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, to revamp the wing of the Cannon Student Center which houses the Student Affairs offices and to enclose and update Adams Loft.

The interior of the College Bookstore, now outsourced to and managed by Follett Higher Education Group, was also renovated and expanded during Phase I to provide more display space for products. 

Phase II of the Cannon Student Center renovation is now underway and includes renovation of Leonard Lounge, a large common space in the center of the building, the final touches to Adams Loft, and renovation of McCorkles, the College snack bar. Leonard Lounge and Adams Loft will be completed in November, while McCorkles is expected to come on line in January.

Phase III of the Cannon Student Center renovation, a 7,000 square foot addition off the back west wing of the facility, is also in progress with the groundwork for utilities laid. This addition will house the post office (now temporarily relocated in a mobile unit), a fitness center with an aerobics space, the Hurley Room, an executive dining area, and a small kitchenette. It should be completed by May 2008.

In tandem with Phase III, the dining hall on the lower level of the building will be reconfigured to create more intimate, less institutional, dining space. Catawba's food service provider, Chartwells, a division of Compass, Inc., is working with Larry Robb, the architect for the student center, to come up with a new design and layout.

The staff and collections of Catawba's Corriher-Linn-Black Library are scheduled to move back to their renovated space over the Christmas holidays. The staff and resources of the Corriher-Linn-Black Library are temporarily relocated to the second floor of Hoke Hall and four mobile units are on campus behind Hoke Hall to house library collections during the renovation period.

Interior renovations are now being completed after the library was gutted and environmental work there completed. The Salisbury architectural firm of Ramsey, Burgin and Smith Architects, Inc. has oversight for these renovations which capitalize on existing tall ceilings, large windows and spacious public spaces.

Adjacent to the library, a new asphalt parking lot has been created which will give residential students 17 additional spaces for parking on campus.

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