December 16, 2010 QuickNotes

GEORGIA ON MY MIND Christmas may come a whole week early this year: in just two days, we will know whether our Fighting Saints have earned a record six NAIA National Championships. The big game pitting the Saints against the University of Sioux Falls kicks off at Saturday, December 18, 4:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. MST) in Rome, Georgia, and a QuickNotes special bulletin sent this week to all readers gave full details for game-watch party locations, plus logistics for those in Rome for the grand event. Updates on game-watch parties and all other details are on the Carroll Alumni webpage at: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/ For those gathering 'round the mongo flatscreen, the game will be aired on CBS-Sports Television available on Bresnan Channel 411, DirectTV Channel 613, and DishNetwork Channel 152. The game will also be broadcast live in Helena on KBLL 1240 AM and streamed via the Carroll website at http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/stream.cc and on the KBLL website here: http://www.kbllradio.com/pages/7368649.php THE BOLD AND THE BLESSED For the Carroll alum or Saints fan on your Christmas list, there is still time to get them the ultimate gift. With special holiday pricing, the college is offering its centennial history book Bold Minds and Blessed Hands: The First Century of Montana's Carroll College (photo left) by Dr. Robert Swartout and legendary Montana artist Bob Morgan's limited edition Carroll centennial print, Reason through the Light of Faith (photo right). Each is available for a limited time for only $35-get both of these Carroll keepsakes for less than $75! Buy the book online here: http://www.carroll.edu/bookstore/view.php?itemid=868&category=Gifts&start=0 Buy the print online at: http://www.carroll.edu/bookstore/view.php?itemid=867&category=Gifts&start=1 THE GIFT THAT GIVES BACK FOREVER Long after the toys have broken, your year-end gift to Carroll in the name of someone you love will endure. Gifts in memory of a loved one can be made to establish or build a Carroll College scholarship fund, or can be donated to the IMPACT Annual Fund, Carroll Athletics or a specific academic department at the college. Simply make your gift online at http://www.carroll.edu/giving/givenow.cc and put a note in the "comment" section to let us know that your donation is a Christmas gift in honor of someone-we will send you a gift card to wrap and place under the tree.  While we're talking giving, the IMPACT Annual Fund has a Holiday Gratitude Project going on now to celebrate the generous souls who make scholarship funds available to our students.  The IMPACT Annual Fund helps bridge the gap between tuition and Carroll's operating budget. With tuition income covering only about 70 percent of a Carroll education, the IMPACT Annual Fund provides crucial support such as scholarships, financial aid and fulfillment of special donor requests to strengthen certain programs.  With 99% of Carroll's full-time students receiving financial aid and an average financial aid package of $17,000, the funds raised through IMPACT allow students the opportunity to attend Carroll and receive an excellent education.  Over the holiday season, Carroll asks its students to count among their blessings the donors who have supported them in their Carroll years. To support student scholarships this year and into the future, give securely and easily online at: http://www.carroll.edu/giving/impact.cc One more note on IMPACT: total Carroll employee giving this fiscal year has exceeded $70,000, showing yet again that generosity begins at home, and now more than ever the Carroll family believes in the college's mission and its students. Merry Christmas! ENGINEERING A MERRY CHRISTMAS Now through December 31, you can make the holidays bright by donating to the Carroll student chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA), and your donation will be matched 100% by our corporate advocates: Google, Turner Construction Company, CDM, CH2M HILL, and the EWB board of directors. One donation, twice the support, all going to improve the lives of children around the globe through Carroll EWB students' work building water treatment and infrastructure projects in Mexico and Guatemala. Donations from $25 to $1000 are eligible for the match: here's how to donate and change the world: Go to the EWB-USA website by clicking on https://www.ewb-usa.org/2010giving/ or by copying the URL into your web browser. Complete the form. On the form, you must type "EWB-USA Carroll College Student Chapter" in the Allocation box in order for your contribution and matching funds to be designated for use by the Carroll EWB chapter. Forward a copy of your EWB-USA email acknowledging your donation to Carroll EWB mentor and professor Dr. John Scharf at jscharf -is-at- carroll -dot- edu to notify us of your contribution. Feel great about what you just did. Your support will directly fund the ongoing Carroll EWB projects underway at a Mexican orphanage and at the Diocese of Helena's mission school and clinic in Guatemala. SHAMROCK STOCKING STUFFERS Catholic education isn't just for college, and one of Carroll's most loyal sources of future students is Helena's St. Andrew School, a K through 12 offering classical education and timeless values in the Catholic tradition, with several of its teachers hailing from Carroll College. The highly popular Emerald Isle Auction to support St. Andrew will occur on February 26, 2011, and the annual raffle tickets for the all-expense paid trip to Ireland are on sale now-they slip nicely into stockings of any size! The cost is only $5 each, or five tickets for $20. Contact Ashley Oliverio at news -is-at- carroll -dot- edu for your chance to win and, in the process, strengthen Catholic education. TREE BRINGS IN THE GREEN The Carroll College official entry into this year's Festival of Trees fundraiser for Intermountain brought in $1,200 in early December. Thanks to donations and volunteer hours from Carroll's Honors Scholars Program, Financial Aid Office, Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, and Office of Community Relations, the tree featured a heap of over 200 school supplies, plus monetary donations of $4,000 from the Carroll community, all to be donated to the Angel Fund, helping local kids whose families can't afford to equip them for school. The $1,200 tree auction price will benefit Intermountain, a nonprofit that gives children under severe emotional distress a nurturing, therapeutic environment. In other holiday giving news, the first-ever Carroll Christmas Cabaret last week raised $500 along with some toys and food for the Salvation Army's Adopt a Family Program, which will assure that a local family in need can have a brighter Christmas this year.  STUDENT NEWS Last Sunday, December 12, the Carroll College Choirs (photo right) presented their annual Christmas Concert in the Cathedral of St. Helena and received well-earned media coverage. Read more about the delightful holiday program, conducted by Choir Director Dr. Robert Psurny, professor of fine arts at Carroll, here: http://helenair.com/news/article_c333e2b2-0681-11e0-bef8-001cc4c002e0.html ALUMNI NEWS Trips This spring, Carroll alumni are invited to join Carroll Assistant Professor of History Jeanette Fregulia on her educational journey to the Holy Land of Israel and Jordan. Occuring May 11-25, 2011, the tour will include stops at Jerusalem, the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, the Mount of Olives and much more. Dr. Fregulia is an expert on Islam and Middle Eastern history and has lived in the area where her tour group of alumni and Carroll students will visit. For more information, contact Kathy Ramirez at 406-447-5185 or email alumni -is-at- carroll -dot- edu In the News The Metrodome in Minnesota that recently collapsed from snow overload saw a Saint taking the lead in dealing with the catastrophe. Bill Lester (photo right), class of 1967, has served as the executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission since June 1987. The commission owns and operates the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome, home of the Minnesota Vikings football team. Lester also serves as a member of the Carroll board of trustees. In Memoriam Judith Marie (Kain) DaSilva, class of 1994, of Helena died unexpectedly on Nov. 28, 2010, while on vacation in San Diego. After graduating from St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kan., in 1967 with a chemistry degree, she worked as a registered medical technologist for many years, then after raising her family returned to college as a Carroll accounting student in the 1990s. After earning her accounting degree, she worked as a bookkeeper for a doctor and for the State of Montana. For more on her life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/article_ae37c73a-0036-11e0-b443-001cc4c03286.html FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Dr. Russ Cargo of the Department of Business, Accounting and Economics has announced the spring course listings for the Carroll College Nonprofit Management Professional Development Series (PDS), which offers low-cost, practical training to nonprofit board members, staff, officers and volunteers. The workshops are non-credit; however, upon the completion of twelve different workshops in the series, students earn official recognition from Carroll. The new year kicks off with "Position Your Nonprofit for Change: Creativity and Innovation for Nonprofits" on January 18 and 25, with instructor Bill Pratt of Big Sky Institute for the Advancement of Nonprofits. A new course in the series will occur each month, with offerings including advice on taxes, fundraising campaigns, building a strong board, and much more-check out the full offerings at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14260 To enroll in any PDS class, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/adult/index.cc for the registration form, which should be mailed in before the class; day-of on-site enrollment is also an option. For more info, contact Dr. Cargo at: rcargo -is-at- carroll -dot- edu. ATHLETICS In the News This week, Carroll College senior linebacker Thomas Dolan (photo left) was selected to the 2010 American Football Coaches Association NAIA All-America team. Dolan is also the reigning two-time defensive MVP in the Frontier Conference. Carroll has had at least one player named to the All-America squad for six straight years since 2005, the longest streak by any team in the NAIA. For more, read: http://billingsgazette.com/sports/college/frontier-conference/carroll-college/article_12e40d3b-6542-5ef7-94a8-103b58209bc3.html In other All-American news, the NAIA last week announced its 2010 Women's Soccer All-America teams, with Carroll junior Meghan O'Connell (photo right) selected as an Honorable Mention All-America member. This marks the fourth consecutive season with an All-America honoree for the Saints under 4th-year coach Dave Thorvilson. For more, read: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/sports/article_84deb994-035a-11e0-914b-001cc4c002e0.html Schedule Plenty of home-court basketball action will rip loose in the PE Center all weekend long. Friday night, Dec. 17, the men's team tips off against Minot State University at 7 p.m. On Saturday, our women's team plays Kings University at 5 p.m., and on Sunday, Dec. 19, the lady Saints return to the PE Center to take on Concordia University starting at 2 p.m. Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS December 17: Christmas break begins. January 10, 2011: First day of classes for spring 2011 semester. January 10 to February 25: The Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents a print exhibition of The St. Johns Bible, the first handwritten, illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in over 500 years. More on this work of art that unites an ancient Benedictine tradition with the technology and vision of today, illuminating the Word of God for a new millennium is online here: http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/?gclid=CJHfnvK0y6UCFVVi2godq3I-lw. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. (Photo left: The Garden of Eden, Donald Jackson with contribution by Chris Tomlin, Copyright 2003, The Saint John's Bible and the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.) January 17: Martin Luther King Day celebration all day long. At noon, a special Martin Luther King Day Mass will occur in Borromeo Hall's St. Joseph Chapel, followed by students and faculty/staff invited to volunteer at God's Love homeless shelter and Helena Food Share from 1 to 3 p.m. At 7 p.m., the annual Martin Luther King Day Forum and Lecture will take place in the Campus Center, with guest speaker the Rev. Jerry Lowney (photo right) presenting "Social Justice: For Life, For a Lifetime" featuring two responders: Montana Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger and State Sen. Carol Williams, the minority leader of Montana State Senate. In his talk, Father Lowney will recount some of his experiences working for civil rights and social justice in the US, including his encounters with violent racism and discrimination in the South during desegregation, his work with teens in the California drug culture, his efforts against Montana's death penalty, and more. A sociologist and published author, Fr. Lowney taught for many years at Carroll College and is now a professor emeritus of sociology. For more information, contact Fr. Jerry Lowney, 447-5407 or 449-7786. January 25: Penn State Professor John Sanchez will speak in the Carroll Campus Center at 7 p.m. The talk will focus on American Indian identity in the 21st Century, specifically at the intersection of American Indian cultures and the American news media. Professor Sanchez was recently named one of the leading scholars in the field of intercultural studies by The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, and he is a Freedom Forum Teaching Fellow. His tribal affiliation is Yaqui/Apache. Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by the Carroll College Education and Sociology Departments, the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, and the Helena School District. February 17-20, 24-27: Carroll Theatre Department presents Tartuffe: Born Again, translated and adapted by Freyda Thomas from the original French by Moliere.  Directed by Chuck Driscoll.  A modern treatment of the classic comedy by the French Renaissance master, where Tartuffe is posing as a televangelist. In the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. March 14 to April 27: The Carroll Art Gallery presents the annual Student Art Show in the gallery located in St. Charles Hall. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. April 7-10, 14-17: Carroll Theatre Department presents The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and Benjamin Bunny) by R. Eugene Jackson and music by David Ellis. A musical version of the children's favorite just in time for Easter takes place in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall.