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Celebrations & weddings Purple and gold make a perfect wedding Micah Smith (’16) and Heidi Jenkins (’16) met in the summer going into their junior year. “We built our relationship with the help of friends and mentors we met at Madison,” Heidi says. “JMU has been a HUGE part of every step we’ve taken as a couple.” “My first day at JMU in 2012 was my last day of treatment after a six-month battle with cancer,” she says. “I found my niche within Relay For Life at JMU and was the executive director my senior year. At the event in April 2016 (the largest Relay JMU had ever seen), Micah proposed to me on Hillside Field with all our friends and family watching. It was truly the most perfect day.” A little over a year later on June 3, 2017, the couple married at CrossKeys Vineyard in Harrisonburg with the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in the background. Director of University Unions Dave Barnes was the officiant, and the wedding party was almost entirely made up of JMU students and alumni. “After the reception, we made our way to the happiest place on earth—the JMU Quad— and took some photos,” says Heidi. “Even our photographer was a JMU student. So much purple and gold went into making our wedding day perfect!”
(Right): Ty Corning (’16) and Katey Hale (’16) were married June 10, 2017, in Richmond, Virginia, with Road Dawg and many alumni in attendance. Mark Bowles (’86), Meredith Whitley VanWagner (’09), T.J. VanWagner (’07), Nathan Whitley (’11, ’12M) and Kylie Salvo Whitley (’11, ’12M), along with current students Haley Corning and Peyton Lockridge, were among the guests at the rehearsal dinner.
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