READY FOR SPAGHETTI?
Hey: these are carbs for a cause—this Saturday, February 11, Carroll College’s Campus Ministry serves up pasta and all the trimmings at the annual Headlights Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser to benefit 30 students and their Carroll guides on spring break service trips to three US cities. For a freewill offering (that means “generous donation”), the student volunteers enrolled in Campus Ministry’s Headlights Immersion Program will begin their service by serving you and your whole family a delicious Italian dinner at St. Mary’s Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave. in Helena) from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Event proceeds will help cover travel and lodging expenses of our Carroll students headed to Kansas City, Cincinnati and Rochester (NY) to serve the poor.
The meal will fill your belly and the hearts of many: our Carroll students headed to Cincinnati will serve with the Franciscans for the Poor, with work scheduled at a daycare for teen mothers and at a soup kitchen. Another Carroll group will join the Sisters of St. Joseph in Rochester and work at urban schools, a foster home and a soup kitchen. In Kansas City, a third Carroll group will lend a hand at a school run by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. Three trips at one time is a huge and rare Headlights undertaking, in a year that has seen a crescendo in student zest for service work. This past fall, Headlights also sent students to East LA, and they will return there this coming May.
In addition to the spaghetti dinner, Carroll students are raising money for the trip by selling Firetower coffee for $12 a bag and raffle tickets for prizes, including gift cards to local restaurants. Tickets are $1 each or 20 tickets for $15. Purchase raffle tickets or coffee at the dinner. For more information about the spaghetti dinner, contact Colleen Dunne at 447-4333.
OCEANS ON THE MOON
Next Thursday, February 16, Carroll’s resident astronomer/math professor Kelly Cline will give the next in his exciting series of lectures, with “Europa: Jupiter’s Ocean Moon” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Jupiter’s moon Europa hosts an enormous ocean of liquid salt water beneath its icy crust, and that ocean may be as old as Earth’s largest water bodies. Scientists now wonder, could Europa’s oceans harbor life? NASA has plans to explore this possibility, and you can hear more about it, and Europa’s enigmatic, chilly seas, from the eternally effervescent Dr. Cline next week!
TWO TENORS ARE BETTER THAN ONE
Next Thursday is also the premiere of Carroll Theatre’s latest comedic creation, Lend me a Tenor, directed Carroll alumnus and thespian John Rausch. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, Lend Me a Tenor is the operatic tale of the Grand Opera Company, whose star tenor Morelli appears to be dead on his big night as the lead in the gala Otello. A nervous amateur takes the star’s place, but Morelli revives and hits the stage, with a grand farce resulting. Carroll students and local stage veterans round out the high-powered cast.
Shows are Thursdays through Saturdays (Feb. 16-18 and Feb. 23-25) at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees (Feb. 19 and 26) at 3 p.m. All shows are in the Carroll College Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall. General admission is $10, students/seniors $8. Call 447-4304 for tickets and information.
$1.8 MILLION AND COUNTING
Our generous friends from the Haynes Foundation have done it again, recently delivering to the college another $46,000 for student scholarships, making their total contribution $92,000 for the year. Since Haynes began supporting Carroll scholars in 1969, they have given a total of $1,861,850. A few million bucks make it a whole lot easier to focus on your studies—thanks Haynes! (Photo right: Haynes Foundation secretary-treasurer and trustee Margaret Woo, left, presents check to Carroll Interim President Paula McNutt)
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
Carroll senior Rachael DeMarce (photo left) was recently named a federal student ambassador for Carroll College, after spending last summer working with the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs on the First Lady's Let's Move! in Indian Country initiative. During her time in DC, she also worked closely with the Department of the Interior, which led to her being appointed a federal student ambassador. In this role, she will reach out to Carroll students and educate them about federal government job and internship opportunities, with the first outreach session occurring this week. Her federal experience has led to yet another new development, with Rachael recently announcing her selection as a Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) fellow who will attend Carnegie Mellon University this summer in pursuit of a master’s in public policy. Meanwhile, as a federal student ambassador at Carroll, Rachael will hold office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Career Services office (Borromeo Hall), when she can answer student questions and assist with resumes and the federal application process.
Awards
The Hunthausen Award Committee seeks nominations of students for the Raymond G. Hunthausen Award for Community Service, named for former Carroll president and Saints alumnus Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen (class of 1943) because of his own commitment to peace and justice in his personal life and in his work with the Catholic Church. All Carroll students with a minimum of 2.0 grade point average are eligible. Nomination forms are available by clicking on the link near the top of the Carroll student life webpage (http://www.carroll.edu/students/) and also available in the Carroll College Career and Testing Services office (Borromeo Hall), or electronically from Rosie Walsh, the director of Carroll Career and Testing Services, at rwalsh@carroll.edu. The nomination deadline is March 2. Certificates will be presented to each recipient at the annual Honors Convocation in April.
For the latest student news and activities, go to www.carroll.edu/students
ALUMNI NEWS
Travel
Come aboard for the Carroll Alumni & Friends Alaskan Cruise in July 2012 with new Carroll President Dr. Tom Evans and his family and our hosts, Carroll alumni Dr. Gerald and Pat Shields (both class of 1966, photo left). This is our new president’s first major alumni event and a great opportunity to get to know him, his wife Lisa and two young sons. The Shields duo has over 25 years of experience in Alaska, making them the ideal trip leaders.
Details: Set sail with us July 27, 2012, on the Celebrity Millennium 7-day cruise from Vancouver, BC, along the inside passage to Seward/Anchorage. The optional cruise tour (land extension) continues until August 9 from Anchorage to Talkeetna/Denali, concluding in Fairbanks. Cruise Highlights: watching glaciers calving off icebergs as high as 10-story buildings; traveling into the habitat of caribou, grizzly and brown bears, humpback whales, sea lions, soaring eagles; and experiencing a private tour of Ketchikan (the salmon capital of the world and home of the largest collection of carved totem poles) Cruise Tour Highlights: travel on a glass-domed train car, the Wilderness Express, to Denali National Park; journey into the Tundra Wilderness near Mt. McKinley; and look for Alaska's big five: caribou, moose, bear, grey wolves and Dall sheep In Fairbanks: ride the Riverboat Discovery sternwheeler; visit an Athabascan Indian village; enjoy Northern Inua performances featuring storytelling, songs and athletic events from the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics and feast on a delicious Alaskan salmon bake Celebrity offers 21 cabin options from economy inside staterooms to luxurious suites. The earlier you book, the more choices you have, as staterooms are filled on a first-come basis. Please reserve by March 1. For complete itinerary and more information visit http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/travel/index.cc or contact Kathy Ramirez in the Carroll Alumni Office kramirez@carroll.edu 406-447-5185.
In the News
Idaho Sen. Jim Hammond, class of 1973, recently announced that he would not seek a fourth term in the Idaho state senate and instead will apply for the upcoming opening for president at North Idaho College. He started his career as an Idaho public school teacher in 1973 and served as mayor of Post Falls from 1991 to 1996. Hammond served on the State Board of Education from 1999 to 2004 and chaired the state charter school commission from 2004 to 2006. He holds a master’s degree in education from Whitworth College. For more, read: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/feb/03/hammond-says-he-wont-run-for-senate-re-election/
Tim McMahon (photo right), class of 1988, the principal at Warren Elementary School in Helena, is the recipient of the 2012 Adrian Langstaff Award presented at the 61st Annual Montana Association of Elementary and Middle School Principals (MAEMSP) Conference held on January 25-27. The Adrian Langstaff award is the highest recognition that the MAEMSP can bestow on a member. For 23 years, McMahon has held positions that range from football coach, teacher, interim high school principal to his current position as elementary principal. In his current principal position, he has implemented programs that have increased student performance in reading and math: since the introduction of a reading program from a grant received in 2003, Warren School has seen an improvement in reading scores from 59% proficiency to 85% proficient. Math proficiency has increased from 29% to 66% on the Montana Standardized Test. His initiatives have also resulted in student behavior and special issues decreasing to near zero. He’s gone beyond the regular job description, helping families by fixing their cars, putting families into homes or hotel rooms when housing is not available and even driving students to and from school assuring the children are getting an education. For the feature story, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/education/warren-principal-gets-top-award-from-state-peers/article_b68c0b1c-4e37-11e1-9a98-001871e3ce6c.html
Seth Davidson, class of 2004, is engaged to Riana Perez and they are planning an April 13 wedding. The future groom is a hydrologic technician for the U.S. Geological Survey in Helena. (Couple in photo left)
Travis Grotbo, class of 2008 (in photo right, at top right), and his band Stumbling Free welcomes everyone to a CD release party and show at the basement of the Montana Club Rathskeller (basement of 24 West 6th Avenue downtown Helena) this Saturday, February 11, from 8 to midnight. Admission is $5 at the door, or $8 for admission and a CD.
Travis Schmidt, class of 2011 and a Saints defensive end from 2007-2010, was contacted via Facebook by Brian Caler, coach of the Allgau Comets, a second-tier German League team in Kempten, Germany, asking that he sign on to the team. Schmidt, who has remained in Helena since graduating from Carroll, decided it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to go play the sport he loves in another country and will soon be soaring with the Comets. For more, read: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/football/carroll-football-player-signs-german-contract/article_1786e5e4-4f01-11e1-a1ea-001871e3ce6c.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
On Thursday, February 3, 2012, Carroll Assistant Professor of Theology Beth Haile, Ph.D. (photo left), and husband Scott Haile, a Carroll adjunct professor of theology (and Ph.D. candidate at Boston College), welcomed new baby Teresa Marie Haile.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
ATHLETICS
In the News
The Carroll track and field team continued to shine indoors last Saturday, bringing its total number of athletes qualified for the NAIA championships to 13, with the latest national qualifiers clocking major speed at the Mountain States Games in Pocatello, Idaho. More meets are coming up, but until then catch the details (but you can’t catch these runners!) at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/track/carroll-men-s-x-team-highlights-strong-weekend/article_e3183fb0-4fc3-11e1-9693-001871e3ce6c.html
Schedule
Saturday is the big double-header at home, with Saints versus Westminster hoops action. The women’s game is 5:30 p.m.; Saints men tip off at 7:30 in the PE Center. It’s also ’80s Night at the game, with prizes for the best “vintage” looks that were in style when Madonna was just a kid.
Events
The Saints Athletic Association 2012 Shindig Reverse Raffle and Dinner is TONIGHT (Friday, February 10) in the Carroll Campus Center, with registration and cocktails at 6 p.m. and the dinner and raffle at 7. Cost is $25 for dinner. For all details, go to www.carroll.edu/athletics/saa/index.cc
For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: The annual Student Art Exhibit runs through February 17 in the Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall. Included are over 90 works in painting, drawing and ceramics created by 30 students in recent Carroll art classes taught by Professor Ralph Esposito. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed on weekends and holidays.
February 14: IMPACT Business Campaign Kickoff Breakfast, with this year’s co-chairs and volunteers gearing up to raise record student scholarship funds, 7 a.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center.
February 24-25: Parents Weekend, sponsored by the Associated Students of Carroll College, with Parent Appreciation Lunch, entertainment, campus tours, basketball game night, a Mass and more.
February 24: Comedian Johnny Cardinale in the upper level of the Carroll College Campus Center. The 7 p.m. show is free and open to the public. Johnny Cardinale began his comedy career at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, Calif., and has since gone on to perform at all the major clubs in Los Angeles, write and direct a short film that screened at Cannes, and hosted Clean Shots on the Game Show Network. He was also featured on the Emmy Awards in a spoof of the hit show Heroes and has been featured on Chelsea Lately on the E! channel. Often compared to Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon, Johnny's act is clean and upbeat.
February 27: Reno 911! stars Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough perform comedy in the Carroll Campus Center starting at 9 p.m. Free.
March 13: Film submissions due for the 2012 Charlie’s Film Festival. Each film should be 20 minutes max—for more details, check the helpful video at: http://youtu.be/ySLe10Dtug4
March 15-25: The Mound Builders, directed by Carroll Theatre Director Chuck Driscoll. This is the final play by the great American playwright Lanford Wilson. Curtain is Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 3. In the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
March 16: March Faculty Colloquium, with Professor Elvira Roncalli presenting “Actions Not Seen, Words Not Heard: Women in the Italian ‘Resistenza’” at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Maronick Board Room.
March 16: Engineers Without Borders-USA Carroll student chapter’s annual gala fundraiser, the Shamrock Soiree, in the Great Northern Hotel Ballroom (in the Great Northern Town Center across from Carroll’s campus). From 6 to 11 p.m., enjoy dancing to the music of three live bands, hors d'oeuvre, cash bar provided by the Silver Star, and live/silent auctions. Admission is $25 at the door.
March 22: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert, 4 p.m., in the Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
March 22: Kelly Cline lecture “Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Is the earth getting warmer? When people burn gas and coal, releasing carbon dioxide into the air, does that really heat up our planet? What’s the science behind this idea and what are we still trying to learn and understand? Can Mars and Venus tell us about the climate of the Earth? In this presentation, we will examine the fascinating scientific discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the Earth’s climate.
March 31: Fundraiser for St. Baldrick's and Locks of Love at Carroll College. Those interested in donating cut hair to Locks of Love should check the Locks of Love website for details at http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html. More info on St. Baldrick’s is at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/about-us/.
April 3: “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility,” a month of free events, beginning with the Talmud Art Show opening in the Carroll Art Gallery, St. Charles Hall, featuring the art of Marc Chagall and Ben-Zion, and a 7:30 p.m. lecture in the Campus Center, “Running Races with God: How (and Why) Our Presidential Candidates Talk About Religion on the Campaign Trail,” by Dr. David Weiss, Ph.D., Professor of Media Studies, Montana State University.
April 10: Traditional Passover Seder, 6 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Hosted by Dr. Barry Ferst, Carroll philosophy professor and department chair. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong events.
April 12: Charlie’s Film Festival in the Carroll PE Center, 7:30 p.m.
April 12: “America, Islam, and the Holocaust,” the keynote address for “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events. The address by Professor Michael Sells of the University of Chicago Divinity School begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center.
April 13-14: Astronomy Weekend at Carroll. On Friday, April 13, the Neuman Astronomical Society and Helena Astronomical Society team up to present a free screening of The City Dark, a well-reviewed new movie on light pollution. The screening takes place in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. On Saturday, April 14, astronomy activities for the whole family, including solar observing, will occur in the Campus Center from noon to 4 p.m. On Saturday night, guest speaker Dr. Christina Dunn will present “Creating the Giant: Fabricating the Mirrors of the European Extremely Large Telescope,” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
April 13-14 and 20-21: The Commedia Puss in Boots by Lane Riosley, a Carroll children’s theatre production, at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
April 17: Pakistani music and performance, Caravanserai: A Place Where Cultures Meet at 7:30 p.m. in Trinity Hall lounge. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events, this performance is sponsored by the Myrna Loy Center for the Performing Arts and Arts Midwest, Regional Arts Organization.
April 18: Honors Convocation
April 19: Holocaust Remembrance Evening, ceremony and poster display, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center upstairs lounge. Hosted by Carroll History Professor Gillian Glaes and Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Christopher Fuller. A Shoah display of forty posters on loan from the Montana Association of Jewish Communities (MAJCO), plus a candle-lighting remembrance prayer will be the evening’s focus. A Carroll Honors Scholars and international student panel will discuss inter-cultural civility at the event. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 20-21: “We the People: Conversations on the Montana and U.S. Constitutions,” in the Carroll Campus Center. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 21-22: Softball Weekend
April 26: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert, 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre. Free and open to the public.
April 26: Kelly Cline lecture “The End of the Earth and Sun” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. The Earth and Sun will not last forever. The Earth will be destroyed, and recent astronomical calculations tell us exactly how and when. Several billion years from now, our Sun will run out of fuel and swell up to become a red giant star, so large that it will swallow up the Earth completely, and our world will die in the solar fires. Join us for a startling view of the distant future, when both the Earth and the Sun will meet their destruction!
April 27: Last Day of Classes
April 30: Dedication of the Carroll College Peace and Civility Wall, noon. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 29: Carroll College Choirs Spring Concert, “A Time to Dance,” with special guest appearances by Ballet Montana Academy dancers, at 4 p.m., St. Mary Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave., Helena). Free admission.
May 5: Commencement
May 19: St. James School of Nursing annual banquet, Quality Inn and Suites (formally the War Bonnet), Butte, Mont. The class of 1962 will be honored. For further information, contact Deanna Thomas at 406-782-4435.