OPERA GONE WILD
This weekend and continuing next week, Carroll Theatre’s latest comedy, the Tony-nominated operatic farce Lend me a Tenor, hits the Carroll main stage. A great preview of the show was featured in this week’s Helena Independent Record. This will be the third time that Carroll alum John Rausch (who holds an M.F.A. in theater direction from Tulane University) has directed this play, and he says it’s even funnier the third time around. Check the story online at: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/blackface-and-blue/article_bbfba928-57a0-11e1-bcfa-001871e3ce6c.html
Shows are TONIGHT through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., plus a Sunday 3 p.m. matinee. The play continues next Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 23-25) also at 7:30 p.m., with a final Sunday matinee on Feb. 26. All shows are in the Carroll College Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall. Carroll faculty and staff are admitted always free with one guest, and Carroll students get free admission each Thursday and Sunday. Otherwise, general admission is $10, students/seniors $8. Call 447-4304 for tickets and information.
WE DID 6K BEFORE THE STARTING GUN EVEN WENT OFF
This past week’s Valentine’s Day started with plenty of love at the IMPACT Annual Fund Business Campaign Kickoff Breakfast at Carroll, where around 80 local business volunteers showed their scholarship spirit by donating over $6,000 to the cause. Now, they are fanning out into the community to ask business support for our students. All donations go to the IMPACT Annual Fund—to give before you’re asked, simply contact our friendly Director of Annual Giving Gayle Agostinelli at 406-447-4492, 406-459-8947 or gagostinelli@carroll.edu
CALLING FOR SHAMROCK SUPPORT
In preparation for its big, Irish fundraiser, the Shamrock Soiree, Carroll’s Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA is collecting live and silent auction items and needs your help. Items will be auctioned off at the Soiree on Friday, March 16, at the Great Northern Hotel Ballroom, where music, dancing, food and refreshments in honor of St. Patrick’s Day will be enjoyed in high spirits. The auctions go a long way in helping fund EWB student service trips to Mexico and Guatemala—if you’d like to donate a hot auction item, either a good or a service, contact John Scharf at jscharf@carroll.edu or 406-447-4457.
EWB gives you quite a worldwide bang for your buck: recently, our Carroll EWB student team and pro mentors in Guatemala submitted a design report to EWB-USA for the seismic retrofit of the school building at the Diocese of Helena mission in Guatemala. The group plans to install reinforcing walls at the school this May, but that trip hinges on the success of the Soiree. Carroll EWB is also sending a work team to Mexico during Spring Break to finish installing the irrigation pipeline the group started last year. The pipeline will promote a planned agricultural operation at an orphanage—proceeds will send the orphans to college.
STUDENT NEWS
Thanks to Carroll Student Activities and its savvy Planning Board, we have some top-drawer national acts coming to campus in the next 10 days. Check it out:
Next Friday, February 24, comedian Johnny Cardinale (right) will entertain campus 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.
Then, on Monday, February 27, Reno 911! stars Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough perform comedy in the Carroll Campus Center starting at 9 p.m. It’s also free, and they’ve promised not to be too naughty.
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, the Friday before spring break. 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). 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/ or contact Kathy Ramirez in the Carroll Alumni Office kramirez@carroll.edu 406-447-5185.
In the News
Payne Financial Group has announced the promotion of Sarah Kelly, class of 1993, to chief operating officer. She will provide overall direction relating to general administration, human resources, education and development, information technology, risk management services, marketing and physical plant for Payne’s 10 offices located throughout Montana, Idaho and Washington. Prior to joining Payne in 1993, she worked at Seafirst Bank in Seattle. In 2008, she received Carroll’s Warren L. Nelson Award.
Anthony Patch (right), class 2000, was recently named director of college scouting for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. He holds an MBA from the University of Montana. More on his career is online at: http://legacy.philadelphiaeagles.com/eagles_files/html/ops_patch_a_1.html
Andrew Nickol, class of 2001, has joined the engineering firm of Morrison-Maierle in Helena as the technical services manager. With over 22 years of experience in the technical hardware, software and network equipment environments, Nickol will be responsible for managing a team that provides clients network/computer maintenance, support services and hardware sales.
Lauren Marie Manion, class of 2007, married Steven Robert Pierce on July 30, 2011, at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Butte. She received her doctor of physical therapy degree from Regis University in 2011 and is a physical therapist at Arnold Physical Therapy in Helena. (Couple in photo left)
In Memoriam
On February 8, 2012, Robert T. “Bob” Feeney (right), class of 1966, died, after having devoted 28 years of service as an engineer at St. James Healthcare in Butte. For more on his life, read: http://mtstandard.com/news/local/obituaries/robert-t-bob-feeney/article_3bad2696-5531-11e1-af86-001871e3ce6c.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Psychology Professor Anne Perkins (left) of Carroll’s anthrozoology program was featured on a national extension webinar, where she discussed how people and companion animals work together. This session was recorded and archived for future viewings online through www.eXtension.org.
Last Friday, in a snowstorm no less, Associate Professor of Computer Science Steve Harper (right) visited three local schools and a handful of Carroll classes dressed up as Abraham Lincoln, telling authentic stories as our 16th US president. Harper has been doing this outreach for 18 years and is a welcome sight in the unmistakable stovepipe hat and almost picture-perfect verisimilitude to his subject.
Brandy Keely has been hired as Carroll’s veterans’ service coordinator. Her office will soon be moving to 228 O’Connell Hall. Shanni Barry, assistant to the vice president for academic affairs and dean, will continue assisting Carroll’s veteran students, but with the increase in number of service men and women on campus, the college is providing increased, full-time support.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
The Campus Ministry Headlights program thanks everyone for coming out in force to last Saturday night’s Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser to support the Spring Break service trips coming up in early March. The students and staff served over 360 people, and seeing everyone there in such swarms of fellowship made our 30 Headlights volunteers feel the love.
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
ATHLETICS
Schedule
No home games or meets this weekend. For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
Ending Today: The annual Student Art Exhibit 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.
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 28: Carroll’s Business Department Lecture Series continues with “The Leap into Business: Young Entrepreneur Program,” co-sponsored by the Small Business Administration, the University of Montana-Helena and Helena Young Professionals. The free, public event will include a roundtable discussion of strategies for starting your own business, taking place from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center’s lower level. It will be followed by a networking session from 5 to 7 p.m., where participants can enjoy refreshments and appetizers while meeting the young entrepreneur speakers. Panelists will include John Steinhoff, CPA; Kevin McCutcheon, an insurance agent with Payne Financial; SCORE business advisor Chick Rolling; Dive Bakery entrepreneur Dave Gillette; and Valley Bank of Helena lender Luke Soper. The event is open to people of all ages seeking to launch their own ideas and be their own boss.
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: Scholar Day and Honors Convocation
April 19-20: Manion Symposium, with a poster session Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m., paper presentations on Friday afternoon, followed by a physician panel discussion on admission to medical school. Details TBA.
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.