Rose made a special appeal videotaped at the Madison Connection student call cen- big motivator.’ ter the day students began calling for sup- — Sarah Marvill (’10), port for Madison for Keeps. Madison Connection student caller Brad Barnett, senior associate director of to meet the Friday of Homecoming Week- financial aid at JMU, credits the Madison end. Though the weather was wet and for Keeps emergency fundraising initiative cold, spirits were high and hopeful to beat with keeping 23 student in school. “I guar- Villanova the next day. during their meet- antee you that everyone of these students would have dropped out,” he explains. ing, the board members decided to make a $25,000 gift to Madison for Keeps, putting the total raised past $100,000. (Read more, While the rotten economy ravages fami- and see how the Class of 1999 responded lies everywhere and students drop out on Page 44.) because they no longer can afford tuition, at JMU President Linwood H. Rose appeared with Madison Connection student annual alumni board president a-J Fischer (’92) least at Madison this american epic takes a fund callers to ask alumni to support says, “We wanted to inspire all alumni to good turn. M the Madison for Keeps initiative. More give to Madison for Keeps. Momentum ✱ To help support Madison students and let than 2,000 alumni have given more than increased and enough money was coming $219,000 (at press time) to hold open the Dukes graduate as Dukes, send your gift to door of opportunity for JMU students. in to start helping students.” Madison for Keeps in the enclosed envelope That brings us back to anthony. or visit www.jmu.edu/madison4keeps. i was there at the videotaping, and the The JMU office of excitement in the room was over the top. Financial aid began not only because a video featuring dr. Rose evaluating student was being shot there, but also because the applications for Madi- nature of the phone calls was extraordinary. son for Keeps in late sarah Marvill (’10), a student caller, october, and the first says, “The day we first met to learn about 13 grants were awarded. Madison for Keeps, this one girl started a campus display was crying. she was like, ‘This is so cool that designed to show cam- we’re going to be making calls to help pus the growing num- other students.’” ber of students helped sarah is a veteran caller who has worked by Madison for Keeps. at Madison Connection since her sopho- Photographs of more year. But something was different Joanne Carr, senior vice about Madison for Keeps. “i’ve always felt president for university that it was an honor to raise money for the advancement, placing university,” she says. “But raising money the first 13 “little grad- that you know will go directly to students uates” that signified who really need the help — that is huge. students helped were it’s a big motivator.” posted on the JMU gifts began rolling in and the total dol- Facebook fan page. Lo lars raised neared six figures just before and behold, the first Homecoming Weekend in october. as comment posted under they do annually, the JMU alumni asso- these photographs was ciation Board of directors came to town by anthony.

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The smartest person I ever met Dr. Taalman was an integral part of My Madison Experience By Kristin McNamara (’09)

ithout a with 11 credits — would allow doubt, asso- me to get away with taking no ciate profes- more than one math class a sor of math- semester. Little did i know that ematics dr. dr. Taalman was headed my Laura Taal- way and that she would save manW is the best teacher i ever had. me from making that mistake. she was not only my academic somehow, by simply saying, “it adviser, she also taught four of my would just be better for you, JMU mathematics classes: dis- and i think you would really crete Mathematics and introduc- like it,” she managed to con - tion to Proof, algebraic Topology, vince me to take at least two advanced Linear algebra, and math classes each semester. in graph Theory. i cannot imagine the end, she was right. having gone through college with- dr. Taalman introduced me out her. to topology, my greatest mathe- dr. Taalman is one of the most matical interest as well as a sub- tolerant and patient professors i ject i pursued for eight weeks have encountered. she is always this past summer at an exter - willing to work with students nal research program. Until she outside of class, a trait of which told me about it, i was com- i took great advantage! she goes pletely unaware that research out of her way to ensure that opportunities like these existed students are learning. she is an for undergraduate students. expert at guiding students toward Her help was invaluable to me answers rather than giving stu- throughout the application dents answers. What’s more, she process for these research pro- is the smartest person i have ever grams, and i give her a lot of met. i can only hope that someday credit for putting up with my i might be as accomplished. pestering questions, qualms Four years of the “dr. Taalman and complaints. experience” — as both my pro- Mathematics professor Laura Taalman is the 2009 JMU College dr. Taalman also helped me fessor and adviser — proved to of Science and Mathematics Distinguished Teacher. Former as i began the process of apply- student Kristin McNamara (’09) calls her “the smartest person” be a great advantage for me. as a she ever met. ing to graduate schools. i was slightly daunted freshman from accepted at several, and i am rural Vermont, who had decided to thrust myself into a school sure that dr. Taalman’s beautifully worded recommendation letter twice the size of my hometown, i learned early to capitalize on greatly influenced those admittance decisions. deciding on a gradu- her advice. i have always loved math, but in signing up for college ate school was one of the most important decisions i have ever math courses, i hoped my head start — i began freshman year made, and dr. Taalman was right there. she was a wondrous display of patience through my incessant questions about grad schools About the Professor Laura Taalman, associate professor of mathematics, and the processes and politics surrounding them. joined the JMU faculty in 2000. She won the 2009 JMU College of Science Before i began my undergraduate career, i had no intention of and Mathematics Distinguished Teach ing Award, and in 2005 the Mathematical continuing my education past a bachelor’s degree. However, dr. Association of America selected her for a Henry L. Alder Award as one of the Taalman, who should be recognized for her continuing persistence, most distinguished beginning college professors in North America. Just for fun, Taalman writes her own math textbooks, and in 2007 she published Color chipped away at me for years and succeeded in getting me to see sudoku with her husband, Phil Riley. When not puzzling over her research, my own potential. now, i hope to earn a doctorate in mathematics. Taalman enjoys spending time with her husband and their son, Calvin Grey i owe it all to dr. Taalman for planting that seed in me. she is an Riley. Read more at www.jmu.edu/bethechange/people/taalman.shtml. integral part of my Madison experience and my life. i am thankful About the Author Kristin McNamara (’09) double majored in mathematics she happened to be teaching discrete Mathematics the semester i and Spanish. The Vermont native is attending the University of Tennessee graduate needed to take it. since then, she has played an extremely important school in the mathematics Ph.D. program. She found out about Madison’s Professors role in shaping my education as well as guiding many of the impor- You Love column by following @JMUAlumni on Twitter.com. tant decisions i have made regarding my future. M

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eXPressions

Rhythms of the universe

By Jacquelyn Walsh (’09)

growing up in Thailand and india, Bethany Tobin (’06) was exposed to an eastern view of Christianity, which sparked a passion that continues to play an important role in her art. Tobin has always aspired to be an artist, and her unique experiences abroad have shaped her inspiration. Tobin earned a Bachelor of Fine arts degree in studio art with a concentration in painting and drawing from JMU. This past May, she earned a Master of Theological studies degree from duke University where she concentrated on relating Christian practice to art theory. Tobin hopes to “be a part, in some way, of exploring Christian symbols that are asian.” When Tobin came to JMU in 2002 she had been focusing on drawing figures. after taking an experimental Honors Program course taught by mathematics professor dave Pruett, Tobin began to explore ways of expressing the “rhythms of the universe and how everything is interconnected.” she began to create symbols of that interconnectedness by using patterns that were “symmetrical yet intricate and mathematical yet decorative.” These patterns began to coalesce as mandalas — circle and square patterns — that are Gused as centering devises in many traditions. What makes them specifically Christian for Tobin is the center of the picture and what prayerfully becomes the center for the viewer who contemplates the mandala. For Tobin, everything in the universe finds its place in the pattern in Christ. The brightly colored decorative patterns show “how the universe is put together in an orderly and beautiful way — unity within multiplicity,” explains Tobin. Tobin has continued to develop mandalas and is currently focusing on texture and color. instead of allowing structure to dominate, Tobin tries to create a sense of transparency and a feeling of suspension in patterns and colors whose intensity ebbs and flows. Tobin says the JMU art department and her professors taught her to take her goals and ambitions seri - ously. “The art school has a lot of fabulous facilities such as printmaking. i really learned a craft,” she says. Her former printmaking professor, Jack McCaslin, After completing Dave Pruett’s described Tobin as “easily on par with JMU’s best graduate program students.” Partici- honors class at JMU, Tobin found pation in undergraduate student shows and exhibits helped Tobin learn how to present a book of geometric Islamic patterns, which serve as the frame- and discuss her work. at JMU, Tobin received the david diller senior art achieve- work for Islamic art and architec- ment award and studied art and religion abroad in oxford, a move that put her on the ture. Fascinated by these patterns, path to graduate school. she incorporated them into her “Many schools around the country are waking up to the value of the arts, but so often artwork. Her current works, like the offer no more than lip-service,” says Tobin. “it’s exciting to see JMU’s strong commitment one at left titled Tracey’s Mandala, include more Buddhist, Thai and to the arts taking shape in the new performing arts facility. This center will be an asset to Asian influences. Tobin enjoys not only students, but to the broader community. it will enhance students outside of the arts creating art in the studio space in disciplines because their participation in the arts will also enrich their areas of study.” M her new home in Harrisonburg.

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BrightThe professors, students and alumni who shine in Madison’s constellation

The back of one student’s T-shirt says it all. Francis “Buck” Payne (‘00) helps underrepresented students realize their dreams of college. Payne also teaches history at Falls Church High School.

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Lights[Francis “Buck” Payne] Fairfax County 2009 Teacher of the Year By Colleen Dixon

ll kids need is for someone to 16 students were in his aVid class. Last year, he believe in them and to tell them had 200 students, and nearly 98 percent will attend they have a right to their dreams,” college. Because FCHs has students from all over says Francis “Buck” Payne (’00), the world, they are usually unfamiliar with the steps Fairfax County Public schools’ required to prepare for college. They don’t know how 2009 Teacher of the Year. Payne to apply to american universities. Payne explains, has helped Falls Church High school students realize “These kids don’t know the language and terminol- theirA dreams since 2001. His dedication to his stu- ogy, or they don’t know it well enough to compre- dents is readily apparent in his daily schedule — up hend what they are reading. They want to go to col- “at 3:30 a.m. to commute 75 miles to work. lege, but they don’t know how to get there.” after Payne completed Virginia teaching licen- Payne helps them get there. sure requirements in 2001, Barbara stern, program He has teamed up with 34 teachers from the eng- coordinator for the JMU secondary education Pro- lish, history, math and science departments, along gram, suggested that he visit FCHs. “i was sincerely with the five aVid program tutors, who give up impressed when i walked through the doors,” recalls lunches and planning periods to give students extra Payne, an interdisciplinary social science major. “The assistance. This extra boost helps students pass core building was immaculate, and students were engaged courses. eleventh-graders create research portfolios in their classrooms.” on possible major and college choices along with Payne served in the navy for 24 years and traveled college applications and sample essays. Part of the to egypt, england, israel, italy, Japan and scotland. curriculum for 11th graders is preparation for the He saw firsthand that young people everywhere have saT and aCT. Payne requires his 12th graders to much in common. “They all want to please, mostly submit applications to five universities using materi- their parents,” he says. “They’re curious about oth- als from their portfolios. ers, especially those they have never met. With all my in 2008, six of his 40 students chose to attend travels and experiences, i’ve had something to share JMU. in 2009, the number was four of 43. This year, with my students.” the first student from the FCHs aVid program will History — U.s. and Virginia — are the subjects attend the naval academy. Payne enjoys teaching the most. “History is fascinat- “i have hundreds of stories,” Payne says about stu- ing,” he says. “History is all about ordinary people dents who have succeeded despite numerous obstacles. doing extraordinary things.” Payne also teaches an one student, Yasmin, arrived from ethiopia already elective, advancement Via individual determination. lagging behind in academics. “she graduated from developed in the early ’80s, aVid “identifies students high school this year and is headed to college to fulfill in the middle, who without support may not other- her dream of becoming a nurse,” Payne says. “david, wise have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of col- who is in this country on his own, is working 40 to 70 lege,” Payne explains. “aVid students are mostly from hours a week just to maintain and continue to go to minority, low-income, single-parent families and are school. He wants to become a doctor. somehow, we the first generation in will find a way for him to reach his dream.” ‘They want to their families to go to Payne’s connection to his students does not end with college.” other students FCHs graduations. He has visited students’ homes for go to college, are children of ambas- dinner and birthdays and attended college graduations. but they don’t sadors, foreign business Being listed as one of the top five aVid programs in know how to people and immigrants. the nation has garnered FCHs and Payne attention. When Payne first “i’ve been offered career moves,” he says, “but i came get there.’ arrived at FCHs, only to Falls Church for the students. My place is here.” M

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[teresa harris]

Educator, advocate, access to indoor plumbing or paved Fulbright Scholar Teresa roads. during homestays, students Harris firmly believes learned to heat water on the stove for in educators serving as Fulbright awardee headed advocates for students baths and to walk to school. However, and families. to South Africa By Chris Edwards students quickly learn that their south tudents and professors in JMU early childhood, elemen- african families are incredibly hospitable. “africans are open, tary education and reading programs will soon join a friendly and gracious, and educators face similar issues in africa three-way partnership working and learning with col- and america,” according to Harris. leagues at two south african schools. College of educa- When comparing the U.s. and south african educational sys- tion professor Teresa Harris will prepare the way, thanks tems, Harris notes that both are working hard to address the inequi- to a Fulbright award that will fund her January to June ties of access to high quality learning opportunities for all children. 2010 visit to the University of Pretoria; Child academy, a private “The focus for all of us is on young children, however there is a Sschool in Johannesburg’s Tambesa township; and dzindi Primary, difference in the way the two societies perceive teaching. in south a rural public school in the Limpopo Province. africa teaching is a fairly low-paying job, with little prestige.” Harris’ immersion in african education began in 2006 when she Harris edits The Constructivist, an educational e-journal, which served as curriculum specialist for local teachers visiting Kenya on she expects to continue while in africa. “Constructivism,” she a five-week intercultural travel seminar supported by a Fulbright- explains, is an umbrella term for “learning theories that focus on Hays/U.s. department of education grant. she also made a brief the ways learners construct meaning from their experiences and visit to south africa on assignment for her church, working with the interactions.” as an editor she will work with faculty members and Child academy faculty to bring JMU students the following year. teachers to broaden the conversations about what it means to learn That year, Harris expanded her network of colleagues from and teach in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts. those in Unisa to the University of Pretoria eCd acting depart- Harris expects her Fulbright semester will include working directly ment head. The two looked for ways to work more closely. By the with local children as well as university students. The new partner- time Harris returned in 2009 with eight more JMU elementary ship may feature future seminars at JMU and UP, led by instructors education students, she and the department head outlined an from each university, as well as interactive online studies. action plan to be implemented through the Fulbright program. Harris passionately believes in educators becoming advocates. during her 2010 Fulbright semester, Harris will work with the “For us, children and families are the most important part of the eCd faculty at UP to design a new fourth-year bachelor’s honors system. if we care for them well, we have a just and thriving society degree and a new M.ed. program. she will also work closely with of human beings,” she says. professors in their research projects. Harris says she will also pro- Both here and in south africa, Harris sees the schools’ and teach- vide professional development for teachers at Child academy and ers’ roles as serving children and their families: “Making sure they dzindi Primary. have a voice and can access resources to take a place in society,” she While trips to africa with Harris are intensive, JMU students explains. Those resources she notes include good nutrition, health gain valuable teaching experience, have opportunities to study care and employment opportunities. child development, and learn about the culture, geography and When challenges seem overwhelming, Harris advises her stu - political structure. Harris prepares students for the economic dents to remember, “Being an advocate is a part that i can play.” M diversity that they will see. Townships and rural areas often lack ✱ More at www.jmu.edu/news/madisonscholar/teresaHarris.shtml

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[dan Meyer] McFarland remembers Meyer as being a tall, skinny kid in the fall of 1999 when he came to Harrisonburg from new Jer- Meyer re-invents himself sey. “He just got better and better; he worked hard in the weight room. His fast- in the major leagues By David Driver ball went from the upper 80s to 93 or 94 mph,” McFarland says. “He is a good alum- n september 2008, dan nus. He really stays in touch and Meyer (’02) thought his comes back in the fall for the Major League Baseball alumni game.” career might be over. Meyer says the Marlins play- He had just made ers have “… great chemistry. We another start on the mound have a lot of fun. People question for the oakland athletics and had our bullpen, but our bullpen has iallowed seven earned runs in less done great. Things have worked than four innings against the Kan- out perfectly.” describing a 2006 sas City Royals. He finished the surgery where a small piece of season with a 0–4 record, a 7.48 bone was removed from his pitch- eRa in 11 games and four starts ing shoulder, Meyer says, “Base- for the a’s. even worse, the former ball-wise they couldn’t diagnose diamond duke felt that oakland, it. it took them a year and a half who traded atlanta for him after to figure it out.” the 2004 season, had given up on according to industry leader him at the ripe age of 27. Baseball America magazine, “oakland put me on the back Meyer began the 2009 season as burner; i struggled and just didn’t the no. 27 prospect in the Flor- feel right out there,” Meyer says. ida system. That was significant seven months later, the left- as he had already appeared in 19 handed pitcher was back in The major league games. show with the Florida Marlins. He during his 2000-02 JMU made an opening day roster of a career, Meyer struck out 90 bat- major league team for the first time ters in 97.2 innings as a junior, as a pro, and he also had a new life and both of those numbers rank exclusively as a relief pitcher as the in the top 10 for single-season Marlins got off to the best start in Dan Meyer (‘02) hurls one from the mound for the Florida marks. He has kept in touch with the franchise’s history. Marlins. The lefty finished the 2009 season with a 3–2 record several of his former teammates and a respectable 3.09 ERA in 71 appearances. despite an 0–6 record in his first including Mitch Rigsby (’03), 19 major league games with atlanta and this team and be on the opening day roster.” Pat Cunningham (’02), eddie Kim (’03) oakland, Meyer had a stretch of 10 straight Meyer picked up his first MLB win on and nic Herr (’00). some of his former scoreless outings for the Marlins early in the June 12 in a 7–3 win over the Toronto Blue teammates were on hand when the Mar - 2009 season. in his first 25 games he had Jays when he took over in the bottom of lins played at Washington early in 2009. “i an eRa of 2.35 and allowed just 14 hits in the seventh for starter Ricky nolasco in see those guys every year,” Meyer says. “We 23 innings with six walks and 24 strikeouts. Toronto. He pitched one inning and did play golf together.” opposing hitters had a pitiful average of not allow a hit or a run; his eRa dropped drafted by the atlanta Braves in 2002, .171 against him. to 2.30. Florida scored five times in the top Meyer worked his way up through the The only thing missing was his first of the eighth to break a 2–2 tie and give minor league system with stops in dan- major league win, but Meyer was just glad him the win. ville, Rome (ga.), Myrtle Beach, green- to be back in the majors. “it was amazing. it Meyer recorded his first big league save ville and Class aaa Richmond before he was a great feeling. i had never been part of in his first chance on June 24 against the made his major league debut with atlanta opening day,” says Meyer, who turned 28 in orioles. a week later, he got his second in 2004. He pitched in just two games July 2009. “My goal all spring was to make major league win against the nationals. He for the Braves that year and was traded to did not allow a run in 10 straight games oakland prior to the 2005 season. Meyer ‘My goal all spring through early July and was 2–0 with an spent all of 2005 and 2006 in the minors eRa of 1.95 by July 3. with Class aaa sacramento in the oak- was to make this He finished the 2009 season 3–2 with a land system. He made it to oakland in team and be on the respectable 3.09 eRa and logged two saves 2007 and split time between sacramento in two tries with 71 appearances out of the and oakland in 2008. opening day roster.’ bullpen for the Marlins. “i feel like i am getting back to my old — Dan Meyer (’02) Longtime JMU head coach spanky self as a top prospect,” Meyer says. M

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Sporting a new look and teaming up with the community

Athletics expansions kick it up for the fans and new center tackles needs of students and community

top sports facilities attract top coaches. top top coaches know that creating well- facilities attract top players, too. state-of-the- rounded student-athletes also means keeping art facilities tell the world, “this university academic excellence at the top of the score - means business. JMU cares about its student- card. it means athletes must hit the books athletes.” think that doesn’t matter today or hard in the Plecker athletics Center. in a bad economy? think again. For four decades, one JMU coach in par - student-athletes know the score. there is a ticular has lived and breathed the philosophy lot more to being a winner than just having that “character counts.” the new JMU Cen- talent, especially at the collegiate level. ter for sport Psychology is named for him. Fans want winners. it’s about school pride. Challace McMillin has been a coach, mentor some fans recognize that JMU student- and father figure to decades of JMU athletes, athletes are asked to go the extra mile in the supporting them in their quest for personal pursuit of excellence. Long days, long hours and performance excellence. and lots of work — inside and outside the in this special section, learn more about classroom — are requirements. anyone who coach McMillin and how he mentors JMU has donned the purple and gold will tell you student-athletes to reach out into the com - JMU alumni, parents that it’s what you do when no one’s look - munity to build character and to share sports and students share ing that really, truly makes the difference on experiences with younger athletes in the the Purple Pride during Family Weekend 2009. Tgame day. it’s the little things that add up to greater Harrisonburg area. Dukes’ fans will have wins. extra time in the weight room. extra You’ll also read about the plans to give the more to celebrate with the expansion and cuts in the indoor batting cage when it’s JMU nation’s Bridgeforth stadium a face- additions to Bridge- snowing outside. extra time watching game lift. and learn about the new and renovated forth Stadium and several athletics fields films with coaches who know how to help sports complexes for baseball, field hockey, and complexes. you make yourself better. lacrosse, soccer, softball, and track and field.

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JMU Nation gets a facelift

Dukes’ fans can bring the Purple Pride to three updated athletics facilities

By DaviD J. Biancamano

remember sitting on the hillside near the train tracks below d-Hall watching JMU football but instead brag- ging about the Marching royal dukes? You couldn’t hear the stadium play-by-play announcer, so you and your friends may have been listening to the radio. remember the sparse game-day tailgating at godwin Field, which at that time resembled a ghost town? in those days, JMU football fans could wait until game day to decide whether they would attend a game and still be able to get tickets at the gate. it has been 37 years since then-JMU track and field coach Challace McMillin built the first JMU football team from scratch. JMU alumni, students, fans and supporters now circle all home football game dates on their calendars, so it’s no surprise that games consis - tently sell out. now on game days the smells, sights and sounds of JMU nation tailgating electrify campus. Yes, the perception of JMU football has changed. the program has grown and the game day atmosphere continues to change. now, that perception is about to change again. an enormous undertaking begins this month to Rmake Bridgeforth stadium a complex that will reflect Madison’s past, be Madison’s present and foretell a Madison future that will thrill dukes’ fans for years to come. “we envision Bridgeforth stadium becoming a state-of-the-art facility by 2011,” says JMU athletics director Jeff Bourne. “it will be a new front (Background): Construction begins on porch for our university.” one goal of the 5,200-seat Bridgeforth Stadium in the 20-month project is to change how 1975. For the team’s first three years, fans sat on the sidelines or on “Hillside” those outside the JMU nation perceive to cheer on the Dukes. The expansion of JMU and its football program. Bridgeforth Stadium, which begins this However, before that can happen, month, is the first significant work done that front porch needs a facelift. to the venue since 1981.

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Through the mid-1980s students and alumni cheered from “Hillside.” (Left): The Marching Royal Dukes perform at JMU’s first game in 1972. (Below): Challace McMillin runs drills with his 1972 players.

(Above): Duke Dog gets unleashed in front of the Plecker Athletics Center in 2005. (Left): New turf is installed at Bridgeforth Stadium in 2006.

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Flat-screen televisions throughout Suite level Madison stadium was built in 1975 with a seat- pleted by late summer 2010. that will clear the hospitality suites ing capacity of about 5,200. additional seats were way for a seating capacity nearly the same as the 15 added in 1981 to bring the seating capacity of what current stadium for the dukes’ 2010 season. sec- 12 outdoor and 4 indoor seats was by then known as JMU stadium up to a capac- ond-phase expansion will begin at the end of the ity of more than 12,000. the current expansion of 2010 season and be finished in time for the 2011 President’s suite Bridgeforth stadium seating and amenities will be football season. Athletics director’s suite the first significant work done since 1981. the $62 million expansion project will begin the original stadium was constructed in three with an additional 10,000 seats for the west side phases. a synthetic playing surface was installed in and north end zone. this area will have perma- Press Box 1973–74, east-side stands (near godwin Hall) in nent bleachers, a club and suite level, and a new Expanded working press area 1975 and west-side stands in 1981. a new score- press box. the north end zone is the area where, board was erected in 2005; the in the ’70s and early ’80s, many Enhanced TV and radio areas Field turf playing surface we students sat on the hillside to Enhanced coaches’ boxes see today was installed in 2006. ‘The Hillside watch football games. the robert and Francis Plecker “the hillside experience was Improved camera locations athletic Performance Center experience was the best part about football opened in spring 2005 as the games back in the day,” says first step in a transformation the best part scott thornhill (’78), a member Up-to-the-minute stats toward a top-of-the-line facility. about football of the JMU alumni association www.jmu.edu/news/campus there has been no major struc- Board of directors. “we enjoyed Construction.shtml tural work done within the sta- games back in sunshine on the hill with friends updated stadium expansion timeline, dium for almost 28 years. and foam and an occasional train Web cam construction shots, and the first phase of the two- the day.’ obstructing our view. it was like news about game-day parking phase Bridgeforth stadium Scott Thornhill (’78), alumni we were having a party and a and campus bus routes. expansion project will be com- association board member football game broke out!”

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“with more graduates and a greater demand for seats, it will definitely be filled.” the expansion will also enhance JMU’s com- Dukes’ mencement exercises each spring beginning in 2011. “i can just imagine the Marching royal dukes scorecard playing to a screaming crowd of 25,000 and offer- Current and former JMU ing an expanded Parade of Champions event in football players are chiming the renovated stadium,” says Carly Leduc (’08), in about the Bridgeforth Centennial duke and former trombone player for Stadium expansion. the Marching royal dukes. Tell us what it means to you elevators and escalators, housed in the west-side at www.facebook.com/ concourse, will move alumni, parents and fans to jamesmadisonuniversity. the climate-controlled club, suites and upper levels of the stadium. there, fans can enjoy a high-end University experience and watch a game or graduation. Club seating will be exclusively for duke Club commitment members at a minimum giving level, and those sea- this project shows the univer- (Above): An artist rendering son tickets are on sale at a discounted price through sity’s continued support of the shows an aerial view of the dec. 31, 2010. Club patrons can enjoy high-end football program Bridgeforth Stadium expansion, that we all are so which will include 10,000 addi- food and beverages served in the club lounge from pre-game through the third quarter. From the proud of. not tional seats, and club and suite only will this amenities. Chip Parkins (’77) is clubroom fans can choose to walk directly to their project enhance planning a 40th anniversary of seats to enjoy the outdoor atmosphere or remain the first JMU football team for the overall setting inside. suites will feature premium furnishings and and enjoyment for dukes’ fans, 2012. If you want to attend or two flat-screen televisions as well as a modern liv- help plan, please call Parkins it will also allow coach Mickey at (540) 234–0189. ing area with indoor and outdoor viewing space. Matthews and his staff to keep the stadium expansion will also benefit the com- recruiting the types of student- munity, as banquet facilities will be available with athletes we need to represent catering and seating for 500. JMU both on and off the football one of the individuals most excited about the proj- field. a project this size could ect is JMU Head Football Coach Mickey Matthews. definitely not happen without “when you add the expanded stadium to our exist- the whole university community ing facilities [Plecker Center], we will have one of the being involved, and President best complexes in all of the Football Championship rose and Jeff Bourne should be subdivision,” says Matthews. “this will help us even commended for such effort. more on the recruiting trail in the coming years.” — John DeFilippo (’99) students are also getting in on the action. this former JMU quarterback winter, student volunteers will participate in focus assistant QB coach for the N.Y. Jets the Bridgeforth expansion will improve sight groups to provide input and feedback on student lines for all west-side seats (parking deck side) and seating locations and game-day activities. the includes a 1,000-seat club level and 15 hospitality results will help shape the student experience in Confidence- suites with seating for 16 peo- the renovated stadium. boosting crowds ple. also, moving the existing the JMU nation can it looks cool, it looks too real to stadium wall nearly 40 feet ‘When you add the certainly look forward to be true and very big for the space closer to the field means fans the 2011 season with great where it is going will be closer to the action. expanded stadium pride. when the new sta- to fit. the crowd to understand the enormity dium lights brighten the does a lot for us. of the project, the press box to our existing Harrisonburg sky for a sat- this is the best will crest the top of the upper facilities [Plecker urday night game, and the crowd i’ve ever deck at nearly 130 feet, or 13 dukes take the field, percep- played in front stories. For comparison, the Center], we will tions will change again. M of, considering on the road and Champions drive Parking at home, it has done a lot for me deck, near newman Lake, is have one of the ✱ See photos, videos and a to hear them cheer for us, win or about 55 feet tall. timeline of the Bridgeforth lose. it’s great that there will be “it is going to be a beauti- best complexes in Stadium expansion project more tickets for our friends and at JMUsports.com. Click the family. and playing in front of a ful facility that offers a lot of all of the Football Capital Campaign menu bar large crowd gives us more confi- amenities that we have not in the left column and select dence to play that much harder. offered before, and it will Championship “Bridgeforth Stadium.” Then put us in the limelight with share your thoughts about — Pat Williams Subdivision.’ the new stadium at the of- sophomore linebacker other institutions in terms ficial JMU Facebook page at Virginia Beach of the quality of what we Mickey Matthews, JMU head www.facebook.com/james are building,” says Bourne. football coach madisonuniversity

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Character First JMU football head coach counts Challace McMillin talks to a 1980s-era Dukes team. The revered coach has been hon- Sport psychology center’s holistic ored with two JMU academic approach mirrors coach’s philosophy centers named for him.

By martha Bell Graham

at every Madison Homecoming or athletics event, alumni — especially former football players — seek out a soft-spoken gentleman they Honoring more once called “coach.” He is Challace McMillin, JMU’s first football than a coach coach, mentor to a generation of student-athletes Joe Showker (’79) was a redshirt freshman trans- and a perpetual draw for former students, many fer from Virginia Tech when he first met Challace of whom became coaches themselves. after McMillin in 1975. The kicker, nicknamed “Joe the nearly 40 years at JMU, the impact of the retired toe,” felt an instant connection to his new coach. “We clicked,” Showker recalls. “He and I were very coach and professor still reverberates — and will much of like mind; I had a great appreciation for continue to do so for many years to come. Last what he was doing.” fall JMU’s Center for sport Psychology was offi- McMillin was an intelligent coach, Showker says. cially named for the former coach. “He was disciplined and had high expectations. He McMillin’s former player, Joe showker (’79), was the first coach to and his wife, debbie (’78), pledged $500,000 to ‘He was my give me an itinerary.” establish the center, earning the right to name it mentor. For Showker and the Challace McMillin Center for sport Psychol- many student-athletes Coaches and influenced by the ogy. another alumnus, sport psychologist roddy coach’s career, McMil- (’76, ’77M), and Jeanne Kibler (’75), established students lin was far more than a coach. “He Joe “the toe” the Kibler Professorship for sport Psychology. intersect at a was my mentor. Coaches and stu- Showker kicks for an the center supports student-athletes, coaches point in which dents intersect at a point in which extra point after a and parents in achieving success in sports and in their lives are changed. You hope it’s touchdown in 1978. life. it is the second honor for JMU’s first foot- their lives are the right people,” Showker says. For Showker has honored ball coach. the Challace McMillin academic changed.’ Showker, McMillin was that person. his former coach and A After Showker graduated as a Performance Center is also named for the for- mentor with a gift physical education major and a second-tier Academic All-Ameri- to Madison. mer coach and professor emeritus. can, he followed in his coach’s footsteps. “When I got out and the sport psychology center’s holistic approach started coaching, Challace McMillin was one of the people I tried to emulate.” to sport mirrors the philosophy McMillin Showker coached in Rockingham County Public Schools for many years. Currently, he modeled as a coach, mentor and professor. in a is an instructional technology resource teacher with Rockingham County Public Schools. three-pronged approach that distinguishes it from Though not actively coaching, he stays involved as master official for U.S.A. Track & Field. other sport psychology centers, the McMillin cen- Showker’s respect for his former coach is obvious. “He was a model coach for my forma- ter first supports athletes in their quest for per- tive coaching years,” he says. “He was even-tempered.” In the shadow of the Lombardi era, when coaches ranted at players, McMillin was calm, Showker says. “As a man he sonal and performance excellence. was always in control of his emotions. He never lost control of his character.” the center also offers students studying in It’s that character — humility, discipline, goal seeking, pursuit of excellence on and off related academic fields such as psychology and the field — and the mentoring that Showker admires and now honors. When it came time kinesiology an opportunity for hands-on, clini- to name JMU’s new center for sport psychology, Showker had only one name in mind: cal experiences in sport psychology. the center’s Challace McMillin. “What he does transcends football.”

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Playing in front of a prong — reaching beyond is simple. number one bigger home crowd will be icing on campus — that sets it apart. and performing was getting an education the cake. it will be big time. through clinics for parents, and developing relation- — Vidal Nelson coaches and athletes, and despite pain can ships. Football came second. sophomore strong safety, Virginia Beach through research and out- result in unhealthy “going to class, being organ- reach, the center will have a ized, being on time. these Green wooden positive impact on hundreds behaviors.’ were extremely important bleachers to of young lives. “Both under- me,” the coach says. Robert Harmison Purple Pride graduate and graduate stu- McMilllin required each dents will have the opportunity to gain valuable expe- player to set short- and long-term goals, and then i am very proud to be a part of JMU’s football heritage as both a rience developing and delivering outreach program- to go about accomplishing them methodically. “My former player and a ming that will positively impact the sport experience players had to develop a master organization calen- coach under Chal- of athletes of all ages in the region,” Harmison says. dar — in detail. they had to write it out and turn lace McMillin. as a Because not all coaches, and certainly few par- it in every semester to their position coaches,” he freshman member ents, are trained in coaching, outreach is impor- explains. today’s student-athletes have academic of the first varsity tant and innovative. “Partici- coaches, but back then the team in 1974, i was pation in competitive sports coaching staff did it all. proud that Madison College was the builds character, and athletes McMillin taught his players first Virginia college to get an artifi- learn valuable life skills like to plan for success. as a result, cial playing surface. we thought that discipline, teamwork, work- more than 90 percent of his was awesome! However, the plans ing toward goals, leadership players graduated. “i’m very and pictures of the new stadium and social skills,” Harmison proud of that,” he says. with all of its amenities far surpass adds. “However, without good the discipline that McMillin my utmost hopes and dreams for sports parenting and coaching, modeled and taught his players the JMU program. in less than 40 participation that overempha- is a reflection of his coach - years we have come a long way from sizes winning, perfect perfor- ing philosophy and his own our green wooden bleachers. mance and playing despite life — where fundamen - — Joe Carico (’78, ’81M) pain can result in unhealthy tal personal discipline pro- former defensive back; Harrisonburg behaviors.” motes excellence. thanks to High School athletics director the center’s mission will McMillin’s philosophy and spread McMillin’s passion. “i high standards, JMU athlet- Purple prestige have always had a strong belief ics programs like day with the expansion will make it more that the mental aspect of sports the dukes — where student- available for people to come see is extremely important and athletes reach out to the the dukes’ show that it has to be approached “What coach Mickey Matthews has done community — flourish. and add more the same way you work on the to keep coach McMillin involved with the after McMillin stepped excitement to body,” McMillin says. team means the world to us former players,” down as head football coach the game. From McMillin came to JMU in says former cornerback Chip Parkins (’77). in 1984, he earned his doctor- a booster stand- (Center): McMillin with NFL All-Pros Charles 1971 as director of housing ate in sport psychology from point, they really and as track and field coach — Haley (’87) and Gary Clark (’85). (Below): the University of Virginia. Receiving kudos from Linwood H. Rose. don’t have a luxury area. i know with the understanding that with his new credentials, he they put them in nice seats now, he would start a football pro- continued to have a signifi- but it will add a little more pres- gram. “it was very exciting to cant impact on Madison as a tige to the whole program. we me. Very few people have an professor of kinesiology. really have a pro-dukes crowd opportunity to start a foot- though retired, McMil- here and knowing that your team ball program at the collegiate lin continues to practice what and your fans are behind you level,” McMillin says. he believes through his asso- only helps you elevate your play. McMillin’s success is ciation with the center as a — Corwin Acker legendary. starting from mental training coach for sophomore tailback/receiver scratch, the coach built a current student-athletes. M Landover, Md.

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Two athletics facilities kickingCharacter it upcounts a notch

Expansions and new complex enhance six sports

By curt DuDley

in addition to the expansion of Bridgeforth stadium, two more major athletics projects will kick it up a notch for student-athletes and coaches in six sports. the JMU baseball and softball dukes will open a new facility next spring, and work has begun on the Port republic road athletics Facility, which Hall and Veterans Memorial stadium. Coaches and The new baseball and softball will be the future home of the dukes’ field hockey, players will take occupancy in their new facility after complex (above) will open in spring 2010 on the site of lacrosse, soccer, and track and field teams. spring semester. Memorial Hall and Veterans it is the nature of a college campus to either be reno- Both facilities will be lighted, with baseball featur- Memorial Stadium. The stadium vating or expanding its physical plant. “if you are a ing 1,200 seats including 500 chairbacks, and softball will retain its name and include student-athlete, a JMU employee or a fan, you can’t offering 500 seats with 50 chairbacks. inside Memorial a tribute to area veterans. help but come here and be excited,” says JMU athletics director Jeff Bourne. “it is all in constant motion and changing for all the right reasons. it enhances our ability to recruit great student-athletes, which makes Beyond the JMU Nation it easier to attract and keep top coaches.” By Joe Showker (’79) Much of what is being built or expanded today was Affecting lives at the point of the topic of meetings held soon after Bourne came change is what former JMU to JMU more than a decade ago. the first objective football coach Challace McMil- was to raise the well-being of JMU student-athletes lin’s life and career mean with the addition of the robert and Frances Plecker to me. Sports psychology athletic Performance Center. in addition to football has been his passion for his offices and locker rooms, the facility is the home of adult life. His coaching career student-athlete services and includes tutoring areas turned into a higher educational calling to work with all and a computer lab. it also holds a 7,000-square-foot I athletes on the mental and strength and condi- motivational side of sports. ‘It is all in tioning center and Challace demonstrates a love a 5,000-square-foot for educating young people constant sports medicine area. and a passion for our univer- the first of the sity. His positive influence on Former Madison kicker Joe Showker (’79) and his motion and three major JMU thousands of young people, as wife, Debbie (’78), stay in touch with JMU’s first athletics facility proj- well as his service to JMU, is football coach Challace McMillin. changing for worthy of this honor. ects to come online Challace’s promotion of personal excellence, accountability and a goal-driven all the right will be a state-of-the- life affected me during my formative years in college and in my coaching career. My art facility for both career in sports, education, business ownership and in mentoring Virginia’s teach- reasons.’ the baseball and ers on digital ethics all refer back to leadership skills that Challace McMillin taught Jeff Bourne, JMU softball programs on and lives to this day. I’m proud to be a part of the Challace McMillin Center for athletics director the site of Memorial Sports Psychology and its impact on the JMU Nation and beyond.

https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/madisonmagazine/vol33/iss1/148 Madison Magazine baseball ComP lex P hotograP h by mike miriello (’09 m); s hoW kers by diane elliott (’00) 48 et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2010 Dukes’ scorecard (cont.) Duke, Right: 26–Power there are so many great memories from that first team and my whole Madison experience. one of the best from that first season was “Uncle ron,” President Car- rier’s pep talk at the end of our 0-0-1 first season. “Boys, you’ve done a good job with little time to get here. i’m proud of you and you’ve left room for improvement. Maybe we can score next year!” … 0-0-1 doesn’t show how hard we worked that year. we had 28 players, and five did not play; so 23 guys were working hard.i played 13 positions in one game, and we had to carry the trainer off the field one time when he tripped and hurt himself. the name of the first play ever was “duke, right: 26–Power,” and i got the ball for the first carry. … i was in Chatta- nooga in 2004 to see the national championship. i cannot express the emotions i felt when i realized we were going to win a championship just 30 years after we started a program from scratch. How many teams have a player who carried the first ball in a program’s history watch his team win a national The 85-acre Port Republic Road Athletics Facility will championship? i was teary-eyed. feature stadiums for field hockey and soccer/lacrosse. — Chip Parkins (’77) The complex will also include an area for track and field, former Madison cornerback coaches offices, restrooms, concessions and a press box. Championship the monument pays tribute to citizens of Harrison- memories Hall are locker burg and rockingham County who lost their lives the stadium expansion is a very big rooms with wooden lock- while serving to protect our nation. the original sta- deal. Playing in front of big crowds ers, spacious coaches’ offices and a recep- dium honored world war ii soldiers killed in action. is what athletes tion area. there are two tunnel hitting cages, a sports the new monument honors fallen heroes who served dream about. i medicine area and team rooms, along with a lounge from world war i through modern-day conflicts. remember play- and a large weight and cardio training space. oddly enough, the recent economy has hastened ing in front of a “this will be the nicest softball stadium in the the schedule for construction of the Port road ath- big crowd at the Colonial athletic association and will rival some of letics Facility as contractors offered bids more favor- JMU vs. delaware the bigger facilities in the aCC,” says JMU Head able to JMU. the 85-acre area, which is being pre- game in 2004. the atmosphere was softball Coach Katie Flynn. “People don’t realize pared for the University recreation Center as well as incredible! it actually makes you the indoor element in Memorial Hall that completes intercollegiate athletics, is located east of campus in play a little harder when there is a this as a serious program facility.” an area surrounded by off-campus student housing. big crowd. getting more fans into the baseball facility will continue to be known as the project will feature a natural-grass soccer and the game to cheer on the dukes will Veterans Memorial stadium. the site of the baseball lacrosse stadium with seating for 3,000 and a turf help the football program. it will portion of the complex is built on the site of the old field-hockey stadium with seating for 500. the two also help with recruiting better play- Veterans Memorial stadium, which was built in 1948. stadiums will adjoin one another and share a com- ers and winning more games. a public memorial marks the entrance into the park- mon press box. Concession stands and restrooms will — Rodney McCarter (’04) ing area of the complex, and Veterans Memorial Park enhance the fan experience. office and locker room JMU police officer, former safety/cornerback and 2004 National Champions will provide ample green space for fans to enjoy all year. space will also be part of the construction. M

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Dukes’ Purple Pride takes over campus during 2009 Do Homecoming Week bleedyou

By Jacquelyn walSh (’09) purple?anD michelle hite (’88)

this year, Homecoming was a circus; but luckily, that was the theme, “Homecoming

2009: Under the Big top.” despite a tough football loss to Villanova and some bitter

cold weather, dedicated dukes, and spirited fans, family and friends filled the campus and

Bridgeforth stadium with Purple Pride during Homecoming week. there was a huge win

for Madison for Keeps and, for the first time, the JMU athletics Hall of Fame inductions

moved to Homecoming. diehard dukes continue to set spirited records: Mark searle (’82)

has been “donned” the godfather of Homecoming by family and friends. He has come Who cares if it’s 40 degrees; it’s Homecoming, dude. back to the ’Burg with 30 alumni and friends for 27 straight Homecomings. go dukes! Go Duuuuukes!

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PublishedPhotogra by JMUP h by Scholarly dan gorin (’11)Commons, 2010 winter 2010 5151 Madison Magazine, Vol. 33 [2010], No. 1, Art. 1 Class of 2009 Five JMU stars join JMU Athletics Hall of Fame By curt DuDley Four former standout student-athletes and the university president under whose leadership a comprehensive division i athletics program developed were inducted into the JMU athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming week. Lynn Craun (lacrosse), Missy dudley-Heft (basketball), Beth- any eigel (cross country/track and field) and todd winterfeldt (baseball) join JMU President emeritus ronald e. Carrier as the hall of fame class of 2009. this year was the first time the induction ceremony and dinner were held during Homecoming Homecoming ’09 weekend. the 2009 inductions Sunday, Oct. 11 home and the place they will Tuesday, Oct. 13 were the hall of Homecoming Kickoff soon look fondly on as alumni. Madison Games, fame’s 22nd group and Bonfire He urged students to visit the Godwin Field library (the one named after of honorees. President emeritus ronald e. Homecoming 2009 Madison Carrier was JMU him, of course) to learn how Carrier presided over Madison- far JMU has come in just over games Committee Co-chair president from 1971 Fest at the Festival and helped Caitlin Vansuetendael (’11) to 1998, a period of a century. set dukes’ Purple Pride ablaze was happy with the Madison tremendous growth MadisonFest’s “circus” fare at the bonfire. Carrier wel - games. “there was a good at JMU overall and included free cotton candy and Lynn Craun for the athletics pro- comed students, alumni, profes- popcorn, as well as face paint- flow of people. we wanted gram. JMU’s inter- sors and community members ing. a deejay rocked dukes as this event to be like a huge collegiate sports to the Festival Lawn and fired they exchanged “other college” field day,” she said. “i hope offerings grew under them up when he lit the bon - t-shirts for a 2009 Homecom- the leadership of fire. “what do you know about ing t-shirt. sweet deal. Carrier and athletics Homecoming?” Carrier asked. director dean ehlers, “what do you know about your Students rally on Godwin Field to participate in all the fun of Home- including the addi- home? it’s right here.” Carrier coming Week’s Madison Games. Missy Dudley- tion of football in challenged students to learn Heft 1972. JMU’s move to more about the school they call the nCaa’s division i level of competition took place while Car- rier was president, and many of the university’s current athletics facilities were Bethany Eigel established during his tenure. Craun was a JMU lacrosse standout and more recently has become an accom- Homecoming 2009 Madison Games plished game offi- Committee Co-chair Caitlin Vansue- cial. she was selected tendael (’11), committee adviser to the 1980 and 1982 Jeremy Hawkins and committee co- Todd Winter- U.s. Lacrosse teams, chair Jenn Wilcox (’11) enjoy Madison Games fun on Godwin Field. feldt was named to the

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that next year it will become national Lacrosse Hall of Fame, national Lacrosse Hall of Fame an even bigger event. i really ‘I’m really said, “i’m really excited; this is in 2008, was named to the U.s. wanted to get involved in a great honor.” Her high-school Lacrosse Charlottesville Chapter Homecoming this year. i defi- excited; this is friends who attended Bridgewa- Hall of Fame in 1999, and offici- ated at the last two Federation of nitely bleed purple.” ter College were at the dinner a great honor.’ international Lacrosse world Cups Madison games included to support her, just as they were in addition to the 1999 FiL Under- an i Bleed Purple Boot Camp Lynn Craun (’75), Hall of Fame throughout her JMU lacrosse Class of 2009 inductee 19 world Championship. staffed by committee members career. “Lynn’s induction is dudley-Heft was a member Caroline Bourne (’10), rebecca very well deserved and has been of four JMU women’s basketball Kinsey (’12) and Meagan Thursday, Oct. 15 well worth the wait,” said dee teams that had combined records ouellette (’11). “i always have Annual JMU Athletics Mcdonough (’73, ’77M). of 108–16, won four consecu- a good time at Homecoming,” Hall of Fame Dinner students gathered late night tive Colonial athletic association said Bourne. “i enjoy seeing and Madison Café in warren Hall for Madison championships and advanced in friends and tailgating.” thursday of Homecoming Café’s open-mic karaoke, circus nCaa tournament play four week offered up events for games and free food. times. she was named to the Caa Wednesday, Oct. 14 team of the decade (1985–95) alumni and students. Former Friday, Oct. 16 and scored 1,284 career points. Commons Day standout student-athletes and eigel was a four-time all-am e r i c a Mmmmm, funnel cake. stu- President emeritus ronald e. Parade, Pep Rally and Sunset on the Quad distance runner. she placed ninth dents enjoyed free food, air- Carrier were inducted into the in the 5,000 meters at the nCaa brushed tattoos, duke dog JMU athletics Hall of Fame President Linwood H. rose Championships and was a member and entertainment including on thursday at the annual and his wife, Judith, led the of an all-america indoor distance a juggler, as Commons day hall of fame dinner. Homecoming Parade down expanded to two sites this year JMU athletics Hall of Fame Carrier drive. student clubs — the Commons and the Fes- Class of 2009 inductee Lynn and organizations showed off tival Lawn. Free popcorn, cot- Craun (’75), who is also in the their floats and threw candy ton candy and campus fun to screaming dukes. the were a great precursor to the crowd, as always, antici- three-ring-circus that began pated the Marching royal Friday with the parade. dukes. students and little children (Right): Students make the mad JMU Hall of Fame dash for Purple Out T-shirts at shouted, “the band induction dinner “Sunset on the Quad,” held is coming!” attendees included at Godwin this year. (Below): the community Ronald E. Carrier, Showing off their prize tees. got in on the Purple far left, and Chal- Pride action. the lace McMillin, right. glitterettes of Broad- way marched with their fire-lit batons. as the last parade entry moved past Mr. Chips, students made a mad dash to get free Purple out tees at godwin Hall. Curt Dudley from JMU athletics and President Linwood H. Rose share a moment at the podium. medley relay team in 1997. she was an all-america in the indoor 3,000 meters, placing eighth in 1998, and in the outdoor 3,000 meters, placing 12th in 2000. winterfeldt was a three-year starting centerfielder on JMU baseball teams that had a combined record of 89–26 and placed second in the 1976 nCaa division ii south atlantic regional tournament. He remains on JMU’s all-time top-10 career lists for batting average (.371), triples (16) and stolen bases (56); and he Always a crowd pleaser, the Marching Royal Dukes played the JMU was a first-team all-south atlan- Fight Song and other favorites. (Right): President Linwood H. Rose tic region and all-regional tour- and his wife, Judith, lead the parade in their red convertible. nament player in 1976. M

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the Pep rally and “sun- special reunions included tail- were named Mr. and Ms. Madi- set on the Quad” were held at gates for the Black alumni Chap- son. and the JMU alumni asso- Sigma Nu godwin because of the threat ter, sigma Phi epsilon, JMU ciation Board of directors pre- of rain. cheerleaders, swim team alumni, sented $25,000 to the university’s celebrates Jason Bagby, Paul wanko, dan sigma Kappa, and the Classes Madison for Keeps emergency aitcheson and Mark alexander of 1964, 1974, 1984, 1989 and student aid program. (Learn 35 years took first place in the annual 1999. the Contemporary gospel more on Page 44.) see the win- By caitlin harriSon (’10) Homecoming golf tournament. singers presented a Homecoming ning Homecoming 2009 Photo other events on Friday included 2009 Concert in grafton-stovall Contest image on Page 43. Con- the JMU sigma nu chapter held reunion dinners for the Classes of theater, and the Center for Mul- gratulations Mary Kaye t. slon- its biggest alumni event of the 1964 and 1969 and a sigma Phi ticultural student services hosted aker (’94). year during Homecoming. Fifty- epsilon reunion party. the annual Homecoming step “Homecoming has an energy five active brothers hosted more show in wilson Hall. and excitement that can never than 150 sigma nu alumni and Saturday, Oct. 17 be adequately described,” said their families to celebrate sigma though Villanova handed the Beth Pope (’07). “You just have nu’s 35 years of service. Char- Annual Alumni dukes an unhappy Homecom- tered in 1974, sigma nu is the Homecoming Tail- ing present at the football game, to experience it. it is a very special oldest continuously active frater- gate, game day alumni brought their a-game to opportunity to reconnect with nity at JMU and is recognized by early-bird dukes participated the 4th-annual Homecoming best friends and to remember the JMU as a four-star chapter. in the annual dukes 5K run/ tailgating Competitions. rachel best four years of my life.” M “sigma nu does a great job in walk at UreC, and later that Frye (’77) and friends’ tailgate, ✱ Didn’t make it back to the providing a place for alumni to morning the JMU alumni “Hangin’ with the Big dawgs,” ’Burg for Homecoming? There call ‘home’ when they visit JMU,” association Board of directors took first place in the 2009 tail- is more fun online. View photos, says Matt alcide (’09), secretary recognized the 2009 distin- gate spirit contest. Linda and don read alumni memories and the of the sigma nu alumni execu- trumble, and the elwell, Fitzger- Homecoming blog by Jacquelyn guished alumni award recipi- Walsh (’09). Check out the spe- tive Committee. Many brothers ents. Lois Cardarella Forbes ald, spencer and whitmore fami- come back to campus just for our cial Homecoming Week Breeze (’64) received the alumni service lies, took first place in the tailgate supplement, which includes a annual reunion events.” award, and gay Finlayson (’76) entrée contest with their menu history of Homecoming, a let- “the greek system is a key link received the alumni achievement items, “JMUbalaya” and “taming ter from Senior Vice President to alumni. greeks have a place to for Student Affairs Mark Warner come back to and a way to con- award. (read more about these the wildcats into Mildcats.” (’79), Duke Dog’s history and nect with Madison,” says Jim teb- exceptional Madison alumnae at halftime, richie Blessing tons of photos at www.jmu.edu/ benhoff (’84) sigma nu alumni on Page 46.) (’10) and allie weissberg (’10) homecoming. treasurer. Marty Montgomery (’79) agrees, “You join this fraternity and make lifelong friends.” the alumni chapter worked with campus brothers to create a chapter room in the sigma nu house to house special memo- rabilia. “we wanted to have a room in the house that would never change,” house manager says alex Bailey (’10). Cold weather and a tough loss to the chapter also held a week- Villanova didn’t dampen the Purple long fundraising event with delta Pride at Homecoming 2009. delta delta sorority and raised Linda Trumble more than $4,000 to support the and friends Make-a-wish Foundation. M took first place for their tailgate entrée “JMUbalaya.”

Sigma Nu brothers at Homecoming include (l-r): JMU chapter president Michael Boitnott (’10), secretary Matt Alcide (’09), vice president Bill Brennan (’03), Sigma Nu Allie Weissberg National Fraternity Associate Vice and Richie Blessing President Russ Hammond (’03) celebrate as Ms. and chapter alumni relations chair and Mr. Madison Trafton Eutsler (’10). at halftime.

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hen Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast killing more than 1,800 and leaving 1.3 million homeless, editor Joanne W V. Gabbin was “shocked and angry” at the government’s slow response. Gabbin, JMU English professor and director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center, launched director of the Furi- the Mourning Katrina National Writing Project to help vic - ous Flower Poetry Center Joanne Gabbin tims sort out the disaster’s horrific events. Survivors dealt launched the Mourn- ing Katrina national with the emotional trauma of their experience by writing writing Project to help poetry. Born out of human suffering, this book owes its exis - victims cope. tence to the cooperation and generosity of spirit of more than 200 participants. Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy is about anger and grief, memory and music, accusations and prayer. Though human suffering shaped the beginning of the project, the final result is a morning of hope and healing. ✱ www.marinermedia.com/bookstore_art.html

3-D Human Model- ‘First released as a podcast in 2007, directory; a ing and Animation satirical glossary; Crescent garnered the attention of a comprehensive 3rd Edition fans on amazon.com and made best- bibliography; By Peter ratner and two actual John Wiley and Son S, 2009 seller lists in popular categories ...’ adventures on iSBn-13: 978-0470396674 the high seas. an ancient malevolence stirring Crescent ✱ www.halhow Peter Ratner, 3-D animation pro- within the bowels of the station is land.com fessor, began teaching at JMU in By Phil rossi (’01) coming for everyone. Rossi com- 1989 and has dragon Moon Pre SS, 2009 posed a soundtrack for the podcast since published iSBn-10: 1896944523 and offers it as a download with a The Spider Sermons five books, the First released as a podcast in 2007, book purchase. By robert Krut (’95) latest by the num- ✱ www.crescentstation.net Crescent garnered the attention of BlazeVoX BookS, 2009 ber one publisher fans on Amazon.com and made iSBn: 978-1935402121 of computer bestseller lists in popular catego- The Human Drummer: graphics books. ries: No. 1 in Movers and Shakers Thoughts on the Life In The Spider Sermons, messages Visiting profes- and No. 3 in Hot New Horror Percussive appear to be broadcast from radio sor Hyoung Jun Releases. In his debut novel, Phil By hal howland (’73) towers outside of town, their sig- Yu from Myongji Rossi (’01) depicts Gerald Evan, SeaStory PreSS, 2009 nals forming webs across the city. University, Korea, is studying the a smoking, drinking salvage pilot iSBn: 978-0-9821151-3-8 Acclaimed poet Norman Dubie way Ratner teaches animation to and anti- says, “The Spider JMU students. He learned of Rat- hero, who Music industry leaders have Sermons bears ner because one of his books was comes to praised The Human Drummer, lyric exactness translated into Korean. Ratner’s Crescent which contains musical and social and compas- books also have been translated into Station seek- commentary; advice for students, sion into a new Orthodox Chinese, simplified Chi- ing a small parents and professionals; celeb- world of mem- nese, Russian and Spanish. Ratner fortune and rity interviews; musical memo- ory crossed with is an Apple Teaching Innovation early retire- ries of America, Europe and the most things Award recipient. ment. Evan Middle East; esoteric information existential. ✱ www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Wiley soon dis- for percussionists; groundbreaking There is a sense Title/productCd-0470396679.html covers that timpani research; a professional of what is being

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seen here as with afterimages in ally killed), came to crave the smell an electrical storm.” In addition, of tear gas (because it assured him JMU Roop Distinguished Profes- that he was sufficiently close to sor Laurie Kutchins says, “In a the action), was deported by the world where ‘everything is becom- Pakistani authorities, managed to ing something else and drifting get back into the country and was apart,’ Krut praises the quirky chased out a second time. Joshua tenacity of the imagination.” Kurlantzick praised Schmidle’s Alumni ✱ http://robertkrut.com/ work in a July 10, 2009, New York Home.htm Times book review: “Brave enough to seek out some of the country’s To Live or to Perish toughest jihadis despite the grave Forever: Two Tumultu- dangers facing American reporters ous Years in Pakistan in Pakistan, Schmidle has amassed a treasure chest of stories.” By niCholas sChMidle (’01) henry holt and Co., 2009 iSBn-10: 0805089381 {Music} Nicholas october Schmidle (’01) By Matthew labarGe (’96M) takes readers to CyneliC gaSt MUSiC, 2009 Pakistan’s riot- ing streets, to With the Taliban camps release of in the North- october, West Frontier former though he earned Province, and engineer his master’s degree on many sur- Matthew in computer science prising adven- Labarge at JMu, Matthew tures as he (’96M) brings to three the num- labarge (’96M) provides a contemporary history ber of CDs of his solo piano enjoyed taking of this country long wrenched by music. Previous titles are in small composition classes internal conflict. Schmidle traveled hours and first fall night. While with music profes- to Pakistan in February 2006 hop- studying computer science, “I sor John hilliard. ing to learn about the place dubbed took a few dozen music courses,” “the most dangerous country in the Labarge says, “in particular so very important to me. Dur- has been a singular candle in the world.” While there he befriended studying composition with JMU ing my best times, it has always darkness.” Labarge wrote, played, a radical cleric (who became an music professor John Hilliard been a catalyst for overflowing engineered and produced october. enemy of the state and was eventu- for four years. Music has been joy. During my worst hours, it ✱ www.matthewlabarge.com

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homecoming reflections Mary Kaye T. Slonaker (‘94) of Harrisonburg cap- tured an image of her husband, Chris (‘93), who was a member of the JMU baseball team. The Slonakers are President’s Council members and football season ticket holders. The couple has three sons: Mark, Meade and Ryan. (Inset): This “Homecoming huddle” photo received the most votes in the Homecoming Photo Contest on the JMU Alumni Facebook page. Dave Moore (’82), Jarl Bliss (‘84), Myrf Bowry (‘84), Jim Tebbenhoff (‘84), Ted Swigert (‘82) and Jim Dawson (‘82) huddle up for some Homecoming fun. See more fan images at www.Facebook.com/JMUAlumni. ✱ Read more Homecoming Weekend coverage in the special features section on Page 50.

iAlumninside: News Alumni board supports Madison for Keeps and welcomes Class of 2013, alumni awards, chapter news and more 58 The Hall family legacy Chuck (’85) and Cindy Hall (’85) have two sons at JMU By Colleen Dixon 59

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{Madison for Keeps} Alumni association boosts Madison for Keeps Board members put emergency aid initiative over $100,000 mark at Homecoming

fter a call for help from the university advancement office, the JMU Alumni Association Board of Directors stepped up to keep financially strapped students inA school. The board donated $25,000 to Madison for Keeps. The emergency student aid initiative is helping students from families affected by the bad economy. To date, the program has raised $219,000, and 45 students have received much-needed grants. Alumni board members say they hope their donation inspires other alumni. “We’re hoping that this $25,000 gift is just the first in a series of more announcements that people are getting on board and helping JMU students,” says A-J Fischer (’92), alumni president. Individual board members have decided to donate some of the proceeds JMu alumni and university advancement also supported Madison for Keeps. from their reception to Madison for Keeps. staff members volunteered to work a Madison for Keeps gift table during the The Class of 1999 answered the chal - Help ensure that current Madison students homecoming game on oct. 18. alumni lenge at its 10-year reunion during Home- enjoy their own 10-year alumni reunions. donations are helping students at risk coming. Class members celebrated with Give today online at www.jmu.edu/ of leaving school due to their families’ financial hardships. News a tailgate and evening reception, and they madison4keeps. M

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alum from day one the JMU alumni association gave JMU Fight Song t-shirts to most of the freshman class and new transfer students as part of the august orientation program on aug. 21. “the program is a huge success for getting the word out to incoming students about the role the on sept. 26, alumni association plays in their Madison experience,” Freshmen show off alumni “tail- says kevin gibson (’05), assistant director of alumni their new “alum From gate” inside relations for volunteer management. the t-shirts fea- day one” t-shirts before cheer- ture the JMU Fight Song, written upside down on the before heading to the ing on JMu to front of the shirt so that new students can read the orientation week Pep a 24-10 win rally in the Convo. lyrics while singing along at football games. the shirt over liberty. also features “alum from day one” on the back. Members of the Class of 2013 and transfer students stood in line at the Commons to get their t-shirts. M

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The Hall family legacy By Colleen Dixon

hen Kyle Hall moved to campus on Freshman Move- The proud JMU parents will be able to visit their sons frequently, in Day, Aug. 18, the Hall family’s JMU legacy making the short trip from Centreville. “We are thrilled that both was completed. Parents Chuck and Cindy both boys are attending JMU,” says Cindy. “It gives us more opportunities graduated in 1985 and brother Cory is a junior. to be on campus and to support JMU. They could not have chosen a Chuck, better university to attend. Wan accounting major, and As Kyle approached his Cindy, an early childhood junior year in high school, education major, met at he felt that JMU was the JMU. “We started dat - only choice. They seem ing our senior year, but to like attending college we met the year before together.” Cory is major- when we lived across the ing in information analysis, street from each other,” while Kyle is majoring in says Cindy. “We first met accounting. during a blizzard when The Halls are happy that the campus was closed Cory and Kyle have the and a group of students opportunity to earn their was playing football in degrees from the same the snow. Our first offi- university. Football season

cial date was to the cam - ticket holders, the Halls Alumni pus movie theater, but our also look forward to serv- relationship began on the ing on the JMU Parent’s racquetball courts,” she Chuck (‘85) and Cindy hall (‘85) are the proud parents of twod ukes: Cory (‘11) Council. “It is nice to have adds. “Our favorite mem- and Kyle (‘13). the family celebrated at the annual legacy luncheon in august. the opportunity to give ories are from our senior year, because we were dating and making back to a school that means so much to our family,” says Cindy. plans to marry. We loved being near Skyline Drive and have mem- Chuck is director of loan accounting with Fannie Mae and repre- ories of a special date hiking to the waterfall at Big Meadows. We sented Fannie Mae at the Accounting Career Fair at JMU on Sept. 16. News watched people throw record albums off the cliff at Reddish Knob.” Cindy directs the women’s ministry at Centreville Baptist Church.M

years of Madison to the Virginia historical enjoyed all-you-can-eat crab, shrimp, corn Society. attendees reminisced about their on the cob, hotdogs and cake, plus moon chapterNews Madison days, heard JMU updates from bounces, live music, and fun with duke Maggie Mengebier kyger (’80) and Steve dog. Proceeds benefit the richmond and Harrisonburg Smith (’71, ’75M), and helped inez graybeal Metro dukes alumni Chapters and their alumni get roop (’35) celebrate her 96th birthday. scholarship funds. new chapter the harrisonburg Richmond and Metro Dukes Baltimore/Annapolis alumni Professional cook up scholarship gold Alumni Chapter network is now the harrisonburg alumni in June, the Baltimore/annapolis Chap- Chapter, and eric Miller Mickey Matthews ter held its annual orioles outing at (’01) is chapter presi- talks with harri- Camden yards. Metro dukes alumni also dent. While network- sonburg alumni. watched the orioles take on the Wash- ing continues be a focus, the group decided ington nationals. More than 100 alumni to expand its programming to include a enjoyed a pre-game picnic and a great wider range of events, which have already night at the included a happy hour, a table at harrison- ballpark. burg fundfest, a kickoff breakfast and a for more football tailgate. Want to get involved in the information harrisonburg chapter? Contact Miller at about the [email protected]. Baltimore/ for JMU alumni, fall Metro dukes party annapolis means changing down with duke dog at CrabFest. Chapter, Class of 1958 celebrate leaves, football sea- visit www. the Class of 1958 hosted a Madison College son and, of course, the annual richmond jmu.edu/ luncheon in richmond in october. led by and Metro dukes Crabfests. this year, alumni/bal- Betty Ball Mann (’58), the planning commit- a combined 1,200 alumni and friends timore. alumni bring some purple tee welcomed more than 50 alumni from 40 shared some crabby fun. attendees love to Camden Yards.

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WINTER Katie Hudson (’10) When my parents arrived on campus for 2009 Family Week end, their first stop was picking me up from campus. I threw on my book bag, walked out the doors of Har rison and hopped into their van. As a senior, I nice still is it that admit once every spoiled to be in awhile and to feel as though I’m back in middle school with my ute. Whether an ice it’s cream at Kline’s, a walk around the Quad, a picture in front of Duke dressed getting Dog, in all your purple and gold, a great breakfast at Little Grill or sim- spendingply beautiful a weekend with your son or daughter, JMU will be part you of forever. eekend video at www.jmu.edu/parents w orothy ‘10P). (‘04P, d udson’s Family onald and ee the h s Havingparents my two and my brothers all together whole a for Through the years we have attended JMU-sponsored concerts, anyFor families reading this who are just beginning their own d weekend is always something I look forward go to eat, out We to. experience Harrisonburg’s new downtown, walk through campus and, of course, tailgate. As we were doing all of these activitiesI saw andfreshmen with their parents in tow passing me, I suddenly had a reality check. have this Next year, I won’t weekend to look class from parents picking up or my me have won’t forward I to. cheering me on in a sport. But I will have the memories of how it experience am to I lucky how and is JMU like school a great with entire my family — even if for just a weekend. parents waiting to pick me up from school. They even sat in the in sat even They school. from up me pick to waiting parents night. that game hockey field intramural my during bleachers ✱ ✱ been lucky enough to spend eight fall weekends in Harrison in fall weekends eight spend to enough lucky been burg enjoying all the frivolities a of JMU Family Weekend. much for Bookstore the up hit sale, bulb annual the to gone needed hoodies, dined at many,many restaurants and, of course, cheered for Dukes’ football, soccer and field hockey. MadisonExperience, ouradvice treasureisto each and every min - aking time out for a pre-game photo are (l-r): t intern Katie (‘10), By The Hudson Family Hudson The By eekend has been an eight-year purple and gold family w et al.: Madison Magazine - Winter 2010 Winter - Magazine al.: Madison et udson family. Madison Madison h Hudson Family Weekend yan (‘04), The Hudsons celebrate their eighth JMU Family Weekend Family JMU eighth their celebrate Hudsons The ’s annual’s Family u Greg, r tradition for the JM - - - - lliott (‘00) lliott } iane e s a JMU freshman in 2000, I took part in my first Family Weekend. Nine years later, I was back in Harrisonburg again, this time as an alumnus and as an older brother of a current Madison senior. It’s Dog. Duke more with but life, of circle the like by d

A lot has changed since 2000; campus has expanded and and expanded has campus 2000; since changed has lot A But much is still the The JMU commu As we were making lists, buying food for tailgating and hotograph hotograph My Madison continues to expand. There is a new dining hall, new dorms, dorms, new hall, dining new a is There expand. to continues improvements to Bridgeforth Stadium and even a secret pas sageway off the end of the Quad. Much like the school itself, JMU’s home is growing, too. For proof of that, one needs to look no further than Harrisonburg’s reviveddowntown. same. Weaver Hall, my first JMU home, is still opening its doors to freshmen beginning their own adventures. School pride remains heartbeat constant the of campus and at no time is that truer than on fall Saturdays when parking lots everywhere are invaded by people in purple ready to sup Dukes’ foot their port ball team. p

Dorothy and DonaldWe take HudsonFamily Weekend literally. Our whole family attends, (’04P, ’10P)us. of five all checking game-day weather forecasts, suddenly us hit it this — would be our last JMU Family as Weekend current parents. We began attending in 2000 when our oldest, Ryan (’04), was a freshman. Our youngest, Katie Our senior. a is mid (’10), now dle child Greg also loves JMU, though he is fiercely loyal to his own alma have mater Christopher Newport We University. A Ryan Hudson (’04) Hudson Ryan { nity I first met nine arms serve and as its a years open ago remains to always ready awayhome from every home year for Family Weekend. Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2010 Madison Magazine, Vol. 33 [2010], No. 1, Art. 1 Stay in touch, get involved and be Mad cool

Grace Pitts Shackleford had fun in those early ’60s. Now, in for the Creative Arts national show 44 sailed to England on the the autumn of our lives, we are still “Our Fragile Earth.” One of his Queen Mary 2 in 2008. She hopes having fun. Let’s hear about it! Let’s prints also was accepted to the Penn Classto board the QM2 again to travel to fill the ’60s Class Notes section in State University 2009 exhibition Notes Canada. She writes from Forest Hills Madison magazine.” “Images 2009.” Arts and Activities Gardens, N.Y., “I am a member of Magazine published Robert’s entire the Church-in-the-Gardens, the Margaret “Marge” Vorous 8th-grade art curriculum in a series Daughters of the British Empire, the 70 (’75M) of Inwood, W.Va., of six articles this fall. Rosan teaches Forest Hills Women’s Club and the received the Betty Rommelmeyer art to elementary schoolchildren in West Side Tennis Club. Best wishes Children’s Literature Advocate a talented and gifted program in the to all my Madison classmates.” Award for outstanding dedication to Northern Neck area. She was a col- the field at the Frostburg State Uni- lage artist for 20 years and exhibited Evelyn Dickson Dowl- versity Spring Festival of Children’s her work at many galleries and art 49 ing was named the 2008 Literature in April. On June 10, festivals. She is currently experi- Sunshine State Games Female Vorous retired as a librarian/media menting with precious metal clay to Athlete of the Year. She won the specialist with 36 and a half years of produce one-of-a-kind jewelry. first master’s gold medal in the experience. She was honored with 55-and-over division. She is a syn- the Distinguished Service Award Margot Haliday Knight (’74) Randy Hite was featured and Elaine Toth Hinsdale (’85) chronized swimming coach for the at Potomac State College of West celebrate the vino at a vineyard 78 in the July 8 Washington, Palm Beach Coralytes synchronized Virginia University during its 2008 near Florence, Italy. D.C., online edition of TechBis- swim team in West Palm Beach. Homecoming. Vorous served on Now in the story “Who’s watching the Potomac State College alumni While vacationing in gov’t IT?” Hite is the Government Alice Munkasey Julias board for two years. 74 Italy, Margot Haliday Accountability Office director of 65 writes, “My news is not Knight and Elaine Toth Hinsdale IT architecture and systems issues, about job promotions or retirement, Nancy Lantz of Har- (’85) visited the Rocce della Macie which audits government IT system children or grandchildren, comput- 71 risonburg was elected to vineyards near Florence. Knight also acquisitions on behalf of Congress. ers or ecology — but simply a plea the board of directors of the James toured Florence, Rome and Venice. Hite told TechBisNow that he ended to inspire my classmates to write Madison University Foundation Inc. She is president and CEO of United up at the Government Account- in with news about their lives. We She also serves on the Duke Club Arts of Central Florida and treasurer ability Office Board of Directors. ✱ Karen Stultz of the JMU Alumni Association. by way of a Whetzel (’74M) was one of only ✱ Robert S. Hunter (’76M) and happy acci- scholarship 16 educators chosen to be a trainer Rosan Hunter (’76) of Colonial dent. In 1978, thanks for Virginia’s new Content and Beach met as students at Madison it was called Mr. A.D. and Mrs. Lillian Brown: Language Integration as a Means of and celebrated their 37th wedding the General Bridging Success program. Whetzel anniversary in August. Both are art- Accounting Music is my life ! My name is Claire has served numerous schools, includ- ists and educators. “We are two very Office. Think- Lo, and I am a sophomore from ing as assistant principal and prin- happy and successful artsy Madison ing his under- Randy Hite (’78) Blacksburg, Va., studying piano cipal at Strasburg High School and graduates,” writes Robert, who has graduate degree in accounting fit performance. I want to thank you Stonewall Jackson High School. She taught art at Colonial Beach High in, he signed up. “It turned out not for your generosity in providing the retired from Shenandoah County School for 30 years. In 2004 he to be accounting at all, but program Ruth B. Spitzer Music Scholarship. Schools in June 2009 after 38 years completed an 18-hour post-graduate management audits.” Hite was one Your gift helped me tremendously in in public education. The CLIMBS program in digital media at the of the first to join GAO’s IT audit- my pursuit of an education in music. program assists K-12 educators in Corcoran Gallery School of Art in ing division when it was formed in I am so grateful for all the learning applying the World-Class Instruc- Washington, D.C. In addition to the early 1980s. opportunities that this scholarship tional Design and Assessment to teaching, he works in digital print- has given me ! I know that music will scaffold instruction for English Lan- making and has won several national Don Earman joined always be a part of my life. guage Learners. Whetzel was elected and regional awards for his prints. Benchmark Mortgage Thank you. 79 to the Shenandoah County District He won an honorable mention in following CTX Mortgage’s closure W. Claire Lo (’12) 1 School Board in November. the 2009 Fredericksburg Center in August 2008. He made Chair-

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Persistence and an A-game attitude ClassNotesAlumnus wins seven Emmys By K atie Hudson (’10) ersistence has paid off fo rBrian Hamrick (’83), and he sional Journalists, Cleveland Press Club and the Associated has seven Emmys to prove it. Press. His 10 years as a field reporter for the station also won Breaking away from his family’s West Virginia coal him seven Emmys, two for best news reporting. mining roots, Hamrick did stand-up comedy in Orlando, Hamrick says some of his awards were unexpected. “You Fla.,p after gradua- never know how the tion. Three years later, whole process is going he decided to pursue to go,” he explains. “You another career field think you are sending related to his communi- in the best reports, but cations degree. they don’t win. And then Taking an interest you send in the OK ones, in news reporting from and they win.” Hamrick a friend, Hamrick went is referring to his thor- to every television sta- oughly researched report tion in Orlando in hopes of a Congressional Medal of starting a new proof Honor winner, who fession. Instead, he only sacrificed his life to save found defeat. “I was a fellow soldier from a offering to work for free. grenade in Vietnam. That I had a degree, and I still report did not win, but couldn’t get a job. That’s Hamrick won an Emmy just sad,” Hamrick says. for a more lighthearted Persistence helped report of a truck stop Hamrick land a job at that serves as a church. It WDTV in Clarksburg, was shot in one night. W.Va., in 1987. Only “Just by winning, you three months later, he realize that your peers are started to get paid part appreciating your hard time. A few months later, work,” Hamrick says. his job became a full- In just over a decade Brian Hamrick (’83) has earned seven Emmys as a A typical day at work time position. By the TV reporter. He believes in bringing his “A-game” to work daily. for Hamrick can be time Hamrick left the station two years later, he had experience summed up in one word — long. There is a daily morning meeting both behind the camera and as an on-air reporter. during which Hamrick must pitch four to six stories. From there, “My dad asked why I didn’t decide to go into the coal industry, he hits the road in hopes of getting the best story. He usually especially since I would have been making more money,” Hamrick works on two stories a day. Hamrick and his co-workers com- remembers. “I told him that this is the most important thing I can pare their day to a basketball game. “It’s like when there is one do right now. It was something wit h purpose and value.” second left in the game and a player shoots the ball. You’re just By summer 1988, Hamrick was working fo r the Oklahoma watching the ball roll around the rim waiting to see if it’s going State University services department. By creating stories for the to go in. That’s how we feel every day before airtime.” universit y, he helped pay fo r his master’s in journalism. In his 11th year at WLWT, Hamrick plans to continue his award- The decision to move to Cincinnati, Ohio, and work at WLWT- winning field reporting. “You have to bring your A-game every day. TV in 1998 got Hamrick recognized by the Society of Profes - You have to think of every day as a tryout.” M

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JMUdefensive end, signed J.D. Skolnitsky, J.D. ✱ Saab al Iraq. Bor, The squadron isan element the of 56th Stryker Brigade Combat part Team, of the 28th Infantry Division. Florida.Shesays, job trelovemy “I lookmendously.I forward to going to work every and day, I really enjoy thepeople workI with, both per formers and other costumers. I truly dowork at the happiest place on Earth.” for the title of 2009 Miss Virginia asMiss Alexandria. As student,a Thomas was vice president of Sigma AlphaLambda National Soci Honor etyand membera the of Lambda Pi Eta Communications Honor Societyand the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society. with the Washington Redskins as anundrafted free agent. In the Red skins’ 1 preseason Week game versus theBaltimore Ravens, got he soloa tackleand sack. one In September the Redskins cut him from the 53-man roster, but one day later offered him a spot on the practice squad. 09 Young A. (’07) Ethridge 08 ber2008. Shegraduated from the program in July. Lorsbach(’08M) toJMU’s Donald Robertson Schol arship in ElementaryEducation, which supports future teachers. Whileearning her master’s degree, Lorsbach served as a researcher for the James Madison Center for Lib erty & Learning. She also assisted withresearch for the book, & Learning: the Essential James Madison, Phil Bigler (’74, ’76M). Schrecker withAmeriCorps at National Civil ian Community Corps’ Southwest Region Campus in Denver in Octo 10 ------at ✱ earned of Cali from Elisabeth Bezares Poore has been with The Pin Evan Moritz Mechanicsburg,Pa., Beowulf: An Epic Play Andrew Boryan Andrew an M.D. from Jefferson CherylBehrens graduatedfon, N.J., from

out the United States. Working withFEMA and the American Red Cross, the Pacific Region campus’ 28 teams provided much-needed supportand countless hours to the residentsTexas of and the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurri canesKatrina, Rita and Ike. AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps Pacific Region, wrapping months up 10 of com munityservice nationwide. Beh rens was one of 296 AmeriCorps NCCC members honored. During their term of service, AmeriCorps members worked in teams through

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05 04 Research Council – Institute of NanostructuredMaterials, Bolo gna, Italy, using spectroscopy to characterizedifferent materials in organic field-effect transistors and organic light-emitting diodes. Kitts willjourney to Chalmers University Gothenburg, Technology, of Swe den, in September for her second position. postdoctoral CourtSquare Theater in Harrison - burg in September. The production combinedlive acting, puppetry andan innovative set design. The showwas the brainchild The of BaltimoreAnnex Theatre, DIYa nonprofit theater on its first tour of the United States. Moritz wasthe 2006 recipient of the JMU School of Theatre and Dance Senior Rec ning an anesthesiologythe University residency of at Virginia. directedthe Baltimore Annex Theatre’s ognition Award. MedicalPhiladelphiaCollegeinin May 2009. He in will Hospital Reading serveat internship a one-year West Reading, Pa., prior to begin naclewealtha Group, management firm in Midlothian, for five years. InMarch 2009, she passed the Series 7 Exam. A Series 7 License permits her to communicate with retail investors. Poore coordinates the financial affairs of clients in the Richmondarea. Published by JMU Scholarly Commons, 2010 Madison Magazine, Vol. 33 [2010], No. 1, Art. 1 PICTURETHIS

JMU beach-goers, (seated, l-r) are Same time next year Rick Demeter (’04), Terri Reynolds Mathisen (’77), Betsy Houseman it all began in 1981 when a core group of married couples — all JMU alumni — decided to Stone (’77), Jeff Stone, (’77), Laura Stone (’07), Jennifer Stone Reasor take their summer vacations together. We, roommates, suitemates and/or fraternity brothers (’04), Janine Ritter Browning (’83). Standing (l-r) are Jay Demeter of delta sigma Pi, a professional business fraternity, met during our four years at Madison (’76), Mike Mathisen (’78), Bruce College in the mid to late 1970s. some of us were Madison College graduates and some were Christiansen (’77), Montte Hall Christiansen (’78), Danny Chris- members of James Madison University’s first graduating class. Little did we know then that the tiansen (’06), Randy Devine (’08), Chris Devine (’13), Brenda Spark- choices we made for our annual vacation would continue for 29 years in the same place, north man Devine (’78), Ron Devine (’78), Mike Browning (’79). Myrtle Beach, s.C., and at the same time of the year. The next summer, attendance at our annual beach trek began to double and triple as each couple began to bring their children. These children have grown up together and many have also attended JMU. our numbers now include six families, so we have gone from occupying one floor of a three- story-condo building to completely taking over the entire three floors. some of our children have married, so we know our next happy adventure will be adding grandchildren — the next JMU generation — to the group. When we share our summer vacations with others, they are amazed and envious of our JMU tradition, and they wish they had done something similar to stay in touch with friends. We wouldn’t trade the Madison memories we have created over the years, and we encourage others to follow our decision to start a tradition. This all began with a few from JMU, and now we are looking forward to celebrating our 30th summer vacation in north Myrtle Beach in July 2010. — Montte Hall Christiansen (’78)

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‘Change for me means when you see a need you step up to the plate and try to do your part instead of sitting on the sideline complaining.’

— CaRolyn CoPlEy wakE (’52) Community networker and volunteer

A lifetime of service

Carolyn Copley Wake in an era when many women devoted themselves exclusively to raising their families, Carolyn Copley Wake (‘52) was a (‘52) has spent a lifetime networker. You can almost hear her southern drawl: “Come on.” But her intent was far more than social; her network - serving her community, church and family and ing changed lives. The business major, now retired with her husband alongside the Piankatank River in eastern Virginia credits her upbringing — a playhouse, she says, for her children and grandchildren — can look back over a lifetime of service in Richmond, and her Madison Experi- Va., and in places as far away as the Caribbean. as a young mother of four boys, “i often felt as if i was waking up in a ence for her drive to men’s dormitory,” she reminisces. Wake served on Richmond’s city council for which she visited schools and realized the make a difference. great needs in the lives of others. “My family volunteered in community endeavors like cleaning up alleys. our children took part, and i felt it helped them to understand our responsibility to one another.” encouraged by her mentor, inez graybeal Roop (’35), Wake also served her church and The Bethlehem Center, a community service organization. When friends started the Friends of Barnabas Foundation, an outreach to Honduras, Wake and her husband, John, served on the board and joined in trips to the nation. The group treated children afflicted by parasites; later they added a surgical unit and an eye clinic. “We saw folks that had never seen completely just beam when fitted with correct glasses.” Wake credits her lifetime of service to her upbringing, her Madison experience and a supportive husband.

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