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2019 Catawba College Graduate Nominated for World’s Largest Independent Music Awards

September 11, 2019

Recent Catawba College graduate Dustin Chapman has been nominated for four Josie Music Awards. The Josie Music Awards is an all-genre music award ceremony which hosts singers, songwriters, and music industry professionals from around the world. The 2019 ceremony will be held Sept. 21 in its new…

Catawba College Continues Top 10 Ranking in U.S. News & World Reports’ Best Colleges

September 9, 2019

Categories: Academics, Alumni, Catawba Impact, Students

Catawba College continues to be ranked among the Top 10 Best Colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Reports. The 2020 national rankings were announced today in the magazine’s new edition of “Best Colleges.” Catawba is ranked #8 in the 2020 rankings. This is the fourth straight year that the…

Catawba College Elects Members to Board of Trustees

September 9, 2019

Categories: Academics, Alumni, Business & Economics, Staff

Catawba College has elected four new members of its Board of Trustees, according to an announcement by Bill Graham of Salisbury, Board Chair. They are Lee Syria of Newton, NC, Bart Edge '81 of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, and Ocean Isle Beach, NC; Pamela Huffman Falls '95 of Herndon, VA, and Raymond…

Catawba College Music Grad Wins Carolina Music Awards Competition

August 27, 2019

Categories: Academics, Alumni, Music

Catawba College graduate Lisette Rodriguez recently won Best Rock Female Artist at the 2019 Carolina Music Awards competition, held at the Duke Music Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh. The awards program, now in its 12th year, was co-founded by performers Roberta Flack and Randy Travis…Rodriguez began playing guitar at the age of 13. “Around the age of 16, I discovered I could sing,” she said. From that, she moved on to writing her own music. She played in a hard rock band in high school, and chose Catawba after doing research on colleges that offered music musical theatre and…

Catawba College Students Nominated for Carolina Music Awards

May 16, 2019

Categories: Academics, Alumni, Events, Music, Students

Catawba College students and alumni have been nominated for Carolina Music Awards, which recognize Carolina artists in rock, hip hop, youth, bluegrass, Americana, country and R&B. Award winners will be announced at the Carolina Music Awards show on August 17 at the Duke Energy Center for the…

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2019 Catawba College Graduate Nominated for World’s Largest Independent Music Awards

Catawba College Continues Top 10 Ranking in U.S. News & World Reports’ Best Colleges

Catawba College Elects Members to Board of Trustees

Catawba College Music Grad Wins Carolina Music Awards Competition

Catawba College Students Nominated for Carolina Music Awards