Catawba Valley Community College

Specialties

CVCC is an accredited comprehensive community college serving Catawba and Alexander counties. CVCC enrolls more than 5,500 students in college credit courses and more than 15,000 in short-​term, non-​credit learning opportunities. It offers programming in Hickory, Newton and Taylorsville and in many community and workplace locations. For more information, visit www​.cvcc​.edu.

History

Established in 1958.

Founded as the Catawba Co. Industrial Education Center, it was established to help transition the workforce from agricultural to industrial. In 1964, it became one of the first seven institutions chartered by the N.C. Community College System and was named Catawba Valley Technical Institute. It changed names again in 1979 to Catawba Valley Technical College and again in 1987 when the college transfer program was started.

Meet the Manager

Mary M.

Manager

I’ve served as the Community Relations Director for the college since 2000. My team’s work focuses on building and maintaining the institution’s brand through a mix of traditional and new media.