 FEATURES
Rappahannock Community College, CNU sign agreement
RCC president Dr. Elizabeth Crowther
and CNU president Paul Trible.
CNU made Rappahannock Community College its first partner in a guaranteed-admission agreement on Feb. 13. The agreement guarantees that 15 spots in CNU’s junior class will be reserved each year for RCC graduates who are members of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society for two-year colleges.
Men's basketball reaches NCAA tournament, captures USA South honors
Above: CNU basketball players Adam Purdham and Jeremy Romeo celebrate.
Left: Jubilation on the court. |
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| With a thrilling 89-88 overtime win over Averett, the CNU men’s basketball team won the USA South Tournament and reached the NCAA tournament. Freshman point guard Davon Barton was named the 2006 USA South Rookie of the Year, Head Coach C.J. Woollum was named the conference's Coach of the Year and a total of five players were named to the All-Conference squad. The Captains lost in the first round to Lincoln University (Pa.). CNU finished the season with a 20-8 record. |
Students provide free help with taxes
Taxpayers can have their
tax returns prepared and e-filed for free by CNU student volunteers who have been trained through an IRS program. The public service is available 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 13, except for March 7 and 9, when it will be closed for spring break. Services are offered in Room 325 on the third floor of the SunTrust Building on the CNU campus. No appointment is necessary.
VECTEC helping small communities, businesses
 The Virginia Electronic Commerce Technology Center at CNU is joining with the Virginia Main Street, which is a program of Virginia’s Department of Housing and Community Development to help localities revitalize the economic vitality of their downtown commercial districts. VECTEC will help newly designated communities in the program enhance the e-commerce capabilities of small rural businesses.
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 SPECIAL RECOGNITION
CNU Small Business Institute students win case of the year
Students in the Small Business Institute program won Best Undergraduate Case of the Year given at the joint conference of United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Small Business Institute in Tucson, Ariz. This is the second straight year that CNU won the prestigious first place award.
CNU residential leaders bring home awards
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CNU won 13 awards presented at the annual Virginia Association of College and University Residence Halls conference in February at Radford University. Fourteen residential leaders represented the University at the conference. |
Students selected for assistantships in Belgium
Three CNU students have been selected to study as research assistants in Brussels, Belgium, during summer 2006. Chosen for the International Research Assistantship are Lauren Strack, Jennifer Vencill and Justin Pritchett. The six-week summer program allows CNU students to work as research assistants at the Brussels School of International Studies.
First student in master of accounting program
Ashley Kristiansen has been accepted into the Master of Accounting Program at the College of William and Mary. Kristiansen is the first student from CNU to be accepted into the program, and she also received a scholarship based on her grades. Faculty members expect her to be the first of many to be accepted into the program.
 ATHLETICS
 Two players named to 2006 USA South all-conference team
Two CNU women's basketball players were named to the 2006 USA South All-Conference squad.
Women's basketball breaks eight-game winning streak
CNU women's basketball team lost to Greensboro, breaking its eight-game winning streak and ending any chance for the No. 1 seat in the USA South Conference Tournament.
Mason-Dixon indoor track conference championship results
CNU students Karen Simons and Matt Weissenborn were named the Conference's Most Outstanding Athletes of the Year. Head Coach Louis Johnson was named Mason-Dixon Men and Women's Coach of the Year.
The CNU Athletic Department keeps you updated with scores and highlights of your favorite CNU teams. |
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| Upcoming Events |
"Pew Internet and American Life Project: The Internet Goes to College - 2005 Update"
3 p.m. • March 16 • Gaines Theatre, Student Center
Understanding the changes the Internet has brought to universities will be the focus of a presentation by Steve Jones, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago and adjunct research professor in the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Leadership Lecture Series: Eugene P. Trani, president of Virginia Commonwealth University
7 p.m. • March 21 • Music and Theatre Hall , Ferguson Center for the Arts
Free and open to the public.
Annual Career Fair
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. • March 29 • Concert Hall, Ferguson Center for the Arts
The Office of Career Development is holding its annual Career Fair for CNU students and alumni. For more information, visit the Office of Career Development’s homepage, contact the office at 594-7047 or ocd@cnu.edu. You can also search the list of employers attending the career fair.
Leadership Lecture Series: CNU alumnus Douglas Duncan, CEO of FedEx Freight
2 p.m. • April 5 • Music and Theatre Hall , Ferguson Center for the Arts
Free and open to the public.
25th Annual Writer's Conference
April 7-8 • Ferguson Center for the Arts
The keynote speaker for the conference is Orson Scott Card, an international best-selling author of science fiction novels “Ender's Game” and “Ender's Shadow.” The conference is open to the public, and registration is required. To promote the conference, writers and members of the public are invited to a public reading at 7 p.m. on March 17 in the Freight Shed located in Yorktown’s Riverwalk Landing, 331 Waters St., Yorktown. |
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The Alumni Society is seeking volunteers to assist in its fundraising efforts and special events. Please consider giving a little bit of your time to help your alma mater. Sign up today.
Learn more about online giving at the CNU Alumni & Friends web site. |
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