June 13, 2014
Sharing Our International Success
Carroll President Dr. Tom Evans was recently invited to present during the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference in San Diego, California.
The NAFSA annual conference brings together more than 9,500 professionals in the field of international education for five days of training workshops, educational sessions, networking opportunities and special events. It is the largest gathering of international educators in the world.
In addition to being the keynote speaker at the Japan Special Interest Group where he spoke on Japan/U.S. educational relationships and their importance, Dr. Evans also participated on a panel with the president of Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan, Dr. Shun Korenaga. The panel was on the creation of innovative and strong partnerships between two institutions in international education.
“It was an honor to have been asked to serve as the keynote presenter for the Japan special interest group and to sit alongside President Korenaga with our partner institution in Japan to share what we had accomplished together” said Dr. Evans. “For Carroll to be recognized at this caliber of an event as an innovative leader in international education having just been ranked as a top institution in the country for our international programming efforts by International Studies Abroad, was most gratifying.”
Hands On History
Carroll alumnus Mark Johnson (’98) was featured in the winter issue of the Carroll Magazine for his work uncovering Montana’s Chinese history through international collaboration. Johnson is a humanities teacher at the Concordia International School in Shanghai, China but as a Great Falls native, he enjoys traveling to Montana in the summers.
This summer, as he has done in the past, he is using the opportunity to engage his students in futher study of the Chinese experience in Montana. In an ongoing collaboration between his students at Concordia International School and the Montana Historical Society, they are continuing their work on a Chinese translation project through hands-on research.
Read more about their project in the Helena IR - In Their Own Words: Project Aims to Bring Stories of Chinese in Montana to Light .
Photo courtesy of Eliza Wiley, Helena IR
Oodles of Moodle
From July 9-11, Carroll College is hosting its fourth annual Mountain Moodle Moot conference on campus.
This event has become one of the premiere Moodle conferences in the U.S. This year’s conference has sold out with over 160 attendees from all across the U.S. (80% from out of state) traveling to Helena to come together to improve their application of the world’s leading open-source course management system.
The conference includes six tracks with over 35 conference sessions plus ten half-day trainings. Both national and international Moodle experts will be featured presenters.
For more on Moodle, go to www.mountainmoot.com or follow on Twitter @mtmoot.
Carroll Pride on Your Ride
If you currently have Carroll College license plates that are coming up for renewal, please take note.
Instead of providing a decal as they have in the past, the Montana Motor Vehicles Division has been issuing new plates and numbers upon renewal.
If you wish to keep your old plates with the CC and corresponding number, you will need to ask for “duplicate plates” upon renewal and pay an additional $15 duplicate plate fee to keep your existing plates.
For questions, contact your county treasurer motor vehicle office.
Faculty/Staff News
Recently Published
Professor Brian Matz recently published Patristics and Catholic Social Thought: Hermeneutical Models for a Dialogue. In the book, Dr. Matz argues that scholars and proponents of the modern Catholic social tradition can gain from the use of ancient texts for contemporary socioethical formation.
An overview of his book can be found here.Dr. Matz is an Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and the Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice. He is author and co-editor of a number of books, including Reading Patristic Texts on Social Ethics: Issues and Challenges for Twenty-First-Century Christian Social Thought.
Student News
A Talented Team
Photo courtesy of Jesse Padden
Carroll College Track and Field had 10 student-athletes named 2014 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
The student athletes honored included: Regan Bold, Ben Cutler, Teri Gent, Mallery Knoll, Kathleen Mulligan, Lyle Pocha, Hugh Pratt, Josh Seeberger, Carly Schwickert and Troy Solly.
In order to qualify, student athletes must be nominated by an institution’s head coach or sports information director, maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved junior academic status.

Carroll College’s outdoor track and field team wrapped up their spring season in May at the NAIA National Championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Eight Saints earned All-American status, led by the second-place finishers Rhianna Grossman and Easton Padden. For details, read the Helena IR story here.
Congratulations Saints on a strong and growing program!
Alumni News
Socializing with the Saints
Enjoy the long days and beautiful summer weather by joining your fellow Saints around the West for a variety of alumni get-togethers.
Check out the listing below for a gathering near you.
Spokane Alumni Gathering, June 19, 6 p.m., Manito Park Picnic Shelter, 1702 S. Grand Blvd., Spokane
Denver Alumni Gathering, June 24, 6-8 p.m. at the home of John & Paula McCarvel

Kalispell Alumni Gathering, July 13, 5-7 p.m., Foys Lake Community Center, 100 Foys Canyon Road, Kalispell
Portland Alumni Gathering, July 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m., McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., Portland
Seattle Alumni Gathering, July 29, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., Aubrey Davis Park Area A Picnic Shelter, 72nd Ave SE, Mercer Island
For more information and to rsvp for any of the events, please contact our Alumni Coordinator, Renee Wall at alumni@carroll.edu.
Gettin' Hitched
On May 18, 2014 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dan Lovin (’08) and Caitlin Courchaine (’08) were married. Both graduated with degrees in Business Administration with Dan’s concentration in Management and Caitlin’s in Economics. Congratulations Dan & Caitlin!
Jacob Harrison (’11) and Tiffany Paull are proud to announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Tiffany graduated Montana State University in 2012 and is now an elementary teacher in Kalispell. Jacob graduated from Carroll in 2011 and is the Catholic youth rural outreach coordinator for the Flathead Valley. The couple will be married July 12 in Bigfork.
Career Moves
Rosemary (Rosie) Garvey (’71) is retiring after serving 43 years at the Ramsay School in Ramsay, Montana just outside Anaconda.
Garvey began teaching at Ramsay in 1971 after graduating from Carroll College with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught Ramsay students for the first 16 years and then was hired as the principal in 1987.
For 43 years, Ramsay School has been Rosie's sole employer.
Read more about her long and dedicated career at Ramsay in the Montana Standard.
Photo courtesy of Renata Birkenbuel, The Montana Standard
IN MEMORIAM
Beloved daughter, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt, Carol Denise Anderson ('60), passed away at her home on Tuesday, June 3, 2014.Carol was born in Kalispell on May 21, 1939.
Carol attended Carroll College and received her registered nursing degree in 1960. Carol worked many different jobs in her nursing career including the Anaconda Job Corps, Community Hospital of Anaconda, St. James Hospital in Butte, Montana State Hospital at Warm Springs and Community Medical Center and St. Patrick Hospital, both in Missoula. Carol also spent several years as a traveling nurse, living in Kennewick, Washington.
Upon her return to Missoula, she bought a five-bedroom house in order to have room for her children and grandchildren. A passion of Carol’s was watching boxing. She attended boxing tournaments with her children as they grew up, all of them boxing, and in later years always looked forward to boxing events and watched them every chance she got.
Read more on her life here.
Barbara Coleman Bacon ('72) passed away on May 25, 2014. She was born Dec. 5, 1914 in Appleton, Wisconsin.
In 1968, Barbara and her husband Ernest moved to Helena. Ernest then taught business law and accounting at Carroll College. Barbara earned a B.A. degree at Carroll in 1972.
Barbara’s interest in art inspired her activities in painting, pottery and stained glass. Barbara also loved fishing, rock collecting and outdoor activities of all kinds. Barbara continued her artistry throughout most of her life and also tutored reading to children in Helena’s HOST program, played piano for residents at various nursing homes in Helena, loved playing bridge and gin rummy with friends and family and frequently entertained staff and residents at the Touchmark Assisted living with her piano and singing skills.
Read more on her life here.
Donald Allen Genty (’57), BA, MBA, CPA, 85, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2014. Don was born in Bozeman, on May 4, 1929.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carroll College in 1957, and a master’s degree from the University of Denver in 1961. Don worked for 21 years at CSU-Pueblo in various finance, accounting and administrative roles, retiring in 1991.
Don’s passion for sports was second only to his passion for family. Family always came first. He had the highest of values, unwavering integrity and was a genuine role model and true gentleman. He and Joyce enjoyed traveling, seeing the U.S. and other parts of the world. His children and grandchildren loved sitting around the dinner table listening to him tell stories of his childhood and life.
Read more on his life here.
Margaret Keating, ('49), passed away on May 28, 2014, in Boulder, having lived a productive, caring life. Margaret was born in Helena and grew up in East Helena. She graduated from Helena High School, St. James Hospital School of Nursing, and completed her nursing education at Carroll College. Margaret met and married Phil Keating in Helena. They shared 45 years together and lived in Boulder while raising their family of three children.
Margaret was a passionate registered nurse who devoted 40 years of professional expertise to meeting the needs of others. She was the director of Nursing Services at Montana Developmental Center, formerly known as Boulder River School and Hospital, for most of her career.
Maintaining strong family bonds was a priority to Margaret. Margaret loved celebrating every holiday and making family birthdays memorable occasions. She was an exceptionalcook and lovingly prepared special foods for countless family gatherings.
Read more on her life here.
With his mom and dad at his side, Father Stuart Long (’86), passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, June 9, 2014, at the Big Sky Care Center, where he had resided and ministered since 2010.
Stu grew into a big young man, proud of the powerful physique he developed while wrestling and playing football for the Bruins. He moved on to Carroll College, playing Saints football for two years and developing a passion for boxing, in which he excelled. He graduated from Carroll in 1986 with a degree in English literature and writing.
Stu was ordained a priest by Bishop Thomas on Dec. 14, 2007, at the Cathedral of St. Helena, along with his good friend Father Bart Tolleson. While a seminarian at Mount Angel, he was diagnosed with inclusion body myositis, an extremely rare autoimmune disease that mimics the symptoms of ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and for which there is no cure.
In 2010, the diocese brought him home to Helena, where Father Stu took up a new life and ministry at Big Sky Care Center. Father Stu spread his love throughout Helena’s parishes. He celebrated Mass regularly at St. Mary’s and Big Sky Care Center, as well as traveling wherever asked to perform the duties of his calling.
He taught by example, willingly accepting the pain and weakness each day brought; Stu said it was the best thing that ever happened to him, because it allowed him to shed the pride he had felt for most of his life. Father Stu will be missed, but his legacy of love and selflessness lives on in the hearts and minds of all he served.
Read more on his life here.
Janet Myren ('90), of Helena, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2014, at her home. Janet was born on Aug. 10, 1944 in Mobridge, South Dakota.
In 1963, she moved to Helena to work for the state of Montana. While working full time, Janet took night classes at Carroll College, and in 1990, she received a BA in accounting. She continued working for the state of Montana until retiring in 2010.
Janet was an active member of her church until her illness. For many years she sang in the church choir, taught Sunday school and volunteered to work in the church library each Sunday. She enjoyed helping others, learning, reading, music, traveling, cooking and spending fun times with her family. Trips to Helena were always filled with a variety of fun and unique activities.
Read more on her life here.
Upcoming Events
Carroll Alumni Golf Scramble at Old Works Golf Club, June 28, 
Anaconda
If you are interested in playing contact Matt Munding at mattmunding@gmail.com.
Alumni Summer Picnics (see article in Alumni News for details):
June 19: Spokane
June 24: Denver
July 13: Kalispell
July 28: Portland
July 29: Seattle
Mountain Moodle Moot, July 9-11, Carroll College
Carroll College is hosting its fourth annual Mountain Moodle Moot conference on campus. (See article above for details.)
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