The Rose Legacy: Fueling Madison's brighter future

JMU's fifth president lifts the student-centered university to national prominence, raises academic quality and empowers the Madison culture to create a brighter future for all. During the 14-year tenure of President Linwood H. Rose, JMU's growth has been phenomenal. Rose conferred 56,893 degrees as president, a number that represents almost half of all the degrees conferred at Madison — 123,486 — since 1911. That's a lot of graduation handshakes, personal stories and JMU successes.

President Rose said in his inaugural address that the JMU presidency is the best one in the nation. This issue of Madison highlights some of JMU's achievements during Rose's tenure — in the arts, athletics, business, giving, health, humanities, international, science, teacher education and more.

And in his very last message as JMU's President, Dr. Rose shares his own Madison Experience.

Do you know your ABCs?

This JMU Alphabet photo collage by Ashley Grisham ('13), originally printed in The Breeze and then reprinted in Madison, might have some people scouring campus to determine the sources of her letters. For your convenience, click on the image for a key to the sources of the JMU alphabet. Collage posted with permission of The Breeze.