C O N T E N T S
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Granting the gift of life Alumnus learned selflessness at JMU
BY RYAN BOALS (’17)
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Full Frame
BY CATHY KUSHNER (’87)
The Atlantic Union Bank Center opens for basketball
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Letters to the Editor
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Contributors, Staff Soundbites
Readers tell us what they liked about the Fall 2020 issue
Get to know the people behind the stories
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Directions
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News & Notes
JMU President Jonathan R. Alger reflects on the pandemic and the value of full engagement
Course covers COVID-19; team advises JMU on health research; CAL Opportunity Fund; Madison Vision Series speakers; book club fosters inclusion; WSJ ranks JMU highly; JMU welcomes Brent Lewis
14 Unleashed
CoB Learning Complex adds Hartman Hall; remembering Shirley Hanson Roberts (‘56)
17 By the Numbers
Success in student-athlete leadership development
18 JMU Nation
JMU’s first volleyball player to sign a pro contract; new Athletics Hall of Fame class; football schedule
48 Alumni for Life
A fairy godmother; new alumni chapters; Homecoming recap; Mixed Media
56 Class Notes
Staff Emeriti Association update; scholarship thank-you letters; Celebrations
64 Brag Sheet
CO R R E C T I O N COR N E R
n The story about the cover photo in the Fall 2020 edition should have iden-
tified Cayla Parson (’20) as the speaker at a march during Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week at JMU in 2018. The event was hosted by the Center for Multicultural Student Services. Additionally, the same edition’s “About the Cover” writeup (Page 3) should have mentioned the photo’s origin. Madison regrets not providing this context for our readers.
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M A D ISON
M AG A Z I N E
”Talking points,” a way to brag about JMU
In the “Sharing the wisdom” profile on the back cover of the Fall 2020 edition, money resulting from a social media campaign by Mia Brabham (’16) was incorrectly attributed as being donated to Campaign Zero, which offers free safety checklists that patients and families can use to get safe care during a hospital stay. It was the wrong Campaign Zero. The money was donated to Campaign Zero, a platform of research-based solutions to end police brutality in America. Madison regrets the error. n
PH OTO G R A PH CO U RT E SY O F G R A N T B I G M A N ( ’ 12)