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About CNU
Leadership
At the helm of Christopher Newport University is President Paul S. Trible Jr., a former U.S. Senator from Virginia who was appointed to lead CNU on January 2, 1996. President Trible represented the Commonwealth of Virginia in the U.S. Senate from 1983 to 1989 and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983. Following his term in the Senate, Trible was a Teaching Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Read more about President Trible…

The University is also led by a Board of Visitors.
Exceptional Education Immersed in a rigorous liberal arts curriculum with the performance standards of a conservatory, Christopher Newport University music students set the standard for excellence. More>
Exceptional Value CNU paved the way for one recent graduate to accept a full fellowship in one of the nation’s top programs. More>
Exceptional Experience For a group of 12 CNU Leadership Studies students, the study of British historical leaders came to life at Oxford University in the summer of 2007. More>