Christopher Newport University

We now invite you to learn about one of our student success programs – Learning Communities. Every first-year student participates in a Learning Community of 15 – 30 students who take three classes together, build strong academic relationships with each other and faculty, and successfully balance social and academic opportunities. Read More

Chesapeake Watershed

CNU will receive $2.6 million over the next five years from the National Science Foundation through the GK-12 Program. CNU's GK-12 project will link urban water quality with scientific research and education in the Chesapeake Watershed. "We hope this project will be just the beginning of a future where the collaborative integration of science, education, government, private organizations and community will become the means of solving the complex problems we face as a society," says Dr. Gary Whiting, CNU's project leader. Read More

High-Flying Internships

CNU students have the opportunity to gain experience through internships at places such as NASA, Langley Air Force Base and the Jefferson Lab.

Acting Globally
CNU alumnus Angelia Sanders started her own nonprofit organization, Tamani Africa, working with rural African communities to create sustainable programs in the fight against HIV / AIDS. Sanders has also been working for the Carter Center in South Sudan on its Guinea Worm Eradication Program and Trachoma Program.

(Class) Size Matters
Our class sizes are much smaller than most state universities. Nearly half of all CNU classes have fewer than 19 students.

Picture a Winner
Canon USA and Canon Virginia partnered with CNU to create the Canon Leadership Scholars Program, which grants selective students a $5,000 merit scholarship for four years, for a total of $20,000. Students in the program have the opportunity to study abroad at Oxford University.

Musical Adventures
January 1, 2012, the incomparable Marching Captains will represent CNU in the world-renowned London New Year's Day Parade. The 2012 New Year's Day Parade promises to be the most exciting in the history of Great Britain, celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the beginning of London's Olympic year.

Champs at More than Sports
For five consecutive years, students in the Small Business Institute (SBI) program at CNU's Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business and Leadership have won top honors in a national business consulting competition.

Global Service
Husband and wife team and CNU alumni Corinne and Nick Huber are at work in the Peace Corps as educators in Satpaev, Kazakhstan. They are creating an English library and resource center to both promote a transfer of knowledge between members of the community and to make resources publicly available.

Accreditation
Christopher Newport University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097; telephone (404) 679-4501) to award degrees at the baccalaureate and master’s degree levels.

Academic Life @ CNU

High-Flying Internships CNU students have the opportunity to gain experience through internships at places such as NASA, Langley Air Force Base and the Jefferson Lab.

High-Flying Internships
CNU students have the opportunity to gain experience through internships at places such as NASA, Langley Air Force Base and the Jefferson Lab.