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adison
spring 2008 * VoL.31 * no.2
Executive Editor
pam BroCk
Managing Editor
miChelle hite (’88)
Art Director
Bill thompson
Copy Editor
elaine stroupe
Communications Assistant
Colleen Dixon
MadisonOnline Editor
Jan Gillis (’07)
JMU History Editor
freD hilton (’96M)
University Photographer
Diane elliott (’00)
Editorial Student Assistants
amanDa atkins (’08)
katie huDson (’10)
Carly le DuC (’08)
Writers, Photographers, Illustrators
kevin allen
Dan amon (’08)
kate areCChi
steve BaeDke
alex BenDer (’08)
alDa simmons Berlin (’50)
lee Brooks (’08)
toDD BuDy
ernie Chenault (’84)
hali Chiet (’07)
shay CoChrane (’05)
tom CoGill
Brian DillensnyDer (’08)
Gina Dowell
Chris eDwarDs
teresa GarBee (’08)
e riC Gorton (’86)
martha Bell Graham
Jmu speCial ColleCtions
tara riley krohn (’99)
Cathy kushner (’87)
laurie kutChins
kathy lam
JessiCa lumsDen (’04)
tony maDsen (’99)
Jamie marsh
aDam mCpherson (’08)
tim o’keefe (’10)
emil rampaCek Jr. (’76)
speCial ColleCtions
kelly stefanko (’97)
aaron stewart (’08)
DeBra sutton, ph.D.
lynn stover
BruCe thayer (’84)
Betsy perDue toole (’83 )
Contributing Offices
offices of alumni, Be the Change, public affairs,
sports Media relations, photography services
For address updates: www.jmu.edu/alumni
To contact the magazine staff:
www.jmu.edu/MadisonOnline
E-mail: madisonmag@jmu.edu
Voice: (540) 568-2664 ☎ Fax: (540) 568-7913
Madison, the magazine of James Madison University
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6 Madison Magazine
COnTRiBUTORS
staff writer Colleen Dixon joined the Madison team in
2006. she is a communications assistant in University Communications
and Marketing and also writes and edits for
MadisonOnline and other JMU publications. as a freelance
writer she has served as an editor and aided clients in article
writing and Web content creation. dixon has served as an
officer in the navy reserve for more than 17 years, cheered
on by her husband and two children. in her spare time she
sings alto in the praise Team and choir at her church. Learn
more about dixon at www.shenandoahwriting.com/.
Madison intern Ginny Ficker (’08) is an english major
with a concentration in creative writing and serves as a
peer writing tutor at the University Writing Center. she
is a member of into Hymn, JMU’s all-female Christian
a cappella group, and has served as a student ambassador
since her freshman year. she has published poetry
and articles in a several publications, and for the past two
summers, she has written for Shell Point Life, the monthly
magazine of a life-care community in Fort Myers, Fla.
Andy Perrine (’86), associate vice president for communications
and marketing, writes the special report for
each issue of Madison. He joined the JMU staff in 2000
and has served in marketing, public relations and university
spokesman roles. He is a founding member of the
JMU school of Communication studies alumni advisory
Council and a board member of the Harrisonburg
downtown renaissance committee. a JMU communications
arts major, perrine worked for several n.Y.C. ad
agencies and founded gravity Media productions before
joining the JMU staff. alumni readers may remember perrine as the rock ‘n’ roll drummer
from several Madison bands during the ’80s — “a time when mullets were cool.”
Alex Washington (’08) works in the office of alumni
relations, and one of her duties is compiling the magazine’s
Class notes submitted by alumni. Washington is
president of the Black student alliance and a member of
the neo-Underground railroad Conductors student club.
she also volunteers for a local Boys & girls Club. The
english major is concentrating in creative writing and
enjoys writing poetry and short stories, and dancing. she
will intern with the magazine staff this summer.
seattle native Matthew Worden is chief photographer for
Washingtonian magazine and resides in arlington. He moved
to the Washington, d.C., area eight years ago to intern in
the photo department at Washingtonian magazine. after
working his way through the ranks and becoming the photography
editor, Worden left his desk job and turned back to
his love of creating photographs. He specializes in environmental
portraits but spends his free time photographically
exploring the U.s. southwest’s landscapes. View his photography
at www.myspace.com/matthewwordenphotography.
dixon, ficker and washington photographed
by diane elliott (’00); perrine by matthew worden