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SUMMER 2009 * VOL.32 * NO.3
Executive Editor
PAM BROCK
Managing Editor
MICHELLE HITE (’88)
Art Director
BILL THOMPSON
Communication Assistant / Writer
COLLEEN DIXON
Copy Editor
ELAINE STROUPE
JMU Web Managing Editor
JAN GILLIS (’07, ’11P)
University Photographers
DIANE ELLIOTT (’00)
KATHY LAM
Editorial Student Assistants
KATIE HUDSON (’10)
SARAH MEAD (’09)
Graphic Design Student Assistants
CHRIS FOSTER–BARIL (’10)
SARAH MARVILLE (’10)
Additional Contributors
BLUESTONE
CHRIS BOLGIANO
CARA (‘04) AND JEREMY BULLOCK (‘03)
HALI CHIET (’07)
TOM COGILL
ALISON COOPER (’93)
CARRIE PRIDDY DUPRE (’02)
CISAT CREATIVE SERVICES
EVAN DYSON (’08)
ANGEL ELZA (’10)
RICHARD FINKELSTEIN
MORT FRYMAN/VIRGINIAN-PILOT
PETER W. GAUT
DAN GORIN (’11)
ERIC GORTON (’86, ’09M)
MARTHA BELL GRAHAM
AMY GWALTNEY (’11)
LISA HA (’04)
MARY FRANCES SHULER JOHNSON (’48)
CARRIE KLAMUT (’10)
CATHY KUSHNER (’87)
NICK LANGRIDGE (’00, ’06M)
JESSICA LUMSDEN (’04)
ALEX MACDONALD (’08)
TONY MADSEN (’99)
HOLLY MARCUS (’03)
PETE MAROVICH/DAILY NEWS-RECORD
SHERRY MATTHEWS
MICHAEL MIRIELLO (’09M)
EDEN PARKS (’11)
LINDSAY PARNELL (’09)
ANDY PERRINE (’86)
PAULA POLGLASE (’92, ’96M)
MELANIE ROWAN (’00)
THE SCHOOLMA’AM
MEAGHANN SCHULTE
SANDE SNEAD (’82)
TED SUDOL
CASEY TEMPLETON (’06)
CAROLYN WINDMILLER (’81)
PATRICK WRIGHT
Contributing Offices
Offices of Alumni, Be the Change, Public Affairs,
Sports Media Relations, Photography Services
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CONTRIBUTORS
Curt Dudley is a regular contributor to Madison’s Dukes Digest
sports pages. He joined the JMU athletics department in 1988
and is currently a member of the department’s marketing staff
as the director of multimedia communications. Dudley oversees
the JMU athletics Web site, JMUSports.com, and the associated
video and audio productions on MadiZONE. He also manages
and provides commentary on the Dukes’ statewide sports radio
network and takes care of a variety of special communication
services. Dudley and his wife, Maureen, have a daughter, Laura,
who will graduate in 2010 from Virginia Tech, and the family
lives in Bridgewater. Dudley is a native of Norfolk and graduated
from Bridgewater College in 1983.
Frequent Madison contributor Jan Gillis (’07, ’11P) was
recently promoted to manager of Web communication at
JMU. She directed the JMU Be the Change program for
three years and joined the university advancement team in
1994 as an operations officer. In this issue, she writes about
JMU psychology professor Joann Grayson, who was named a
Virginia Woman in History this year. In her spare time, Gillis
is a decorative painter and enjoys hand-and-foot canasta.
Toni Mehling (’08M) is director of communication for the
JMU College of Business. She joined the university family in
2004 as the publications coordinator/adviser for The Breeze.
The Louisiana native became a JMU alumna in December
2008 when she earned an M.S. degree. She is a frequent contributor
to Madison’s news section. A former freelance writer,
newspaper editor and lifelong entrepreneur, Mehling is also
co-publisher of Shenandoah Living magazine, a features and
lifestyles publication about the Shenandoah Valley. Read the
magazine online at www.shenandoahmagazine.com.
Madison magazine intern Sarah Mead (’09) is an English
major with future aspirations of working in the print journalism
field. She was a two-year Relay for Life participant
and a contributing writer for the Student Life section of
The Breeze during her sophomore and junior years. This
summer she will intern with Washington Post Newsweek
Interactive in Arlington. Read Mead’s profile of Shirley
Steele (’63) in Class Notes and her Bright Lights profile of
Levar Stoney (’04) on Page 22.
Kathryn Fox Lam joined JMU Photography Services in 2002.
Originally from Chicago, Lam says she loves art, photography
and the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. She exhibits arts and
crafts at various valley festivals and enjoys photographing family,
friends and nature. “My main goal in photos is to capture
everything — from life’s biggest moments to the beautiful
simple moments,” she says. Lam’s images have been published
in local and national newspapers and magazines, and she has
performed freelance work for area stores and boutiques.
DUDLEY AND LAM PHOTOGRAPHS BY CATHY KUSHNER (’87);
GILLIS BY EDEN PARKS (’11); MEAD BY DIANE ELLIOTT (’00)