BALDERDASH!
Tomorrow (Saturday, March 31), the hair is going to fly at the annual Carroll fundraiser for the St. Baldrick's Foundation and Locks of Love. Clipping starts at noon in the upper level of the Campus Center, where everyone is invited to show their support for our students and college employees racing to be first in line to get a sheering for 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. Even if you are not there for a clip, you’re welcome to cheer on our courageous Carroll team: each of them would love to hear encouraging words on their sleek new ’do.
Carroll Professor Jack Oberweiser has vowed to shave his head on Saturday if he raises $500 in pledges for St. Baldrick's. Carroll staff members Terri John and Mike Sweeney have also joined the pledge to go bald, along with several brave Carroll students. Online pledges thus far for these participants total over $3,000. Anyone wishing to show their support can do so through an online pledge for individual Carroll team members at: http://www.stbaldricks.org/
COMMAND OF CHAOS
Next Monday, April 2, get inspired and empowered at a free panel discussion, “Leadership Insights in Challenging Times” in 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 (photo right), 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 motivate others to become more effective leaders even in difficult circumstances. This event was organized by students in Carroll’s Project Leadership: Leading Change and the Essential Elements of Success course.
PRAYERS AND POLITICOS
Though good etiquette holds that you can’t discuss them at a dinner party, these two subjects are cozy bedfellows during the often etiquette-challenged campaign cycle. We’ll uncover them both during the free, public talk next Tuesday, April 3: “Running Races with God: How (and Why) Our Presidential Candidates Talk About Religion on the Campaign Trail,” presented by Dr. David Weiss, Ph.D., professor of Media Studies at Montana State University. Part of Carroll’s month-long “Not One without the Other: Religious Harmony and Political Civility” events organized by Philosophy Professor Barry Ferst, the talk begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center.
SESQUICENTENNIAL FEVER
In this year marking the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, it’s a perfect time to launch Carroll’s all-new Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series with a talk on the Civil War by none other than Carroll’s own History Department Chair Dr. Bob Swartout (photo left). His lecture, “The American West and the Coming Civil War,” is next Wednesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Admission to this event is free and open to the public, as will be all Carroll Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series events, made possible by the generosity of an anonymous donor.
Montana’s leading living historian, Dr. Swartout is an award-winning published author who has taught the history of the American West and Civil War history at the college for many years. In his April 4 talk, he will demonstrate the important link between the greatest crisis in American history, the Civil War, and the American West. “When Americans think of the American Civil War today, they assume the war erupted solely because of slavery and states’ rights,” Swartout says. “While those two issues are critical to understanding the Civil War, many people do not realize, in fact, that the debate over the newly acquired American West would trigger the onset of war by 1861.”
OPEN AND SAY “AH”
A breathtaking medical adventure in the wilds of Columbia, encounters with remote people with a special message to send the world, and more will be revealed this Sunday, April 1, when Montana Dental Outreach Team head Dr. Tom Bartoletti and Rita Koll present “From the Heart of the World: Dental Missions and Cultural Exchange in Columbia.” The free, public talk occurs at 1:15 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre. Koll, a social worker familiar with Columbia’s Arhuaco people, will offer a view of their spirituality and way of life and how it connects with Catholic spiritual traditions. Dr. Bartoletti will discuss the planned dental outreach mission to serve the Arhuaco and will be handing out applications to all who are interested in going on the trip. The event is sponsored by the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice.
Over the past three years, Dr. Bartoletti and other dentists have led Carroll students on medical missions to Haiti, Honduras, Moldova, and Colombia, where students assist in providing fillings, cleanings, extractions and dental hygiene education to some of the world’s poorest and most medically underserved communities. For more info, contact Dr. Bartoletti at 406-842-5400.
GRATITUDE ATTITUDE
Next week Carroll students are celebrating “Tag (Tribute to All who Give) Day,” recognizing the generosity of those who have invested their time, treasure and talents in our college, making possible our campus facilities, academic experience and scholarships. Tags will be posted all over campus to illustrate how much giving went into campus infrastructure, and students will compete in a photo contest where they’ll mug for fun poses near the tags they find. Watch for the tags and the gangs of camera-toting students mid-next week.
In other giving news, Dr. Alissa Abentroth (photo right), class of 1995, is on our YouTube site with a new video clearly linking scholarships to the future of the medical profession. Check it out at: http://youtu.be/3GHJtE246PM
STUDENT NEWS
Awards
The Carroll College Hunthausen Award Committee has announced its selection of two Carroll students for the 2012 Raymond G. Hunthausen Award for Community Service. The winners are Carroll seniors Sarah Potucek and Ceron Warfield.
Sarah Potucek (photo left) won the award for her local and global service work. Holding officer posts including president with the Carroll Student Nurses Association, she has organized free blood pressure screenings for the public and headed fundraisers for charities like the Friendship Center and Florence Crittenton Home. She was elected the 2011-2012 Montana Student Nurse Association Community Health Director. As part of Carroll Outreach Team medical missions to Latin America, she has been a leader on two Honduras trips to help sick and parentless orphans and provide medical care to the poor. As a student at a Dominican Republic language institute, Potucek volunteered at an orphanage for children suffering from HIV and mental disabilities. She is currently planning a service trip to provide medical care at a Columbian orphanage right after her graduation this May. In Helena, she volunteered as a “big” for Big Brothers, Big Sisters and for the collegiate Circle K service club, in addition to preparing and serving food regularly at God’s Love and assisting at grocery drives to benefit Helena Food Share.
Ceron Warfield (photo right) was selected for his faith-based service on campus and throughout the Helena community. For four years, Warfield has assisted God’s Love and Helena Food Share by providing his own time and talents and inspiring other Carroll students to get involved. His work advancing the college’s annual Martin Luther King Day activities for the past four years has proven pivotal in the event’s ongoing success, with Warfield doing everything from event promotion to recruiting campus volunteers to help local charities during the MLK National Service Day. He has also served as a team leader for Up ’Til Dawn (a Carroll fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital), a campaign leader for Carroll’s Grateful Saints giving initiative, and a volunteer for the Carroll Gifted Institute, Relay for Life fundraiser and Student Ambassadors program. Lending a hand to local kids, he has also coached YMCA basketball for two years.
Honorable mention for the award went to seniors Ariana McElrath and Sierra Olszewski.
Events
Tonight is Junior/Senior Banquet at the Red Lion Colonial Inn in Helena. Shuttles will transport students between Trinity Hall parking lot and the Colonial throughout the night, starting at 6.
Saturday, April 14 is the annual Up 'Til Dawn Rummage sale to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. From 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., the sale will take place in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. Carroll’s Up ’Til Dawn student fundraising club for St. Jude is collecting donations of new and used household items, clothing, books, etc., to be sold in the sale. Donations can be dropped off at the collection boxes in any residence hall or in the Associated Students of Carroll College office downstairs in the Campus Center. Items will be accepted until April 13.
In the News
Carroll’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) are competing at the SIFE USA Regional Competition in Seattle, Wash., today. This is one of 11 such regional contests SIFE holds across the country in March and April. Students in the competition will apply business concepts to develop community outreach projects to improve the lives of underserved people. This academic year was the inaugural for Carroll’s SIFE club, which organized “Let’s Can Hunger,” a food collection project providing 3,000 pounds of groceries to Helena Food Share. In the next few weeks, SIFE will endeavor to pull in another ton of nonperishables for the cause. If Carroll’s SIFE team wins regionals, they’ll be off to the SIFE USA National Exposition in Kansas City, Mo., in late May.
For the latest student news and activities, go to www.carroll.edu/students
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Tomorrow, 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
John McCarvel (photo right), class of 1979, CEO of the high-fashion shoe company Crocs, was the subject of a recent USA Today feature Q and A about the company’s rise to good fortune, marketing strategies and future, including a plug for McCarvel’s alma mater. Slip into the details at: http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/story/2012-03-29/crocs-john-mccarvel-global-reach/53873038/1
Beth (Krings) Kirsch, class of 1994, of Lewistown, Mont., and her husband Scott Kirsch proudly announce that their daughter Madelyn recently won the Montana State Spelling Bee and is headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC this May to represent the Treasure State. The whole family will be there cheering her on, and a red letter day is expected: Beth is a third grade teacher who teaches spelling, which might have set the stage for Madelyn’s national debut. (Photo left: Kirsch family with champ speller Madelyn in center near brothers Noah and Joseph)
This April, Claire Brownell (photo right), class of 2003, will be the star of the Naples, Fla., Gulfshore Playhouse production of A Streetcar Named Desire, with Claire as the irrepressible and haunting Blanche DuBois. Claire’s credits include the female starring role in the Broadway and national tour of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. Among her other roles, she has appeared in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (Washington, DC) An Ideal Husband, Shakespeare on the Sound’s Much Ado About Nothing, American Conservatory Theater’s A Christmas Carol, and the Montana Shakespeare Company’s Twelfth Night.
Jason DeShaw (photo left), class of 2003, will be the star of a Helena CD release party for his fifth album, Atmosphere, with the concert at the Gateway Center, 1710 National Drive, on Friday, April 13. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a no-host food and bar menu available beginning at 5:30 p.m. DeShaw has entertained in 35 states, Canada, and Europe. Upon his return from a Germany tour in 2011, he began recording Atmosphere at Soul Tree Recording in Helena with producer Billy Stull of Texas, who has worked with Roy Orbison, Eddie Rabbit, George Strait, Huey Lewis, The Judds, Ray Price and other stars. The project wrapped up in San Antonio, Texas, where talents joining DeShaw on the album included George Strait’s fiddle player Gene Elders and Kenny Chesney’s steel guitar player Jim Gairett. Both Elders and Gairett were impressed by the lyrics and melodies in the songs, with Gairett telling DeShaw, “You’ve got what it takes to make it big in the music business.” Tickets to the April 13 release party and concert are available at Leslie’s Hallmark stores and Capital Sports & Western and online www.legendaryET.com. For more information, call 406-227-9711.
Donald Phipps, class of 2011, and Sarah Potucek, class of 2011 and 2012, will be married on June 9, 2012 at the Cathedral of St. Helena in Montana’s capital city. Donald is a computer support specialist with the State of Montana Legislative Office of Information Technology. Sarah graduated from Carroll College in 2011 with a Spanish degree and a minor in Latin American studies. She is currently finishing her senior year of nursing school at Carroll and will receive her degree this May. (Couple in photo right)
In Memoriam
Patricia H. Nelson (photo left), class of 1949, died on March 21, 2012. After earning her nursing degree from Carroll, she worked as a registered nurse in both Helena and Butte hospitals. While at Carroll she met the love of her life, James M. Nelson Jr. (class of 1958), a Navy veteran, and they embarked on a marriage that gave them eight children over their 54-year union. After raising her children as a full-time mom, Patricia returned to Carroll, where she earned a theology degree in 1986. She earned a master’s degree in human services from the College of Great Falls and, in 2005, a doctorate degree in adult and community education from Montana State University. For more on her lifetime of learning and love, read: http://helenair.com/news
Thomas McGonigal, class of 1950, died on November 15, 2011. A decorated war hero, in the U.S. Army Air Corps he served one tour of duty as a staff sergeant and ball turret gunner on the B-17 aircraft with the 3706 Army Air Forces Base Unit in England. He was awarded three Bronze Battle Stars, a Bronze Cluster, one Sliver Cluster and three Oak Leaf Clusters for his service during his tour of service in the Army. At Carroll, he met his future wife, Mary F. Larpenteur, class of 1951. His first job at Baker High School saw him teaching English and Latin. He became a coach and an administrator, retiring after 40 years with the Baker Schools. To show appreciation for his many years of service and dedication, the district named the McGonigal Gymnasium in his honor. He also worked for over 30 years as an instructor of the hunter safety education program, teaching both archery and rifle skills. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks recognized him with many awards for this teaching. During his summer months, Tom worked for many years for the USDA Soil Conservation Service to promote conservation with eastern Montana farmers and ranchers. For more on his life, read: http://helenair.com/news
Bernard A. “Bernie” “Bud” Hewitt (photo right), class of 1993, of Helena, died of a sudden cardiac episode in Bismarck, N.D., on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2012. His career centered on the insurance industry and took him to various parts of the country, but he generally spent most of his professional life in Helena with Montana State Fund. For more on his life, read: http://helenair.com/news
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Three poems by Associate Professor of English Loren Graham (photo left) have recently been accepted for publication by the Alabama Literary Review. The poems are entitled Country Boy, Octobers, and Letters. All are from Graham's manuscript recently accepted for book publication with CavanKerry Press.
Kelly Parsley (photo right), our Wellness Center’s sexual safety and wellness educator and program chair for Health Sciences, was recently selected to present at the April 2012 Family and Community Health Conference (FCHC). The FCHC is an annual conference sponsored by the Montana Department of Health and Human Services. Parsley will be presenting “Adolescent Health and Sexual Assault: A Public Health Response.” Her paper focuses on using public health models to improve the lives and safety of adolescent girls.
Dr. Debra Bernardi (photo left) of Carroll’s Department of Languages and Literature sends an update from her academic work abroad: I'm here in Italy at the Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” in Naples, where I was sent as a Fulbright Scholar. I’ve delivered lectures including "'You're Not Going to Let Some Silly Rule Stand in Your Way!': Italy and American Femininity, 1953-1962" as part of colloquium called "Happy Days: America in the 1950s" and "Edith Wharton and Italy at the Turn of the Century.” Next week, I'm teaching a class on writing essays in English to graduate students. As part of this experience, one of my colleagues from last year at the Orientale, Professor Fiorenzo Iuliano is taking my writing course and my course in Latina/Chicano writers.
At the recent Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) self-evaluation workshops, Carroll’s Director of Institutional Effectiveness Dawn Gallinger and Vice President for Student Life Jim Hardwick were presenters, with their talks receiving accolades for Carroll’s accomplishments as a pilot institution under the new accreditation standards. In particular, many faith-based institutions expressed their thanks at keynote and breakout sessions for Carroll taking the lead on developing and evidencing core themes for small colleges and universities.
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 was notified by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) this past week that we are in the top 25 institutional rankings for NAIA Winter Sports for the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. The Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between NACDA and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to twelve sports—six women’s and six men’s. Carroll is the highest ranked Frontier Conference school at #22.
Schedule
Track and field begins its outdoor season competition this weekend in Missoula. Golf is bye.
Events
April 20 is the 30th annual Saints Athletic Association Auction in the Carroll PE Center, raising money for scholar-athlete scholarships. This year’s theme is “Under the Big Top: The Greatest Show on Earth.” Silent auction starts at 6 p.m., live auction at 7. This is the largest fundraiser for Saints Athletics, with funds supporting student-athlete scholarships.
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.
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. To attend, call 406-447-4324.
April 11: National speaker Kevin Hines will offer insights on mental wellness at a 7 p.m. free, public talk, “Suicide: Never 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: Jason DeShaw, class of 2003, stars in a CD release party for his fifth album, Atmosphere, with the concert at the Gateway Center, 1710 National Drive in Helena, begin at 7:30 p.m. with a no-host food and bar menu available at 5:30 p.m. DeShaw has entertained in 35 states, Canada, and Europe. Tickets to the April 13 release party and concert are available at Leslie’s Hallmark stores and Capital Sports & Western and online www.legendaryET.com. For more information, call 406-227-9711.
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 College children’s theatre production, at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall. This is the story of the foolish youngest son of a miller, who follows the advice of a clever cat in extraordinary footwear to achieve nobility and a fine marriage. There's a laundry list of laughs, especially when Puss in Boots duels the great laundry giant! Carroll faculty and staff get in free with one guest. General admission is $5, children under 12 are $3. For more info, call 447-5415.
April 14: Up 'Til Dawn Rummage sale to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center.
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 406-447-4491 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: 30th annual Saints Athletic Association Auction in the Carroll PE Center, raising money for scholar-athlete scholarships. This year’s theme is “Under the Big Top: The Greatest Show on Earth.” Silent auction starts at 6 p.m., live auction at 7. This is the largest fundraiser for Saints Athletics, with funds supporting student-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 at Batch Fields near campus. An alcohol-free celebration of life, friendship and the Carroll family.
April 26: Carroll Jazz Combo Concert, 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre. Free and open to the public.
April 27: Carroll Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series presents a talk by Dr. Kelly Cline, “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.