About University Events

Mission

To plan and administer all major university events, conferences and public functions in a manner that enhances the image of Old Dominion University to its many constituencies.

Means of Implementation

• University Events continually presents Old Dominion University in the manner consistent with the University mission

• Identify creative public relations and marketing opportunities, through events and functions, to showcase initiatives, programs, and personnel

• Conceptualize and identify appreciation opportunities to faculty, staff and students

Annual Events

• Allied Command Transformation/Old Dominion University Conference

• Board of Visitors functions

• Commencement (Spring and Fall)

• Faculty Awards and Retirement Dinner

• Faculty Welcome Back

• Faculty/Staff Holiday Party

• Founders' Day

• Illumination

• Marc and Connie Jacobson Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Lecture Series

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance

• President's Lecture Series

• State of the University Address

• Student Awards Dinner

• Veterans Day Observance

• Waldo Family Lecture on International Relations