The university reportedly anticipates welcoming approximately 5,000 new students and more than 1,200 transfer and upper-class students who will arrive between Friday and Sunday.

While showers will be possible in the morning, the best chance for rain will be from around 2 p.m. into the evening hours.

James Madison volleyball was voted as the East Division favorite, while Kennedy Louisell was named the Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year, the league announced on Wednesday afternoon.

James Madison softball advanced Lexi Rogers to the position of assistant coach on Wednesday afternoon, as announced by Head Coach Loren LaPorte.

The families of three James Madison University students who died in a car crash in 2023 have collected more than 2-million dollars in wrongful death lawsuits.

Mostly sunny skies, lower humidity, and comfortable August weather with dry conditions prevailing.

A federal judge in Harrisonburg has thrown out a 2024 asset sale by Nexus Services and cleared several of the company’s principals of civil contempt.

James Madison running back George Pettaway has been named to the 2026 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List, given annually to the nation’s premier running back, as announced by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum.