The university condemned the block party attendees' behavior. Several participants were airlifted to a medical center in Charlottesville to treat their injuries.
Ten years later, police equipped with riot gear used force to disperse a group of 8,000 college-aged people at the party. In 2000, a party with about 2,500 students grew out of hand and required a police presence at the Forest Hills townhouse complex on Village Lane. The university has also experienced tension with local residents with occasional clashes between local police and students at a popular off-campus block party. In 2006, the local ABC affiliate reported that the university had nearly doubled in size in the preceding 20 years, including purchases of several local properties. The rapid expansion of JMU's campus has at times created tension in the city-university relationship. Recently completed projects include the Rose Library on the east side of campus, which opened on August 11, 2008. The university named the old HHS building Memorial Hall. The sale was approved in June 2005 for $17 million.
In May 2006, the university purchased the property. In June 2005, the university expanded across South High Street by leasing the former Harrisonburg High School building from the City of Harrisonburg. The hospital has since moved, and JMU now occupies the site after having made substantial renovations to it. In early 2005, JMU purchased the Rockingham Memorial Hospital campus just north of the main JMU campus for over $40 million. Rose, the university continued to rapidly expand, not only through new construction east of Interstate 81, but also on the west side of campus. ĭuring the first decade of the 21st century, under JMU's fifth President, Linwood H. During his administration, student enrollment and the number of faculty and staff tripled, national fraternities were seen on campus such as Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Chi Rho, Theta Chi, and others, doctoral programs were authorized, more than 20 major campus buildings were constructed and national publications recognized JMU as one of the finest institutions of its type in America. Carrier, JMU's fourth president, headed the institution from 1971 to 1998. In 1966, by action of the Virginia General Assembly, the university became a coeducational institution. Major curriculum changes were made and the university was authorized to grant master's degrees in 1954. During Miller's administration, from 1949 to 1970, the campus was enlarged by 240 acres (0.97 km 2) and 19 buildings were constructed. Tyler Miller became the third president in 1949, following Duke's retirement. In 1946, men were first enrolled as regular day students. Duke served as president from 1919 to 1949. During Duke's administration, nine major buildings were constructed. Samuel Page Duke was then chosen as the school's second president. In 1919, Burruss resigned the presidency to become president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Its first 20 graduates received diplomas in 1911. The university opened its doors to its first student body in 1909 with an enrollment of 209 students and a faculty of 15. The first president of the university was Julian Ashby Burruss. In 1976, the university's name was changed again to James Madison University. The university became the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg in 1924 and continued under that name until 1938, when it was named Madison College in honor of James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, whose Montpelier estate is located in nearby Orange, Virginia. During this initial period of development, the campus plan was established and six buildings were constructed. At first, academic offerings included only the equivalent of technical training or junior college courses, but authorization to award bachelor's degrees was granted in 1916.
In 1914, the name of the university was changed to the State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg. It was originally called The State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg. Woodrow Wilson Hall, centerpiece of the JMU quadrangle.įounded in 1908 as a women's college, James Madison University was established by the Virginia General Assembly.
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