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Above the resort town of Uvita, immersed in nature, tranquility and privacy sits a hidden jewel. This unusual Villa is here for any couple or individual who wishes to rejuvenate while enjoying the area's almost unlimited pleasure and adventure. Tucked away in a tropical paradise, this Moroccan/Indian style Villa has the feel of a small palace. This exclusive Villa is luxurious, extremely comfortable and designed with exquisite attention to detail. Designed by us (the owners Paula and Marty) our focus was to create a place of beauty that would feel palatial and yet be cradled in the mountains and jungle, where one could experience "living in art and natural beauty at the same time".
The Villa is all handcrafted and great care went into creating interior windows and veranda arches, all uniquely designed with beautiful moldings. The mahogany Queen bed was also custom designed and hand carved. The bedroom floors are beautiful Teak wood, soft underfoot. The 18ft vaulted ceiling is crowned by an unusual dome which can be softly lit and is a pleasure to gaze at while lying in bed. The bathroom is spacious and mostly stone and has an exotic ancient feel. While the bedroom and bathroom are comfortably screened in the veranda (living room and gourmet kitchen) are open air yet covered and protected from the rain. The villa has several multicolored stained glass Moroccan lamps and candles enhancing the already serene and romantic ambiance. The veranda flooring is imported porcelain tile, the kitchen has hand painted wall tiles and counters of Costa Rican quartz stone. Both overlook your personal 51ft saltwater pool which is covered with see through fabric so that you are always protected from the harsh sun's rays but can see sky and trees clearly. The pool is tiled with Italian imported glass tiles and is both beautiful to look at and delightful to enjoy. It can be lit for an evening swim under the stars. The water is non chemical (saltwater) and one does not feel the salt. It just feels clean, fresh and gentle.
As you enter this private reserve you are stepping into a world of natural beauty where your awareness shifts as your senses are delighted and calmed by the extraordinary beauty in which you will be living.
This 60 acre private property has abundant wild life and hundreds of flowering plants and fruit and palm trees and overlooks the largest marine preserve in Central America, Cano Island, and the Whale's Tail reef (the third largest in the world). Included are hiking trails leading to stunning Pacific Ocean views and resting areas where you can stop to enjoy a glass of wine as you watch the sun set.
The Villa is nestled in the midst of a garden of tropical flowers, bamboos and sculptures and overlooks your personal 51 ft saltwater pool, the Uvita River Valley, and the Talamanca Mountains beyondn You awake each morning to the sounds of Howler Monkeys and numerous varieties of tropical birds (yet comfortably screened in) and relax in the evenings to the surf's far off gentle rhythms.
Only we ,Marty and Paula share this 60 acre property with you. We are available to help you arrange anything you need during your stay. Although comfortably out of sight or sound they can always be reached by your provided walkie talkie.
The Hidden Villa is luxury glamping at it's best!!
Our South Pacific Coast has several palm tree lined beaches with tranquil waters as well as beaches for surfing and kayaking. Available tours include: whale and dolphin watching, trips to Cano Island, Drakes Bay and the Osa Peninsula, scuba diving, snorkeling, sport fishing, horseback riding through jungle trails or on the beaches, canopy tours and waterfall repelling, zip line and more....
Locally you can enjoy sumptuous dining from tasty typical food to the finest international cuisines. If you wish to savor the experience of peaceful solitude your Villa includes a fully equipped kitchen so you can always dine at home
With several world class spas in the area it is easy for us to arrange any beauty or wellness treatment you desire. If you wish to effortlessly receive a massage treatment, we can arrange one at your convenience, on the veranda or poolside (Please note, there is a additional charge for massage therapy of $50 per person).
If you are interested in exercising while here there is a library of Yoga, Pilates and other DVD's as well as free weights, mats, Yoga blocks, etc. The pool is perfect for swimming laps or dreamily drifting on the soft soothing floats. If total relaxation is what you yearn for you will find complete satisfaction here.
The Villa is a perfect Honeymoon retreat or a beautiful and peaceful journey into elegance and nature for any couple or individual
Guests are afforded total privacy if that is what they desire. One need not see or talk to anyone while staying at the Villa. If, however, contact is desired we are available whenever....just pick up your walkie talkie and call!
Room type: | Entire home/apt |
Bed type: | Real Bed |
Accommodates: | 2 |
Bedrooms: | 1 |
Beds: | 1 |
Extra people: | No Charge |
Minimum Stay: | 5 nights |
Security Deposit: | $300 |
Cleaning Fee: | $50 |
Check In: | 12:00 PM (noon) |
Check Out: | 10:00 AM |
Country: | Costa Rica |
City: | Uvita |
Cancellation: | Strict |
We feel so lucky to have found our way to the hidden villa and can't recommend it enough. It's remarkable charm and comfort, along with our gracious hosts Paula and Marty, made our trip to Costa Rica very special indeed.
Private, unique, tasteful, and just very well considered overall, the villa itself offered lodging with modern amenities right in the heart of the jungle. Surrounded by nature and an incredible view, we were just a short and exciting (definitely get a 4X4) drive into Uvita and the relatively remote coast of southern pacific Costa Rica. We did our best to take advantage of what the region had to offer with nature tours and snorkeling, but you really don't need to travel far when the villa offers great viewing of birds and lizards all around, an awesome waterfall and swimming hole nearby, and of course the fantastic saltwater pool!
Paula and Marty are just a walkie talkie call away with a wealth of local knowledge and advice to share and are simply a pleasure to talk and visit with. Definitely visit Sonia at the Uvita Information Center in town; she can help book tours or tell you how to find local attractions, etc. If you can make it out to Cano island or down to the mangroves near Sierpe, you won't regret it. We also highly recommend ordering the whole fish at Villa Leonor, a short drive south of Uvita, and don't miss the small ceviche stand just past Villa Leonor! Incredible.
Can't really imagine a more idyllic place to have a vacation and we really only wish we could have stayed longer.
Thank you Paula and Marty!
Wonderful place, wonderful hosts!! Thanks so much Paula!
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How can I possibly thank Paula and Marty enough for giving my husband and I the opportunity to experience a once in a lifetime vacation/second honeymoon in Costa Rica? Paula's self-designed villa is beyond words - it is luxury at its finest. Our trip was a perfect balance of relaxation and adventure, with hiking to nearby waterfalls (Marty's suggestion), kayaking, snorkeling, swimming and fishing. The saltwater pool is heavenly.
Prepare your meals in the fully stocked outdoor kitchen, watch the stars at night from your own patio and sleep like a baby in the quite-large and softly lit bedroom. You will hear howler monkeys in the distance in the morning. You'll see hundreds of shooting stars. The bushes around your villa will attract types of hummingbirds, butterflies and larger birds that you've never seen before. It is beyond paradise and I struggle to find words suitable enough to describe this amazing experience.
Marty and Paula - we thank you sincerely, from the bottom of our hearts, for opening your gorgeous villa to us. You were so kind, and it was so helpful to have you just a short phone call away to offer suggestions to us (first-time Costa Rica visitors,) and to answer any questions about the area. You gave us the perfect amount of privacy but having you nearby set us at ease.
To any kind-hearted travelers considering Costa Rica, don't waste time with any other accommodations. You will find no better experience than at Marty and Paula's.
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It is difficult to imagine a more idyllic place to stay than at Paula and Marty's little villa. You need a 4X4 to get up the rocky road, but frankly that adds to the fun. We spent our mornings with a hot cup of coffee sitting on the patio looking at a spectacular mountain vista with layers of color, bougainvilleas and hibiscus surrounding us, watching hummingbirds and honeycreepers and listening to howler monkeys. In between trips to horseback ride, kayak and scuba dive on the coast, we took dips in the pool, cooked in the fantastic outdoor kitchen, chatted with our engaging, thoughtful host Marty. If you want privacy in a romantic setting and incredible charm, I don't know how you'll do better.
What a profound experience!
Paula and Marty are the absolute greatest. We couldn't have asked for or dreamed of better hosts. The property is gorgeous...photos can't begin to tell the story. A stay at this property offers the ultimate retreat with a view into the wonders that Costa Rica has to offer.
If you're looking to get away from "it all", this is definitely going to suit you. The villa is about a mile up the mountain from the small town of Uvita. They have a great grocery store in-town with a few restaurants. Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world are a short drive from the town.
There are plenty of things that you can do as far as tours and excursions nearby but we didn't take advantage of these as we were just looking to relax...and relax we did. When you stay here...you have the place COMPLETELY to yourself.
Please keep in-mind that you should plan on having a 4-wheel drive vehicle. It would be possible to stay there without one, but I think it could be challenging. Either way, Paula is both responsive and helpful to newbies...like me...so I highly suggest that you reach out with any questions.
They can also help you plan your days if you're looking to accomplish something in particular. They know a lot of people in the area and can point you in the right direction. So, if you're looking for a once in a lifetime experience in an amazing mountain hideaway, you should certainly consider staying here.
A beautiful place owned by beautiful people.


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Seeking to make your bathroom sanctuary as special and individual as the rest of your home? Of course you are. Well, the way to achieve this is to make your mark with accessories. And thanks to an amazing range of items available right here at Bella Bathrooms it's practically child's play to achieve – and we promise, you'll have such fun choosing along the way.
From LED backlight mirrors, to wall hanging lamps and decorative toilet roll holders to soap dispensers, shelves, shower accessories and modern electrical gadgets – today's home owner really can set their latent interior design streak loose.
Read More...Make magic with mirrors
You'll find a mirror in most bathrooms these days is far more functional than aesthetic. That's because mirrors work well as a focal point for any bathroom - especially when back-lit or overly-large. They can expand the size of a bathroom by giving the impression it's roomier than it actually is (a great choice for smaller bathrooms and en-suites). They also work well for reflecting light and creating atmosphere.
Frameless mirrors are a very contemporary look and here at Bella Bathrooms you really are spoiled for choice in this respect. With one of the UK's largest bathroom mirror collections there's arched, oval and geometric options from heated and back-lit mirrors to sensor controlled and shelved options containing, in some cases, lights, integrated clocks, radios and even shaving sockets (we told you they were functional).
Let there be LED lighting
Just as with mirrors, lighting today is more than a light source. It's also key to ambiance and atmosphere. With many of us looking for a spa-type environment in our bathrooms today, LED has soared in popularity. That's because there's no glare from this form of lighting and in wall lights, down lighters and up lighters it provides our bathrooms with a soft light which really does have the power to transform.
Show off with shelving
Whether for the shower or the bathroom itself shelving is available in contemporary wood and glass options, allowing for more worktop space and a less cluttered looking environment. You can also use shelving to display a range of lotions and potions boutique-style and to add to that spa feeling.
Let your wall wear it well
From towel hangers to soap dispensers and tumbler holders in classic chrome fittings here at Bella Bathrooms we're aware of how these matching little touches can prove to be the finishing touch to any modern bathroom.
Elevate your bathroom with electrics
Bathroom electrical accessories have come a long way since the days when it was used for simply lighting a room. Today you can harness this energy to warm up your feet on a winter morning with electric under floor heating. It can also be used to keep your bathroom fresh and steam-free in the form of extractor fans and finally shaving sockets have become a lot trendier with chrome versions available to match the rest of your accessories ensuring your bathroom has an overall unified and design feel to it.


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International Travel Opportunities Open to Catawba Students in 2014
Catawba College students will have plenty of international travel opportunities available to them in 2014. Trips to Europe, France, Japan, Wales, Spain and Bonaire are scheduled and interested students should contact the Glenn and Addie Ketner Center for International Studies for information and details on scholarships.
Catawba Professors Attend Conference and Make Presentations
Two Catawba College professors represented the institution recently at an international technology and higher education pedagogical conference held in Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 4-6. Dr. Erin Wood, an assistant professor of psychology, and Dr. Forrest Anderson, an assistant professor of English, submitted proposals for presentations and were approved via a competitive evaluative process to present at The Teaching Professor Technology Conference.
Catawba's Theatre Hall of Fame to Induct on Homecoming Weekend
Four individuals will be inducted into the 2013 Blue Masque Hall of Fame during a ceremony scheduled at 8 p.m. Friday, October 18 in Hedrick Little Theatre on campus. Those being honored by the College for their meritorious work in the theatre arts include stage manager and public school teacher Cindy Gudger Baldwin, class of 1973; professional costume designer and professor Nancy Pipkin-Hutchinson, class of 1991; professional playwright, actor, and documentarian of the African-American...
Catawba College Recognizes Students, Faculty, Staff at Annual Awards Convocation
Members of the Catawba College community gathered in Omwake-Dearborn Chapel on April 23 to celebrate achievement. The occasion was the annual Awards Convocation.Scheduled the day after Earth Day, the awards distributed were eco-friendly, made of Catawba blue, 100% recycled glass. They symbolized the college's commitment to environmental responsibility and are a reminder to the recipients to promote a greener, more sustainable lifestyle.
Catawba Professor Delivers Paper at Conference
Dr. Aaron Butler, Assistant Professor of English at Catawba College, delivered a paper at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association, held November 1-3, 2012 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The title of Butler's paper was " 'The [a]isle is full of noises': Using Contemporary Music to Enhance Performances at the Blackfriars Playhouse."
Catawba English Department Sponsors Evening of Poetry, Fiction, & Song on Nov. 15
Poet and fiction writer Debra Daniel and singer/songwriter Jack McGregor will perform their work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 15, in Tom Smith Auditorium on campus. The performance of poetry, flash fiction, and songs is sponsored by the English Department and is free and open to the public. A Q&A session focusing on the differences in poetry and song lyrics will follow the performance.
Catawba College Writer-in Residence Will Have Collection of Poetry Published
Dr. Janice Fuller, Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English at Catawba College, has had her fourth collection of poetry entitled On the Bevel accepted for publication in 2014 by Cinnamon Press in Wales. An independent press, Cinnamon has published books from Wales, Scotland, England Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, the US, and China. Their books have won the Wales Book of the Year awarded by Literature Wales and the Sundial Scottish Arts Best First Book of the Year.
The Experience of an Internship and the Ability to Make a Difference
Fourteen Catawba College students employed their unique gifts and talents in service to others as interns with tax-exempt nonprofit organizations during the summer of 2012. Funding and coordination for the program were provided through the college's Lilly Center for Vocation and Values. While these students clearly benefitted from the experiential learning opportunities offered through such internships, they also filled vital roles within the programs they served.
Four Catawba College Alumni to Be Honored with Distinguished Alumnus Awards
Four individuals will be honored as recipients of Catawba College's Distinguished Alumnus Award on Saturday, Oct. 27 during a barbecue luncheon scheduled in Goodman Gymnasium as part of the college's Homecoming Weekend activities. The honorees include 1979 alumnus Michael S. Bauk of Salisbury; 1955 alumnus the Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Hamilton of Newton; 1971 alumnus Dr. Dolan Hubbard of Timonium, Md.; and 1951 alumnus Jack Ward of Mocksville.
Catawba Students Register for J Term Classes
Catawba College students are now registering for "J Term" courses that will allow them to take a one to three-hour online class or travel abroad during Catawba's winter term, the December-January time that coincides with Christmas break. Courses offered and enrollment in the "J term" has doubled since it was initially offered in the 2009-2010 academic year. Courses offered during Catawba's J term are only available to Catawba College students...
Poet and Novelist to Read at Catawba College
Poet and novelist Alan Michael Parker will read from his work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 18, in Catawba College's Tom Smith Auditorium in Ketner Hall. The reading, sponsored by the College's English Department, is free and open to the public.
Catawba Faculty Member to Participate in "The Great Write Off"
Catawba College Assistant Professor of English, Forrest Anderson, is teaming up with other Southern writers to participate in "The Great Write Off" October 3-5. The Great Write Off fundraiser will support six non-profit organizations based in Michigan. According to its website (http://thegreatwriteoff.com), donations of any amount can be made to support the participating writer(s). The event aims to encourage writers by showing them how much their work is valued.
Janice Fuller's 'Dix, A Story of the Back-Ward Women' to Have Its East Coast Premiere
An original play about the Dorothea Dix Hospital by Dr. Janice Fuller, Catawba's Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English; Directed by 2008 Catawba Alumna Brianna Smith - Dix, a Story of the Back-Ward Women is a new show by local Salisbury playwright and poet Janice Fuller. The play will be offered at Lee Street Theatre in collaboration with TapRoot Ensemble in its East Coast Premiere.
Catawba's Writer-in-Residence Awarded a Fellowship
Dr. Janice Moore Fuller, Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English, has been awarded a two-week fellowship in December by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). The VCCA is located near Sweet Briar College in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in rural Virginia. Fuller will be among approximately 25 Fellows focusing on their own creative projects at this working retreat for visual artists, writers, and composers.
Junior Marshals and a Senior Marshal Commissioned at Catawba
Catawba College President Brien Lewis commissioned sixteen junior marshals from the day program and a new senior marshal from the faculty for service in the 2012-2013 academic year during a ceremony held August 22 in the Hurley Room on campus.
Professor of English Discusses Finding the "Write" Success by Writing
Dr. Forrest Anderson, assistant professor of English at Catawba College, led a recent discussion on how author Wiley Cash came to write his bestselling book and learned from repeated rejections. The talk was held at Trinity Oaks Retirement Community, where the author spoke with attendees via Skype.
Catawba Alumnus is Fundamental for Piedmont Players
By Lawrence Toppman, CharlotteObserver.com - If you're Reid Leonard, the best thing about running Piedmont Players Theatre may be the chance to hold production meetings in your own bathtub. Leonard's official title, according to the PPT website, is "resident director/designer." His unofficial title might be "selector of shows, director of plays, designer of sets, hanger and focuser of lights, coordinator of volunteers and...
Community Service Required for Incoming Catawba Students to Graduate with Honors
Beginning with this fall's incoming first-year class, Catawba College students will need to complete community service hours to officially graduate with honors. That proposal was approved unanimously last year by both the Student Council and the Honors Faculty Board at Catawba.
'56 Alumnus Who is a Six-Time U.S. Ambassador Receives O.B. Michael Award
A 1956 Catawba College alumnus and six-time U.S. Ambassador, William Lacy Swing, received the O.B. Michael Award for 2012 at the college's 10 a.m. commencement exercise on May 12. Swing, a native of Lexington, N.C., has enjoyed a long career at the U.S. Department of State, serving as a six-time ambassador and managing some of the largest diplomatic missions and foreign development and humanitarian aid programs in two hemispheres.
Two Retiring Faculty Members Recognized at Catawba Graduation
Two long-serving faculty members at Catawba College were recognized during the college's commencement exercises on Saturday, May 12. Dr. Michael Baranski, a professor of biology with 38 years of service, and Dr. Laurel Eason, a professor of English with 21 years of service, will retire at the end of this academic year.
English Professor's Swan Song Commemorates Books and Roses
Dr. Laurel Eason scurried to drape a table with books and roses before the 1:30 p.m. start time of her Southern Literature class at Catawba College on April 24th. She knew she was a day late for her celebration, but it did not matter.
Catawba Faculty Help Show Elvis in a Different Light
by Len Clark for SalisburyPost.com - Are You Lonesome Tonight? Well put on your Blue Suede Shoes and Surrender yourself to an evening chronicling the era and honoring the influence of the King of Rock 'n' Roll. If you don't laugh you have a Wooden Heart.
Catawba Students and Faculty Member Attend Alpha Chi Convention
Three Catawba College students and one faculty sponsor represented the North Carolina Omicron chapter at the super-regional convention of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society, March 22-24 in Baltimore, Md.
Catawba College Professors Exhibit Their Work
Catawba College Professors Sean Meyers and Janice Moore Fuller will be on hand for the opening of an exhibit of their photographs and poems on Thursday, January 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Delhaize Room. The exhibit entitled "This Has Been My Life All My Life: Portraits of Residents, Lutheran Home-Winston Salem, North Carolina" includes 16 pairings of photographs and poems based on interviews with the residents.
Author Laura van den Berg coming January 18
By Dr. Forrest Anderson, Assistant Professor of English - Laura van den Berg, author of the prizewinning short story collection "What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us," will read at Catawba College at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18. The event, slated in Tom Smith Auditorium, is free and open to the public.
N.C. Poet Laureate, Cathy Smith Bowers, Speaks on Campus Nov. 21
The Center for Faith and the Arts will hold its annual Colloquy on Monday, November 21, at 7:00 p.m. in Tom Smith Auditorium on the Catawba College campus. Co-sponsored by Catawba's English Department, the Colloquy will feature Cathy Smith Bowers, North Carolina's Poet Laureate.
VIDEO: A Catawba Story - 3 Friends, 53 Years
by Eleanor Link, Flo Breisch Peck, and Alice Funkhouser Carrick (1962 Alumni) - Three alumnae reflect on their 53-year friendship that began when they were Catawba College freshmen.
Community Forum: On Shakespeare and Being Human
When Dr. Bethany Sinnott retired from the faculty of Catawba College this past spring, the entire college rose for tribute after tribute to her gentle spirit and unflagging dedication to the college community. Dr. Sinnott left a remarkable legacy: hundreds of former students who, under her tutelage, learned to love English language and literature in general, and the works of William Shakespeare in particular.
Faulkner's Novel Comes to Stage in Catawba's Production of "As I Lay Dying"
By Jordan Clifton, Class of 2014 - A piece of classic Southern literature, adapted for the stage by Catawba College Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English Dr. Janice Moore Fuller, kicks off Catawba's 2011-2012 theatre season. Fuller's adaptation of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" will be offered in Hedrick Theatre on campus at 6:55 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 27 and 28, and at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 29 through Saturday, October 1.
Dr. Janice Fuller's 9-11 Poem Featured on N.C. Arts Council Website
A 9-11 poem written by Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English, Dr. Janice Moore Fuller, was featured Sept. 7 on the N.C. Arts Council's website. Her poem, "This Whistling is For You There in the Dark," was among poems by N.C. poets featured on the site to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9-11.
"Henry V" Has Catawba Ties and Marries Comedy, History
Catawba College professors Missy Barnes and Bethany Sinnott and alumna Brie Smith are among the creative team behind this production, which they hope might lead to an annual summer Shakespeare event in Salisbury. Those who think that Shakespeare's history plays are tedious and long will be pleasantly surprised by Lee Street Theatre's upcoming production of Henry V. Funny and fast-paced, this show is true to the Elizabethan tradition of popular entertainment.
She Was a Shakespearean Born and Bred
By Susan Shinn, Catawba College News Service - At age 3, Dr. Bethany Sinnott was introduced to William Shakespeare. It's a love affair that continues to this day. In May, Sinnott retires from Catawba College after 42 years of teaching English — most notably Shakespeare. To encapsulate a career that's touched so many lives, we'll have to ignore this quote from "Hamlet": "Brevity is the soul of wit."
Students Share Their Research at 2011 Interdisciplinary Research Symposium
Again this year, Catawba College students from various disciplines shared their diverse research projects during the 2011 Interdisciplinary Research Symposium held Thursday, April 21 in the Leonard Lounge of the Cannon Student Center. Faculty, staff and students on campus dropped by during the two-hour event to listen and learn from these students.
Dr. Bethany Sinnott Prepares to Retire, Still Intent on Passing on the Bard
By Susan Shinn, Catawba College News Service - Fifth-graders at Bostian Elementary School got a taste of the Bard on Tuesday, April 19, as Donna Rymer's AIG class presented a Shakespeare festival. Special guest was Dr. Bethany Sinnott, Catawba College professor of English, who retires this spring after more than 40 years of service to the institution.
Comedy by Catawba Alumnus to Premiere
By Vikki Broughton Hodges, The Dispatch - "Scarletdale," a new comedy written and directed by Lexington's own Jason Roland, will premiere next week when the Hot Flash Players perform the two-act play at Tricia's Catering.
Catawba Students and Faculty Make NYC Trip to Prepare for Fall Theatre Production
Catawba faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Homan (Theatre Arts) and Dr. Janice Fuller (English) traveled with thirteen Theatre Arts students to New York City in early January. The trip was part of a course being offered by Homan this spring entitled, "Collaborative Aesthetics and Ensemble Techniques" in which students will learn to become members of a working ensemble performance company.
Poet Steve Kistulentz to Lead Creative Writing Workshop at Catawba March 18
By Forrest Anderson, Assistant Professor of English (for the Salisbury Post) - Poet Steve Kistulentz, winner of the 2009 Benjamin Saltman Award for his poetry collection, "The Luckless Age," will lead a creative writing workshop at Catawba College on Friday, March 18. A reading will follow at The Literary Bookpost.
Author Michael Parker Speaks on His Stories and Words
"That night, standing at the edge of the drive in her mother's boots, staring up at the stars, her arms crossed, her hooded sweatshirt riding up her ribcage, the thrum of trucks far away up the valley and the slow clang of train, the day declining, giving itself up to night, a sweet and willful surrender, nothing left to declare, nothing to talk or even think about, just a confidence that all would be there, in order, in the morning: Maria wanted just that, and only, forever, that." — "Five Thou
Students Tutor Students in Catawba's Writing Center
"Students say they come in for proofreading, but it's always a lot more than what they come in for," explains Catawba College Writing Center tutor Chelsea Starr, a sophomore from Weston, Fla. "The biggest thing I see is at the organizational level. There is a disjuncture between the argument and paragraph topic. Sometimes you have an introduction and then the paragraphs are not relevant to the thesis," notes another Writing Center tutor, Lizzle Davis, a sophomore from East Bend, N.C.
Alumnus and Lexington Native Leads Salisbury Theater Company
By Jill Doss-Raines, The Dispatch - A person with such a rich and long background in theater as Reid Leonard '76 would likely make one assume he has been involved with local plays and had aspirations to be involved with theater from a very young age. Read More...
Fiction Writer Michael Parker to Speak at Catawba College Feb. 7
Acclaimed fiction writer Michael Parker will read his work on Monday, February 7, at 7:30 in Tom Smith Auditorium on the campus of Catawba College. A professor in the MFA Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Parker is the author of five novels.
Catawba College English Professor Delivers Paper at Conference
Dr. Aaron B. Butler, assistant professor of English in the School of Evening and Graduate Studies at Catawba College, recently delivered a paper entitled "Beowulf Then and Now: Women and Warriors in the Old English Poem and in Robert Zemeckis's Film Adaptation" at the annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Association.
Students Have Poems Published
Several Catawba students' poems have been published in the latest issue of Muse & Spirit, a magazine distributed by the Center for Faith and the Arts. These students wrote poems in response to art work displayed as part of the Center's Abstraction and Beyond exhibit, including a photograph by Dr. Seth Holtzman, a philosophy professor at Catawba. Lizzle Davis was selected as one of two featured poets for the magazine.
Recent English Graduate Wins Poetry Award
Recent Catawba graduate Rachel Kennedy has won an award from the Poetry Council of North Carolina. Her sonnet "Flesh" was awarded second place in the Council's annual Charles Shull Contest for Traditional Poetry. The poem appears in the most recent issue of Bay Leaves, the Council's annual publication.
Three New Faculty Members Welcomed to Catawba College
By Susan Shinn, Catawba College News Service. This fall, the Catawba College community welcomed three new faculty members: Dr. Forrest Anderson, Dr. Eric Hake and Dr. Erin Wood.
Dr. Janice Fuller Reads Her Poems at Novello Festival Tribue
Dr. Janice Fuller, Writer-in-Residence at Catawba College, was invited to read her poetry as part of the recent Novello Festival Tribute, held at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. The reading was part of a launch of a new anthology Topograph: New Writing from the Carolinas and the Landscape Beyond. A celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Novello Festival of Reading edited by Jeff Jackson, the anthology includes five of Fuller's poems.
Three Catawba Tutors to Present Paper at National Conference
Three students, all tutors at Catawba College's Writing Center, have had a paper accepted for presentation at the 2010 National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing. The students, Julie Gilley of Dobson and Elizabeth and Robert Sawyer, both of Salisbury, will present original research in a panel entitled "Calming the Sea: Creating a Comfortable Tutoring Environment" at the conference to be held in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 4-6.
Catawba's Writer-in-Residence Has Poems Published
A poem by Dr. Janice Fuller, Writer-in-Residence at Catawba College, is featured in the current issue of the online magazine "The Pedestal". "Visitations at Harlaxton" is a four-part poem based on her experiences teaching at Harlaxton College in England during the fall of 2007. The magazine also includes a recording of Fuller reading the poem.
Catawba College Professor Attends Conference
Dr. Aaron Butler, assistant professor of English in Catawba College's School of Evening and Graduate Studies, attended the Shakespeare Association of America conference that was held April 1-3 in Chicago, Ill. This annual conference brings in scholars from all over the world for presentations, seminars, workshops, and other activities related to Shakespeare studies and education.
Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English to Judge Poetry for Seventh Biennial Greensboro Awards
by Ben Steelman, StarNewsOnline. Writers' Group of the Triad (WGOT) has announced its seventh biennial Greensboro Awards for poetry and short fiction. Poetry judge will be Janice Moore Fuller of Catawba College, author of "Archaeology is a Destructive Science" and "Sex Education and Seance." Fiction judge will be Alice J. Wisler, author of "How Sweet It Is" and "Slices of Sunlight."
Catawba Professor Awarded Regional Artist Project Grant
Dr. Janice Fuller, Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English at Catawba College, has been awarded a Regional Artist Project Grant by the Arts & Science Council. The funding is made possible through North Carolina Arts Council, the Blumenthal Endowment, and the Arts Councils of Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Rutherford and York (SC) counties. A panel from the ASC reviewed 67 applications and selected only 20 recipients.
Catawba College English Professor Has Article Published
Dr. Bethany Sinnott, a Catawba College professor of English, wrote an article, "Why Shakespeare?" that was published in the N.C. Shakespeare Festival's playbill for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Irish Poet to Read at Catawba College on October 12th
Catawba College's English Department invites the public to a reading by Irish poet Ann Leahy on at 7:30 p.m., Monday, October 12, in Tom Smith Auditorium. Leahy's appearance is made possible by a grant from Culture Ireland.
September Community Forum at Catawba: The Immortal Lovers
The Immortal Lovers: Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Dr. W. Craig Turner, the current president of Catawba College, developed his love of English literature as an undergraduate at Baylor University. After completing a B.A. in English and History at Baylor, he remained in Waco long enough to earn an M.A. in English before moving on to finish his Ph.D. in British and American Literature at Tulane University.
Two Catawba College Professors Receive Honor from Ragdale
Catawba College's Writer in Residence Dr. Janice Moore Fuller and Catawba Theatre Arts Associate Professor Dr. Elizabeth Homan have been awarded a residency at the Ragdale Foundation in July and August of this summer. This honor is bestowed upon Drs. Fuller and Homan in recognition of their outstanding work. During the residency, the two will be working on their second collaboration together...
Catawba College Hosts Charlotte Writers Club's Poetry Competition Reading/Reception
Catawba College will host the Charlotte Writers Club's Anthony Abbott Undergraduate Poetry Competition Reading and Reception at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 in Tom Smith Auditorium in Ketner Hall on campus. The event will include readings of the winning poems by Caitlin McCann, Valerie Bright, V. Janeen Bradley, Alexander Binns Hoyt, Natalie Kennedy, Kiah McCoy, and more. Read more...
Corn, Vehicles, Catawba, Law and Home: Five Words Hold Special Meaning to Barrister Franklin Smith
If you talk a while with attorney Franklin Smith of Elkin, North Carolina, he is likely to touch on five words that hold a very special meaning for him. In his deep, resonant Southern voice, honed through years of practice in the courtroom, he will probably explain exactly why these words figure so prominently in his life.
VIDEO: A Catawba STORY - The Fam, The Team, and "That Guy"
by Lainey Nichols '09, English major and member of the Women's Soccer team. Senior Lainey Nichols dons the "That Guy" hat and shares what it was like being part of a "family" and team at Catawba.
Joanna Catherine Scott and Scott Owens to Read Feb. 10th at Catawba College
Catawba College's English Department is sponsoring a reading by author Joanna Catherine Scott and poet Scott Owens at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, in Tom Smith Auditorium, Ketner Hall. The reading is free and open to the public.
S.C. Authors to Read at Catawba College
The English Department of Catawba College is sponsoring a reading by South Carolina authors Phebe Davidson and Debra Daniel. The event, which is free to the public, will be held on Tuesday, November 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Tom Smith Auditorium, Ketner Hall.
Catawba College Professor Receives Poetry Award
The Poetry Council of North Carolina has awarded Dr. Janice Fuller, Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence, the 2008 Oscar Arnold Young Award for her poetry book Séance.
Poet and Novelist, Anthony Abbott, to Read at Catawba College
Catawba College's English Department is sponsoring a reading by Anthony Abbott, Professor Emeritus at Davidson College, at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7 in Tom Smith Auditorium of Ralph W. Ketner Hall on campus. Abbott will read his poetry and excerpts from his latest novel The Three Great Secret Things.
BLOG: Women's Soccer Team in Great Britain - Ireland
by Lainey Nichols '09. Ireland is a blur. Last night, we arrived in Cork — the cleanest airport in both hemispheres. Thank goodness for hygiene and soapy smells, because a few of us were behind a real, live hurling team from Ireland just prior to boarding the plane ... and all that entails. It is not my intent to be hypercritical or judgemental, but these hurlers seemed so stereotypically meat-headed that they should have had their own Saturday Night Live skit...
BLOG: Women's Soccer Team in Great Britain - Day 7
by Lainey Nichols '09. A good night's sleep was had by all, and thank the dear Lord for that —we played a national team this morning. We warmed up on a remote field (on top of a hill) where the shadow of one cloud rolling by directly followed the next and patterned the grass like a green Holstein cow with rotating spots.
BLOG: Women's Soccer Team in Great Britain - Day 5
by Lainey Nichols '09. This morning was fairly uneventful. A group of us, consisting of Big Cat (Catawba alumna Catherine Ballentine) Lays (sophomore, Layla Ghorbani), Becks (Becky Factau), and Paige Harrington (senior forward) walked in the rain to a nearby library like a line of baby ducks. This weather is beyond soupy. I was a drowsy kid today
BLOG: Women's Soccer Team in Great Britain - Day 4
by Lainey Nichols '09. Bath is incredible. I walked into my first building with a rotunda, oculus, and coffered ceiling today — until this point, I had only learned about them in my Art History books. This building was the reception building for the Roman baths and is all that is classic and beautiful.
BLOG: Women's Soccer Team in Great Britain - Day 3
by Lainey Nichols '09. I cannot begin to express the excitement — our team has to play today! The morning was left to us, but this evening was to be our first game against a Cambridge club. The pitch was ridiculous. Everything is just so green here. Lys (teammate) and I did cartwheels across the center circle when Coach left us to explore the surface as a team prior to the game.
BLOG: Women's Soccer Team in Great Britain - The Rest of Day 1 and Day 2
by Lainey Nichols '09. Haggared and punchy, we entered into a lunch-time London where bankers move like ants and few smile. We were completely conspicuous, perhaps slightly obnoxious (we are just a loud group — no stopping us), but not rude.
BLOG: Women's Soccer Team in Great Britain - Day 1
by Lainey Nichols '09. I would like to preface this first entry with an apology — I'm afraid between leaving the country for the first time and interacting with my goofy family of teammates, my focus has not been the completion of this task! I feel as if I am suffering from William Miller from Almost Famous syndrome — a boy is asked to write an article on a rock band and ends up being completely immersed in the rock scene...
Writer-in-Residence Returns from European Reading and Teaching Tour
Dr. Janice Moore Fuller, Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence, has returned from a reading and teaching tour in Europe. She spent three weeks in May in Portugal doing a writing residency at Foundation Obras, the Centre for Art and Science. During that time, two of her poems "Laundry Day" and "Obras: Work in Progress" were selected to be displayed in English and Portugese as part of an art exhibition...
Women's Soccer Team Makes Trip to Great Britain
Lainey Nichols, who hails from Frederick, Md., is a senior English major and art minor at Catawba. She plays center mid on Catawba's women's soccer team. She hopes to pursue a career in public relations after graduation. Lainey is the daughter of Chuck and Kathy Nichols. Lainey's mom, Kathy is a 1981 Catawba alumna who played field hockey and was a cheerleader while she was a student at Catawba.
Three 2008 Catawba College Graduates Recognized with Awards
Three Catawba College graduates were recognized during Commencement Exercises on campus for academic excellence. Two were honored as the Whitener Award recipients during the 10 a.m. ceremony, while one student was honored as the Barbara Andrews Award recipient during the 2 p.m.
Catawba College Students and Faculty Member Attend Association Conference
Two Catawba College students who serve as tutors for the Writing Center, Meagan Kittle and Caitlin Springs, attended the Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference in Savannah, Georgia, February 7-9, along with the director of the Writing Center, Dr. Aaron Butler.
Catawba College Students Participate in Poetry Competition
Two Catawba College creative writing students have been selected as runners-up for the 2008 Anthony Abbott Undergraduate Poetry Competition. They are Lauren Alston Smith of Greensboro and Kali McCullough of Columbia, Tenn.
Poetry of Catawba College Professor Launched and Featured
North Carolina Poet Laureate Kay Byer has selected Dr. Janice Moore Fuller's third poetry collection Séance to feature for the month of March on her segment of the North Carolina Arts Council website. Fuller is Professor of English and Write-in-Residence at Catawba College.
Catawba College Trustees Approve Tenure for Four Faculty Members
Tenure for four faculty members was unanimously approved when the Catawba College Board of Trustees met Feb. 18 and 19 on campus. Trustees heard tenure recommendations from Catawba's faculty tenure and promotions committee.
Catawba College Professor Chairs Panel Conference, Delivers Conference Paper
Dr. Aaron Butler, assistant professor of English at Catawba College, traveled to Jacksonville, Florida for the Popular Culture in the South / American Culture in the South Conference, which was held September 27-29. At the conference, Dr. Butler chaired the panel "Contemporary Warfare and the National Conscience," and as part of this panel, he also delivered a paper entitled "Do We Really Need Jack Bauer?: 24 and the Use of Torture."
Notes from Harlaxton: Semester Abroad in England
Seven students and one faculty member from Catawba College are spending fall semester studying abroad at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. The "across the pond" experience is thanks to a partnership agreement that Catawba has forged with the University of Evansville.
Catawba Professor Presents Paper at International Conference
Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, Dean of General Education and Associate Professor of English at Catawba College, recently presented a paper at a two day international conference on 'The Idea of the City: Early Modern, Modern, and Post Modern Locations and Communities" at the University of Northampton, England.
Retiring Professor of English Recognized at Catawba College Commencement
Adams joined the Catawba College community in 1991 as division secretary for humanities. She became a Catawba employee a scant four years after she, at age 39, and her daughter Cari entered the College as freshmen students together in 1987.
English Department Sponsors April 18 Reading by N.C. Poet
Catawba College's English Department is sponsoring a poetry reading by Keith Flynn on Wednesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in room 300 of the Center for the Environment. The reading is free and open to the public. Flynn is the author of five books, including four collections of poetry: "The Talking Drum"(1991), "The Book of Monsters"(1994), "The Lost Sea" (2000), and "The Golden Ratio" (Iris Press, 2007), and a collection of essays, entitled "The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz and Memory: How To Make Yo
April 10th Poetry Reading at Catawba College
Catawba College's English Department will sponsor a reading by poets Mary Kay Rummel and Janice Fuller on Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Tom Smith Auditorium.
Literary Scholar to Visit Catawba College
Dr. Amardeep Singh, an assistant professor of English at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., will be Catawba College's literary scholar in residence this week as he helps Catawba's first-year students further explore Khalid Hosseini's "Kite Runner." "Kite Runner," Hossseini's best selling first novel about coming of age in Afghanistan is Catawba's common reading selection this year for all new students.
Students and Faculty Attend Writing Center Association Conference
Two student tutors at the Catawba College Writing Center, Victoria Hamilton and Meagan Kittle, along with the director of the writing center, Dr. Aaron Butler, traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to attend the annual conference of the Southeastern Writing Center Association, held February 8-10. At the conference, the three presented a poster entitled "Making Noise about the Writing Center," which illustrated various methods of publicity used to promote the writing center's services over the past fe
Fiction Writer to Speak at Catawba College
Catawba College's English Department is sponsoring a reading by fiction writer Luke Whisnant on Tuesday, February 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Tom Smith Auditorium, Ketner Hall. Whisnant is the author of Watching TV with the Red Chinese, a novel; Street, a chapbook of poems; and Down in the Flood, a collection of stories.
Greensboro Couple Makes Gift to Fund Catawba College Scholarship
A new academic scholarship has been established at Catawba College by a Greensboro couple who are graduates of the institution. The Kelly-Cline Family Endowed Scholarship was funded with a gift from Ned and Linda Kelly Cline of Greensboro, members of the Class of 1964. Preference for the scholarship will be given to North Carolina students majoring in the humanities, with additional preference given to political science, English and history majors who demonstrate financial need.
Catawba College Writer-in-Residence to Read Poetry in London
Dr. Janice Fuller, Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence, has been invited to read her poetry at the Troubador Club in London on December 4. She will be one of the featured readers at the launch of the latest issue of Magma, London's leading poetry magazine. Her poem "Séance: On the Road to Stradone" is one of the poems included in the magazine. This issue of Magma also includes new poems by Seamus Heaney and former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins. Only 60 poems were selected for publication fr
From Antiquity to Modernity: Riding the Rails Across China, Summer 2006
"Imagine a country that is both ancient and modern at one and the same time. Imagine a country where over half a billion people live in astounding poverty. Imagine a country where every day tens of thousands move from their rural impoverished villages to ever-growing mega-cities, a country both beautiful and despoiled. China is all this and more."
Catawba College Professor Presents at Conference
Dr. Aaron Butler, a visiting assistant professor of English and director of the Writing Center at Catawba College, recently made a presentation at the annual conference of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association in the South, which was held October 5-7 in Savannah, Georgia.
Catawba College English Professor Talks Up William Shakespeare
Dr. Bethany Sinnott, a Catawba College professor of English, was one of five Shakespearian scholars from state colleges and universities invited to speak at Elizabeth's Bard Weekend in High Point Sept. 23-24. That event was organized by the N.C. Shakespeare Festival (NCSF).
Reading of Original Play, "Conjoined," Slated
A staged reading of an original play, "Conjoined," written by Catawba College Writer-in-Residence and Professor of English Dr. Janice M. Fuller, is slated for 2 p.m. Saturday, September 23 at the ArtCenter in Carrboro. Catawba College Theatre Arts Professor Emeritus Dr. Jim Epperson will direct five Catawba students at the reading.
Recipients of Endowed Professorships Announced at Catawba College's Opening Convocation
The recipients of several endowed professorships were announced Thursday, August 31 during Catawba College's Opening Convocation for the 2006-2007 academic year. Dr. Michael J. Baranski, a professor of biology, received the Bashore Distinguished Professorship in Environmental Science. This professorship must be awarded to a faculty member in environmental science who is a high achiever as a scholar and teacher with outstanding qualifications and enthusiasm for his work and the students who are e
Alligator-snout Shoes, Man-purses, and Gray Winter Days: Life in Kyiv, Ukraine
During the 2005-2006 academic year, Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, Assistant Academic Dean and Associate Professor of American Literature at Catawba College, was a Fulbright Scholar in American Literature in Kyiv in the former Soviet Republic — now independent nation — of Ukraine. He lived in Ukraine with his wife and three young children, taught American literature at two universities in Kyiv, and lectured around the country.
Catawba College Writer-In-Residence Has Poems Accepted for Publication
Catawba College Writer-In-Residence Dr. Janice Fuller has had several of her poems accepted for inclusion in different publications. Fuller's "Séance: On the Road from Stradone" will be published in an upcoming issue of the London literary magazine "Magma." The issue is being showcased at the Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival in November and then will be launched in London in early December.
Catawba College English Professor Participates in Professional Conference
Dr. Laurel Eason, a professor of English at Catawba College, recently presented a paper at the Association of Core Texts and Courses conference held April 7 in Chicago, Ill. Her presentation was entitled "Kipling's KIM and Monica Ali's BRICK LANE: Cross Currents of Migration in Literature."
Catawba College Student is a Finalist for National Scholarship
Victoria Hamilton of Wake Forest, a junior at Catawba College, has been named third alternate for the Alfred H. Nolle Scholarship given by Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society.
Catawba's Dr. Gordon Grant to Chair Department of English
Dr. Gordon Grant, an associate professor of English at Catawba College, has agreed to serve as chair of the Department of English for a three-year term beginning in August, 2006. That announcement was made by Dr. Barbara Hetrick, vice president and dean of the College.
Catawba College Writer-In-Residence Dr. Janice Fuller has had several of her poems accepted for inclusion in different publications. Fuller's "Pond Pantoum" will be published in the Comstock Review, while "Zinnia. Versimilitude. Yes." will be included in Kakalak 2006, a new anthology featuring poetry by North and South Carolina writers.
Catawba College Professor of English Spends Spring Break in Berlin
Professor of English Dr. Laurel Eason spent part of her Spring Break sunbathing in the courtyard of the Museum for the German People in Berlin.
English Professor Spends Spring Break Bonding with the Next Generation
Catawba College Professor of English Bethany Sinnott, shares her recent Spring Break experience of visiting with her new 7-month old great-nephew in Sunny California.
Two Catawba College Faculty Members Granted Tenure
The Catawba College Board of Trustees voted at its annual meeting February 21 to grant tenure to two faculty members. Dr. Gordon Grant, associate professor of English, and Dr. Joseph Poston, assistant professor of biology, will be tenured effective with the beginning of the 2006-2007 academic year.
Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence Has Poems Accepted for Publication
Catawba College Writer-In-Residence Dr. Janice Fuller has had several of her poems accepted for inclusion in different publications.The San Diego Reader selected Fuller's poem "My Aunt Raises Violets from Africa," as the Poem of the Week for its December 8, 2005 edition.
Notes From Kiev – Part II
Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, associate professor of English and assistant dean of Catawba College, along with wife Carol and their three sons, are living in Kiev between September 2005 and June 2006. Acree Cavalier is completing a Fulbright Lectureship in American literature there during the 2005-06 academic year through the Fulbright Scholars Program.
Catawba Student to Present at Major Conference
Speaking on the stereotypes of Appalachian people in modern film, Chandra Lowe will be a presenter at the PCA/ACA National Conference 2006 in April. Speaking on the stereotypes of Appalachian people in modern film, Chandra Lowe will be a presenter at the PCA/ACA National Conference 2006 in April. When Catawba College senior Chandra Lowe of Budd Lake, N.J. wrote her term paper for last fall's Appalachian Culture & Society Honors course, she thought that was all she was doing.
Catawba College Professor Publishes Article for Online Journal
Dr. Bethany Sinnott, professor and chair of English at Catawba College, recently published an article " 'N.C. Shakes': The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival" in a new peer-reviewed online Shakespeare journal at the University of Georgia named Borrowers and Lenders.
First Installment of Dr. Phil Cavalier's "Notes from Kyiv"
Catawba College Professor Lectures at Festival
Dr. Bethany Sinnott, professor and chair of English at Catawba College, recently participated in several events associated with the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival in High Point.
Catawba College Professor Travels and Lectures in Ukraine on Fulbright Lectureship
Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, Catawba College's assistant dean and associate professor of English, is traveling and giving scholarly lectures in Ukraine while there on a Fulbright Lectureship in American literature. Acree Cavalier, wife Carol and their three sons, left for Kiev in early September and will return to Salisbury next June.
Catawba College Professor's Poetry Book Receives Award
"Sex Education," a poetry book by Catawba College Writer-in-Residence Dr. Janice Fuller, had been selected as runner-up for this year's Oscar Arnold Young Award. That award is given annually by the Poetry Council of North Carolina to the outstanding book of poetry published during the year by a North Carolina poet.
Catawba College Professor Gathers Books, Departs for Kiev, Ukraine
"My books are U-books," has been the mantra recently of Dr. Phillip Acree Cavalier, associate professor of English and assistant dean of Catawba College. That's because Acree Cavalier knows that the "U" stands for Ukraine, a place he and family will spend the next 10 months.
Local Poet to Have Poem Broadcast on Garrison Keillor's "The Writer's Almanac"
Dr. Janice Fuller, a local poet and Catawba College's writer-in-residence, will have one of her poems included in the July 20 broadcast of "The Writer's Almanac," a daily radio program hosted by Garrison Keillor. Fuller's "My Aunt Raises Violets from Africa" will be read on the program which is broadcast to about 280 non-commercial public radio stations around the country.
Catawba College Professor Awarded Fulbright Lectureship
Dr. Philip Acree Cavalier, Assistant Dean of Catawba College and Associate Professor of English, has been awarded a Fulbright Lectureship in American literature in Kiev, Ukraine for the 2005-06 academic year through the Fulbright Scholars Program.
Dr. Laurel Eason, a professor of English at Catawba College, recently participated in the Association of Core Texts and Courses conference held April 7-11 in Vancouver, British Columbia. While there, she delivered a paper entitled, "Mario Vargas Llosa's Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter: A Comedic Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man."
Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence to Participate in Poetry Reading
Dr. Janice Fuller, Catawba College's writer-in-residence, has been invited by the Writers Group of the Triad to participate in a poetry ready to kick off Poetry Month. She will read from her poetry, along with Fred Chappel and Ann Deagon, at the Green Bean Café in Greensboro at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4. The Dave Fox Trio will also perform that evening, providing jazz interludes
Catawba College Professor and Two Students Participate in Writing Conference
Three members of the Catawba College community took part in the Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, which took place February 10-12. Two students, who work as tutors at the Catawba College Writing Center, Nneka Campbell of Salisbury, a senior English major, and Charlotte Moore of Alexandria, Va., a junior English major, along with Dr. Aaron Butler, who directs the Writing Center and also tutors, traveled to Charleston and presented a poster session
Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence Elected to Playwrights Board
Dr. Janice Fuller, Catawba College's Writer-in-Residence, has been elected a board member for the North Carolina Playwrights Alliance. The mission of the alliance is "to unite and serve playwrights of North Carolina through the promotion and advocacy of playwrights' work and the creation of state, regional, national, and global production and networking opportunities."
Catawba College's Writer-In-Residence Makes News
Catawba College's Writer-In-Residence Dr. Janice Fuller has had a poem, "For William, Who Lived Twelve Hours" from her book, Sex Education, selected as the poem of the day for November 10 by Verse Daily. The poem was posted on the website--www.versedaily.com.
In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
Bethany and Aidan Sinnott suspended time for six weeks this summer and traveled in the footsteps of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. It was the Sinnotts' way to mark the 200th anniversary of those explorers' trek across the continental United States and, at times during their trip, to actually see what the explorers saw when viewing some of the same vistas. Aidan, inspired with his recent reading of Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage, suggested the trip.
Catawba College English Professor's Essay to Be Published
Dr. Aaron Butler of the Catawba College English Department has had an essay accepted for publication. The essay is entitled "The Gift of the Magus: Mystical Glasses in Renaissance Drama," and it will appear in the 2005 volume of Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Selected Papers (SRASP).
African American Appalachian Poet to Perform at Catawba College
She's a poet, a performer and an activist, and the public is invited to see her in all three roles when African American Appalachian Poet Patricia A. Johnson performs at Catawba College Monday, October 25. Her free program entitled, "Somebody's Child," is slated for 7:30 p.m. in Tom Smith Auditorium on campus and is jointly sponsored by Catawba's Honors Program and the Sociology Society.
Catawba Professor Finds That Learning English Can Turn Tide for Foreign Orphans
There is a way for orphans in both Russia and Cambodia to improve their lots, Catawba College Mathematics Professor Dr. Paul Baker learned this summer during mission trips to both countries. Those orphans can learn to speak English. Speaking English provides an escape route for these children, Baker says, allowing them to work as translators, or to work in hotels frequented by international travelers. These options stand in stark contrast to the normally preset fate for Russian boys, who ty
Catawba College Professor Participates in N.C. Shakespeare Festival
Dr. Bethany Sinnott, a professor of English and chair of the English Department at Catawba College, will participate in the upcoming N.C. Shakespeare Festival in High Point. From 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2, she will present the Nancy Lyles Classics in Context Seminar on "Othello." Sinnott's presentation will be offered in the Victorian Room of the Radisson Hotel, a block from the High Point Theatre where NCSF performs.


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After six months, the researchers found, patients' HbA1C -- a measure of long-term blood sugar control -- had dipped by 0.5 percent, on average. Calorie intake, body weight and blood pressure also tended to decline, Ma's team reports in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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Setting up an aquarium is a lot of work. And once it's all together you're stuck with it. You can't easily swap out your tank for a different one without taking the whole thing apart. Read on to make sure you get it right the first time.
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Rabbits, Hats and Male Identity: An Artist's Ruminations on Anthropomorphized Bunnies and Self-Portraiture
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Title | Rabbits, Hats and Male Identity: An Artist's Ruminations on Anthropomorphized Bunnies and Self-Portraiture |
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Publication Title | AAANZ: The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference |
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Year Published | 2008 |
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The 10th Annual Toy Run to give local disadvantaged children a better Christmas is set for tomorrow morning.
The yearly Toy Run is put on by the Hopkinsville Fire Department, Fraternal Order of Eagles and VFW Post 1913. It begins at 11am at the VFW and concludes the Eagles Club, as described by Hopkinsville Fire Marshal Cecelia Cloos.
Ms. Cloos says every dollar and toy brought in goes directly to children who wouldn't have such a Merry Christmas without a little help.
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66 ] Plan of Evanston prepared landscape plans under the direction of Mr. Cone. For these parks the City will need a great deal of shrubbery and many trees. The City could make a saving on the purchase of these if we owned our own nursery. This Committee would like to see a tree expert appointed by the City Park Superintendent whose principal duty would be to look after trees and shrubs. He should have supervision of private as well as public horticulture in the same way that the public health commissioner now has supervision over general health. It is important to prevent the spreading of disease among trees just as it is among people. When a man's trees are sick he should be compelled to take proper precaution for their care. Nobody should be permitted to cut down a tree in his parkway, or in his own yard for that matter, without a permit from the City Tree Warden. Concord, Mass., has such a tree warden, and drastic legislation has been in force for centuries in the old countries of Europe. How many times have you watched some ignorant contractor strip an entire lot of fine old trees simply to build an apartment house on say one-third or one-half of the lot. When the new building is completed, the owner of this lot, at a great expense, plants a few small trees, which may take forty years to reach the splendor and dignity of some of the old trees he might have saved. What is more charming than the veranda or porch built around some stately tree, yet how seldom do you see it done? You may say to yourself that the City has no right to supervise the trees on a man's property; he can do what he likes with his own. This we think is not right. If one man wantonly destroys the trees on his ground, he is doing an injury to his neighbor and to the entire community. We feel that it is entirely within the province of the City to supervise a man's trees just as much as it is to look after the health of the same man's neighbors by making him comply with the City sanitary requirements.
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Our guys were more than feisty, I thought the Germans got about as lucky as a team can get in getting past the U.S. in 2002. I hate those Teutonic flop artists.
Just to continue the discussion we were having in the other thread. I'm a big advocate of marrying style to temperament and, IMO, the U.S. needs to play a fast, attacking style in order to advance. I actually like the tough draw at the Brazilians looming for a 2nd place finish because I think it might convince Arena to pin his team's ears back.
Anyway, I'm all for sliding a midfielder closer to the front. The Spanish used to do that with Michel back in the '80s and I think the Dutch did it in '70s.
The style you favor benefits an attacking mentality and would be attractive to watch. Depending on the matchup, however, it may be superfluous. The first step is for the US to advance out of the group stage. That means that not only do you need points out of every contest, you must ensure your opponent cannot take points from you. That means defensive formations and emphasis on counter-attack. We will be killed by the Czechs (if they are on - which is not a given) if we stretch our defense. You remember who they can run out on the field - Nedved, Rosicky, Baros. Their strength is in attack, but their defense is vulnerable. So if we can play a boring style but tie and share the points - we can get our points from Ghana and pray that Italy takes us lightly and doesn't show up. I am looking forward to the tournament and I would love it if we beat Italy.
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As director of the Distributed Robotics Laboratory at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Professor Daniela Rus researches systems of robots that can work together to tackle complicated tasks. One of the big research areas in distributed robotics is what's called "programmable matter," the idea that small, uniform robots could snap together like intelligent Legos to create larger, more versatile robots.
The U.S. Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has a Programmable Matter project that funds a good deal of research in the field and specifies "particles … which can reversibly assemble into complex 3D objects." But that approach turns out to have drawbacks, Rus says. "Most people are looking at separate modules, and they're really worried about how these separate modules aggregate themselves and find other modules to connect with to create the shape that they're supposed to create," Rus says. But, she adds, "actively gathering modules to build up a shape bottom-up, from scratch, is just really hard given the current state of the art in our hardware."
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So Rus has been investigating alternative approaches, which don't require separate modules to locate and connect to each other before beginning to assemble more complex shapes. Fortunately, also at CSAIL is Erik Demaine, who joined the MIT faculty at age 20 in 2001, becoming the youngest professor in MIT history. One of Demaine's research areas is the mathematics of origami, and he and Rus hatched the idea of a flat sheet of material with tiny robotic muscles, or actuators, which could fold itself into useful objects. In principle, flat sheets with flat actuators should be much easier to fabricate than three-dimensional robots with enough intelligence that they can locate and attach to each other.
About a year ago, Demaine and several colleagues — including his dad, who's a visiting scientist at CSAIL, master's student Aviv Ovadya, and Nadia Benbernou, a PhD student in applied mathematics who's a co-author on the new paper — proved that a large enough sheet creased in what's called the "box pleat pattern" could be folded into a close approximation of any possible three-dimensional shape. The box pleat pattern divides the sheet into squares, each of which has a diagonal crease across it; but if two squares share an edge, their diagonal creases are mirror images. This paper marked the first time that the universality of a crease pattern had been shown, although Demaine and his collaborators have since proved that other crease patterns are universal as well.
Based on this result, Demaine, Rus, Harvard's Robert Wood, and others developed algorithms that, given an arbitrary three-dimensional shape, could generate a sequence of folds that would produce it from a box-pleated sheet.
But as yet, no robotic system existed that could execute that sequence of folds automatically. In principle, a universal origami robot would have actuators on both sides of every crease, so that the sheet could fold in either direction at any point. But a system that complex is difficult to build, and before undertaking it, the researchers hoped to demonstrate the viability of their approach.
Theory into practice
So they designed yet another set of algorithms that, given sequences of folds for several different shapes, would determine the minimum number of actuators necessary to produce all of them. Then they set about building a robot that could actually assume multiple origami shapes. Their prototype, made from glass-fiber and hydrocarbon materials, with an elastic plastic at the creases, is divided into 16 squares about a centimeter across, each of which is further divided into two triangles. The actuators consist of a shape-memory alloy — a metal that changes shape when electricity is applied to it. Each triangle also has a magnet in it, so that it can attach to its neighbors once the right folds have been performed.
The sheet is too small — or, depending on your perspective, the triangles are too big — to do anything very useful yet. But, in principle, it's possible to build either a similar sheet with much smaller moving parts, or a larger sheet with similar-sized moving parts. With a finer-grained sheet, "you could imagine downloading the new iPhone," Demaine says. "In the same way that you download the latest CD from your favorite artist totally electronically, you could imagine downloading shapes electronically, and programming hardware the same way you program software." Larger sheets could enable "a tent that can adapt its shape according to the wind so that it doesn't blow over," Demaine says, or "a solar cell that can adjust its shape to the sun and the cloud patterns and whatnot."
"It's a very nice merger of the abstract mathematical theory and the practical world," says Joseph O'Rourke, the chair of the computer science department at Smith College, who was one of the referees for the PNAS paper. "It may be appropriate to say it's some type of breakthrough." O'Rourke points out, however, that Demaine's universality proof relied on the assumption that the triangles in the box-pleated material were themselves somewhat flexible, which may not be the case with, for instance, tiny sheets of material carved out of silicon.
Demaine agrees but says that he and his group are approaching the problem from two directions. On one hand, they're trying to mathematically model the flexibility of the triangles, so that the folding algorithms can take that into account. On the other, they're taking some tentative first steps toward a theory of origami with rigid materials. "We are sorely lacking in rigid-origami theory, as Joe points out and I'd be quick to agree," Demaine says.
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Campbellsville resident Mike Hall Jr. was sworn in on Monday as a new member of the Taylor County Public Library Board. Taylor County Clerk Mark Carney administered the oath.
Hall will serve a four-year term and replaces John C. Miller, whose term expired.
Also on Monday, Lateshia Johnson was sworn in to serve another four-year term. Board members also elected officers for the coming year.
Eddie Hazelwood, former vice president, is now president/chair of the board and Johnson, former secretary, is vice president.
Tiffany Pittman and Jeremy Bandy of Greensburg announce the birth of a son, Brantley Gage Thomas Bandy, at 1:31 p.m. on March 5 at Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and was 18.25 inches long.
Grandparents are Trina Pittman and James Gribbins of Greensburg and the late Melinda Cox and Kevin Glasscock.
Great-grandparents are Susan Buckman of Lebanon and the late Walter Buckman, Mr. and Mrs. Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Glasscock.
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Community Trust Bank recently renewed its sponsorship of the Taylor Regional Hospital Transportation Service and Healthsouth Lakeview Rehabilitation Hospital recently became a sponsor for the service.
The free van service provides transportation to eligible patients in Taylor, Adair, Green and Marion counties receiving services at the main hospital, rehabilitation services, physician offices or at the Cancer Center. Money collected from the sponsors help to maintain this free service by offsetting some of the fuel costs associated with these trips.
March 11, 2004
Calvin Chaney, financial services officer for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America in Campbellsville, was recently recognized for completing 25 years with his employer.
Zack McFall of Campbellsville donated books to the Ladybug Reading Fund at Taylor Regional Hospital in February.
Nathan Gaddis, formerly of Campbellsville, is a cast member of GODSPELL, which is being presented at his church in Franklin, Tenn.
Winter weather has taken its toll on the American Red Cross blood supply. Nearly 70 blood drives have been canceled in the River Valley region since the first winter storm on Dec. 6.
Lindsay English, communications manager for the Red Cross, said the canceled drives equate to nearly 1,800 units of blood lost.
"This has been one of the harder winters that we have experienced recently," English said. "When schools and businesses close, we have to shut down as well."
Kentucky Cancer Program officials are encouraging everyone to Dress in Blue, the color of colon cancer awareness, and come to Walmart in Campbellsville on Friday, March 14, to tour the "Incredible Colon."
The display, at 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, is so large that visitors can walk through it and see educational displays inside.
The special event is as part of the fifth annual nationwide campaign to promote lifesaving colon cancer screening and March as National Colon Cancer Awareness Month.
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Campbellsville University's School of Theology students attended the 2014 National Festival of Young Preachers in Indianapolis, Ind., in January.
Yves Jean Baptiste, Noah Blackburn, Aron Neal, Mitchell Monroe and Rick Raley attended the conference, as well as Dr. John Hurtgen, dean of the school of theology; Dr. Scott Wigginton, professor of pastoral ministries and counseling; and CU alumnus Andre Morton.
Ellie McKinley of Campbellsville and nine other female students recently participated in Campbellsville University's 2014 Valentine Queen pageant. Shelby Mattingly won the crown.
Mattingly, who is from Versailles, will represent CU at the Mountain Laurel Festival on May 22-25 in Pineville.
The Brian Injury Alliance of Kentucky has formed the South Central Kentucky Board in Marion County. Since 1986, the BIAK has been serving those affected by brain injury through advocacy, education, prevention, outreach, and connection resources.
In recent times, BIAK has expanded its services to any acquired brain injury including accidents, aneurysms, trauma and tumors. BIAK has also extended its reach to veterans returning from overseas deployment who might have sustained a mild traumatic brain injury while serving our country.
March 4, 2004
Robert Allen and Peggy Sublett will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows on Sunday, March 14.
Saved By Grace will be in concert at Mannsville Christian Church on Sunday when the church celebrates its 46th anniversary.
Community Trust Bank Inc. has made a $1,025 donation to Habitat for Humanity.
Rosemary Shofner, RN with Family Home Health Care Inc., was recognized as employee of the month for January.


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A rare Apple iPhone N90 prototype, the code name for the iPhone 4 series, has appeared for sales on eBay with a very strange logo on the back panel. Rather than the usual Apple logo which we all know and love, this prototype has a logo which appears to resemble the Death Star from the Star Wars movies.
The eBay description states that the iPhone 4 prototype has a storage capacity of 32GB. The back panel is not screwed to the shell like the final retail version of the iPhone 4; this prototype uses a back clamp system which has been broken so the back panel falls off very easily.
We have seen a few prototype iPhone models before, but not many that are still operational. This one has had a battery replaced but does still turn on and is fully operational. When we say operational, don't expect to be able to make and receive calls or upgrade it to iOS 5. It only runs Apple's test software suite, SwitchBoard.
If you want to get your hands on a piece of unique Apple history, you can make a bid of $4500 or more. If you really want to make sure you aren't outbid you can contact the seller with an offer of $10,000 and it's yours. That's if Apple doesn't have it removed first.
Update There is now a video of the iPhone 4 Prototype below.
Sounds fishy to me. In all likelihood, it's just a broken and tampered with iPhone 4 that some enterprising criminal put on Ebay to lure some unsuspecting idiot who has more money than sense. Will Paypal even allow a $10,000 transaction?
Shouldn't Apple technically own prototypes? Couldn't they just legally take it back? I don't know how these things work but it seems like that should be the case.
If it were a real Apple prototype, you know Apple security would have already descended upon the residence of whoever has it, as soon as this article was seen. There has been no followup report of an Apple security force deployment to retrieve any Apple prototype iPhone 4. That alone is proof enough that this is fake and an attempt at deception and grand larceny.
I agree with you that Apple security would have already descended upon the residence of whoever............
The eBay auction is no longer listed as of ~11:30am central time.
Apple owns these prototypes and did not give or sell them to any person. Therefore, no one would have the legal right to offer a prototype for sale on eBay. Even if it were 'found' or stolen, it still couldn't legally be offered on eBay.
that's not star wars. Looks like that Pokeman ball to me.
"rare." looks to me like someone just switched the back, put prototype and is trying to sell it to the gullible with money to waste.


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Brian Saaristo walks on his prosthetic feet every day to build strength and pain tolerance. Th edoctors don't let him take his feet with him to his room because they are worried he will overdo it. (2006 file / News Tribune)
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