Area farmers, restaurateurs, chefs, health care representatives, elected and government officials, retailers, and a few who were just curious came together to discuss a program called FarmerFresh on March 30th at the Center for the Environment at Catawba College. Those attending hailed from Rowan, Cabarrus, Montgomery, Davidson, Stanly, Iredell and Davie counties. They asked questions and shared their personal opinions and insights on how to create both jobs and a viable market for food grown l

Volunteer Catawba will host a Catawba Cares Day on Saturday, April 10th. On that day, several different groups of faculty, staff, and student volunteers will work on beautification projects around campus. Planned projects include painting, mulching and planting flowers, with all materials and tools to be provided by the College.

Catawba College's chapter of Alpha Chi sent five student delegates to the Alpha Chi Super-Regional Convention in Little Rock, Arkansas, March 25-28. Dr. Bethany Sinnott, a professor of English at Catawba, accompanied the students as Faculty Sponsor.

Michael Eden, an instructor of physical education and assistant athletic trainer at Catawba College, is the recipient of the N.C. Athletic Trainers Association Educator of the Year Award. Eden received the award March 6th at the annual NCATA Symposium.

Faculty and students of the Catawba College Psychology Department attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Chattanooga, Tenn., March 10-13. Students attending included Lauren Graham of Salisbury, N.C., Andrea Clabaugh of York, Pa., and Tiffany Sowers of Asheville, N.C.; faculty included Drs. Lyn Boulter and Sheila Brownlow.

An online Battle of the Bands contest might seem an odd way for a student to be introduced to the college he or she would eventually attend, but that is exactly what happened in the case of Blakley Leonard of Abingdon, Va. Blakley's band, The Calendar Effect, came in second place in the Young Guns 2008 Battle of the Bands national online competition that Catawba College coordinates and hosts. It was actually a current Catawba music business student, Lara Poplo, who discovered Blakley's band...

Four new members will be inducted into the Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame on May 1, during the festivities of the Hall of Fame's 32st anniversary. The inductees are (with graduation year): David Bennett of Conway, S.C.; Reid Bradshaw '67 of Salisbury; Kevin Sloan '88 of Havertown, Pa.; and Jowita Sokolowska '97 of Harelbeke, Belgium.

Robert F. Wagner, Lowe's senior vice president of specialty sales and store operations support, will be the keynote speaker during Catawba College's Ralph W. Ketner School of Business' 5th Distinguished CEO Lecture Series on Thursday, April 8. Wagner, a 1976 Catawba alumnus and a member of the College Board of Trustees since 2007, will offer remarks, entitled "Small College Values in a Big Business World," beginning at 11 a.m. on April 8...

Local students were among the 124 students participating in the N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics state contests that Catawba College hosted on Thursday, March 25, 2010. Tests in Algebra I and Geometry were administered by the Catawba College Mathematics Department and the top seven students in geometry and the top nine students in Algebra I qualified for the regional contests.

Catawba Alumna Lauren Ebersole '07 is headed for her next great adventure and this one will last more than two years (27 months to be exact). She is on her way to East Java, Indonesia on a Peace Corps assignment to teach English to high school students.

Catawba's website home page has been redesigned. The new home page, launched March 22, is simpler to navigate, has some added white space, and incorporates many of the graphic elements Catawba is now using in both print publications and recent video projects. Additionally, the new page continues to highlight the most popular and top-searched information on the main page (i.e. majors, tuition, financial aid), provides audience-based links, and...

By Elizabeth Cook, salisburypost.com. Rowan County candidates involved in primaries for the N.C. General Assembly and the Rowan County Board of Commissioners will participate in a candidate forum at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, at Catawba College. And Post readers have an opportunity now to offer questions for the candidates to field. Catawba College, the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce and the Salisbury Post are sponsoring the forum, which will be held...

On Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., the combined choirs of Catawba College will perform George Frederick Handel's Messiah at Omwake Dearborn Chapel on the Catawba campus. The Catawba Singers, Catawba Chorale, Catawba Chamber Singers, and the vocal faculty of the College have worked since September to prepare this concert of Handel's revered oratorio.

By Susan Shinn, Special Correspondent. Elizabeth Berg finds effortless joy in writing. Berg was speaker for the 24th Annual Brady Author's Symposium, held March 18 in Catawba College's Keppel Auditorium. Members of local book clubs, the Brady family, Catawba staff and residents from Rowan County and beyond enjoyed a luncheon afterward in the college's Peeler Crystal Lounge. Berg further shared insights at an informal Q&A session later in the afternoon.

Author and architect Sarah Susanka brought her "Not So Big" philosophy to Catawba College's campus on March 16 and advised those members of her 11 a.m. audience to "be the custodian of your own life. We are that channel by which God moves through this world," Susanka explained, noting "those inner judgments [each person makes about themselves] undermine the truth of who God wants you to be."

2008 Catawba alumnus Jonathan Rhodes is making a 10-day trip to Thailand this month with a high school friend, and 2007 alumnus Joe Brooks. For Rhodes, this is a repeat trip to a country he has grown to love. He'll be sharing his adventures through blog posts here and through his personal blog. Rhodes' introductory post about the trip that will begin March 11 follows...

Seventeen Catawba College seniors, all pursuing academic majors in the Ketner School of Business, were inducted into the Business Honor Society during a March 4 ceremony held at the Cloninger Guest House on campus. Membership in this scholastic honor society is open to all senior majors in the fields of accounting, economics, information systems, management and marketing who have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.2.

He made it sound so easy. Catawba College welcomed Amory Lovins, one of the world's "top thinkers and environmentalists" and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) based in Colorado, to Keppel Auditorium Feb. 23. Speaking to a crowd of more than 700, Lovins discussed doable ways to cut our dependence on oil. "It's not a fantasy," Lovins said. "It's available, practical and profitable now."

We are pleased to announce that beginning with the Fall 2010 semester, Catawba College will participate in the William D. Ford Direct Loan program. Catawba College students will be required to use the Direct Loan program for all federal student and parent loans rather than the Federal Family Educational Loan Program program (FFELP). With the Direct Loan program, students and parents will apply directly with the federal government rather than having to go through a lender such as a bank.

Looking for a chance to see former Lacrosse teammates and enjoy some time with them? The perfect opportunity to do just that is the April 24th, 2010 Catawba College Lacrosse Reunion. It all begins at 12:30pm in Kirkland Lobby of Goodman Gymnasium. Lunch for all will be served at that time and several of you will be selected to speak to the group about your time at Catawba and your Lacrosse memories.

Jessica Garner, the 2009-2010 N.C. Teacher of the Year, spent time on campus Thursday, February 25th with West Scholars and the Department of Teacher Education, sharing her vision of the 21st Century Classroom. Ms. Garner is a Spanish teacher at Porter Ridge High School and is a resident of Indian Trail, N.C.

By Susan Shinn, Catawba News Service. "Dad says not to worry about it but I want to know." Wise words from an undergraduate who attended Catawba College's Life-Skills 101 series on Feb. 18-19 in the Hurley Room on campus. The first night focused on personal finance, with the second night centered around alumni networking and dining and business etiquette.