BLUE COATS AND SAPPHIRE
Carroll freshman Sapphire Carter (right), a Gates Millennium Scholar, will be presenting two of her tribal dance traditions during a free, public event at Carroll this Saturday (Jan. 26.), in the lower level of the Campus Center starting at 7 p.m. Carter will lead a traditional Round Dance, with music provided by the Blue Coats drum group from her home on the Rocky Boy Reservation. The Round Dance will be followed by an Owl Dance. With guidance from Carter and a tribal member of the Rocky Boy Reservation, the public will be invited to watch, learn and then join in both dances.
“The Cree originated the Round Dance,” says Carter, who is Cree and Ojibwe. “It has become popular in Indian Country among many other tribes and is performed at many pow wows.” In the past, the Round Dance was traditionally used as a memorial for people who had died, complete with music to set the mood. Today, Carter explains, the dance has become more of a celebratory and festive occasion. Now, instead of mourning songs, Round Dance music has evolved into more humorous and frolicking fare, including love songs, all set to a drum’s steady rhythmic beat, Carter explains. The appeal of the dance, Carter says, is its inclusiveness, with a group dance format and shuffling footsteps that anyone can do. According to tradition, the Round Dance is for whole families, not just couples.
At the Jan. 26 event, Carter and an emcee from Rocky Boy and members of her family will demonstrate the dance then ask the audience to join the fun. The same participation will apply to the Owl Dance, which is similar to two-step or swing. The “hoot” about the Owl Dance is the Sadie Hawkins-style tradition of the woman asking the man to dance, and the consequences for a refusal. “If the man says no, he has to pay her something or give her something,” Carter says. The price for refusal is often five dollars or a hair barrette or similar sort of trinket.
Carroll’s Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice is sponsoring this event.
STUDENT NEWS
Events
Also this Saturday, Jan. 26, is Carroll Student Activities’ Game Night in the lower level of the Campus Center's Student Activities Room starting at 7 p.m.
Jobs
On February 19, the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation will be recruiting Carroll students for a wide variety of summer jobs in historic Medora, ND. Recruiter Tyrel Brown, class of 2011, will be in the Campus Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to offer details and applications for jobs ranging from caterer and bartender to all sorts of golf and entertainment workers and other hospitality help.
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
Fitness
Only two more days left to get in on free fitness opps: Five Helena fitness clubs (the YMCA, Fuel Fitness, Capital City Health Club, Broadwater Athletic Club and Crossroads Sports and Fitness) are giving Carroll students, faculty and staff a weeklong free trial ending this coming Sunday night, Jan. 27. If you want to continue on at a club after the trial week, they’ll be happy to discuss memberships with deep Carroll discounts. These free days for fitness are courtesy of the five clubs in partnership with Carroll’s Health and Wellness Committee.
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Alumni, parents, and friends of Carroll are invited to attend these fabulous mid-winter Carroll gatherings:
Seattle on Sunday, Jan. 27: Meet new Carroll President Dr. Tom Evans at Anthony’s HomePort Shilshole at noon
Portland on Tuesday, Jan. 29: Portland City Grill at 6 p.m.
Spokane on Sunday, Feb. 10: Davenport Hotel 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, 2013.
Homecoming: Save the date—Homecoming 2013 is September 13-15!
To RSVP and for more details about these and other upcoming alumni events, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni
In the News
Jason Veltkamp (left), class of 1996, has been named North Carolina State head strength and conditioning coach for the football program. Veltkamp has spent the last five seasons as the head strength and conditioning coach at Arkansas. With the selection of four Arkansas Razorback players in the 2012 NFL draft, Veltkamp has now worked with 47 NFL draft picks in his career. He has also coached at Louisville, Utah and Utah State during his career. Prior to arriving at Arkansas in 2008, Veltkamp spent the previous four years (2004-07) as the head strength and conditioning coach for football at Louisville. During his three years with that program, the Cardinals earned trips to the Liberty, Gator and Orange bowls. From 2001-03, the Bozeman, Mont., native was the director of strength and conditioning at the University of Utah. He began his career in 1995 as a student assistant and volunteer coach working with the offensive line at Carroll College. More on his career is at: http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121812aaa.html
Carly Culver, class of 2012, is engaged to marry Will Wright, class of 2013. The engagement took place in January 2012 following a storybook proposal in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in Disneyland. Carly is currently employed as a registered nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital. This May, Will graduates from Carroll. The June 2013 wedding will take place in Helena. (Couple in photo right)
In Memoriam
Dr. Kenneth C. Conroy (left), class of 1950, recently of the Illinois Veteran’s Home in Quincy, died on Jan. 16, 2013, at the Veteran’s Home. After graduating with his history degree from Carroll, Dr. Conroy taught high school in Lodge Grass, Mont. In 1951, he was drafted into the Army and served with the 99th Engineering Topographic Battalion at the Presidio in San Francisco during the Korean Conflict. Following his term of service, Dr. Conroy taught and coached in Buffalo, Mont., for four years while also pursuing a master’s degree in English at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. He entered a doctoral program in medieval literature at the University of Washington, Seattle, completing his PhD in 1964. Subsequent positions included professor of English at the University of Arizona, Tucson (1964-1968), and professor of English, chair of the English department, and provost at the University of West Florida, Pensacola (1968-1975). In 1975, Dr. Conroy became academic dean at Quincy University, a position he retained until his retirement in 1992. For more on his life, read: http://www.dukerandhaugh.com/services/january-2013/dr-kenneth-c-conroy
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Dr. Mark Parker (right), Carroll’s associate dean of academic affairs, will be leaving Carroll and embarking on new adventures at the end of this academic year so he can begin, effective July 1, his new post as associate dean of undergraduate affairs in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. His wife, Carroll associate professor of mathematics and published author Dr. Holly Zullo (left), will be joining him in Salt Lake with their daughter—more news soon on which of Dr. Zullo's teaching job offers she will choose. While wishing them the best, the college is saddened to lose two exceedingly professional, multi-talented, and much cherished faculty and administration members.
Carroll’s Registrar Cathy Day has agreed to serve as the associate dean of academic affairs beginning July 1. Day served as our associate dean during the 2010-2011 academic year, so she brings experience as well as a stellar record as registrar. Prior to joining Carroll, Cathy served at the University of Great Falls as vice president for Enrollment and Student Services.
Kevin Hadduck, Carroll’s new director of the Academic Resource Center, is a published poet and recently announced that his poem What I Meant was recently published in the fall 2012 edition of the journal Spiritus on page 295.
Professor Belle Marie of Carroll’s Business Department was awarded ABD (all but dissertation) status after completing all coursework and comprehensive exams in the Doctor of Business Administration program at George Fox University. George Fox University’s unique approach combines expertise in business with ethical and spiritual foundations. Professor Marie has begun working on her dissertation related to understanding the intersection of consumer behavior and financial knowledge.
On Friday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m., Carroll adjunct professor of photography Jeff Van Tine and Helena photographer Kurt Keller will give a lecture at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena: “The Making of a Master: the Life, Influences & Works of Ansel Adams.” Both Van Tine and Keller were personally inspired by Adams’ work. They will speak about his development as an artist and introduce his many interests, influences and now-famous apprentices. For more, read: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/ansel-adams-photography-exhibit-and-programs-at-holter-museum-of/article_434e01c8-5fa7-11e2-9f6b-001a4bcf887a.html
MINISTRY AND JUSTICE
Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice
The next Soup and Substance gathering will occur on Thursday, January 31, in room 130 of Borromeo Hall from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Over a simple meal, participants will discuss “Broke in the Burbs: America’s New Poverty Problem.” RSVP by joining the event on the Hunthausen Center Facebook page or e-mailing Kelly Meros at kmeros@carroll.edu. Admission is free.
Three student workers in the Hunthausen Center, Logan McLean, Kelly Meros and Ali Dowling, have announced that their proposal to strengthen interfaith programming at Carroll was accepted by the Clinton Global Initiative. They will be attending CGI this April.
See more about the Hunthausen Center’s offerings at: https://www.facebook.com/#!/HunthausenCenter or follow it on Twitter (@HunthausenCtr).
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 Catholic Church (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.
Sunday Mass is at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center. 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
The Fighting Saints Football Banquet is 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. Tickets are $35 per person or $60 per couple, with limited seating. RSVP by January 25 at 406-447-4480 or at jbingham@carroll.edu
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.
All teams are away this weekend.
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 3: Carroll student Superbowl Party, 4 p.m. in the upper level of the Campus Center.
February 9: Carroll Campus Ministry Headlights annual spaghetti dinner at St. Mary's Catholic Community in Helena, 4:30 to 8 p.m. Admission by donation.
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. This play follows life on the ledge: a man about to commit suicide from seven stories up is interrupted by a series of people opening windows on either side of him. The neighbors call on him to act as confidant and arbitrator in their domestic concerns, ignoring both the psychological and physical danger his position would seem to suggest.
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: 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 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 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.
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 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.
May 2: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert in the Carroll Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free.
May 11: Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement