| WELCOME TO CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY
Christopher Newport University is a superb choice for your college studies. Small classes, professor who put you first, and a picturesque and safe campus create an environment that is hard to find in public higher education today. That's why we'd like to share a few highlights of the quality of life you will enjoy here.
There's no such thing as a typical CNU student! Our 4,800 students hail from every part of Virginia, 32 states, and several foreign countries.
Each year, we welcome about 1,200 new freshmen and more than 100 new transfers with a diverse interests and choices of study.
Our students are friendly and lively. They thrive on the close relationships they form with professors inside and outside of the classroom. Many of our students work with professors on pioneering research -- from the wetlands to dolphins to particle research at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
In recent years, interest in CNU has increased dramatically, as has the quality of our applicants. Applications from freshmen and transfer students have skyrocketed and more students than ever before are seeking entry into our distinguished Honor's Program.
If you're looking for an education with teachers who love to teach, then CNU is the right place for you. In fact, most of our professors will tell you that the reason they chose CNU is because of its commitment to excellent teaching. Outstanding, veteran faculty members are in the classroom, offering an incredible depth of experience and knowledge to every student. You won't find graduate students in lecture halls with hundreds of students at CNU! Our classes average about 25 students, including our laboratory classes for the sciences and technology.
Our professors have won a wide array of awards for great teaching and many large grants for research. They regularly publish highly regarded books and articles on myriad topics, often working with students who share authorship! One biology professor won a $700,000 grant to study wetlands pollution and uses part of the funds to support undergraduate students who work with him on the project. Three CNU professors have been chosen in recent years for top teaching and service awards from among 16,000 faculty in Virginia.
Our professors lead their students to do great things. Our marketing students and our Small Business Institute have recently won top honors regionally and nationally for their original programs. CNU's Small Business Institute has claimed top honors nationally for the last three years. The School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, one of the only 39 schools in the nation to earn this honor while offering only undergraduate programs. Our psychology students regularly make presentations at top East Coast conferences, where they are often mistaken for graduate students because of the quality of their work.
Small wonder then that The Washington Post recently ranked CNU fifth among 20 top mid-Atlantic schools in a survey of high school guidance counselors. CNU was the only public university in the top five and the only university in Virginia.
Brilliant, energetic teaching and superb records of achievement in their disciplines are trademarks of the faculty at CNU. Add that to their dedication to you and your success, and you have a combination that is sure to give you a real head start on a great career in the future.
Playing to win is the watchword at CNU. As part of the NCAA Division III, our athletes don't play for money; so, the results of our sports teams come from a fire in the heart! Since 1980, CNU has produced 510 All-Americans in 24 intercollegiate sports, won 75 national team and individual titles and has made history in football.
CNU's football team was the first in NCAA history to win its conference and go to the NCAA playoffs in its first year of play. They returned to the playoffs again in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006, advancing twice to the second round.
CNU's baseball team has finished second and third in the nation in the last five years. Last spring they played in their beautiful new stadium on campus.
The women's and men's soccer teams also went to the NCAA tournament this year, as did the field hockey team.
Overall, CNU athletics has also received top honors as winner of the USA South Athletic Conference President's Cup for nine years in a row.
You'll find CNU has one of the nation's finest sports programs, and it's easy to catch the spirit of Captain pride.
Would you like to see our Academic Catalog, schedules of classes, take a tour of the campus, or read about research that our faculty are doing? You can do this and much more by accessing our Web Site at: http://www.cnu.edu or by accessing search engines like Yahoo, Lycos, etc. If you'd like to send an e-mail message to the Office of the Registrar, contact us at register@cnu.edu. Happy surfing!
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