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Catawba Valley Community College

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School Notes:

• Through the concerted efforts of concerned and united Catawba County citizens and North Carolina educational leaders, on April 3, 1958, Catawba Valley Community College was established by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction as the ninth school of its kind in the state. In July 1963. the General Assembly of North Carolina enacted into law G.S. 115A which provided for the establishment of the present North Carolina System of Community Colleges. On January 9, 1964, Catawba Valley Technical Institute was among the original seven institutes chartered by the Department. At that time, CVTI established its own Board of Trustees and began operation as a member of the Department of Community Colleges. Thus, it was in August 1964, that the College awarded its first Associate Degree in Applied Science.
• Catawba Valley Community College, located about half way between Hickory and Newton on Highways 70 and 321, is in Catawba County, North Carolina. The campus covers 120 acres and includes ten buildings for a total of 270.000 square feet of floor space. In addition, there is a college Art Center on the Startown Highway, an Education Center in downtown Newton, the Alexander County Center, Balls Creek Center, and an East Campus.
• CVCC offers a variety of education programs including but not limited to the following: College Transfer, Automotive Systems, Business, Criminal Justice, Engineering Technology, Environmental Life Science, Furniture Technology, Health Science, Humanities, Industrial Technologies, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Corporate & Continuing Education. CVCC offers a variety of vocational and technical education programs that can be completed in two years or less. Our College transfer programs are designed to give students the first two years of a four-year college education.
• A student's experience at Catawba Valley Community College does not begin and end in the classroom. Various activities, opportunities, and functions of a social and professional nature are offered by Student Government in order to provide a well rounded campus atmosphere. The College encourages participation in student organizations and activities. Programs sponsored include Fall and Spring Flings, N4C SGA conferences, co-curricular activities, NJCAA women's volleyball and NJCAA men's basketball and much more.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Fiserv Hiring Event Thursday (WBTV Charlotte)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 06:08:18 am
  The financial technology company, Fiserv is holding its second day of information sessions.
• Information Sessions For Hickory Company Excite Jobseekers (WSOC-TV Charlotte)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:08:59 pm
  The company will hire more than 400 people over the next three years, bringing relief to an area with double-digit unemployment.
• Call center's meetings will describe coming jobs (The Morganton News Herald)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 01:02:00 am
  A financial technology company will hold four meetings this week with prospective employees for its new customer care center in Hickory.
• 419 workers needed for new customer care center (Hickory Daily Record)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 04:32:00 am
  A financial technology company will hold four meetings this week with prospective employees of its new customer care center.
• In case of attack ... (Hickory Daily Record)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:52:00 am
  Homemade bombs are cheap and simple. They're easy to hide and they're lethal. Trains loaded with thousands of tons of cargo rumble through downtown Hickory daily. Tanker trucks haul toxic cargo on Interstate 40.

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