CNU Alumni Magazine Spring 2006

	For our Alumni, Parents and Friends
Spring 2006

Highlights from the last 10 years

1996

Applications: 1,204
GPA: 2.8, SAT: 960
U.S. Senator from Virginia, Paul S. Trible Jr. inducted as university president.

1998

1999

CNU ranked #2 as one of the public liberal arts colleges in the South (American's Best Colleges, U.S. News and World Report)

2000

2001

2002

2004

First summer classes for CNU rising sophomores held at Oxford University, England
Formation of CNU Marching Captains
Forty-seven new full-time faculty members join CNU, increasing the University's faculty to 196
Potomac River Residence Hall opens
CNU is listed in the Washington Post's "20 Undiscovered Gems"
Phase I of the Ferguson Center for the Arts opens with performance by Tony Bennett

2005

CNU's School of Business achieves international accreditation by the world's top business accrediting organization, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
CNU establishes the Office of International Initiatives and Fellowships
Forty new full-time faculty members join CNU, bringing the end goal of 250 instructional faculty members within reach
President's Leadership Program grows to 180 members with a 3.7 GPA and a 1232 SAT
Phase II of the Ferguson Center for the Arts opens with a performance by Michael Crawford and the New York Pops under the direction of Skitch Henderson
Smithfield Foods' $5 million gift establishes the Joseph W. Luter, III School of Business
CNU Village opens, housing 400 upperclass students in apartments above 17 retail spaces
CNU's Teacher Preparation Program become fully accredited by the Virginia Board of Education
CNU is granted approval to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry beginning in fall 2006
President Trible is elected chair of Virginia's Council of the NCAA

2006