Readers: Please note the following changes - the April 2006 issue of eNEWS was not mailed to readers, although it is available online. In addition to this combined May/June issue, you will receive a July/August issue. ENEWS will return to the monthly schedule with the September issue.
 FEATURES
Alumni host benefit for AIDS research
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| Team Supersnack members, from left, Greg Poljacik, Denise Santomauro, Zach Walker, Rian Kerfoot, Allison Allen, Kara Mitzel, Brian Pluta, Mike Raymond, Jenn Russo and Mike Bland participate in the 2006 AIDS Walk. |
A group of CNU alumni raised more than $20,000 – double its goal – for AIDS research by participating in the 2006 AIDS Walk on May 21 in New York’s Central Park and by organizing a benefit and other events. This is the second year Team Supersnack has participated in the annual event.
Class of 2006 raising funds for campus clock
 CNU’s Class of 2006 has raised about $7,500 toward the $10,000 needed for the Senior Class gift, a Howard Post Clock. On April 21, more than 100 people attended the Senior Class Celebration at the Point Plaza Suites and Conference Hotel. Sponsored by the Virginia Educators Credit Union, the party raised more than $500 for the clock. Plans call for the 10-foot, four-sided clock to stand in the circle between McMurran Hall, the Science Building and the Student Center. The Senior Class Gift Campaign continues through December. For more information or to make a donation, contact Jenn Wenzel Austin in the Office of University Advancement at (757) 594-7871
or e-mail jwenzel@cnu.edu.
New scholarship established
Newport News Shipbuilding Employees’ Credit Union recently presented $25,000 to CNU’s President Trible to establish an endowed merit scholarship to provide scholarship assistance for merit students at CNU. Over the next five years, matching funds from the Endowed Merit Scholarship Challenge will create a total endowed scholarship of $50,000.
CNU awards 582 diplomas
 Graduates totaled 582 at the Spring Commencement exercises on May 13.
Ann Compton, ABC News White House Correspondent, delivered the commencement address at POMOCO Stadium on campus.
Outstanding students announced
Dean’s List students for the spring semester 2006 were enrolled in at least 12 credit hours, have earned no final grade below C, have not received a grade of I or P in any academic subject and have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.0 scale.
 SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Professor, former student publish book
 Dr. Rebecca Wheeler, associate professor of English at CNU, along with Rachel Swords, a Newport News teacher who is one of her former students, recently published a new book, “Code-Switching: Teaching Standard English in Urban Classrooms,” which advocates a new approach for helping students learn Standard English.
University honored for work with crime victims
CNU and the CNU Police Department were honored in April for work with crime victims by the Hampton and Newport News Victim/Witness Assistance Programs and The Office of Human Affairs. Accepting the certificate of appreciation for CNU were Jeffrey Brown, chief of CNU Police Department; Kelly Franzone, assistant director of the Center for Counseling, Coaching and Consulting at CNU; and Sgt. Scott Austin, investigator/crime prevention office for CNU Police Department.
CNU professor on statewide radio program
Dr. Andrew Velkey II, an associate professor of psychology, shared his research on how men and women drivers “forage” for parking spaces on Virginia’s only statewide radio show “With Good Reason,” which aired on public radio stations May 6-12.
Outstanding future teachers receive honors
 Nicole Crayton, Elizabeth Guthrie, Kyle Lundsford, Steve Kleinow, Judith Hasty, and Jasmine Watts were chosen as CNU’s Teachers of Promise and attended the Teachers of Promise Institute at James Madison University this spring.
In addition, Nicole Crayton received the Virginia State Reading Association scholarship of $500, which was awarded at the annual conference in March in Virginia Beach. Steve Kleinow was a recipient of the Virginia Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Student Award of $1,000, which also honors students for academic achievement in teacher education programs.
CNU student's writing is published
Marisa Isaac co-authored a chapter of a published book edited by Alea Mittel, "Focus on Educational Psychology," published in 2006 by Nova Science Publishers. Isaac contributed the chapter “Cognitive Flexibility in Reading” in collaboration with Dr. Kelly Cartwright, her mentor and a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at CNU.
Students inducted into honor society
The following students were inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha at the awards ceremony on April 23 in Gaines Theater:
- Allison Bridges
- Molly Buckley
- Sabrina Carlson
- Chris Carrico
- Jonathan Judkins
- Heather Lewis
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- Colin McCarthy
- Jennifer Rowell
- Ashleigh Stacy
- Megan Vulk
- Jennifer Walle
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Music student’s paper accepted at conference
Stevie Nelson, a music history and literature major, had her paper, “Holy Ghost Boogie: Music of Jimmy Swaggart,” accepted for the Music of the South Conference organized by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. She wrote and submitted her winning abstract under the guidance of Dr. Brana Mijatovich, CNU’s director of world music studies.
Recent graduate accepted for advanced studies
Mary Martin, who graduated in May with a degree in social work, has been accepted at the University of Denver in the advanced standing Masters of Social Work degree program. She also was accepted into the Latino Certificate Program, which is the only such program in the country. She is studying in Mexico this summer in her first graduate social work class.
Business students place first in marketing competition
Two teams of business students tied for the Gold award in the Collegiate Marketing Award for Excellence and Innovation Competition by developing an actual direct marketing campaign for this year’s corporate sponsor, the United States Postal Service. This is the third consecutive year that CNU students have been selected the first-place winner in this regional competition, known as the MAXI competition. They now advance to the national ECHO competition.
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Fidel Castro’s daughter to speak
7 p.m. • Sept. 21 • Student Union ballroom
Alina Fernandez, a Cuban dissident and author of the autobiography "Castro's Daughter: An Exile's Memoir of Cuba," will share her story of growing up in her father’s shadow and about life in Cuba under his dictatorship. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Kim Roeder,
CNU's director of student activities, at (757) 594-7260.
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 ATHLETICS
 Spring season roundup
The men’s basketball team won its 12th USA South championship with a thrilling, 89-88, overtime victory against Averett in The Freeman Center. The Captains then made their 16th appearance in the NCAA event where they fell to 18th-ranked Lincoln (Pa.) on the road, 102-96. CNU completed its season with a 20-8 record.
The women’s basketball team improved from 10-16 in 2004-05 to 17-9 this season with a team that had no seniors.
Tennis became the highlight of the spring season as both the CNU men and women captured USA South championships. The women completed a spectacular 16-1 season by defeating Methodist, 6-1, in the conference championship match. Meanwhile, the CNU men won both the regular season and tournament championship titles. The Captains defeated Methodist, 4-2, to win the conference crown. The victories for both teams are especially noteworthy as Methodist has a professional tennis management concentration in its business administration major. The men finished with a 14-6 record.
The women’s lacrosse team also won the USA South title and earned its first bid to the NCAA Championships. CNU defeated Greensboro, 10-9, in overtime to win the conference title with a 10-6 record. The new CNU men’s lacrosse team will begin varsity competition in 2006-07.
The golf team had its best showing since 1993-94 by placing second in the USA South Championships. The conference annually produces about four nationally ranked teams a year.
The softball team finished its season with a 23-17 record for its 17th consecutive winning season and 20-victory year, while the baseball team is bidding for its 10th consecutive winning and 20-victory season with a 17-16 record with six games remaining to be played.
In track and field, CNU won the Dixie Conference Championships and competed in the NCAA Track National Championships, where freshman Rachael Clark finished fourth in the nation in the women’s shot put.
The CNU Athletic Department keeps you updated with scores and highlights of your favorite CNU teams.
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