Episodes

  • Is a Liberal Arts Degree Worth It?
    Dec 16 2024

    Traci Zimmerman, interim dean of the College of Arts and Letters, and Shannon Wilson, the college's director of Professional Development and Engagement, answer the question of whether a degree in the liberal arts is worth the investment, and what JMU is doing to make certain career outcomes for students in these majors are optimal.

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    23 mins
  • The Library of the Future
    Dec 4 2024

    The Carrier Library renovation currently underway is a stunning project that will ultimately grace campus with a facility befitting JMU's rise. Join Dean of Libraries Bethany Nowviskie and members of her team to hear more about this exciting addition to campus.

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    29 mins
  • Presidential Search Status
    Nov 20 2024
    Kay Coles James, JMU Board of Visitors member and chair of the presidential search committee, and Donna Harper (’77, ’81M, ’86Ed.S.), secretary of the committee, discuss progress in the search for the next president of James Madison University.
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    21 mins
  • Harrisonburg Innovation Hub and Economic Development
    Nov 6 2024

    JMU alumnus and entrepreneur Peter Denbigh (’02, ’11M), along with JMU VP of Research, Economic Development and Innovation (REDI) Dr. Anthony Tongen, discuss the imminent opening of a new cutting-edge co-working space in downtown Harrisonburg within the context of JMU's continued evolution as a national research university and regional economic engine.

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    29 mins
  • The Reimagined Internship
    Oct 30 2024

    Work-based learning is taken to the next level through a partnership between JMU's multidisciplinary X-Labs and Ellucian, a global leader in edtech. X-Labs director Connie Frigo, student Bonnie Pohland and Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Carrie Combs discuss the program's groundbreaking significance.

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    27 mins
  • Entrepreneurship and the Common Good
    Oct 21 2024

    Suzanne Bergmeister, executive director of JMU's Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship, discusses the exciting and life-changing experience for students taking part in the Hisaoka-Pahlevani Challenge and other Gilliam Center programs.

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    24 mins
  • Local 'Green Book' house
    Oct 13 2024

    Join us as we discuss efforts to preserve and interpret a former boarding house in Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood that was used by Black travelers during the Jim Crow era. The property is one of the few surviving "Green Book" houses dramatized in the Academy Award-winning film of the same name.

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    29 mins
  • AI at JMU
    Oct 4 2024

    Co-chairs of the JMU Task Force on Artificial Intelligence discuss their progress and what’s next for how AI at JMU.

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    26 mins