What's New at Catawba?

What's NEW at Catawba?

Our newest majors: accounting, computer science, mathematical finance, administration of justice, popular music, special education, and economics & finance.
Distinctive to Catawba are music business and popular music majors, a sustainable business and community development major, a theatre arts education major, and an accredited athletic training major.
Our most popular majors: Business Administration, Theatre Arts, Musical Theatre, and Theatre Arts Administration.
Stars on Campus: Check out who has been on the Catawba College campus in recent months...
Catawba's Ritchie Academy for Teaching offers generous scholarships to prospective teachers with no repayment stipulation.
In 2010, Catawba was one of only 20 Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) member institutions to receive a $100,000 grant through the CIC/Walmart College Success Awards to fund programs designed to increase retention and support the education of first-generation college students.
Our newest scholarships include:
- Accounting Scholarship
- Environmental Programs Scholarship
- Environmental Stewardship Scholarship
- Noyce Scholarship (for majors in biology, chemistry, environmental science, or mathematics in preparation for teaching careers)
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Catawba is ranked 17th among the nation's BEST Regional Colleges in the South, according to the 2013 edition of "Best Colleges," published by U.S.News & World Report.

	•	Again this year, Catawba is one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review’s new 2013 edition of "The Best 377 Colleges."
	•	Catawba is one of only 19 North Carolina public and private institutions included in Forbes' "America's Top Colleges 2012," and is ranked 542 among the 650 best undergraduate colleges. This is the second consecutive year that Catawba has been named a top college by Forbes.
	•	Catawba ranks 89th out of 352 baccalaureate colleges in the country, according to Washington Monthly magazine in its 2012 College Guide and Rankings.
	•	For four consecutive years, Catawba has been named one of the nation's Best Music Schools by In Tune magazine. Catawba was one of only 45 institutions included in the magazine's listing of The Best Music Schools of 2012.

Catawba is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S.A. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. Catawba was named to The Princeton Review's 2013 Green Honor Roll, one of only 21 institutions among those featured in the guide to receive Green Ratings of 99.
Catawba's Admissions website was ranked among the most highly rated in the country, scoring in the top 100 of all sites rated. The site was recognized in the 14th annual My College Options® Enrollment Power Index® (EPI), an analysis of the admissions websites of nearly 3,000 colleges and universities.
Catawba is renovating the cafeteria in the Cannon Student Center, to begin construction in early May 2012. Renovation of the new cafeteria will be completed in time for the 2012-2013 academic year.
In 2011, Catawba's Center for the Environment partnered with the Rocky Mountain Institute to host a Environmental Youth Summit on campus, open to high school juniors and seniors.
Catawba boasts a 189-acre ecological preserve adjacent to campus and a 300-acre wildlife refuge several miles from campus where students conduct research and gain valuable field experience.
Catawba added a Winter / "J" term to allow students the option of taking a class, often with a travel component, between fall and spring semesters.
Catawba's Lilly Center for Vocation and Values helps make ethics and service integral parts of students' lives through values dinners, leadership retreats and coordinated volunteer opportunities.
In 2010, Political Science became a Politics major with concentrations in pre-law or public administration. Dr. Michael Bitzer, chair of the History and Politics Department and associate professor of Politics at the college, is a sought-after political commentator who has been quoted in The L.A. Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and a variety of other television, radio and print outlets.
Catawba added Women's Lacrosse to its 17 other NCAA Division II athletic teams and the College's newest team kicked off its inaugural season in Spring 2012.
Catawba added a marching band, the Catawba PRIDE, which began in fall 2011.