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A N D R E W D . P E R R I N E ( ’86)
As director of digital marketing for University Communications and Mar-
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keting, Randy Budnikas has led the effort to bring the Madison reading
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experience to smartphones, making it available anytime, anywhere.
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Before he came to JMU, Budnikas developed and managed software and
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websites for companies such as Amazon and Rosetta Stone. If you haven’t
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already checked out the Madison app, visit jmu.edu/madisonmagazine to
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download and start exploring.
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J I M H E F F E R N A N ( ’96 ) JA N E T S M I T H ( ’81) S T U D E N T E D I T O R I A L A S S I S TA N T S
CHASE MASZLE SAM ROTH
Tracey L. Kite (’16) joined the JMU Office of Parent Relations in 2007 and now serves as the associate director. Kite focuses on engaging parents and families through enhanced communications, involvement in programming, and through leadership and support of fundraising initia-
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C H R I S M E Y E R S ( ’11, ’15M) JUSTIN ROTH T R E Y S E C R I S T ( ’15) C O DY T R OY E R PHOTOGRAPHERS
C AT H Y K U S H N E R ( ’87) M I C H A E L M I R I E L L O ( ’09M) T I F FA N Y S H O WA LT E R
tives. Read her interview with Parents Council grandparents Scott and Cathy Nagel on Page 59. University Communications and Marketing Editorial Assistant Sam Roth is a senior communication studies major with a concentration in public relations. She hopes to work in the health care communications field after graduation. Roth’s feature “Historically human” is on Page 40, and her feature about a semester in Scotland is on Page 48.
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L A U R A D E B U S K ( ’14) S A R A H P. JAC O B S E N ( ’13) LY N DA R A M S E Y RINN SIEGRIST C A R O LY N W I N D M I L L E R ( ’81)
University Communications and Marketing Associate Photographer Tiffany Showalter captured the images of JMU’s Innovation Services in the feature “The heart of the university” on Page 34. Showalter graduated in 2007 from Eastern Mennonite University with degrees in commu-
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nications and digital media. Her career began at Rosetta Stone, where
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she spent nine years creating visuals for language-learning products.
Alumni Relations, Athletics, Donor Relations, Parent Relations, University Communications and Marketing
Assistant Video Producer Cody Troyer joined University Communica-
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tions and Marketing in February. Troyer is a graduate of Eastern Men-
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nonite University, where he studied photography and digital media. He
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(’93) on Page 24. The package also appeared in Madison’s November
Email: madisonmag@jmu.edu or call 540-568-2925 For Class Notes go to www.jmu.edu/alumni Madison magazine, 127 W. Bruce St., MSC 3610, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Madison is an official publication of JMU and is produced by the Division of University Advancement for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty, staff and friends of JMU.
produced the video that accompanies our Q&A with CNN’s Jim Acosta digital issue and can be seen online at jmu.edu/madisonmagazine. An art director for University Communications and Marketing, Carolyn Windmiller (’81) regularly designs Madison’s Alumni News and Class Notes sections as well as feature packages. In addition to her work on the magazine, she serves as JMU’s identity design manager, overseeing the proper presentation of university brand in various communication projects. Windmiller has worked for her alma mater since 1989.
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