Catawba College News

Dr. Joseph Oxendine, Former Interim President of Catawba College, Dies at 90

April 23, 2020

Dr. Joseph B. Oxendine of Pinehurst, who served as Interim President of Catawba College in 2011 at the age of 80 and was a member of the Board of Trustees, died Tuesday, April 14. Dr. Oxendine, 90, was Chancellor Emeritus at UNC-Pembroke. He was a 1952 graduate of Catawba, where he played three…

Catawba College ‘Lights Up’ for Area Graduates

April 21, 2020

Category: Events

Catawba College will honor 2020 graduates at area high schools, community colleges, and their own graduates by joining the “Be The Light” Movement by turning on the stadium lights at Kirkland Field at Shuford Stadium for 33 nights, beginning today. With COVID-19 closing schools and cancelling or…

Dr. David P. Nelson Named 24th President of Catawba College

April 9, 2020

Categories: Academics, Faculty, Staff, Students

Dr. David P. Nelson, president of Boston's Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), will be the 24th President of Catawba College, the College officially announced on Thursday. The Catawba College Board of Trustees elected Dr. Nelson as its 24th President on March 11. Dr. Nelson accepted…A Special Message to the Catawba Community from Dr. David P. Nelson For media requests at Catawba College, please contact Dr. Jared R. Tice, senior vice president for the college experience and dean of students, at jrtice18@catawba.edu. Meet Catawba's 24th President

Catawba College Professor Part of Madagascar Genetics Study

April 9, 2020

Categories: Academics, Environmental Science, Faculty

Catawba senior Zachary Johnson in Madagascar with a black and white ruffed lemur Dr. Luke Dollar, Chair of the Department of Environment and Sustainability at Catawba College, is part of an international team of scientists who recently released a genetics study on the origins of the “forest cat” on…