OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT RECEIVES CASE AWARD

Old Dominion University's Office of Development recently won a 2004 CASE/Wealth ID Award for Educational Fund Raising from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

The awards are given to exceptional colleges, universities, and independent schools from across the country based on their overall performance or overall improvement in fund raising. Old Dominion University was selected for the award based on overall improvement of fund raising over the past three years. Of the 274 colleges and universities that were considered for the award, Old Dominion University was one of only 37 chosen to receive the honor.

Institutions become eligible for the awards when they submit data to the Council for Aid to Education's Voluntary Support of Education survey for three consecutive years. This year there were 1,204 eligible institutions from K-12 and colleges and universitites.