Catherine Stelter: Friendly and Loving
PVCC has found itself a blessing. Catherine Stelter. A mother, a friend, and most importantly, an excellent librarian. Stelter was an English major. She minored in political science at Appalachian State University, then went back to graduate school for library and information science at North Carolina Central University. Appalachian State University is located in the mountains of North Carolina, and North Carolina Central University is a historically black college .
Stelter had a graduate school program near where she grew up. She had planned to go to a different school, but two weeks before school started, the school told her that they did not get the accreditation that they told her they had.
Stelter did the only thing she could do. She packed up her things and moved back to her hometown in Durham, North Carolina, and got her masters degree at North Carolina Central University.
Growing up, she always had a love for government and politics. She even had the dream of becoming a senator. After she graduated high school, she spent a summer in the former Soviet Union. “That was a real eye opener,” Stelter said. She learned a lot about local government there, and that paved the way for her senator dreams. Then she became a librarian instead, much to the amusement of her family and friends who said, “You’re the loudest person that we know, how in the world are you ever gonna work in the library.”
Stelter is an excellent librarian who loves her job. She cares about all her students and stops at nothing to make sure she brightens everyone’s day. Last semester, I was failing badly. I was procrastinating and did not ever want to do my work. One day, I had class in the library and afterwards I sat down and talked to Stelter. She turned my mindset around. Stelter not only gave me advice to help with my schoolwork and work ethic, she also sat me down, grabbed my hands and gave me some real inspirational life advice as well.
Stelter loves PVCC. She informed me about how the staff at PVCC really do love and care about their students and want to see them succeed. I love to be a part of that journey with you and help you build confidence and find new information. That’s why this job is fun and exciting.
