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Tidewater Police Academy

The Tidewater Police Academy was a regional police academy that took place on the Old Dominion University (ODU) campus in the 1960s and 1970s. The program consisted of courses and lectures dealing with all aspects of law enforcement. The academy seems to have been phased out at ODU in the early 1980s. History The first… read more »

Vice President for Research

The Vice President for Research is one of the vice presidents at Old Dominion University (ODU). The vice president is responsible for the Office of Research, which supports faculty research across all the colleges and research centers. The office also oversees research compliance, commercialization, and grand development. Some of the strategic initiatives that the Office… read more »

Graduate School

The Graduate School is one of the academic colleges and schools at Old Dominion University (ODU). The Graduate School oversees the development of all the graduate courses at ODU. The school was established in July 2016 and is currently housed in Monarch Hall. History While the Graduate School was established in 2016, graduate programs at… read more »

School of Data Science

The School of Data Science is one of the academic colleges and schools at Old Dominion University (ODU). The school is a partnership between ODU, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Laboratory (JLAB), and NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC). The school includes more than 150 faculty from a variety of disciplines such as computer science, mathematics, education,… read more »

Ellmer School of Nursing

The Ellmer School of Nursing is one of the schools at Old Dominion University (ODU). The school, which offers a variety of undergraduate, graduate, and licensure programs, is located in the ODU Virginia Beach Center. History ODU first offered a program in nursing in 1962, and the following year, a department of nursing was established… read more »

Joint School of Public Health

The Joint School of Public Health is one of the schools at Old Dominion University (ODU). The school is housed at ODU but is a collaboration between ODU and Norfolk State University). The ONE School of Public Health, as it will be known, offers collaborative degree programs leading to a Master of Public Health and… read more »

School of Cybersecurity

The School of Cybersecurity is one of the three schools that are overseen by the Dean of Interdisciplinary Schools at Old Dominion University (ODU). ODU currently offers a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in cybersecurity. The school is interdisciplinary in nature and reports to the Office of Academic Affairs. The school is… read more »

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Recipients

The Fulbright Program offers students and scholars the opportunity to study, teach, do research, and exchange ideas in more than 160 countries. Old Dominion University (ODU) has participated in the program as far back as 1966. ODU Fulbright Scholars 1966-1969 1966-1967: William Schellings, Discipline: History, Host: University of Tokyo (Japan) 1970-1979 1971-1972: Harold Wilson, Discipline:… read more »

Edward Gwathmey

Edward Gwathmey became the second director of the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary in September 1932 after the resignation of H. Edgar Timmerman. Gwathmey was an English professor at William & Mary. His tenure as director of the division was brief as he resigned in December 1932 to become president of… read more »

Charles Duke

Charles Duke served as the fourth director of the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, from 1941 to 1946, after the resignation of William T. Hodges. A Norfolk native and graduate of William & Mary in 1923, Duke served as the bursar at the Williamsburg campus while serving as director in Norfolk…. read more »

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