Campus and Community. Old Dominion University is a state-assisted institution in Norfolk, Virginia, part of the metropolitan and historic Hampton Roads area with a population of 1.6 million people. Located about 200 miles south of Washington D.C., Old Dominion University is within minutes of the largest East Coast seaport, the oceanfront in Virginia Beach and the world’s largest Naval base. The University contributes approximately $600 million a year to the local economy. The main campus consists of 146 acres in the heart of Norfolk, Virginia located between the Lafayette and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx. The University is comprised of six colleges offering degrees in 64 Bachelors programs, 66 Masters program’s, and 22 Doctoral programs. The University currently enrolls approximately 21,300 full and part-time students, and has over 2,000 faculty and staff. Additionally, the University housing facilities accommodate approximately 3,300 resident students, with an anticipated growth of 900 by the Fall of 2007. The University has an alumni base of approximately 100,000 individuals, many of whom reside in the Hampton Roads region.
Campus and Community. Old Dominion University is a state-assisted institution in Norfolk, Virginia, part of the metropolitan and historic Hampton Roads area with a population of 1.6 million people and is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the southeastern United States between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia. Its economy is supported by the world's largest Naval Base, the east coast's second busiest trade port, a sophisticated defense contracting economy and a diversified tourist industry. Inc. magazine ranked Hampton Roads 13th on its "Best Place to Do Business in the U.S." and 22nd on its "Most Balanced Economy and Growth" lists. Hampton Roads' residents have a median household income of $46,320 and a median age of 33 years. With an unemployment rate 22% lower than the national rate (Mar. 2006), Hampton Roads' natural treasures such as waterways and beaches coupled with a young, robust, and active population makes for a strong and growing economy. The University contributes approximately $600 million a year to the local economy.
Campus and Community. Diversity: provides leadership in addressing diversity-related issues. The committee includes faculty, staff, students and members of the community. Council of Department Chairpersons and Program Directors: Shares information about mutual problems for the purpose of effecting solutions; works cooperatively with other administrators, faculty, and students; makes formal recommendations when necessary in any and all areas of campus and academic life to the appropriate person or body including but not limited to the President and the Xxxxxxx. Members: Department chairpersons of all academic departments and Program Directors of all individually accredited academic programs. Council of Deans: Shares information about mutual problems for the purpose of effecting solutions; works cooperatively with other administrators, faculty, and students; makes formal recommendations when necessary in any and all areas of campus and academic life to the appropriate person or body including but not limited to the President, Xxxxxxx, Curriculum Committee, and Faculty Senate. Members: the Xxxxxxx and the academic college and school deans. Distance Education: Provides leadership and oversight for all eLearning (online learning/distance learning). Supports the Office of eLearning and maintains compliance with WLU policy and the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement as well as benchmarking performance against the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions’ Interregional Guidelines for the Evaluation of Distance Education. Chaired by the Director of Distance Education, membership includes faculty representatives from each college and school, Office of eLearning staff, and a student selected by Student Government. Faculty Development: Meets regularly to manage available faculty development funds. Responsibilities include establishment of guidelines, approval of requests for funding professional activities, and dissemination of information related to faculty development. Members: one faculty member from each college, a department chairperson or program director, a college or school xxxx, and the Xxxxxxx or designee. Graduate Studies Council: Shares information about mutual problems for the purpose of effecting solutions; works cooperatively with other administrators, faculty, and students; makes formal recommendations when necessary in any and all areas of campus and academic life relative to graduate education to the appropriate person or body including but n...
