Catawba College

An anonymous $2.1 million gift to Catawba College in Salisbury will enhance the school’s commitment to early childhood education.

The campus recently received recognition for expanding its pollinator habitat, planting native flora and expanding its land management programming.

Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, says it has cut energy-related emissions on campus and is now carbon neutral, in part by claiming credits for investments in clean energy elsewhere.

Here's an innovation for device-carrying people on a college campus: a solar-and-battery-powered picnic shelter that provides both shade and power. The idea has been around for at least a decade, but as solar technology improves and prices fall, it's becoming more than just a novelty. And now it's part of the campus sustainability plan at Catawba College in Salisbury — and more are on the way.

"This left us speechless," said Catawba College's President David Nelson. "It left us wondering if we were reading numbers correctly."

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