BORN AGAIN
It debuted last night, and you can see the play everyone's now talking about tonight through Sunday at the Carroll Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall) production of Tartuffe: Born Again. Tartuffe is an unctuous televangelist with naughty proclivities, and what ensues in the family he's taken in makes for excellent, unpredictable comedy. Given the spate of real-life charlatans disguised as God-loving champions of social justice, this play could not be more relevant than it is today, says the play's director Chuck Driscoll. The production is suitable for teens on up. Curtain time is 7 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. Sunday matinees both weeks. CARROLL STUDENTS ARE FREE ON THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS! Otherwise, tickets are available at the door: $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors. Tartuffe continues next week, Thursday through Sunday, February 24-27. Tune in for more details at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14476 and look for a story about this production in next week's Helena Independent Record Your Time section, published on Thursday. TAKING THE ACCREDITATION FOR IT After months of examination, visits, paperwork and many hours of assiduous faculty and staff effort, Carroll received word late last week that the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities had reaffirmed Carroll's accreditation on the basis of the fall 2010 Year Seven Evaluation. This vital recognition is outstanding news and reiterates the college's across-the-board excellence and its outstanding results. SOLDIERS ENSLAVED On Monday, February 21, Carroll College will host a free, public showing of the Invisible Children organization's newest documentary film, Tony, in the Carroll Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. The event will begin at 8 p.m. The screening will highlight the abuses suffered by children in wartorn Uganda, including the experiences of children pressed into involuntary military service. The film will be accompanied by a talk by a Ugandan woman who will recount her experiences living through rebel violence in her country and will answer audience questions. View a trailer for Tony online at: http://vimeo.com/16189889 Through original documentary filming and screenings and international outreach, Invisible Children endeavors to raise awareness about the children impressed into military service in African civil wars. Through programs such as its Schools for Schools program, Invisible Children is trying to rebuild war-ravaged Northern Uganda while illuminating the plight of children affected by the war. Invisible Children is currently constructing the first rehabilitation center in the Congo to provide physical and psychological care and counseling for clients who were captured and forced to become child soldiers. More information about Invisible Children is online at: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/media/videos/detail.php?id=673477611 JUDGEMENT DAY Next Tuesday, February 22, Carroll will host a free, public discussion of Montana's death penalty. "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged: A Catholic/Evangelical Dialogue on the Death Penalty" will take place in Trinity Hall Lounge at 7 p.m. Speakers include Andrew Rivas, director of the Texas Catholic Conference, and Matt Randles, pastor of Headwaters Evangelical Church in Helena, with Carroll Associate Professor of Theology and Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Christopher Fuller (right) as moderator. According to Dr. Fuller, the purpose of the event is to tie in with the current Montana legislative debates about abolishing the death penalty. Recently, the Catholic Church and members of the evangelical community have found common cause in their opposition to the death penalty. Learn more about the issues, religious and otherwise, surrounding this debate on Feb. 22. LEAFING CARROLL Carroll College has achieved Tree Campus USA status for 2010. A partnership between the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota, the Tree Campus USA program fosters tree stewardship while awarding national recognition to colleges as leaders in promoting health urban forest management and engaging the campus in environmental stewardship. Carroll College is the first Tree Campus USA from Montana to be nationally recognized, according to Carroll Director of Grounds Gerald Landby. Well-maintained campus trees reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, while creating a beautiful urban arboretum and place of peace and contemplation. Coming up this spring, Carroll will participate in the annual Helena Arbor Day celebration, and meanwhile the campus tree study is ongoing in support of Carroll's Green Team sustainability initiative. 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 a 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 Events Tonight, get tangled up with the Carroll Outreach Team during a fun night at the movies in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre. Admission to this evening's screening of Tangled is only $2, with a portion of the proceeds going to support COT students in purchasing medical supplies for their May trip to provide dental care in Honduras. The film has two Friday night showings: 7 and 9 p.m. Additional donations will be accepted at the door if you'd like to help out the Honduras group a little more. Next Tuesday, February 22, the 16th Annual Helena Area Career Fair arrives at the Carroll PE Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meet prospective employers and learn about how to succeed in applying for your first or not-so-first professional job. It's free and open to everyone. The Carroll College Student Nurses Association (CCSNA) has been making therapeutic "rice socks" for use at the Montana State Nurses Association convention. Meanwhile, Carroll Associate Professor of Nursing Joni Walton and Adjunct Professor of Nursing Heidi Blossom have prepared their talk for presentation at the state convention on the subject of stress reduction for student nurses. Walton and Blossom's talk focuses on hand and neck massage and relaxation techniques, and they will hand out the CCSNA's neck socks free of charge to magnify the benefit of stress-reduction exercises. 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 1 to 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, 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. In the News The Dawson Community College (Glendive, Mont.) foundation recently announced the establishment of the Keith P. Guelff Memorial Scholarship Endowment, thanks to a donation of $40,000 in honor of Guelff, a Carroll class of 1951 natural sciences graduate (photo right) who inspired the donors through his friendship and mentoring. The Keith P. Guelff Memorial Scholarship will provide full tuition and fees for a student majoring in agri-business or a related field and reflects Guelff's life as a farmer and life-long learner. For more, read: http://www.examiner.com/economy-in-billings/memory-of-role-model-impetus-for-new-dcc-scholarship Mike Bradshaw (photo left), class of 1977, has coached the Drummond, Mont., girls' basketball team for 33 years, and his wins are mounting nearly to 600. Over three decades of coaching, his Trojans have averaged just over 18 wins a season-quite an achievement, considering in his early coaching years the regular season was only 14 games long. Score more details at: http://missoulian.com/mobile/article_c8f6c8e6-3a65-11e0-b267-001cc4c03286.html John McDonell, class of 1981, has been hired as the offensive line coach at the University of Idaho. He previously served as offensive line coach at the University of Memphis and, prior to that, at Bowling Green State University. After graduating from Carroll, McDonell embarked on a coaching career that began at Weber State (1984-88) before stops at Washington State (1989-2000), Stanford (2001, 2005), Notre Dame (2002-2004) and Purdue (2006-2008). As a Carroll Fighting Saint, he was an NAIA All-American, and he was inducted into the Carroll College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. For more, read: http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=14038009 Dan Chase, class of 2000, has been hired as the first head coach of Seton Catholic's (Vancouver, Wash.) upstart football program. Chase, a math teacher at Seton Catholic, joined the staff last fall. At Carroll, he was a Fighting Saint football player and has spent 11 seasons as an assistant football coach at Heritage High School in Vancouver. Seton Catholic will play its first season of 11-man football beginning this fall. Jason DeShaw (photo right), class of 2003, has just released a new, original song, "Somewhere Under The Rainbow," and you can watch Jason perform it on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-vcLb8n2o His newest album, Hi-Line, is available online as well, right here: http://www.thecountryway.com/shop.php Bryson Pelc, CPA, class of 2008, of Galusha, Higgins & Galusha, PC, in Helena was recently promoted to senior associate. After graduating from Carroll with an accounting degree, he earned his MBA from the University of Montana and has been with the firm since 2007. Pelc's experience includes tax planning and preparation for individuals and businesses as well as audits and reviews for construction industry clients. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Events Tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 19), the Carroll College Department of Fine Arts faculty will present a Faculty Recital of music for piano and voice given by Dr. Robert Psurny, tenor, and Dr. Lynn Petersen on piano. The recital will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday 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 In the News Last night at Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Mont., Carroll Professor of Engineering Willis Weight, PhD (photo left, at left, with student), presented a talk entitled, "On Hydrologic & Legal Issues Of the Water Compact Settlement," regarding the Crow Tribe's water rights. He reports that this project, spanning a decade, has been rewarding and strenuous work on behalf of a critical cause. He was invited to speak by the allottees as a technical expert to present and answer questions. A story illuminating the issues involved is online at the Billings Gazette: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_033839d7-4b88-5f36-a2f4-77c1c2c73f19.html Kelly Parsley (photo right), Carroll's sexual safety and wellness educator in Counseling Services and adjunct faculty member in Health Sciences, has been selected as the 2011 Outstanding Alcohol and Other Drug Professional of the Year. This award recognizes the exceptional performance of an individual who has demonstrated continued commitment to the field of alcohol and other drug prevention in the college or university setting. Kelly was selected for this recognition from candidates across the United States by an independent review panel which evaluated nominees on the degree to which they have impacted student life through visionary and innovative approaches to alcohol abuse prevention. The award is sponsored by Outside The Classroom, a leading provider of alcohol and other drug awareness programs to colleges and universities. The award will be presented on March 14, at the Prevention Excellence Reception at the 2011 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Annual Conference. Previous year awardees were from Tulane University, William Patterson University, and North Carolina State University. This week, on February 16, Dr. Doreen Kutufam (photo left), assistant professor in Carroll's Communication Department and the lodestar of our Broadcast Journalism program, presented a talk at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Helena in recognition of Black History Month. Her talk celebrating Black History was sponsored by the VA Healthcare System's EEO / Diversity Advisory Committee. Carroll Associate Professor of Nursing Joni Walton and Adjunct Professor of Nursing Heidi Blossom received a grant to study a component of Carroll's NU 202 Healthy Partners Program and are going to present the data at a conference in Bozeman in April. In Healthy Partners, students visit older adults in their home to do safety inspections, blood pressure monitoring, heart and lung assessment, spiritual assessment and more, while Healthy Partners mentors the students. Carroll was recently in the news for the top-drawer assistance our staff provided prospective college students during the College Goal Montana event held on campus last weekend. Carroll's Financial Aid Office sponsors the event on our campus every year, with Leslie Olsen coordinating. Carroll was one of 18 locations that offered one-on-one instruction by employees of the Student Assistance Foundation, Carroll's award-winning financial aid officers and other volunteers. (Photo right: Carroll's Associate Director of Loans Keith Carparelli, standing, helps a Carroll student and parent at College Goal Montana) More on the story is online at: http://helenair.com/news/article_eb0ecd76-3807-11e0-b23e-001cc4c002e0.html At last weekend's Arms Around McLain fundraiser, Maureen Kloker of Carroll's Office for Institutional Advancement raised $1,027 in sales of Miche handbags and accessories and in silent auction proceeds, with the whole day's take all donated to help the family of young McLain Thornquist in her battle with childhood cancer. Carroll Director of Annual Giving Gayle Agostinelli was recently appointed to the board of the Helena Civic Center. Her term will continue through the end of February 2014. CAMPUS MINISTRY The Campus Ministry website is now more informative and simply cooler than ever, with videos, audio homilies, a full schedule for weekly Masses and sacraments and much more. See it all at: https://www.carroll.edu/campus-life/campus-ministry As always, the ever-popular Sunday night Mass takes place this weekend on Feb. 20 in the upper level of the Campus Center starting at 8 p.m. ATHLETICS In the News Carroll College Athletic Director Bruce Parker (photo left) has been selected to serve on the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Executive Committee. He will be the representative for College Division District 7, which includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. The appointment is a four-year commitment beginning in June 2011, He recently completed a two-year term as the president of the NAIA Athletic Directors Association (ADA) for nearly 300 NAIA institutions and was appointed to serve on the NAIA National Administrative Council. He has also been appointed to the NAIA National Strategic Planning Council and to the NAIA National Marketing Committee. For more, read: http://helenair.com/sports/college/article_ebcb88ba-3994-11e0-bd20-001cc4c03286.html Upcoming Events Tonight, the Saints Athletic Association presents its Shindig Reverse Raffle 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 Home Schedule Saturday night (Feb. 19) basketball double-header in the PE Center: Saints women tip off at 6 and the men at 8, both versus MSU-Northern. Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news, photos and video at http://www.carrollathletics.com/index.aspx 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 (photo right), 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 22: 16th Annual Helena Area Career Fair, Carroll PE Center, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 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 (photo left) 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.