SONG OF THE SALISH
Today, March 23, Native poet and author Jennifer Greene will read from her published work and give a lecture on Salishan language preservation in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. With a grant from Humanities Montana, this event is free and open to everyone. A Salish and Chippewa-Cree and member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Greene recently wrote the children’s book Huckleberries, Buttercups and Celebrations using Salish words in beautifully illustrated sonnets for each month of the year. Her book of poetry entitled What I Keep was the winner of the 1998 North American Native Authors Poetry Award.
Greene has won first-place awards from the Native American Journalists Association for newspaper feature writing, and her work has appeared on a CD, Heart of the Bitterroot: Voices of Salish and Pend d'Oreille Women, which was nominated for a Native American Music Award in 2008. In 2010, Jennifer won a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers in the adult fiction category for an article that appeared in Teaching Tolerance magazine. Her poetry collection, What Lasts, led to her receipt of the 2010 Menada Literary Prize at Ditët e Naimit, the Albanian Poetry Festival in Macedonia. She teaches at Salish Kootenai College and for the Missoula Writing Collaborative.
LEADING LADY
This coming Monday, March 26, Carroll College hosts a very special guest speaker, Governor Martha Layne Collins (left) presenting “Leading Ladies: Women’s Rise to Power in Politics and Business,” a lecture on the role of women in US commercial and political leadership. Her free, public talk occurs 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 Kentucky, making her 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.
Collins will discuss her gubernatorial record of education reform and record-setting job creation, and her experience as one of the few to be considered as the nation’s first female vice-presidential candidate during Walter Mondale’s candidacy. 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.
GRITTY DRAMA
Tonight through Sunday are the final curtain calls for the Carroll production of The Mound Builders, where drama unfolds at an archaeological dig of ancient people's earthen mounds. Director Chuck Driscoll, head of the Carroll Theatre Department, reminds the campus community that admission is always free for faculty and staff with one guest, and for students is free on Sunday. Shows in the Carroll Theatre are tonight and Saturday, March 23 and 24, at 7:30 p.m. and this Sunday, March 25, at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 general admission and $8 for students and seniors.
ESPECIALLY FOR VETS
Next Wednesday, March 28, two experts on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), John Pavao and Todd Hoar, will discuss the ADA and specifically its importance to Armed Forces veterans at a free, public event, “Awareness and Accessibility: Veterans with Disabilities.” It starts at 6 p.m. in Carroll College’s Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre and is sponsored by the Montana Independent Living Project, Carroll College Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, Carroll’s Sociology Department, and the Rocky Mountain ADA Center. The talk will be complemented with the presence of numerous vendors and resources for the disability community, and appetizers.
Pavao is the Equal Employment Opportunity and ADA coordinator for Montana state government, with over 15 years of experience in implementing and managing equal opportunity and diversity-related programs. He holds a master’s in human resources management and retired from the Air Force in 2008 after more than 22 years of service. Hoar is the ADA coordinator for Butte-Silver Bow County government and executive director of the Silver Bow County Developmental Disabilities Council. As ADA coordinator since 2008, he has partnered with the Montana Independent Living Project and Rocky Mountain ADA Center to assure training opportunities for individuals, businesses and government.
THE POPE AND THE CEO
Next Thursday, March 29, Carroll’s Business Department Lecture Series continues with guest speaker Andreas Widmer (right), author of The Pope and the CEO, presenting “Leadership Lessons: The Pope and the CEO,” focusing on entrepreneurship as a solution to world poverty. His free, public presentation starts at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
A former bodyguard to Pope John Paul II, Widmer is an entrepreneur who engages top businesspeople, investors and faith leaders around the world to foster enterprise solutions to poverty and promote virtuous business practices. He cofounded SEVEN Fund, a philanthropic organization run by entrepreneurs who invest in original research, books, films and websites addressing poverty. Andreas co-initiated the Pioneers of Prosperity Awards, a first-of-its-kind industry program that finds and promotes the best entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Widmer is a research fellow in entrepreneurship at the Acton Institute and an advisor to the Zermatt Summit, an annual business leadership event that strives to humanize globalization. He also serves as an advisor to Transforming Business, a research and development project at the University of Cambridge. A seasoned businessman at a variety of firms, he has worked extensively in the US, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America and brought more than 100 leading-edge technology products to market.
GENTLEMEN: START YOUR RAZORS
The seven-day countdown begins now for the March 31 annual Carroll hair clipping extravaganza to support the St. Baldrick's Foundation and Locks of Love. The scalps start shining at noon in the upper level of the Campus Center, where community members are invited to join oodles of students and college employees stepping up to the shavers in support of St. Baldrick’s, which provides funding for childhood cancer research—sponsorship and donations for those shaving their hair will be accepted at the event. Anyone wishing to donate their long hair to Locks of Love is also welcome: Locks of Love uses donated hair to create wigs for financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term hair loss from any medical cause.
Requirements for donating to Locks of Love are online at http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html. More info on St. Baldrick’s is at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/about-us/. Campus celebs are participating, including Terri John of our Nursing Department—donate to support her sheer courage at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/522053/2012 For more info on the fundraiser next Saturday, contact Logan McLean at lmclean@carroll.edu or 447-5196.
STUDENT NEWS
Awards
Today is the deadline for submissions for the annual Father Butko Awards in Freshman Writing is open to students enrolled in ENWR 101/ENWR 102 this academic year. Up to five scholarships, valued at $250 each, will be awarded to the students submitting winning essays. Entries must be submitted, along with a completed submission form, to the Academic Dean’s Office in O’Connell Hall by 4 p.m. today. Winners will be notified by the Department of Languages and Literature and will be recognized at the Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 18.
Courses
Enrollment is open now for the annual Carroll College Archaeological Field School to be offered during our first summer session, May 9-23, 2012, for 4 credits (either social science or natural science core). Led by professional archaeologist Dr. Lauri Travis, students will be introduced to the basics of archaeological field methods and research design through fieldwork exploring the local archaeological record of the first human settlers who arrived thousands of years ago. Every day, the class will be traveling to the Big Belt Mountains in a Forest Service SUV, leaving at 8 a.m. and returning by 5 p.m. In the field, course participants will record, map and excavate several archaeological sites. Recording will include describing artifacts, environmental features (including geology, soils, plants and topography) and cultural features (including stone rings, hearths, cairns), taking photographs and mapping. Field methods covered include map preparation and interpretation, survey and recordation of archaeological sites, basic excavation techniques and the preservation and analysis of artifacts. Our instructor, Dr. Travis, has been an archaeologist for 30 years, leading digs throughout the West and in Europe and conducting summer archaeological field schools for Colorado State University, Utah State University and Carroll College. She specializes in the archaeology of the Intermountain West, prehistoric subsistence and behavioral ecology. Check out the Web page with more information and a photo gallery: www.carroll.edu/academics/majors/sociology/arch/index.cc A feature on last year’s field school was in the Helena Independent Record May 26, 2011, edition and available online at: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/the-past-under-our-feet/article_4b5d5de0-8764-11e0-9746-001cc4c03286.html
In the News
Carroll engineering students were caught in the act recently as they constructed a concrete canoe. The heavy-duty watercraft will be raced against others of its unusual kind in competition later on this spring. Cement your understanding of this engineering feat at:
http://www.kxlh.com/news/carroll-students-working-on-concrete-canoe/
For the latest student news and activities, go to www.carroll.edu/students
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Alumni Volunteers Wanted! Carroll’s third-annual “Speed Networking” is coming up next Wednesday, March 28. Speed Networking offers students an opportunity to practice their networking skills in a safe environment and learn effective techniques from professionals. In timed interactions with business pros, Carroll undergrads practice their “elevator speech” to sell themselves as prospective employees. At this appetizer-enhanced mixer, we need Carroll business and communication alumni interested in providing constructive feedback and mentorship to current Carroll students. Interested? Contact Carroll Internship Coordinator Nisan Burbridge at nburbridge@carroll.edu. This year’s Speed Networking is generously sponsored by Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co., Galusha, Higgins & Galusha, and Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens.
On Saturday March 31, alums are welcome at our 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
Dr. Joseph Laythe, class of 1987 and a professor of history at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, just published his newest book, Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill (Lehigh University Press, 2011). Dr. Laythe was the recipient of Carroll's Academic Achievement Award last fall.
The United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area recently appointed new board members at its annual meeting in January 2012, and one of the select is Ryan D. Lindsay, class of 2002. He is a manager at Galusha, Higgins & Galusha, PC and has worked there for 10 years.
Nicole Berg (right), class of 2003 and an academic adviser with Gallatin College Programs in Bozeman, Mont., has been selected as the winner of a 2012 New Adviser Certificate of Merit Award from the National Academic Advising Association in Region 8. NACADA Region 8 consists of student success professionals from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon Territory. Berg was selected from numerous applicants from across the region as the 2012 Certificate of Merit winner, which is given annually to a faculty or professional adviser who has been in their role for three or fewer years and who, early in their career, has demonstrated qualities associated with excellence in academic advising. Berg was recognized at last week’s NACADA Region 8 conference in Portland, Ore.
Allie Maffit, class of 2006, will be graduating from Creighton University School of Medicine on May 12, 2012, and will go on to her residency at the Grand Rapids, Mich., Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, where her assignment begins June 14, 2012.
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Today, professor emeritus of biology Dr. John Christenson celebrates his 50th wedding anniversary. (Christenson couple half a century ago in photo left) Read more about the joyful golden occasion in the Helena Independent Record story here: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/announcements/weddings/christensons-celebrate-th-anniversary/article_b657404e-6fed-11e1-b3ed-001871e3ce6c.html
Major Mark McGinley (right), class of 1988, who for the last three years has been an inspiring leader on campus as head of our Military Science Department/ROTC program, will be leaving Carroll at the end of this academic year. He has been assigned as the S4 (Logistics) officer with the 1889th RSG (Regional Support Group) in Butte. His successor will be named sometime in the next month. Major McGinley is a decorated veteran, having been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from August 2003 through March 2004. His decorations include the Senior Army Aviator Badge; Army Commendation Medal; Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal; Global War on Terror Service Medal; and Humanitarian Service Medal.
Professor emeritus of music Joseph Munzenrider, an artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. Helena and highly respected organist, was recently in the news for his role in restoring a rare 1915 Hutchings pipe organ at the Old Ming Opera House on Helena’s Jackson Street in the Shrine Temple. Munzenrider and three other organists will be playing the historic instrument at a benefit March 29 to raise money for the organ’s restoration. Get keyed up for the concert at: http://helenair.com/news/local/vital-organ/article_98d8cdae-7186-11e1-a6e9-001871e3ce6c.html
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Fr. Jerry Lowney will not be celebrating Mass until April 2. Thus no Masses will occur on weekdays at noon in the Borromeo Hall chapel until that date.
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 senior forward Andy Garland (left) made history this week as the first men’s basketball player in Carroll history to win NAIA All-American honors all four years. He was a repeat selection to the second team this season. Catch a case of Garlansania at: http://helenair.com/sports/carroll-college-senior-andy-garland-wins-fourth-all-american-honor/article_6624c306-7382-11e1-a9ab-0019bb2963f4.html
Schedule
Golf is bye; track and field begins its outdoor season competition next weekend.
Events
April 20 is the annual Saints Athletic Association Auction in the Carroll PE Center, raising money for scholar-athlete scholarships. Details TBA.
For all Athletics news and game schedules, visit www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: 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 30: Faculty Colloquium with guest speaker Dr. Gillian Glaes of the History Department presenting "The Mirage of Fortune: African Political Activism in France and the Politics of Post-Colonialism, 1960-1974" at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Maronick Board Room.
April 2: The public is invited to a free panel discussion, “Leadership Insights in Challenging Times” at Carroll College’s Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Panelists bringing a diversity of ideas from academia, nonprofits, private business, and military service will include Carroll Interim President Paula McNutt, Holter Museum Director Karen Bohlinger, Western artist Robert Morgan, co-founder of the Western Rendezvous of Art and former Montana Historical Society director, nationally award-winning business entrepreneur/Carroll grad Alex “Papu” Rincon who owns fourOsix in downtown Helena, and retired US Army Major Clark Summers, an Iraq war veteran who has led military, corporate, academic, and civic initiatives. Panelists will share their leadership ideas, successes, setbacks, ethical concerns, and other experiences to inspire others to become more effective leaders even in difficult circumstances.
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” month-long events.
April 11: National speaker Kevin Hines will offer insights on mental wellness at a 7 p.m. free, public talk, “Suicide Will Never, Nor Ever, Be the Solution,” in the Carroll College Campus Center lower level. Sponsored by Carroll College and NAMI-MT. Hines attempted suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge and since surviving the ordeal has dedicated his life to helping others struggling with mental illness. His story was featured in the film The Bridge.
April 12: Charlie’s Film Festival in the Carroll Campus 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 student research poster session Thursday, April 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Fortin Science Center Scola. On Friday, April 20, students will present their West Nile Virus research findings in a talk starting at 1 p.m. in Trinity Hall lounge, followed by a physician panel discussion at 3 p.m., “Preparing for and Carrying Out the Physician’s Experience,” featuring Drs. Andrew Gilbert (’99), Jonathan Griffin (’02), Charleen McInnis (’85), John Michelotti (’90) and Justin Thomas (’01) in Trinity Hall lounge. All symposium events are free and open to the public; call 406-47-4491 to register.
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: Saints Athletic Association Auction in the Carroll PE Center, raising money for scholar-athlete scholarships.
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: 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 preview of these “end times.”
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.