SAINTS BASHING
Carroll's Theatre Department gets into the act next Monday and Tuesday, December 5 and 6, with A Gaggle of Saints, a one-act play by Neil Labute taken from Bash, a collection of three dramatic one-acts. Performances are in the Merton Acting Studio (downstairs, Campus Center) at 7:30 p.m. In this Carroll Theatre Showcase, a couple of juniors at Boston College recount a trip to New York to attend a big "bash" and celebrate their anniversary. The evening takes an unexpected twist, resulting in a "bash" of a different kind. This is a very dramatic and compelling piece addressing hate crimes and deals with the character's acceptances, denials and trials when faced with inner demons. The work is directed by senior theatre major Ace Etchart. General admission is $5, with Carroll students, faculty and staff admitted free. And in other Carroll Fine Arts news, mark your calendars for next Thursday's (December 8) Choreography Recital, with performances by student dancers and choreographers in the Carroll Theatre at 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. CARROLL GETS CARBONATIONED This Sunday, December 4, Carroll College will host a screening of the new documentary film Carbon Nation at 7 p.m. in the college's Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre (room 101-202). Free and open to the public, the event is co-sponsored by the Carroll College Green Team, Montana Environmental Information Center, Sierra Club, Montana Conservation Voters, Montana Audubon, and Montana League of Women Voters. Carbon Nation is an optimistic, solutions-based film that shows how tackling climate change boosts the economy, increases national and energy security and promotes health and a clean environment. Whatever your view of climate change, Carbon Nation offers compelling, relevant perspectives provided by entertaining and endearing characters. The 82-minute movie celebrates solutions, inspiration and action, all of which can be considered during a moderated discussion, led by Carroll Green Team member and Professor Jonathan Matthews after the screening. For more information, call 447-4351 or log on to http://www.carbonnationmovie.com/. EAST MEETS WEST Nope, it's not the football playoffs, but the much awaited Advent and Christmas concert by the Carroll Choir and Chamber Choir on Sunday, December 11, at the Cathedral of St. Helena. "East Meets West," featuring magnificent choral entertainment, starts at 4 p.m. with feature seasonal works from Eastern Europe. The choir will perform three Latvian carols by Andrejs Jansons, two Ukrainian Christmas carols, and a liturgical piece from the Russian Orthodox church by Pavel Chesnokov. Then, the choir moves even further "east" to perform Adinu, a Sufi song in Arabic. Carroll's Chamber Choir will present Lithuanian composer Vytautas Miskinis' setting of Lucis Creator Optime and the hauntingly beautiful setting of the Magnificat by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The concert also includes selections of Christmas music from America and Britain by composers Z. Randall Stroope, Bob Chilcott, Karl Jenkins, and Stephen Harrap. All music will be performed a cappella, and a number of Carroll student soloists will be featured. Admission to the concert is free but a freewill offering will be accepted to benefit the music fund at the Cathedral of St. Helena. Both choirs are directed by Dr. Robert Psurny Jr., associate professor of music at Carroll. For more information on this concert, contact Dr. Psurny at 447-4807. CARROLL NURSING STUDENTS CHANGE MAJORS TO ELF STUDIES Carroll's active and civic-minded Student Nurses Association (CCSNA) is hosting its annual Christmas gift drive for the residents at Helena's Shodair Children's Hospital, where often the kids can be forgotten during the holidays. Collection boxes are located in the Scola next to the Christmas tree and in the O'Connell Hall lobby near the front desk. Unwrapped gifts can also be dropped off at the Nursing Department Office at room 415 Simperman Hall. Please bring your gifts by December 13. Gift ideas are broad, with almost anything but sharp or breakable items. Shodair's children can use art supplies, puzzles and board games, trading cards (like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh), Legos, Lincoln Logs, K'nexs and other building toys, Beanie Babies, My Little Pony toys, Nerf balls, footballs, soccer balls, basketballs, books for ages 5-17 (with subjects like animals, origami and drawing, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Twilight and Harry Potter series), action figures and Transformers, Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars, small hand-held games (like Connect Four, 20 Questions, Bingo), DVDs (G and PG movies, nature and science movies), or hats, gloves, slippers, socks, t-shirts and hoodies all for boys and girls ages 5 - 17. Gift cards are also wonderful, allowing the nurses to shop for items a child really wants or needs. GETTING CANNED Carroll's new SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) group has launched "Let's Can Hunger," a food drive campaign with a goal of collecting 5,000 pounds of nonperishables in the community for donation to Helena Food Share. In addition to food collection, SIFE plans to provide training and materials to the needy in areas such as financial budgeting and food preparation. SIFE students are led by Annette Ryerson, assistant professor of marketing at Carroll, who has been coordinating the effort with our campus dining services provider Sodexo. Michael Yamoah, student president of SIFE, led the kickoff just a few days ago, and you can support the effort by dropping off food donations in the collection boxes at the St. Thomas Aquinas Cafeteria in the Campus Center, the first and third floors of Simperman Hall, the main floor of O'Connell Hall near Financial Aid, Trinity Hall lobby, and near the mailboxes in St. Charles Hall. Collection boxes will be established around Helena soon. STUDENT NEWS Carroll's Running Club (photo right) braved a Nov. 18 snowstorm to race for the Montana state capitol and snap an inspirational photo, which they sent on to Carroll freshman Brenden Nichols, who is on the road to recovery from injuries sustained in an October car crash. Running club leader Codi Krueger (back row center) organized the event and heads several club runs each week, rain, snow or shine. This Sunday, weather notwithstanding, Carroll becomes (we think) the first Montana college to launch a campus Quidditch league. See the inaugural matches on December 4 on Trinity Hall lawn, with matches set for noon, 12:40, and 1:20 p.m. Each game ends with the capture of the snitch. If you don't have a clue what we're talking about, pick up any Harry Potter book or movie and get schooled, you Muggle! Great Divide ski passes are on sale now in the Student Activities Office downstairs in the Campus Center-cost is only $20, a huge discount from buy-at-the-hill. Show your Carroll ID and get up to four ski passes per week in this screamin' deal! Hankering for some saucy Christmas cheer? Then mark your calendar for the Red Hot Winter Ball, offering a special Carroll discount on the big night, December 9, at Hub Coffee downtown near Helena's walking mall and directly between the 406 store and US Bank. The special Carroll and military discount is $15 per person or $25 per couple. The dancing-with a Latin emphasis--starts at 6:30 p.m. and goes to 10:30, with catered hors d'oeuvres, desserts and no-host bar. Formal attire welcome or Western dress up holiday festive. The event is a triumph of a community partnership between Jaime Light, coach of Carroll's Dance Team, and the Brewhouse and Hub Coffee.Full coverage of all student events is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/students/index.cc
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Carroll's annual Alumni Christmas Party is Tuesday, December 6, starting with Mass at 4:20 p.m. in St. Joseph's Chapel (Borromeo Hall), followed by the Christmas Party open house from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Fortin Science Center's Scola. Get there in your holiday cheeriest for appetizers, children's activities, a no-host bar, door prizes and a visit by Santa. Please RSVP to Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni@carroll.edu or call/text her at 406-461-3214.In the News
The Saints of today are pretty incredible, but 70 years ago, on the eve of World War II, the team boasted what the Helena Daily Independent newspaper described as a "quadruple threat" and it was none other than Raymond Hunthausen (photo left), class of 1943, better known these days as the former Archbishop of Seattle and one of Carroll's great former presidents. Archbishop Hunthausen, 90, currently resides in East Helena with his younger brother, and fellow Carroll legend, the Rev. Jack Hunthausen, class of 1948. Both are Carroll Hall of Famers who played for the Saints before later coaching at their alma mater, and the two stand as living history of Carroll College and its football dynasty. Read the true epic story at: http://helenair.com/hunthausen-brothers-are-carroll-college-football-s-living-history/article_03d05ed6-17fc-11e1-a82f-001cc4c002e0.html Katie Semmens, class of 2010, recently began her Ph.D. studies in microbiology at the University of Washington, where she is one of only six graduate students accepted out of an initial applicant pool of 280. She also received the UW Microbiology Department's Top Scholar Award for incoming graduate students. Following her graduation from Carroll, she received a one-year research fellowship with the National Institutes of Health at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton. When contacted in Seattle, Katie stated, "Without question, my accomplishments following graduation are a direct reflection on the high-quality professors, programs, and undergraduate research opportunities at Carroll." Garret Garrels, class of 2009, and his business partner Nick Milodragovich, class of 2008, were recently in the news for their entrepreneurial panache. The co-authors of a personal development book, Loops 4 Life, they founded the Helena-based fitness system Pink Gloves Boxing, targeted at women, health clubs and colleges. The two report that Entrepreneur Magazine recognized Pink Gloves as a top 100 innovative business in 2010. A story on them both is in the Helena Independent Record here http://helenair.com/where-are-they-now-milodragovic-garrels-deliver-knockout/article_cd42db14-1283-11e1-93fe-001cc4c002e0.html and at the Great Falls Tribune: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20111125/BUSINESS/111250352 Tanner Sutton, class of 2010, has launched a new business, Free Fly, a fly fishing apparel company fueled by his love of fly fishing. After 18 months of planning and product development, he has responded to market needs by creating his new comfortable, innovative apparel available exclusively online at www.freeflyapparel.com. He plans to have his clothing line available at fly shops and outdoor specialty shops beginning in 2012,and he has added a social mission to his business, too: in partnership with Charleston, SC-based Water Missions International, Free Fly will help provide safe drinking water to communities without it. Tanner reports, "Free Fly is proud to announce that we have already provided the resources necessary to give over 250 people clean drinking water for the rest of their lives. As our company grows, so too will our regular commitments to Water Missions International." More info on the new enterprise is at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Fly-apparel/174138789336544 In Memoriam The Honorable Joseph B. Gary (photo right), one of Carroll's Navy V-12 students during WWII, died on November 15, 2011. After Carroll, he completed his officers training in the midshipmen program at Columbia University, served as a lieutenant in the Navy in the Pacific Theatre, and after the war received his law degree at the University of Michigan School of Law. He launched his career in his hometown of Bozeman, Mont., where he rose from deputy county attorney to law partner at Landoe & Gary (subsequently Landoe, Gary, Brown & Planalp) and, after 30 years in private practice, state district court judge. For more on his life, read: http://www.belgrade-news.com/obituaries/article_662a5f34-120a-11e1-9d6a-001cc4c03286.html FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Tomorrow, December 2, at 3 p.m. in O'Connell Hall lobby, the community is welcome to a reception celebrating the promotion of these Carroll faculty members: Tenure granted: Associate Professor of Chemistry Daniel Gretch Promotion to professor: Associate Professor of Biology Grant Hokit Promotion to Associate Professor: Assistant Professor of Nursing Jennifer Elison, Assistant Professor of History Jeanette Fregulia, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Doreen Kutufam, Assistant Professor of Political Science William Parsons and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Colin Thomas Kelly Parsley, Carroll's sexual safety and wellness educator in Counseling Services and adjunct faculty member in Health Sciences, was in the news recently for a brilliant op-ed she published in a widely circulated newspaper regarding the Penn State crisis. Read it at: http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/11/answers_are_simple_in_penn_sta.html Dr. Lynn L. Petersen, associate professor of music, had several of her arrangements for organ performed at First English Lutheran Church in Billings. The guest organist was Dr. Nancy Cooper, University of Montana faculty member and organist at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Missoula. On November 4, Cooper performed Petersen's arrangement of Amazing Grace on a recital sponsored by the Yellowstone Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. On November 5, she performed four of Petersen's organ preludes on a program featuring Petersen's compositions and those of composer Denis Bédard. Carroll College Enrollment (Admission) Services Application Manager Angie Koehler has resigned from the college to join her fiancé John as they travel throughout the West Coast for his business. Angie began at Carroll in 2007 and has overseen the processing of nearly 8,000 admission applications in the last four years, with a new surge going on right now. CAMPUS MINISTRY For all Campus Ministry news, including Mass, sacraments, retreat info, homilies and discussions of Catholic social justice, check out: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/ ATHLETICS For more Saints Athletics info and scheduled games for all teams, go to http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/index.cc COMING EVENTS Ongoing to December 9: The Carroll Art Gallery (Carroll College's St. Charles Hall) continues its exhibit series with paintings by religion scholar Lisa Sweet. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays, and is always free of charge. More info is at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/s/sweetl/ December 12: Carroll Jazz Combo concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free. December 16: Fall ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Montana state capitol rotunda, 10 to 11:30 a.m., with guest speaker Captain Diane Carlson Evans. Honorees include second lieutenants Natasha Aberth and Kristina Christensen, US Army Nurse Corps. The public is welcome, and a reception will follow.