Old Dominion was recognized recently in Northern Virginia - by The Washington Post and The Washington Times. In a one-week period, the university's admissions CD-ROM and the newly opened Northern Virginia Center caught the attention of reporters in the nation's capital.
The innovative CD-ROM, a business card-size computer CD Old Dominion distributes to high school students and counselors, made the front page of The Washington Times Aug. 25 in an article about George W. Bush's presidential campaign using the same technology to spread its message.
The story points out that while the high-tech CD-ROMs are still a novelty, "they worked for Old Dominion University."
"Right now, this is the cutting-edge way to recruit students," the story quotes John R. Broderick, vice president for institutional advancement, as saying.
The Northern Virginia Center, which opened for classes Aug. 26 in Loudoun
County, was the focus of a front-page article in The Washington Post's "Back to
School" section. In the story, "New Area Campuses Bring Four-Year Degrees Home,"
student Mary Jo Gregory was quoted as saying, "ODU was the only one [nearby]
that had classes available and this is so convenient."
