SIX-YEAR HIGH
The largest graduating class in six years—288 in all—will take the stage this Saturday, May 11, for commencement, and this also marks the very first Carroll graduation day for President Tom Evans. The ceremony will include revelation of the winners for some awards that remain top secret until the big day, but we can tell you that our commencement speaker (and honorary doctorate recipient) will be Dr. Carolyn Woo, the CEO and president of Catholic Relief Services. The Borromeo Award will be conferred on the Rev. Bernard Peter Byrne, class of 1951, who has spent his life serving children in Peru and advancing children’s rights worldwide as a member of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. The student speaker will be biology major Jonathan Lenz.
Our 2012 graduation saw a record number of “golden grads” celebrating their 50- and 60-year commencement reunions; the solid-gold turnout this Saturday will beat last year’s showing. A special shout-out goes to the living members of the class of 1943—our 70-year jubilarians—among them Father Joe Oblinger and Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen, former president of the college, former bishop of Helena and retired archbishop of Seattle.
Something new for this graduation: Carroll is piloting a live web feed of the event, broadcast through our webcam in the PE Center. To hook up, go to http://www.carroll.edu/students and look for the live webcam feed icon on Saturday.
Student winners of the Bishop Gilmore Memorial Award for Outstanding Scholarship and the Michael Murphy Award for Outstanding Collegiate Citizenship will be announced in next week’s QNs, as will the faculty winners of the Outstanding Teaching Award and the Distinguished Scholar Award.
GROUND TROOPS
Today’s run-up to Saturday’s denouement is pretty intense, with a 2 p.m. groundbreaking ceremony for our new campus apartments on the east edge of campus, followed at 3 p.m. by President Tom Evans and his wife Lisa toasting the Class of 2013 on the historic St. Charles Hall steps. From there, head on over to the Alumni Walk (between St. Charles and Simperman Hall), for the unveiling of the bricks embossed with our newest graduates’ names and permanently installed on Carroll’s hallowed ground.
For those interested in attending the 20-minute groundbreaking, look for the balloons flying high on the hill flanking the east edge of campus, near the entrance to the unpaved parking area just north of the Civil Engineering Building and east of the Fortin Science Center. The original shovel that broke ground on the newborn college back in 1909 will be at it again. A slate of student representatives, college officials and local dignitaries will be on hand—more in the next edition of QNs!
MOTHER EARTH DAY
In addition to Sunday’s Mother’s Day holiday, the SAVE Foundation is holding a weekend-long plastics recycling drive to celebrate Mother Earth. Today through Monday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, drop your type 1 and 2 plastic containers in the large metal shipping bins located at the YMCA parking lot just east of campus. Aluminum cans will be accepted as a fundraiser to keep SAVE recycling thriving in Helena.
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
Conner Johns, a Carroll graduating senior majoring in business administration/finance and a professional fly-fishing guide who coordinates the local Outdoor Explorers program, was recently in the news for leading an all-day fly fishing excursion on the Blackfoot River with a group of kids from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Helena as part of the Outdoor Explorers Mentoring program. The program, a partnership with the National Forest Service, Montana Wilderness Association, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters, provides outdoor adventures and educational opportunities for kids who might not have other ways to get closer to nature. More fishy facts can be hooked at: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/recreation/explorers-mentoring-program-aims-to-get-youth-in-the-outdoors/article_20b0e380-b86f-11e2-8ccf-0019bb2963f4.html
ALUMNI NEWS
Travel
Registration is now open for three fabulous Carroll alumni, parents and friends 2013 travel opportunities:
Glacier Park Weekend: On July 26-27, explore one of Montana’s great outdoor treasures, with options of river rafting, boating, hiking, scenic tour, outdoor Mass, campfire, BBQ and more. Camping and lodging accommodations available. Make it a family adventure and travel by train from the east or the west using Amtrak’s special Carroll fare code X37N-966. Walla Walla Wine Tour: This October 11-14, enjoy Washington wine country at harvest time, with limousine transportation to the wineries, exceptional food and wine pairing, and accommodations at the historic Marcus Whitman Hotel. Christmas In Bethlehem: On December 20-30, tour the Holy Land with Carroll history professor Dr. Jeanette Fregulia. Tour destinations will include the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Olives, Jericho, Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of the Nativity. Hotel accommodations are right in Bethlehem for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
For more information on these and other Carroll alumni events visit www.carroll.edu/alumni.
In the News
Last month, Colin Irvine, class of 1991, an associate professor in the English Department/Environmental Studies Program at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minn., was named Augsburg’s Distinguished Professor of the Year. According to Irvine, his teaching inspirations are Carroll’s own Dr. Bob Swartout and the late Professor Emeritus of Languages and Literature Hank Burgess, who demonstrated the art of outstanding teaching and scholarly excellence.
Libbi Lovshin, class of 1995, was recently re-elected to the Helena (Mont.) School Board. Since 2009, she has served as the central services division administrator for the Montana Department of Agriculture, which entails all budgeting, accounting, human resources and technology services for the department as well as some legislative work.
Pending board approval, Eric Peterson, class of 2001, will be the new head coach for the Helena High girls basketball program. Peterson has been the HHS junior varsity coach the past four years. He is currently a teacher at Clancy School, but will be transferring to C.R. Anderson Middle School in Helena next fall.
Dr. Patrick VanWyk, class of 2002, has joined the staff at the Helena, Mont., Intermountain Community Services Center. He offers psychological, psycho-educational and neuropsychological screening as well as clinical treatment for children, adolescents, adults and families. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Idaho State University and returns to Montana after work in western Massachusetts. He and his wife have two children.
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
In early 2013, the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) released its first consumer publication, Save Wisely, Spend Happily: Real Stories about Money and How to Thrive from Trusted Advisors, as collection of advice offered by 125 CPAs, including a story by Carroll’s own Belle Marie, a CPA and accounting professor.
Dr. Gillian Glaes, associate professor and chair of Carroll’s History Department, reports that her article, “Marginalized, yet Mobilized: The UGTSF, African Immigration, and Racial Advocacy in Post-colonial France,” has been published in French Cultural Studies Volume 24 Issue 2, May 2013. The journal abstract is at: http://frc.sagepub.com/content/24/2/174.abstract
ATHLETICS
Carroll’s track and field team is preparing for NAIA Outdoor Nationals on May 24-26 in Marion, Ind.
COMING EVENTS
May 15: Summer classes begin.
June 14-30: Carroll Summer Theatre presents Fox on the Fairway, 7:30 p.m. all performances, in the Carroll College Theatre. Directed by Chuck Driscoll. A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo, Shakespeare in Hollywood) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. This is a fast-paced and high energy evening filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans; it's a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers' classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and mankind's eternal love affair with golf.
July 10-12: Carroll presents its third annual Mountain Moodle Moot conference on campus. This event has become one of premiere Moodle conferences in the US. This session will see over 120 attending from all over the US and the abroad. Already confirmed are speakers from New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, Indiana, North Dakota, England, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. This year features two main tracks focusing on Moodle, both in the K-12 environment and in higher ed. For oodles on Moodle, go to http://www.mountainmoot.com or follow through Twitter @mtmoot.
July 14-20: The 30th annual Carroll College Gifted Institute, an in-residence program for gifted students entering 5th through 9th grades.