CARROLL MATHLETES RACING THE CLOCK Starting last night and continuing straight through to Monday night, 30 Carroll students are competing in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). Solving real-world dilemmas through math and computer modeling, our 10 teams of three students each will undergo a total of 96 consecutive hours of labor, in hopes for another gold medal performance (Carroll students have already won three top world awards in these competitions over the past few years). Stay tuned for results later this spring. In the meantime, if you spy some intense math, engineering and computer science students looking distracted as they race through the Simperman-Fortin Science complex this weekend, remember they're Olympic-grade mathletes and give them your hearty best! MONKY BUSINESS Starting tonight and continuing through this weekend, in conjunction with our St. John's Bible exhibit on display in the Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall), Fine Arts Professor Ralph Esposito is bringing to campus a weekend lecture and workshop, offering laypeople a chance to create bible-quality calligraphy in the classical Benedictine monk tradition. Tonight (Friday, February 11), everyone is welcome to a free lecture and slide show, "Lindisfarne Gospel Legacy," at 7:30 p.m. in room 034 St. Charles Hall, with guest speaker calligrapher Theresa Leland. In her talk, Leland will explain the historical, social and calligraphic traditions that produced The Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the jeweled masterpieces of sacred calligraphy. Then it's time to create sacred masterpieces of our own: On Saturday and Sunday, February 12 and February 13, Leland will lead a Decorated Letter Workshop in the Carroll Art Gallery (room 034 St. Charles Hall). Times are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. A fee of $80 covers the entire weekend workshop event and all materials. Spaces are still open in the workshop: to register, contact Professor Ralph Esposito at resposit@carroll.edu and call 406-447-4302. BORN AGAIN Next week, the scam artist of all time descends on campus with the rollicking debut of Tartuffe: Born Again in the Carroll Performing Arts Center Thursday through Sunday, February 17-20, and again the following week on February 24-27. Directed by Carroll Theatre Director Chuck Driscoll, this modernized Tartuffe is a corrupt televangelist preying on a gullible, devout family. Half of the production's actors are Carroll students, with the rest hailing from the local community. Helena talent includes the dastardly Tartuffe himself, played by Helena's Matt Mhoon, who previously appeared on the Carroll stage in last spring's Dracula. Well-known local thespians in Tartuffe include Carroll theatre alumnus John Rausch as Cleante and Kyle Gillette, a veteran of many Carroll and local Shakespearean productions, playing the role of Orgon. Tartuffe: Born Again plays in the Carroll College Performing Arts Center (Old North, St. Charles Hall) at 7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees both weeks. Tickets are available at the door and are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors. Tune in for more details at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14476 CARBS AND CASH Last Saturday's Headlights Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser to gather donations for our Campus Ministry spring break student service journeys to Kansas City and Rochester, NY, was a blazing success, with around $2,500 raised to help defray travel expenses. This year's Kansas City trip will see 12 Carroll students helping the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, and 12 Rochester students will assist the Sisters of St. Joseph. The students and Campus Ministry sends out gratitude for the support the community has shown yet again for this meaningful, life-changing work. HAYNES DOES IT AGAIN For the 2010-2011 academic year, Carroll College has received $92,000 in scholarship grants from the Haynes Foundation. The foundation presented Carroll the grant in two checks for $46,000 each, one awarded in early February 2011 and the other last August. The Haynes Foundation annually supports the Isabel Haynes Cash Grant Scholarship, which awards tuition assistance to Carroll students who are Montana residents and demonstrate both financial need and outstanding academic achievement. Since the 1960s, the Haynes Foundation has donated over $1.7 million to Carroll to help promising Montana students struggling to pay for their educations. More details can be found at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14503 ENGINEERING FREE FOR ALL Carroll's Civil Engineering Program is offering a FREE series of review sessions for the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam beginning Tuesday, February 15. The sessions will continue on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. For questions, please contact Professor of Mathematics, Engineering and Physics Terry Mullen at 406-447-4452 or tmullen@carroll.edu VALENTINE'S BAG This afternoon and all day Saturday, Queen City Miche will host a benefit for the Arms Around McLain fund in the Carroll Campus Center's Hoff-Kavanagh Room. For Valentine's Day this year-or just to help the cause-purchase a lovely Miche custom handbag in your choice of colors and sizes, with interchangeable exterior shells and handles, so one purse really does go everywhere with everything. At the event, a silent auction of Valentine-themed gift baskets will also be offered, with donated merchandise from area businesses. 100% of the proceeds of the Friday and Saturday handbag sales and auction will go to Arms Around McLain, a fund to assist the family of Carroll Director of Admission and Enrollment Services Cynthia Thornquist in their young daughter McLain's battle against cancer. (Photo right: Cynthia and McLain) Hours of the sales are today (Friday, Feb. 11) from 4 to 6 p.m. and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More on Queen City Miche and how to contact our campus rep, Maureen Kloker of Carroll's Office for Institutional Advancement, is online here: http://my.michebag.com/maureen_kloker CARROLL TV-AND BEYOND Next week's Helena Civic Television Saints and Scholars show on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. on channel 11 in Helena will feature the director and leading cast members of Carroll's upcoming production of Tartuffe: Born Again, which debuts in the Carroll Performing Arts Center on February 17. Check the HCTV schedule for details at: http://helenacivictv.org/ (click on the link for "What's on Channel 11" and look for the daily schedule) In other news of note this past week, Monday night's talk by Holocaust survivor Noémi Ban on campus was huge, with an overflow crowd flocking to hear her account in grim detail, which ended up as a story of hope and courage. (Photo left: Ban lecture night in the Campus Center.) To read more and see photo footage of this social justice event at Carroll that had the whole town talking this week, go to: http://helenair.com/news/article_6c67b3f4-3355-11e0-a126-001cc4c002e0.html HCTV is also rebroadcasting the lecture-see the schedule at: http://helenacivictv.org/ STUDENT NEWS 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 in the Carroll College Career and Testing Services offices in Borromeo Hall, or electronically from Rosie Walsh, the director of Carroll Career and Testing Services, at rwalsh@carroll.edu. Nominations can also be made online at the Carroll website: https://www.carroll.edu/career-services/hunthausen-award This year's nomination deadline is March 4, the Friday before Spring Break, at 5 p.m. Certificates will be presented to each recipient at the annual Honors Convocation in April. For more, read: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14368 In the News The in-production film Vampire directed by, written by and starring 2010 Carroll grad Bryan Ferriter (photo right) and co-starring Nick Milodragovich, class of 2008, also packs plenty of other Carroll student and alumni talent, including Brandon Day (class of 2010 and the triumphant Saints football star who appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated's December 2007 Pictures of the Year issue), Martin Rogers (class of 2010 and director of My Favorite Movie), and current students Ryan Pfeiffer and Dave Noel. More on the movie and its Saints football connection is online at: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/article_60787f3e-31bf-11e0-95f1-001cc4c002e0.html ALUMNI NEWS Events Carroll alumni are invited to take part in the Carroll Fighting Saints versus Montana Tech Orediggers basketball double-header on Friday, February 25, in Butte. The women tip off at 5:30 p.m., the men at 7:30. Tickets can be bought at the gate, and alums attending are welcome between the games to gather in the HPER (athletic center) racquetball courts for Pork Chop John's sandwiches, salads and dessert, all provided free of charge! RSVP is required: contact Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at 406-447-5185 or alumni@carroll.edu by February 22. Phoenix, Ariz., alumni are welcome to attend the March 6 gathering at the home of Dr. Gordon and Marilyn Peters from 1to 3 p.m., with lunch and refreshments. Please RSVP Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at 406-447-5185 or alumni@carroll.edu by March 1. Go green on March 17: the Helena-area Carroll alumni St. Patrick's Day lunch in Carroll's Trinity Hall lounge takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., complete with corned beef and cabbage. Please RSVP Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at 406-447-5185 or alumni@carroll.edu by March 15. And, graduation weekend on May 6-7 will feature the annual Golden Grad Reunion, this year honoring our Carroll classes of 1961 and 1951. Mark your calendar now and start planning to go gold on the Carroll Commencement stage. Calling Alums Carroll wants to hear from all Honor Scholars alumni! To help shape the future of Carroll's Honors Scholars Program, please take the online Honors Scholars 2011 Survey at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F25CZXR You can also access the survey on the Honor Scholars Program webpage at: https://www.carroll.edu/academic-programs/honors-scholars-program (look for the link on the left side of the screen). Please send in your responses by February 14-we look forward to your input! For more information on the program, contact Dr. Christopher Fuller, Honors Scholars interim director, at cfuller@carroll.edu or at 406-447-4335. In the News February 6 was "Hazy´s Day" at the Diocese of Helena Guatemala Mission, which celebrated Fr. Jim Hazelton's 84th birthday. (Photo right: Hazy and his students) Fr. Hazy, class of 1949, established the diocese's La Asunción junior-senior high school in 1996, with the school now enrolling nearly 500 indigenous Mayans. For Hazy's birthday celebration, he proudly donned his Carroll Saints gear, and a championship Carroll football was prominently displayed beside the birthday cake. More information about the Guatemalan Mission school and Fr. Hazelton's achievements in education are online here: www.diocesehelena.org In other Hazy news, Fr Jim will celebrate his golden jubilee 50th year in the priesthood on May 27, 2011. Eric Stang, class of 1998, has been named men's hoops assistant coach for the Alaska Nanooks (Fairbanks). Stang holds a master's degree in sport and athletic administration from Gonzaga University and another master's in education administration from Providence College in Rhode Island. Stang has spent the past 12 seasons working in a variety of collegiate programs including Division I Providence, Gonzaga and Montana State. Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Stang named Nanooks men's hoops assistant coach This week, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced the appointment of Angela Wong, class of 2004, as state Lottery director. Since 2004, she has worked for Lindquist Painting, a small family business of which she is a partner. She most recently worked as an energy development specialist at the Department of Commerce and has been the Montana brand manager for the same agency. Wong has been the state finance director for Montanans for Tester and Join Operation Brian Schweitzer. In Memoriam Dr. Ralph Dean Worthylake (photo left), a Carroll WWII Navy V12 Program veteran and resident of Medford, Ore., died on January 12, 2011, at the age of 86. After joining the Navy, he would go on to earn his M.D. at Oregon Health Sciences University and specialized in pathology, surgery, anesthesiology and psychiatry. He practiced in Oregon and retired from his job as chief of staff at the Veterans Administration at the White City domiciliary in 1987. Loretta M. (Fischer) Schillo (photo right), nursing class of 1958, of Rochester, Minn., died on February 6, 2011. She had a 40-year nursing career in a variety of positions, including floor nurse, director of nursing, and hospice nurse. She completed her career at Blue Cross Blue Shield as a patient care coordinator. More on her life is online at: http://www.postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1444228 FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Events The Carroll College Department of Fine Arts will present a Faculty Recital of music for piano and voice given by Dr. Robert Psurny (photo right), tenor, and Dr. Lynn Petersen (photo left) on piano at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 19, at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena. Admission is free. The concert program is Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey). More details are available here: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14501 This Sunday, February 13, Carroll Associate Professor of Languages and Literature Loren Graham, author of two poetry books including The Ring Scar released this fall, and Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Kevin Stewart, author of the award-winning The Way Things Always Happen Here, will offer readings and signings of their books at the Holter Museum of Art, 12 East Lawrence Street in Helena, starting at 2 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Look for an upcoming story about Graham and his Ring Scar in the Helena Independent Record. On February 16, Carroll adjunct history professor Annie Hanshew, class of 2003 and author of Border to Border: Quilts and Quiltmakers of Montana, will present an entertaining and informative program entitled "Quilts That Tell A Story" on the history of this colorful, comforting art form. Her talk, followed by a book signing, will occur at the Montana Historical Society's Boo Auditorium starting at 10:45 a.m. and ending at noon. Although her book presents a comprehensive look at quilts from across the Treasure State, Hanshew will focus her talk on examples from the Montana Historical Society's own quilt collection that offer interesting stories behind their creation. Some of the featured quilts will be displayed during the program, and a book signing will follow in the Museum's store. In the News Carroll mathematics faculty members Drs. Kelly Cline (left) and Holly Zullo (right) have just received word that a manuscript they compiled, entitled Teaching Mathematics with Classroom Voting: With and Without Clickers, has been accepted for publication by the MAA (Mathematical Association of America) in the MAA Notes series (Notes 79). This series features a collection of papers from faculty from around the country. On February 7, 2011, Carroll Assistant Professor of Theology Brian Matz and his wife Heidi welcomed new baby Kaitlynn Pearl into the family. ATHLETICS In the News QNs reported last week that two Carroll Fighting Saints were appearing in weekend all-star games, and the good news just keeps coming: In Saturday's inaugural Dixie Gridiron Championship in St. George, Utah, Carroll quarterback Gary Wagner (right) played the entire game and scored one of just two touchdowns for his Mountain Team, which won the game over the Pacific Team, 17-13. Wagner, who was one of three Mountain players nominated as a team captain, shined in Saturday's all-star game, which was witnessed by various NFL scouts, as well as a host of other professional scouts from Canada and Arena Football. More on the story is online at: http://www.victorysportsnetwork.com/article.php?articleID=13560 Upcoming Events The Saints Athletic Association presents its Shindig Reverse Raffle on Friday, February 18, in the Carroll Campus Center. Social begins at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7. Tickets are $25 for the dinner and $100 for a ball, which will be plunked in a hopper for a prize drawing. Each 10th ball extracted will entitle the holder to $100 cash, and ball number 70 gets $200. The take goes up with the final balls drawn, and all-told the grand prize increases depending on how many balls are entered. You need not be present to win, and all proceeds of this spherical game of chance go to support Saints athletic scholarships and programs. For more information, contact Renee Wall at 406-447-5413 or rwall@carroll.edu Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news, photos and video at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS Ongoing to February 25: The Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents a print and book exhibition of The Saint Johns Bible, the first handwritten, illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in over 500 years. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. More about The Saint John's Bible is online here: http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/?gclid=CJHfnvK0y6UCFVVi2godq3I-lw February 15: IMPACT Business Campaign Kickoff Breakfast. To support IMPACT or join the volunteers for this spring's Business Campaign, contact Gayle Agostinelli, Director of Annual Giving (406) 447-4492 or gagostinelli@carroll.edu February 22: 16th Annual Helena Area Career Fair, Carroll PE Center, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. February 22: "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged: A Catholic/Evangelical Dialogue on the Death Penalty" featuring Andrew Rivas, director of the Texas Catholic Conference, and Matt Randles, pastor of Headwaters Evangelical Church in Helena, moderated by Carroll Associate Professor of Theology and Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Christopher Fuller. In Trinity Hall Lounge at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public. February 28 through March 6: Helena's 50th anniversary celebration of the Peace Corps' founding will include a Carroll College exhibit of photographs, artifacts and memorabilia in the Carroll Campus Center. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by executive order on March 1, 1961, and during its 50 years of work, its volunteers have numbered more than 200,000 in 139 host countries. The exhibit in collaboration with Carroll's Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice features photos and items from returned volunteers who served in underdeveloped countries around the world. More than 50 Peace Corps veterans live in Helena, with a number of them professors at Carroll. March 1: Carroll Jazz Combo performs in the Campus Center, 4 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. March 7-11: Spring Break. March 13: "Arms Around McLain" Irish festival and fundraiser, 1 p.m. in the Carroll PE Center. This festival will include Irish music, Irish dancers, live and silent auctions, great food and drinks and much more. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day early and help the family of Carroll Director of Admission and Enrollment Services Cynthia Thornquist as their young daughter McLain battles cancer. 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. March 15: IMPACT Business Campaign CHEERS Wrap Up party. March 16: Julie Hecht presents "Dogs in Translation: The Science Behind the Dog-Human Relationship," 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre. Sponsored by Carroll's Human-Animal Bond Club and the Psychology Department, it is free and open to the public. March 18: Shamrock Soiree, a fundraiser for Carroll's student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, 7:30 p.m. to midnight at the Great Northern Hotel Ballroom (Great Northern is across the highway from Carroll's campus). Tickets $25. The night will include hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, both silent and live auctions, and music by Associate Professor of Mathematics Jack Oberweiser's band Triplecross. Irish entertainment and dancing, and more! Stay tuned for details and ticket outlets in future editions of QNs. March 18: Dr. Doreen Kutufam of Carroll's Broadcast Journalism Program is encouraging Carroll support for a concert fundraiser, with all proceeds going to Compassion Tanzania's mission of providing clean water to remote villages in Northern Tanzania. The concert will star Rob Quist & the Great Northern Band and Mountain Moongrass at the Helena Civic Center Ballroom, 7 p.m., with tickets $20 (children 12 and under admitted free). March 19: Junior/Senior Banquet. March 22: Dr. Doreen Kutufam of Carroll's Broadcast Journalism Program hosts a symposium, "Water for the Rural Poor: Responding to the Challenge" at 6:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Free and open to all, the symposium will offer in-depth discussion of world water crises, especially for the rural poor in developing countries. At this event, participants can also learn more about Compassion Tanzania, a local NGO that provides clean water to remote villages in Northern Tanzania, and support its work. March 24: The Carroll Business Department Lecture Series, sponsored by the generous support of First Interstate Bank, continues with "Whac-a-Mole: From One Crisis to the Next" by William T. Northey, CFA, managing director and senior portfolio manager of U.S. Bank Asset Management Group. At 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Northey will be presenting the current state of the financial markets, with a discussion of asset bubbles that have continued to cause financial crises. Free and open to the public. 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. April 14: The Carroll Business Department Lecture Series, sponsored by the generous support of First Interstate Bank, continues with "Microfinance in Africa: CARE's model," at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre. Presenter Brian Larson is the director of Financial Management Systems Project for CARE-USA, which is recognized as one of the world's largest international humanitarian organizations. CARE-USA has fought poverty worldwide for over 60 years, and Larson will be discussing his experience with CARE's pioneering microfinance methodology that has empowered women and lifted families out of poverty in Africa. April 16-17: Softball Weekend April 19: Carroll Jazz Combo Spring Concert in the Carroll Performing Arts Center (Old North, St. Charles Hall) at 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. April 22-24: Easter Break. April 29: Last day of spring 2011 classes. May 4: Carroll Jazz Combo performs in the Campus Center, 10:15-11:30 a.m. Free and open to the public. May 7: Baccalaureate and Commencement. May 11: Summer semester begins. Sessions I and II start on May 11, with Session I running for two weeks and Session II for three weeks. On June 6, Sessions III and IV start and will continue for four weeks and five weeks, respectively.
