Being The Change

Being The Change

Being The Change is the official podcast of James Madison University. It features members of the JMU community who are combining intellect with action to live lives of purpose and meaning. The Being the Change podcast was conceived by Jim Heffernan (’96, ’17M), editor of Madison magazine, and Andy Perrine (’86), head of University Marketing and Branding. Thanks to Jenna Polk (’14, ’21M) and the team at Rose Library Studios, where the show is recorded by Steve Aderton (’19). Original music and episode production by Neal Perrine (’19).

Episodes

January 31, 2025 25 mins

There's a shortage of health care workers, especially nurses, in Virginia and beyond. Dr. Melody Eaton, director of the JMU School of Nursing, explains why this has occurred and how the school is working to solve the crisis with unique curricular solutions and by expanding capacity. 

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Librarian Liz Thompson and Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Malika Carter-Hoyt discuss how Open Education Resources in the JMU Libraries are helping students find alternatives to paying the high price of some textbooks and course materials. 

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January 15, 2025 29 mins

Ranked Virginia’s “Best School for Getting a Job” several years running, JMU is committed to preparing its graduates for the workforce. Myles Surrett and Libby Westley with the University Career Center discuss how our alumni are making their way in the “real world” more successfully than their peers from other institutions.

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December 16, 2024 23 mins

Traci Zimmerman, interim dean of the College of Arts and Letters, and Shannon Wilson, the college's director of Professional Development and Engagement, answer the question of whether a degree in the liberal arts is worth the investment, and what JMU is doing to make certain career outcomes for students in these majors are optimal.

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December 4, 2024 29 mins

The Carrier Library renovation currently underway is a stunning project that will ultimately grace campus with a facility befitting JMU's rise. Join Dean of Libraries Bethany Nowviskie and members of her team to hear more about this exciting addition to campus.  

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November 20, 2024 21 mins
Kay Coles James, JMU Board of Visitors member and chair of the presidential search committee, and Donna Harper (’77, ’81M, ’86Ed.S.), secretary of the committee, discuss progress in the search for the next president of James Madison University. 
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JMU alumnus and entrepreneur Peter Denbigh (’02, ’11M), along with JMU VP of Research, Economic Development and Innovation (REDI) Dr. Anthony Tongen, discuss the imminent opening of a new cutting-edge co-working space in downtown Harrisonburg within the context of JMU's continued evolution as a national research university and regional economic engine. 

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October 30, 2024 26 mins

Work-based learning is taken to the next level through a partnership between JMU's multidisciplinary X-Labs and Ellucian, a global leader in edtech. X-Labs director Connie Frigo, student Bonnie Pohland and Senior Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations Carrie Combs discuss the program's groundbreaking significance.

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October 21, 2024 24 mins

Suzanne Bergmeister, executive director of JMU's Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship, discusses the exciting and life-changing experience for students taking part in the Hisaoka-Pahlevani Challenge and other Gilliam Center programs.  

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October 13, 2024 28 mins

Join us as we discuss efforts to preserve and interpret a former boarding house in Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood that was used by Black travelers during the Jim Crow era. The property is one of the few surviving "Green Book" houses dramatized in the Academy Award-winning film of the same name.

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October 4, 2024 26 mins

Co-chairs of the JMU Task Force on Artificial Intelligence discuss their progress and what’s next for how AI at JMU. 

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September 25, 2024 21 mins

Head of JMU Financial Aid Brad Barnett, also a national leader on the subject of financial aid in higher education, discusses how JMU is navigating the botched rollout of the Department of Education's new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.

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September 17, 2024 23 mins

A conversation with JMU history professor and best-selling author Evan Friss and his wife, Amanda, who runs Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg.

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September 5, 2024 24 mins

A conversation with new A.D. Matt Roan about the Dukes' winning ways and the changing landscape of collegiate athletics.

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August 27, 2024 6 mins

Host Andy Perrine (‘86) and Madison magazine editor Jim Heffernan (‘96, ‘17M) discuss plans for the podcast.

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August 26, 2024 25 mins

A conversation with Interim President Charlie King as he looks at the year ahead.

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