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8 News JMU Gandhi Center to honor former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
and his wife, Rosalynn, College of Business awards $50,000 to sustainability
entrepreneur, Earth Week, House of Privilege museum challenges student
perceptions, 2009 James Madison Week and more
11 By the Numbers What’s No. 1? What’s 40¢ cheaper at D-Hall?
What is No. 10, 59, 70? What JMU YouTube video has 60,000-plus hits?
17 Special Report by Andy Perrine (’86)
Solving an American dilemma: James Madison University
addresses a “new citizenship”
19 Dukes Turf Christina Julien (’09) makes the
Women’s Canadian National Soccer Team
Departments
20 Bright Lights Institute for Stewardship of the Natural
World director C.J. Brodrick Hartman, Virginia Democratic
Party leader Levar Stoney (’04) and ISAT Community Impact Award
winners Matt Fenzel (’07) and Colin Wright (’07)
24 Expressions by Colleen Dixon
JMU-developed Valley AIRNow asks kids to draw a breath of fresh air
46 Professors You Love by Mary Frances Shuler Johnson (’48)
Remembering swimming instructor Dorothy Savage
Drawing
fresh air
Valley AIRNow’s
art contest draws
100 entries, including
first-place winner
Sophia Dorsey
(above). PAGE 24
Making an impact
Colin Wright (’07) and Matt Fenzel
(’07) install a water irrigation system
in a Kenyan village. PAGE 22
Preserving
Purcell Park’s
stream
Led by John Eckman
(’82), the Valley Conservation
Council is helping
to preserve Blacks Run
stream in Purcell Park.
PAGE 36
47 Mixed Media Books by alumni and professors: Liberty & Learning: The Essential
James Madison; Big Sycamore Stands Alone: The Western Apaches, Aravaipa, and the
Struggle for Place; Last Words and the Death Penalty: Voices of the Condemned and Their
Co-victims; Steel Girders & Steeplechases: The Life & Art of Bernhard H. Bernsten; Twist
and Zen Master Next Door
Alumni
50 News JMU Alumni Association welcomes legacy
students and hosts 2009 Alumni Volunteer Weekend,
news from alumni chapters and groups, Richmond firefighter
legacies, rugby alumni honor former teammate,
and the Madison Events calendar
51 My Madison by Carrie Priddy DuPre (’02)
Finding my voice in English 101
56 Class Notes News from alumni, JMU Works: Sustainable
Energy Developments Inc. and profiles of Shirley Steele (’63),
Lindsay Czarniak (’00) and Jared Setnar (’04M)
Get connected:
www.jmu.edu
Alternative fuels
C.J. Brodrick Hartman and
Jerry Benson explain how
students are converting a
truck to an electric vehicle
for Shenandoah National
Park. PAGE 32
2009 COMMENCEMENT
Stories, profiles and an insider’s look at 2009
Commencement, a special Army commissioning, a
Flickr pool for graduates to upload photos and more:
www.jmu.edu/news/
2009springCommencement.shtml
SPRING GREENING
Learn more about the JMU Institute for Stewardship
of the Natural World and how you can be an
Earth ambassador
www.jmu.edu/stewardship
Spring Commencement Get an insider’s look at 2009 Spring Commencement,
upload your graduation photos and more at www.jmu.edu/news
DRAWING PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF VALLEY AIRNOW; PURCELL PARK BY HOLLY MARCUS (’03);
HARTMAN/BENSON BY CISAT CREATIVE SERVICES; COMMENCEMENT BY DIANE ELLIOTT (’00)
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