50 Ways to Celebrate Christopher Newport’s 50th Anniversary

Whether you're able to attend the celebration or not, as a Captain for Life, there are 50 ways you can help us celebrate! 

1. Thank a professor, adminstrator, or staff member for their impact on your life

2. Share your favorite pictures from your college days with us on Facebook or Twitter

3. Reconnect with a former roommate

4. Attend the 50th Anniversary Gala

5. Save a penny to throw in the fountain during your next campus visit

6. Learn the Alma Mater (and send us a video of you and other alumni singing it!)

7. Run in the 11th Annual Alumni 5k

8. Attend Homecoming and bring another Captain for Life and your family! 

9. Volunteer to help first-year students move-in during Welcome Week

10.  Pay your overdue CNU parking tickets

11.  Make alumni.cnu.edu your homepage 

12.  Host an Alumni gathering

13.  Return your silverware to The Commons (a.k.a. Harbor Lights)

14.  Donate to the Annual Fund 

15.  Become a fan of the Christopher Newport Alumni Society on Facebook

16.  Blog or write a note on Facebook about your favorite college memories

17.  Write a thank you note or a letter of encouragement to President Trible

18.  Get your own brick or dedicate a brick on the sidewalk by the fountain

19.  Recommend a student for admission

20.  Cheer on Captain’s student athletes at a sporting event

21.  Post a video of you (and other alumni) on our Facebook page singing the Fight Song

22.  Put a Christopher Newport Alumni magnet on your car - request a magnet

23.  If you’re local, pack a picnic and sit on the Great Lawn to eat it

24.  Walk the Noland Tail…50 times!

25.  Follow @acaptainforlife on Twitter

26.  Make a list of 50 people you know from Christopher Newport

27.  Wear silver and blue

28.  Offer an internship to or hire a Christopher Newport student

29.  See how many words you can make out of “Christopher Newport”

30.  Name your next pet “Christopher” or “Newport”

31.  Memorize Christopher Newport’s mission statement

32.  Go bowling and reminisce about the bowling alley by the SunTrust building

33.  Tell 50 people about CNU

34.  Try and name all of Christopher Newport’s presidents in chronological order

35.  Google a former classmate. And yourself.

36.  Find 50 people to help you sing “Happy Birthday” to Christopher Newport

37.  Dress up as Captain Christopher Newport for Halloween

38.  Eat on campus

39.  Visit the Lion’s Bridge

40.  Tailgate at Homecoming

41.  Go to the Laundromat and pay to do your laundry

42.  Visit campus 

43.  Frame your diploma

44.  Attend a show at the Ferguson Center

45.  See how many Christopher Newport Alumni you can connect with at work or in your area

46.  Join or start an Alumni Chapter in your area

47.  Play Frisbee on the Great Lawn

48.  Make a Christopher Newport memory book

49.  Endow a scholarship for generations of Captains to come

50.  Attend Commencement

And, most importantly, remember that you are a Captain for Life!