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JMU congratulates Mya Wilcox on being one of 137 students nationwide recognized for making the honor role in the ALL IN campus democracy challenge.

Catesby Ware of Tappahannock, a recent graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, is this year's recipient of the Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Memorial Fellowship sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

James Madison University is one of 13 schools from around the country, and the only one from Virginia, chosen for the final phase of the 2023 Collegiate Wind Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Congratulations to the 20 students who make up this year's JMU team.

Of 10 students selected from around the state to the 2022-24 Virginia Management Fellows program, two come from JMU.

Campus Compact, national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named 173 student civic leaders who will make up the organization's 2022-2023 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows

Isaac Smith of Dix Hills, New York has developed an app he hopes will revolutionize the way college students in need can access basic goods, hygiene products and produce from campus pantries.

Shenandoah Film Collaborative announced recently that a James Madison University graduate has been selected to have her film a part of its first online film festival.

Yorktown resident Taylor Salyers, a December James Madison University graduate, is part of the social media team for the Super Bowl.

William Gifford of Abingdon, a recent graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, has become the 33rd recipient of the Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Memorial Fellowship sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

Amy Haupt of Louisville, a recent graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, has become the 34th recipient of the Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Memorial Fellowship sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

The Public Service Student Leadership award recognizes a current or graduating member of the James Madison University student body, who has demonstrated commitment to serving the public interest through meaningful commitment to addressing a public need, advanced the public good by creating opportunities for campus and community to actively participate in civic life, and developed the public service leadership capacity of their peers.

Two recent James Madison University graduates were selected to participate in the 2019 Governor's Fellows Program.

JMU is pleased to share the accomplishments of our undergraduate researchers who present their work at national conferences.

James Madison University senior Claire Elverum of Chesapeake, Virginia, has earned a Rotary Global Grant Scholarship to help fund her pursuit of a master's degree in economic development following graduation from JMU next spring.

Amanda Crandall, a junior from Vienna, has received an Ernest F. Hollings scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Ian Baxter of Richmond, Virginia, a James Madison University political science major, is one of 34 participants in the 2015 Governor's Fellows Program in Virginia.

James D. Brady, a May graduate of James Madison University, was selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to teach in Mexico during the 2015-16 academic year.

Twelve students members of the JMU Speech Team are competing in this year's American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament.

Three JMU students are embarking on a longboarding adventure in Australia this month to raise money for a Virginia Beach-based charity.

JMU psychology student participated in summer research project at Harvard University.

28 JMU students participated in the annual study abroad program called the Urbino Project in Urbino, Italy, and the surrounding Marche Region.

7 JMU students spent part of their summer uncovering evidence of first encounters between Native American Indian communities and Spanish explorers during the 16th and 17th centuries.

JMU student John Wilder has earned a Critical Language Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study Arabic in Morocco this summer.

Two media arts and design majors at JMU helped with the filming of a new documentary on stained glass windows in the Shenandoah Valley.

John Gardner, a philosophy and religion major from Fairfax, Va., recently completed a two-month intensive summer program at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.

An elite team of eleven Duke Battalion cadets, called The Ranger Challenge Team, represented JMU at the 2014 Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in April 2014. The team finished 24th out of 57 teams.

A number of James Madison University students recently participated in the fourth annual MAD-RUSH undergraduate research conference.

Four members of JMU's nationally ranked debate team have qualified for the National Debate Tournament.

James Madison University's program board recently selected over 70 students to be Programmers-In-Training. The PIT Crew, as they are known, has been through six weeks of training about programming, marketing and leadership skills to prepare them to work behind-the-scenes at large and small venue concerts, film screenings and student created events.

A dozen JMU undergraduate researchers received first and second place awards at the University of Maryland Baltimore County Undergraduate Research Conference on Oct. 26, 2013.