September 19, 2003

News for Faculty, Staff, Students & Friends

Volume 33, No. 3

Headlines

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel is speaker for Dec. commencement Old Dominion tapped as one of Mid-Atlantic region’s best schools in Princeton Review guide Literary Festival opens on campus Sept. 29 ODU earns 10-year reaccreditation Faculty representatives chosen for Board of Visitors Va. universities combine forces for National LambdaRail Grant to address diversity in nurse practitioner training CRNA students achieve 100 percent pass rate “State of the Region” report to be published this month Prof brings “lean” concepts to shipbuilding apprentices Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding opens this fall Darden College of Education signs agreement with prestigious private school Perry celebrates 40th year as Federal Depository Library Study abroad: Exploring Inca Mysteries in Peru More news		Photos by Chuck Thomas Ahead of the storm More than 200 resident students boarded buses the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 17, headed for Longwood University in Farmville, as part of the university’s preparations for Hurricane Isabel. President Runte (inset) talks with some of the students prior to their departure. Classes were canceled through Friday in anticipation of the storm, which was expected to hit the area Thursday evening. Sarah Vowell, author and NPR commentator, to speak Oct. 2 Author and social observer Sarah Vowell, known for her monologues and commentaries on the National Public Radio program “This American Life,” will speak on campus at 8 p.m. Oct. 2 for the President’s Lecture Series. Full story College of Engineering named in honor of first rector, Frank Batten The Board of Visitors on Sept. 11 unanimously endorsed a university proposal to name the College of Engineering and Technology the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology “in recognition of Mr. Batten’s efforts to gain approval from the state for an engineering school at Old Dominion. The name also recognizes the generosity of the Batten family.” Full story

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