2021 News
January 2021
- ODU to Start at Least the First Two Weeks of the Spring Semester With Remote Instruction
- Congratulations to four of our ODU School Counseling alumni for recently receiving awards!
- ODU to More Than Double COVID-19 Testing of Students for the Spring Semester
- There Is Still Time to Make a Difference, and Win Prizes, by Donating to CVC
- Six ODU Online Programs Ranked Among the Nation’s Best
February 2021
- ODU’s Fourth Annual 3MT Competition Scheduled for Feb. 11
- Darden College of Education and Professional Studies to Host Panel Discussion About Norfolk 17
- ODU Ranked Among the Top 15% of U.S. Colleges and Universities for Diversity
- ODU Wins $105,000 Lumina Grant to Promote Equity
- ODU Donates 50 Laptops to Local Schools
- Radford President Brian Hemphill Named ODU’s Ninth President
- Letter From Board of Visitor's Rector Kay Kemper
- Letter from President John R. Broderick
- New publication: Visitors’ attendance motivation and meaning making at a public science event
- Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Candidate Wins ODU’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition
- ODU’s CVC Donations Top 2019 Total
- For ODU’s Narketta Sparkman-Key, Selling Purses She’s Designed Is Her New Bag
- In a likely first for ODU, Twin Brother and Sister are Presidents of Fraternity, Sorority
- Honors College Undergraduate Research Symposium Will Be Held Virtually on March 20
- TCEP Faculty Present “Tools for TEAMS” at the DoDEA Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in February 2021
March 2021
- Honors College Undergraduate Research Symposium Will Be Held Virtually on March 20
- TCEP Faculty Present “Tools for TEAMS” at the DoDEA Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in February 2021
- Military Connection Center to Host Green Zone Training for ODU Community
- ODU’s Day of Giving Set for March 16
- ODU Expert on Speech Disorders Cites Biden as an Inspiration to Those who Stutter
- Letter to Graduates Regarding Commencement
- Record Number of Donors Contribute to ODU’s Day of Giving
- 22 Old Dominion University Programs Ranked in U.S. News & World Report's Assessment of Best Graduate Schools for 2022
April 2021
- Alaska Trip Geared to Support K-16 Climate Change Education Initiative
- April Science Pubs “Lightning Talks”
- ODU Alumni Association Announces Its “40 Under 40” Inaugural Class
- “Critical Conversations in Education: Decolonizing the Curriculum” Event Scheduled for April 20
- Old Dominion University Announces Schedule for In-Person Graduation Ceremonies
- Two ODU Students Cleared Two National Awards
- Congratulations to the DCEPS 2020-2021 Faculty Award Recipients
- Letter from the President and Provost
- Old Dominion University Freezes Tuition and Mandatory Fees for 2021-22 School Year
- ODU Professor Honored for Diversity Efforts
- U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner to Deliver Commencement Address at ODU’s Virtual Graduation Ceremony on May 5
May 2021
- CDSE Announces Special Education Program Student Award Recipients
- ODU Celebrates 2020 and 2021 Graduates with Virtual and In-Person Ceremonies
- East Germany Native Building a Career in Study-Abroad Programs
- 2021 Student Awards
- College of Arts and Letters Student Wins Alumni Association’s Outstanding University Scholar Award
- ODU MLIS Program to Award Inaugural Blankenship Memorial Scholarship
- 2021 MLIS Student of the Year: Greg D'Addario
- ODU Professor Amelia Anderson Publishes on Library Programming for Autistic Children and Teens
- ODU Library Students Selected for Computational Thinking Forum
- President Fulfilled His Goal to Pay It Forward
- Recent Doctoral Graduate Came Back from the Brink
- TCEP Faculty research featured by the Mathematical Association of America
- ODU, Virginia Community College System Sign Guaranteed Admission Agreement for Early Childhood Education Program
June 2021
- ODU’s Teacher Residency Program Part of National Initiative to Recruit, Develop and Retain Black Teachers for Local Schools
- Message Regarding Vaccine Protocols for Fall Semester
- Four from ODU Earn Fulbright Awards
- ODU Alum Hopes to Promote the Value of CTE
- Virginia’s First Lady Visits Brooks Crossing Innovation Lab
- Cybersecurity Grant Project at ODU Receives Excellence Distinction from Virginia Department of Education
- John R. Broderick Stepping Down as ODU President
July 2021
August 2021
September 2021
- “Excite the Dream ODU” Faculty Recruitment Event Scheduled for Sept. 26-28
- HMS Faculty Welcome New & Returning Students
- REACH Diabetes Tween Camp 2021
- ODU CommUNITY Conversation Will Discuss the Lessons of 9/11
- Darden College Receives $1.6M Grant to Train Behavioral Health Providers
- Register now for Forum for Excellence, ‘Through the Equity Lens,’ 9/23-24
- Navigating the Storm: Community Colleges’ Decision to Pivot to Virtual International Education in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
- The Great Disillusionment
- What’s in a first name?: America’s K-12 public school district superintendent gender gap
- Dr. Commodore to moderate a Presidential Session at ASHE 2021
- Congratulations to Dr. Goodman-Scott!
- Princeton Review Names ODU One of Best Colleges in Southeast
- Dr. Anderson’s Latest Publication Explores Workforce Experiences of Autistic Librarians
- New Faculty Join Library & Information Studies Program
- ODU MLIS Information Sessions
- Dr. Burns Receives VAASL School Library Educator of the Year
October 2021
- EFL Alumni Daphne Fulson Nominated for Teacher of The Year
- ODU Graduate Student Wins 2022 Virginia Teacher of the Year Award
- ODU will Help Light Up the Sixth Annual NEON Festival
- Dwight W. Allen, Longtime Education Professor and Champion of Educational Reform, Dies at 90
- Tammi Dice, Interim Dean of the Darden College, Wins Human Services Award
- HIED Ph.D. Candidate Wolayat Tabasum Niroo has a New Publication in the Journal Afghanistan.
- Dr. Linda Bol Publishes Article with SAGE Publishing and Educational Researcher
- ODU Hosts ‘Beach Girls Rock’ Virtual STEM Program
- We’re Hiring!
- Dr. Betts-Green Appointed Assistant Director of the Invisible Histories Project
- Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Conference
- Dr. Emily Goodman Scott & School Counseling
- SACES Awards
- ODU Designs its Second QEP: Information Fluency through Critical Reading
November 2021
- CCL Alum Dr. Kia Hardy Published in Journal
- ODU Researchers Receive $2.2 Million Grant to Help Train Teachers Working with English Learners
- Brooks Crossing Innovation Lab Partners with SAP Young Thinkers Program
- Dr. Emily Goodman Scott is in the ASCA School Counselor
- Check out Dr. Edirmanasinghe's brilliant article in Ed Trust
- Dr. Shana Pribesh Co-Authors New Study That Examines Child Behavior Issues
- Alumn Wins Outstanding Methodologist of the Year
- New Funding Initiative Aims to Enhance Research and the Libraries' Scholarly Collections
- ODU’s Fifth Annual Three-Minute Thesis Competition set for Nov. 30
- Dr. Elizabeth Burns Honored School Library Educator of the Year at VAASL
- Study Abroad Scholarship Winners
- ODU MLIS Student Brittany Bowser is Published in Knowledge Quest
- EFL Faculty & Student Publish New Article
December 2021
- Psychology Master’s Student Wins ODU’s Fifth Annual Three-Minute Thesis Competition
- Class of 2021: Darden College Senior Turns Trials into Triumphs as a First-Generation Graduate
- Class of 2021: ODU Degrees Fulfill a Childhood Dream – And Then Some – for Briana Caldwell
- Dr. Rachel White Awarded 2022 Faculty Innovator Grant
- Biochemistry Major, Who Aspires to Be a Physician, Named Outstanding University Scholar
- ODU STEM Education Students Deliver Handmade Toys to Kids at CHKD for the Holidays
