The environment at ODU is highly toxic and there is a pervasive culture of fear here. I’m glad the Pilot is covering this.

https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/10/16/odu-divide-future/

Here's the link: https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/10/16/odu-divide-future/?lctg=2d927b5eacd0fb72c77db257ef525454&active=yesD&utm_cluster=TRIB&utm_profileID=6a797ee039f5c207665c484d

As of today @ 9:35 AM EST I am still negative. Mine is not much but I need to get my books shipped to me for classes on Monday, which I won’t even have by then because it’s so late.

I received a email from financial aid stating that student loans will be disbursed over the 8 weeks for ODU global students ? So does that mean they won’t zero the balance all at once ?

I was supposed to get disbursement on 10/12 but haven’t received anything. My first 8 weeks aid was awarded on time per the schedule. I’ve called the office twice and no one will give me a straight answer. I’ve also emailed my financial aid advisor twice to no avail. Is anyone else having this problem?

Does anyone have an idea when the GI Bill will be paying tuition for those doing the 2 8 week sessions? Or are they waiting till November like they typically do?

Hi I'm a part of the fall online semester course And I can't be the only one that's noticed that there's been a couple of assignments that make us use generative AI right? For the first 8 weeks I had a course that had a requirement to use Ai and I asked the teacher if I could do it through canva because it was an infographic and she straight out denied me and said that I have to use AI because we need to learn how to use it ethically and it was either do it with AI or fail.

Now I'm reading the syllabus from my new class in the upcoming 8 weeks and I see that generative AI is in the 70% category of my grade and it's so mind-boggling that these are 300 level classes and I have to either use generative AI or fail?? It's 90° in October and they want to fail me for not wanting to use Ai??

I'm gonna see if I can drop the class because this is ridiculous.

Hey everyone,

I am taking an online English course the second eight weeks. The professor of this course claims that ODU is requiring them to have an AI section in their module for ALL online courses. I did not have any AI modules in my courses last semester, so I am confused on that part.

Additionally, this is AN ENGLISH COMPOSITION CLASS. AI is required - as in I have to talk to an AI chat bot for multiple assignments.

The program they use is “Riff” - which uses generative AI.

What can I do about this??? This is crazy and I am beyond unhappy with this situation.

let's try keep everyone updated.

Hey Monarchs! Graduate from 2021 here, and I figured this might be a good spot to reach out to current students. My company is looking to bring in a marketing intern, focusing on social media, trends, graphic design (Canva, etc.), and more! Please feel free to send me a message or let me know if you're interested and I'd be happy to share more information! Thanks y'all!

This 2nd 8 weeks, I will be taking pre calculus, I was wondering if anyone who has already took let me know how the class and exams are going, I think for this class I’ll take my exams in person.

Hey Monarchs,

I’m an ODU graduate student working on my Master's Thesis in positive communication and chronic illness, and I really need your help! downtime

If you have a block of down-time today, tomorrow, whenever really, I would be incredibly grateful if you'd take my anonymous research survey.

About the Survey:

Time Estimation: Approximately 20 minutes (I know that's long for a survey & makes this a big ask but PLEASE your responses are so important to my work).

What my project is about: Exploring how positive communication impacts individuals living with or managing chronic illness, and yes we are including mental disorders like depression, anxiety, adhd, ocd, etc.

Privacy: Your responses are completely anonymous.

Your input is valuable and directly supports homegrown ODU research. Thank you so much for supporting a fellow student's graduation journey!

Click Here to Take the Anonymous Qualtrics Survey:

https://odu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9T8rsaItwbaAyTI

P.S. If you could share the link with anyone else that you know with a chronic illness I would appreciate it!!

Thanks! Ya'll are the best 😄

Edit: should be the correct link now!

hey all,

I am going to be at ODU next fall as a transfer student from PVCC. since I will transfer in as a junior, i was wondering if there are any special housing options open to me that are both on or off campus.

another question I have is that is it worth it to purchase/rent a propriety off of campus for any reasons.

Does anyone think we’ll be getting a refund this week? Please do not respond. If you are not taking a week courses this whole week course thing is really weird. As far as response. I would’ve just got the whole thing in the summer. I did just have a negative balance since yesterday.

My account said I had a balance which I found weird as that’s never happened to me, I look and the commonwealth grant I accepted is completely gone and they are saying I owe $500 🫩. I got it the first 8 weeks so why would it disappear from the 2nd 8 weeks? This whole new 8 week course thing feels like a sick joke at this point.

Has anyone had their financial aid disburse today? My account was at a negative balance a week ago, then now it’s back to showing a balance. It seems my expected financial aid “disappeared” from my student account. My fin aid account says should be disbursed on 10/12 but still no email or any update on touch net. Posting here to see if anyone has insights or going through the same??

Good afternoon,

It seems there's not much info about mechE at ODU besides a couple of old posts and a couple of people who go there online. What's been your experience there and how difficult/rigorous are the classes? (Understanding its an engineering degree and they are generally rigorous)

Im a transfer so I've taken all my math and physics classes so I would be starting at statics once I start my semester. My buddy who did ODU online is a 4.0 student but did poorly on statics and dynamics.

Any info/experience is appreciated TIA!

Edit: for a baseline every math class I've taken previously for calculus 1-3 I've gotten As and diff eq same. Physics 1 and 2 i got a B. In case you can use those as a comparison for difficulty

Did anyone actually get disbursed today per the schedule? Mine is still positive :(

I’m taking CYSE 250 at ODU, and honestly, learning to code for the first time has been really difficult for me.
Sometimes I feel like I was supposed to take a prerequisite class before this one because a lot of the things the professor explains are said so casually, almost like we’re already supposed to know them. Meanwhile, I’m sitting there trying to understand what’s going on.
What makes it worse is looking around at my classmates. I see people actually writing code while the professor is talking, and I’m still trying to understand the basics. I can’t even write a single line of code on my own yet, and it makes me feel like I don’t belong in the class.

I’ve talked to a couple of people who are into tech and asked if they ever felt this way when they first started coding. They told me they didn’t, and that they started learning to code in college, too. Hearing that honestly made me feel even more stupid because I’m struggling with something that seems to come naturally to other people.

I know everyone learns differently, but it’s hard not to compare yourself to others when you’re surrounded by people who seem to understand everything.
For anyone who took CYSE 250 or struggled with coding when they first started, did you ever feel this way? How did you get through it? I could really use some advice because right now, I’m questioning whether I’m cut out for this.

So, I'm a remote grad student and have one of the biggest assignments due by midnight Sunday (the norm). As I'm finalizing it, I just noticed in the ODU daily announcements that we are apparently on fall break now? Do we just not get breaks as online students? Can I assume Thanksgiving will be the same, with work due that week in my next 2nd 8 week courses?

I'm nearly done so it doesn't really matter now, I'm just a little annoyed that in addition to twice as much work in half the time, we lost a break, too. My 16-wk spring semester course last term was light during spring break, and I miss that pacing.

final exam in 3 days and no matter how much i study i still don’t feel ready. class average on the midterm was a 41% with no curve. forcing us to use the books method to solve while giving limited examples of how to apply each rule. i remember when i was young and thought you went to college to LEARN.

Hey guys, looking for some input on these classes. I enrolled in the 8-week format and will start in the 2nd half of the fall semester. Quick background: I have an associate's in applied cybersecurity, so I was wondering whether these classes need to be taken in a full semester or can be done in an 8-week format.

thanks

Please, I beg you to tell me what your experience was like since we are coming to the end of the first term. I am taking it for the second fall term, and I've been dreading it to say the least.

Anyone else had their negative amounts in their Bill Payments changed to a positive amount? I checked my activity and there's none showing why I would have one now. I now owe a balance of $3029.