FEBRUARY 1, 2013
SAINTS ASCENDANT
Carroll’s Talking Saints forensics team is atop the Northwest Forensics Conference again after the team swept to victory at the regional championship tournament held at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., on Jan. 25-27, 2013. The win earned the Saints a share of the Northwest Forensics Regional Championship, the 23rd consecutive year the Saints have won or shared the title. Of the more than 50 regional tournaments held in the past 23 years, the Saints have won all but two of them.
In addition to being named a Gold Medal program, the conference’s highest honor, the Talking Saints placed first in sweepstakes at Western among 21 colleges from six states, finishing 50 points ahead of the field. The Saints won more than 40 awards, including 11 first place awards. Fourteen of the team’s 17 students brought home awards with freshmen winning more than 20 of Carroll’s awards. Ryden Meyer, a freshman from Portland, was named outstanding first-year competitor.
The Carroll team continued its success in its first year competing in World Debate style, sweeping the top three speaker awards in World Debate with Chris Axtman, a senior from Portland, placing first, Megan Towles, a senior from Huntington Beach, Calif., finishing second and Meyer third. Freshmen Nick Fuller of Seattle and Jessica Courville of Idaho Falls won first place in junior World Debate. For much more on these victories, go to: www.carroll.edu/news/press-release (Photo right: Jessica Courville and Nick Fuller, winners of Junior World Debate)
MAN ON A LEDGE
Hearing the roar of the wind as you stood teetering on a precipice seven stories above the ground would likely be enough to set most hearts racing, but in Carroll College’s new play, < strong>Seven Stories, the mood is more whimsical than frightening. Opening just two weeks from today, this production centers on a character identified only as “The Man” as he stands on a seventh-story ledge and contemplates his fate. He does not have much time to contemplate however, as he is constantly interrupted by his raucous, irate and bizarre neighbors who seem intent on drawing him into their own lives, oblivious to his suicidal crisis.
The piece is directed by Carroll graduate and familiar Helena director John Rausch, who calls the play “an existential commentary, and if you just pay attention, you can laugh yourself silly.” Along with his previous Carroll play Lend Me a Tenor, Rausch has also directed the Helena Theatre Company’s Glengarry Glen Ross and God of Carnage. He has acted and directed across Montana, as well as serving as artistic director of the Fort Peck Summer Theatre. The cast consists entirely of Carroll students who will act multiple parts, including Carroll senior Jessica Belisle, playing “The Man.”
The play opens February 15, with performances Friday and Saturday evenings, Feb. 15-16 and Feb. 22-23, at 7:30 p.m. On Sundays, Feb. 17 and 24, matinees are at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors; free for Carroll students, faculty and staff.
CREATION IN THE CORETTE
As visitors to the Corette Library enter its doors, they will now view on the south-facing wall a glass art installation that the library has named Creation, the creator of which was the late Fr. Dan Hillen (photo right), a priest and Carroll faculty member for many years. Fr. Hillen was a respected stained glass artist whose work repairing and refurbishing the stained glass windows in the Cathedral of St. Helena received mention in this recent Helena Independent Record feature: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/once-upon-a-time-cathedral-of-st-helena-displays-stained/article_c4a846c0-6204-11e2-8c69-001a4bcf887a.html
STUDENT NEWS
Events
February 3 is the annual Campus Christian Fellowship-sponsored Carroll student Superbowl Party at 4 p.m. in the upper level of the Campus Center. Over $500 in door prizes will be up for grabs, as will food and beverages for free. The game will be broadcast live on two large projection screens.
Because of the Superbowl’s air time, our Sunday evening Mass will be moved back to 2 p.m. on the big day.
Junior Senior Banquet is February 8 at the Red Lion Colonial Inn.
Awards
Since 1986, Carroll College has presented the Raymond G. Hunthausen Award for Community Service to deserving students who make outstanding contributions to the college and beyond. The award was named for Archbishop Hunthausen because of his own commitment to peace and justice in his personal life and in his work with the Catholic Church. Nominations of diligent, selfless, service-minded students are due March 1 at 5 p.m. (Friday before spring break), and winners will receive certificates at the annual Honors Convocation in April. The nomination form is available online at https://www.carroll.edu/career-services/hunthausen-award or upon request by emailing rwalsh@carroll.edu
Involvement
The 2013 Senior Grateful Saints Campaign will kick off on Monday, Feb. 4, with our training lunch for our 48 Senior Grateful Saints leaders. All next week, leaders will be out and about talking with fellow Carroll seniors and asking them to support the IMPACT Annual Fund or another area on campus that they are passionate about. Any senior who gives $20.13 or more will be recognized with a star on their alumni brick. Seniors can make their gift online at https://www.carroll.edu/current-students/grateful-saints.
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Alumni, parents, and friends of Carroll are invited to attend the Spokane-area mid-winter Carroll gathering on Sunday, Feb. 10, at the Davenport Hotel starting at 6 p.m.
Graduation: Classes of 1953 and 1963 are invited to the annual Carroll Golden Grad Reunion at Commencement on May 10-11.
Homecoming: Save the date—Homecoming 2013 is September 13-15.
To RSVP for all alumni events and for more details, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni
In the News
Lindsey Zook, class of 2009, was married to Marc Mahoney, class of 2008, on July 28, 2012, at Meadowlark Country Club in Great Falls, Mont. Lindsey is currently employed as a certified pharmacy technician at Custom Prescriptions in Bellevue, Wash., and Marc is an account executive for the Seattle Mariners. They live in Seattle, Wash. (Wedding party in photo left)
Ryne Dougherty, class of 2011, married Katherine Nikki Herzog on June 16, 2012, at the St. Helena Cathedral. Ryne is a second-year medical school student at the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn. Following a honeymoon in Banff, Alberta, the couple is at home in Rochester. (Couple in photo right at Cathedral)
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has named Carroll Adjunct Professor Ron Baldwin the state’s chief information officer. Baldwin will assume the state CIO job after filling a similar role at the Department Public Health and Human Services. He holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) credential and is an adjunct professor in that program at Carroll. His career includes 30 years as a leader and manager responsible for developing and implementing information technology solutions in both the public and private sectors. Baldwin graduated from San Diego State University in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree, and earned an associate degree in computer science from Coleman College, also in San Diego, in 1982. His annual salary is $111,623 a year.
Assistant Professor of Political Science Jeremy Johnson, Ph.D., took Carroll’s Montana State Politics class to the Montana capitol on Jan. 31, where they had an impromptu meeting with Governor Steve Bullock before a class discussion with Carroll alumnus Lieutenant Governor John Walsh. In their 15-minute Q and A, the group discussed campaigning, Iraq and Carroll College. Afterward, students attended the senate session and committee hearings.
MINISTRY AND JUSTICE
Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice
Service gets social: follow the Hunthausen Center’s outreach work at https://www.carroll.edu/academics/hunthausen-center
Campus Ministry
Campus Ministry’s Headlights program’s annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser is February 9 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave., Helena). Admission is by donation, with a menu featuring spaghetti, bread and dessert. A raffle drawing will take place during the event, and all proceeds help defray the costs of Headlights students traveling to perform service at soup kitchens, shelters, schools and homes for the elderly in Denver, Rochester (NY) and Kansas City.
Due to the Feb. 3 Superbowl party in the Campus Center, Sunday Mass has been moved back to 2 p.m.
Daily Mass in Borromeo Hall’s St. Joseph Chapel will take place at 11:30 a.m. on weekdays, with Fr. Jerry Lowney the celebrant.
For all Campus Ministry news, homilies, Mass and sacraments and more, log on to: https://www.carroll.edu/campus-life/campus-ministry
ATHLETICS
Events
The Fighting Saints Football Banquet is this Saturday, Feb. 2, in the Carroll Campus Center, with the social hour starting at 6 p.m. and buffet dinner at 7. The night features Coach Mike Van Diest, his staff and his outstanding student athletes.
The Saints Athletic Association’s (SAA) annual Shindig, a reverse bingo event, will be held on Friday, February 22, at 6 p.m. in the Campus Center. The cost is $100 per bingo ball and $25 for the dinner.
And, the SAA Annual Auction, both live and silent, will occur on Friday, April 12, at 6 p.m. in the Carroll PE Center.
Proceeds from all of these events go towards athletic scholarships that give Carroll the winning edge in recruiting the finest scholar-athlete talent. For tickets, contact Jennifer Bingham at 406-447-4480 or at jbingham@carroll.edu
Home Games
Tonight’s the night: Carroll women’s basketball vs. UM-Western tips off at 5:30 p.m. in the PE Center, with the Saints men’s showdown against Western starting at 7:30.
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: The Carroll Art Gallery’s winter exhibit, “Stephen Glueckert: Drawings of Drawing Tools.” The Carroll Art Gallery is located in St. Charles Hall, room 034. Admission is free. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; closed weekends and college holidays. The exhibit continues to March 1, 2013.
February 2: Carroll College Choirs provide service music at the 5 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
February 9: Carroll Campus Ministry Headlights annual spaghetti dinner at St. Mary's Catholic Community in Helena.
February 11: Carroll IMPACT Annual Fund Business Campaign for spring 2013 launches in the Carroll Campus Center with an appreciation lunch for our 30 local business volunteers.
February 13: Carroll College Chamber Choir provides service for the noon Mass for Ash Wednesday at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
February 15: Opening night for Carroll Theatre’s mainstage play, < strong>7 Storiesin the Carroll Theatre. The play curtains Feb. 15-16 and Feb. 22-23 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday matinees Feb. 17 and 24 at 3 p.m.
February 20: Carroll College’s Anthrozoology club presents a lecture by guest speaker Mike Dowling, US Marines veteran of the Iraq war and author of Sergeant Rex. Free and open to the public, the talk is at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall room 101/202. Dowling is one of the first canine handlers to serve in the military since the Vietnam War. His book, Sergeant Rex, describes his experiences, training and bond with his dog. Free and open to the public.
February 21: Forum on Public Policy and Leadership – Focus on Engineering, Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Short presentations by local and regional engineers on: “Public Policy and How it Affects Engineering” by Jennifer James of Jennifer James Consulting; “The Role of the Engineer in Public Policy” by Allan Smolko, regional governor for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); “Leadership in the Workplace” by Robert Morrison, president of Morrison-Maierle, Inc.; “Leadership in the Community” by Pat White, regional governor for ASCE; and “Leadership in Education” by Carroll Engineering Professor John Scharf, Brian Kukay of Montana Tech and Jerry Stephens of MSU-Bozeman. Free and open to the public, sponsored by Carroll College Engineering and ASCE.
February 21: Artist Stephan Glueckert will give a free public gallery lecture on his Carroll Art Gallery exhibit, “Stephen Glueckert: Drawings of Drawing Tools,” at 7 p.m. in the gallery, located in St. Charles Hall room 034. Since 1992, Stephen Glueckert has been curator of the Missoula Art Museum. A native Montanan, he has also been a working artist for over 35 years. Primarily a sculptor, he has also been engaged for two decades producing an ongoing series creating drawings, actual tools (kinetic sculptures that draw), and videos about the drawing process.
February 22: Carroll College astronomy professor Dr. Kelly Cline presents “Our Fractal Universe” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free and open to the public. What do movie special effects, the stock market, heart attacks, and the rings of Saturn have in common? They all consist of fractals, irregular repeating shapes that are found in cloud formations and tree limbs, in stalks of broccoli and craggy mountain ranges, and even in the rhythm of the human heart. Join us for an introduction to the amazing new science of fractal geometry.
February 24: Carroll College Choirs provide service music at the 11 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
February 28: Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continue the Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with classical languages and literature professor and historian Fr. Daniel Shea presenting, “Sacred Liturgy: How the Church Lives & Shares the Mystery of Christ,” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
March 4-8: Spring Break
March 14: Carroll College astronomy professor Dr. Kelly Cline presents “The Mystery of the Higgs Boson” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free and open to the public. Last summer, after 40 years of searching, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider laboratory in Europe finally discovered the Higgs boson. This strange new particle, sometimes called “The God Particle,” fills our universe, giving all particles their masses. Yet, the measurements of this newly discovered particle are strange and paradoxical. What secrets does the Higgs boson hold, and what does it tell us about the hidden laws of our universe?
March 20: The 18th Annual Helena Area Career Fair will be held in the Carroll College PE Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Freshmen can explore career options and learn about what employers want, sophomores and juniors can network for good summer jobs and internships. Seniors can job hunt for that first professional job. Open to the public. For information on how to prepare, what to expect and which businesses will attend, go to www.helenair/careerfair.
March 21: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free.
March 21:Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continue the Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with Carroll Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Chris Fuller presenting, “Perfidious No More: Catholic/Jewish Relations since Vatican II,” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
March 24: Carroll College Choirs provide service music at the 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
April 4: Carroll College astronomy professor Dr. Kelly Cline presents “Curiosity: Searching for Life on Mars” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free and open to the public. NASA’s new rover is the largest probe ever to set down on the Red Planet. Crammed with amazing scientific instruments, Curiosity is launching a quantum leap in our understanding of Mars. Could there be life on the fourth planet from the sun? Join us as we explore how Curiosity is going to find out.
April 7: Carroll College Choirs provide service music at the 11 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
April 10: Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continue the Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with Carroll Theology Professor Brian Matz presenting, “Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches,” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
April 20-21: Softball Weekend.
May 2: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert in the Carroll Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free.
May 5: Carroll College Choirs present their annual spring concert, 4 p.m. at St. Mary Catholic Community in Helena. Free admission.
May 11: Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement