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It's a good bet that when James Madison University opened its doors 99 years ago, its students traveled aboard vehicles significantly less fancy than its newest acquisition: an MCI® J4500, decorated with a colorful, bumper-to-bumper depiction of the school, its students and even its purple-crowned bulldog mascot. Then again, the school has been on a winning streak. The Harrisonburg, Virginia, public college won its first national NCAA championship in I-AA football in 2004; in 2006, it acquired an MCI® D4005 to give small athletic squads a classy ride. And this spring, it bought the J4500 to take its big teams out in style. "We have J4500s, an E4500 and a D in the MCI line," says Carl Puffenbarger, assistant director of facilities at James Madison. "We've developed a nice working relationship with MCI, and ever since we bought our first E, we've fallen in love with the style and the ride of these coaches." The university has a 20-vehicle fleet to serve students and staff, ranging from cars to full-size coaches, and Puffenbarger says they're looking to replace their older passenger cutaway vans "with something similar to the D series" in the future. James Madison University got its start as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg — it went co-ed in the 1960s. Today it supports more than 15,000 graduate and undergraduate students, with 500 of them on the school's athletic teams. The school's website is www.jmu.edu. The FYI from MCI editorial staff values your feedback. Please e-mail any suggestions, comments, or ideas for future articles to fyi@mcicoach.com. |
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