Christopher Newport University

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• Founded in 1960 as a two-year branch of the College of William and Mary, CNU became independent in 1977 and gained university status in 1991. Today, CNU is the youngest comprehensive university in the Commonwealth.
• Our primary emphasis is to provide outstanding undergraduate education. We also serve the Commonwealth with Master's degree programs that provide intellectual and professional development for graduate level students.
• Christopher Newport University is a dynamic, thriving institution where you’ll find the best of all worlds: the dedicated professors and small classes that are the hallmark of a private liberal arts education, the low costs of a public university, and magnificent facilities that few institutions can rival.
• Undergraduate and graduate programs at CNU include more than 80 academic majors and programs, ranging from accounting to theater arts, management to social work. Our 4,800 students come from every region in Virginia, 32 other states, and several foreign nations.
• CNU is located in Newport News, Virginia, near some of the nation’s most significant historic sites and some of its best beaches!. Here on our 260-acre campus, you’ll find boundless energy and state-of-the-art buildings—including new residence halls and apartments and an arts center designed by the firm of internationally renowned architect I.M. Pei.
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In the News:

• Governor appoints members to CNU Board of Visitors (Daily Press)
  posted on July 1, 2011 at 09:27:28 pm
  RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell appointed four people to Christopher Newport University's Board of Visitors Friday afternoon.
• CNU's Freeman Center expansion, new science building to open mid-July (Daily Press)
  posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:49:44 am
  New parking lots along Prince Drew Road and Warwick Boulevard will be ready this fall NEWPORT NEWS — Christopher Newport University's new science building and the Freeman Center expansion are pretty much checked off CNU's lengthy list of construction projects.
• CNU to keep student paper (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  posted on June 12, 2011 at 04:11:12 am
  Christopher Newport University released a statement last week saying it will not suspend funding for the print edition of The Captain's Log beginning fall 2012.
• CNU: Motive to defund print edition of student newspaper misconstrued (Daily Press)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 06:27:14 pm
  Administration drops proposal to go online-only in fall 2012 as part of "green" initiative NEWPORT NEWS — Christopher Newport University announced Tuesday evening that it will not suspend funding in 2012 for the print edition of The Captain's Log, its student newspaper.
• UPDATE: CNU administration says it will not defund print edition of student paper (Daily Press)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 09:19:00 pm
  Christopher Newport University released a statement Tuesday evening saying it will not suspend funding for the print edition of The Captain's Log beginning fall 2012.

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