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Color Our Collections
Posted February 7, 2018
This is the third year that we have participated in the annual “Color Our Collections” event, when libraries, museums, special collections, archives & other cultural institutions share free coloring pages based on items in their collections. Our 2018 coloring book features […]
A New Exhibit is on Display in the Music Library: Colors of the Show
Posted February 2, 2018
Colors of the Show I have been a live painter for four years now, painting at various shows and music festivals across the United States. Music has always been one of my biggest inspirations for creation. Because of my experiences […]
Black and White on Bluestone Hill: JMU’s Racial History in the Archives
Posted February 2, 2018
Check out Special Collections’ new exhibit, “Black and White on Bluestone Hill: JMU’s Racial History in the Archives.” From our institution’s founding as the State Normal and Industrial School for (white) Women in 1908, to its integration in 1966, and […]
Color Our Collections – February 5-9, 2018
Posted February 1, 2018
Join us for the Color Our Collections event, February 5-9, 2018! Led by The New York Academy of Medicine, the event invites you to download images from library and cultural institution collections, color them, and share them on social media using the event […]
High Five! ACT Grant Award Winners
Posted February 1, 2018
On January 22, 2018, nine faculty members from diverse disciplines at JMU were awarded Accelerating Creative Teaching (ACT) Grants. This grant, sponsored by JMU Libraries and Educational Technologies, provides opportunities to encourage innovations in teaching and share instructors’ creativity in engaging student learning […]
“Madison Magazine” and “Montpelier” now available online
Posted February 1, 2018
We are pleased to announce that the full run of Madison Magazine and its predecessor, Montpelier, can now be viewed in JMU Scholarly Commons. These publications, produced by JMU’s University Communications and Marketing, showcase stories of the JMU community’s engagement with ideas and the world […]
Embracing Failure as Part of the Process
Posted January 18, 2018
Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” We all will fail thousands of times in our lives. The ability to learn from our failures, and to be resilient when moving forward from […]
From Page to Film: Comics on the Big Screen
Posted January 18, 2018
More comic-book movies and TV shows seem to be added created each year – now’s your chance to catch up on the craze. Dive into some of the history that helped to build up to all the media coming your […]
Students use VR to get deeper understanding of history
Posted January 11, 2018
Digital technology is increasingly becoming the norm in college classrooms and History 422 is fully embracing it. This History class taught by Dr. Whitmer incorporates virtual reality technology, provided by JMU Libraries and Educational Technologies, to fully immerse themselves into […]
Nancy Bondurant Jones: Shenandoah Legend
Posted December 18, 2017
On Wednesday, December 13th, the Shenandoah Valley lost a beloved member of the community. Nancy Bondurant Jones was a well-known author throughout the Valley, and she leaves a unique mark on all that either read her work or had the […]