text: Stressing the value of a private college education is important, Catawba College's new Vice President of Enrollment Lois Williams says. "Catawba is a gem of a school. It has dedicated faculty and staff and great facilities. This type of educational experience is truly transformative." Williams joined Catawba on January 1st after spending five years at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. While at Stetson, she served as Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Acting Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid. Prior to Stetson, she worked for two years at Pfeiffer University as Director of Financial Aid, and for eight years at her undergraduate alma mater, Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia, where she filled a variety of positions – serving as Admissions Counselor, Transfer Counselor, Director of Financial Aid and Registrar. She later attended Radford University and received an M.S. degree in Counseling and Human Development with emphasis in Student Affairs. She credits her years at Emory & Henry for helping shape her career path. It was doubtless her own personal college search process that affected her choice of career. As a first generation college student, Williams received a great deal of support from her family, friends and admissions staff to make the dream of attending college a reality. Being a first generation college student, "my parents didn't always know what course work to suggest, but they always knew the right questions to ask and the right person to ask."