"It might have been the home field advantage, the excitement of a nationally televised game, or a chance to enjoy a game under the lights which brought thousands of Catawba Indians fans to Shuford Stadium Sept. 27 to watch the match-up against Mars Hill College. Fans weren't disappointed with Catawba's 45-21 victory over Mars Hill — a fitting conclusion to all the pre-game hype and an affirmation of the Catawba Indians' 14th place ranking in the AFCA Division II poll.

When Catawba’s chaplain and senior vice-president, the Rev. Dr. Ken Clapp, traveled to Maiden, N.C. on September 2 to preach the sermon for the Homecoming service at St. Matthews United Church of Christ, it was not just another homecoming.

Join us May 28-30, 2008 for a significant conference that will help to clarify the connection between faith and the environment. The conference will take place at the Center for the Environment at Catawba College. Hear renowned thought leaders from across the nation discuss the environmental challenges we face from a spiritual perspective.

Would you ever give up the NFL on a Sunday afternoon or evening and come to an academic organ recital because you thought it would be more fun? Catawba College's organist would and he's a huge fan of the NFL! Professor Paul E. Oakley, Catawba College's new Director of Choral, Vocal and Sacred Music Studies and the College Organist, is encouraging members of both the College and the Salisbury-Rowan communities to attend the October 7th Hymn Festival and Faculty Recital...

Ketner Hall and the Ketner School of Business are named in honor of Ralph W. Ketner, one of the founders and Chairman Emeritus of Food Lion, Inc. Friends and colleagues were there September 20th to help him celebrate his 87th birthday with an impromptu gathering.

Catawba College alumnus and owner of The Burdette Smith Group P.C., a CPA firm in Fairfax, Va., Thomas Burdette '73 will speak on "Quarterbacking Your Firm" Thursday, October 18 on the Catawba campus. Burdette's presentation begins at 11 a.m. in Tom Smith Auditorium of the Ralph W. Ketner Building.

Some Catawba College Theatre Arts students and productions were winners in the 2006-2007 Metrolina Theatre Awards. The fourth annual awards ceremony was held Sept. 16th at McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square in Charlotte.

Marching bands from Rowan and surrounding counties will visit the Catawba College campus on Saturday, October 13 to compete in the Second Annual Lord Salisbury Marching Band Classic. Fifteen marching bands, representing 10 school districts in the state, have registered to participate in the competition which runs from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Oct. 13th in Catawba's Shuford Stadium.

Catawba College Alumna Kim Butler '02 of Charlotte, a native of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and her colleague, Kimberly Shive of Charlotte, a native of Greenville, N.C., will perform in a voice recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 in Tom Smith Auditorium on the Catawba campus.

Catawba College's Ketner School of Business will host its inaugural Business Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 3. Seven individuals will be inducted into the Business Hall of Fame at the event which begins with a 6 p.m. reception, followed by a 6:45 p.m. dinner in Peeler Crystal Lounge of the Robertson College-Community Center on campus.

What if you were convicted of a crime you did not commit then later exonerated before your scheduled execution for that crime? It could happen, did happen, and does happen. The Catawba College Theatre Arts Department's production of "The Exonerated" is a play based on the true stories of six individuals whose lives were irrevocably changed when they were convicted of crimes they did not commit. The play, directed by Theatre Arts Professor Christopher Zink, will be performed at 6:55 p.m. Tuesday

Come celebrate with us at Family Weekend 2007! See your student, meet faculty, catch a theatre production, a home, nationally televised football game, and enjoy a Carolina Family Barbecue...

Seven students and one faculty member from Catawba College are spending fall semester studying abroad at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. The "across the pond" experience is thanks to a partnership agreement that Catawba has forged with the University of Evansville.

The Catawba College community will commemorate Sept. 11, 2001 in two different ways Tuesday evening — with a free concert, "Bands Not Bombs 2007," and with a worship service of remembrance. The outdoor concert organized by Catawba College senior Brianna Smith of Austin, Texas, is scheduled between 6 and 9:30 p.m. on the lawn of Abernethy Quad. Bands and entertainment featured include 23-19, Katie Bragg, Derek Daisey, and Fisher Street Band, all of which involve Catawba students or musicians with

As a surplus of 300 Catawba College students crowded into Hedrick Little Theatre on campus Tuesday, Sept. 4, for a simple book revue on the 2007 required first-year common reading, "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder, they believed that they were in for a simple, as Dr. Sheila Brownlow, psychology professor, put it, "intellectual introduction to college study." However, each student who attended left with not only a better understanding of the book and the doctors who had so kindly vol

Although the five new residence halls of Abernethy Village are completed and now house upper class students, campus construction projects and renovations are continuing in both the Cannon Student Center and the Corriher-Linn-Black Library. Work to renovate one portion of the Cannon Student Center (Phase I) began in May and was completed at the end of July. College administrators worked with the Winston-Salem architect Larry Robb and the project manager, Knoxville, Tennessee-based Lawler Woods, t

The Catawba College Facilities Department is encouraging all members of the college community to start seeing green this academic year. That department is taking a leadership position on campus, advocating recycling, use of sustainable, green, and recycled products, encouraging conservation and waste reduction, and even establishing a new position to coordinate those efforts.

Almost exactly five years ago, Dr. Sanford Silverburg, professor of political science at Catawba College, spoke at the institution's College Community Forum on the topic of American power as it relates to the problems of the Middle East. A lot has happened since then, most notably the military intervention in Iraq and the subsequent removal of Sadaam Hussein from power. How has that action affected the balance in the Middle East, and what foreign policy decisions will the U.S. confront as a resu

Four faculty members in the Catawba College Mathematics Department have collaborated to author a textbook being used in two courses this semester. "Principles of Mathematics," a general education text which requires only high school algebra as a prerequisite, is being used in two sections of Mathematics 1601.

Catawba College President Dr. Robert Knott commissioned 15 students as Junior Marshals in a ceremony held Wednesday, August 29 in Omwake-Dearborn Chapel on campus. These Junior Marshals were chosen from the junior class based on academic rank and are among the most honored students on campus. They embody the best of Catawba College both in academic achievement and service to the College community.

Various faculty and staff members of the Catawba College community were recognized for their years of service to the institution during fall convocation Thursday, August 30 in Omwake-Dearborn Chapel. The convocation also marked the official beginning of the College’s 156th academic year, 82 of those years in Salisbury.

Some Catawba College Theatre Arts students and productions have been nominated for 2006-2007 Metrolina Theatre Awards. The fourth annual awards ceremony is scheduled Sept. 16th at McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square in Charlotte.