December 18, 2019 Insider: Merry Christmas, Saints!

MERRY CHRISTMAS
We wish you and your families a very peaceful and joyful Christmas and holiday season. Please take a few moments to enjoy our annual Carroll Christmas video featuring some familiar faces. Happy holidays from our big Carroll family!
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Student News
NATIONAL PRESENTERS
Carroll students Gretchen Farkas (senior, public health), Madysen Hachler (junior, anthrozoology and public health), Rachel Ladd (senior, public health), and Hope Welhaven (senior, health sciences and public health) traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, in November to present “Be Kind to Your Mind” at the National NASPA General Assembly for Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The NASPA General Assembly is the leading association for the advancement of the health and sustainability of the student affairs profession and it focuses on college efforts to promote healthy lifestyles for students.

The students' work addressed the cultural trends of depression and suicide among college students. The research in the presentation included a literature review, an outlet density scan, focus groups, interviews, a readiness assessment, environmental scans, and community education. There were over 50 people attendance for their presentation and they entertained dozens of questions. 
Rachel Ladd, Gretchen Farkas, Hope Welhaven, and Madysen Hachler
SAINTS IN SERVICE
Carroll College’s Engineers Without Borders is currently holding their holiday fundraising campaign. Your past support has enabled our students to make a positive difference in people’s lives and your continued support will allow them to keep up their good work.
 
You can make a donation to Carroll College EWB through this link https://support.ewb-usa.org/CC_2019. If you wish to donate in the new year, the web page will still be active in January.

Here is a brief summary of CC-EWB’s current projects:
 
In Guatemala, they are working hand-in-hand with the Helena Diocese mission to implement structural projects to strengthen a local school and medical clinic against earthquakes. The Guatemala team will be traveling from January 4 – 11 in order to finish reinforcing the last three walls on the second floor of the library at La Asunción while also assessing the damage to other buildings. 
 
 In Uganda, a team is traveling December 29 – January 12 to install a solar-powered pump into the well that they previously drilled which will provide the first piped water at the Holy Trinity School in Kawango Village. 
 
In Mexico, they have plans to add an infiltration gallery to the agricultural irrigation system at the Santa Maria Home for Children.
 
In St. Lucia, they have completed improvements to the domestic water system at the Marian Home for the Elderly so that the residents have better quality care. They are now in a monitoring stage as they have finished their projects at the Home.
 
All of these projects are made possible through your support. Thank you to all who donate – your contributions ensure these projects, and the students who run them, can continue to help these communities. 
THE PROSPECTOR
Check out the final issue of the semester for Carroll College's student newspaper, The Prospector. Read and see what our Carroll students have been up to including a photo gallery by students in Garrett Thompson's ART-113 Digital Photography class reflecting on what "My Carroll College" looks like to them. Enjoy!