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James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1908, the institution was renamed in 1938 in honor of the fourth president of the United States , James Madison .
The College of Arts and Letters is one of the academic colleges at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It includes the Schools of Communication, Information, and Media, the School of Liberal Arts, and the School of Public and International Affairs. [1]
The College of Business is the business school of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.It is a fully accredited business school that offers undergraduate degrees in accounting, computer information systems, business analytics, economics, finance and business law, international business, management, marketing, and quantitative finance. [3]
The James Madison Dukes men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.The school, a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, joined the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022, after having been a member of the Colonial Athletic Association since that league's establishment in 1979.
Alan Mayer, soccer player, voted in 1999 the Top JMU Athlete of the Century; David McLeod, first recipient of the AFL Defensive Player of the Year Award; Arthur Moats, NFL linebacker and defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers [8] Jimmy Moreland, football player [9] Kurt Morsink, soccer player; Scott Norwood, football player [10]
The James Madison University Park is home to both Athletics (along the Neff side) and University Recreation (entrance is on Devon Lane). Lacrosse/Soccer Complex is a soccer and lacrosse stadium located off of Neff Avenue in Harrisonburg, Virginia on the campus of James Madison University .
The James Madison Dukes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent James Madison University (JMU), in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The name "Dukes" is derived from Samuel Page Duke, the university's second president. The Dukes play as members of the Sun Belt Conference (SBC), which sponsors sports at the NCAA Division I level.
Late 1940s: James Madison University, then Madison College, purchased its first planetarium to be installed in the attic of Burruss Hall [1] 1956 : Planetarium first installed on JMU's campus by Dr. John C. Wells, who was a professor in the JMU Physics Department (1947–1988), Department Head (1956–1974), and Planetarium Curator (1979–1988).