New Campus Minister Melanie Reuter
Joins Christopher Newport University

News Release - September 10, 2004
contact:
Gregory P. Bilyeu
(757) 594-8428
bilyeu@cnu.edu

(NEWPORT NEWS) — United Campus Ministries (UCM) of Christopher Newport University has appointed Melanie C. Reuter as campus minister. UCM is a Christian-based outreach to the CNU community supported financially by 40 local churches and denominational governing bodies. Reuter succeeds the Rev. Cheryl Harrison Davidson and Carolyn Lawrence who served as campus ministers for the past 20 years.

Reuter's experience includes campus ministry at Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute. She holds a master's degree in religious education from Duke University and currently serves as the director of spiritual formation at Grace United Methodist Church in Newport News.

As campus minister Reuter will coordinate programs to meet the spiritual needs of CNU students, faculty and staff. Such programs include individual counseling on matters related to spiritual development, the coordination of the student internship programs, the Listening Post where members of local churches meet informally with students in residence halls to offer adult support and friendship, and the Adopt-A-Student Program where local churches involve students in worship and fellowship.

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.