Our Mission

Christopher Newport University is dramatically changing the way we conduct business. The Commonwealth, in conjunction with assistance from agencies and institutions of higher education, has developed eVA, a dynamic business-to-government website that automates and streamlines our purchasing activities.

CNU is wholly committed to the timely and successful implementation of eVA. All purchase orders issued by the Purchasing Department are processed through eVA, and we are extraordinarily pleased with our percentage of eVA utilization.

The Commonwealth has mandated that the University fully implement eVA throughout all departments. Using eVA for your departmental purchases will make the process faster and easier. eVA provides an electronic single source for procurement information, reducing the amount of time spent on administrative tasks typically associated with purchasing.  eVA replaces the need of paper purchase requisitions (PR) forms.

Our short-term goal is to achieve successful eVA utilization throughout the University. Our long-term goal is to successfully import information from eVA directly into SCT/Banner to maximize our benefits from eVA and comply with the financial encumbrance process.

This is an unremitting endeavor and we sincerely thank you for your assistance. With your help, we will confidently continue to achieve successful eVA implementation throughout Christopher Newport University.