By Harry Minium
Madeline Rudd isn't sure whether she wants to be a doctor or a physician's assistant but is drawn to medicine because of her desire to help people. And she knows whatever path she chooses will require a rigorous undergraduate academic regimen.
So, when she was sorting through more than half a dozen Division I volleyball scholarship offers two years ago, she looked for a university that excels in STEM-H.
STEM-H stands for science, technology, engineering, math and health sciences, and those of you who didn't go to Old Dominion University or graduated a long time ago may not know this is an area in which ODU has become a national leader.