| Features
 Dean
Mottilla discusses the curriculum with business student Alvin
Armstead '05.
School of Business Achieves AACSB Accreditation
CNU is pleased to announce that the nation's top business accrediting organization, the Association to
Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), has awarded the CNU
School of Business prestigious international accreditation.
CNU
Family Grieves
Freshman
Grace Lovegrove died on January 12, 2005, after
going into cardiac arrest earlier in the week during a training
run with her CNU cross country teammates. CNU and Grace's family
have established the Grace
Meredyth Lovegrove Scholarship in her honor. Donations can be
made to the CNU Advancement Office, Attn: Grace Meredyth
Lovegrove Scholarship, Christopher Newport University, 1 University
Place, Newport News, VA 23606 or online.
Alumni
Harris Directory Survey
The
Office of Alumni Relations has contracted with Harris Publishing
to produce a directory of our alumni. An email was
recently sent to alumni asking you to update
your information online. Your
ID number was listed in that email.
Desperately
seeking a vacation!
The
Alumni Society is once again sponsoring its Vacation Scholarship
Silent Auction on April 2, 2005, to benefit three student
scholarships in the Fine and Performing Arts. Many
exciting vacation possibilities are up for auction. If
you own a vacation home, a timeshare, or even have frequent
flyer/hotel points and would like to donate a week's stay
or miles to the auction, please email the Office of Alumni
Relations. Your donation can help us make
a difference in the life of a student.
New
Vice President for Advancement
Nancy
Willson, a veteran fundraiser with strong national experience,
has been named the new vice president for university
advancement.
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Upcoming
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Discover
Diversity
The
Office
of Multicultural Affairs announces the spring
2005
Diversity Scholar Series. The series opens
on February 9 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center,
room 150, with a discussion of racial relations
and insight into the workings and ideologies of
the Ku Klux Klan. For
more information call Alex
Butterfield at (757)594-7385.
Preparing for Life After CNU
The Alumni Society and the Senior Class are presenting monthly seminars to prepare
graduating seniors for life after college. On February 15, representatives
from Wachovia Bank discuss Managing Your Money at 7 p.m. in The Freeman
Center President's Room.
Picture
This
Wildlife photographer Tom
Ulrich, whose work has
appeared in National Geographic, will lecture on animal
behavior and photo techniques at CNU on Monday, February
7, at 7 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium.
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Special
Recognition |
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Alumna Preserves
History
Catherine Celli Kurchinski '99 recently published a children's picture book
on the history of Yoder Barn in Newport News. "Hurray
for the Yoder Barn!" is
a true story about the Yoder family, their dairy business and their beloved
barn.
For
more CNU Faculty & Student accolades, please visit The MainSail,
the e-newsletter of the Christopher Newport University
Faculty.
| Favorite Professors |
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Do
you remember how professor Barry Wood used
to jump on his desk or how Dr. Harold Cones
became associated with pink flamingos? Send
us your interesting stories about your favorite
CNU professors. Your stories might be
used in an upcoming issue of the Alumni Magazine.
I
remember . . .
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CNU ATHLETICS Sports
Shorts |
 Christopher
Newport's baseball
team was picked to finish second in the
2005 USA South Preseason poll voted on by the
coaches.
The men's
basketball team came away with a
60-51 win over Averett Wednesday night.
The women's
basketball team held off a late rally
by the visiting Lady Cougars for a 72-65
USA South win Wednesday night, the third
straight win for the Lady Captains.
The CNU
Athletic Department keeps you updated
with scores and highlights of your favorite
CNU teams.
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