作者:大卫·辛普森
Old Dominion大学校长Brian O. Hemphill, Ph值.D., announced plans for a School of Data Science and an expanded baseball facility during his first State of the University address, 是他周五在查特威体育馆送的吗.
The University is in the final stages of submitting a proposal to the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia regarding the School of Data Science, 他说.
Through partnerships with Jefferson Lab and NASA Langley, researchers from these national labs will have ODU faculty status. 也, ODU faculty and students will have special access to these national lab collaborations and facilities.
"This is truly a win-win for ODU and our partners,亨普希尔总统说.
The baseball stadium project exists thanks to the generosity of several donors, including Priority Automotive President and CEO Dennis Ellmer, 谁给了2美元.500万年.
"ODU is honored that the expanded facility will be known as the Ellmer Family Baseball Complex,亨普希尔总统说. (参见相关报道.)
在进一步的声明中, the ODU leader said the University was in the first phase of a multiyear effort to increase stipend levels for graduate assistants. Master's students with teaching assistant duties will receive $15,000 -增加了5美元,000 - to support the institution's mission of teaching, 还有研究.
Stipends for doctoral students will increase from $15,000 to $20,000, 立即生效, 亨普希尔总统说.
Among other achievements he highlighted from the past year was ODU's designation in December 2021 as an R1 research university by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This placed ODU among the nation's top research institutions.
"This is a truly significant accomplishment and will forever change the future possibilities for our institution and our students,亨普希尔总统说.
但他的愿景更为宏大.
"We are truly committed to moving up among our R1 counterparts with a bold and aggressive agenda across all research areas, 特别强调海事, 沿海弹性, 海上风能, 数据科学, 网络安全, 自治系统和医疗保健."
在医疗保健方面, President Hemphill cited the University's expanded work with Eastern Virginia Medical School and a deepening collaboration with Sentara 健康care and other partners. 从2021年夏天开始, the entities have been meeting to explore the establishment of an academic health sciences center to address health disparities facing the region and its people, 亨普希尔总统说.
"A strategic integration between EVMS and ODU would result in an academic health sciences center that offers the highest number of academic programs and the largest enrollment in health sciences in the Commonwealth of Virginia,他说.
The proposed integration would strengthen and increase the workforce pipeline in Hampton Roads, 他说, 创造4美元的经济影响.弗吉尼亚90亿美元.
强调正在进行的其他倡议, President Hemphill updated the audience on construction of what he called "state-of-the-art facilities that create a learning environment that is second to none."
健康科学大楼, 一个超过7600万美元的资本项目, is taking shape at 41st Street and Monarch Way and is scheduled to be finished in summer 2023. The three-story building will house the School of Dental Hygiene, the School of Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of Medical Diagnostic and Translational Sciences.
在最近的立法会议期间, the University secured $188 million in project funding for a new Biology Building. 有160多个,5000平方英尺，横跨五层楼, 它计划于2026年完工, replacing the Mills Godwin Life Sciences Building.
关于体育运动, President Hemphill spoke about the "new era" Old Dominion entered in July of this year when it joined the Sun Belt Conference.
“对于ODU, the conference movement was always about providing the very best experience for our student-athletes as well as our fans,他说. "We are honored to join the Sun Belt and look forward to a great deal of collaboration and competition in our inaugural season and beyond."
亨普希尔总统还说:
- 表彰近300名学员, faculty and staff for serving on 12 groups that crafted a five-year strategic plan for the University. The final plan will go to the Board of 访问ors in December, 他说.
- 祝贺ODU的弗吉尼亚建模, Analysis and 模拟 Center for 25 years as an academic center of excellence in modeling and simulation to support critical research related to the U.S. 国防部.
- Cited the School of 网络安全 for its recent designation as a National Security Agency Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.
- Praised 13 网络安全 students being inducted into ODU's Cyber LeADERS program.
- Applauded the work of two task forces: ODU Online and Branding, Marketing and Communication. 他们的建议, 他说, will come to life under the leadership of two vice presidents, Nina Rodriguez Gonser in Digital 学习 and Jaime Hunt in University Communications.