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Featured ArticleSince the wiki had a lot of changes happening to it recently (I suppose you might call them upgrades), we shall actually insert some old article here rather than requested additions. Here is an excerpt from the early CNU article: CNUThe University Webpage states the following: "The youngest comprehensive university in the Commonwealth, Christopher Newport University was founded in 1960 as a two-year branch of the College of William and Mary. The University became independent in 1977 and gained university status in 1991."
Original plans for the fledgling college were obviously less ambitious. According to the CNU website, it started with 171 students, and in fact, it was not originally located at the present site of its now well-developed grounds, but inside a donated school building downtown. As for when it moved, however, there were in the original plans for its present home a Science Building (Gosnold Hall), a gym (Ratcliffe Hall), Wingfield Hall, and a Library/Admin combine (Library and now demolished Smith Hall). A Campus Center was later added to the master site plan, and may have been the first building built. The archives of the CNU catalogs occasionally contain old maps or plans for CNU (sorted chronologically as possible - volume numbers are deceptive):
Looking at these maps/plans, one can see how the campus gradually assumed its current shape (there are further ones available in the Library, also). A student center was built by 1976. Sometime between 1976 and 1978 the admin building appears to have been added, and sometime thereafter the science building was planned and some of the athletic facilities came into being. It is rather interesting to see what meagre expectations were originally held for this campus, and how it slowly yet surely began to outgrow its earlier nature. Observing old depictions by artists of the campus, such as were made to show the role a new building would play, is also a revealing activity: The perception of the kind of students who attended campus has changed greatly over time in terms of age and intention. Here are some example photos of such artistic portrayals as can be found on campus: Keep in mind that this is not necessarily exactly how the campus looked at any given point in time: It is the result of what various people imagined the campus had the potential to look like. A highly relevant example that led to changes in the perception of the University's students is much more recent: The residence halls came into existence, so that what was once a primarily commuter school was suddenly now a home. |
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