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Old Dominion University Celebrates Diversity at First-Ever Unity Day
Kaufman Mall was full of spirited Monarchs at the first annual event.
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Old Dominion University Board of Visitors Adopts Annual Budget, Enacts Smallest Tuition Increase in Five Years
The Old Dominion University Board of Visitors unanimously approved a $622.7 million operating budget for 2016-17 during its regular spring meeting on April 21.
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Board of Visitors Names New Residence Hall for University's First African-American Rector
The Old Dominion Board of Visitors unanimously approved a resolution to name a new residence hall, to be constructed at 49th Street and Powhatan Avenue, the Hugo A. Owens House in honor of the University's first African-American Rector.
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Kathy Williamson Named Winner of President’s Award for Diversity
Director of Human Resources honored for promoting inclusion locally and abroad.
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Strome College Dean Jeff Tanner Will Wrap Up 2015-16 Economics Club Speaker Series
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National Education Research Line Built Around ODU Professor's Data
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![J & A Racing and the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation (ODAF) hosted the Bon Secours in Motion ODU Big Blue 5K and 1K on April 16, 2016 at Foreman Field at S.B Ballard Stadium. The 5K took runners and walkers through the ODU Campus, they finished in Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium. J & A Racing and the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation (ODAF) hosted the Bon Secours in Motion ODU Big Blue 5K and 1K on April 16, 2016 at Foreman Field at S.B Ballard Stadium. The 5K took runners and walkers through the ODU Campus, they finished in Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium.](/about/odu-publications/insideodu/2016/04/21/_jcr_content/par/columns_0/column_0/image.img.600.jpg/1573688272981.jpg)
Across Campus - A Photo Essay
J & A Racing and the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation (ODAF) hosted the Bon Secours in Motion ODU Big Blue 5K and 1K on April 16. The 5K race took runners and walkers through the ODU Campus before they finished on Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium. Race organizers said the event attracted close to 2,500 participants. Photos by David B. Hollingsworth
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ODU's Music Department performed an outdoor concert at the Brock Commons amphitheater called "Much Ado About Music." The performance was part of a broader University event celebrating the life of famed playwright William Shakespeare 400 years after his death. Students were able to bring lunch, relax and listen to Elizabethan music performed by the ODU Collegium Musicum.