The Catawba College Singers will make their 2010 Tour of the Mid-Atlantic States January 7 through 14. The Singers, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music and Director of Vocal Choral and Sacred Music Studies Paul E. Oakley, plan performance stops in Frederick, Md.; Washington, D.C.; Lancaster, Pa.; Easton, Md.; and Raleigh, N.C.

Catawba College students traveling to London over holiday break will share their London Theatre experiences in blogs on this page. The students are all enrolled in the winter term course "London Sites, Sounds, and Situations" taught by Linda Kesler, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts.

When Catawba College junior, Monica Ostroska of Salisbury, put together her "Merry Little Christmas" album, it was not just a seasonal offering, it was an exercise in her craft. The East Rowan High School graduate and fledgling songwriter/musician majoring in music business decided to do her own sort of capitalization on the holiday season.

Students in Professor Pamela Thompson's fall Business Ethics Class completed part of their coursework by giving back to the community through volunteering their time and resources. Following is a list of students, including how they gave back...

Rocky Mountain Institute's cofounder — a scientist Time magazine recently called "one of the world's 100 most influential people" — will speak at Catawba College on Tuesday, February 23. The Wall Street Journal named Amory Lovins, RMI's chairman and chief scientist, one of 39 people worldwide "most likely to change the course of business in the '90s," and Newsweek called him "one of the Western world's most influential energy thinkers."

By Mark Wineka, salisburypost.com. Al Boulus, whose Al's Night Hawk restaurant represented a rite of passage for many Salisburians, died Tuesday, December 8 at Rowan Regional Medical Center. Boulus, 86, retired from the restaurant business in 2001 after 51 years and three locations on West Innes Street.

Green Pig offers these special holiday tips to help make the season more environmentally friendly. Following just a few of these will help eliminate waste. During a recent holiday season, our nation's trash from gift wrap and shopping bags totaled over 4,000,000 tons. We all can do our part not to add to the waste, but rather to be part of the solution to eliminate it.

Dr. Janice Fuller, Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English at Catawba College, has been awarded a Regional Artist Project Grant by the Arts & Science Council. The funding is made possible through North Carolina Arts Council, the Blumenthal Endowment, and the Arts Councils of Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Rutherford and York (SC) counties. A panel from the ASC reviewed 67 applications and selected only 20 recipients.

By Christine Shuster for The Salisbury Post. It's a Saturday afternoon in November, and I find myself in the luxurious Cloninger Guest House at Catawba College, listening to a woman sing and play piano. This isn't just any woman; and this isn't just any song. This is Lisa Lowell, playing one of her original songs for me. Lowell is a professional background singer who has performed with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, B.B. King, Sheryl Crowe, Stevie Wonder and many others.

"Kids don't care how much we know until they know how much you care," Larry Bell asserted and then added, "and when they know, 'it's on.' " Bell, a national education consultant and motivational speaker, spoke to a capacity audience of prospective teachers, current teachers and area educators at Catawba College's Tom Smith Auditorium on Thursday, Dec. 3rd. His message was delivered with good humor, laughter and plenty of audience participation.

Members of the Catawba College student organization, ECO (Environment Catawba Outreach) were presented with a rare opportunity on Friday, November 13th. Restoring Eden, a faith-based environmental group, invited ECO to Washington D.C., to speak with North Carolina's senators.

By Elizabeth Cook, salisburypost.com. When former Post Sports Editor Ed Dupree took an interest in twins Benjy and Brad Hamm, he set in motion two award-winning journalism careers. Benjy is editorial director of Landmark Community Newspapers, guiding the news side of 56 paid-circulation papers, seven college sports publications and several free publications. Brad is the dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism, expanding a tradition-rich program and leading some of the nation's top jo