APRIL 27, 2012
SNOW MAKES SPRING FINALS EVEN MORE FUN!
The good news: It’s last day of classes. The bad news: Snow’s in the forecast. Hey: who jinxed us by taking off their snow tires already? Anyway, congratulations to everyone for surviving spring 2012 in style, and now buck up for those fun finals!
7-DAY FORECAST: 293 DEGREES NEXT SATURDAY
Commencement 2012 is just a week away from tomorrow, with 293 Carroll students graduating in the PE Center starting at 2 p.m. (doors open at 1), with about 4,000 friends and family members cheering them on. As always, there are “top secret” awards being announced on the big day, but what we can tell you now is pretty choice. First, the Borromeo Award will be granted to the Sisters of St. Joseph Volunteer Corps of Rochester, NY (photo left). Since 1996, the Sisters of St. Joseph Volunteer Corps have given young people life-changing service experiences serving needy kids and the poor of all ages. An estimated 182 Carroll students have participated in an alternative spring break service with the sisters since 2000, with several Carroll graduates reporting that they are devoting their careers to living by the sisters’ example, thanks to the experience.
Our graduation speaker and honorary doctorate recipient will be the Reverend Charles L. Currie (photo right) of the Society of Jesus, the former president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. During his 14 years in this role, he was responsible for overseeing all 28 of the Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S. and leading initiatives to strengthen Jesuit higher education and improve access for students, including financial aid and quality online learning. The Obama White House has named him a Champion of Change for his work to bring the best in education to underserved students globally.
Prior to graduation, plenty of festivity is planned that everyone can attend: like the Alumni Brick Unveiling on the walk near St. Albert’s Hall on Friday, May 4, at 3 p.m. Other pre-commencement activities are detailed in Student News below and online at http://www.carroll.edu/academics/commencement/index.cc. Stay tuned for more hot graduation coverage in our special Commencement Day edition of QNs May 5!
SOLID GOLD
Another commencement-related news item: a record number of Golden Grads celebrating their 50- and 60-year commencement anniversaries will be reuniting next weekend in their golden robes. In all, Carroll will see 14 of the 42 living Class of 1952 members and 18 from the Class of 1962 returning to campus. Among them will be our own former president, Monsignor Joseph Harrington and Professor Emeritus of History Rev. William Greytak.
FREE INTERNATIONAL HARMONY SERVED HERE
Today, Carroll fetes its international student heritage with a Cultural Fair in the Campus Center’s upper level from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is the result of inspiration from three female students, Noreen Zafar (of Pakistan), Lourdes David (of American Samoa) and Rachel Mujaya (of Tanzania), who organized the whole thing, with help from Carroll Dining Services provider Sodexo. It includes authentic food, fashion, dance and more from our visiting students’ native lands.
A QUICK GAME OF PLANET PICK-UP
Tomorrow, April 28, is our special Earth Day celebration, with Carroll’s Dining Services provider Sodexo sponsoring the second annual Clean Helena Day to pick up litter in our community. Get a free breakfast, courtesy of Sodexo, then head out in one of our friendly volunteer crews for a few hours of local beautification. In the afternoon, Sodexo will reward all that good work with a delicious barbecue at the Campus Center, starting at 4 p.m., with music provided by Whiskey Root. To sign up for Earth Day good times and free goodies, contact Mason Siddick at mason.siddick@sodexo.com or Allie Winkler at Awinkler@carroll.edu.
In last year’s inaugural Clean Helena Day, over 30 student and staff volunteers hauled 97 huge trash bags of litter from Helena hotspots. Let’s stuff more bags Saturday!
TALK ABOUT A KILLER SUNBURN!
Tonight, April 27, Carroll’s Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series continues with a free, public talk by Dr. Kelly Cline: “The End of the Earth and Sun,” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. As his final lecture for the academic year, Dr. Cline will detail how the Sun, currently about halfway through its life, will experience its death throes by swelling, engulfing Earth it its fiery envelope. Fortunately, this is billions of years in the future—but when Dr. Cline has discussed the end times in his past astronomy talks, young children and very old people stock the post-lecture Q and A with plenty of concern about the dying Sun’s effects on us. Learn what will happen after our Sun swallows us up, and enjoy the likelihood that we won’t be around when it happens, tonight.
SUNDAY SONG AND DANCE
This Sunday, April 29, Carroll’s Department of Fine Arts presents a unique free choral concert with a ballet twist in “A Time to Dance,” starting 4 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave.) in Helena. Featuring the Carroll College Choirs and dancers from Ballet Montana Academy and Carroll, this concert is the result of collaboration between choirs Director Robert Psurny and Ballet Montana Director Sallyann Mulcahy, a Carroll artist in residence and director of dance. (Ballet Montana Academy dancers and Mulcahy in photo right)
Expect inspired original ballet and music from around the globe. Ballet Montana pre-professional dancers will interpret Ethan Sperry’s arrangement of the Indian Raga Desh, Carroll dancers will perform a pas de deux, and a suite of three “voice dances” by contemporary US composer Greg Jasperse will be presented. The Carroll Choir will perform works by Felix Mendelssohn and Francis Poulenc, a spiritual by André Thomas, and international-themed pieces from Syria and Bulgaria. The Chamber Choir will perform Gregorio Allegri’s famous Miserere mei Deus, a humorous madrigal, and a popular song by George Harrison of the Beatles. Admission to the concert is free, but an offering will be taken to benefit the music program at the St. Mary Catholic Community.
STUDENT NEWS
Graduation Highlights
Today (May 4): Commencement rehearsal, 1-2 p.m., PE Center Today: Unveiling of Bricks, Alumni Walk outside St. Albert’s Hall, 3 p.m.
Saturday: Baccalaureate Mass, 10 a.m., Cathedral of St. Helena, ticketholders only due to space restrictions
Saturday: Class of 2012 Photo, 11:15 a.m., Cathedral of St. Helena Saturday: Commencement Brunch, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Campus Center, ticketholders only due to space restrictions
Events
The Associated Students of Carroll College Executive Board invites all to the induction of the 2012-2013 ASCC officers and board members this Sunday, April 29, at 6 p.m. in Trinity Hall lounge. This is the last ASCC meeting of the year.
Sunday is also the Spring Midnight Breakfast Cram Jam for students in the St. Thomas Aquinas Dining Hall, from 10 p.m. to midnight. (Food line open 10-11:30 p.m.) Karaoke fun and who knows what surprises during the midnight feast.
In the News
Carroll’s math minds have done it again, with results just in on their February Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) and Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) competitions. In the ICM, our student team of Grant Williams, Jennings Anderson, and Bryan Hurtle received a top 20% (Meritorious) ranking, plus several Carroll teams earned Honorable Mention (top 40% in the world) in both contests. QNs readers may recall in last week’s edition that Anderson was on the three-student team that took third in the recent Kryptos cryptology contest, during Carroll’s first entry in that event. (Photo left, standing left to right: Williams, Hurtle and Anderson)
Yet another story on our Anthrozoology program’s recent graduation appeared on the local TV news—check out our service dogs and the students going on to careers in animal-assisted therapy at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/features/lifestyles/21444-lifestyles-anthrozoology-program.html
For the latest student news and activities, go to www.carroll.edu/students
ALUMNI NEWS
In the News
The Longview (Wash.) School Board has named Phil Suek, class of 1985, as the new principal of Mark Morris High School. Suek, assistant principal at Mount Solo Middle School in Longview, will assume his duties July 1. He holds a master's degree from Washington State University and has been with the Longview School District since 1988, beginning as an English teacher and girl’s basketball coach at Mark Morris. In 2003, he became assistant principal at Monticello Middle School in Longview, transferring to Mount Solo when it opened in 2005.
Dr. Joey Laythe (photo right), class of 1987, has been recently awarded the Edinboro University 2012 Scholar of the Year Award based on his publications, including two books. He reports that for the past 15 years the university has issued three annual awards (Advisor of the Year, Educator of the Year and Scholar of the Year), and he is the first to have received two of them: Educator of the Year in 2004 and now Scholar. Read more about Dr. Laythe’s work as a history professor and researcher in the latest installment of Carroll Magazine (page 22), online now at: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/magazine/spring2012/index.html
In Memoriam
John Charles Cox (photo left), class of 1990, of Helena, Mont., died April 22, 2012, from a rapidly progressing cancer, two weeks after he was diagnosed. Hailing from Chicago, he earned a degree from Loyola University in Chicago, taught and served in the US Marine Corps Reserve. He moved to Montana, where he worked in the Sweetgrass Hills, taught children in a one-room schoolhouse at the Hillside Hutterite colony then became a carpenter in Helena. He earned his accounting degree at Carroll then began work for the Social and Rehabilitative Services Division of the state of Montana, where he remained for many years. An avid outdoorsman and athlete, he rounded out his career with the state of Montana advocating for children in the foster care system, retiring in 2009. For more on his life, read: http://helenair.com/news
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Kristy Gilreath has resigned from Carroll College’s Human Resources Office, with her last day today, April 27. She leaves to take on a business analyst position with Xerox in Helena, which is embarking on a three-year contract with Montana Medicaid to implement a new software system. Kristy will serve as a consultant between the end users at Medicaid and the programmers/developers of the software company. The project goal is to deliver a final product to Medicaid that addresses business processes, compliance regulations and efficiency improvement. Over the past five years, Kristy has given Carroll the highest level of professionalism and competence in her work with the Financial Aid Office and Human Resources, and we wish her all the best in her new post.
Next Tuesday, May 1, the Montana Center for International Visitors is bringing to campus a contingent of leaders from eight South American countries who are traveling to Montana under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State. Focused on learning American methods on the state and local level to prevent and treat drug and alcohol abuse, the group will be meeting with Carroll’s award-winning Sexual Safety and Wellness Educator/Health Sciences Adjunct Professor Kelly Parsley (photo right) to hear what Carroll College has implemented, including Parsley’s innovative classroom approach that earned her the 2011 Outstanding Alcohol and Other Drug Professional of the Year Award (conferred by Outside the Classroom). The meeting will occur in the Maronick Board Room of the Campus Center from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Sunday Mass continues April 29 at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center, with Fr. Marc Lenneman the celebrant.
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
ATHLETICS
In the News
For the first time since becoming a full Frontier Conference member in 1998, Carroll’s Golf Team has captured the conference championship. Anyone with a drive for more details can putter over to: http://helenair.com/sports/college/
And, there’s more! Carroll senior golfer Jim Mee of Libby, Mont., was named to the six-member, All-Frontier Conference first team Wednesday, one day after leading the Saints men to their first league title in the sport.
Finally, at last weekend’s Saints Athletic Auction, over $100,000 was raised for student-athlete scholarships. More on this development is at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/sports/
Schedule
This Saturday, track and field competes in Spokane, Wash.
For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
April 30: Dedication of the Carroll College Peace and Civility Wall, noon. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” month-long free events.
May 5: Commencement
May 9: Summer Sessions I and II begin.
May 9: Corette Library open house, noon to 2 p.m. and again 5-7 p.m. Everyone is invited to see the big improvements in the library, including the “electronic sandbox” smart classroom, and hear about future installations. Meet library staff, friends and the director. Light refreshments will be served.
May 19: St. James School of Nursing annual banquet, Quality Inn and Suites (formally the War Bonnet), Butte, Mont. The class of 1962 will be honored. For further information, contact Deanna Thomas at 406-782-4435.
June 4: Summer Sessions III and IV begin.