Dave Rexrode

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Congratulations to the @JMU Class of 2026! As I sat on stage today it dawned on me that I graduated from this phenomenal place 25 years ago this week. While it has gone by in the blink of an eye and the campus has grown and evolved, JMU continues to keep the main thing the main thing: preparing students for the future and I couldn’t be prouder to be a Duke

And just like that, Emma’s freshman year at @JMU is done and we’ve moved her out of her dorm.

The Self Made baseball boys ended up as Runners-Up in the Mom Knows Best tournament, but Drew had himself a day. He pitched game 1 of the tournament and threw 4 scoreless innings with 7 strikeouts, giving up just 1 hit and 2 walks. Then in the bottom of the 5th he smoked a ball over the centerfield fence for a 3-run homerun. He ended the game with 4 RBIs and he scored 2 additional runs as well. Everything is clicking for the boys this spring and they are ready to go for their final 2 tournaments of the season.

Drew had a strong week with the FCS MS Baseball Boys. 2 games, 2 game balls. Tuesday he went 2-3 with 4 RBIs and scored a run in their win over conference rival Seton. Tonight he went 3-4 and hit the game winning double in the bottom of the 7th to score the winning run from 2B

USA Today: Billy Napier’s new edge at JMU? The culture he never had at Florida | usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

Proud of the Self Made boys for winning the Cap City Showdown yesterday. Drew pitched the Championship game and then when they got into a little trouble later in the game had a 2 out RBI to tie the game (was robbed of a home run by a 50ft tall net in left field that the rules said was playable unless it was hit over the net — which he almost did) and then scored the game winning run from second with a play at the plate. They’ve worked hard all off season and it’s paying off this spring.

Today, we formally installed @jmupresidentjim as the seventh president of James Madison University. With increasing momentum around big ideas, President Jim will continue to lead JMU in a direction towards being recognized as higher education’s change leader.

NASA Artemis passing close to the Moon

Coach Napier spoke to the media Saturday following a highly-competitive practice #5 for the Dukes. 📽️ youtu.be/VmDkERo6KTE #GoDukes

The @CFBPlayoff last year was just the next step for @JMUFootball and @coach_bnapier leading the program will lead us to the next ones JMU Football is back! (Though we never really left)

Coach Napier spoke with the media following day one of spring ball at Bridgeforth Stadium. 📽️ youtu.be/EMXEuXvYa7c #GoDukes

7 years later…. now he’s playing his first season of FCS Middle School baseball and playing travel ball on the weekends.

JMU announces Christine Hutchins as the inaugural Vice President for Marketing and Strategic Communications. Hutchins brings more than 19 years of executive leadership in higher ed communications and marketing. Welcome to JMU, Christine! Read more: bit.ly/JMUVPHutchins

Let's keep the momentum going, Dukes! Support JMU students: give.jmu.edu/giving-day-2026

Pro Day in the Valley 🏈 #GoDukes

3…2...1… It’s officially #JMUGivingDay! Boldly give at: give.jmu.edu/giving-day-2026

Wrote about JMU recent Board of Visitors committee meetings & had a lengthy discussion with JMU president Jim Schmidt about the mater plan for 2030 & beyond. Hits on academics and athletics. dnronline.com/news/business_…

It’s time for America to choose: will the most powerful technology in history be used to harm children, enrich the powerful, and risk American lives? Or will we build it with the values that make America great? We can build AI the American way. We must choose a Better Future.

After months of asking to update his room (kid room to teen room), Drew and I finally had a free weekend, so we got to work. New bed, headboard, and desk, removed some of the items from the walls...., and moved out the bookcase that got its' start in Emma's nursery almost 20 years ago... For 2 decades it has been in one of their rooms, holding all their picture books, first readers, and then passed down to the next kid and now it has been relegated to the storage room in the basement😔😔😔