On July 1, 2022 amendments to Code of Virginia was enacted by the General Assembly directly impacting Hazing Prevention Training required of universities. The legislation (known as Adam’s Law) requires University Staff train in-person, potential new organization members, current organization members, and advisors of student organizations on hazing, the dangers of hazing, including alcohol intoxication, and hazing laws and institution policies and information explaining that the institution's disciplinary process is not to be considered a substitute for the criminal legal process.

Only certain student organizations are required to attend these trainings. This designation is based on several factors, including:

• The organization is structured in such a way that upon invitation for membership, individuals do not automatically become members of such organization and have a period of time between invitation for membership and being initiated into membership.

• An application, interview, recruitment, rush, intake or other similar process is required for admittance into the organization, with current members having the ability to not accept all potential new members.

This training is mandatory by law for these organizations to remain active and in good standing with the university. Failure to have your members trained will result in the organization losing recognition including loss of all privileges such as the ability to recruit, room reservations, host programs, and Club House use. Organizations will be required to cease and desist all operations until training is completed.

Members of organizations may attend any of the following training sessions without pre-registration. Attendance will be taken at each session and the appropriate organizations will be credited for attendance. Leaders and members holding positions in multiple organizations will have their attendance counted toward all affiliated organizations. We will base completion and attendance on the executive body names submitted during the BeInvolved Annual Registration Process.

All individuals attending any of our training sessions will be asked to check in in order to track completion. Organization members should download the “JMU BeInvolved” App from the App Store or Google Play in advance to expedite check-in and ensure credit for attending. The QR scanner in the app is used for check-in.

Training completion will be tracked using BeInvolved rosters, so please make sure your rosters listed on Be Involved are accurate and up to date. Organizations found intentionally misrepresenting their roster information will be sanctioned.

Rosters can be updated by an Officer of the organization by:

• Logging into BeInvolved

• Navigating to the organization page

• Clicking the “Membership” menu

• Selecting “+Members” button in the top right corner. Names can be individually searched in the directory.

• Need to add a lot of people? Click “Paste List” on the Membership menu to paste a list of JMU Emails!

**All three training times on 8/24 require RSVP in BeInvolved.  Click on the links under "Current Member Training Sessions" to RSVP to the individual training sessions.  Please present your RSVP QR Code on your phone when you arrive to Wilson Auditorium on 8/24 for staff to scan.  

Questions, concerns, or clarifications can be directed to beinvolved@jmu.edu.