Editing James Madison University (section)

=== Colleges ===
{{Main|James Madison University College of Arts and Letters|James Madison University College of Business}}

The College of Visual and Performing Arts includes three schools: the School of Art, Design, and Art History; the School of Music; and the School of Theatre and Dance.

In September 2010,<ref>{{cite web |author=Sarah Sager |date=September 8, 2010 |title=JMU Forbes Center for Performing Arts Officially Opens |url=http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/102417599.html |accessdate=October 7, 2010 |publisher=Gray Television, Inc. |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307152504/http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/102417599.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> the college opened the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, a complex composed of two connected buildings: the Estes Center for Theatre and Dance and the Roberts Center for Music Performance.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Forbes Center |url=http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/forbescenter/ |accessdate=October 7, 2010 |publisher=James Madison University |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102010141/http://www.jmu.edu/jmuarts/forbescenter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The $82 million facility was funded by a Virginia higher-education bond package.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ken Slack |date=June 29, 2010 |title=JMU Opens New Performing Arts Center |url=http://www.nbc29.com/story/12654431/jmu-opens-new-performing-arts-center?redirected=true |accessdate=October 7, 2010 |publisher=WorldNow and WVIR |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232959/http://www.nbc29.com/story/12654431/jmu-opens-new-performing-arts-center?redirected=true |url-status=dead }}</ref>