WHERE THE SAINTS ROME
On Saturday, December 18, Carroll's Fighting Saints go marching on to Rome, Ga., for the Russell Athletic-NAIA Football National Championship game against the University of Sioux Falls. Kickoff is 4:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. MST), and you can see it live and even witness the big game in person-details below: The game will be aired on CBS-Sports Television available on Bresnan Channel 411, DirectTV Channel 613, and DishNetwork Channel 152. Game-watch locations are being set up all over the country. Check out the Carroll Alumni website for details and all gamewatch spots near you at: www.carroll.edu/alumni If you'd like to help organize a game watch, please email Carroll Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at kramirez -is-at- carroll -dot- edu or call her cell at 406-461-3214. Carroll will offer its superfans two charter flights from Helena. The team charter leaves on Wednesday, December 15, and the official Carroll Booster Charter departs on Thursday, December 16. For details and to register visit www.carroll.edu/athletics. To purchase game tickets (included in the charter package) and Friday night banquet tickets, go to http://www.naianationalchampionship.com/index.htm. To purchase pre-game and post-game tickets, contact Jennifer Bingham at 406-444-4967. All fans, alumni, parents and friends traveling to Rome are welcome to attend a special gathering at the Days Inn Rome (840 Turner McCall) on Thursday, December 16, from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Join us for snacks, drinks and fellowship as we show our inimitable Saints Spirit to prep our men for victory. Contact Kathy Ramirez at 406-461-3214 (cell) for inquiries about this gathering-no RSVP, reservations or tickets are required. FLY A PAPER AIRPLANE TO THE GAME Talk about traveling light! TONIGHT, Carroll students can vie to win a free trip to the Russell Athletic-NAIA Football National Championship game, plus admission to all the fun side-events, by attending this evening's Christmas Cabaret at 6:30 p.m. (details in the story below) in the lower level of the Campus Center. At the cabaret, pick up one of the paper airplanes embossed with a special Carroll College seal. Next stop: hit the PE Center, where the Saints will host the defending NCAA Division II PAC-WEST Champions Dixie State University, starting at 7 p.m. tonight. At the end of the game, center court will be covered with a big U.S. map, and all students with a paper airplane from the cabaret will head to the second tier of the stands and throw their paper projectile at the map. The one landing closest to Rome, Ga., will receive a free trip to the national championship football game, including a seat on the charter flight, two nights at the hotel, pre-game party, game ticket, post-championship party and ground transportation to and from the stadium. CABARET FOR THE CAUSE Tonight, December 9, the inaugural Carroll College Christmas Cabaret fundraising event will take place in the Campus Center's lower level at 6:30 p.m. Admission is your pick: one canned food item, one unwrapped toy or a monetary donation. All "admission" gifts will support Adopt a Family, the Salvation Army's program matching poor families with sponsors to provide for their tangible needs at Christmas. A talent show, wreath auction, goodies from local bakeries, photos with Santa and a special performance by the kids from Broadwater School will round out the fun. BRAINS OF BRONZE Three Carroll students, Nick Ryhajlo, Scott Harmon, and Greg Janysek, have won a bronze medal in the 2010 University Physics Competition, currently in its inaugural year. According to the competition's Director Kelly Cline (photo right), Carroll professor of mathematics and astronomy, the University Physics Competition is a new international contest for undergraduate students. The students worked in teams of up to three students at their home colleges and universities all over the world, and spent 48 hours during the weekend of November 6 and 7 analyzing an applied scenario using the principles of physics and writing a formal paper describing their work. Carroll Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics Phil Rose served as faculty advisor for the Carroll team, which chose to compete by tackling a problem entitled "Aerobraking a Space Probe at Neptune." If you're gravitationally pulled to more information, more details are available here: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14235 BY JANUARY, IT'LL BE MOOT The Carroll Moot Court Team, coached by Adjunct Professor of Political Science Tara Harris (class of 2000), has qualified for the American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament, to be held at Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, La., on January 14-15, 2011. The Carroll team features the talents of Carroll students Ryan Lorenz, Miranda Mireles, Alyssa Morren, and Kari Rice. Harris notes that Lorenz, Mireles and Rice plan to attend law school, with Morren headed to graduate school in political science. A full caseload of details is available here: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14237 (Photo left: Left to right are Morren, Mireles, Harris, Rice and Lorenz.) SCROOGALISTIC FUN Tonight through Sunday are your last chances to get in the holiday spirit with four Christmastime ghosts as Carroll Theatre Department presents a zany new take on the traditional Scrooge tale. See A Christmas Carol in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall at 7:30 p.m. tonight through Saturday, and on Sunday at the 2 p.m. matinee. Tickets are $10 general and $8 for students and senior citizens, and Carroll students get in FREE on Thursdays and Sundays. Carroll faculty and staff (plus one guest apiece) are admitted free for each performance. HITTING A HIGH NOTE BEFORE FINALS This coming Sunday, December 12, the Carroll College Choirs will present their annual Christmas Concert in the Cathedral of St. Helena at 4 p.m. The concert theme is "Christmas Around the World," with choral works from Norway, Denmark, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Austria, Canada and the US. Selections will include works by William Billings, Ola Gjeilo, Brian A. Schmidt, Philip Stopford, Niels La Cour, Abbie Betinis and others. The concert is free and open to the public, but an offering will be accepted to support the music fund at the Cathedral. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny, director of the Carroll choirs and Carroll Fine Arts professor, at 447-4807. BISHOP CARROLL IN YOUR STOCKING For the Carroll alum or Saints fan on your Christmas list, the college has some fantastic ideas to make your shopping quick and easy this season. Bold Minds and Blessed Hands: The First Century of Montana's Carroll College chronicles Carroll's epic first century and includes an array of historic photographs. The author, Dr. Robert Swartout, is widely hailed as one of Montana's preeminent living historians. And, art lovers take note: Legendary Montana artist Bob Morgan's limited edition Carroll centennial print, Reason through the Light of Faith (photo left), depicts the college in stained glass as seen from the interior of the Cathedral of St. Helena. The book and print are on sale for a special holiday price of only $35 each through the Saints Shoppe bookstore website at: http://www.carroll.edu/bookstore/ If you would like to send the perfect Christmas present to your favorite Saint and show your support for Carroll at the same time, consider making a year-end gift in the name of someone you love. 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. ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS CLEAN WATER 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. WANTED: SAINTS SANTAS Carroll is again serving as a Toys for Tots donation location, with a marked container in almost every campus building to accept new, unwrapped toys for kids in need. Guadalupe Hall will accept donations of toys suitable for kids age 0-3, St. Charles for years 4-7 and Trinity Hall for ages 8-12. Donation boxes in all other buildings are for any age group. Last year, the Carroll community donated over 500 toys for local kids of struggling families, and we're out to beat ourselves this year. For questions, or to help in this annual holiday cause, contact Megan Rennie at mrennie -is-at- carroll -dot- edu And, there's more! The Carroll College Student Nurses Association (CCSNA) has embarked on its annual drive to gather Christmas gifts for the children and adolescents at Shodair Hospital. Shodair is a residential psychiatric treatment facility in Helena and serves as a clinical site for Carroll's nursing students. To help CCSNA's effort, first visit the tree in the Fortin Science Center Scola (lobby) to pick out a tag or choose one of the items on the list below. Please return the unwrapped new gifts to drop boxes in the Scola, O'Connell Hall front desk, or the Nursing Department office (Simperman Hall room 415) by Tuesday, December 14. Wish list from Shodair: art supplies, puzzles and board games, trading cards like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh, LEGOs, Lincoln Logs, K'NEX and other building toys, Beanie Babies, My Little Pony toys, Nerf balls, footballs, soccer balls, basketballs, books for ages 5-17 (teen patients would enjoy Twilight series and Harry Potter books), 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), and for boys and girls ages 5-17: hats, gloves, slippers, socks, t-shirts and hoodies. Personal care items are welcome; gift cards are also wonderful. Please, no sharp items or breakable ceramic items like ornaments or figurines, or items like Easy Bake Ovens. STUDENT NEWS Tomorrow, December 10, Carroll's Tibetan film series continues with Behind the Sea, a documentary to celebrate Human Rights Day, at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre. The movie takes off where the last in the Tibetan series left off, with an examination of filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen and the aftereffects of his arrest by the Chinese government and subsequent imprisonment for "inciting separatism." The film focuses on Dhondup's family living in exile in India, including their struggles with daily life and coping with his loss. Free and sponsored by Carroll's India Study Abroad students and their trip leader Dr. Joy Holloway. This Saturday, December 11, the Carroll College Army ROTC and the Montana National Guard host a big-screen showing of the 111th annual Army-Navy Game. Kickoff is 12:30 p.m. in the Carroll Dining Hall, with the first 100 students entered in a pool for a chance to win prizes (awarded at the end of each quarter). It's free and open to the public, with free food and beverages courtesy of the Guard. Unwind before the holidays (and final exams) with good times at the military's answer to the NAIA National Championship. Great Divide ski passes are available weekly in the Student Activities Office downstairs in the Campus Center for only $20 (a $12 savings on lift tickets). A limit of four tickets per person per week is in effect, with a Carroll ID required. Next Tuesday, December 14, students interested in Carroll's short term study abroad experience in Europe with Professor John Scharf should attend the informational meeting in St. Charles Hall room 18 at 12:30 p.m. The Carroll Adventure and Mountaineering Program (CAMP) will sponsor another of its highly popular Winter Survival weekend events this weekend, December 11-12. For more details, contact Conrad Addison at caddison -is-at- carroll -dot- edu 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 journey 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 Nikki DeWolf, Carroll class of 1978, has taken command of the Montana Army National Guard Garrison Command and Training Center. Not only is she the first woman in that role and the first in the Montana Army National Guard to attain the rank of colonel, but the assignment comes as the training center is expanding its capabilities, bringing more soldiers from around the nation to Montana and allowing Montana soldiers to do more of their training for war in-state. Among her first duties: oversee the expansion of the training unit from 34 people to the 74. For more, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/article_d15708d2-0038-11e0-82be-001cc4c03286.html Brittany Kukes (photo left), class of 2006, recently joined Town Center Chiropractic in Helena. She received her doctorate of chiropractic from the University of Western States in Portland, Ore. She is also certified in the Graston Technique, an instrument-assisted soft tissue therapy that is effective in treating conditions such as sports injuries, carpal tunnel, plantar fasciitis and tendonitis. In Memoriam Mike Ensch (photo right), class of 1976, died on December 10, 2010, in Long Beach, Calif., after complications from heart surgery. His widow is class of 1976 graduate Mary (Hartnett) Ensch. Mary sends word that Mike thought the world of Coach Jim Trudnowski, who recently died. For Mike's obituary, read: http://stei-23703.tributes.com/show/Mike-Ensch-89980592 FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Dr. Jim Trudnowski (photo left), who died on November 23, 2010, has been the subject of many outpourings of loving remembrances. One came in a letter to the editor about Dr. Trudnowski's devotion to coaching girls at summer basketball camps. An excerpt: "At a time when girls basketball was at its infancy in Montana, Trudnowski boosted our confidence, made us tougher and taught us the fundamentals. He helped us pioneer Montana girls basketball; he took it and us seriously." For more, read: http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_aaff9b3c-7d33-51e4-a37f-fee517d797f9.html Carroll Athletic Director Bruce Parker also offered a broad perspective on the Trudnowski legacy. Read the full story at: http://helenair.com/sports/article_b701aa7e-ff56-11df-a53d-001cc4c03286.html CAMPUS MINISTRY Carroll Campus Ministry is selling fresh roasted and fair traded coffee from the Firetower Coffee Shop as a fundraiser for the spring Headlights service trips to Rochester, NY, and to Kansas City, Mo. Caffeinated Guatemalan, Ethiopian and Mt. Helena blends are available for sale, with a Honduran blend as a decaf option. Bags are only $12 each, with half of sale proceeds donated to the service trips. If you've got a java lover on your Christmas list, your gift search is over! To purchase your coffee, contact Colleen Dunne at cdunne -is-at- carroll -dot- edu. And, next Tuesday and Wednesday, December 14 and 15, the 24 students going on the Headlights spring break journeys will be selling both coffee and raffle tickets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily in the Campus Center's upper level. Mass times, ministry links, sacrament information and plans for Headlights service immersion trips are all available online at the Carroll Campus Ministry webpage here: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/ Father Jerry Lowney is offering Mass Monday through Friday at noon in Borromeo Hall's St. Joseph Chapel. ATHLETICS In the News Carroll College senior Haylee Otteson (photo right) has been selected Honorable Mention All-American by the NAIA Volleyball All-America Selection Committee. Along with the Honorable Mention selection, Otteson was also named All-Northwest Region First Team. For more, read: http://www.krtv.com/news/carroll-s-otteson-named-all-american/ In more NAIA accolades, Carroll Head Football Coach Mike Van Diest was recently named NAIA Region V Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association. Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS Ending December 10: Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents Glacier: Losing a Legacy, a photographic exhibit featuring striking new glacier retreat photographs created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that visually illustrate the effects of climate change on Glacier National Park. The before-and-after images reveal dramatic glacial decline over a century and are consistent with predictions that all of the glaciers in the park will disappear by 2030. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. December 11: A Celtic Christmas with the Montana ShamRockers, at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center's lower level. Tickets $10 available at Bert & Ernie's and Eaton Turner Jewelry. The event benefits Carroll student scholarships, with two $1,000 scholarships donated each year from the Ancient Order of Hibernians. December 14: The Carroll College Jazz Combo performs jazz in the Carroll Campus Center from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Hear vocal and instrumental versions of standards and jazz classics performed by Brendan Fox, Greta Mannen, Katie O'Leary, Tony Rosales, Skye Summers and Maddie Woodruff, with Professor Ralph Esposito on drums. December 17: Christmas break begins. AND COMING IN 2011: January 10: 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 10: Public meeting "Toward Sustainable Communities" at 6:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. Free and open to the public. January 17: Martin Luther King Day celebration all day long. At noon, a special Martin Luther King Day Mass, 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 the stage in the Campus Center, with guest speaker Fr. Jerry Lowney and responder, Montana Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger. 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 Distri