We played ultimate on the quad..........more or less exactly where this photo was taken from.......about half way from Cantrell ave.........to the main hall........Wilson........where the president of the university's office is ...........................

Of the four years i attended...................i lived on campus for 3...........and off campus for my senior year..........i roomed with Daniel Dougherty..........who was my freshman roomate along with Phil Travers.........Dan went on to a Phd in Biology.................................he was my roomate for 3 of the 4 years i went to JMU...............Irish he told me.........................

My junior year i lived in Chandler..............the honor dorm by the lake............my sophomore year i lived in Ikenberry.........a blue stone next to the parking lot....................I forgot the name of the freshman dorm.........the women's field hockey team would practice in the grass lot in front of it........it was across from the old gym..............1993 - 1997..............i came to JMU after leaving the Marine Corps.............................in 1993...........Yuma, AZ........

Academics

Wilson Hall, centerpiece of the JMU quadrangle

James Madison University is considered "More Selective" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For the Class of 2012, the university received 22,648^[21] applications, for an entering freshmen class of 4,325 for the 2012–2013 academic year.^[22] The retention rate for the 2011–2012 freshman class was 91.4%, and the ratio of female to male students is 60/40. Approximately 38% of students are from out-of-state, representing all 50 states and 89 foreign countries.
Currently, James Madison University offers 115 degree programs on the bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, and doctoral levels. The university comprises seven colleges and 78 academic programs. The university includes the College of Arts and Letters; the College of Business; the College of Education; the College of Health and Behavioral Studies; the College of Integrated Science and Engineering; the College of Science and Mathematics; the College of Visual and Performing Arts; and The Graduate School. Total enrollment beginning the Fall 2012 academic year was 19,927; 18,392 undergraduates and 1,820 graduate students. JMU granted 4,908 degrees in 2012; 4,096 undergraduate degrees, and 812 graduate degrees.
On October 2, 2009, James Madison University was granted a chapter by the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.^[23] Only about 10 percent of the country's colleges and universities have Phi Beta Kappa chapters. James Madison University's Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi was the first academic honor society chartered at JMU. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (or simply Phi Kappa Phi or ΦΚΦ) is an honor society established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education".