JMU has stopped tracking COVID-19. The Stop the Spread dashboard, which used to include JMU’s COVID-19 positivity rates, vaccinations and other information regarding the pandemic and its hyperlocal effects, now acts purely as a resource page.
With the monkeypox virus on the rise — both globally and across the country — JMU, local and state health departments are working to combat the virus and inform the community about the disease.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected many students and recent graduates in JMU's School of Nursing, making them rethink their careers in the field of nursing.
JMU seniors look forward to no COVID-19 protocols at commencement ceremonies this semester.
JMU announced changes to the indoor mask mandate effective April 11.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Debra Bontz, director of the Homeless Program at Asbury United Methodist Church, has been giving cheeseburgers to the homeless.
Mask mandates continue for the Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation and other transportation systems across the country. JMU students said most passengers follow the mandate while riding the buses.
Executive Leadership Team (ELT) term limits, mask rules and contingency funds student organizations were the biggest topics discussed at this week's SGA Senate meeting.
As mask mandates are beginning to phase out on campus, the community is reacting with both excitement and disapproval.
WithSimplicity, a Harrisonburg business, partnered with JMU X-Labs to use metaverse technology to create iPhone filters to mimic beauty products from the store.
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a free tax return program at JMU, is returning to support taxpayers in-person with help of Spanish students as interpreters.
Mask resolutions and contingency funds to both Habitat for Humanity and the Pre-Veterinary Society were the biggest topics discussed at this week's SGA Senate meeting.
Starting in most non-academic buildings, JMU plans on eliminating its mask requirements for students, faculty and staff in March.
The local COVID-19 state of emergency, affordable housing and nonprofit achievements were among the discussion topics at Tuesday's city council meeting.
Some students are concerned because professors have varied attendance policies, and they don't feel supported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While no study abroad programs have been canceled or delayed this semester due to COVID-19, changing JMU guidelines and international mandates have affected student experiences.
Terry Beitzel was a justice studies professor at JMU, director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence who died Jan. 29, 2021, from complications due to COVID-19. The JMU community reflects on the anniversary of his death on year later.
The Student Government Association (SGA) held a senate meeting discussing mandatory student attendance during COVID-19, contingency funds, program grants and American Sign Language (ASL) at JMU.
In his first-ever legal opinion as attorney general of Virginia, Jason Miyares (R) stated Virginia state universities can’t require a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of students enrollment or in-person attendance, shifting from a prior legal opinion from former attorney general Mark Herring (D).
With the emergence of new variants and the development of vaccines, COVID-19 policies are constantly changing.
After Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) implemented an executive directive preventing state universities from requiring a COVID-19 vaccine and disclosing vaccination status for faculty and staff, JMU changed its vaccination requirement for employees.
Due to Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) executive directive that states that no Virginia employees are required to be vaccinated or disclose their vaccine status by their employer, JMU has changed its policy so that university employees no longer must get the vaccine, report their status or undergo weekly testing.
The Central Shenandoah Health District (CSHD) is experiencing a lack of staffing and supplies not a lack of funding, after an apparent miscommunication between the health district and the city of Harrisonburg earlier in the week.
JMU will return to in-person classes as scheduled continuing the use of mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other safety measures.
For the upcoming spring semester, the university will be fully in-person with the same safety measures, like mask-wearing and regular testing, that it implemented in the fall.
