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James Madison University - Madison Magazine - Summer 2009 - Index

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James Madison’s Montpelier (1723–1844).
Artist interpretation based on Montpelier/
JMU Archaeological Field School notes.
is often noted that James Madison
preferred the world of books
and intellectual pursuits to the
tedium of farming at Montpelier;
1809It
all-female
a cappella group
BluesTones and
10The
the all-female
Christian a cappella group
Into Hymn celebrated their
10th anniversaries this year.
More than 40 past and
present members of the
BluesTones celebrated
a weekend of reunions,
rehearsals and a campus
performance in March.
JMU ranked 59th
th out of 400 schools
nationwide and No.
4 in Virginia for its
59
overall recycling program in 2007–08.
13, 2009, is the 70th
anniversary of the founding
of Sigma, Sigma,
70May
Sigma and Alpha Sigma
Alpha
sororities
at
Madison.
Read about the history of these
two sororities in the August
issue of Madison.
ONE
JMU’s physicians assistant master’s
program is the only one at a public
university in Virginia and offers the
lowest tuition of the four programs in
the state. Graduates have a 100 percent
PA certification pass rate.
The PA program provides students
opportunities to practice primary care in
rural and underserved areas.
Madison women founded Alpha
Sigma Alpha and Sigma,
Sigma, Sigma sororities and
elected officers in 1939.
but he did believe in sustainability.
The jacket that Madison wore during his first presidential inauguration
in 1809 was woven from wool harvested from sheep
raised at Montpelier. After serving two presidential terms, Madison
later embraced a return to farm life. In managing Montpelier’s
agricultural operations, he kept detailed weather diaries, including
a 10-year experiment to understand temperature variations caused
by altitude, latitude and distance from the sea.
Madison
Project’s
T-Pain
take-off
has more
than
60,000
YouTube
views.
dining services
offers patrons using
a reusable mug a 40¢
40¢JMU
discount on 22-ounce
fountain refills rather than choosing a
24-ounce drink in disposable cup.
62,790
Experience JMU’s “lush, green, beautiful
Quad” like you never have before. Check
out the Madison Projects’ I’m on the
Quad YouTube video at www.youtube.
com/watch?v=RR1FzuUnvM0.
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MONTPELIER ILLUSTRATION BY PETER W. GAUT; MUG
BY EVAN DYSON (’08); SORORITY IMAGES COURTESY
OF THE 1939 AND 1940 SCHOOLMA’AM
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