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

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>