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Governor’s budget contains positive news for ODU BY STEVE DANIEL While it remains to be seen what the General Assembly will do in response to Gov. Mark Warner’s proposed 2004-06 executive budget, for now the news is good for Old Dominion and gives President Roseann Runte and her administrative team cause to be hopeful. Under Warner’s budget, ODU would receive the largest allocation of any college or university in Virginia, $17.2 million over the biennium in combined general and non-general funds. Warner’s budget, submitted Dec. 17 to the joint money committees of the House and Senate, reflects his commitment to address base adequacy funding inequities among the state’s public colleges, universities and community colleges. According to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Old Dominion gets only 79 percent of the money it needs to operate. Overall, $111.7 million was allocated to state schools to address base adequacy issues, with Old Dominion’s share amounting to 15 percent. These funds, Runte said, were based on a variety of factors, including enrollment growth, base operating funds, degree completion and research. As set forth in the governor’s budget, ODU would receive $4.8 million in general funds and $2 million in non-general funds in 2004-05 and an additional $6.4 million in general funds and $4 million in non-general funds the following fiscal year. Although the governor’s budget did not address ODU’s request for funds to add 10,000 new students by the end of the decade, a university-proposed initiative to help address the large influx of Virginia college-age students in the coming years, Runte was nevertheless pleased at the prospect of having enough money to bolster the ranks of faculty and staff and to purchase more materials for the libraries. “I cannot begin to tell you what it will mean to this institution – to our students, faculty and staff – if we are able to realize this type of funding support over the biennium. Obviously, we need to recognize that this funding is dependent on the adoption of this budget,” Runte said in a letter last month to the university community, which she sent out shortly after the release of Gov. Warner’s budget. It is a budget based to a great degree on Warner’s proposal to increase state taxes, which was meeting some opposition prior to the Jan. 14 opening of the legislative session. As it now stands, however, Warner’s budget also provides for a $403,000 allocation to fund access to the National LambdaRail initiative, which would provide critically needed high-speed network infrastructure for the next generation of research at the state’s research universities. ODU, one of several institutions pushing for this initiative, is in partnership with Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, George Mason, Virginia Commonwealth and William and Mary. Additionally, under the governor’s budget, Old Dominion would receive a boost in financial aid dollars, based on student need, and an increase in its maintenance reserve fund. In the area of capital allocations, Warner has proposed nearly $400 million statewide for construction, renovation and equipment maintenance. “Our capital allocation of $6.9 million would allow for the expansion of TELETECHNET in community colleges across the state and we would also receive $171,000 in general funds and four positions for the Engineering and Computational Sciences Building,” Runte said. Further, ODU would receive $11 million in capital funds for a Systems Research Building and $1 million for improvements to 43rd Street, if a revenue enhancement plan is adopted. As part of his proposed budget, Warner is calling for a 3 percent pay increase for state employees and faculty effective Nov. 25, 2005. Classified employees who received an “extraordinary contributor” rating would be entitled to an additional 1 percent salary increase. There would be modest increases in the cost for health care under the Warner plan. Starting July 1, 2004, the cost of basic family coverage would increase by $14 per month, while individual employee coverage would rise by $4 monthly. In her Dec. 17 letter to the campus community, Runte said, “The fact that the governor heard our plea to review base adequacy is significant. I cannot thank him and his staff enough for recognizing this disparity that has existed far too long at Old Dominion.” Back to top
Eric Sheppard of Elkridge, Md., a descendant of Moses Grandy, the subject of the famous book “The Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America,” will be the guest speaker. Sheppard was among a group of Grandy’s descendants who gathered last year for a family reunion to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the book’s publication. An official ODU proclamation marking the anniversary will be read, as will the text of the Emancipation Proclamation. The program, which was rescheduled from last September, the 140th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, is free and open to the public. Sheppard is the chairman and co-founder of Slave Descendants Freedom Society Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist individuals and organizations with genealogy research training and awareness, developing empowerment initiatives and promoting recognition programs for slaves’ contributions in building America. He is also the author of a recent book, “Ancestor’s Call.” Sheppard, who started doing family genealogy research in 1996, discovered the “Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy,” which was published in 1843 by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Last year, he co-organized the first Grandy Family Reunion, held in Chesapeake, Va., and Camden, N.C. More than 140 family members and friends from around the country came together for the first time to pay tribute to the life of their ancestor. Sheppard is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and spent a combined 15 years working for the Department of Defense as an active-duty airman and later as a civilian employee. Back to top Monarch Family Weekend kicks off Jan. 30 “Parents and family members of students will be on campus Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 for Monarch Family Weekend, sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and Leadership (OSAL). A full schedule of activities is planned, from campus tours and a reception hosted by President Roseann Runte to a “Sampling of the Arts” and a presentation on academics by each of the colleges. “This is a special opportunity to become better acquainted with the Old Dominion University campus and all it has to offer,” said Dana Burnett, vice president for student services. Visitors can also attend open houses sponsored by the University Chaplains Association, a Greek community carnival, a “Cultural Explosions” presentation by the Office of Multicultural Student Services and a men’s basketball game the evening of Jan. 31. Following the game, OSAL will roll out the red carpet and treats for a Mardi Gras-style party in Webb Center, complete with blackjack, bingo and more, where participants can play for fake cash and win prizes. The final event for the weekend is a Lady Monarch basketball game at 2 p.m. Feb. 1. For a complete schedule of events visit www.odu.edu/family weekend. Back to top
The college will be honored for its work in improving the quality of life in the campus community through a series of health fairs, working with public-housing residents who have children with asthma and assisting families without health insurance. Awards recognize community leaders and organizations that promote a positive image, exemplify community service and demonstrate the values that model those of King. The breakfast is co-sponsored by Old Dominion. Back to top Economic Outlook Conference is Jan. 21 Mark Zandi, chief economist and co-founder of the Pennsylvania-based economic consulting firm RFA, will be the featured speaker at the Economics Club of Hampton Roads’ Annual Economic Outlook Conference Jan. 21. Co-sponsored by the College of Business and Public Administration, the conference will be held from 10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in downtown Norfolk. Due to limited space, reservations are required. The cost of the luncheon is $30 for nonmembers. Old Dominion professors Vinod Agarwal, Mohammad Najand and Gilbert Yochum will present their regional economic forecast during the event. As chief economist of RFA, Zandi directs research and consulting activities, and contributes to the analysis of national and regional economic events and trends. His research interests include macroeconomics, as well as financial, industrial and regional economics. His recent work includes studies of the determinants of personal bankruptcy and the impact of globalization and technological changes on real estate markets. His articles have been published in journals such as The RREEF Funds Strategic Outlook, Journal of Lending and Credit Risk Management, and Regional Financial Review. Thomas Schievelbein, president of Northrop Grumman Newport News, will speak at the Economics Club luncheon on Feb. 11. For more information or reservations call 683-4058. Back to top
Boles’ research was ranked 65th among the year’s top 100 discoveries in a recent issue of Discover. His article “True Navigation and Magnetic Maps in Spiny Lobsters” was published in the Jan. 2, 2003, issue of Nature. Back to top RTS student honored Arlana Fauntleroy of Williamsburg, a student in the Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, received the 2003 Outstanding New Professional Award from the Virginia Recreation and Park Society. Fauntleroy attends ODU part time and works for the James City County Parks and Recreation Department. The award is given in recognition of new professionals for outstanding commitment and achievements in the parks and recreation field. Back to top
Doctoral students from the colleges of Health Sciences and Business and Public Administration provided text for the posters. Both posters, “Teaching Food Safety to Culinary Students” and “Predictors of Mental Health Status Among Women Over the Age of 35 Co-residing with Children Under 18,” were peer-reviewed and presented at the 131st annual meeting of the APHA in San Francisco Nov. 15-19. Back to top
Students can register to win a $1,000 study abroad grant and a round-trip ticket to London. Information will be available on new scholarships for study abroad students and the upcoming Summer Break Programs. Faculty who are leading summer programs this year and exchange students who have recently studied abroad or are currently enrolled at ODU will be on hand to answer questions. Back to top
McEachron was named First-Team All-American for his role in ODU’s stellar defense this season. His selection marks the first time a Monarch has been named a First Team All-American since Tim Borer in 1985. Vendegh, who participates in the Major League Soccer Player Combine this month, was named to the Second Team, his first All-America selection. McEachron was also named First Team All-American by College Soccer News, while Vendegh was Third Team. ODU coach Alan Dawson was named the 2003 NSCAA/Adidas NCAA Division I-South Atlantic regional coach of the year, his first such honor at the Division I level. Dawson was previously named the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year for the third time in the past five years. ODU amassed a 15-4-1 overall record (6-2-1 in the CAA) and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Men’s College Cup for the second consecutive year, before bowing to No. 2 seed Maryland, 2-1. Back to top
The monitors – located in the center cafeteria, the food court, directly above the Campus Information Center desk, outside the University Bookstore, at the entrance to the Retro Room, near the Cyber Café and outside the Hampton/Newport-News Room – broadcast AXIS-TV, which displays the daily Webb Center event schedule from 8 a.m. to midnight. Organizations or departments wishing to post an advertisement should e-mail a completed PowerPoint slide to axistv@odu.edu. The name or title of the event/department should be included in the subject line of the e-mail. Requests should be sent three business days before the day the ad should be displayed. Advertisements will run for a maximum of 10 business days. For more information contact Andrew Donahoe at awdonaho@odu.edu. Back to top
The President’s Lecture Series resumes with three presentations in the coming weeks. All will begin at 8 p.m. in the Mills Godwin Jr. Building auditorium. P. David Pearson will give the Parsons Foundation Early Childhood Lecture, titled “The Politics of Reading Pedagogy: The Role of Research in Shaping National, State and Local Reading Policy and Practices,” Jan. 29. Pearson is dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and a faculty member in the school’s language and literacy program. His current research, as a principal investigator for the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement, focuses on issues of reading instruction and reading assessment policies and practices at all levels – local, state and national. He has written and co-edited several books about research and practice, most notable being the “Handbook of Reading Research,” now in its third volume, and most recent, an edited volume with Barbara Taylor on “Effective Schools and Accomplished Teachers.” On Feb. 5, the Rev. Edwin King will deliver the Distinguished Presidential Lecture in History, “Opening Mississippi and America: Racism, Freedom Summer and the Freedom Democratic Party, 1964-2004.” The lecture is in conjunction with the history department’s Black History Month observance. A leading civil rights activist in Mississippi in the 1960s, King helped to open the state’s “closed society” in his mission to liberate Mississippi from a heritage of hate and violence in race relations. Historian John Dittmer has written that King was “the most visible white activist in the Mississippi [civil rights] movement, and he paid a heavy price for honoring his convictions.” King was arrested and jailed, beaten and even hospitalized. He was a leading organizer of Freedom Summer in 1964, and recruited students at northern colleges and universities to spend the summer working for civil rights in Mississippi. Among others, he worked with Medgar Evers, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. On Feb. 12, author Gail Buckley will be on campus for the President’s Lecture Series. Her talk, also scheduled for 8 p.m. in the MGB auditorium, is titled, “Black America at War: From George Washington to George Bush.” Her first book, “The Hornes: An American Family,” is a history of Buckley’s mother, music legend Lena Horne, and her family. Buckley traces the Hornes’ roots from the Civil War Reconstruction era to the present day, writing with insight about a family with ties to every major event in the United States over the past 150 years. Buckley is known as a chronicler of “undiscovered American history” – the people and events that are left out of the textbooks. Her latest work, 15 years in the making, is “American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm,” which chronicles one of the untold aspects of American history in a dramatic and moving tribute. At the podium, Buckley brings some of America’s unheralded patriots to life. In a presentation that has been described as “brilliant and intimate,” “thoughtful and entertaining,” she illuminates the moving and inspirational human stories of people determined to overcome obstacles. Buckley was nominate for an NAACP Image Award and received the 2002 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for “American Patriots.” “The Hornes” became an American Masters documentary, and she narrated a documentary on black American families for PBS. Back to top
Designation of the title recognizes outstanding teachers. Recipients are given $2,500 per year of discretionary funds to support their professional development for the four years following their appointment. Other changes to the policy included enlarging the selection committee and stipulating that each nominee shall ordinarily teach a minimum of “one undergraduate course per year,” rather than “three courses per year with a total of at least 300 student credit hours per year averaged over the past three years,” as had been the policy. In other action, the board voted to approve a name change for the Graduate Center for Urban Studies and Public Administration to the Department of Urban Studies and Public Administration. According to Provost Tom Isenhour, the change was proposed because USPA has been functioning as an academic department and therefore should have departmental status. The board also approved a name change from the Department of Military Science to the Department of Military Science and Leadership. The change was requested because the Army ROTC program has developed a new curriculum that is better represented by the word “leadership” in the department title. Also, the university recently approved a minor in military leadership that is offered in the department. Back to top
The Hourly and Classified Employees Association’s Thanksgiving food drive helped more than 90 ODU families, the most ever. HACE’s Spirit of the Holidays party was attended by more than 60 employees’ families who enjoyed food, face painting and more, and whose children received a nice gift from Santa. None of this could have been possible without your generous and thoughtful help. Thank you Old Dominion for helping us take care of our own! – Phyllis Fryer Brown
The fellowships, administered by the ODU Research Foundation, provide funds and a small expense account to support research or scholarly activities for an eight-week period during the summer. Funding for the program comes from indirect costs recovered from sponsored program awards to the university for faculty activities. “We are extremely proud of the quality of the research that was proposed by our faculty this year,” said Robert Ash, interim vice president for research. “The Scholarly Activity and Research Committee is commended for the thoroughness of its review and for providing helpful guidance to its colleagues. “This summer, we will be investing in scholarly activity ranging from studying the relationship between democratic governance and economic output through quantifying how simple biological organisms can reduce beach erosion during hurricanes.” Nineteen research proposals were submitted. Recipients of this year’s fellowships are:
The funding, though small by granting-agency standards, was timely and helped him take his research to the next level. “I am very encouraged with the results from my research this summer. The fellowship enabled me to focus my efforts and make good progress,” said Williams, who joined Old Dominion in 2002 from Stanford University Medical Center where he was a postdoctoral research fellow. “The results from my research will not only form the basis of several manuscripts, but will also provide a foundation from which I can foster research collaborations and effectively compete for future funding.” As research on the human genome project produces large amounts of information about the atomic makeup of individual molecules, methods for determining how the atoms within molecules arrange themselves to form three-dimensional structures become critical. “The determination of molecular structure is critical for many pursuits in biology and medicine, including the study of biomolecular function and the design of drugs to remove, modify or enhance this function,” Williams said. Williams’ novel computer algorithm for estimating three-dimensional molecular structure, called GNOMAD, has proven accurate for determining separation distances between pairs of atoms in a molecule. Over the summer, Williams focused initially on integrating secondary structure elements of molecules into the GNOMAD code. He developed a method for accurately and efficiently constraining the dihedral angle of the group of atoms that determines secondary structure in protein molecules. “Adding constraints to a nonlinear optimization algorithm typically hinders global convergence, so it was encouraging to see that the new method actually serves to aid in global convergence,” said Williams. An article on his project is under review by the Journal of Computational Biology and a manuscript on reduced atomic representation for proteins is being considered for the International Conference for Mathematics in Biology and Medicine in Ann Arbor, Mich., this year. Williams is also preparing a proposal for a National Institutes of Health program, “Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology,” which could result in a $100,000 grant. This would allow him to continue his work in protein structure prediction and apply his methods to RNAstructure prediction. Researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical School have expressed interest in his RNA modeling and he hopes to develop a collaboration with them. – Michelle Nery
“This is a high honor and brings great recognition to Old Dominion University and the College of Sciences,” said Dean Richard Gregory. Each year, no more than half of 1 percent of the current membership of APS are recognized by their peers for election to the status of fellow. Those previously honored from ODU are Anatoly Radyushkin, Rocco Schiavilla, Lepsha Vuskovic, Mark Havey and Colm Whelan. Van Orden was nominated “for contributions to the understanding of relativistic effects in few- and many-body nuclei with particular emphasis on covariant calculations of the electromagnetic properties of the deutron.” Van Orden, who splits his research time between the Nuclear Physics Group at ODU and the CEBAF Center at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, joined the physics department in 1990. His contributions to the field of nuclear physics have influenced fundamental research worldwide. Present understanding of nuclei with two and three bodies is largely dependent on his work. His predictions form the basis for many of the most important experiments at the Jefferson Lab. Back to top
To be held at the Ted Constant Convocation Center, the event is designed to highlight research across the six academic colleges, promote collaboration and multidisciplinary research, attract students to ODU’s graduate programs and introduce corporate partners to research at the university. It will be open to the public. “This is an opportunity to celebrate the research enterprise in a highly visible, public forum that will bring the local community to a new understanding of the role of research in our daily lives,” said Polly Newlon, director of research development. For details about submitting a poster, faculty may contact their department chair or Newlon at pnewlon@odu.edu or 683-3707. Back to top
President Runte, distinguished members of the faculty, students, friends: I cannot begin to thank you how grateful I am – and how sorry – sorry for not being able to be with you and share in your joy as well as in your pride. But I hope you also know how deeply grateful I am for the honor you have chosen to bestow upon me today. It means so much to me – and one day I will do my best to come to Old Dominion and tell you why. But you are there. And that is more important. As you are about to say farewell to one another, after four long years of searching for ways in which to live in a new century already filled with political and social convulsions, do take a moment just to wonder: what have you learned from one another? First of all, you have learned to listen. Isn’t that the basis for all that matters in what constitutes “human exchange?” In listening, we pierce each other’s solitude. Not to hear another person’s pleas for compassion or understanding is to impoverish oneself. Not to show concern is to be diminished. “Thou shall not stand idly by, for I am the Lord” is to me one of the most sublime commandments of Scripture. It governs my life. The creator himself does not stand idly by. He is present in history. Job’s fear is not that God may be unjust but that he may be indifferent. And if there is anything at all that one discovers in religious faith, it is that God is not a stranger to his creation. “How then,” you may ask, “is one to comprehend, let alone justify, the suffering, the persecutions, the infinite variety of injustices, all willed by human beings upon other human beings?” When you entered this marvelously inspired institution, the 20th century had just neared its end. Remember? Hannah Arendt called it the most violent century in history. And what a century it was! Two totalitarian ideologies produced atheistic religions – Naziism and communism – causing Evil which acquired unprecedented power; two world wars and their 60 million victims, the Gulag on one hand and Auschwitz on the other, civil wars, racial wars, religious wars, ethnic wars. How could the Jew in me, after all that we have discovered from reading memoirs or listening to witnesses about the murder of more than 1 million children, still have faith in the humanity of the human being? Where did we go wrong in history? Whenever I am faced with difficult questions, I go back to biblical texts. I love them. To explore certain appropriate passages and find layers of commentaries, visions and interpretations left there by generations of scholars and their pupils, remain to me a source of inexhaustible curiosity and joy, for they all speak to us, addressing our present concerns and dilemmas. What does the story of Cain and Abel convey to us? First, that their parents were poor pedagogues with no sense for family education. They should have intervened in their children’s quarrels. But they didn’t. And so, one became a murderer, and the other, a victim. Thus we now know that brothers can become mortal enemies: Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Ireland and Bosnia. But above all we should realize that whoever kills, kills his own brother. Religious texts are not the only ones you have studied. Plato’s description of Socrates’ trial and punishment is a great lesson of the singular relationship that exists between teacher and disciple. Socrates had a choice between death and exile. He chose death. He understood, as many stateless and homeless persons do today, that exile could very well be harsher than death. From the prophets we learn that for the sake of justice and truth, one may and occasionally must, speak truth to power. Power is temporary, truth is eternal. Eternal also is the human quest for truth and peace. There is no beauty in war. War is always cruel, forever ugly, destroying life. War grants victory to death alone. Why can’t good, decent and sensitive people understand that? Is it because of their hatred towards their fellow humans? What is hate? How is it produced? And once it’s there, how can it be unmasked and then eliminated? Soon you will leave this house of learning and enter the outside world. Often, more often than not, you will wish you could still be here with your teachers and friends. There is so much violence outside. Bitterness: Danger: Perplexity: when confronting the consequences of racism, bigotry and fanaticism. Why are there so many violent conflicts on our small planet? Why the daily assassinations in Iraq, why so much bloodshed in Israel? Why has society allowed suicide terrorists to dominate the national and international agenda with their absurd and horrifying acts against defenseless civilians, including little children and their mothers? What will convince the international community to declare that suicide terrorism is a crime against humanity? What is the answer to unjust power? You will try to answer moral questions. Is our country right in waging war? Is neutrality ever an option? Has racism vanished from our horizon? If not, why not? Who is to be thanked for the recent improvement in Christian-Jewish relations? Will it affect our connection with Islam? You will be looking for explanations. Search for them not only in newspapers but also in books. Remember, young friends, Romeo and Juliet is a story not of love but of hatred. Remember, hatred has unforeseen consequences. It spreads like cancer from limb to limb, from person to person, from people to people. And what is the meaning of all that you have just heard? Whatever one may say about life is in life. And learning about life is as sacred as life itself. Hence my passion for learning. I am defined by its power as well as by its dazzling possibilities. Did it help me survive certain apocalyptic events that marked my life? Often I am asked by brilliant students: what enabled me to survive the darkness that long ago had engulfed the universe and the human heart? I don’t offer any answer; I have none. But to me and to some of my peers the real question is a different one: what helped me save my sanity after the war? Logically, medically speaking, we who have seen the frailty of man on one hand and the cruelty of man on the other, should have yielded to madness. What was there in my soul that saved my sanity? To this question I do have an answer: it was my passion for learning. The moment I arrived in an orphanage in France, I reopened a Talmudic tractate and continued to study ancient laws and tales about the temple in Jerusalem and God’s love for his people – and all people are his. When I was your age, students, I had many questions. I still have them. But I will not allow them to become a wall between us. I favor doors and windows. Walls are for prisons. I celebrate freedom. To be free is essential, but to help others gain freedom is even more rewarding. That applies to all intellectual endeavors endowed with ethical resolve. Both ethos and logos imply the existence of “the other.” Remember, God alone is alone. Human beings are not alone and must never be. And to the prisoner in his prison, to the patient in her hospital bed, to the hungry mother in Africa who cannot feed her emaciated child, we must say in our own words: “You are not alone.” The key word remains: “Remember.” Again with my profound gratitude, I wish you a future filled with learning, peace, fervor and hope. Back to top
Old Dominion has unveiled a new program guaranteeing the quality and preparedness of its teacher education graduates. “Old Dominion University’s Teacher Education Graduates are Ready to Teach” was announced at the Dec. 12-13 Board of Visitors meeting and is effective immediately. “Old Dominion is able to issue this guarantee because of the university’s commitment to excellence in education preparation and because of the quality of students ODU attracts to teaching careers,” said William Graves, dean of the Darden College of Education. “We are pleased to issue the guarantee because of what it means for our graduates and Virginia schools.” The program guarantees its graduates’ preparedness for the first two years of teaching after graduation from Old Dominion and receipt of the university’s recommendation for initial licensure in Virginia. The university will “take back” any teacher who has been mentored by the employing school division according to the Guidelines for Mentor Teacher Programs for Beginning and Experienced Teachers of Virginia and who has been identified by a school division as having less than acceptable performance in a classroom. Old Dominion will provide the teacher with additional preparation at no cost to the teacher or the school division. While several schools around the country have begun offering such guarantees, ODU’s program is only the second such program in Virginia, with the University of Virginia offering a similar warranty. Under the program, Old Dominion guarantees that its graduates:
The Darden College of Education is among the top producers of teachers in Virginia. Back to top
He retired in 1988 after 31 years as a faculty member in the health and physical education department. Robinson started ODU’s highly successful wrestling program, which he coached from 1957 to 1983. He developed three individual national champions, 12 Division II All-Americans and four Division I All-Americans. He retired with a 172-133-7 record. Three of Robinson’s wrestlers, Carl Ragland ’70, Wayne Bright ’71 and Terry Perdew ’75, won NCAA Division II national championships. ODU won the NCAA East Regional title in 1981-82. Respected nationally for his coaching, Robinson served as a member of the NCAA National Rules Committee and as director for several postseason tournaments. He also coached golf at Old Dominion for 13 years. His most outstanding golfer was J.P. Leigh, who earned College Division All-America honors in 1969. Robinson was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame as well as the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his lifetime achievements in coaching. A native of Greenwood, Miss., he was a graduate of Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School and Springfield (Mass.) College. He received a master of education degree from the College of William and Mary. Robinson was a Navy veteran of World War II. Robinson was a member of Town-N- Gown and a former president of the Faculty Emeriti Association. He was a member, deacon emeritus, trustee and former Sunday School teacher at Larchmont Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Wilma Salmon Robinson; his daughters Evelyn S. Robinson of Norfolk and Ann Robinson Perez of Atlanta; and his son Thomas M. “Bill” Robinson of Virginia Beach. Memorial donations may be made to the wrestling program in care of the Office of Development. Back to top
Anderson is renowned for a great diversity of musical activities over the past 20 years, including highly acclaimed performances with a variety of ensembles and music festivals in the U.S. and abroad. Directed by pianist Andrey Kasparov, assistant professor of music, Creo includes mezzo-soprano Lisa Relaford Coston, clarinetist F. Gerard Errante, pianist Oksana Lutsyshyn and percussionist David Walker. They perform works composed after 1945. Tickets may be purchased in advance (683-5305) or at the door. The cost is $15 for general admission; $10 for ODU faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-ODU students; and $5 for ODU students. Back to top
The program will feature the winners of this year’s ODU concerto competition and include works by Wagner, Rossini, Elgar and Bizet/Shchedrin. Musical selections will carry the theme of romance and love. Back to top
Artistic director of the professional touring company Foolery, McQuade will strip away the lavish settings and operatic sentiment that often accompany this poetic classic to focus on the clownish antics and wit that lie at the heart of Rostand’s story. The production will also represent Old Dominion at the Edinburgh International Festival this summer. Performances at the University Theatre will be: 8 p.m. Feb. 13, 14, 19-21 and 26-28; 2:30 p.m. Feb. 15, 22 and 29. Tickets are $8 for faculty, staff and non-ODU students; $5 for ODU students; and $10 for general admission. For advance tickets call 683-5305. Back to top
“Pair/Père” includes work by Anne Siems, courtesy of the David Lusk Gallery in Memphis, and Ohio University professor Benjy Davies. Siems, a German artist based in Seattle, works on a large format with oil on wax, or beeswax-coated paper. Her paintings explore duality and contrasting emotional and psychological natures. Davies’ lithographs and monoprints are self-referential and narrative, balancing topics such as parenting and work. The University Gallery, 350 W. 21st St., Norfolk, is open noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Back to top Computing Corner: Create your MIDAS ID now for portal access By Connie Merriman Manager, OCCS Customer Service and Information Support With the upcoming release of “myODU,” the university portal, it is essential for faculty and staff to create their MIDAS ID and password now. MIDAS (Monarch IDentification and Authorization System) was developed as part of a long-range goal to streamline access to computing resources at Old Dominion. MIDAS is the first step in progressing toward “same sign on,” which will allow an individual to have the same user ID and password for most of the university’s networked systems. The portal, which has been discussed in this publication on several occasions, will be the first application to use the MIDAS ID and password. Other applications, including Novell (LAN), Blackboard, Lotus Notes, LIONS, wireless network access, open jacks and authenticated SMTP, will eventually be accessible via your MIDAS ID and password. Because there can be no duplicate MIDAS IDs, faculty and staff members are encouraged to create their MIDAS ID prior to the system being made available to students, which will be done in conjunction with the release of the portal. It is important that individuals act early to ensure they obtain an ID that matches or closely matches their first choice. The MIDAS ID and password are created online via the MIDAS Web page at http://midas.odu.edu. The option is available to choose one of your existing OCCS-managed account IDs or to create an entirely new ID. Your current university account IDs have been reserved for you and cannot be taken by another person. In addition to creating your ID, the MIDAS registration process allows you to create your own password. A set of security questions you answer as part of the process establishes a personal security profile that will make it possible for you to obtain a new MIDAS password online, even if you do not know your current password. The MIDAS ID will be used only to log into applications and is independent of the university e-mail address used to send and receive e-mail. Breaking this linkage between login ID and university e-mail address provides greater account security and more flexibility on the format and length of e-mail addresses.
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