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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Posted December 12, 2017

America’s folk rock hit “A Horse with No Name” became the background music as I made my way through processing a newly acquired archive of Henkel Family papers. Rarely would I apply a music soundtrack to archival arrangement, but in […]

Posted December 7, 2017

Global Engagement: Out of Many, One: Each year since 2000, International Week has brought with it the bonus of wondrous images from the cameras of students, faculty and staff and their journeys. For some, the U.S. is an international experience. View […]

Posted December 7, 2017

The end of the semester is a stressful time for all. For the next week, we are hosting several free activities in the libraries. We’ll have a pleasant mix of old favorites and new events like: Therapy Dogs, Coloring Tables, […]

Posted November 30, 2017

Five years after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin that catalyzed a movement, Black Lives Matter (BLM) continues to be a point of controversy in the national rhetoric. A new display in Carrier Library aims to not only explore the […]

Posted November 30, 2017

Journey from Earth during the scientific revolution to galaxies far far away, and explore the different roles women play along the way as creators, characters, and companions. Enjoy a variety of scientific theory, biography, sci-fi and other speculative fiction written by and about women […]