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Being seen for who we are.
Before Deaquan Nichols graduates
early from JMU in 2023, he will participate in the Honors Semester program at the University of Oxford. After graduating, the Biology major plans to attend medical school with the ultimate goal of becoming a neurosurgeon. Because of his summer lab research on proteins with faculty mentor Oleksandr Kokhan, Deaquan is prepared.
Our university is being seen for who we are — because of students like Deaquan. A new classification by the Carnegie Commission from a master’slevel to a doctoral/high research university moves JMU from the regional to the national rankings. That’s Being the Change.