The lack of student involvement and engagement in campus communities, events and organizations can negatively impact academic performance. Due to the lack of available resources needed to succeed, college students may have trouble finding suitable housing, tutoring services, or on/off-campus entertainment and amenities for a positive college experience.
Students are unaware of events, resources and organizations on campus.
Students find it difficult to find optimal, safe and affordable living situations on and off campus.
Students who are not from Hampton Roads are unaware of local restaurants and entertainment.
Amer Righi is a senior Computer Science major at Old Dominion University. He is currently employed as a Systems Administrator for the ODU Computer Science Department
Bryan Carey is a senior Computer Science major here at Old Dominion University. He is currently a second year resident assistant on campus. His interest includes mobile application development and programming analysis.
Samuel attends Old Dominion University as a Computer Science major with an interest in software engineering and cybersecurity. He loves electronic music and is an avid Subaru enthusiast.
Mewael Tsegaye is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Old Dominion University. After he finish school he plans to work on the area of software designing and developing. He enjoys music, movie and coffee.
Omar Craddock is a computer science major at ODU. He has been coding for some time and has a knowledagble skillset in C++, Java, and JavaScript. His favorite computer topics are cybersecurity and mobile application development. When he's not coding, he enjoys listening to music of all genres and learning about cars.
Patrick Trinidad is a computer science major at Old Dominion. Born and raised in the Philippines, he moved to Virginia Beach in 2007 and have been living here since. Main interests in Computer Science are software engineering and machine learning. Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competitor and turns coffee into code.
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