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Distinguished Alumnus of the Year
Cary
B. Epes '77, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending
Officer for The Old Point National Bank in Hampton, will
be honored with the Distinguished
Alumnus of the Year Award at Christopher
Newport University's 76th Commencement Exercises. This
is the highest honor awarded by the Alumni Society Board
of Directors. Serving
Their Country
CNU
will graduate and commission eight new officers in the
United States Army on Saturday during commencement.
• Jeremiah
Davis (Lynchburg, Va.) Air Defense at Fort Hood,
Tex.
• Christopher Franklin (Stafford, Va.) and Nathaniel Naumann (Charlottesville,
Va.) Infantry at Fort Benning, Ga.
• Michael Huber (Virginia Beach, Va.) Armor Division at Fort Knox, Ky.
• Martin Leopard (Spotsylvania, Va.) Military Police and Joseph Schultz
(Newport News, Va.) Chemical Corps, both at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
• Jared L. Powell (Newport News, Va.) Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Okla.
• Jesse E. Smith
(Lorton, Va.) Medical
Service Corps at Fort Sam Houston,
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Thank
you for helping our students!
As
part of the Annual Fund for Academic Excellence, student
callers contact alumni,
friends, parents and members of the senior class to raise funds and update information.
These 10 students surpassed the goal of raising $147,750 for the Annual Fund
this year by reaching $149,767. Gifts to the Annual
Fund for Academic Excellence support critical needs as they arise on campus,
emergency student loans, library books, scholarships, student leadership programs
and more.
CNU ATHLETICS Sports
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Sports
Shorts
Rookie
Golfer of the Year
CNU
freshman golfer,
Josh Meador, was
named the USA South
Athletic Conference
Rookie of the Year. Meador,
from Mechanicsville,
Va., finished the
year with a scoring
average of 77.05.
Sailing
Places Sixth
CNU's sailing team finished sixth out of the 13 teams in the Buckeye Intersectional
hosted by Ohio State. The Captains squad was one of only two Division
III schools participating in an event dominated by Big 10 Division I schools.
The CNU
Athletic Department keeps you updated with
scores and highlights
of your favorite CNU
teams.
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Upcoming
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Commencement
On May 8, CNU
will award degrees to more than 500 graduates
before an expected crowd of 7,000 at
the 76th Commencement Ceremony. View the schedule
of events
and other important information.
Freshman
Orientation
Setting Sail, CNU's freshman orientation program, kicks off on June 17, with
five two-day sessions planned for 1,300 incoming first-year students. Read
more.
Mark
your calendars |
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May
6 |
Commencement
Rehearsal |
| May
8 |
Spring
Commencement |
June
17-18,
21-22,
24-25,
28-29,
July 1-2
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New
Student Orientation -
Setting
Sail
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| Aug.
18 |
Freshman Move-In |
| Sept.
11 |
Family Weekend |
| Nov.
13 |
Homecoming |
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Special
Recognition |
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| Fine
Arts Students Receive Awards
CNU
Fine Arts students won four of the seven award categories
during the recent juried college exhibition, "Genesis," at
the Peninsula
Fine Arts Center. Top
honors, the $500 Mayor's Art Award, went to Chad Hill for his work "The Walk
to Golgotha."
Honors
Research Scholarships
Chanelle
Layman and Whitney Carroll have been selected
as the recipients of the Honors Program $1,000
summer research scholarships. Layman will
travel to Guatemala for a study of the long-term
effects of bilingualism and biculturalism on
the Tzutujil people of Santiago. Carroll's research focuses on a study
of greenhouse gas emissions within the discontinuous permafrost zone of northern
Alberta, Canada.
Psychology
Presentations
The
Department of Psychology presented 30 papers, symposia
or session chairs at the Eastern Psychological Association
Conference with 51 students listed as co-authors. Seven
psychology students were listed as co-authors on
three papers presented at the Conference on Human
Development.
TheaterCNU
Students Compete
Amanda
Gagnon, Bryan Wakefield, Caryn May, Greg Poljacik,
Denise Santomauro and Nick Childress traveled to
Birmingham, Ala., to participate in the Kennedy Center's
American College Theater Festival Regional Irene
Ryan competition. Amanda
Gagnon and Bryan Wakefield were selected to compete among the top 16 finalists.
For
more CNU Faculty & Student accolades,
please visit The
MainSail, the e-newsletter of the Christopher
Newport University Faculty.
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