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The James Madison University Debate Team won the novice breakout at the Cross Examination Debate Association's (CEDA) annual national championship on March 25.

Five students from the James Madison University College of Business made the deepest run a JMU team has ever made in the CFA Institute's Investment Research Challenge, a prestigious international competition for college-level business analysts.

James Madison University's College of Business held its annual COB300 Business Plan Competition on March 24, with ThermoBambino emerging as the overall winner.

The "Best of the Web/Best of Digital" Competition is an annual Web and app design contest co-sponsored by the Communication Technology (CTEC) and Visual Communication (VisComm) Divisions of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC). Web and app design professionals and academics with a background in Web and app design technology are responsible for judging the competition.

A team from James Madison University's College of Business has again emerged victorious in head-to-head competition with some of the nation's other leading business schools.

The Community Bank Case Study Competition is sponsored by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS).

James Madison University is proud to recognize its 2022 Collegiate Wind Competition Team for placing third overall in this year's competition. The 2022 CWC focused on siting, outreach and development challenges associated with fixed-bottom offshore wind energy projects. JMU was one of 12 teams that developed project plans, collaborated with industry experts and engaged with their local communities.

The FDIC Academic Challenge is a nationwide competition that brings to the classroom real-world policy questions involving the banking industry.

Now in its 20th year, the business plan competition showcases the best business plans developed by teams of students in COB 300. This 12-credit curriculum serves as the gateway to JMU's College of Business, integrating fundamental principles of finance, management, marketing and operations. Nearly 650 students have participated in the competition since it was launched in 2003. Five student-teams advance through two preliminary rounds to vie, in the finals, for scholarships totaling more than $25,000. Each finalist delivers a pitch and engages in a question-and-answer session with the judges. The order-of-finish and allocation of scholarships are announced at the conclusion of the team presentations.

The James Madison University Collegiate Wind Competition team placed fourth overall among 13 undergraduate teams from across the country, receiving high marks from judges and faculty mentors alike. The Collegiate Wind Competition is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

The James Madison University Debate Team had two competitors named All-Americans and three listed as National Debate Scholars by the Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) for spring 2021.

A James Madison University Debate Team member was named an honorable mention National Debate Scholar by the Cross-Examination Debate Association (CEDA) in spring 2021.

The team of Dannise Brown (Waterford, Music, '24) and Phil Duong (Harrisonburg, Marketing & Communication Studies, '23) lost a 2-1 judges' split decision to George Mason University in the final round of the Novice National Championship tournament.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that JMU placed first in the project development category of the 2020 Collegiate Wind Competition, topping 11 other universities from around the country. Originally scheduled to be held the first week of June at the American Wind Energy Association's CLEANPOWER conference in Denver, the competition was moved online due to COVID-19 and was held via webinar on May 20, June 2, June 3 and June 17.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that JMU placed first in the project development category of the 2020 Collegiate Wind Competition, topping 11 other universities from around the country. Originally scheduled to be held the first week of June at the American Wind Energy Association's CLEANPOWER conference in Denver, the competition was moved online due to COVID-19 and was held via webinar on May 20, June 2, June 3 and June 17.

James Madison University is one of 12 schools around the country invited to compete in the 2018 Collegiate Wind Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Judging will culminate the yearlong competition May 8-10 at the American Wind Energy Association conference in Chicago.