HUNTHAUSEN STRIKES AGAIN: SERVICE SATURDAY
Tomorrow, Feb. 9, is Service Saturday, led by Carroll’s Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, with Carroll students, faculty and staff serving at Eagles Manor Retirement Community, S.A.V.E. Recycling, Good Samaritan Ministries Thrift Store, and Helena Food Share from 9 a.m. to noon. All Carroll community members are cordially invited to share in the fun—sign up online at https://www.carroll.edu/academics/hunthausen-center.
CARB LOADING IS A CLASS ACT
Carroll Campus Ministry’s Headlights program was named a “Class Act” this past week during the Beartooth NBC evening news, featuring the Headlights 2013 spring break service journeys to Denver, Rochester (NY) and Kansas City. Check the news feature at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/features/class-act/31969-class-act-campus-ministry-service.html
Tomorrow (Sat.., Feb. 9), you can support Headlights’ spring break service by carbing up at the annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave., Helena). Admission is by donation, with a menu featuring spaghetti, bread and dessert. A raffle drawing will take place during the event. All Carroll faculty and staff who attend and donate will be eligible to enter a drawing for a $50 gift card to Capital Sports; all students who attend and donate can vie to win a set of Bose headphones.
SHE’S THE MAN
Next Friday, Feb. 15, Carroll Theatre brings us hijinks on a high rise, plus some serious gender-bending, with the premiere of its new play, 7< strong> Stories. As “The Man” teeters in suicidal contemplation on a seventh-story ledge, self-absorbed neighbors importune him and suck him into their own bizarre worlds. Carroll grad John Rausch directs, andCarroll senior Jessica Belisle stars as“The Man.”
Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. 15-16 and Feb. 22-23, at 7:30 p.m. On Sundays, Feb. 17 and 24, matinees are at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors; free for Carroll students, faculty and staff.
ENGINEERING ANOTHER FIRST
On Thursday, Feb. 21, Carroll College’s engineering program hosts is first annual Forum on Public Policy and Leadership–Focus on Engineering, free and open to everyone. From 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Carroll’s Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre, regional and local professional engineers will give short and engaging presentations on the relationship between public policy and engineering. After a brief welcome at 6 p.m., sessions will include:
“Public Policy and How it Affects Engineering” by Jennifer James of Jennifer James Consulting at 6:15 p.m.
“The Role of the Engineer in Public Policy” by Allan Smolko, regional governor for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), at 6:30 p.m.
“Leadership in the Workplace” by Robert Morrison, president of Morrison-Maierle, Inc., at 6:45 p.m.
“Leadership in the Community” by Pat White, regional governor for ASCE, at 7 p.m.
“Leadership in Education” by Carroll Engineering Professor John Scharf, Montana Tech Engineering Professor Brian Kukay and MSU-Bozeman Civil Engineering Professor Jerry Stephens, at 7:15 p.m.
A panel discussion and comment period will wrap up the evening. The event is sponsored by Carroll College Engineering and ASCE. Panelist biographies are online at: https://www.carroll.edu/news/press-release
FREE AND FUNDAMENTAL
Carroll College offers a series of free review sessions for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam starting February 13. Sessions end on March 27 and are presented on Wednesdays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. All classes take place in Simperman Hall room 123. All sessions are taught by expert Carroll faculty and cover chemistry, math, statics, fluids, thermodynamics, dynamics, circuits and solids. The FE Exam occurs on April 13. For the full schedule and course information, go to: https://www.carroll.edu/engineering/fe-exam-instructions-review-sessions For more info, contact Professor Terry Mullen at 406-447-4452 or tmullen@carroll.edu.
WITHOUT BORDERS, NEVER BORING
More from our energetic engineers: last semester, Carroll’s Engineers Without Borders-USA student chapter rallied the community to help meet its $3,000 fundraising goal in support of public health projects our students and faculty build and maintain in Guatemala and Mexico. Thanks to generous support from 93 donors, Carroll EWB received over $10,000, far surpassing its target. EWB-USA had set an overall goal to raise $600,000 from its holiday campaign, and that goal was also exceeded. What’s more, says Carroll Roberts-Nix Professor of Engineering John Scharf, thanks to its supporters, Carroll EWB is in the list of EWB-USA’s top 10 fundraisers (of over 250 contenders), along with Harvard University, Yale University, Walla Walla University and the University of Minnesota. EWB-USA will announce the final standings in March, when it will also add the corporate matching dollars to Carroll’s account, which may bring in an additional $3,000. More later, but until then, Carroll EWB sends a gracious thank you to those who believe poverty can be overcome by bright minds, hard work and brilliant engineering feats.
The fun in fundraising isn’t over: the annual EWB-USA Carroll student chapter Shamrock Soiree, celebrating St. Patrick as the patron saint of engineers, is coming up on March 15 at the Great Northern ballroom—details in future editions of QNs!
WE’RE ALL BUSINESS
This coming Monday, Feb. 11, Carroll’s IMPACT annual Spring Business Campaign begins with a Campus Center luncheon for 30 local business leaders, who will be fanning out to garner support for student scholarships over the next month.Our business chair this year is Carroll graduate Nan LeFebvre (photo right), the director of Human Resources at New West Health Services and our student co-chairs are Megan Olszewski, a senior community health major with a business minor from Kalispell, Mont., and Chris Kiefer, a senior engineering science major from Beaverton, Ore.
Details are at: http://helenair.com/business/local/open-for-business-carroll-gears-up-for-spring-business-fundraising/article_382ad4c4-6dd0-11e2-b52d-0019bb2963f4.html Supporting this year’s spring campaign is easy online at: https://www.carroll.edu/give
BONDING WITH SERGEANT REX
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, Carroll College’s Anthrozoology club presents a free, public lecture, “Dogs in the War Zone: < strong>Sergeant Rex and the Human-Animal Bond in Iraq,” by guest speaker Mike Dowling, US Marines veteran of the Iraq war and author of Sergeant Rex: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog. Free and open to the public, the talk is at 7 p.m. in Carroll College’s Simperman Hall room 101/202, the Wiegand Amphitheatre.
Dowling served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 2001-2005. He was the honor graduate of his military police class and became a military working dog handler, ultimately paired with a dog named Rex. Called "a deeply affecting tale of courage and devotion in the cauldron of war" by Publishers Weekly, Dowling's book takes readers into the searing 130-degree heat, the choking dust, and the ever-present threat of violent attack in Iraq's infamous Triangle of Death. In Operation Iraqi Freedom during 2004, Dowling and Rex were attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, and were part of the first Marine Corps military K9 teams sent to the front lines of combat since Vietnam. It was Rex's job to sniff out weapons caches, suicide bombers, and IEDs, the devastating explosives that killed and maimed troops and civilians. It was Mike's job to lead Rex into the heart of danger. For their actions, they were awarded a Navy Achievement Medal. After a noble career of military service, Rex recently died during the Christmas 2012 season.
STUDENT NEWS
Events
Junior Senior Banquet is tonight,Feb. 8,at the Red Lion Colonial Inn. Dinner at 7 p.m.; Dancing at 8.
Sodexo presents a special Feb. 12 Mardi Gras celebration, with a float contest, prizes and much more Fat Tuesday fun during the lunch hour in the St. Thomas Aquinas Dining Hall. On the menu are gumbo, blackened catfish with greens, etouffee, crawfish, shrimp po’boys, dirty rice, muffuletta, king’s cake and a lot of other Cajun delicacies you don’t often run across here in Big Sky Country. After the feast, it’s Ash Wednesday (and a Lenten Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14).
Awards
Since 1986, Carroll College has presented the Raymond G. Hunthausen Award for Community Service to deserving students who make outstanding contributions to the college and beyond. The award was named for Archbishop Hunthausen because of his own commitment to peace and justice in his personal life and in his work with the Catholic Church. Nominations of diligent, selfless, service-minded students are due March 1 at 5 p.m. (Friday before spring break), and winners will receive certificates at the annual Honors Convocation in April. The nomination form is available online at https://www.carroll.edu/career-services/hunthausen-award or upon request by emailing rwalsh@carroll.edu
Involvement
This past Monday, the 2013 Senior Grateful Saints Campaign kicked off with a training lunch for our 48 Senior Grateful Saints leaders. They’re out talking with fellow Carroll seniors and asking them to support the IMPACT Annual Fund or another area on campus that they are passionate about. Any senior who gives $20.13 or more will be recognized with a star on their alumni brick. Seniors can make their gift online at https://www.carroll.edu/current-students/grateful-saints.
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Alumni, parents, and friends of Carroll are invited to attend the Spokane-area mid-winter Carroll gathering this Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Davenport Hotel starting at 6 p.m.
Graduation: Classes of 1953 and 1963 are invited to the annual Carroll Golden Grad Reunion at Commencement on May 10-11.
Homecoming: Save the date—Homecoming 2013 is September 13-15.
To RSVP for all alumni events and for more details, visit https://www.carroll.edu/alumni
Get Connected
Next week, notice of a special Carroll Class Survey for classes 2001, 2006 and 2011 will hit mailboxes, asking for alums to offer their valuable survey feedback. Tell us about your Carroll experience and how we can make it better! It’s free and online: www.advancement.carroll.edu/alumni-survey
In the News
In January 2013, Columbia River (Wash.) football coach John O'Rourke (photo left), class of 1968, was inducted into the Washington state football coaches association's hall of fame. After earning his Carroll history degree, his coaching career began at Lewis Junior High School in Vancouver, where he started the wrestling program and coached football for 5 years. He moved to Columbia River High School, where he was an assistant football coach for 16 years. He also coached track and wrestling and 19 years ago became the head football coach. During his tenure, the Chieftains reached post-season play 11 times and are 131–64 with seven league championships. During his head coaching career, O’Rourke has coached four players who went on to play in the NFL and 58 players who advanced to play at the college level. Although retired from a 39-year academic teaching career in history and social studies which he loved, he has developed and maintained a strong relationship with his former players, many of whom coached for him. He and his wife Sandy (MacDougall), class of 1969, recently celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary.
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Next Friday, Feb. 15, Carroll Assistant Professor of Psychology Leslie Angel (photo right) presents the February Faculty Colloquium, with “Do Rats Know What They Don't Know? Understanding the Evolutionary Roots of Metacognition” at 4 p.m. in the Maronick Board Room.
Helena’s Last Chance Audubon Society’s meeting next Tuesday, Feb. 12, will feature Carroll Biology Professor Grant Hokit’s (photo left) presentation of “The Impacts of West Nile Virus on Birds and Humans” at 7 p.m. in the choir room of St. Paul’s Methodist Church at 80 E. Lawrence St., Helena. News of West Nile virus in human populations is an annual event since the disease was first introduced to the US in 1999. As the primary host, some bird species experience impacts ranging from mild to severe population declines. For the past few years, Carroll students and faculty have been examining the distribution and dynamics of West Nile virus in Montana and studying severe bird die-offs. In his talk, Dr. Hokit will share what has been learned and what is yet unknown about the emergence of this disease, how it affects bird species and consequently, human populations. Carroll’s West Nile research continues this summer, under a recent $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Carroll Information Technology has hired Bob Calkins as our Colleague System support specialist. Bob worked most recently as a database and application developer at Morrison-Maierle Systems< strong>.
MINISTRY AND JUSTICE
Ash Wednesday Masses will include Fr. Jerry Lowney’s daily Mass at 11:30 a.m. in Borromeo Hall’s St. Joseph Chapel and two St. Charles Hall Chapel Masses: one at 4 p.m. and an evening Mass at 9:30 p.m.
For all Campus Ministry news, homilies, Mass and sacraments and more, log on to: https://www.carroll.edu/campus-life/campus-ministry
ATHLETICS
Events
The Saints Athletic Association’s (SAA) annual Shindig, a reverse bingo event, will be held on Friday, February 22, at 6 p.m. in the Campus Center. The cost is $100 per bingo ball and $25 for the dinner.
The SAA Annual Auction, both live and silent, will occur on Friday, April 12, at 6 p.m. in the Carroll PE Center.
Proceeds from all of these events go towards athletic scholarships that give Carroll the winning edge in recruiting the finest scholar-athlete talent. For tickets, contact Jennifer Bingham at 406-447-4480 or at jbingham@carroll.edu
Home Games
This Saturday, the Saints double-header brings us the women’s game vs. the MSU Northern Lights at 5:30 p.m., with the men’s game following at 7:30. All in the rockin’ Carroll PE Center.
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: The Carroll Art Gallery’s winter exhibit, “Stephen Glueckert: Drawings of Drawing Tools.” The Carroll Art Gallery is located in St. Charles Hall, room 034. Admission is free. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; closed weekends and college holidays. The exhibit continues to March 1, 2013.
February 11: Carroll IMPACT Annual Fund Business Campaign for spring 2013 launches in the Carroll Campus Center with an appreciation lunch for our 30 local business volunteers.
February 13: Carroll College Chamber Choir provides service for the noon Mass for Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
February 15: Opening night for Carroll Theatre’s mainstage play, < strong>7 Storiesin the Carroll Theatre. The play curtains Feb. 15-16 and Feb. 22-23 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinees Feb. 17 and 24 at 3 p.m.
February 21: Artist Stephan Glueckert will give a free public gallery lecture on his Carroll Art Gallery exhibit, “Stephen Glueckert: Drawings of Drawing Tools,” at 7 p.m. in the gallery, located in St. Charles Hall room 034. Since 1992, Stephen Glueckert has been curator of the Missoula Art Museum. A native Montanan, he has also been a working artist for over 35 years. Primarily a sculptor, he has also been engaged for two decades producing an ongoing series creating drawings, actual tools (kinetic sculptures that draw), and videos about the drawing process.
February 22: Carroll College astronomy professor Dr. Kelly Cline presents “Our Fractal Universe” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free and open to the public. What do movie special effects, the stock market, heart attacks, and the rings of Saturn have in common? They all consist of fractals, irregular repeating shapes that are found in cloud formations and tree limbs, in stalks of broccoli and craggy mountain ranges, and even in the rhythm of the human heart. Join us for an introduction to the amazing new science of fractal geometry.
February 25: The Carroll College Business Department Lecture Series presents a free, public lecture, “Did the fiscal cliff push the estate tax over the edge? The changes to the estate and gift tax in today's new tax regime” at 7 p.m. in Carroll’s Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Presenters will be Joel Silverman of Silverman Law Office, PLLC, and Spencer Marks of Oilfield Tax Services, LLC. Silverman earned his law degree from Lewis and Clark College in 2003 and his LL.M. in taxation from the University of Washington in 2004. He spent three years in private practice in Butte assisting clients with corporate matters, estate planning, wealth transfer, tax planning and property transactions. He then joined the Montana Department of Revenue in November of 2006 reviewing and litigating various federal and state tax and state liquor law issues. In May 2012, Silverman opened his law office focused on assisting individuals and businesses with tax and succession planning. Spencer Marks, a 2006 Carroll accounting and business administration-finance graduate, is a CPA licensed to practice in Montana and North Dakota. He spent five years working as a tax auditor, primarily auditing complex partnership, S-corporation, trust and high wealth individuals’ state and federal income tax returns. His work in private practice emphasizes planning and developing multi-state pass through entity businesses structures and consulting services.
February 24: Carroll College Choirs provide service music at the 11 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
February 28: Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continue the Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with classical languages and literature professor and historian Fr. Daniel Shea presenting, “Sacred Liturgy: How the Church Lives & Shares the Mystery of Christ,” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
March 4-8: Spring Break
March 12: Charlie < strong>Camosy, assistant professor of Christian ethics at Fordham University, presents "Does a Catholic Understanding of the Common Good Require Health Care Rationing?" During the public debate over the health care reform proposals in 2008 and 2009, both proponents and detractors of the legislation tried to avoid plans which would "ration" care. This was especially true in certain Catholic circles, given an understandable desire to avoid rationing which would involve results that could ultimately end in euthanasia. However, Camosy says the divide between medical ethics and social ethics in the Catholic tradition rarely allows for honest discussion about health care distribution when one is not aiming at death. In this talk, Camosy will demonstrate how to avoid the genuine philosophical and theological problems associated with many examples of rationing. “Indeed, I will argue that we must find a way to do this, for honestly dealing with the finitude of our being and of our resources means that rationing health care is unavoidable,” Camosy says. Camosy’s book Too Expensive to Treat?--Finitude, Tragedy, and the Neonatal ICU (Eerdmans, 2010) won second place in the 2011 Catholic Media Association awards in the social issues category. His next book, Peter Singer and Christian Ethics: Beyond Polarization, was released by Cambridge University Press in May of 2012. Camosy is also the founder and co-director of the Catholic Conversation Project and a member of the ethics committee at the Children's Hospital of New York.
March 14: Carroll College astronomy professor Dr. Kelly Cline presents “The Mystery of the Higgs Boson” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free and open to the public. Last summer, after 40 years of searching, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider laboratory in Europe finally discovered the Higgs boson. This strange new particle, sometimes called “The God Particle,” fills our universe, giving all particles their masses. Yet, the measurements of this newly discovered particle are strange and paradoxical. What secrets does the Higgs boson hold, and what does it tell us about the hidden laws of our universe?
March 15: Carroll student chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA presents its annual Shamrock Soiree fundraiser in the Great Northern Ballroom, across the highway from Carroll’s campus.
March 20: The 18th Annual Helena Area Career Fair will be held in the Carroll College PE Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Freshmen can explore career options and learn about what employers want, sophomores and juniors can network for good summer jobs and internships. Seniors can job hunt for that first professional job. Open to the public. For information on how to prepare, what to expect and which businesses will attend, go to www.helenair/careerfair.
March 21: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free.
March 21:Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continue the Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with Carroll Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Chris Fuller presenting, “Perfidious No More: Catholic/Jewish Relations since Vatican II,” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
March 24: Carroll College Choirs provide service music at the 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
March 26: Former Olympic gold medalist and champion professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton will give a free public lecture on doping in high-level sports, including the Lance Armstrong controversy, at 7 p.m. in the Carroll PE Center.
April 4: Carroll College astronomy professor Dr. Kelly Cline presents “Curiosity: Searching for Life on Mars” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free and open to the public. NASA’s new rover is the largest probe ever to set down on the Red Planet. Crammed with amazing scientific instruments, Curiosity is launching a quantum leap in our understanding of Mars. Could there be life on the fourth planet from the sun? Join us as we explore how Curiosity is going to find out.
April 7: Carroll College Choirs provide service music at the 11 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
April 10: Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continue the Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with Carroll Theology Professor Brian Matz presenting, “Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches,” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
April 20-21: Softball Weekend.
May 2: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert in the Carroll Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free.
May 5: Carroll College Choirs present their annual spring concert, 4 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Community in Helena. Free admission.
May 11: Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement