Two crises hit Old Dominion University this week: a classroom shooting that federal agents are investigating as a possible act of terrorism, and a separate faculty no‑confidence vote over administrators’ plan to compress online courses from 16 to eight weeks. FBI investigators are leading the probe after a gunman opened fire inside the business school building, killing an Army ROTC instructor and wounding students, according to local and federal sources. University leaders reported the shooter is deceased and coordinated with state and federal agencies; campus officials moved quickly to secure facilities and offer counseling to the large military‑affiliated student population. Separately, Old Dominion’s Faculty Senate passed a no‑confidence resolution aimed at the president, provost and vice president for digital transformation. Faculty criticized the compressed online schedule as rushed and pedagogically unsound; the board publicly defended the administration’s decision as necessary to reposition the university amid enrollment and financial pressures. The events expose immediate safety, governance and trust challenges: law enforcement’s counterterrorism response is active, while campus governance fractures increase the risk of labor disputes, accreditation questions and reputational fallout.