HARLEM IN HELENA
Just eight days from today, the eighth annual Symphony Under the Stars returns to Carroll with The Music of the Harlem Renaissance: Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, and more! The Saturday, July 16, concert begins at 8:30 p.m. on its traditional stomping grounds, the Guadalupe hill and lawn. Considered the largest summer event in Montana, the much anticipated Symphony Under the Stars attracts over 15,000 people to campus for music and the state's most spectacular fireworks display. This event is tobacco-free with the assistance of the Lewis and Clark County Tobacco Use Prevention Program. The concert features music from the 1920s-1930s when genius American composers and performers Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Willie "the Lion" Smith and Fats Waller inspired a new form of music and, with it, dances like swing and the Charleston. The Helena Symphony Orchestra and internationally-noted mezzo soprano Barbara Rearick will perform popular works of the era, and 80-members of the Helena Symphony Orchestra will present Ellington's masterpiece Black, Brown and Beige, which he composed for his debut at Carnegie Hall as the first African American to perform a major concert there. Helena artist and renowned children's book illustrator Constance R. Bergum has created the artwork for the event's limited edition art poster. Posters will be on sale at the concert and afterwards at the Helena Symphony office. Prior to the concert, the Helena Music Teachers Association will be offering their popular Instrument Petting Zoo from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on the site. Children and adults of all ages are invited to visit the tent located near the stage to experiment with various musical instruments. Local vendors will be selling food and beverages. Admission is free and reserved seating is available for $25 each through the Helena Symphony box office at www.helenasymphony.org or by calling, 406-442-1860, or by visiting the box office at 48 Hibbard Way in downtown Helena Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. RENAISSANCE RULES For the July 16 Harlem Renaissance concert, the Guadalupe lawn area will be open on concert morning for audience members to drop off lawn chairs and blankets. Pets, plastic tarps, paint, or stakes in the ground are strictly prohibited on the lawn and will be removed. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring canned goods to hold down blankets, and then donate the canned goods that same evening to Helena Food Share, which will have drop boxes on the concert grounds. Last year, over two tons of canned goods were collected, making the symphony one of the largest single food collections for the local food pantry. Read more about the fun to come at: http://missoulian.com/entertainment/music/article_880e070e-9e6f-11e0-a1f9-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1RR19DB8d THE BIG THROW DOWN This weekend brings us the much-awaited SAVE Plastics Recycling Drive at the YMCA parking lot just east of Carroll's campus. The drive starts today, July 8, and goes through Monday, July 11, with the helpful SAVE volunteers on staff to help from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Items collected at the event include Type 1 beverage containers (water and soda bottles), Type 1 clear clam shell trays (heavier duty, less "crackly," trays that often contain fruit, but not those that contain cookies), Type 2 natural color (standard milk jugs, distilled water containers), and Type 2 color plastics (orange juice containers, white milk jugs, detergent bottles). No motor oil containers; cooking oil containers must be thoroughly rinsed beforehand. SAVE will also be collecting donations of aluminum cans at this event. These recycling events are huge: last year, SAVE and its community partners recycled 38,000 pounds of electronics at the Erase Your E-Waste drive and 100,000 pounds of plastics in addition to collecting over 200,000 pounds of recycling through collections from schools, businesses and other Helena institutions. SAVE was the recycling presence at big public gatherings, like the National Folk Festival in Butte, Rockin' the Rivers in Three Forks, Race for the Cure and countless Helena gatherings. RECYCLERS UNDER THE ROTUNDA Aside from its active recycling efforts, SAVE, which was launched at Carroll College, has political triumphs to report. During the Montana legislative session this past winter and spring, SAVE successfully advanced two proactive pieces of conservation legislation this year. House Bill 594 will ensure that future road construction plans play a role in helping communities meet recycling challenges for glass, tires, asphalt and concrete-heavy materials that are best used locally. Senate Bill 265 advances SAVE's longstanding work to establish gray water systems in Montana to reuse wash water in houses and businesses. This bill established a tax deduction for gray water systems in new residential construction, helping homeowners and builders make the upfront investment in water conservation for the lifetime of the structure. GOING LIGHTLESS: BRIGHT IDEA Carroll's Dining Services provider Sodexo reports that this summer's initiative to go lightless in campus dining has yielded outstanding results. The college saves $31 an hour by not running any lights in the Campus Center's St. Thomas Aquinas Dining Hall. The move has been well-received by our diners, and the resulting 12-14 hours of lightless mealtimes during our high-sun, long Montana summer days translates to savings of up to $372 per day, or $11,168 per month. Beyond bucks, we're also reducing our carbon footprint, which benefits everyone on Earth. In more Sodexo news, demolition has started on the Riley Room on the south side of the Campus Center Main Lounge to prepare for the installation of the award-winning Jazzman's Café and Bakery-the new Sodexo coffee shop at Carroll. Jazzman's will offer a kiosk inset in the former Riley Room with 100% sustainably-sourced coffee, with a to-go menu for panini sandwiches, soups and garden salads. Meanwhile, the Campus Center's existing coffee/sandwich shop will be transformed into a made-to-order sandwich shop, Subconnection, offering subs, sandwiches, wraps, salads, fresh-baked cookies and more. ALUMNI NEWS Events Carroll alumni, parents, friends and students are invited to join the party at these summer picnics at a city near you! RSVP for these and other alumni events by contacting Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez by email at kramirez -is-at- carroll -dot- edu, or by calling 406-447-5185 or calling/texting 406-461-3214. Thursday, July 14 - Kalispell, 6-8 p.m. at Lawrence Park Picnic Shelter. Please bring a salad or dessert to share. Wednesday, July 20 - Spokane, 6-8 p.m. at Manito Park Picnic Shelter (located near 18th and Grand). Please bring a salad or dessert to share. Friday, July 22 - Boise, Night at the Ballpark, Hawks Nest picnic area, with picnic at 6:15 and Boise Hawks vs. Yakima Bears game at 7:15. $25 per person includes dinner, pre-game drinks, game ticket, plus post-game fireworks. Wednesday, July 27 - Billings, 6-8 p.m. at Rose Park. Please bring a salad or dessert to share. Sunday, July 31 - Seattle, Seattle Mariners vs. Tampa Bay Rays game at SAFECO Field - Lookout Landing (300 Level), with picnic 11 a.m to 1 p.m. and game at 1:10. $30 per person includes pre-game picnic and game ticket. Monday, August 1 - Portland, Summer picnic, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mt. Tabor Park picnic site A (near the amphitheater) SE 60th & Salmon St. in Portland. Please bring a dessert or fruit to share. In the News Gerald McGowan, M.D., (photo right) class of 1959, was recently honored for his work alleviating the physician shortage in northwest Iowa through a program to train medical students and family medicine residents. In June, he received the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award for Service from the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. McGowan, who earned his UI medical degree in 1963, has spent most of his career trying to increase access to healthcare for residents of small towns. In 1975, while building his own practice in family medicine, McGowan led the Sioux City, Iowa, medical and hospital community in establishing the Siouxland Medical Education Foundation. The foundation partnered with the University of Iowa to provide clinical training for medical students and other allied health professional students and launched a family practice residency program in northwest Iowa. Today the foundation serves as one of the UI Carver College of Medicine's six Regional Medical Education Centers supporting rotations for medical students and residents, pharmacy students and residents, and students in the physician assistant program while providing a critical source of healthcare to over 15,000 families each year. In the 36 years since its inception, the residency program has graduated over 200 family physician residents and 13 pharmacy residents. Nearly 70 percent of these graduates have remained to practice in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Mike Mahoney (photo left), class of 1977, recently announced his retirement from his post as the warden of the Montana State Prison and his new hiring as assistant warden at a private prison in Shelby. His retirement concludes his 31 years with the state, including 28 years in corrections. Mahoney became State Prison warden in October 1995 and will assume his new post in September at Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, the state's only operating private prison. For more, read: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_a8c046a0-a74e-11e0-8b94-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1RRHYQmEu John McCarvel (photo right), class of 1979, the chief executive officer and president of Crocs, Inc., was recently awarded the Stevie Award for turnaround executive of the year at the 2011 American Business Awards, held on Monday, June 20. McCarvel was honored for his role in leading Crocs' turnaround strategy over the past year, which helped the company return to profitable growth and become one of the best-performing stocks of 2010. The company will have a billion dollars in sales this year, and McCarvel plans to have sales of two billion by 2016 for the company, headquartered in Denver. His son Daniel will be a freshman at Carroll this fall. For more on this success story, read: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Crocs-CEO-John-McCarvel-bw-3611334950.html?x=0&.v=1 On Monday, July 18, Bobby Petrino (photo left), class of 1984, and members of his coaching staff at the University of Arkansas will participate in the Legends Celebrity Golf Classic sponsored by the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, then will be honored in the evening at the main event, "Talking Football with Bobby Petrino," at Chenal Country Club in west Little Rock. The night will include a tribute to Petrino for his contributions to college football, and he will offer an exciting preview of the upcoming Razorback season. For more, read: http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/163956/189/Bobby-Petrino-staff-coming-to-LR-for-Sports-Hall-of-Fame Helena restaurant Bert and Ernie's just celebrated its 37th anniversary, with owner Toby DeWolf, class of 1987, marking the date by hosting Concert for a Cause to benefit St. Peter's Cancer Treatment Center. For more, read: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/news/helena/7644-bert-and-ernie-s-celebrates-37-years-in-business.html Matt Laughlin M.A., L.P.C., (photo right) class of 1998, recently published a tribute to the late and beloved Carroll Psychology Professor Emeritus John Downs. The story, "Why I loved John Downs and the Importance of Heroes," is online at Laughlin's Boulder, Colo., Spiritus Counseling office website: http://www.spirituscounseling.com/john-downs-and-the-importance-of-heroes.html Christine Simonich, class of 2000, has joined the Cooperative Health Center in Helena as an outreach worker in the HealthCare for the Homeless Program at God's Love. She has 18 years of experience in various social services and also owns and will continue to operate Simonich Knives LLC. Kyle Cicero (photo left), class of 2006, has earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy from Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences in Rochester, Minn., and has returned to Helena to work at Heuiser Physical Therapy. Kate Gillette-Godinez, class of 2007, after graduating from Loyola University-Chicago with a master's in social work, began a new job recently as grant writer and special projects coordinator for the Florence Crittenton Home in Helena. Patrick Sheehy, class of 2007, is engaged to marry Leah Kelsch on October 1, 2011, in Spokane. Patrick is a civil engineer with Pioneer Technical Services in Helena, and Leah is an R.N. at St. Peter's Hospital. (Couple in photo right) Garret Garrels, class of 2009, is representing the Helena Toastmasters at the International Speech Contest this August in Las Vegas. This is the highest level of Toastmasters competition, screening 30,000 competitors from 113 countries, with Garrels one of the final 82 to make the cut for the Vegas performance. For more on the garrulous Garrels, see: http://www.krtv.com/news/helena-man-headed-to-toastmasters-contest-in-las-vegas/ Ian James Lyon, class of 2011, and Caitlin Joy Carroll, class of 2010, are engaged to marry on July 16, 2011, at the Mountain Meadow Inn in Helena. He is an electronics engineer for Montana Department of Justice, Gambling Control Division, while she is a patient care coordinator for Comprehensive Hearing Services. Betty Morrison, class of 2011, married Tanner Franklin on April 29, 2011, and reports that they purchased their home two days after her May graduation day. Betty has now obtained her dream job as outreach coordinator and ombudsman with the Rocky Mountain Development Council, Area Agency on Aging. In Memoriam Helena native Margaret Ann Felstet (photo right), class of 1967, died on June 21, 2011. Margaret's career as an elementary school teacher began in East Helena, where she continued to teach until her retirement in 1997. Along with her public school teaching, she also taught faith formation off and on for 30 years. For more on her life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/article_8bd54df4-9e2c-11e0-85a0-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1RR78PCoF FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Carroll Presidents Liaison Lynn (Jimmerson) Maciver, class of 1995, and husband Angus welcomed their third son, Duncan Ryan Maciver, on the Fourth of July, 2011. Assistant Professor of History Jeanette Fregulia reports that the chapter she co-wrote has been published in a new book, Drawing a Line in the Sea: The Gaza Flotilla Incident and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, to be released August 28, 2011. The chapter was the result of her academic fellowship in Israel last summer (May/June 2010). Maria Ochoa, the residence hall director/student life coordinator assistant for the University of Great Falls, has been hired as the Carroll assistant director of Community Living/Guadalupe Hall. Maria has been working in student housing for the past three years at UGF. A native of the Pittsburgh, Penn., area, she earned her bachelor's degree in journalism with minors in theatre and history from Point Park University and brings a strong background in community service that includes her work as an event planner for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Carroll's newly hired assistant professor of biology, Stefanie Otto (bride in photo right), married David Hitt on May 29, 2011. She earned her bachelor's in biochemistry in 2001 and a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2007 from the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Most recently, she has done post doctoral research in neuroscience at the University of California-San Diego. The couple will soon reside in Avon, Montana, with Otto beginning teaching at Carroll this fall. CAMPUS MINISTRY Fr. Jerry Lowney celebrates weekday Masses at noon in St. Joseph's Chapel, Borromeo Hall. As usual, all are welcome. ATHLETICS The huge news this past week: Rachelle Sayers (photo left), associate head coach for women's basketball at Weber State University, has been hired as the new Carroll women's basketball head coach. Sayers has been involved with coaching at her NCAA Division I alma mater for the past fifteen years, which include ten straight years of Big Sky Tournament appearances and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament. She is a Montana native hailing from Absarokee and earned her bachelor's degree in English and physical education/coaching from Weber State University and her MBA from Regis University. Rachelle and her husband Keith are in the process of getting settled in Helena with their four children. For more, read: http://helenair.com/sports/college/article_dfe1e1cc-a215-11e0-80a0-001cc4c002e0.html To get the latest update on the new coach hitting the ground running, see the KTVH news story at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/sports/sports-helena/7786-new-carroll-women-s-basketball-coach-hits-ground-running.html Carroll Athletics complete coverage is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/index.cc COMING EVENTS Ongoing: Carroll Fine Arts Professor Ralph Esposito presents a new exhibit, Sixty Pieces, featuring his original ceramic art, displayed in celebration of the Archie Bray's 60th anniversary, in the Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall room 034). The exhibit is free and open to the public-call 447-4302 to visit the gallery. Sixty Pieces will remain on display until August 5. July 24-30: The 27th annual Carroll College Gifted Institute in-residence program for gifted students entering 5th through 9th grades. July 27-29: Ballet Montana, in-residence at Carroll, presents its 17th summer season with The Inquisition of Don Miguel and Cuarteto Romantico. At the Myrna Loy Center in Helena, 8 p.m. August 22-September 30: The Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) begins its 2011-2012 exhibit season with works by Corita Kent, a member of the Immaculate Heart Community. This exhibit made possible by the support of the Myrna Loy Grants to Artists Program. More info is at: https://www.corita.org/ October: Carroll Theatre Dept. presents The Women of Lockerbie, a contemporary drama by Deborah Brevoort directed by Carroll Theatre alumna Julia Porter (class of 2005), in the Carroll Theatre. October 14-17: Homecoming October 17-December 4: The Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) continues its exhibit series with paintings by religion scholar Lisa Sweet. More info is at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/s/sweetl/ November: Carroll Theatre Dept. presents: A Little Night Music a musical with book by Hugh Wheeler, music/lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on Ingmar Bergman's film and co-produced with the Helena Theatre Company, directed by Carroll Director of Improv Michael McNeilly. At Myrna Loy Center in Helena. December 2: Carroll Jazz Combo Fall Concert in the Carroll Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.