WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
Next Tuesday, March 29, Carroll will host a screening of the documentary film What Are We Doing Here? at 7 p.m. in room 102 O'Connell Hall. Focused on the impact of foreign aid in Africa, the film has been shown at colleges and universities across the country to wide acclaim. Free and open to the public, the screening will also include a question and answer session with one of film's producers and directors, Tim Klein. The film tells the story of Tim Klein and family members Brandon, Nicholas and Daniel, who travel across Africa in an attempt to understand the failure to end poverty. In the film, the Klein family travels 15,000 miles via public transportation from Cairo to Cape Town, traversing war-torn and famine-plagued regions where aid workers, politicians and inspiring individuals talk about the incredibly complex and often misunderstood issues that affect hundreds of millions of people across the continent. Daring to ask the questions no one else will, the filmmakers invite the world to rethink the fight against poverty in Africa. Why has the charity given to Africa over the last five decades been largely ineffective and often harmful? Could our good intentions be causing more harm than good? Have humanitarian interventions prolonged suffering? Who is actually benefiting from our good intentions? These questions and many more are faced head-on in this groundbreaking feature length film.PAINT, PICTURES AND POTS
This week saw the opening of the Annual Carroll College Student Art Show in the Carroll Art Gallery, room 034 St. Charles Hall. The show features recently created work by over 50 students in Carroll art classes, including drawings, photography, paintings, and ceramics. As a special addition, the show includes work created by 12 Carroll and community students who participated in the first public weekend art workshop offered at Carroll back in February: the Decorated Letter Workshop led by professional calligrapher Theresa Leland. Examples of their work and photos of the workshop are located in one of the display cabinets in the hallway just outside of the Carroll Art Gallery. The Student Art Show continues to April 27, with the gallery free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. SHEARING SEASON OPENS ON APRIL 2 If you're thinking about visiting the barber or salon, consider holding out until the Saturday, April 2, Carroll fundraiser for the St. Baldrick's Foundation and Locks of Love in the upper level of the Campus Center at noon. Guys and gals supporting St. Baldrick's can show their solidarity for those battling cancer by shaving their heads at this fun event-just ask for donations from family and friends who want to sponsor your brave new look. Donations can be made online at the St. Baldrick's Carroll College event website here: http://www.stbaldricks.org/events/mypage/eventid/6291/eventyear/2011 The St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives-the foundation provides more childhood cancer research grants than any other organization except the US government. As an alternative that will leave you a little something on top, those with longer hair can have it cut and donated to Locks of Love, a nonprofit that provides free and low-cost hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children who have lost their hair because of a medical condition. At this event, Carroll will also honor two children who have battled cancer courageously: McLain Thornquist (with mom Cynthia in photo left) and James Buchanan, who has been recently found to be cancer-free after fighting acute myeloid leukemia since his second birthday. McLain is undergoing surgery and therapy to combat a rare bone cancer that metastasized to her lungs. All of our efforts for St. Baldrick's and Locks of Love will directly help kids like them. Learn more about James at: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jamesbuchanan To learn more about St. Baldrick's, head to this site: http://www.stbaldricks.org/about-us/ For more on Locks of Love, including requirements for hair intended for donation, cut over to: http://www.locksoflove.org/donate.html SPRING CLEANING CURES CANCER Also on Saturday, April 2, the annual Carroll College Up 'Til Dawn Rummage Sale to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will take place in the lower level of the Campus Center. Doors open at 7 a.m. and the sale continues until 2 p.m. Clothing, electronics, books, housewares and more will be sold at bargain prices. All proceeds benefit St. Jude, which conducts cancer research and provides cancer treatment to children without regard to their families' ability to pay. The public is invited to donate items to the rummage sale by dropping them off now through April 1 in the Associated Students of Carroll College office downstairs in the Campus Center. This is a perfect opportunity to get rid of unwanted items after spring house cleaning. The public can also support St. Jude by shopping at the rummage sale, which traditionally draws large crowds vying to peruse and purchase from the roomful of myriad items. For more information about the event or donation questions, email uptildawn@carroll.edu HOW FRIENDSHIPS ARE MADE Next Wednesday, March 30, the Carroll College Student Nurses Association is holding a fundraiser for the Friendship Center in Helena, and everyone is invited to partake of food and games while supporting this nonprofit focused on sheltering women and children feeling domestic abuse. The fundraiser takes place at 5 p.m. in the Nursing Department's home on the fourth floor of Simperman Hall. A speaker from the Friendship Center will be on hand to talk about their mission and answer questions. Instead of an admission ticket, bring an item for donation that will help the moms and kids, including: toothbrushes and toothpaste for adults and children, brushes, shampoo, underwear and socks for boys and girls (ages 3-9), shaving razors, cosmetics, toilet paper and dish soap. I FEEL A CHARLIE HORSE COMING ON The annual Charlie's Film Festival awards ceremony (complete with Charlie Horse gilded trophies) is less than a month away (Tuesday, April 19), but the judging for cinematic submissions will occur this Saturday in the Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater at 1 p.m. Anyone who wants to feast their eyes on the films vying for best (and worst) of the year are welcome to attend the screenings, which will also occur next Saturday (April 2) same time and venue. These short films will play back-to-back, and expect almost anything from our student filmmakers-see you at the movies! 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. this 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@carroll.edu Events TAG Day is coming! Tribute to All who Give (hence TAG) Day is Wednesday, April 6, a chance for Grateful Saints students to write letters thanking the donors whose generosity made Carroll education possible for so many on our campus. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on TAG Day, stop by the Campus Center for cookies and donuts to munch on while you pen your thank-you note. Then, enter the TAG Day Photo Contest for a chance to win an iPod, a gift certificate to Brewhouse and a gift card to Target. To participate, just head out on campus with your digital camera or phone and snap a shot of yourself with one or more of the 10 "gift tags" posted around campus buildings-these tags highlight the donors who have impacted student life at Carroll. What you do with the pictures will determine your prize-see Carroll's Annual Giving officers for details on TAG Day. Meanwhile, more information on the Grateful Saints can be found at www.carroll.edu/giving/gratefulsaints ALUMNI NEWS Events For all alumni events listed below, please RSVP to Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni@carroll.edu or call/text her at 406-461-3214: THIS WEEKEND! SEATTLE/TACOMA: Saturday, 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 In the News Carroll College alumnus Dr. Bryan L. Roth (photo right), class of 1977, renowned for his breakthrough work on medicines for psychiatric disorders, has received the prestigious PhRMA Foundation Award in Excellence in Pharmacology/Toxicology. Dr. Roth is currently a distinguished professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical School and is the director of the medical school's National Institute of Mental Health's Psychoactive Drug Screening Program. He specializes in pharmacology and drug discovery. Much of Dr. Roth's research focuses on trying to understand how central nervous system drugs-or drugs that work on the brain-affect brain cells. The goal is to investigate existing treatments in order to find new treatments and mitigate side effects, particularly for such problems as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder and eating disorders. His research has earned him numerous patents and he has published nearly 300 articles in, among many other publications, Science, Nature, Cell and the New England Journal of Medicine. Research more details at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14681 Alex "Papu" Rincon (photo left), class of 2004, was recently awarded the title of Montana Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Administration. Papu is the founder and owner of four0six, a specialty clothing store in downtown Helena. After earning his Carroll business degree, Papu launched four0six to combine his love of Montana outdoor sports, art and creative thinking-even his own original clothing line. It's caught on like wildfires in July, with four0six shirts, hats and car window stickers blazing everywhere you look, in Helena and beyond. An award ceremony luncheon will be held in early June to formally confer the honor. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS The World Water Day symposium held at Carroll this week got some great advance press to explain the need to bring clean water to the world's poorest citizens. Starring in the World Water Day symposium were Carroll professors Doreen Kutufam, Sam Alvey and Kyle Strode. More on the story is online at: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/article_964a81e6-4f8a-11e0-83b2-001cc4c002e0.html Last week, Kelly Parsley, Carroll College's sexual safety and wellness educator in the office of Counseling Services and adjunct faculty member in Carroll's Health Sciences program, formally received the 2011 Outstanding Alcohol and Other Drug Professional of the Year award. Parsley was selected for recognition from candidates across the United States by an independent review panel which evaluated nominees on the degree to which they have impacted student life through visionary and innovative approaches to alcohol abuse prevention. The award is sponsored by Outside The Classroom, a leading provider of alcohol and other drug awareness programs to colleges and universities. For more on her accomplishments at Carroll and the award, read: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14682 CAMPUS MINISTRY This weekend brings the Search retreat. Sunday Mass will take place as usual on March 27 at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center. 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 The Carroll men's basketball team reached the second round of the 2011 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship, where they lost to Rogers State University (Okla.) last Friday. Carroll has reached the second round in three of last four national tournament appearances. A great story on the bright future of Saints basketball is online here: http://helenair.com/sports/basketball/article_1d127814-544f-11e0-86d6-001cc4c002e0.html T.J. Lehman, Carroll's game and event manager and Fitness Center director, has accepted a new position with the Helena Independent Record. His last day will be this Friday, the day everyone is invited to his farewell party with cake and beverages in the Carroll PE Center at 11:30 a.m. Carroll's spring Saints soccer scrimmage versus the University of Montana team takes the field at Nelson Stadium this Sunday (March 27) at 2:30 p.m., weather permitting. Soccer spring games continue on April 9 in Nelson Stadium with Saints versus North Idaho College at 11 a.m. and versus University of Great Falls at 3 p.m. Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news, photos and video at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS Ongoing: Sallyann Mulcahy (photo right), 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@gmail.com Ongoing to April 27: The Annual Carroll College Student Art Show in the Carroll Art Gallery, room 034 St. Charles Hall, featuring recently created work by over 50 students in art classes, including photography, paintings, drawings, and ceramics. As a special addition, the display will include work created by 12 Carroll and community students who participated in the February Decorated Letter Workshop led by professional calligrapher Theresa Leland--examples of their work and photos are located in one of the display cabinets just outside the Art Gallery. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. For more information, call 447-4302. April 2: The annual Carroll College Up 'Til Dawn Rummage Sale to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will take place in the lower level of the Campus Center. Doors open at 7 a.m. and the sale continues until 2 p.m. Clothing, electronics, books, housewares and more will be sold at bargain prices. All proceeds benefit St. Jude, which conducts cancer research and provides cancer treatment to children without regard to their families' ability to pay. The public is invited to donate items to the rummage sale by dropping them off now through April 1 in the Associated Students of Carroll College office downstairs in the Campus Center. April 2: Carroll fundraiser for the St. Baldrick's Foundation and Locks of Love in the upper level of the Campus Center at noon. Guys and gals supporting St. Baldrick's can show their solidarity for those battling cancer by shaving their heads at this fun event-just ask for donations from family and friends who want to sponsor your brave new look. Those with longer hair can have it cut and donated to Locks of Love at this event, too. 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. Friday and Saturday only on two consecutive weeks, April 8-9, 15-16, at 7 p.m. General Admission $5; children (under 12) $3. The production includes a coalition of talent between Carroll students and local school children, with music and a delightful script. The stage will include renderings of traditional Beatrix Potter images, and the play will be directed by Carroll senior theatre and education double-major Kelly Clavin, who recently appeared on the Carroll stage in the Theatre Department production of Tartuffe: Born Again. For more, hop over to: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=14683 April 8: Annual Astronomy Day guest lecture by Terry D. Oswalt, Ph.D. (photo left), 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 from noon to 4 p.m. at ExplorationWorks museum in the Great Northern Town Center across the highway from the Carroll campus. At the event, the Helena Astronomical Society and Carroll College Neuman Astronomical Society will have telescopes set up outside for safe solar viewing, weather permitting. Club members will also be open to astronomy questions and inquiries about telescopes and how to use them. Star charts and other astronomy goodies will be available for giveaway. David Rotness of the Carroll and Helena clubs will lead a build-a-comet workshop and explain comet mechanics. The popular meteor-impact activity for kids will also be offered outside ExWorks, weather permitting. Ashley Oliverio of Carroll College will offer a talk on what's up in the night sky downstairs in the ExWorks classrooms. Astronomical observing equipment will also be up for sale at the event. Participation in Astronomy Weekend events and activities are free and open to the public. For more info, call 447-5415. April 11: Carroll College and the Helena Education Foundation sponsor a special guest lecture, "Living Economy, Localization, and Community Resilience," by Gailmarie Kimmel, founder and co-director of Be Local Northern Colorado, a nonprofit dedicated to living economy. The talk begins at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center and is free to the public. Educator, presenter, writer, networker, singer/songwriter and performer, Kimmel has authored and co-authored several books, including Study the Natural World for Insights into Peacemaking; 147 Tips for Teaching Sustainability Connecting the Environment, the Economy and Society; Advancing Sustainability through Education; and Stepping Up: College Learning and Community for a Sustainable Future. April 12: Carroll College and the Helena Education Foundation sponsor a special guest lecture, "Inspiration in the Darkest Places: Creating a Sustainable Peace in Northern Ireland" by Dr. Bill Timpson, a professor at Colorado State University. The talk begins at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center and is free to the public. Dr. Timpson has authored and co-authored many books, including: 147 Tips for Teaching Peace and Sustainability, 147 Tips for Teaching Sustainability, and 147 Tips for Teaching Diversity. 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 19: Carroll College annual Charlie's Film Festival awards ceremony at 7 p.m. in the Carroll PE Center. Free admission. 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 27: Students in Drs. Zac Callen and Brian Matz's class devoted to studying the nation's new healthcare law will present a community forum free and open to the public at the Lewis and Clark Library from 7-8:30 p.m. Details TBA. 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.