13-05-2025
Professor of Music at Catawba College retires after 41 years
SALISBURY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Catawba College bid farewell to Dr. Renee McCachren, Professor of Music, who retired this spring after 41 years of dedicated service.
In tribute, the community celebrated her commitment to scholarship, culture, and service.
She joined Catawba in 1984 as an Instructor of Music. Rising through the faculty ranks, she was awarded tenure and was ultimately promoted to the highest faculty rank of Full Professor of Music.
Her areas of teaching in the Music Department included music theory, music history and piano.
She also directed the Performance Concentration and regularly offered master classes for piano students.
In 2017, she was commissioned as Senior College Marshal, an honor awarded to the senior faculty member of the College. In that role, she has carried the ceremonial mace in Catawba's academic processionals, such as Commencement, for the past nine years.
In her years of dedicated service, McCachren taught and influenced thousands of students, mentored numerous faculty members and composed a noteworthy and lasting legacy.
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