Distinguished Leadership and Service Faculty Award Presented by Christopher Newport University Alumni Society
News Release - August 20, 2004
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(NEWPORT NEWS) - The Christopher Newport University Alumni Society honored senior faculty member Dr. Harold Cones with the Distinguished Leadership and Service Faculty Award during a ceremony Monday - marking the official beginning to the 2004-2005 academic year.
"I have received awards from time to time, but this one is indeed special to me because it comes from the alumni, the folks with whom I have interacted throughout my teaching career," said Cones. "I have honestly loved my many years at CNU and am warmed by the thought that my efforts have been perceived by my past students as fruitful."
Cones joined the CNU faculty in 1968 as an instructor in biology, and has been the chairman of the Department of Biology since 1980. Cones is an environmental and educational consultant to The Mariner's Museum, serves on the National Advisory Board for Resources in Science Education; the Lower Bay Advisory Council for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation; and as a commissioner and chairman of the City of Newport News Wetlands Board. Cones also serves as a commissioner on the Newport News Environmental Commission and the Newport News Public Works Commission. He has published six books, including Mariners' Museum Park, the Making of an Urban Oasis, and countless professional and educational publications.
Among his numerous university achievements, Cones is the founding father of the CNU Faculty Senate and the CNU graduate program - credited with teaching the first University graduate course at CNU, the recipient of seven teaching awards and three grants totaling nearly $1 million.
The CNU Alumni Society established the Distinguished Leadership and Service Faculty award in 2002 to be given to a CNU faculty member whose exceptional leadership and service in the CNU community exceeds all usual expectations.
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls nearly 4,800 students through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Business. CNU's faculty and staff of nearly 1,000 focus on "students first," outstanding teaching, access and opportunity, and liberal learning. CNU is committed to leadership in the community and the Commonwealth.