A new debate team has been started at Catawba. Ran jointly by Pr. Tara Gilstrap and Professor Mike Hogewood, they are expected to start competition in the spring. So far they have about twenty students at the meetings. “It is a long process to get to competitions but that is our goal.” Pr. Gilstrap said during our interview. […]
READ MOREIf my family and friends were to tell me four years ago that I would be going to a college ¼ the size of my high school, I probably would have laughed at them. However, I am ultimately grateful for choosing a small school as it has opened up doors for me that I would […]
READ MORE“I think Catawba has begun to market what makes us different in a lot of ways, and that may be why we are moving up in their rankings,” Dr. J. Michael Bitzer says in response to a rapid movement upwards for Catawba in a variety of college rankings. Placed fourth best southern college in the […]
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Justice for All: Conversation with Catawba’s Title IX Administrator
catawbapioneerstaff November 3, 2016 0 COMMENTSAccording to a 1979 Federal law, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” This policy is known as Title IX and, as Dr. Erin Wood […]
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2006 Catawba Alumnus and Music Business graduate, Dennis Reed, spent this year on tour with the renowned R&B/Soul artist, Fantasia. While on tour, Fantasia picked up the song, “Necessary” written and released by Dennis Reed over a decade ago. After hearing the song, Fantasia began performing Necessary live with Reed at the piano. On June […]
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