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Shamin Hotels buys Renaissance Portsmouth Norfolk Waterfront Hotel
May 19, 2022

April Va. hotel revenues down slightly from pre-pandemic

Virginia hotel revenues in April were down 3.5% compared with pre-pandemic April 2019 revenues, largely due to the lagging Northern Virginia market, according to data released Wednesday by STR Inc., a division of CoStar Group Inc. that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. Hotel rooms sold decreased by 4.7% last month, compared with […]

Russell Czack, a retired Navy commander, is now senior program manager for Operation Next in Hampton Roads. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Apr 28, 2022

Next stop — civilian life

“About every 15 minutes,” Shawn Avery’s phone at the Hampton Roads Workforce Council rings with an employer calling to find skilled workers to fill vacancies, he says. Avery is president and CEO of the council, which oversees federally funded workforce development programs and links employers and workers. In the present tight labor market, he says, […]

Krista Kubovchik will graduate from Old Dominion University in December with a double major in maritime and supply chain management and business analytics. Her internship at Chesapeake’s Givens Logistics turned into a part-time job. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Apr 28, 2022

Solid prospects

Detlev Peters has walked into convenience stores in the Hampton Roads area a couple of times recently to find the candy aisle shockingly empty. “Hershey’s, Reese’s, M&M’s, everything, like they would just have a clean shelf of just nothing,” marvels Peters, who graduated with a degree in maritime and supply chain management from Old Dominion […]

Apr 28, 2022

Executive insights

Leaders from Virginia’s maritime and logistics industries share their thoughts about where their sectors stand amid labor shortages, growing cargo volumes and the pandemic’s lingering impacts. Devon C. Anders President, InterChange Group Inc.; Chair, Virginia Maritime Association Valley Logistics Chapter Harrisonburg VB: How is your company hiring and retaining staff? Anders: We have i[...]

ODU names new engineering dean
Apr 19, 2022

ODU names new engineering dean

Old Dominion University has named Kenneth Fridley its new dean of the Batten College of Engineering and Technology, the university announced April 14. He will start at ODU July 1. Khan Iftekharuddin, the Batten Endowed Chair in Machine Learning in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been serving as the college’s interim dean. […]

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Apr 13, 2022

Va. Tech to lead cybersecurity workforce initiative

Virginia Tech has received a $1.5 million award to lead an initiative that could help close a gap in the cybersecurity workforce. The award, announced April 5, comes from the nonprofit Griffiss Institute, a New York-based STEM and defense technology incubator that runs the Department of Defense’s Virtual Institutes for Cyber and Electromagnetic Spectrum Research […]

Fertilizer shortage hits Va. farmers
Mar 22, 2022

Fertilizer shortage hits Va. farmers

Lewis Everett farms cotton, peanuts and small grains in Southampton County, on the Virginia-North Carolina line. He expects to take a loss this year due to the rising costs of fertilizer and crop protectants, which include herbicides and fungicides. Farmers have already negotiated some contract prices, he said. “A lot of those decisions were made […]

Hilton Richmond Hotel and Spa in Short Pump. Photo courtesy Shamin Hotels
Mar 18, 2022

Feb. statewide hotel revenues were 6.1% lower than 2019

February hotel revenues in Virginia were 6.1% lower than those recorded in February 2019, according to data released Monday by STR Inc., a division of CoStar Group Inc. that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. Hotel rooms sold decreased by 5% last month, compared with 2019 levels. The average daily rate (ADR) paid […]

ODU and IALR to launch manufacturing engineering tech degree
Mar 17, 2022

ODU and IALR to launch manufacturing engineering tech degree

Old Dominion University will launch Virginia’s first four-year degree in manufacturing engineering technology (MfgET) at its Norfolk campus and a satellite campus at The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) in Danville, the university announced Thursday. “This partnership reinforces Old Dominion University‘s commitment to workforce development and leadership in the mar[...]

Jan 26, 2022

ODU’s Strome Center to host tech entrepreneur weekend

Old Dominion University’s Strome Entrepreneurial Center will hold its 3 Day Startup weekend entrepreneurship program, where participants develop and pitch a product, from Feb. 4 to Feb. 6. ODU previously held the program in 2018, 2019 and 2021. This year’s event is focused on technology solutions. Attendees form groups on Friday afternoon and begin to […]

Vinod Agarwal. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Jan 26, 2022

Va. economic growth will slow in 2022, ODU economists predict

Virginia’s economy is likely to grow at a slightly slower pace in 2022 than it did last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to make future predictions murky, according to the 2022 Annual Economic Forecast released Wednesday by Old Dominion University‘s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy. “If we can control COVID-19, the economy […]

ODU earns R1 classification in national ranking
Dec 22, 2021

ODU earns R1 classification in national ranking

Old Dominion University has earned the highest research activity classification in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the university announced Tuesday. ODU is now one of 137 four-year research institutions with the Research 1 classification, which indicates “very high research activity.” To receive the R1 classification, doctoral universities must meet benchmarks [...]

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