APRIL 12, 2013

QUICKNOTES REDUX       

Due to a technology problem, last week’s QuickNotes was produced and delivered to some e-mailboxes, but not all—in fact, probably more went undelivered than not. We hope the glitch, involving programs, code, servers and browsers, has been rectified by the time this edition rolls out—we’ll find out soon enough. In the meantime, to those who received last week’s edition, please excuse us as we reprint here some of the non-date-sensitive news highlights from last week. Our apologies also go out to the many alumni, students and faculty whose upcoming events that occurred last weekend were featured prominently in the prior QNs without the word ultimately reaching all of our intended audience, both on campus and across the nation.

BUMPER CROP

Scores of Carroll students headed over to the Campus Center for last Saturday’s Brave the Shave benefit for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, providing childhood cancer research grants, and the concurrent Locks of Love hair cropping. Lengths were lobbed and manes sheared for two wonderful causes, and in the process Carroll students raised $8,200 through pledges, far exceeding their goal of $6,000. Find out what all the buzz was about at: http://helenair.com/news/local/carroll-students-shave-heads-to-raise-money-for-childhood-cancer/article_f26bfe60-9f46-11e2-bd8b-0019bb2963f4.html

VIVE LE ROY!

Uplifting news for future Carroll doctors and American healthcare: Eight Carroll College medical-school hopefuls from Montana have been named recipients of the 2013-2014 Elsie P. Corette Memorial Scholarship established at Carroll College. The Corette Scholarship is available to Carroll pre-med majors from Montana, and awards are based on financial need and promise of success in medical school. Since 1973, approximately 160 Corette Scholarships have been awarded, amounting to over $870,000, with almost all recipients going on to become medical doctors. For the current academic year, Corette Scholarships total $53,000, generously donated by class of 1962 Carroll graduate Roy Simperman (right) of Mercer Island, Wash. Simperman is the CEO of Semaphore Corporation in Seattle. Corette Scholarship recipients are: Robert Brenteson, biology major from Conrad; Nicole Broden, chemistry/French double major from Great Falls; Kegan Cunniff, biology major from Choteau; Elizabeth Duty, biology major from Dutton; Matthew Harrison, biology major from Missoula; Aaron Koster, biology major from Missoula; Shelby Kramer, biology major from Billings; and Sarah LaPierre, biology/biochemistry/molecular biology major from Great Falls.

Carroll College also named three nursing majors the recipients of the 2013-2014 Roy F. Simperman Nursing Scholarship, also funded by Mr. Simperman. For the current academic year, a total of $52,000 was awarded. In the five years that the Simperman Math, Science and Nursing Scholarships have existed at Carroll, $280,000 has been provided to 21 students. All awards from Simperman Math, Science and Nursing Scholarships and Corette Scholarships over the years add up to over $1,150,000.

Simperman Science Scholarship recipients are: Mariah Arneson of Missoula; Maureen Downey of Deer Lodge; and Samantha Pierson of East Helena.

MARIAN SIGHTING ON CAMPUS

Tonight (Friday,April 12) is the opening for the Carroll College Theatre for Children series production of < strong>Robin Hood, directed by Carroll seniors Caroline Schafer and Jessica Belisle. The legend of Robin of Loxley and his love, Maid Marian, has abounded in plays, movies and folk ballads for nearly 600 years. Given a new look by Schafer and Belisle, this play will follow Robin’s fight with the caustic aristocrat, Lady Merle, rather than the usual villain, the nefarious Prince John. The Lady and her henchman, the Sheriff of Nottingham, head into comic territory as they attempt to wrangle the rambunctious young Robin, the rotund Friar Tuck, and the rest of the Merry Men ensconced in Sherwood Forest.

Shows are this Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. (no 7 p.m. show this Sunday). It continues next Friday, April 19, at 7 p.m. All shows are in the Carroll Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall). Seating is first-come, first-seated, with the house opening 30 minutes before showtime. Tickets are always free for Carroll students, faculty and staff, otherwise $5 for general admission and $3 for students and seniors.

THE FANTASTIC FAIRWAY FOX

While we’re talking Theatre, this June brings us Carroll’s Summer Theatre season, with a fitting production of < strong>The F< strong>< em>ox on the Fairway, directed by Theatre Chair Chuck Driscoll. It’s a charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man's eternal love affair with golf. Auditions are next Tuesday and Wednesday, April 16 and 17, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Merton Acting Studio downstairs in the Campus Center. Rehearsals for the chosen cast will be May 20-June 13, and the performances take the Carroll Theatre stage June 14-30 at 7:30 p.m.

A tribute from Ken Ludwig (author of Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo, Shakespeare in Hollywood) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp that pulls the rug out from under the stuffy denizens of a private country club. This is a fast-paced and high-energy evening filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans reminiscent of Marx Brothers classics.

TEEN TITANS OF TECH

This Saturday, as part of an effort to encourage more young women to choose careers in technology, the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), Northwestern Energy and Carroll College will recognize 11 Montana high-school women for their accomplishments and aspirations in computing and technology. The award event will start with a 1 p.m. welcome in the Fortin Science Center Scola by Dr. Tom Evans, then an afternoon workshop in cryptography from 1:30 to 5 p.m., with the NCWIT winners participating, led by Carroll College Computer Science Professor Phil Rose in Fortin Science Center room 115. Dr. Rose and fellow Carroll Computer Science Professor Steve Harper are supervising the Montana contest. At 5:30 p.m. is the official award dinner in the Scola with featured speaker Montana first lady Lisa Bullock.

Montana’s 2013 NCWIT winners (and hopefully future Carroll freshmen) are: Triona Matheson (Helena High School junior), Heather Olson (Helena High senior), Kasey Clausen (Capital High-Helena senior), Mykaela Edwards (Capital High sophomore), Darian Charlo (Arlee High School senior), Rachl Skartved (Anaconda High senior), Teah Fuller (Anaconda High senior), Courtney Linder (Beaverhead County High School-Dillon junior), Kelsey Madler (Cut Bank High senior), Mai Vang (Big Sky High School-Missoula senior) and Kelsie Harriman (Park High School-Livingston junior).

ZOMBIE FEVER

That’s just one of the many titles of the research that will be on display at next Thursday’s second-annual Student Undergraduate Research Festival. Sessions are 1 to 5 p.m. all over campus, with 45 talks, discussions and poster presentations in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre, Trinity Hall lounge, the Fortin Science Center Scola, the Campus Center, the Corette Library’s “sandbox” classroom and O’Connell Hall room 101. Topics span just about any subject imaginable, from the zombie literature and movie craze to Montana mosquito populations; from the history of France to the history of Old West pioneer brides; from Butte’s Irish traditions to gay men on TV; from Montana archeological finds to energy production with organic solar cells; and much, much, MUCH more! The schedule is online now at:http://www.carroll.edu/academics/research/festival.

After the Research Fest, everyone is welcome to attend theannual Honors Convocation in the lower Campus Center at 7 p.m., where outstanding scholars from all departments and majors will be recognized for their achievements.

ONE GOD, THREE FAITHS

Next Thursday, April 18, thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant entitled “Muslim Journeys” awarded to the Carroll Corette Library, the public is invited to witness “Connected Histories,” a panel discussion at 7:30 p.m. in the Corette Library. “Connected Histories” will address the interconnected past that the West shares with Islam, as well as how this shared past continues to resonate today. At this time of deep divisions, misunderstanding and often animosity, this dialog will be an opportunity for the panel and attendees to engage in a conversation about the rich, complex history we share, and how a better understanding of this past might move us toward a deeper appreciation for what unites us. Moderated by Library Director Christian Frazza, the panel will include Carroll Associate Professor of History Jeanette M. Fregulia, Philosophy Professor Barry Ferst and Rev. Marianne Niesen, the senior pastor of St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Helena.

“This is not just a rescue party. This is a great scouting opportunity.”  Scout Master Ward,< strong>MOONRISE KINGDOM

This Saturday, April 13, Carroll will go blue, with nearly 150 Boy Scouts scampering all over campus during Montana’s first annual Merit Badge University, hosted by the college in cooperation with the Prickly Pear District of the Boy Scouts of America. Carroll President Tom Evans, an Eagle Scout, was a prime mover in organizing the event, which will draw scouts from as far away as Livingston, Dillon, Havre and Missoula. Around 45 Carroll student and employee volunteers, plus 12 guest counselors will run Merit Badge University in the Campus Center, St. Charles Hall, Simperman Hall, Fortin Science Center, the Corette Library, the PE Center and pool, Trinity Hall, the Water Barn, the Carroll College Ranch and off campus at the Archie Bray Foundation. Merit badges will be awarded in a long list of diverse pursuits, including animal science, athletics, art, chess, cooking, first aid, Indian lore, law, music, photography, pottery, scuba diving, welding, woodcarving and lots, lots more. The scouting party officially invades at an 8 a.m. opening ceremony led by Dr. Evans in the Campus Center; troops are scheduled to withdraw at 5:15 p.m.

DOGS IN SHEEPSKIN

Yesterday, Carroll’s Anthrozoology program held its annual Canine Graduation in the Fortin Science Center Scola. Eight Carroll anthrozoology students and seven dogs were unleashed at this unusual commencement. Among these service dogs, two have been trained for narcotics detection, three for cadaver recovery, and three in Search and Rescue, and three are trained service dogs for assisting the disabled and in therapy (students taught their animals in more than one discipline). Great coverage of Iraq War veteran anthrozoology student Kris Rehder and his partner Trigger (left), a dog rescued at the Lewis and Clark Humane Society and now going on to a life of service, is online at: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/program-at-carroll-college-explores-human-animal-bond/article_5653e7fc-a1a5-11e2-a158-001a4bcf887a.html

STUDENT NEWS

In the News

Carroll senior Meghan Rucka (right) began growing vegetables at the Carroll College Science Center greenhouse in December. All the plants she grows will be harvested straight from the greenhouse and given to Helena Food Share.  She was recently named a Class Act in a KTVH Beartooth NBC feature on her well-grounded service spirit—see the full video that’s planted at  http://www.beartoothnbc.com/features/class-act/33786-class-act-student-plants-vegetables-to-give-back.html

Last weekend, Carroll Associate Professor of History Jeanette Fregulia was in Portland, Ore., with six Carroll students presenting their original research papers at the Phi Alpha Theta conference hosted by University of Portland. Carroll’s history scholars presenting included Elizabeth Baker, Patty Casne, Maegen Cook, Ben Donner, Katherine Williams and Will Wright. Each spoke about the content of their work, which was produced last semester in their Research Seminar course. Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history. The society has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.

Carroll nursing student Samantha Devine is engaged to marry Jake Allen. Samantha works at AFLAC and will graduate with her registered nursing degree from Carroll this May. The couple is planning an August 2013 wedding in Helena. (Couple left)

Carroll nursing student Casey Shaw is engaged to marry Sarah Hicks, regional manager of American Federal Savings Bank, this coming July 6, 2013, at Lakeside Ranch. (Couple right)

Events

This Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m., Carroll’s Gaming Club will hold a League of Legends Night in the lower Campus Center—prizes from the game company will be awarded and they’re SWEET! Then, from 9 p.m. to midnight, hit the Swing Dance in Guadalupe Hall.

Service

Carroll’s STTI Nursing Honor Society Chapter is holding a drive to help Helena’s estimated 600 homeless residents and they are over one-third of the way to their goal of gathering 1,000 items for those in dire need of the basics. Our future nurses are collecting new socks, new underwear for all ages (including new bras) and new warm stocking caps. Donations will be accepted now through the end of April in the drop boxes located in the Campus Center and the fourth floor of Simperman Hall in the Nursing Department. If 1,000 items are gathered, the Nursing Department will receive an original artwork by Carroll nursing alum Mary Larson, a Seattle RN who has a huge following for her paintings of homeless patients, which she “sells” in exchange for donations of clothing, food and other necessaries to shelters nationwide. A story on the nursing drive to help the homeless was recently featured in the Helena Independent Record and is online now: http://helenair.com/news/local/nursing-students-raising-base-layer-for-homeless/article_1e186148-9e48-11e2-83f4-0019bb2963f4.html

Employment

Learn the best methods for finding job openings and online sites for jobs in your major at next Monday’s (April 15) Navigating a Successful Job Search workshop at 6 p.m. in room 106 O’Connell Hall. Please register your intent to attend at careers@carroll.edu

Carroll Career Services will host the annual Speed Networking Event for business and communication majors on Thursday, April 25, at 5:15 p.m. The event allows students to practice their networking skills in a safe environment that offers expert advice from professionals in a variety of fields. Students will move through timed interactions practicing their “elevator speech” to sell themselves to hypothetical employers. The event will wrap up with a general networking appetizer session. Professionals in finance, marketing and medical sales are encouraged to participate as network “mentors” at this event: to participate, contact Nisan Burbridge, Carroll internship coordinator, at nburbridge@carroll.edu or 406-447-5465. Speed Networking is sponsored by Anderson ZurMuehlen, Galusha Higgins & Galusha, and Heidi S Currey. 

Giving Thanks

Next week, April 15-19, is Carroll’s annual TAG (Thanks to All who Give) week, when students can vie for great prizes in the traditional photo contest. To compete, students will be canvassing campus, taking pictures of themselves and their friends posed with some of the price tags posted on college structures that represent donations from generous Carroll supporters. On Wednesday, April 17, students will have the opportunity to write personal thank-you notes to Carroll supporters  in the Campus Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Students who write a thank you note will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card. Carroll students love to show just how grateful they are to receive financial help from the college’s gracious friends—more soon on TAG week’s photo faves! 

ALUMNI NEWS

In the News

Ralph Cates, class of 1959, of Battle Creek, Mich., has led a life of adventuresome service and daring feats, and was recently the star of a long feature story on his equally long history, which includes work in business and politics and as an ordained minister and a biochemist. He has beaten cancer, served in Vietnam and for 25 years run missions in Guatemala and the Philippines. Cates and local doctors formed the nonprofit Surplus Health Supply, where spare medical equipment is donated to underserved communities abroad. In 20 trips overseas to bring those medical supplies, Cates has not only provided life-saving equipment but also helped found an orphanage that now houses nearly 200 kids.  For a tale of triumph over nearly 80 years, read http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20130402/NEWS01/304020028/At-78-Ralph-Cates-still-has-plenty-accomplish?nclick_check=1

The Helena Sports Hall of Fame has announced the latest inductions for its Class of 2013, including 12 individuals and nine teams in six categories. Among the inductees are Carroll alumni Bill Gilbert (class of 1958 and Saints basketball standout);Saints football NAIA national champion and All American Tyler Emmert, class of 2006; Carroll’s record-breaking rusher and All American J.J. Lamb, class of 1999;and former Carroll men’s basketball coach Gary Turcott, class of 1968, who served the Saints for 19 seasons (1990-2009) while qualifying for seven NAIA national tournaments and being named Frontier Coach of the Year five times. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet will take place July 18 at the Best Western Great Northern Hotel in Helena.

Several years ago, Plentywood native Jason DeShaw (left), class of 2003, fresh out of Carroll College, joined the band Stomping Ground in performing at an event promoting biodiesel fuel. Last week, DeShaw was in both Helena and Missoula, Mont., headlining a “Singers for Soldiers” concert tour to benefit XSports4Vets, a Missoula-based nonprofit that helps America’s veterans transition to civilian life, with a keen eye on support for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. For more on the music, read:  http://missoulian.com/entertainment/music/singers-for-soldiers-helps-xsports-vets/article_c8583f2e-987c-11e2-8338-0019bb2963f4.html

Rachel Brockway, class of 2003, and Clint Culver, class of 2002, were married Dec. 22, 2012, at the Kleffner Ranch in East Helena. Following a honeymoon in Baja, Mexico, the couple returned to make their home in Helena. (Couple right)

Heather Lambott, class of 2006, became the new clinical director at the Helena SurgiCenter effective April 1. After earning her nursing degree at Carroll, she has worked as a perioperative nurse at the Helena SurgiCenter. Lambott will oversee clinical operations at the Helena SurgiCenter, which is a multispecialty surgery facility.

Last year, Medair International sent an emergency response team, including Carroll 2007 grad Asher Bray (second from left, photo left), to the South Sudan, where they assisted thousands of refugees who had fled from the Sudanese civil war and were crowded into camps. The team discovered serious health issues with the water supply at the area hospital, where the old, sick and everyone else were waiting turns to use a slow hand pump for water access. This created thirst and hygiene problems that Medair solved  in a day, providing abundant drinking water quickly where it was desperately needed. During a long, hard day of physical work, the team lifted heavy gears, dug trenches and installed new pressure pipelines to replace the existing hand pump with a motorized submersible pump that increased the yield. Check the photo slideshow of their work, and find out what you can do between just one sunrise and sunset at: http://relief.medair.org/en/stories/what-can-you-get-done-in-a-day/

In Memoriam

Harry Lester Joslin Jr. (right), a veteran of the V-5 Naval Aviation Officer’s Training Program at Carroll College, died on April 4, 2013. During his tour of duty at Carroll, he formed an 18-piece Carroll Navy Marching Band. When he finally “shipped out,” he went to Alameda Naval Air Station and later to St. Mary’s Preflight at St. Mary’s College in California, where he was when the war ended. He was honorably discharged, then went on to study back at Carroll and at Montana State College (now MSU), where he majored in architecture. He owned and operated Joslin Furniture and Carpeting in Helena for 40 years, retiring in 1985. For more on his life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/harry-lester-joslin-jr/article_05bbba22-9f48-11e2-b677-0019bb2963f4.html

The college has received word that two more veterans of Carroll’s WWII Navy V-12 program died over the past year: Jack Roger Mabry of Georgetown, Texas, died July 26, 2013, and on April 20, 2012, Robert George Dickinson of Salem, Ore., died. Their obituaries are at: http://ad2ad.com/?portalid=2500362&adview=3190645&fixad=true and http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesmanjournal/obituary.aspx?n=robert-dickinson&pid=157296365#fbLoggedOut

Gerald (Gerry) Francis Hart (left), class of 1966, of Mesquite, NV, formerly of Newark, DE, died on March 8, 2013. He attended Carroll on full athletic scholarship while earning his economics degree. His life’s calling was serving as a teacher and mentor to disadvantaged and incarcerated people. He worked as a job developer at Delaware Skills Center and Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution. During this time, he also shaped young minds and spirits as an athletic coach. Prior to retiring to Mesquite in 2006, Gerry served as a life skills teacher at Howard R. Young Correctional Institution. For more on his life, read: http://www.newarkpostonline.com/obituaries/article_7e0653ac-9750-11e2-8379-001a4bcf887a.html

FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS

Music rarely heard anywhere in the world was featured at the 11th Annual Musikanten Montana Early Music Festival last weekend in Helena, and Carroll’s Choir Director, Music Professor and operatic singer Dr. Robert Psurny (right) performed with the Musikanten Montana chorus for last Sunday’s finale concert. Music for your eyes is at: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/early-music-festival-celebrates-cavalli/article_b2f5543a-980b-11e2-9fd5-001a4bcf887a.html

History Professor Gillian Glaes (left) has been on a speaking tour at recent national history conferences. On March 29-31, in Austin, Texas, she presented “Decolonization, Independence, and Politicization: Leftist Politics and African Political Organizations in West Africa and France from the Interwar Period to the Post-Colonial Era” at the African in World Politics Conference held at the University of Texas-Austin. Last weekend, April 4-6, she offered “Making Modernity out of Mountains: Adventuring, Vacationing, and Modernity in the French Alps, 1945-1955” at the Society for French Historical Studies meeting at Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.).

Associate Professor of Marketing Annette Ryerson (right) has announced that her written work, "Rivertown, USA; A Marketing Research Case Study,"  has been accepted for presentation and publication. The case study will be published in the Finance, Global Management, Economics and Information Research Technology Journal in fall 2013. She will present the case study at the  Finance, Global Management, Economics and Information Research Conference in Manhattan, NY, this coming May 23-25.

Carroll’s April Faculty Colloquium is today, April 12, when English Professor Kay Satre will present “Narrative and the Politics of Empathy” at 4 p.m. in the Maronick Board Room.

MINISTRY AND JUSTICE

Tomorrow, April 13, Carroll’s Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice sponsors its second Service Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, with volunteers meeting first in the upper Campus Center. From there, they head out to help the S.A.V.E. Foundation, Hunter's Pointe retirement community, ExplorationWorks museum, Prickly Pear Land Trust, and the Friendship Center. Get involved and follow the Hunthausen Center at https://www.facebook.com/#!/HunthausenCenter

This coming Sunday, April 14, Carroll Campus Ministry will be celebrating several Carroll students in a special Sacraments of Initiation Mass at 7 p.m. in the upper Campus Center. Bishop of Helena George Leo Thomas will be the celebrant, and everyone is welcome to attend. This is the only Mass on campus for Sunday: no 8 p.m. service. Students to be baptized include Sarah Grover, William Ray Jeffries and Marielle O'Hara-Hulett. Candidates for Full Communion are Joseph Cislo, Andrew Frank Lamm and Megan Planck.  Candidates for Confirmation are Olivia Gray Coen, Taylor Elizabeth Peck and Halstyn Stief. Completing their sacraments (First Eucharist and Confirmation) are Margery Shlimgen and Louie Blood.

On April 27, Campus Ministry students traveling to Guatemala this May will host a special enchilada dinner fundraiser and silent auction. Students are also raising money for Guatemala by selling raffle tickets for $20 to win a weekend in Glacier National Park next fall, including lodging and a helicopter tour of the park—only 400 tickets are available for this raffle.  Please contact Colleen Dunne to purchase: cdunne@carroll.edu. Admission is by donation. Carroll alum Sam Hunthausen, who participated in the 2010 Campus Ministry Headlights Guatemala trip, will be the chef at the April 27 dinner: he’ll be serving enchiladas with avocado-lime crema, chips and salsa, roasted chicken, rice and beans, a vegetable mélange of bell pepper, corn and zucchini, plus fried ice cream topped by a spiced caramel sauce.

For all Campus Ministry news, homilies, Mass and sacraments and more, log on to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/

ATHLETICS

In the News

Carroll College athletic director Bruce Parker recently announced that the contract with Saints men’s basketball coach Brandon Veltri (left) will not be renewed. Veltri coached Carroll to a Frontier Conference title and an NAIA national tournament appearance in his time as head coach and had the opportunity to mentor four-time All-American Andy Garland—the only player with that distinction in program history. Veltri closes his head coaching career at Carroll with a 52-63 record. For more, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/carroll-basketball-coach-veltri-s-contract-will-not-be-renewed/article_11c3a33a-964b-11e2-877d-0019bb2963f4.html

Events

Tonight, the Saints Athletic Association Annual Auction begins at 6 p.m. in the Carroll PE Center. Free admission. Proceeds create athletic scholarships that give Carroll the winning edge in recruiting the finest scholar-athlete talent. Raffles and literally hundreds of live and silent auction items will be for the lucky and boldly bidding, including Cubs baseball tickets, a golf cart, a NASCAR driving experience, jewelry, trips and much, much more.

COMING EVENTS

Ongoing: Carroll Art Gallery (room 34 St. Charles Hall) exhibit, “Gabrielle Bakker: Drawings and Paintings,” featuring the visually stunning works of 2010