April 8, 2011 QuickNotes

10 SAINTS WIN 83K RACE Nope, it's not the latest extreme endurance run: it's the much tougher academic competition for top scholarships in pre-med, math and science. Here are results: Three Carroll med-school hopefuls from Montana have been named recipients of the 2011-2012 Elsie P. Corette Memorial Scholarship. The Corette scholars are: Alyssa Dinsdale, $6,000, junior from Townsend; Travis Marshall, $12,000, junior from Belgrade; and Victoria Dettman, $5,000, junior from Bozeman. Overall, the average Corette Scholarship for this coming academic year was over $7,600, with a total of $23,000 awarded. Meanwhile, Carroll also named seven of its Montana resident students as recipients of the 2011-2012 Roy F. Simperman Science Scholarship: Darbi Brady, $7,000, nursing major sophomore from Fairfield; Mattie Casey, $6,000, biochemistry major sophomore from Libby; Megan Cordeiro, $10,000, nursing major sophomore from Great Falls; Forrest Laskowski, $14,000, chemistry/computer science major junior from Helena; Josephine Meis, $5,000, biology/pre-dental major sophomore from Clancy; Sydney Philipps, $7,000, math major sophomore from Conrad; and Ryan Swenson, $11,000, math for secondary education sophomore from Helena. In all, $60,000 in Simperman Science Scholarships were awarded for the coming year. The Roy F. Simperman Science Scholarship is funded by Roy F. Simperman (photo right), class of 1962, the chairman and chief executive officer of Semaphore Corporation. Mr. Simperman also funds the annual Elsie P. Corette Memorial Scholarship for Carroll pre-meds who demonstrate financial need and promise of success in medical school. In its three years of existence at Carroll, the Simperman Science Scholarship has awarded a total of $130,000 to Carroll students. As for Corette Scholarships, more than 200, totaling nearly $900,000, have been granted to more than 100 Carroll students, with approximately 70% of the students going on to become medical doctors. For more, read the full press release at:  http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14739 SUCCESS FROM HEAD TO TOE Last weekend's St. Baldrick's Foundation fundraiser at Carroll brought in three times the goal for donations, with participants shaving their heads to raise money for cancer research. This Tuesday's first-ever One Day Without Shoes march saw scores of Carroll community members-including the "barefoot president" Dr. Tom Trebon-trekking sole-free from campus to downtown for the cause of raising awareness for kids worldwide without shoes. The KTVH TV news report on the One Day Without Shoes event features, toward the end of the story, "footage" of Carroll students and Dr. Trebon hoofing it in a brisk wind for the cause-check it out at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/news/helena/5310-residents-go-shoeless-for-good-cause.html Meanwhile, Carroll Outreach Team's cupcake sales have already brought in $100 to build Easter baskets for the Homeless at God's Love Shelter in Helena-check out the lunchtime cupcake sales every Wednesday until Easter in the Campus Center and help this COT venture succeed. And, Up 'Til Dawn (photo left), our annual student-led fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is nearing its $25,000 goal for the year in the wake of last weekend's big rummage sale in the Campus Center. IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK This is Astronomy Weekend at Carroll, with TONIGHT (Friday, April 8) starting off the fun with our American Astronomical Society's Harlow Shapley Visiting Lecturer Dr. Terry D. Oswalt, head of the Physics and Space Sciences Department at Florida Institute of Technology, presenting "It's Later than You Think: How Astronomers Measure the Age of the Universe." The free, public talk begins at 7 p.m. in Carroll College's Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre (room 101/202). For lots more details on our 14-billion-year-old universe and how its age was deduced, check out the "Exploring the Cosmos" article by Carroll's own Dr. Kelly Cline at: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/article_923190ea-600b-11e0-ae00-001cc4c03286.html As a warm-up for tonight's talk, today at noon Dr. Oswalt will present "Why people believe weird (astronomical) things" in Simperman Hall room 114, with snacks provided. His talk is geared towards math/engineering/science students, but any interested students and employees are invited to attend. Tomorrow (Saturday, April 9), Astronomy Weekend continues from noon to 4 p.m. at ExplorationWorks museum in the Great Northern Town Center (across the highway from the Carroll campus), with the Helena Astronomical Society and Carroll College Neuman Astronomical Society offering safe solar observing, weather permitting, and handing out star charts and other astronomy goodies. David Rotness of the Carroll and Helena clubs will lead a build-a-comet workshop and explain comet mechanics. Inside the museum, catch a free lecture on spring's stars and constellations. Astronomy Weekend events and activities are free and open to the public. Glimpse more details at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14687  Carroll has a long history in astronomy-For a great story on the Carroll Neuman Observatory and its namesake Doc Neuman, focus on the Helena Independent Record website here: http://helenair.com/news/local/article_c30dfae7-d154-5156-a52a-208ce168cfb2.html COTTON TALE You'll see Easter bunnies galore on campus starting this weekend, with the public premiere of our Theatre Department's production of The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and Benjamin Bunny). Showtimes are Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, and continuing next weekend, April 15-16. Curtain is 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. Tickets are available at the door for $5 general admission, $3 for kids under 12. Senior theatre and education double-major Kelly Clavin directs this cast of Carroll thespians and local schoolchildren, who strike plenty of cute poses in their bunny suits. Hop on over to more details at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14683 FROM IRELAND TO THE HELENA HOMEFRONT On Monday and Tuesday, April 11 and 12, Carroll College and the Helena Education Foundation will sponsor a husband and wife team to deliver guest lectures on Irish peace and local sustainable living. On Monday, Gailmarie Kimmel, founder and co-director of the nonprofit Be Local Northern Colorado, will present "Reinventing Helena's Economy from the Local-Up" at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. On Tuesday, Dr. Bill Timpson, professor of education at Colorado State University, will present "Inspiration in the Darkest Places: Creating a Sustainable Peace in Northern Ireland" at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. Both lectures are free and open to the public. An expert on Irish peace issues, Timpson is the co-founder and co-chair of the Interdisciplinary Program in Peace and Reconciliation Studies at Colorado State University. In 2006, he won a Fulbright Senior Specialist award, enabling him to pursue peace and reconciliation studies at the UNESCO Centre at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. He won a second Fulbright Senior Specialist award in 2009, which he spent working on peace and reconciliation in Burundi, Central Africa. "We can nurture our own uniquely-local businesses and farms through low-cost, common-sense programs designed to strengthen localization and community resilience," says Kimmel, whose Be Local Northern Colorado has advanced eat local/grow local programs in Fort Collins, Colo. For more on both talks, read: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14709 SMALL MIRACLES Next Thursday, April 14, the Carroll Business Department Lecture Series, sponsored by the generous support of First Interstate Bank, continues with "Microfinance in Africa: CARE's model," at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre. Presenter Brian Larson is the director of Financial Management Systems Project for CARE-USA, which is recognized as one of the world's largest international humanitarian organizations. CARE-USA has fought poverty worldwide for over 60 years, and Larson will be discussing his experience with CARE's pioneering microfinance methodology that has empowered women and fought poverty. Through small loans, microfinance allows businesses and development to spring up in places destitute before, often with women entrepreneurs leading whole families and villages on to better lives. Larson has 25 years of international development experience in programs, finance and administration. He has worked for eleven years in Africa and six years in Latin America and plus has served as a consultant in Asia. He holds a law degree and bachelor's in business administration from Drake University in Iowa and is a Certified Public Accountant. STUDENT NEWS PBS's American Experience, America's most-watched history series, recently announced that 40 college students have been selected for the 2011 Student Freedom Ride, an experiential learning opportunity for college students in conjunction with the broadcast of Freedom Riders and the 50th anniversary of the original May 1961 Freedom Rides. Chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants, Carroll class of 2012 political science and communications major Rachael DeMarce (photo right) was selected to represent Montana in this epic, ten-day journey starting in early May. This moving classroom will feature Rachael and 39 other college students from across the country retracing the route of the original Freedom Rides, and the group will be accompanied by Freedom Riders filmmaker Stanley Nelson. Catch the busload of details at: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/college-students-get-bus,1742529.html Carroll's 2011-2012 student government Executive Board officers have been selected: Executive President: Victoria Dettman; Executive Vice President: Jared Engels; Executive Secretary: Stephanie Berg; and Executive Treasurer: Chris Kiefer. Their induction ceremony will take place this Sunday, April 10, at 6 p.m. in Trinity Hall Lounge. ALUMNI NEWS Awards Carroll is now accepting nominations for the following awards: The Young Alumni Award, presented at Homecoming and honoring graduates from the past 10 years who best exemplify Carroll's tradition of service, academic excellence/career advancement and meaningful stewardship. The Alumni Hall of Fame, presented at Homecoming and honoring alumni for outstanding contributions of stewardship - time, talent and treasure - in distinguished service community and to Carroll. To nominate alumni for the Young Alumni Award or the Alumni Hall of Fame, please send an e-mail to alumni@carroll.edu describing how your nominee qualifies. Please include the nominee's name, your name, address and phone. Supporting materials are optional. Nominations need to be received by May 1, 2011, to be considered for the 2011 alumni awards. The Alumni Academic Achievement Award presented during Founder's Day festivities in early November and honoring alumni who distinguish themselves academically or artistically, are influential in their field and have made significant impact either through research or career achievements. To submit a nomination for the Alumni Academic Achievement Award, send an e-mail to alumni@carroll.edu describing how your nominee qualifies. Please indicate evidence of the nominee's publications, research or honors, and include your name, address, phone and any supporting materials.  Nominations for the Alumni Academic Achievement Award must be received by July 1, 2011, to be considered for the 2011 award. Nominations may also be mailed to the Alumni Relations Office Carroll College 1601 N. Benton Avenue Helena, MT 59625. For more information, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni The Wendy's of Montana, Carroll College Athletic Hall of Fame, awarded at Homecoming, honors outstanding achievements by Saints student-athletes. A minimum of ten years must have passed since the nominee's last season of competition, and nominees must have been, at a minimum, a member of the first or second team All Conference.  A completed nomination form is required, including statistics and other supporting material. The Warren Nelson Award, conferred at Homecoming, was established in 1986 to honor Mr. Warren Nelson for his years of supporting Carroll College athletic programs.  Nominations for this award should include evidence that an individual exemplifies the unselfish goodness of Nelson in assisting, promoting and otherwise supporting the Carroll College Saints.  Recipients of this award do not have to be alumni of Carroll College. To request more information about athletic awards or to request a nomination form, contact Renee Wall at rwall@carroll.edu or call 406-447-5413.  Nominations may be submitted online at: www.carroll.edu/athletics or mailed to Renee Wall, associate director of athletics, 1601 North Benton Ave., Helena, MT  59625.  The deadline for athletic nominations is May 1, 2011. Events For all alumni events listed below, please RSVP to Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni@carroll.edu or call/text her at 406-461-3214: Golden Grad Reunion: Classes of 1951 and 1961 as special honored guests during Carroll Commencement on May 6-7 Homecoming 2011: October 14-17-stay tuned for more details! For a complete schedule of Alumni events, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni/reunion/index.cc  In the News Riki Nichols, class of 2004, is engaged to marry James Emerson on June 18, 2011, in Helena. Riki is employed as a disability examiner for the state of Montana. Paul Alexander Barnett, class of 2005, is engaged to marry Megan Marguerite Murray of Yakima, Wash., on September 10, 2011, at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Hermiston, Ore. Paul is an accountant with Barnett & Moro, P.C. in Hermiston, Ore. (Couple in photo right) The Helena Independent Record published a colorful front-page story on Alex "Papu" Rincon, class of 2004, and his latest honor being named Montana Young Entrepreneur of the Year. For the 411 on the founder of Helena's 406 store, check out: http://helenair.com/news/article_f2d45e96-5e76-11e0-b638-001cc4c03286.html Tyler Lehman, class of 2007, has joined the Helena Independent Record as an advertising sales consultant. His experience includes two years as the assistant athletic director for Carroll College and five years as a personal trainer in Seattle and Helena. Kipp Mychal Curtis, class of 2009, of Pendleton, Ore., is engaged to marry Cydney Ann Corey on July 16, 2011. Kipp works for Price Cattle Company in Echo, Ore. (Couple in photo left) In Memoriam Madeline "Mary" Nolan Samson was one of two women who were the first to graduate from Carroll College, and QNs is sad to report her death occurred on March 24, 2011. Mrs. Samson transferred to Carroll in 1946 and earned a Nursing Education degree, plus minors in clinical nursing and biology in 1948. She taught at Carroll 1954-55 as a lab instructor and assistant, but she truly was a pioneering woman of Carroll whose success here led to the college becoming one of the first Catholic fully co-ed institutions and its ultimate rise to leadership in the field of nursing. From just two women grads in 1948, Carroll women now comprise over half of our student body. Madeline's history-making career was noted on the front page of the Carroll Prospector on May 28, 1948, where, in its graduation coverage, the newspaper noted that Mrs. Madeline Samson and Miss Rosaleen Mullen would be the first women to receive their Carroll degrees (both were graduates of the college's new Nursing Education program). Madeline's courage in enrolling as the sole woman in some Carroll science courses was also mentioned in Carroll's 2010 science movie, The Carroll Science Century. Her accomplishment as a Carroll pioneer was also noted in Dr. Bob Swartout's Carroll history book Bold Minds and Blessed Hands. Her life's journey was never dull: A story about the epic romance between Madeline and Ralph, her husband of over 50 years, is online at the Helena Independent Record website here: http://helenair.com/news/local/article_cf6875f5-4f0b-5281-835e-17d3ccaeff2f.html (Photo right: Samson at graduation 1948; photo left: Samson, center front, at her 60th graduation anniversary in 2008 with the golden grad class of 1958) FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Dr. Doreen Kutufam (photo right), assistant professor in Carroll's Communication Department, recently learned that the Gender and Communication Section for the International Association of Mass Communication Researchers (IAMCR) has accepted her paper for presentation in Istanbul, Turkey, this coming July 13-17. The title of her  paper is "Sex, violence, health and moral panic: Gendering Montana meth campaign messages." The IAMCR said the paper selection process was extremely competitive, with some 131 submissions to the Gender and Communication Section and many worthy papers turned away. The Carroll College Jazz Combo, directed by Dr. Lynn Petersen, performed for residents of The Waterford in Helena on March 22 and at Hunters Pointe in Helena on March 29. On March 31 and April 1, the Jazz Combo performed at schools in Great Falls, Shelby, Havre, and Rudyard, Mont. See the Coming Events section in this week's QNs for the combo's upcoming concerts, which feature Dr. Petersen on piano. This past week, Associate Professor of Nursing Donna Greenwood (photo left) led Carroll's National Public Health Week celebration by giving a talk, "The Stories Behind the Statistics: A Montana and Alaska Public Health Road Trip," chronicling her sabbatical experience in rural public health settings. The event was sponsored by the Carroll College Student Nurses Association. The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing Alumni Board recently selected Dr. Joni Walton, Carroll associate professor of nursing, as 2011 Academic Nurse of the Year. Criteria for this award include demonstration of outstanding service through nursing education, evidence of innovative nursing education, and publications representing the impact on nursing education. Dr. Walton will be recognized on May 5, 2011, during the UMKC School of Nursing's graduation ceremony. More on Dr. Walton: in March, she also served as an invited speaker at the American Nephrology Nurses Association national symposium in Boston, where she gave three presentations: "Striving to be Heard & Recognize: Nurse Solutions for Improvements in the Outpatient Hemodialysis Work Environment," "Prepping for the Stress Test: Coping with workplace stress and occasional crisis," and "Developing a Qualitative Research Study." Dr. Walton notes that Carroll adjunct nursing faculty member Alice Luehr, RN, class of 1987, also attended this symposium as a member of the ANNA board and regional vice president. In addition, this week, Dr. Walton and Carroll adjunct nursing professor Heidi Blossom presented their research findings at the Sigma Theta Tau conference in Bozeman, Mont. Their research, "Healthy Partners: A Clinical Nursing Partnership with Older Adults Based on Orem's Self-Care Theory," is based on a grant-funded study by Blossom and Walton, who led Carroll nursing students on a program of home visits to senior citizens to perform physical assessments, home safety inspections, social and spiritual assessments and functional evaluations. (Photo right: Blossom, left, and Walton) CAMPUS MINISTRY The ever-popular Sunday Mass takes place at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center. The Carroll Campus Ministry website is now more informative and fun than ever, with videos, audio homilies, a full schedule for weekly Masses and sacraments and much more. See it all at:  http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/ Campus Ministry also has a fabulous blog site with reflections about the recent Headlights Service Immersion journey-see it at: http://carrollministry.wordpress.com/ And, you can "Like" Campus Ministry's Facebook site, too-keeping you updated on their latest adventures and upcoming service trips. ATHLETICS Saints Track and Field is off to another running start with a recent victory just last weekend. Redshirt freshman Ben Cutler (photo left, in center) burst out of the gates with a crowd-wowing victory in the men's 400-meter sprint to help Carroll College open the outdoor track and field season at the Al Manuel Invitational in Missoula. Dash to details at: http://helenair.com/sports/article_ca4317ca-5db2-11e0-83fd-001cc4c03286.html Carroll College men's basketball coach Brandon Veltri, recently named the Frontier Conference Coach of the Year, and his twin brother Brock Veltri, Carroll's associate head men's basketball coach, were featured in a story published by the Intermountain Catholic. For more, travel to: http://www.icatholic.org/article/judge-alumni-earn-gold-stars-in-the-classroom-and-on-5841076 Carroll's Rodeo Team competes this weekend with the Big Sky Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association at the Montana State Spring Rodeo. The full schedule of all things Athletic is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/index.cc COMING EVENTS Ongoing: Sallyann Mulcahy, Carroll artist in residence and the director of Ballet Montana and Ballet Montana Academy, also in residence at Carroll, is offering for the first time an adult ballet class open to men and women of all ages. Classes take place each Monday from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. in the Arthur Vining Davis Dance Studio downstairs in the Campus Center. Ballet training prepares you for a healthy, beautifully lived life, with poise, grace, balance, refinement and wellness. Ballet is exercise that offers fitness and skills that translate to almost every other activity, from running a race to standing in line, from hiking a hill to climbing the stairs, from walking to waltzing. And, it's open to people of all ages and body types. Classes began this past Monday, and newcomers are very welcome. The cost is $15 per class or $140 for a 10-class card. For more information, contact Mulcahy at 447-5508 or email thelifedancer@gmail.com Ongoing to April 27: The Annual Carroll College Student Art Show in the Carroll Art Gallery, room 034 St. Charles Hall, featuring recently created work by over 50 students in art classes, including photography, paintings, drawings, and ceramics. As a special addition, the display will include work created by 12 Carroll and community students who participated in the February Decorated Letter Workshop led by professional calligrapher Theresa Leland--examples of their work and photos are located in one of the display cabinets just outside the Art Gallery. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. For more information, call 447-4302. April 8: "What Are Professional Learning Communities?  How Do They Work?" a lecture by Janel Keating (Carroll class of 1986), deputy superintendent of the White River School District in Buckley, Wash., at 4 p.m. in Carroll College Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. This presentation will focus on the specific practices and procedures that must be in place if a school is to become a professional learning community.  Additionally, participants will receive examples of resources designed to assist teacher teams in embedding the work of improving student learning into the daily culture of schools and districts. Keating has co-authored a number of publications with Dr. Bob Eaker, professor of educational leadership at Middle Tennessee University.  Together, they just completed an invited opening chapter for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook and in August will release A New Way to Lead published by Solution Tree. She has also co-authored a resource titled The Journey to Becoming a Professional Learning Community with Eaker, Dr. Rick Dufour and Rebecca Defour. Janel works with approximately 50 school districts across the US every year and regularly presents at nationwide professional learning community institutes. April 11: The Carroll College Faculty Development Committee hosts Dr. Bill Timpson, a professor at Colorado State University, for a one-hour presentation for Carroll and the Helena community, "Effective and Innovative Post-Secondary Instruction: Exploring the Models of Teaching" at 4 p.m. in 114 Simperman Hall. APRIL 12: Honors Thesis presentations from Department of Business and Psychology students, 7-9 p.m. in Trinity Hall Lounge. Free and open to everyone. April 14: Honors Thesis presentations from Department of Natural Sciences students, 7-9 p.m., Mary Alice Fortin Science Center Scola. Free and open to everyone. April 15: April Faculty Colloquium with Carroll Assistant Professor of Sociology  Jamie Dolan presenting Native Nation Building: The Red Lake Walleye Recovery Project at 4 p.m. in the Rogers Board Room in the Campus Center. April 16-17: Softball Weekend at Batch Fields near campus. April 18: Honors Thesis presentations by Department of Mathematics, Engineering & Computer Science students, 7-9 p.m. in the Campus Center's Hoff Kavanagh Room. Free and open to everyone. April 20-21: Honors Thesis presentations by Department of History students, 7-9 p.m., Campus Center's Avila DeSmet Room. Free and open to everyone. April 19: Carroll Jazz Combo Spring Concert in the Carroll Performing Arts Center (Old North, St. Charles Hall) at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. The Carroll College Jazz Combo will present "Jazz Journey," featuring the instrumental and vocal talents of seven Carroll students and two faculty performing a variety of jazz standards spanning five decades. Hear tunes by Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Miles Davis, Red Garland, Jerome Richardson, Billy Strayhorn, and more.  Admission is free and open to the public.  Contact Dr. Lynn Petersen at 406-447-4303 for more information. April 19: Carroll College annual Charlie's