In 1937, marching band director Hugh McMillen (’42) and English Professor Jack Ogilvy (’25) co-wrote our alma mater. That year, the marching band performed the song publicly for the first time during ...

“Our alma mater, we ever cherish for all our sons and daughters, too.” The in-sync icons both graduated from James Madison, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.

In 1953, the then Director-of-Bands, John Paynter recruited an undergraduate music student, Thomas Tyra ('54) to write the English version of the song to replace the Latin verse. Today, the "Alma ...

The words of our fight song, "Fight for Santa Clara," have been inspiring enthusiasm in Broncos for over a century. Alt text: "Image of Jimmie Grier with text 'Fight For Santa Clara' and a Broncos ...