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Position SpecificationOld Dominion UniversityNorfolk, VirginiaVice President for Administration and FinanceInstitutional OverviewFounded in 1930, Old Dominion University (ODU) is a public doctoral research university that enrolls25,000 students. The University’s main campus is situated on 251 acres in Norfolk, Virginia. Its in-statetuition and fees are 10,046; out-of-state tuition and fees are 27,026; and room and board is 9,824.The total endowment as of 2016 was 214 million.ODU’s eminent scholarship and its innovative and engaging teaching foster nationally recognizedprograms. Old Dominion faculty bring classrooms to life, and through the University’s award-winninginternship program, students apply their newfound knowledge at multinational corporations,governmental laboratories, or a variety of organizations around the globe. Students learn that adetermined entrepreneurial approach to problem solving drives cutting-edge research and strategicpartnerships with government, business, industry, organizations, and the arts. From idea to innovation toinvention, Old Dominion faculty and students are shaping the way they interact with their environment,giving voice to their experience and living in the coming years. Inside and outside the classroom, studentexperiences span borders, languages, and time. Cultures converge and viewpoints are respected. TheUniversity plans a major cultural addition with the opening in 2018 of the Barry Art Museum, madepossible by a 35 million gift, the largest in the University's history.Old Dominion University is located in Coastal Virginia, one of the world’s major seaports. Since the early17th century, the region has been Virginia’s gateway to the rest of the world and the world’s gateway toVirginia in commerce and industry, recreation and culture, and national security. Spanning Norfolk toWilliamsburg, it is a microcosm of the opportunities and challenges of contemporary urban America. It isalso a major center for research and development and a home for extensive scientific and technologicalactivities in marine science, aerospace, ship design and construction, advanced electronics, and nuclearphysics.The University takes its unique character from Coastal Virginia as it provides leadership to the state andnation in teaching, research, and service. The University has a special mission for the Commonwealth incommerce, and in international affairs and cultures. It has a significant commitment to science,engineering, and technology—fields of major importance to the region. As a metropolitan institution, theUniversity places particular emphasis on urban issues, including education and health care, and upon thefine and performing arts.As one of America’s major ports, the region is the locus of national and international military commands,and the home of a culturally diverse population. Approximately 25% of the student body is in some wayaffiliated with the military. The University has natural strengths in activities having internationaloutreach. Faculty members in fields such as business, economics, international studies, geography, andthe sciences strive to design curricula, teach courses, and encourage foreign exchanges that enhance theUniversity’s role as Virginia’s international institution. With an 11 million gift from alumnus Mark1
Strome, Old Dominion has created the Strome Entrepreneurial Center and launched an innovative cocurricular program to empower students to create economic and social value in Coastal Virginia andbeyond.The scientific environment provides special opportunities for science and engineering faculty toemphasize research and graduate programs in such fields as marine science, aerospace, and advancedelectronics. Global ocean studies and cooperative research at NASA receive particular attention, asUniversity researchers collaborate with U.S. and foreign engineers and scientists. Old Dominion'sresearch on sea level rise has won worldwide recognition, including praise from former U.S. Secretary ofState John Kerry. Scientists also have forged a strong working relationship with the Jefferson Lab, theU.S. Department of Energy's electron beam accelerator facility in Newport News.Programs in public administration, education, the social sciences, and the health professions regularlyaddress urban issues. The richness of the region’s artistic life gives great vitality to the University’sprograms in the visual arts, music, theater, and dance.Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk, Virginia, is a city of some247,000 residents andencompasses 66 square miles. Ithas seven miles of Chesapeake Baybeachfront and a total of 144 milesof shoreline along its lakes, rivers,and the bay. Much of this land islocated in residentialneighborhoods. Norfolk is home to the world’slargest naval base and the NorthAmerican Headquarters for NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization(NATO). USA Today identified Norfolk as one of the top 15 cities for millennials, highlighting its liveliness,multiple transportation options, skilled workforce and strong educational institutions that targetactive young professionals.Norfolk International Terminal has completed a 300-acre expansion, making it the largestintermodal center in the United States. 2
Norfolk is home to the USS Wisconsin battleship and a vibrant harbor. Ocean-going cruise vesselsof up to 3,000 passengers regularly stop at the Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Centerdowntown. Norfolk is home to the Virginia Opera, the Virginia Stage Company, the Virginia Symphony, theVirginia Arts Festival, Chrysler Hall, Chrysler Museum of Art, the General Douglas MacArthurMemorial, and Nauticus, the National Maritime Center. Norfolk has been recognized as a Tree City, and its neighborhoods have extensive trees andflowers. It is home to the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University, and a campus of Tidewater CommunityCollege are located in Norfolk, and Virginia Wesleyan College is located on the border betweenNorfolk and Virginia Beach. Eastern Virginia Medical School and its four internationally recognized research institutes arelocated in Norfolk, as is Sentara Health System, DePaul Medical Center-Bon Secours, andVirginia’s only free-standing, full-service pediatric hospital, Children’s Hospital of the King’sDaughters.For more information about Norfolk, visit the Chamber of Commerce website athttp://www.hamptonroadschamber.com/.MissionOld Dominion University is a dynamic public research institution that serves its students and enriches theCommonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world through rigorous academic programs, strategicpartnerships, and active civic engagement.VisionOld Dominion University will be recognized nationally and internationally as a forward-focusedmetropolitan university with a collaborative and innovative approach to education and research that spurseconomic growth, focuses on student success, engages civic and community partners, and uses itsconnections with the military and maritime industries and its exceptional strengths and leadership inrelated areas to provide practical solutions to complex, real-world problems.Strategic PlanOld Dominion University’s Strategic Plan 2014–2019 includes the following goals:1. Enhance the University’s academic and research excellence.2. Support student success from first point of contact through graduation and beyond.3. Enrich the quality of University life.4. Engage with the greater community.5. Promote an entrepreneurial culture to catalyze economic development.To see the Strategic Plan in its entirety, pdf.3
LeadershipJohn R. Broderick, PresidentJohn R. Broderick, Old Dominion University’s eighth president, has served in that position since June2008. He oversees seven colleges, an annual operating budget of 490 million and 2,500 faculty and staffmembers.During his tenure, Old Dominion received more than 660 million in new resources. But bucking the"bigger is better" movement, President Broderick has held Old Dominion's enrollment to approximately25,000 to maximize the quality of the student experience.President Broderick oversaw the construction of a 10 million Student Success Center and LearningCommons, which has led to historic highs in retention and graduation rates. Old Dominion's state-of-theart dining facility, which opened in the fall of 2016, was named for the president and his wife, First LadyKate Broderick, at the request of student leaders to honor their commitment to diversity, inclusion andstudent success. The University’s Diversity Champion Award was also renamed for him in 2013.President Broderick has transformed his belief in community service into a centerpiece of University life.During the 2015-16 school year, Old Dominion students, faculty and staff performed more than 534,000hours of service.President Broderick regularly teaches courses in the University's Darden College of Education andpreviously served as vice president of institutional advancement and admissions and chief of staff to thepresident.His honors include the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities' Humanitarian Award, the UrbanLeague of Hampton Roads' Marian Palmer Capps Award, the New Journal & Guide's Impacting Livesaward and a Visionary Award from the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. He is past chairman ofthe Virginia Council of Presidents of colleges and universities and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium.He is the only college president to serve as a member of the Virginia Space Flight Authority board.The Faculty (2016)1,511 faculty—835 full time, 676 part timeFull-time faculty: 56% male, 44% female, 21% minority, 6% internationalPart-time faculty: 41% male, 59% female, 17% minority, 1% internationalPercentage of full-time instructional faculty who have earned a PhD or other terminal degree: 81%Student/faculty ratio: 18:1Classes with fewer than 20 students: 36%The Academic ProgramODU offers 75 bachelor’s, 55 master’s, and 42 doctoral degree programs and two educational specialistdegrees through its colleges of arts and letters, business and public administration, education,engineering and technology, health sciences, and sciences.Special academic programs include first-year experiences, service learning, senior capstone orculminating academic experience, writing in the disciplines, undergraduate research/creative projects,and learning communities. Special study options include accelerated program, cooperative (work-studyplan) program, cross-registration, distance learning, double major, dual enrollment, English as a SecondLanguage (ESL), exchange student program (domestic), honors program, independent study, internships,liberal arts/career combination, student-designed major, study abroad, and teacher certificate program.4
Pre-law, pre-dentistry, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary science, pre-optometry, and pre-pharmacy areavailable as pre-professional programs.The Student BodyAs of fall 2016, there were 19,793 undergraduatestudents and 4,529 graduate students enrolled at OldDominion. Women make up about 54 percent of thedegree-seeking undergraduate student body, withAfrican American, Asian American, Native American,and Hispanic students making up about 38 percent ofthe campus population. Approximately 23 percent ofundergraduate students live on campus. Additionally,the student population breaks down as:Undergraduate in-state: 91%Undergraduate out-of-state: 9%Region from which most U.S. students come: SoutheastInternational: 1.5%Percentage of undergraduate students who are age 25 and older: 27%Old Dominion University’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment has other relevant statisticson its website: tml .An Overview of the Division of Finance and AdministrationThe Division of Finance and Administration includes the following offices: Office of Finance Budget Office Information Technology Services Auxiliary Services Design and Construction Department of Procurement Services Facilities Management University Police Real Estate and Economic DevelopmentAuxiliary ServicesAuxiliary Services is the non-academic division of the University that facilitates the creation ofcommunity, extends the learning environment beyond the classroom, and enhances the quality of campuslife through the quality of goods and services.Auxiliary Services comprises a diverse group of seven internal services and is responsible for the overallmanagement, planning, budgeting, staffing, and directing of: University Bookstore Monarch Debit Card Center University Dining Services Transportation & Parking Services Mail Center Ted Constant Convocation Center Webb University Center5
University Budget OfficeThe University Budget Office provides the primary support and analysis to University leadership in fiscaland budgetary policy development to promote attainment of the University’s mission and strategic plan.The Budget Office strives to implement sound budget and management practices in a collegial fashionwith the University community and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Collaboratively, the University aspiresto prudent resource allocation, public accountability, and creative, proactive 21st-century education.Primary Functions Coordinate all facets of the University's state budget preparation process. Administer University budget and financial management policy. Manage the University Operating Budget Plan and monitor for conformity with requirements ofthe Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Planning and Budget, the State Council on HigherEducation, the Auditor of Public Accounts, and numerous other state and federal requirements. Manage both the budgeting and accounting for capital projects (new buildings and majorrenovations). Coordinate the budgeting process for auxiliary enterprises and the approval process forsupporting revenue plans. Collaborate with Human Resources in the many dimensions and requirements of positioncontrol, comprising 80% of University budget resources. Conduct budget feasibility and execution analyses and monitor institutional performancemeasures.Design and ConstructionThe Department of Design and Construction is responsible for the planning, design, and construction offacilities at the University.A key upcoming construction project is the reconstruction of Foreman Field at S. B. Ballard Stadium. Builtin 1936, Foreman Field has served the needs of sold-out crowds of 20,118 fans for the past seven seasons.Phase I, a 55 million renovation project thataddresses areas identified by fans as mostimportant, will include rebuilding the entireEast and West bowls to remove all bleachersand add 15,500 new chair-back seats and 176new loge seats, increasing capacity to 22,130,with convenient access to new food concessionstands and restrooms. An enhanced press boxwill also be built. The North and South endzones will remain intact. Both the new Eastand West sideline seating will include 26 rowsof new chair-back seats with increased treadand knee widths between them.Improvements made during Phase I will provide the opportunity for the stadium capacity to later beincreased to more than 30,000 with the enclosure of the north end zone and the potential for upperdecks.Facilities ManagementFacilities Management supports the University's goals of outstanding service to the University, personalintegrity, civility to others, responsibility for all actions, and commitment to the dignity, rights, andproperty of others. The department's focus is to enhance the University’s facilities, equipment, andgrounds and deliver a variety of quality services to the University’s constituents.6
Facilities Management services include: Access services and keys Recycling and sustainability Building maintenance Grounds maintenance Special event supportIn 2016, Facilities Management recycled over 1.6 million pounds of materials and completed over 33,000work orders.Office of FinanceThe Office of Finance is responsible for all financial processing at the University and ensuring compliancewith all federal and Commonwealth of Virginia regulations and laws. Internal controls are established bythe Office of Finance to maintain sound accounting and administrative systems for the University.The office serves a broad range of customers (students, vendors, faculty, and staff). The Assistant VicePresident for Finance/University Controller is responsible for oversight of the Office of Finance.Information Technology ServicesThe mission of Information Technology Services (ITS) is to provide high-quality, cost-effective computingand communications services that meet the needs of the University community. ITS works closely withthe University to support all campus technology needs.Public SafetyThe Old Dominion University Public Safety Department is committed to keeping Monarchs safe—on andoff campus. ODU Police Chief Rhonda Harris serves as the assistant vice president of public safety andoversees each of the public safety programs to ensure that the Monarch community is readily prepared forevery circumstance.The University Public Safety Department includes: Emergency Management Police Department Risk Management Environmental Health & SafetyProcurement ServicesThe Department of Procurement Services is responsible for the procurement of goods, services, andconstruction for the University.Mission: To provide innovative, value-added procurement and property control solutions and serviceswhich: Anticipate customers' needs. Exceed customers' expectations. Foster strong, continuing relations with stakeholders. Develop excellent business deals. Save tax dollars. Position Old Dominion University as a leader in promoting the socioeconomic interests of theCommonwealth.7
Values Integrity: Consistently honest and fair conduct in business and personal dealings. Professionalism: Maintaining an attitude that promotes and reinforces positive interactionsconducive to producing quality work. Customer Service: Anticipating, meeting, and exceeding customer needs. Legality: Adherence to the law in all decisions. Accountability: Taking personal responsibility for what is done to ensure that actions reflect thebest interests of the University.Real Estate FoundationEstablished in 1995, the Real Estate Foundation has taken the lead in the development of the UniversityVillage, a mixed-use development that includes retail, residential, and office buildings.The results of its work are visible to all in the form of the District Apartments, University VillageApartments, restaurants, shops, the North Village Parking Garage, the Innovation Research Park, thePresident’s House, Marriott SpringHill Suites Hotel, the University Bookstore, and the construction of thePowhatan Sports Complex to support the expansion of the athletic programs.Organizational Structure of the DivisionIn addition to administrative and support staff, the following staff members will report directly to the VicePresident for Administration and Finance: Deborah Swiecinski, associate vice president for financial services (Budget Office, ProcurementServices, Office of Finance). Rusty Waterfield, associate vice president for university services and chief information officer(ITS, Facilities Management, Design and Construction). Todd Johnson, assistant vice president for auxiliary services. Rhonda Harris, assistant vice president for public safety and chief of police (EmergencyManagement, University Police Department, Risk Management, Environmental Health andSafety).The University’s current organization chart is available ocs/odu-organizational-chart.pdf.History of the PositionDave Harnage served as vice president for administration and finance from 1994 to 2000. Bob Fenningwas appointed to the position in September2001. Fenning, who had served a
ODU offers 75 bachelor’s, 55 master’s, and 42 doctoral degree programs and two educational specialist degrees through its colleges of arts an
