March 18, 2011 QuickNotes

CLOVER WITH A CAUSE St. Paddy's Day festivities are far from over, with tonight (Friday, March 18) bringing us the second annual Shamrock Soiree, a fundraiser for Engineers Without Borders - USA Carroll College Student Chapter. From 7:30 p.m. to midnight in the Great Northern Ballroom (across the highway from the Carroll campus), partake of hors d'oeuvres, live and silent auctions, a cash bar, entertainment by the Irish Thistle Pipe Band and dancing to music by Associate Professor of Mathematics Jack Oberweiser's band Triplecross. Purchase tickets at the door for $25. Shamrock Soiree sponsors include Morrison-Maierle, Inc., Morrison-Maierle Systems Corporation, Tetra Tech Inc, Robert Peccia and Associates and Great West Engineering. The proceeds from ticket purchases will go entirely to support the EWB-USA Carroll College Student Chapter and its projects in Mexico and Guatemala. Over the past month, the Carroll EWB-USA teams have updated their ongoing water treatment and irrigation project at the Santa Maria del Mexicano Orphanage in Mexico, while another team performed more work at the Diocese of Helena Mission in Guatemala, where a system to clean up the water, a seismic study of buildings and fencing installation are all underway. Most recently, the Mexico EWB team installed a mile-long irrigation pipeline to improve agricultural operations. Donations from EWB student members, their professional engineer mentors, and Carroll faculty, as well as ticket purchases for the Shamrock Soiree, cover the travel costs that allow Carroll's teams to continue their good work. Literally hundreds of children and villagers have seen their health improve thanks to EWB-USA Carroll College Student Chapter, with more service journeys planned in the coming months. WATERSHED EVENT Water is also at the forefront of another event this evening (Friday March 18) as Dr. Doreen Kutufam of Carroll's Broadcast Journalism Program co-hosts 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 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 (children 12 and under admitted free) and available at the door. Dr. Kutufam has been on the board of Compassion Tanzania for two years and tells QNs that this local Helena nonprofit spends every dime it receives on drilling water wells in dry, remote areas of Tanzania, where the children walk many miles for hours a day just for a scoop of dirty water for their families to use. Successful well drilling not only brings fresh, clean water right to the villages but also allows the children to spend time in school instead of hauling water all day. No village that applies to Compassion Tanzania is ever turned down. If you can't attend tonight's concert fundraiser, Compassion Tanzania will be on campus to celebrate World Water Day next Tuesday, March 22, with 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 commentary by Carroll Natural Science Professors Sam Alvey and Kyle Strode, both Peace Corps veterans who served in Africa, and Dr. Kutufam. They 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 and support its work by purchasing lovely Tanzanian crafts and jewelry. FROM ONE CRISIS TO THE NEXT Next Thursday, March 24, the Carroll Business Department Lecture Series, sponsored through the generous support of First Interstate Bank, continues with "Whac-a-Mole: From One Crisis to the Next" with guest speaker William T. Northey, CFA, managing director and senior portfolio manager of U.S. Bank Asset Management Group. Free and open to the public, Northey's talk begins at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. His talk will cover the current state of the financial markets, with a discussion of asset bubbles that have continued to cause financial crises. Northey joined U.S. Bank as a portfolio manager in 2000 and oversees the Asset Management Group in community bank markets in Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Prior to joining U.S. Bank, he was an investment analyst with the Montana Board of Investments, a public pension fund. Northey received a B.S. in finance and accounting as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Montana. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute.   LIFE DANCER Sallyann Mulcahy, Carroll artist in residence and the director of Ballet Montana and Ballet Montana Academy, also in residence at Carroll, is offering for the first time an adult ballet class open to men and women of all ages. Classes take place each Monday from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. in the Arthur Vining Davis Dance Studio downstairs in the Campus Center. Ballet training prepares you for a healthy, beautifully lived life, with poise, grace, balance, refinement and wellness. Ballet is exercise that offers fitness and skills that translate to almost every other activity, from running a race to standing in line, from hiking a hill to climbing the stairs, from walking to waltzing. And, it's open to people of all ages and body types. Classes began this past Monday, and newcomers are very welcome. The cost is $15 per class or $140 for a 10-class card. For more information, contact Mulcahy at 447-5508 or email   thelifedancer -is-at- gmail -dot- com I'M DIGGIN' IT The annual Carroll summer archaeological field school will be offered again this May, with hands-on archaeological research and excavations led by Dr. Lauri Travis at a site in the Helena National Forest, which provided a grant to support the research and dig. The all-day field school will occur during Carroll's first summer session, May 11-25, and will be offered for 4 credits. Students will be excavating a small rock shelter with several pictographs and at least three cultural layers that are 2,000-3,000 years old. According to Travis, students in last year's field school tested this site and found several cooking hearths, stone tools and lots of bone. This May's field school will open up the site, which is expected to reveal plentiful new information on Montana's residents from ancient times. Dr. Travis earned her master's from Colorado State University and her Ph.D. from the University of Utah. An archaeologist for nearly 30 years, she has led digs throughout the West and in Europe and headed summer archaeological field schools for Colorado State University, Utah State University and Carroll College. Travis specializes in the archaeology of the Intermountain West, prehistoric subsistence and behavioral ecology. To enroll, contact the Registrar's Office or sign up online via the Carroll Academics website: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/schedule/summer.php?listby=an STUDENT NEWS Awards The Father Butko Awards in Freshman Writing, recognizing top-quality student essays, are available to all students enrolled in ENWR 101/ENWR 102 during the 2010-2011 academic year. Up to five winners will receive scholarships, valued at $250 each, based on essays submitted (along with a completed submission form) to the Academic Dean's Office in O'Connell Hall. The deadline is 4 p.m. Monday, March 28. Winners will be notified by the Department of Languages and Literature and recognized at the Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 27. For more information, contact Joan Stottlemyer, the director of Carroll's Academic Resource Center, at jstottle -is-at- carroll -dot- edu  Events Tonight (Friday, March 18) Dan Hunthausen and the Travelin' Dogs will headline a concert from 9 to 11 p.m. in the upper level of the Campus Center. This is but one cool hotspot in this evening's "A Night on Us" with free fun including:  Twister, Sumo wrestling and inflatable fun at 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the PE Center  Open swim in the PE Center pool at 7:30-9:30 p.m.  Open bouldering cave climbing from 7 to 11 p.m. in the Bouldering Cave on the fourth floor of St. Charles Hall  Improv Night with the Carroll Masquers of Improv 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Trinity Hall Lounge Minute to Win It games from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the PE Center gym  Movie screening of Almost Heroes at 9:30 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre, with free popcorn  Nacho Bar, Karaoke and Board Game Extravaganza from 10:30 to midnight in Guadalupe Hall Lounge  Capture the Flag at midnight in the upper level of the Campus Center ALUMNI NEWS Events For all alumni events listed below, and there are plenty nationwide, please RSVP to Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni -is-at- carroll -dot- edu or call/text her at 406-461-3214: SEATTLE/TACOMA: Thursday, March 24, gathering for alumni, parents, friends and families at 6-8 p.m. at the Adriatic Grill, 4201 South Steele St., Tacoma, with cost $20/person for dinner and no-host bar SEATTLE/TACOMA: Friday, March 26, gathering for alumni, parents, friends and families at 1-3 p.m. at F.X. McRory's, 419 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle, with cost $15/person for lunch and no-host bar  Golden Grad Reunion: Classes of 1951 and 1961 as special honored guests during Carroll Commencement on May 6-7  Homecoming 2011: October 14-17-stay tuned for more details!  For a complete schedule of Alumni events, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni/reunion/index.cc  Awards Carroll is now accepting nominations for the following awards: The Young Alumni Award, presented at Homecoming and honoring graduates from the past 10 years who best exemplify Carroll's tradition of service, academic excellence/career advancement and meaningful stewardship. The Alumni Hall of Fame, presented at Homecoming and honoring alumni for outstanding contributions of stewardship - time, talent and treasure - in distinguished service community and to Carroll. To nominate alumni for the Young Alumni Award or the Alumni Hall of Fame, please send an e-mail to alumni -is-at- carroll -dot- edu describing how your nominee qualifies. Please include the nominee's name, your name, address and phone. Supporting materials are optional. Nominations need to be received by May 1, 2011, to be considered for the 2011 alumni awards. The Alumni Academic Achievement Award presented during Founder's Day festivities in early November and honoring alumni who distinguish themselves academically or artistically, are influential in their field and have made significant impact either through research or career achievements. To submit a nomination for the Alumni Academic Achievement Award, send an e-mail to alumni -is-at- carroll -dot- edu describing how your nominee qualifies. Please indicate evidence of the nominee's publications, research or honors, and include your name, address, phone and any supporting materials.  Nominations for the Alumni Academic Achievement Award must be received by July 1, 2011, to be considered for the 2011 award. Nominations may also be mailed to the Alumni Relations Office Carroll College 1601 N. Benton Avenue Helena, MT 59625. For more information, visit www.carroll.edu/alumni  The Wendy's of Montana, Carroll College Athletic Hall of Fame, awarded at Homecoming, honors outstanding achievements by Saints student-athletes. A minimum of ten years must have passed since the nominee's last season of competition, and nominees must have been, at a minimum, a member of the first or second team All Conference.  A completed nomination form is required, including statistics and other supporting material. The Warren Nelson Award, conferred at Homecoming, was established in 1986 to honor Mr. Warren Nelson for his years of supporting Carroll College athletic programs.  Nominations for this award should include evidence that an individual exemplifies the unselfish goodness of Nelson in assisting, promoting and otherwise supporting the Carroll College Saints.  Recipients of this award do not have to be alumni of Carroll College. To request more information about athletic awards or to request a nomination form, contact Renee Wall at rwall -is-at- carroll -dot- edu or call 406-447-5413.  Nominations may be submitted online at: www.carroll.edu/athletics or mailed to Renee Wall, associate director of athletics, 1601 North Benton Ave., Helena, MT  59625.  The deadline for athletic nominations is May 1, 2011.  In the News The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, recently announced the appointment of the Honourable Lian M. Schwann, Q.C., Carroll class of 1976, as judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan in Moose Jaw. She holds a bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Saskatchewan, was admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1981 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 2007. Madam Justice Schwann has been the registrar of the Court of Appeal and Registrar in Bankruptcy since 2007. She was crown counsel, Civil Law Division for the Ministry of Justice, from 1984 to 2007, an associate with McDougall Gauley from 1980 to 1984, and an investigator for the Office of the Ombudsman 1979. Her main areas of practice were bankruptcy and insolvency, health, environmental, natural resource, privacy and governmental law. Gavel to gavel coverage is online at: http://www.nationtalk.ca/modules/news/article.php?storyid=40862 Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer recently announced appointments to various boards and councils, including Joseph Russell, class of 1981, of Kalispell named chair of the Board of Environmental Review, and Jon Satre, class of 1978, of Helena, appointed to the Board of Investments. Russell is the Flathead County health officer and holds a master's degree in public health from the University of Washington. Satre is the president and a partner with Gordon-Prill-Drapes, Inc. Erica Wollin, class of 2008, is engaged to marry Ryan Marxer, class of 2009, on October 1, 2011, at the Cathedral of St. Helena. Erica is a registered nurse at St. Peter's Hospital, and Ryan serves as the director of pricing and rates at Watkins & Shepard. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Dancing Through the Decades presented by Premiere Dance Company in Helena this past week featured the talents of former Carroll Theatre Director Dorothy Harper, who narrated part of the show. The story is online at: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/article_47932d1e-4ae9-11e0-8f86-001cc4c03286.html Nancy Lee, who served Carroll for the past 13 years as the college's marketing director and executive director for advancement, began work this week as the new executive director for the Montana chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The Komen Foundation is the lead agency of the ever-popular Race For The Cure. Lee took her new post this past Monday. Read more and think pink at: http://www.kxlh.com/news/helena-woman-to-lead-komen-foundation-in-montana/ In the wake of the news that Carroll's Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer Lynn Etchart is moving on to a new opportunity at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, Carroll is pleased to announce that Lori Peterson, currently Carroll's comptroller, will serve as interim vice president for finance and administration and treasurer.  A search to fill the position permanently will occur during the 2011-2012 academic year.  Carroll welcomes Julia Mull to the Business Department faculty, which she began serving in January to teach courses in finance and lead the newly established finance major at Carroll. Congratulations to the three recently announced Berberet Scholars-a program funded by generous contributions from Dr. Jerry Berberet, former vice president for academic affairs: Doreen Kutufam (photo left), assistant professor of communication: To support filmmaking in Ghana to reveal the social, environmental, and health costs of commercial pineapple production.  Dr. Kutufam plans to create a film documentary, "For the Love of Pineapples," to be shown in Ghana and the US. Elvira Roncalli (photo above right), assistant professor of philosophy: To support research in archives in Milano, Italy, to understand the experience of people, specifically women, who took part in the Resistance Movement and fought for freedom.  Dr. Roncalli plans to prepare an article, "Fragments of History: Sparks of Light in Dark Times," for publication in a philosophy journal as a result of this research. Gillian Glaes (photo below right), assistant professor of history: To support research in archives in Paris and the French Alps on how skiing transformed concepts of leisure and recreation while shaping gender roles and social class identity.  Dr. Glaes plans to prepare an article, "Faire du Ski:  Skiing and the French Ski Industry, 1918-1974," for publication in a historical journal as a result of this research. CAMPUS MINISTRY The Carroll 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:  http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/  ATHLETICS Carroll's men's basketball team is alive and well in the 2011 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship. The Fighting Saints have advanced to second round play against Rogers State University (Okla.), with tipoff scheduled for today (Friday, March 18) at 5:15 p.m. MST. Carroll will offer a game-watch party in the Fortin Science Center Scola live. A live Internet stream is available for a fee on the NAIA website at: http://naia.cstv.com/ Breaking news will be posted on the Carroll Athletics website: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/  As for the women's hoopsters, they advanced to the Frontier Conference championship game, where they lost to Lewis-Clark State by a score of 65-47 with only nine uninjured players to play. During the first round of post-season action, the women's basketball head coach Shawn Nelson and assistant coaches Carly Van Dyke and J.D. Solomon earned their 200th win as coaches in eight seasons. The Helena Sports Hall of Fame has selected the inductees for its class of 2011, with Carroll head football coach Mike Van Diest among them. Winning coach for six NAIA national championship teams, Van Diest in 12 seasons at Carroll has garnered 11 straight Frontier Conference titles, while compiling a career record of 144-20, for an NAIA-best .878 winning percentage. Van Diest is a four-time NAIA Coach of the Year-including this year. Meanwhile, Carroll's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Nick Howlett (photo right) joins him in the winner's circle, being named NAIA assistant football coach of the year.  In other coaching news, the Frontier Conference has named Carroll men's basketball coach Brandon Veltri (photo left) coach of the year. And, in news from Carroll's Track and Field Team, Carroll senior Shannon Flynn (photo right) recently earned All American honors at the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championship meet in Geneva, OH, with her fourth place finish in the Women's 800 meters event. Dash for details on the Flying Flynn at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/article_478eeb2a-47c2-11e0-a533-001cc4c002e0.html  Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news, photos and video at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS March 21-April 27: The Annual Carroll College Student Art Show features recently created work by students in art classes, including photography, paintings, drawings, and ceramics. In the Carroll Art Gallery, room 034 St. Charles Hall, open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. For more information, call 447-4302. March 19: Junior/Senior Banquet. March 23-25: Theatre Department Showcase, Broken Hearts performed in the Merton Acting Studio downstairs in the Campus Center. Broken Hearts is a stage adaptation of three of Oscar Wilde's most poignant and timeless fairy tales. In The Birthday of the Infanta, a princess' cruel inhumanity breaks the heart of a crippled "Fantastic" brought to entertain her; The Devoted Friend reveals some of the unkinder uses of friendship; and The Happy Prince discovers newfound joy and hope as he relieves poverty and despair around him. Co-directed by Carroll theatre students Kelly Clavin and Jessica Belisle, the production will start at 7 p.m. Admission is $3 for all seats, no reservations taken. 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. Curtain time is 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. General Admission $5; children (under 12) $3. April 8: Annual Astronomy Day guest lecture by Terry D. Oswalt, Ph.D., the head of the Physics and Space Sciences Department at Florida Institute of Technology. Dr. Oswalt's lecture, "It's Later than You Think: How Astronomers Measure the Age of the Universe," is brought to Carroll courtesy of the American Astronomical Society's Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship Program. This is the fourth time in as many years that Carroll has won a Shapley lectureship. Dr. Oswalt's talk begins at 7 p.m. in Carroll College's Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre (room 101/202). It is free and open to the public. Observe more details at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14651 April 9: Astronomy Weekend continues with science activities, telescope observing and more all afternoon for the whole family at ExplorationWorks! museum, in the Great Northern Town Center across the highway from Carroll's campus. Solar viewing, a build-a-comet workshop, a meteor impact activity, talks on telescopes and the night sky will all be offered by members of the Helena Astronomical Society and Carroll's Neuman Astronomical Society from noon to 4 p.m. All activities are free and open to the public.  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 21: The Carroll College Education Abroad Office will continue a Carroll tradition by recognizing graduating seniors who have studied abroad at the Eighth Annual Sash Ceremony, with faculty, staff and alumni invited to attend.  The ceremony begins at  12:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. April 22-24: Easter Break. April 29: Carroll College Arbor Day celebration at 1 p.m. Songs and more by students from Carroll's partner Broadwater Elementary School will complete Arbor Day fun, including recognition of Carroll as a Tree Campus USA, a tree planting and refreshments. More details in future editions of QNs! 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.