大卫·F. 哈纳格计算机和数据中心

的 大卫·F. 哈纳格计算机和数据中心 on the 4th floor of the 工程 and 计算科学楼 is the hub of technology at ODU, 所有ITS系统全天候监控, 大批量印刷中心和OpScan分级.

2009年，该设施以奥巴马的名字命名. Harnage in recognition of his many contributions to technology and infrastructure at ODU. As associate vice president for computing services (the role that brought him to Norfolk in 1985), he positioned the University for significant growth and rapid change in information technology through major infrastructure investments and development in distributed computing and networking technologies.

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As CIO and vice president in the '80s and '90s, Mr. Harnage provided the foundation for ODU's computing infrastructure and research computing efforts. His partnership with Control Data Corporation resulted in a grant of more than a half-million dollars for a super-minicomputer and software package. CDC 830(图为与Mr. Harnage in 1987) supported engineering faculty utilizing finite element analysis for research.

是先生。. Harnage's vision that high-powered resources be available and accessible to the entire campus. 在他的指导下, computer labs were launched in Webb Center and the Education Building, 结合计算, 印刷能力和咨询服务. Local area network resources were made available across campus, and through the Virginia Education and 研究 Network collaborative, 校园连上了互联网.

此外,先生. Harnage oversaw the implementation of a complete administrative software suite in a record 14 months; led a partnership among researchers, IT staff and Sun Microsystems to bring a Top 500 supercomputer to the University in the late 90s; and transformed business activities by overseeing the development and adoption of standard business processes that resulted in clean financial and IT audits.

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Mr. Harnage is widely known as the force behind the dramatic transformation of the physical campus. A visionary who oversaw numerous improvements to the grounds and physical plant, he managed projects that ranged from the creation of green spaces to new academic buildings to the planning for the University Village and Ted Constant Convocation Center. He is responsible for the University's signature brick wall, 考夫曼购物中心的绿化, including the placement of the University seal and fountain, 以及校园里的几个大学花园.

Mr. Harnage led an ambitious expansion when ODU acquired more than 70 acres east of Hampton Boulevard and built the University Village. He is also overseeing the University's current master plan, organizing and developing the limited physical space of campus in support of the University's future goals and growth.

His passion for ODU (and details) can be seen in the architecture he's had a hand in over the years, 包括工程部 & 计算科学楼, the Student 娱乐 Center, and the Kate and John R. Broderick 餐厅 Commons, and the 达顿教育学院 & 专业研究大楼.

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Mr. Harnage left the university in 2000, but returned in 2011 as Chief Operating Officer.

In addition to the development of buildings and technology, he has a heart for developing people. Possessing an uncanny ability to connect with people and to connect people with each other, he pours himself into others as he encourages others to do the same. He recently started a student mentoring program that pairs undergraduate students with executive staff members to share experiences and provide advice, and was instrumental in the launch of the ODU 创新 Center, which provides collaboration space and services to area entrepreneurs.

Mr. Harnage's support of academics and research computing has never wavered. He allows the core mission of the university to set his priorities, 然后着手实现这些目标. 他挑战ODU追求卓越, encouraging the best from those around him because of his firm commitment to the mission of the University and his wholehearted belief in the value of those around him.