Web site policies, guidelines now available online
One of only 39 award recipients in 40 categories from more than 1,300 entries across the country, Old Dominion was recognized at the organization's Silver Anvil Evening June 14 in New York City. Winners were selected by panels of judges nationwide, which rated the entries based on planning, content, creativity, quality, technical excellence and results.
"This award clearly places Old Dominion at the national forefront in using technology to creatively address recruiting and admissions needs," said John R. Broderick, vice president for institutional advancement.
Developed in 1999, the university's Admissions CD was the first in Virginia and among the first in the country. A full multi-media computer CD no larger than a business card, it features a video greeting from former President James V. Koch, as well as audio greetings from the college deans. In addition to a full menu of information, the CD includes an automatic link to the university Web site, ensuring that information will always be current.
"Today's generation of teenagers are much more technologically savvy than their predecessors," Broderick said.
"They are well-versed in the many uses of computers, compact discs and the Internet. Since Old Dominion has championed the use of technology in the classroom and in its delivery of education, we decided it was time to take our admissions recruiting to the next stage. Sending these students an interactive CD is the perfect solution because they are more likely to pop a CD into their computer than sit down and leaf through a 40-page booklet."
Other Bronze Anvil Award recipients included Home Depot, Eastman Kodak, Anheuser-Busch, General Mills, Heinz North America/StarKist Seafood and Victoria's Secret.
Web site policies, guidelines now available online
Included on this site are three categories: Official Web Page Policies, which outlines the specific policies and guidelines for college, division, department, professional organization, program, student organization and faculty/staff pages; Editorial Style/Guidelines, which addresses topics such as introductions, citing university achievements and the official names of campus buildings; and Graphic Guidelines, which outlines specific policies for using the university's graphic identifiers and colors.
To access the policies and guidelines, go to www.odu.edu/home/secondary/www.html, or, from the university's home page, click on "Faculty and Staff" and then select "WWW Policies and Guidelines" beneath the "Procedures and Guidelines" heading.
Grad. Teaching Institute for GTAs is Aug. 21-22
Registration is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. Aug. 21 in the lobby of the Mills Godwin Jr. Life Sciences Building. The program will begin at 8 a.m.
The program on Aug. 22 will consist of three two-hour practice presentations. Each GTA must register in the MGB lobby for one of the sessions. The presentations begin at 8:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. All GTAs are required to attend, even if they took part in the Interim GTA Institute last January.
For more information call the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at 683-3460.
Additional Praxis exam scheduled on campus
Praxis Series assessments I and II will be administered. Anyone wishing to take the test Aug. 4 should register using a 2001-02 Praxis registration bulletin.
Because this is an additional testing date, applicants must write "Aug. 4, 2001" on the registration envelope and on Item 8 on the application sheet.
All registrations for the test must be received by Educational Testing Service by July 20. Praxis I and II registration bulletins are available outside room 152 in the Education Building.
For more information call 683-3238 or 683-6497 or visit room 166-9 in the Education Building.
Broderick named judge for Professor of Year program
The competition selects winners in four categories: baccalaureate colleges, community colleges, master's universities and colleges, and doctoral institutions. The winners will be announced at a reception hosted by USA Today in October.
Broderick previously served as a judge in 1998 and 1999.
Before coming to Old Dominion, Broderick was a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh. He teaches a public relations course each fall at Old Dominion.
Seminar on bioremediation with aquatic plants set for 10th
Bioremediation is the process by which living organisms act to degrade hazardous organic contaminants or transform hazardous inorganic contaminants to environmentally safe levels in soils, subsurface materials, water, sludges and residues.
The seminar will feature Professor Ibtassam Hamad, head of the botany department at Damascus University in Syria, who will discuss her research on the microbiology of polluted waters in an arid region and the role of aquatic plants in bioremediation.
Hamad and her husband Farouk Fares, who heads the soils department at Damascus University, are visiting Fulbright professors at Pennsylvania State University.
For more information call 683-3610.
Baseball's Jeff Eure chosen Academic All-American
He also was picked in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball draft June 5. The
Milwaukee Brewers selected him as a catcher.
Eure led the Monarchs with seven home runs and 40 runs batted in. He scored 43 times and had nine doubles. The junior hit .271 and started all 56 games at third base. As a sophomore, he hit .331 with eight homers and 60 RBIs.
