CVCC 2019 News
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Nevertheless, She Persisted: Bunker Hill High School and CVCC Grad Becomes Dr. Rodriguez
Earning a college degree can be challenging in the best of circumstances. But it’s especially challenging when you’re the first among your parents and five siblings to do it.
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Benz, Inc. Forges Partnership With CVCC
Through a new partnership with Benz, Inc., Catawba Valley Community College’s Computer Integrated Machining Technology program recently received approximately $30,000 worth of live and angle head tooling.
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Semester Break Closing
CVCC closed December 20 - January 1, 2020
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Engineering Technology
Engineering Technology students find career opportunities in support of engineers or performing engineering technology services.
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CVCC Choral Ensemble Performs with Puddingstone
Catawba Valley Community College’s Choral Ensemble will perform with well known western North Carolina musical group Puddingstone Thursday, December 19, at 7:30 PM at The Green Room Theatre in Newton.
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Winners Selected for Annual Shark Tank App Design Project
Catawba Valley Community College recently held its annual Shark Tank App Design Prototype Project competition among second-year students in the college’s Advertising and Graphic Design Program.
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Business Programs
Accounting, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, and Office Administration classes are also offered entirely online, should the student prefer the format and convenience of online learning.
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Information Technology
Get started in Information Technology at Catawba Valley Community College, and you'll gain the technical knowledge you need to learn cutting-edge technology. Choose an Associate Applied Science (AAS) degree, diploma, or a certificate program to get started on your journey to success.
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Industrial Technologies
Skilled trades are in high demand. Let the CVCC Industrial Technology programs give your career the competitive edge!
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Health Programs
Catawba Valley Community College Offers Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree, diploma, and certificate programs in healthcare and health services.
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Hickory Woman's Club Sponsors Scholarships for CVCC Students
The Hickory Woman’s Club recently funded scholarships for three Catawba Valley Community College students through donations to the CVCC Foundation, Inc.
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CVCC Holds First-Ever "Speech Slam!" as Part of Interdisciplinary Read Events
As part of its Interdisciplinary Read series of events, Catawba Valley Community College is staging its first-ever “Speech Slam!” Wednesday, November 13, at noon in the East Wing Auditorium.
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Parents of High School Student Invited to Learn About Apprenticeship Catawba at Info Sessions
CVCC will host an event Tuesday, November 12, at 6:00 PM, held at the college’s Workforce Solutions Complex. Hickory High School will host an event November 14 at 6:00 PM in the Media Center.
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Campus Closed November 28-29
Campus Closed November 28-29 for Thanksgiving Holiday.
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Weekend College
CVCC Weekend College Associate in Arts Degree
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Veteran's Day
Student Veteran's Club held it's annual fundraiser
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Spring Registration
Registration options available for Flex Start courses.
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CVCC Sponsors November 4 Presentation On The Real Deal About The NC REAL ID
Congress passed the REAL ID Act requiring states to issue identification that meets higher security standards. Beginning Oct. 1, 2020, a NC REAL ID will be required to travel on commercial airlines, enter military bases, enter federal facilities (federal courthouses), and nuclear power plants.
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Annual Interdisciplinary Read: Educated A Memoir
“Educated” is an unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
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Addiction and Recovery Series September 2021
GOLDEN HOUR PRESENTATION - Please Join us for a free online Addiction & Recovery Series through the month of September.
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Campus Tour
If you've wanted to see what the campus of CVCC is like, check out this video montage of people on the campus being students! This is a second statement. I suspect this will all be smushed.
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Surgical Technology Grads Recognized at Ceremony
Recent graduates of Catawba Valley Community College’s Surgical Technology diploma were recognized at a ceremony in their honor.
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Furniture Academy Recognizes Outside Upholstery Graduates
Catawba Valley Furniture Academy’s unique training prepares a future workforce for immediate employment.
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Scholarship in Memory of CVCC Faculty Presented to NCHS Grad Cole Yoder
Catawba Valley Community College student Cole Yoder was recently presented the David N. Smith Scholarship established through the CVCC Foundation, Inc.
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High School Seniors Earn College Degree; Hundreds Earn College Credit at CVCC-Tuition Free
Several area high school seniors recently got an early—and cost saving!—jump on their college career. Thanks to Catawba Valley Community College’s Career and College Promise Program, three graduating high school seniors completed a two-year associate degree, and many others earned a full semester of college credit, or more, all without paying any tuition.
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Paramedic Student Awarded Stephanie Lynn Gabriel Memorial Scholarship by CVCC Foundation
Morgan McDonald was recently awarded the Stephanie Lynn Gabriel Memorial Scholarship established through the CVCC Foundation, Inc.
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Dean's List for Spring 2019
Catawba Valley Community College recently announced the Dean’s List of students for the spring 2019 semester. The following students who have a grade point average of 3.5 up to 3.79 were recognized:
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Now Registering For Summerscapes
School will soon be out. Have you made summer camp plans for your child yet? Catawba Valley Community College is now accepting registrations for its Summerscapes experience for children age 5 to 16.
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Alumni Honor Retired Department Head
Catawba Valley Community College alumni who majored in Turfgrass Management Technology recently reunited to honor beloved retired faculty member and mentor Harry M. DuBose.
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Furniture Academy April Grads
The Catawba Valley Furniture Academy, a public/private partnership, between Catawba Valley Community College and major western North Carolina furniture manufacturers, recently celebrated the success of several graduates.
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Alumni Golf Tournament Winners
Catawba Valley Community College’s Office of Alumni Affairs recently held its annual Guy Hollar Memorial Golf Tournament at Rock Barn Country Club.
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CVCC Sweeps State SkillsUSA Competition
Catawba Valley Community College’s SkillsUSA chapter made history at this year’s State Leadership and Skills Conference. CVCC won the most medals any school has ever won in the state of North Carolina.
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Student Leadership Academy Grads Recognized
Catawba Valley Community College recently recognized the eighth graduating class of its annual Student Leadership Academy.
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Vocalists Advance to Mid-Atlantic Competition
Five Catawba Valley Community College music students were among nearly 500 who recently competed at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Mid-Atlantic Regional Vocal Competition in Baltimore, Md.
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Donation From Knights
Members of the Knights of Columbus Council 6451 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Hickory recently presented the CVCC Foundation, Inc., with a gift from the LAMB Foundation of North Carolina to support Catawba Valley Community College’s Adult Basic Education program.
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Theatre Program Stages "Importance of Being Earnest"
Catawba Valley Community College’s Play Production class will stage performances of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” this spring in the college’s Blackbox Theatre March 29 through 31 and April 5 through 7.
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True Addiction Stories
Catawba Valley Community College’s Interdisciplinary Read Committee will host its final community discussion on “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Addiction,” April 3 at noon when recovering addicts share their stories.
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Call For Art Work
Catawba Valley Community College is seeking artworks for a permanent collection at the North Carolina Community College System in Raleigh for an expanded permanent collection.
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College Hosts Quinones March 26
Catawba Valley Community College’s Interdisciplinary Read Committee proudly hosts a campus visit by author Sam Quinones on Tuesday, March 26, at 11 a.m. in the college’s Tarlton Complex.
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Alex Lee Gift Names WSC Conference Center
The CVCC Foundation, Inc., recently received a significant gift from Alex Lee, Inc., parent company of Lowes Foods and MDI. To honor that gift, Catawba Valley Community College named the conference center in the new Workforce Solutions Complex the Lowes Foods | Alex Lee | MDI Conference Center.
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Magic Wheelchair Flying Car
Catawba Valley Community College Visual Art Program Director Jeff Kiefer recently built a Harry Potter Flying Car costume for a wheelchair bound child revealed at N.C. Comicon in Raleigh.
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BLET Cadets Graduate
Catawba Valley Community College recently honored graduates of its Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program during a special ceremony.
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First Ever Day of Extraordinary Service a Big Hit
Catawba Valley Community College employees recently took part in the first ever CVCC Day of Extraordinary Service (CVCC D.O.E.S.) event assisting local nonprofits, arts groups and public schools in Catawba and Alexander counties.
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Hinshaw Named to NJCAA Foundation Board
Dr. Garrett D. Hinshaw, president of Catawba Valley Community College, has been named to the newly formed National Junior College Athletic Association Foundation.
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Flick Family Establishes Scholarship
The CVCC Foundation, Inc., announces the establishment of the Flick Family Scholarship Endowment by the Rev. Dr. Donald P. Flick and his wife, Jo Anne Townsend Flick, at Catawba Valley Community College.
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Bassett Dedicates Learning Center
During a recent ceremony at the Catawba Valley Furniture Academy in Newton, N.C., officials with Bassett Furniture Industries dedicated the Bassett Learning Center.
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Hands-on-History Students Visit Selma
Catawba Valley Community College’s Hands-On-History initiative thru the Office of Multicultural Affairs recently took students to Selma, Ala., to experience the anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights.
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DeLee Earns Doctorate
Brenda DeLee, Director of E-learning Design and Quality Matters Coordinator at Catawba Valley Community College, recently earned a doctor of philosophy degree in computing technology in education at Nova Southeastern University. Her dissertation topic was “Assistive Technology Guidelines for Higher Education Disability Support Staff.”
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Ceramic Artist Tolbert Exhibits at Ole Miss
The work of Catawba Valley Community College visual art faculty member Preston Tolbert is on exhibit at the University of Mississippi through March 8. Tolbert’s work is part of the Ceramic MFA Alumni Exhibit in Gallery 130.
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Then and Now Students Honored
The CVCC Foundation, Inc., recently held a reception for Catawba Valley Community College students, faculty and staff who created the unique pictorial “Newton: Then & Now.”
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SkillsUSA Week Celebrated
Catawba Valley Community College kicked off National SkillsUSA Week (Feb. 3-9) recently by garnering a proclamation by Hickory City Mayor Hank Guess.
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Magic Wheelchair Project
Catawba Valley Community College fine art students recently helped build a unique costume for a wheelchair-bound child.
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Days of Security 2019
Catawba Valley Community College’s Business Technology Division recently hosted two Days of Security for middle and high school students and coordinated hands-on activities to give them exposure to cybersecurity careers.
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Hampton Heights and CVCC Partner
Catawba Valley Community College officials and the management of Hampton Heights Golf Club, located in Hickory, N.C., have entered into a partnership that introduces a ground breaking learning opportunity for students enrolled in the Turfgrass Management Associate Degree program.
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Opiate Addiction Treatment Public Discussion
Catawba Valley Community College’s Interdisciplinary Read Committee announces its February 20 discussion on opioid addiction treatment options as part of its Interdisciplinary Read exploration of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Addiction,” by Sam Quinones.
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Redhawk Publishing Pursues Untouchables Story
Catawba Valley Community College’s Redhawk Publishing is creating a documentary and companion book about the Untouchables, the famous undefeated Ridgeview High School 1964 Panthers football team.
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Spring-Students-of-the-Semester
Catawba Valley Community College students Holly Cable, Alexis Dimetry, Melissa Mooney and Abigail Qurollo were recently named Students of the Semester.