About JMU’s “Be the Change” campaign

When James Madison University’s communications and marketing office first began talking about how Madison professors, students, alumni and donors have been changing the world, our staff members knew we’d have a lot to say. Through the years, in so many ways, on and off campus, Madison’s people have embraced the idea of change — finding their own ways to make a difference in the world. On March 15, 2006, the university’s official Be the Change Web site, www.jmu.edu/bethechange, was launched to showcase shining examples of this world-changing spirit.

We’re convinced that Madison people change the world every day. To help us find those people, we ask for nominations to our Be the Change Web site. The response has been overwhelming. So many nominations are received, we’re constantly in the pleasant position of having far more nominations than we can readily research and write about.

That’s why as the Be the Change campaign manager, I wanted to start this blog — it’s a forum that allows me to publish all the nominations we’ve received to Be the Change. Perhaps you’ll find the name of one of your former JMU classmates, professors, or students here. If you do, feel free to tell me more. You can have a part in writing the story of change!

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Jan Gillis, JMU’s “Be the Change” Campaign Manager

One Response to “About JMU’s “Be the Change” campaign”

  1. Karah Nazor Says:
    July 23, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    thanks so much for you post about my english channel swim on the jmu be the change website! I just kept putting one arm in front of the other until I got to france. All of the stroke work in my high school and from my JMU swim team coached came in handy during those 12 hours and 28 minutes in the cold.

    I did the swim to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project because someone inspired me, Jeremy Feldbusch, a soldier who was blinded in Iraq.

    I posted all of the photos from my actual EC swim up
    on my blog http://www.karahnazor.com on MY PHOTO ALBUMS. I like the ones of
    me with the ships in the background.

    Again, thanks for your comments.

    -Karah

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