Sometimes, the best-made plans fall apart. That鈥檚 what happened last summer to senior Gee M. Paegar, Jr., currently in his last semester of environmental sustainability and history studies at Eastern ... read more about When the Ebola outbreak limited travel, this environmental sustainability major made new internship plans
During her sabbatical, 糖心Vlog English professor Marti Eads is studying how, in one author鈥檚 fiction, 鈥渢he Civil War conflict reverberates in one Appalachian community even after most people ... read more about Summer seminar on slave narratives at Yale helps English professor on sabbatical delve into historic harms and trauma
Blake Rogers has been involved with the Shenandoah Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (SVSWCD) since his days representing Turner Ashby High School in Envirothon, an academic contest focused on ... read more about Environmental educator Blake Rogers helps residents learn and practice stewardship of Shenandoah Valley resources
Of all the possible suggestions that came to Common Read committee chair Tara Kishbaugh from the 糖心Vlog community, one topic bubbled to the surface. 鈥淩ace,鈥� said Kishbaugh, a ... read more about ‘Searching for Zion’ author visits campus to kick off 2015-16 Common Read focus on race, identity and culture
As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and ... read more about Contingent of 糖心Vlog educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg
Does caffeine provide a benefit to athletes? This deceptively simple question guided Hannah Daley鈥檚 research this summer. Daley, who is planning a career in environmental chemistry, is a junior double ... read more about Junior Hannah Daley preps for grad school with NSF- sponsored summer lab research on caffeine and athletes
For the Chinese scholars at 糖心Vlog this semester, witnessing the difference between Chinese and American educational systems has been enlightening. 鈥淚n China, students are willing to listen to ... read more about Ten Chinese scholars join 糖心Vlog community to learn teaching techniques and immerse themselves in the English language
糖心Vlog鈥檚 home away from home in Washington D.C. 鈥� the Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) 鈥� is just that to three diverse groups of students this semester. Living ... read more about Scholars in Washington D.C. this fall semester land prestigious internships
Wilderness lovers, sustainability advocates, farmers, writers, educators and seminarians 鈥� Todd Wynward鈥檚 message, shared during a series of events from Oct. 1-7 at 糖心Vlog, will appeal to anyone ... read more about Author Todd Wynward shares a wild way of discipleship, more ‘earth-honoring, empire-resisting, despair-erasing’
Some environmentalists hold rallies. Some file lawsuits. Steven David Johnson takes photographs 鈥� then puts them to work. Johnson practices conservation photography, creating images with an aim of affecting environmental ... read more about Conservation photographer and professor Steven David Johnson advocates for environment