James Madison University is welcoming its class of 2024 that includes 23 local students. The students and their majors are as follows.

From Gloucester, Christopher Morrison will major in engineering, Margaret Teagle will major in communication sciences and disorders, Ian Buswell will major in engineering, Kylie Fisk will major in health sciences, Alyssa Smith will major in management, Maggie Pruim will major in management, Hailey Williams will major in music, Ethan Polley will major in physics and Margaret Ronan’s major is undeclared.

From Hayes, Brandon Wrenn will major in biology, Zachary Hendrix will major in computer information systems, Jacob Ward will major in computer science, Natalie Jimenez will major in dietetics, Olivia Rich will major in engineering, Carson Kerr will major in health sciences, Julie Anderson will major in history, Allison Earwood will major in kinesiology, Aaron VanVranken will major in media arts and design, Kaylee Walls will major in nursing, Taylor West will major in psychology and Deborah Nix will major in psychology.

Also, Kamryn Blake of Cobbs Creek will major in nursing and Alexxa Barefoot of Gloucester Point will major in marketing.

Established in 1908, JMU is a community of 22,000 students and 4,000 faculty and staff located in Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley. It offers 124 degree programs at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels, keeps classes small with a 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio and ranks as the most recommended university in the nation by students.