A rare winter storm blanketed ODU with nearly a foot of snow Feb. 21-23, closing campus and transforming it into a winter wonderland. Students embraced the snowfall with snowball fights, snowmen and playful moments. Photos Morganne Lander/ODU


A rare winter storm blanketed ODU with nearly a foot of snow Feb. 21-23, closing campus and transforming it into a winter wonderland. Students embraced the snowfall with snowball fights, snowmen and playful moments. Photos Morganne Lander/ODU
A winter storm hits Coastal Virginia Feb. 21-23, dropping nearly a foot of snow in an area unaccustomed to it. Snow hanging in the trees in front of S.B. Ballard Stadium teased what fell on the rest of campus. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
Snow brings out the inner child in all of us. Snowball fights, making snowmen, flopping among the blankets of fluff gave ODU students a chance to relive their childhoods. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
ODU is smothered in a blanket of white not seen in several years after a snowstorm cancels classes and creates a winter wonderland. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
ODU students take in all the joys snow can bring – large and small – as campus grounds are blanketed in a sea of white. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
Hampton Boulevard traffic is a little lighter than usual as winter weather visits Coastal Virginia this past week. The 91¶ÌÊÓƵ closed Feb. 21-23 because of the inclement weather. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
With snowfall out of the area by midday on Thursday, Feb. 22, the ODU community is free to come out and take in the sights. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
A winter storm hits Coastal Virginia Feb. 21-23, dropping nearly a foot of snow in an area unaccustomed to it. Snow hanging in the trees in front of S.B. Ballard Stadium teased what fell on the rest of campus. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
Snow brings out the inner child in all of us. Snowball fights, making snowmen, flopping among the blankets of fluff gave ODU students a chance to relive their childhoods. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
ODU is smothered in a blanket of white not seen in several years after a snowstorm cancels classes and creates a winter wonderland. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
ODU students take in all the joys snow can bring – large and small – as campus grounds are blanketed in a sea of white. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
Hampton Boulevard traffic is a little lighter than usual as winter weather visits Coastal Virginia this past week. The 91¶ÌÊÓƵ closed Feb. 21-23 because of the inclement weather. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU
With snowfall out of the area by midday on Thursday, Feb. 22, the ODU community is free to come out and take in the sights. Photo Morganne Lander/ODU