Future Dukes Visit Campus

On a sunny Thursday morning in November 2022, approximately twenty students from Dunbar High School in Washington D.C. traveled for a daylong visit to the JMU campus, accompanied by their Career and College Advisor, JMU Alum Sekenia Welch (Kinesiology, ‘99), their Senior School Counselor, Ms. Lyndel Niles, and JMU faculty member, Dr. Edna Reid. Reid coordinated the visit with Siân White, Associate Dean, and Karina Kline-Gabel, Assistant Dean, with sponsorship from the College of Arts and Letters, the Office of Admissions, and the Center for Multicultural Student Services (CMSS).

Students began the day with an Arts and Letters welcome reception and a tour of the Alison Bailey Parker Studio, part of the Media Arts and Design facilities in Harrison Hall. Students headed to the sound stage to experience the green screen and news desk in front of the camera, and to the control room for behind-the-scenes production. What a joy to share these learning spaces with potential Dukes! Afterwards students visited CMSS to hear from current JMU students and see the spaces available at the Student Success Center.