http://www.catawba.edu/news/category/2.aspxAlumniMaegen G. Worleyen-US.Text Version 0.95.2004.102Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/22/baseballchamps2012.aspxTue, 22 May 2012 13:47:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/22/baseballchamps2012.aspxCatawba's Baseball team will take its first ever trip to the college Division II World Series. Nationally ranked #21 Catawba, with a record of 43-15, will take on #15 ranked University of Indianapolis in the opening round on Sunday at 1pm at the USA Baseball Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. During the regional playoffs, Catawba defeated nationally ranked #2 Tusculum, #4 Mt. Olive, #6 Francis Marion and #7 Armstrong Atlantic to claim the championship. Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/12/commencement2012.aspxSat, 12 May 2012 16:49:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/12/commencement2012.aspxJobs, better jobs, and more education were on the minds of Catawba College graduates Saturday, May 12, following two commencement exercises held in Keppel Auditorium. Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/12/obmichael2012.aspxSat, 12 May 2012 15:43:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/12/obmichael2012.aspxA 1956 Catawba College alumnus and six-time U.S. Ambassador, William Lacy Swing, received the O.B. Michael Award for 2012 at the college's 10 a.m. commencement exercise on May 12. Swing, a native of Lexington, N.C., has enjoyed a long career at the U.S. Department of State, serving as a six-time ambassador and managing some of the largest diplomatic missions and foreign development and humanitarian aid programs in two hemispheres. Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/08/reedAGT2012.aspxTue, 08 May 2012 09:11:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/08/reedAGT2012.aspxDennis Reed of Charlotte, 2006 graduate of Catawba College, has been selected by the America's Got Talent judges along with his troupe, Inspire the Fire (ITF), to move on from Las Vegas to the next round of competition in New York.Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/04/bradhamm2012.aspxFri, 04 May 2012 10:30:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/05/04/bradhamm2012.aspxBradley J. Hamm, dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism, has been named dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern Provost Daniel I. Linzer announced today. Hamm will join the faculty as dean-designate on July 1 and assume the deanship on Sept. 1.Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/26/ruthhighway2012.aspxThu, 26 Apr 2012 16:21:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/26/ruthhighway2012.aspxAlthough he died in 1989, memories of U.S. Congressman Earl Baker Ruth flowed as freely on April 26 as traffic on the highway that was dedicated in his memory. A ceremony, emceed by N.C. Board of Transportation member, Ralph Womble, and attended by Ruth's family, past and present elected officials, and his former students, friends and colleagues, was held that day in Peeler Crystal Lounge on the Catawba College campus.Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/19/awards2012.aspxThu, 19 Apr 2012 16:48:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/19/awards2012.aspxCatawba College President Brien Lewis had a chance to meet and learn about the achievements of some of the college's best and brightest students during his first week on the job. That opportunity came for Lewis at the college's annual Awards Convocation held April 19 in Omwake-Dearborn Chapel.Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/18/hof12inductees.aspxWed, 18 Apr 2012 08:56:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/18/hof12inductees.aspxFour new members will be inducted into the Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame on April 28, during the festivities of the Hall of Fame's 35th anniversary. The inductees are (with graduation year): John D. Coble '52 (deceased); Scherrie A. Dalton '98 of Martinsville, Va.; Gregory K. Payne '98 of Anderson, S.C.; and Bill H. Wilhelm '57 (deceased). Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/16/prescircle2012.aspxMon, 16 Apr 2012 12:40:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/16/prescircle2012.aspx"The most important thing this college did for me was let me become a student here," Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine recalled Sunday, April 15, as he accepted Catawba College's prestigious Adrian L. Shuford, Jr. Award for Distinguished Service. Oxendine, a 1952 alumnus of Catawba and chancellor emeritus of UNC Pembroke, was tapped to serve as interim president of his alma mater last March while a national search was launched for Catawba's next president.Maegen G. Worleyhttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/16/lyerly2012.aspxMon, 16 Apr 2012 11:46:00 GMThttp://www.catawba.edu/news/archive/2012/04/16/lyerly2012.aspxEDITOR'S NOTE: James C. Lyerly, a graduate of Catawba College and the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, organized his own funeral home in Salisbury in 1957. His son Brent is now president of the Lyerly Funeral Home, which was destroyed by a fire on Friday, April 13, 2012. Though devastated by a lunchtime fire that destroyed Lyerly Funeral Home's main building Friday, Brent Lyerly said the business will rebuild. "We will be back, hopefully, with the Lord's help," said Lyerly.