Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a

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Newport News, Virginia Newport News () is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the 5th most populous city in Virginia and 140th most populous city in the U ...

. It was founded in 1960 and is named after

Christopher Newport Christopher Newport (1561–1617) was an English seaman and privateer. He is best known as the captain of the '' Susan Constant'', the largest of three ships which carried settlers for the Virginia Company in 1607 on the way to found the sett ...

, captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, the first permanent

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settlement in North America.

History

In 1960, the city of Newport News joined with the

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to create Christopher Newport College (CNC), which opened its doors in 1961 and at the time was located in the old

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School building. The college was founded as an extension of the

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and offered extension courses that had already been available in the area for some time. In 1964, the college was moved to its current location, a tract of land purchased and donated by the city. That same year, the college's first permanent building was dedicated as Christopher Newport Hall. In 1971, CNC became a four-year college;(Quarstein 179) however, it remained an extension of William & Mary until 1977 when it attained its independence. In 1992, the college became a university under the leadership of President Anthony R. Santoro, who oversaw the building of the first residence hall. In 1996, CNU made plans to become more competitive. Those plans included the expansion of university property, several new buildings, and residence halls, as well as overhauling academic programs and the admission process.

Presidents

*H. Wescott Cunningham 1961–1970 *James C. Windsor 1970–1979 *John E. Anderson 1979–1987 *Anthony Santoro 1987–1996 * Paul S. Trible 1996–2022 *Adelia Thompson 2022–present

Academics

Christopher Newport University offers a variety of four-year Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees. Graduate programs in applied physics and computer science, environmental science and teaching are also available in five-year bachelor's to master's, as well as traditional formats. Academic programs are offered through the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Social Sciences, including the Joseph W. Luter III School of Business.

Joseph W. Luter III School of Business

The School of Business is accredited by the AACSB. The Luter School offers degrees in management, marketing, accounting, and finance, and includes a Masters in Financial Analysis program. Alan Witt, Class of 1976 graduate and former CEO of PBMares, was named dean of the Luter School of Business on August 17, 2021.

College of Arts and Humanities

CNU's College of Arts and Humanities includes the Departments of English, Fine Art and Art History, History, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy and Religion, and Theater and Dance.

The Department of Fine Art and Art History

The Fine Art Department, located in the Mary M. Torggler Fine Art Center, offers a degree in

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with concentrations in

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and studio art.

The Department of Theatre & Dance

The Theatre & Dance Department offers a degree in theater arts and a Bachelor of Music degree.

Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)

The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps has maintained a strong presence at CNU for several years, offering classroom and field based training. The program is a component of the

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program, known as the Revolutionary Guard Battalion. It commissions several new

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s each year.

Athletics

CNU participates mainly in the NCAA Division III

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(C2C, which was known as the Capital Athletic Conference before November 2020), having moved from the

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in July 2013. The football team remains a USA South associate member because C2C does not sponsor football. CNU fields a wide variety of college level teams on the Division III level. The Freeman Center houses the basketball, volleyball, and indoor track teams, while the lacrosse, soccer, baseball, softball, and field hockey teams play at a complex called "Captain's Field." The football and outdoor track teams compete at TowneBank Stadium. Ratcliffe Hall was expanded in 2012 and now includes various athletic offices as well as the varsity gym. A sailing center is also located close to the campus along the James River. CNU sports club programs include ice hockey, equestrian, dressage, cycling, fishing, lacrosse, martial arts, rock climbing, rugby, scuba diving, silver storm dance, soccer, swimming, table tennis, tennis, ultimate frisbee, rowing and volleyball.

Sports

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(men's and women's) *

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(men's and women's) *

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chose ...

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(men's and women's) *

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(men's and women's) *

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Campus

Residence halls

Residence halls on campus are usually segregated into the class of student living in them. In the recent years, new policies have been enacted that require all freshman and sophomore students to live in an on campus housing facility, unless they live in the commuting zone. Starting with the class of 2014, all students must live on campus during the junior year in addition to their freshman and sophomore years.

The David Student Union

The David Student Union (DSU) is a $36 million, facility whose construction began in 2003 and opened September 9, 2006. Constructed in a "Neo- Georgian" architectural style, the first floor contains the campus Convenience Store, parallel the DSU dining facilities: The Discovery Bistro, Discovery Cafe,

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, Discovery

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, and Regatta's. The campus Bookstore and Convenience Store closed during the Fall 2010 semester in favor of an online bookstore and instead contains a student lounge, admissions office, and apparel store. All on-campus students receive a mailbox and access to a full-service Post Office located on the second floor of the DSU. Four large conference rooms named for past U.S. Presidents are located around a central lobby area at the top of the steps. The Ballroom is also located on the second floor. The building provides offices for Student Life, The Captain's Log, Auxiliary Services, Study Abroad, and others. Private desks with computers are provided for students as well as quiet study sections and recreational areas. The building was named in honor of William R. and Goldie R. David.

Academic buildings

For the opening of the Spring 2010 semester, Christopher Newport University opened the Lewis Archer McMurran Jr. Hall. This building has neo-Georgian architecture. The building is 85,000 square feet and frames the university's Great Lawn on its western side. McMurran Hall houses the Departments of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, History, English, and Government. It has a 150-person lecture hall, two 50-person lecture halls, and over 25 other classrooms. To the north of McMurran Hall is Ratcliffe Hall, the former home of the Departments of English and Government. Once CNU's gymnasium, the building was renovated to include classroom and office space for students and faculty. Other academic buildings on campus include Gosnold Hall, Forbes Hall, and the Business and Technology Center (BTC Building), located across Prince Drew Lane. The Ferguson Center for the Arts is home to the Departments of Music and Theater & Dance. The most recent addition to the academic buildings is the Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, which became home to the Department of Fine Art and Art History upon its opening in 2021. Wingfield Hall, the former home of the Departments of Psychology and Language, was demolished in 2011 to make way for the Joseph W. Luter Hall, home of the school of business. The Joseph W. Luter III Hall is the house of the Luter School of Business. The building, following the Neo-Georgian architecture of surrounding new structures, has a new 100-seat tiered lecture hall, 14 traditional classrooms, teachings labs, research labs and faculty offices. The Mary Brock Forbes Integrated Science Building is a academic hall situated on the north edge of the great lawn, and houses the College of Natural and Behavioral Science as well as the Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Psychology departments. It also includes spaces for students to interact, 50 faculty offices, a large lecture hall, 50 classrooms, and research labs.

The Paul and Rosemary Trible Library

The university's library, renamed for Rosemary and Paul S. Trible Jr., had a multimillion-dollar addition completed in early 2008. The new facility houses most of its collection in the original section. The new library was dedicated January 24, 2008, and fully opened at the start of the Spring 2008 semester. The Trible Library boasts a new Einstein's Cafe, a 24-hour study lounge, and an IT help desk. In early 2009, the Mariners' Museum Library relocated to the Trible Library, providing students and the community with convenient access to the largest

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collection in the

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. The Paul and Rosemary Trible Library expanded beginning in 2016 to add another floor to the back portion of the facility. Due to the renovations, the Mariners' Museum Library moved back to the Mariners' Museum and reopened in Fall 2017. In August 2018, the library expansion opened adding 3 floors of new space. Additions included a 100-seat theater, expanded Media Center, a two-story reading room, and 44 group study rooms.

Ferguson Center for the Arts

In 1996 the university acquired the Ferguson High School building and property, which was adjacent to campus. This building was used for classrooms until it was extensively renovated to become the Ferguson Center for the Arts, which opened in fall of 2005. Many features of the original high school, which was located between what is now the concert hall and the music and theatre hall, can still be seen throughout the current building. It houses a 1,725-seat concert hall which is acoustically engineered so that anyone on stage can be heard from any seat without a microphone, A 453-seat music and theatre hall, and a 200-seat studio theatre. It also contains two art galleries, a dance studio, and several classrooms.

Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center

First open in fall 2021, the Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center serves not only as Christopher Newport University's Department of Fine Art and Art History academic building, but also as a fine arts center for the surrounding area of Hampton Roads, Virginia. According t
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Pope Chapel

Opened in early 2013, the Pope Chapel, named for Larry Pope of Smithfield Foods, is a gathering place for various on campus religious organizations located at the campus entrance across from York River Hall and the Trible Library.

Christopher Newport Hall

In the fall of 2015 a new administration building was opened and named Christopher Newport Hall. The structure houses the Office of Admission, Office of the Registrar, Financial Aid, Housing, the Center for Academic Success, the President's Leadership Program and the Center for Career Planning, among others. The $42 million facility serves as a new landmark on campus and is at the head of the Great Lawn opposite Lewis Archer McMurran Jr. Hall. In May 2015, towards the end of construction, Newport Hall served as the backdrop for commencement ceremonies.

Student life

''The Captain's Log''

''The Captain's Log'' is a student-run organization that acts as the official newspaper of Christopher Newport University.

''Currents''

''Currents'' is CNU's completely student-run literary magazine. Students from all disciplines may submit poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, playwriting, and lyrics. ''Currents'' is also CNU's oldest on-campus organization.

Greek life

Greek life at Christopher Newport has grown in the recent years to include eight North American Interfraternity Conference listed fraternities, seven

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listed sororities and five NPHC listed Greek organizations.

NIC fraternities

* Kappa Delta Rho *

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Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta (), commonly known as Fiji, is a social Fraternities and sororities, fraternity with more than 144 active chapters and 10 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Washington & Jefferson College, Jefferson C ...

Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha (), commonly known as PIKE, is a college fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1868. The fraternity has over 225 chapters and colonies across the United States and abroad with over 15,500 undergraduate members over 3 ...

* Pi Lambda Phi *

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* Psi Upsilon

NPC sororities

* Alpha Phi * Alpha Sigma Alpha * Gamma Phi Beta * Phi Mu * Zeta Tau Alpha * Alpha Delta Pi * Delta Gamma

NPHC-listed

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fraternity *

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sorority *

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fraternity *

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sorority *

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sorority

Other fraternities

* Alpha Chi (National Honor Society) *

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co-ed professional business fraternity *

Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Phi Omega (), commonly known as APO, but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q, is a coeducational service fraternity. It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of over 25, ...

co-ed service fraternity * Alpha Psi Omega co-ed honorary theater fraternity *

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(Business Honor Society) * Beta Beta Beta (Biological Honor Society) * Eta Sigma Phi (Classics Honor Society) * Gamma Sigma Epsilon (Chemistry Honor Society) * Kappa Pi (Honorary Art Fraternity) Zeta Alpha Tau Chapter * Lambda Pi Eta (Communication Honor Society), Sigma Kappa Chapter * Nu Kappa Epsilon (Music Service Sorority), Beta Chapter *

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(ODK, Leadership Honor Society) * Phi Alpha (Social Work Honor Society), Chi Kappa Chapter * Phi Alpha Delta (PAD, Professional Pre-Law Fraternity) *

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(History Honor Society), Alpha Zeta Mu Chapter * Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia men's social music fraternity * Phi Sigma Tau (Philosophy Honor Society) * Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society) *

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co-ed honorary fraternity in music * Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Society) *

Psi Chi Psi Chi () is a college student honor society in psychology with international outreach founded in 1929 at the University of Kansas in the United States. Psi Chi is one of the largest honor societies in the United States, with more than 1,150 cha ...

(Psychology Honor Society) * Sigma Alpha Iota women's music sorority * Kappa Kappa Psi Co-Ed Honorary music fraternity *

Sigma Alpha Omega Sigma Alpha Omega () is an American non-denominational Christian sorority for women, founded at North Carolina State University on January 5, 1998. However, they can trace their roots back to the once co-educational Chi Alpha Omega fraternity fou ...

(Christian Sorority) * Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society), Iota Omicron Chapter *

Theta Alpha Kappa Theta Alpha Kappa () is the national honor society for religious studies and theology. It was founded in 1976 at Manhattan College in Riverdale (the Bronx), New York City to recognize the academic achievements of religion and theology students. Cu ...

(National Honor Society in Religion and/or Theology) * Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines)

Campus ministries

The campus has several religious organizations. These include

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(RUF),

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is an inter-denominational, evangelical Christian campus ministry founded in 1941, working with students and faculty on U.S. college and university campuses. InterVarsity is a charter member of the Internat ...

(IV),

Young Life Young Life is an evangelical Christian organization based in Colorado Springs, Colorado which focuses on young people in middle school, high school, and college. Week-long Summer camps are a major focus, and these have a definite evangelizing asp ...

Hillel International Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, also known as Hillel International or Hillel, is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally. Hillel is represented at more than 550 colle ...

Campus Crusade for Christ Cru (until 2011 known as Campus Crusade for Christ—informally "Campus Crusade" or simply "crusade"—or CCC) is an interdenominational Christian parachurch organization. It was founded in 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles by ...

(CRU), Because Christ Matters (BCM), Catholic Campus Ministry, the Canterbury Club,

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, Lutheran Student Fellowship, and The Hampton Roads Church Student Fellowship. These organizations are now able to meet and hold events in the Pope Chapel, which opened in early 2013.

WCNU Radio

WCNU Radio is a student-run, non-commercial, web-based radio station.

Notable people

Alumni

* William Lamont Strothers (BA, '91); NBA player,

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* Robin Abbott (BA, '98); Former Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 93rd District. * Michael Caro; (BA '08); soccer player * Shirley Cooper; (BA '64); Former Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 96th District. * Cassidy Hutchinson; (BA'19); Former

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aide and assistant to former U.S. President

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's White House Chief of Staff

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. * Gary Hudson; actor - Did not graduate * Karen Jackson; (BA '87), Former Virginia Secretary of Technology * Randall Munroe; (BS '06) creator of xkcd. *

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; ''

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'' finalist - Did not graduate * Sam Ruby; (BA '82); Software Engineer. *

Colleen Doran Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled ''Amazing Fant ...

; Cartoonist * C9 Meteos; or Will Hartman (did not graduate) * Michael P. Mullin; (BA '04) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 93rd District. * Jesse Pippy; (BA '04) Maryland House of Delegates Representative for the 4th District. * Melanie Rapp; (BA '90) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 96th District. * Kaitlyn Vincie; (BA '10) sports presenter and journalist. * Jeion Ward; (BA '95) Virginia House of Delegates Representative for the 92nd District. * Mojo Rawley; (AS ‘05) former NFL Player for the

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and

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, former WWE superstar. *Noah Green; (BA, '19) Perpetrator of the

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Faculty

Jeffrey Bergner Jeffrey Thomas Bergner (born 1946) is an American foreign policy expert. He is a visiting lecturer at the Batten School of Public Policy and Leadership at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Origin of Formalism in Social Science, T ...

, former Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs *

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, former

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Seth Roland Seth Roland (born 1957) is the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team, a position he has held since 1997. As a player, he won a silver medal with Team USA at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel. As a coach of Team USA, he won a ...

(born 1957), soccer player and coach

Sources

References

External links

Official website
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