If you, as a member of the faculty or staff, need to update your web directory listing, start with Monarch Profile Manager.

If you are not seeing changes to your profile reflected, you may need to clear your browser cache.

If you’ve cleared your cache and Monarch Profile Manager shows the correct information, but your listing on the website directory still shows errors or outdated info, submit a Website Edit Request at this link or visit the Web Innovations page and submit a ticket there.

Please note that changes to titles or departments must be pre-approved by HR before being updated on the website. Please email hrtransactions@odu.edu to request those changes.

Education credentials must be updated using the Faculty Activity System (FAS). Learn more about the FAS system. 

 

Use the UC News Form to submit recent honors or awards.

Reach out to ODU News and Media Relations for guidance

If the topic is time-sensitive or urgent, these contacts may be useful:

For awareness only, please notify Sam McDonald, the College’s director of communications, at  757-683-5717, about potential news media coverage.  Sam may be able to amplify media coverage through College social media channels.

Submit a news tip through this online form.

News and Media Relations does not require prior approval of opinion writing submitted to the news media. However, that team is available to assist with drafting, editing and submission. 

The News and Media Relations office recommends that writers include an end note saying, “This column expresses my thoughts and opinions only, not those of Old Dominion University’s administration, staff, or faculty.”

The College of Arts and Letters Weekly News email is sent most Monday mornings throughout the semester to the College’s faculty, staff, and graduate students as well as to key university communicators. It is distributed by the dean’s office under the supervision of Sam McDonald, Arts and Letters’ director of communications. The newsletter is intended to boost awareness of events taking place within the College.

To submit an item for the newsletter, event organizers submit details through an online submission form.

Here are steps and guidelines:

  1. To submit, fill out a submission form at this link. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. 
  2. The newsletter is sent to faculty, staff, graduate students, and student workers affiliated with the College of Arts and Letters. 
  3. Events should be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on the Tuesday of the week before an event. If submitted after that time, the event may not be included in the newsletter. Submitting an event many weeks ahead is encouraged. However, remember that for each edition of the newsletter, we prioritize events based on their timeliness.

Faculty, staff and students can submit announcements that are relevant to the University community by filling out a form. Faculty and staff announcements are posted automatically. 

Student announcements must be approved before they are shared. Posts can be active for up to three days.

The images displayed on screens seen near the main BAL entrances are managed by Sam McDonald, Arts and Letters’ director of communications.

These guidelines apply:

  1. The dean’s office exercises editorial judgment in what displays on the screens. When you submit a graphic, you are making a request. It’s useful to briefly explain the relevance and audience of your topic or event.
  2. Digital displays work best for long- to medium-term event promotion. If your event is days — not weeks — away, we ask you find another means to spread your message.
  3. Images should be JPGs files with the dimensions 1920 x 1080.
  4. Images should be no larger than 500 KB in file size.

Reach out to these contacts about adding content to digital displays:

Important note: People across the University who manage digital displays use apply different criteria and have different specifications for content. When reaching out, include a rationale about the relevance and audience of your topic or event and ask about the technical specifications needed.

The University encourages faculty and staff to use the Canva design website and provides access to an ODU Canva account for employees with an ODU email address. Some training is required to activate access. Canva was created to help those with little or no design experience create attractive posters, flyers, social media posts, invitations and newsletters.

To request use the Old Dominion University Canva account, please fill out a Canva request form. Be sure to use your ODU email address.

The ODU Communications Toolkit,  includes useful templates, logos and detailed guidance intended to promote use of University-approved design and style.

There, you can access:

  1. Logo standards
  2. Logo downloads
  3. Brand color and font guidance
  4. Zoom backgrounds
  5. Editorial Style Guide
  6. Request for Canva use
  7. Stationery and business card order forms
  8. The University’s brand book
  9. PowerPoint templates
  10. Logo request form

Request support by visiting the University Communications Forms website.

For major events, the University photo team posts images Bynder, the University’s digital asset management (DAM) platform. 
Learn how to get access to Bynder then access Bynder directly from the myODU page 

Submit events by visiting the College of Arts and Letters online calendar. Click the “Submit an Event” button to fill out the form. 
Here's where to find the Arts and Letters online events calendar.

Here's where to submit events to the University’s main online calendar.  Click the “Submit an Event” button to fill out the form. Here's where to find the main University events calendar.

The Arts and Letters dean’s office communicates through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. The accounts are managed by Sam McDonald, Arts and Letters’ director of communications. 
Many other social accounts are managed by departments, programs and organizations within the College. Sam maintains a list of Arts and Letters social accounts, so if you are starting a new one please message him.

Content on the College of Arts and Letters homepage, ODU.edu/arts-letters, is managed by Sam McDonald, the College’s director of communications. 

Departments and institutes within Arts and Letters manage the content for their own sections. Request content updates by contacting the University Web Team.

Contact Sam at if you’d like to discuss possible changes or improvements to a section of the website.

The University’s Editorial Style Guide details the University-endorsed approach to capitalization, academic titles, degrees, and other topics for writing related to the institution.

Email arts@odu.edu with your event title, date, time, location, descriptive blurb, and image or graphic if available. Please indicate whether ticketing is desired.

Please send information in PowerPoint slide format to Stephanie Morawo.

Visit the Find Your Advisor webpage.