HEADED OUT OF TOWN
Next week is spring break, with Carroll’s Campus Ministry Headlights students off to three US cities (Rochester, Cincinnati and Kansas City) to serve needy people in schools and shelters. You can follow the student blog during the trip at: http://carrollministry.wordpress.com/
Over the break, QNs will also be on the road (but not blogging) and will return in the usual form just two weeks from today.
YES WE CAN
At last Saturday’s Let’s Can Hunger Night at the basketball double-header home game, Carroll’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) brought in 1,452 pounds of canned food, to the delight of Helena Food Share, which is putting SIFE’s drive proceeds to work feeding local families.
SPECIAL K
In other service news, Carroll’s Circle K International (CC CKI) club (members in photo left), founded over seven years ago as an extension of Kiwanis International, has also been hard at work this year. Whitney Miller, current president of CC CKI, says “The easiest way to describe what we do is to simply state that we help people who need it. We are in soup kitchens, nursing homes, elementary schools, at food drives, toy drives and have even had members work in orphanages as far away as Guatemala. Our club has been particularly lucky to have such a supportive local Kiwanis club that has provided guidance in our service projects. It's said that the best way to help yourself is to help those in need, and the Carroll College Circle K is a living testament to this statement.” Carroll hosted the Montana CKI Fall Leadership Training Conference in October of 2010, and last May, two CC CKI members served in Guatemala with the Montana CKI at an orphanage.
MARCH OF THE WATER BOTTLES
The next Helena community plastics recycling drive by the S.A.V.E. Foundation and its community partners will start Friday, March 9, and continue through Monday, March 12, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at the Helena YMCA parking lot (1100 N. Last Chance Gulch). Items collected will include type 1 beverage containers (e.g. water and soda bottles), type 1 clear clam shell trays (e.g. the heavier duty, less "crackly" trays that often contain fruit, but not those that contain cookies), type 2 natural color containers (e.g. standard milk jugs, distilled water containers), and type 2 color plastics (e.g. orange juice containers, white milk jugs, detergent bottles). No motor oil containers, and cooking oil containers should be thoroughly rinsed beforehand. For more information or to volunteer, visit www.savemobile.org or call 406-449-6008.
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
Carroll students taking this year’s Senior Comprehensive Exam for Biology have carried forward our stellar college tradition, finishing this year as a group in the 96th percentile of the 281 institutions administering the exam. For the past 16 years (we have been administering the exam since 1996) our biology majors have performed in the 90th percentile or above, and in 9 of the past 10 years, Carroll students finished in the 95th percentile or higher. According to Biology Professor Grant Hokit, our students do particularly well in the categories of genetics, cell biology and molecular biology.
Carroll business students Lucas “Pete” Markuson, Quincey L Kuiava, Kurtis Miros, Mark Wallingford and Thomas McSherry recently competed for the first time in Carroll history at the CFA Society of Spokane’s Research Challenge. For this challenge, our students researched an assigned bank to complete a financial analysis of the institution, and it required intense skills to produce an investment summary, valuation and industry position analysis, among other things. Carroll’s team finished just one point behind the frontrunner in the written report, and in orals came in third in a closely contested race. Dr. Julie Mull, associate professor of finance, served as our team’s faculty advisor, while Jason Brent of the Montana Board of Investments was the team’s industry mentor.
Events
Well, our long-awaited February 27 show by Reno 911! stars Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough (Officers Garcia and Jones) was cancelled due to a flight delay, but they’ll be rescheduling in the coming weeks. Hey: it just gives us all something to look forward to, so keep your eyes peeled for updates in a future edition of QNs.
Awards
TODAY is the deadline for turning in your nomination of a worthy student for the Raymond G. Hunthausen Award for Community Service. All Carroll students with a minimum of 2.0 grade point average are eligible. Nomination forms are available in the Carroll College Career and Testing Services office (Borromeo Hall). Certificates will be presented to each recipient at the annual Honors Convocation in April.
For the latest student news and activities, go to www.carroll.edu/students
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
March 15: Bozeman Area Carroll Gathering, 5:30 p.m. at Aleworks, 611 E. Main in Bozeman (family friendly). Appetizers will be provided, no-host drinks. Contact Nicole Berg (class of 2003) to RSVP at: coliedawn@yahoo.com
March 31: Phoenix Area Carroll Gathering, 1 to 3 p.m. at the home of Dr. Gordon (class of 1960) & Marilyn Peters. Contact Kathy Ramirez alumni@carroll.edu to RSVP.
In the News
The world's first fellowship surgeon trained in robotic joint replacement is Dr. Brian Blackwood (photo left), class of 2002. Along with fellow physician Dr. Justin Thomas, class of 2001 and an oncologist at St. Peter’s Hospital in Helena, Blackwood was a Carroll Fighting Saint football standout (and two-time All American) who went on to receive his medical degree from the University of Washington under the highly competitive WWAMI program. (Thomas and Blackwood in 2002 photo right). Dr. Blackwood currently works for Coon Joint Replacement Institute at St. Helena Hospital in Napa Valley, Calif. After completing his orthopedic surgery residency at University of New Mexico in 2011, Blackwood finished a fellowship in minimally invasive knee and hip joint replacement with an emphasis on computer navigation and robotics at the Coon Joint Replacement Institute. The new technology is called Makoplasty. “I am the first person to complete fellowship training in robotic joint replacement after having performed 150+ cases in the past six months,” Blackwood reports. His minimally invasive surgical techniques reduce pain, restore mobility and promote a quick return to normal activities for patients suffering from osteoarthritis and other conditions. A 2002 story, entitled “Football Physicians,” about then-students Blackwood and Thomas is online at the Helena Independent Record website.
In Memoriam
On February 21, 2012, Theresa (Nistler) Colley, who attended Carroll in 2004-2007, died at age 31. An avid athlete and outdoors enthusiast, she overcame leukemia seven years ago, went on to compete in triathlons and scale mountains in Montana, Peru and Alaska, marry John Colley in 2008 and become the mother of twin girls Anya and Colette. While training for a Half Ironman in June 2011, Theresa’s leukemia relapsed. She continued to fight on and enjoy life: eight days before she died, Theresa and John taught their 2-year-old twins how to ski at Montana’s Discovery. (Photo left: Theresa in upper right with her family) For more on her life, read: http://helenair.com/news.
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
In the News
Communication Professor and department chair Brent Northup served as a judge for the Irish Times Debate Final in Dublin on February 17 on the campus of the Royal College of Surgeons. The event crowns the three best debaters in Ireland after a year-long competition taking place on campuses throughout Ireland. Northup, coach of the Carroll Talking Saints for the past 23 years, was one of five judges for the final. The other four adjudicators were a collection of barristers, former winners and Irish VIPs. The three winners of the competition were all pre-med students who used their mental scalpels to defeat a collection of future lawyers. It's the 12th time Northup has been invited to serve as the American judge in the Times Final, an event funded and sponsored by the Irish Times, widely regarded and respected as the paper of record for Ireland. "It's a black-tie event with debaters and judges in formal dress speaking to a packed auditorium full of enthusiastic supporters,” Northup says. “Many in the audience were elegantly dressed as well. When the winners were announced, the hall erupted into bedlam. Irish does love and value its orators. It was an honor to be part of that special evening which ended with a formal banquet and informal celebrations at Irish pubs." The three Irish winners will tour six American campuses and participate in numerous public debates on a tour coordinated by Northup. (Photo upper right: Northup, second from left, with student winners, left to right, Eoin Kelleher and Elizabeth Ahern-Flynn of the Royal College of Surgeons and Michael Conroy of the University College Dublin medical society)
At a March 29 public forum at Helena’s Plymouth Congregational Church, three Carroll professors will headline the discussion in “The Common Good: A Conversation on Democracy in America.” History Department Professor and chair Bob Swartout will present a short history of the U.S. Constitution and its development. Dr. Bill Parsons of the Political Science Department will speak about theoretical and historical concepts and practices of democracy. His fellow political science professor, Dr. Jeremy Johnson, will conclude with his views on democracy in contemporary culture. The free event begins at 7:15 p.m.
In Memoriam
Barbara Lynn Anthony (photo left), who worked as a senior development officer in Carroll’s Office for Advancement for several years up to 2009, died on February 24, 2012, in Helena. Her career included service to a number of nonprofit causes, and she was an active sports and outdoorswoman and mother. Her funeral occurred 11 a.m. today at Life Covenant Church in Helena. For more on her life, read: http://helenair.com/news/
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Today is Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. in the St. Charles Chapel.
Campus Ministry’s Catholicism Video Series during Lent will occur on Thursdays in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre (room 101/202) at 12:45 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy the thought-provoking films and discussion. For more, check out: http://www.catholicismseries.com/
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
ATHLETICS
In the News
Carroll College track and field coach Matt Morris is proudly leading 13 Carroll scholar-athletes at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships, going on right now in Geneva, Ohio. In just its second season, the team doubled the number of athletes representing the Carroll at nationals. Leading the contingent are sophomores Easton Padden (photo right) in men’s pole vault and Rhianna Grossman in the women’s 3,000 meters, plus the Saint's men’s 4 x 800 relay team. A story on Padden is featured on the Helena Independent Record website: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/track/vaulter-easton-padden-soaring-for-the-saints/article_a78756ca-636e-11e1-a414-001871e3ce6c.html Full coverage of the qualifiers is online at: http://helenair.com/
This past Tuesday (National Pancake Day), members of the Carroll Fighting Saints football team piled the cakes high at the Helena IHOP to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The event brings in millions to children’s charities nationwide, with Helena-area donations supporting Children’s Miracle Network Hospital programs offered at Shodair. See our syrupy Saints in action on the KFBB news story here: http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/Pancake-Day-Supports--140801043.html
For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
March 5-9: Spring Break.
March 12: Talmud art show, featuring over 40 prints combining the Biblical work of two of the most important Jewish artists of the 20th century: Marc Chagall and Ben-Zion. The images are commentaries on the scriptural text in the best of the Talmudic tradition. The exhibit is the first in the “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” series of events on campus this spring. See the exhibit in the Carroll Art Gallery, St. Charles Hall, through April 20. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and holidays. Free admission.
March 15-25: The Mound Builders, directed by Carroll Theatre Director Chuck Driscoll. This is the final play by the great American playwright Lanford Wilson. Curtain is Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sunday matinees at 3. In the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
March 16: March Faculty Colloquium, with Professor Elvira Roncalli presenting “Actions Not Seen, Words Not Heard: Women in the Italian ‘Resistenza’” at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Maronick Board Room.
March 16: Alumni, students and employees are invited to a reception to celebrate the completion of the Henry (Hank) Burgess Professorship in English, in the Fortin Science Center Scola from 4 to 6 p.m. The professorship was inspired by Carroll legend Professor Hank Burgess, class of 1951, who was a beloved English Department faculty member for nearly 40 years and doubled as founding head coach of the Carroll Smoker boxing program for a quarter of a century. Dr. Jerry Berberet, class of 1963, established this professorship fund and provided a significant matching gift, which inspired other alumni and friends of Carroll to generously support this important initiative. To attend, please RSVP by emailing rsvp@carroll.edu or calling Nona Keeler at 447-4491 by Monday, March 12.
March 16: Engineers Without Borders-USA Carroll student chapter’s annual gala fundraiser, the Shamrock Soiree, in the Great Northern Hotel Ballroom (in the Great Northern Town Center across from Carroll’s campus). From 6 to 11 p.m., enjoy dancing to the music of three live bands, hors d'oeuvre, cash bar provided by the Silver Star, and live/silent auctions. Admission is $25 at the door.
March 21: 17th Annual Helena Area Career Fair, Carroll PE Center, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March 22: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert, 4 p.m., in the Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
March 22: Dr. Kelly Cline lecture “Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Is the earth getting warmer? When people burn gas and coal, releasing carbon dioxide into the air, does that really heat up our planet? What’s the science behind this idea and what are we still trying to learn and understand? Can Mars and Venus tell us about the climate of the Earth? In this presentation, we will examine the fascinating scientific discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the Earth’s climate.
March 26: Governor Martha Layne Collins speaks on the role of women in US leadership, with her free talk at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. In 1983, Collins made history with her election to a four-year term as governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She was the sixth female elected governor of a state and the third not to have followed her husband into office. She is currently the senior former female governor in the nation and the first, and to date only, female elected governor of Kentucky. Her record included education reform, record-setting job creation in Kentucky, and being interviewed by Walter Mondale as a potential candidate for first female vice president of the United States. After her term as governor, Collins served as the executive-in-residence at the University of Louisville’s School of Business, a fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics, director of the International Business and Management Center at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics, and president of St. Catharine College (Ky.) for six years.
March 31: Fundraiser for St. Baldrick's and Locks of Love at Carroll College. Those interested in donating cut hair to Locks of Love should check the Locks of Love website for details at http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html. More info on St. Baldrick’s is at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/about-us/.
April 3: “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility,” a month of free events, continues with a 7:30 p.m. lecture in the Campus Center, “Running Races with God: How (and Why) Our Presidential Candidates Talk About Religion on the Campaign Trail,” by Dr. David Weiss, Ph.D., Professor of Media Studies, Montana State University.
April 10: Traditional Passover Seder, 6 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Hosted by Dr. Barry Ferst, Carroll philosophy professor and department chair. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong events.
April 12: Charlie’s Film Festival in the Carroll PE Center, 7:30 p.m.
April 12: “America, Islam, and the Holocaust,” the keynote address for “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events. The address by Professor Michael Sells of the University of Chicago Divinity School begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center.
April 13-14: Astronomy Weekend at Carroll. On Friday, April 13, the Neuman Astronomical Society and Helena Astronomical Society team up to present a free screening of The City Dark, a well-reviewed new movie on light pollution. The screening takes place in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. On Saturday, April 14, astronomy activities for the whole family, including solar observing, will occur in the Campus Center from noon to 4 p.m. On Saturday night, guest speaker Dr. Christina Dunn will present “Creating the Giant: Fabricating the Mirrors of the European Extremely Large Telescope,” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
April 13-14 and 20-21: The Commedia Puss in Boots by Lane Riosley, a Carroll children’s theatre production, at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
April 17: Pakistani music and performance, Caravanserai: A Place Where Cultures Meet at 7:30 p.m. in Trinity Hall lounge. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events, this performance is sponsored by the Myrna Loy Center for the Performing Arts and Arts Midwest, Regional Arts Organization.
April 18: Scholar Day and Honors Convocation
April 19-20: Manion Symposium, with a poster session Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m., paper presentations on Friday afternoon, followed by a physician panel discussion on admission to medical school. Details TBA.
April 19: Holocaust Remembrance Evening, ceremony and poster display, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center upstairs lounge. Hosted by Carroll History Professor Gillian Glaes and Hunthausen Professor of Peace and Justice Christopher Fuller. A Shoah display of forty posters on loan from the Montana Association of Jewish Communities (MAJCO), plus a candle-lighting remembrance prayer will be the evening’s focus. A Carroll Honors Scholars and international student panel will discuss inter-cultural civility at the event. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 20-21: “We the People: Conversations on the Montana and U.S. Constitutions,” in the Carroll Campus Center. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 21-22: Softball Weekend
April 26: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert, 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre. Free and open to the public.
April 27: Kelly Cline lecture “The End of the Earth and Sun” at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. The Earth and Sun will not last forever. The Earth will be destroyed, and recent astronomical calculations tell us exactly how and when. Several billion years from now, our Sun will run out of fuel and swell up to become a red giant star, so large that it will swallow up the Earth completely, and our world will die in the solar fires. Join us for a startling view of the distant future, when both the Earth and the Sun will meet their destruction!
April 27: Last Day of Classes
April 30: Dedication of the Carroll College Peace and Civility Wall, noon. Part of “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” monthlong free events.
April 29: Carroll College Choirs Spring Concert, “A Time to Dance,” with special guest appearances by Ballet Montana Academy dancers, at 4 p.m., St. Mary Catholic Community (1700 Missoula Ave., Helena). Free admission.
May 5: Commencement
May 19: St. James School of Nursing annual banquet, Quality Inn and Suites (formally the War Bonnet), Butte, Mont. The class of 1962 will be honored. For further information, contact Deanna Thomas at 406-782-4435.