REPELLENT CAN BE A GOOD THING
Carroll natural sciences student researchers and Professors Grant Hokit, Jennifer Geiger and Sam Alvey (in photo left, standing right to left) recently uncovered disturbing news of West Nile virus detections and bird deaths in eastern Montana. This is our third year of West Nile research thanks to funding by the National Institutes of Health through the Montana INBRE program (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence).
“In years with similar climate indicators and sampling pools (2003 and 2007), we had epidemics of West Nile involving several human casualties including deaths, not to mention horse and wildlife mortalities,” Hokit says. Carroll students working on the West Nile project this year include Paige Esposito, Graham Unis, Mattie Casey, Keeli Nelson, Amanda Wreggelsworth, Max Bernt and Tyler Jacobsen.
Get informed, and wear your insect repellant, while reading: http://helenair.com/news/
FAVORABLE FORBES FIGURES
Forbes recently released its America’s 650 Top Colleges, and Carroll comes in at #152—far and away the highest ranked in Montana and one of the region’s leading private colleges and universities, of any size. Forbes evaluated institutions based on the quality of teaching, great career prospects, high graduation rates and low-levels of debt. Check out the rankings at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2012/08/01/americas-top-colleges-2/
SUSTENANCE FOR THE SOUL AND THE STOMACH
Love of music and of fellow man conjoined seamlessly during the 9th annual Symphony Under the Stars held at Carroll a few weeks ago. In the final tally, over 10,000 concertgoers flocked to Guadalupe lawn and they brought a bounty for Helena Food Share. In all, 11,845 pounds of food were donated by the crowd, and that’s a 1.5 ton increase from last year.
BUSINESS ETHICS BEGINS WITH LOVE
A new endowed professorship in Carroll’s Business Department has been established in honor of accounting alumna, the late Joan Mandeville (class of 1980), who last February died of breast cancer at age 53. She was in the prime of her career as CEO of Blackfoot Telecommunications in Missoula when she became ill, and her friends at Blackfoot rallied around her and her young daughter Ally. (Photo: Joan and Ally)
Blackfoot’s loving support continues with this new gift in her name and in the name of Joan’s father, longtime Carroll professor and financial officer Charlie Mandeville. In addition to creating a business ethics lecture series, the professorship will foster student internships in business, help students with the costs of the very expensive CPA examination and provide much needed accounting software for coursework. Dan Minor of Carroll’s Advancement Office helped Blackfoot elevate their intended gift from just a lecture event to a fully endowed professorship. More on this generous donation and the family behind it will be featured in the upcoming edition of Carroll Magazine, due out in just a few weeks.
WE KEEP GETTING THE GIFTED
A story about Carroll’s annual Gifted Institute (soon to celebrate 30 years running) that recently brought nearly 200 outstanding middle schoolers to campus for a week of courses and fun appeared in the Helena Independent Record—unwrap the details at: http://helenair.com/news/
KILL THE DRAGON
Carroll Theatre has plenty planned for this academic year, and the first production will be a hot one: auditions for an all-new musical, George and the Dragon, will be August 29-30 from 7 to 10 p.m. daily in the Carroll Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall). The cast requires up to six men and six women of all ages, plus one boy 10 to 14 years old. Come ready with a prepared song and the willingness to move! Actors, tumblers, Celtic dancers and singers welcome.
The story behind the dragon is pretty cool: this will be a world premiere musical, written by award-winning Hollywood writer and actor/director Doug Sheehan, a good friend of our own Theatre Department improv master Michael McNeilly, who is directing the Carroll world stage premiere. Filled with fantastic dragons, knights errant and wild princesses, the production will hit the Carroll stage October 12-28. For questions about the show or auditions, Call 406-447-4308. [Photo left to right: Doug Sheehan (Knot's Landing) and Richard Dean Anderson (from MacGyver & Stargate SG-1) with Michael McNeilly]
STUDENT NEWS
Carroll student Kari Rice has been in Belgium this summer working with Breaking Chains Network (BCN), which serves victims of sex-slavery, the second largest and fastest growing crime in the world, just behind drug trafficking. During her time with BCN, she has helped with outreach in the red light districts in Antwerp and Brussels. She is also working in the BCN's ministry center, located directly in the red light district in Antwerp, with women who are currently being trafficked, as well as those who have left "the life" while BCN assists them in finding new work. Sometimes, Kari serves the victims’ children. “For example,” Kari writes, “I pick up one little girl from school twice a week, while her mother is working in the red light district.” (Photo: Rice at the 12th century Villers Abbey in Belgium)
Brenden Nichols (photo left, in center), who was seriously injured in a vehicle crash last fall during his freshman year at Carroll, was recently in the news for his stellar rehabilitation, which has included competing with his father at the Hayden Triathlon in Idaho. Brenden and his father were riders in the race, with Brenden captaining a three-wheeled recumbent bicycle. After spending weeks in a coma, and enduring months of physical rehabilitation with more ahead, Brenden has seen a miracle recovery, and Carroll cheers him on while hoping for his return to our pre-med program. For more on this inspiring story, read: http://www.cdapress.com/news/
ALUMNI NEWS
Game Days
On Labor Day weekend, join us in Portland for the Carroll Saints at Portland State—the first time ever these two teams have met on the field of glory. The game will be played at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland on September 1 with kick-off scheduled for 5:05 p.m. PDT. Pre-game and post-game details and game tickets are available at: www.carroll.edu/alumni. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Red Lion Jantzen Beach. Call 503-282-4466 and ask for the Carroll Alumni & Friends room block. If you are interested in the booster bus, please contact Jennifer Bingham at jbingham@carroll.edu or call 406-447-4480.
Homecoming 2012
Saddle up for Carroll’s September 21-23 Homecoming 2012 weekend. Highlights will include the Hall of Fame Banquet, a pitchfork fondue, and epic football action as the Saints take on Eastern Oregon. For complete schedule and details, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni.
In the News
Michael Haegele (photo right), class of 2003, is the change management agent at the Veterans Administration Fort Harrison Regional Office outside Helena. In this post for around 8 months, Haegele has also spent most of the past decade working at Fort Harrison in various capacities. He also served as an active guard and reserve (AGR) soldier in the Montana Army National Guard for over 12 years.
Recent Carroll math and computer science grads send in reports of blazing success all across the nation. First up: 2009 alum Ben Dunham is working on his doctorate in computer science at University of Colorado, Boulder, while fellow 2009 grad Sean Sweeney is studying at Digipen, an education center for development of computer games. From the class of 2010, Stan McLenna is working for Intel Corporation and Violet Northey works for Lockheed Martin. And, from 2011: Ryan Orth works for Hewlett Packard, first in Houston and now Fort Collins, Colo., while David Fishback is working for Intel Corporation. Zach Kozak, also class of 2011, is at work for Deloitte.
Biology graduates also have plenty to crow about. Brooke Christiaens, class of 2009, has finished medical school at the University of Washington and is now completing her residency in Spokane. Class of 2005 graduate Christina Marchion, 2004 alumna Callie Riggin and Lindee Strizich, class of 2007, also have finished medical school at the Univ. of Washington, with Dr. Riggin reporting that she will join a medical group in Helena this September and specialize in pediatrics. Headed off to UW: Jeanna Van Hoey, biology grad of 2012, will start her first year of veterinary medicine at the University of Washington this fall.
And, in chemistry, Mike Kratochvil, class of 2010, has just completed his second year in the biochemistry doctoral program at the University of Wisconsin.
Stefanie Evans, class of 2005, is engaged to Taylor Brown. After Carroll, Stefanie graduated with master’s degree from Emerson College and Tufts Medical School in 2007. She is a health communication specialist with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The couple is planning an Oct. 6, 2012, wedding at Arrowpeak Lodge in the Highwood Mountains of Montana.
Richard (Rick) E. Mitchell, biopsychology alum of 2008, recently graduated from Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima, Wash., as an osteopathic physician. He is currently doing a four year residency in Erie, Penn.
Corinne Wilkinson, communication graduate of 2012, has been accepted into the master’s program for communication studies at San Diego State University, where she will begin this fall. She has secured a teaching assistantship and has applied for a research assistantship as well.
In Memoriam
Ramona "Mona" M. Porten (in photo left), nursing class of 1950, of Bowman, ND, died on March 28, 2012. After graduating from Carroll College/Sisters of Charity School of Nursing, she had a long career in nursing, including 22 years at the Sunset Nursing Home (ND). Mona also served on the board of directors of the Bowman Hospital. For more on her life, read: http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/print.cfm?type=obituary&o_id=1436446&fh_id=13470
Maxine Erma Lehner Sickles, class of 1952, of Jordan, Mont., died July 13, 2012. After earning her Carroll nursing degree, she worked at the Sheridan County Hospital (Mont.) and later returned to Jordan where she worked at the Garfield County Hospital, serving as an RN director of nurses and also as administrator for the hospital. Her nursing career spanned close to 50 years and included going on many ambulance calls, for which she received a plaque for 38 years of dedicated service. For more on her life, read: http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/maxine-erma-lehner-sickles/article_5c64c025-673f-5e85-bf82-1129549c74f0.html#ixzz22VvO2Dqg
Paul Bowar (photo right), who attended Carroll in 1961-64, of New Ulm, Minn., died April 25, 2012. He earned a master’s degree in student and school counseling from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., and taught school at St. John's Catholic School in Jamestown, ND, St. Leo's Catholic School in St. Paul and then served as a counselor at New Ulm Junior High School from 1971 to 2001, where he also coached baseball and basketball. He was named teacher of the year in 2001. For more on his life, read: http://www.mvfh.org/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1465634&fh_id=13603
Class of 1991 nursing graduate Echo Amorette Lynch DeLong, age 43, died July 5, 2012, as the result of an automobile accident. After Carroll, she was very involved in her nursing career in Montana. She was married and had two sons, Riley and Clayton DeLong. For more on her life, read: http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/obituaries/article_bee3e500-d10e-11e1-9344-0019bb2963f4.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Chemistry Professor Kyle Strode (photo right) is well-known for his prowess in running, and a recent story in The New Yorker, aptly entitled “Marathon Man,” opens with him crushing the competition at a Missoula 26-miler and inspiring others to race like the wind . . . and investigate a mystery involving a suspected marathon imposter whom Strode helped uncover. To read all about it, check out The New Yorker’s August 6, 2012, edition.
Fine Arts Professor Ralph Esposito (photo left) will soon embark on a semester-long sabbatical as a resident artist with West Virginia University during its fall semester Ceramics in China program. The program is based in Jingdezhen, also known as the "Porcelain Capital of the World." WVU is affiliated with the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute and has studios, where Esposito will be in residence and create ceramic artwork for most of the semester. He will also mentor students and make presentations to both American and Chinese students. The program will also allow Esposito to learn Chinese ceramic art history, language and culture. Local travel and field trips to important Chinese sites, including Beijing, are part of the sabbatical. West Virginia University is granting major support for this trip with additional support from Carroll.
Tanya Kent has been promoted to Carroll’s Information Technology Department Colleague System administrator, a position previously filled by Cory Cummings. Tanya has been in the position of support coordinator at our IT Help Desk for the past two years. Meanwhile, Cory Cummings will begin work as Carroll’s admission technology specialist, beginning August 13. Cory brings 14 years of information technology experience to this post.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
On July 22 - July 25, Carroll students Tony Rosales and Logan McLean attended the RESULTS Annual International Conference in Washington, DC, where they focused on RESULTS’ mission of addressing poverty. More than 300 RESULTS members gathered from around the US and beyond to learn about domestic and global poverty and solutions. On the last day of the conference, RESULTS members lobbied their home state congressional delegations to encourage support for programs like Head Start and SNAP. Tony and Logan met with all three Montana US legislators offices and personally interfaced with Rep. Denny Rehberg and Senator Max Baucus, plus met with staff from the office of Senator Jon Tester. Tony and Logan received a REAL CHANGE scholarship, which absorbed almost all expenses of the trip. Photo left to right: Meredith Dodson, Director of Domestic (US Poverty) Campaigns - RESULTS, Jessie Mazur (RESULTS volunteer student at University of Montana), Tony Rosales from Carroll, RESULTS volunteer Alan Newburg, Logan McLean of Carroll, and Senator Max Baucus. Photo courtesy office of Senator Baucus.
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
ATHLETICS
Carroll Golf student-athlete and now 2012 alum Jim Mee took third place at the July 21 Men's State Amateur golf tourney at Briarwood Golf Club, http://helenair.com/sports/
For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
August 22: "What's Next for Healthcare Reform in Montana? An Educational Forum," 7 p.m., Carroll Campus Center lower level. Panelists include Carroll Professors Dr. Brian Matz (theology) and Dr. Jeremy Johnson (political science), St. Peter’s Hospital interim President/CEO Tom Gregg, Mike Frank (president/CEO, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Montana), Christina Goe (general counsel, Montana Office of Insurance Commissioner) and Dr. Tom Roberts, Missoula physician serving as president of the Montana Health Cooperative. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 has been declared constitutional. What next? Montanans have already witnessed a number of changes in the health insurance industry as a result of the law, including: the ability to keep children under the age of 26 on their parents' health plan; the elimination of pre-existing condition exclusions on insurance policies for children; and rebates of some insurance premiums from insurers who spend too little on patient care and too much on administrative overhead. This forum gives Helenans the opportunity to hear from and to ask questions of key players in the healthcare industry in Montana and the healthcare regulatory agency for Montana. Now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Affordable Care Act to be fully implemented, panelists will give concrete details on what they are doing now and what they plan to do over the coming year to prepare for full implementation of the law in 2014. August 23-26: New student orientation.
August 24: Welcome Ceremony for new students and their parents, 9 a.m. in the PE Center.
August 27: First Day of fall semester classes.
August 28: Welcome Week begins with activities and entertainment daily.
August 29: Club Fair and Open House, 6-8 p.m. in the Campus Center’s lower level. Sign up for clubs and activities and meet local banking reps and vendors.
August 30: Comedy Night, “Frangala,” in the upper Campus Center, 9 p.m.
August 31: Community Living BBQ and Slip n Slide
September 16: Mass of the Holy Spirit, Cathedral of St. Helena, 7 p.m. For the entire campus community.
October 4: Catholic Coalition on Climate Change and Carroll College’s Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice present a free screening of Academy Award-nominated documentary Sun Come Up, 7 p.m. in the Rice Room (lower level of the Campus Center.