Overview
Bee Campus USA fosters ongoing dialogue to raise awareness of the role pollinators play in our communities and what each of us can do to provide them with healthy habitat.
The Bee Campus USA program endorses a set of commitments, defined in an application, for creating sustainable habiatats for pollinators, which are vital to feeding the planet.
JMU is proud to be a contributing member to Bee Campus USA. As a member, JMU will commit to the following:
- Create a Campus Pollinator Habitat Plan to offer a valuable landscape management model applicable to local landscapes by 2020
- Host annual campus events(s) to raise awareness of importance of pollinators and to acknowledge JMU certification as a Bee Campus USA institution
- Annually sponsor and track student service-learning projects to enhance pollinator habitats on-and off-campus
- At least biennially offer a course and/or workshop on Pollinator Ecology and/or Integrated Pest Management and/or Landscaping for Pollinators and/or Native Plants
- Post signage regarding pollinators to educate the campus and broader community about pollinator-friendly landscaping principles
Committee Members
Abe Kaufman, Energy Conservation & Sustainability Manager/Staff <kaufmaat@jmu.edu>
Amanda Bodle, Policy and Planning Specialist/Staff <bodleam@jmu.edu>
Amy Goodall, Associate Professor/Faculty <goodalal@jmu.edu>
Avery Smith, Sustainability Analyst/Staff <smit23ac@jmu.edu>
Claire Sherwood, Student representative for JMU Bee Friendly Beekeepers club <sherwocx@dukes.jmu.edu>
Jan Sievers Mahon, Arboretum Director <mahonjs@jmu.edu>
Jason Campbell, IPM Manager/Staff <campb4mj@jmu.edu>
Scott Jones, Landscape Manager/Staff <jonesrs@jmu.edu>
Wanda Hensley, Landscape Supervisor/Staff <henslewf@jmu.edu>
Wayne Teel, Professor/Faculty <teelws@jmu.edu>
