May 26, 2011 QuickNotes

RIGHT ON TRACK Right now, three members of Carroll's track and field team are competing at NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and whatever the results, they've already made history. Saints track and field was reborn this academic year at Carroll after a hiatus of many years, and right out of the starting blocks our fleet footed students rose to stardom. Making the rounds at nationals is May 2011 graduate Shannon Flynn (photo left), named an All American this spring and automatically qualifying for the 800 meters. Fellow women's teammate Rhianna Grossman (photo below right) is entering the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and men's team standout Ben Cutler (photo above right in center) is one of the favorites in the 400-meter dash and long jump. In the 400 meters, Cutler's time is the 15th best in the nation, and he's 16th in the long jump.  A total of 168 NAIA schools are participating at this championship extravaganza occurring on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind. Updates will be available on the Carroll website as results develop. Meanwhile, a stellar feature on Cutler is online at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/article_86535d90-8693-11e0-8267-001cc4c03286.html Stay tuned for a full feature story on our track and field team's swift dash to greatness in the summer 2011 edition of Carroll Magazine, due out this July. CHANGE OF PACE Summer's Carroll cadence is a bit different than during the regular academic year, but the college is certainly on the move. Sure, summer semester classes are in full swing, with classes such as Dr. Chris Fuller's highly popular "Gospel According to Harry Potter" filling the rooms with avid students. Courses take place both on campus and beyond-check today's Helena Independent Record story on our Archaeological Field School (photo right) at: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/article_4b5d5de0-8764-11e0-9746-001cc4c03286.html After Pope John Paul II's beatification, Carroll's Facilities and Grounds professionals soared out into our rainy spring to do a little beautification, with flowers sprouting up everywhere and buildings getting makeovers. A few highlights:  the "Murdock project" in Simperman Hall has already begun with the demolition of materials in rooms 215, 316, and 400, with hundreds of students standing to benefit from the renovation of these three science learning spaces dedicated to teaching and research. High altitude workers are finishing up the new topper to replace the 50-year-old roof at Guadalupe Hall. Improvements to several other facilities, including the library and Nelson Stadium are in progress, with the addition of a Teaching and Learning Center in the Corette Library to be completed this summer. Additional improvements continue in O'Connell Hall with the generous donations from the O'Connell family. Around campus, new signage will also be popping up to help visitors and students find the buildings and offices they're searching for. CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH Professors Brian Matz (photo left) and Zac Callen received plenty of press this spring for inventing and launching a first-in-the-nation Carroll course devoted to analyzing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Obama. Today, Thursday (May 26), Dr. Matz and three students from the class will be in Great Falls for a community forum to share what they learned in the intensive class. The Health Care Bill 101 Symposium is free and open to the public starting at 6:30 p.m. at the University of Great Falls Theatre Auditorium. Great Falls is getting this special Carroll forum thanks to the efforts of a Great Falls resident who attended a similar presentation held this spring before graduation in Helena, when our healthcare reform class students and their professors educated the public on the provisions and implications of the new law, which they read from cover to cover-all 2,500 pages of it. For more on the Great Falls symposium, read: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110523/NEWS01/105230304 A feature story on our students' findings on what healthcare reform means, and does not, is online at the Great Falls Tribune site: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110525/OPINION/105250307/Carroll-students-dive-into-health-bill-share-findings SASHAYING ON OUT OF HERE Before Commencement 2011 this May, Carroll's Education Abroad Office recently celebrated its 8th annual Sash Ceremony for the graduating seniors who participated in a Carroll-sponsored education or service abroad program. This year's ceremony included 53 students, 24 counties, and 5 continents. A YouTube slide show of the event is online for your enjoyment at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGrYp8xXs0 STUDENT NEWS A few recent math alumni from the Class of 2011 report in their future plans for entering graduate school starting this fall-here are details for just  a few: Joe Barstad will be in the master's program in mechanical engineering at Columbia University. Amber Nuxoll will be pursuing a Ph.D. in operations research at North Carolina State. Scott Harmon will begin his Ph.D. studies in mechanical engineering at Colorado School of Mines. Ben Dill will enter the Ph.D. program in mathematics at University of Iowa. Sam Schaefer will be studying for his master's in science in statistics at Montana State University. Nick Ryhajlo (math and computer science major) will also be at MSU earning his master's in computer science. Update: in our last edition of QNs, Brittany Harris was listed as a mathematics: biology major, with this appellation true but a bit misleading. She is definitely a math graduate with a biology minor, and QNs is proud to add that the program she has been accepted to at Yale is in biostatistics. Rachael DeMarce, a Carroll Gates Millennium Scholar and class of 2012 political science and communication major, was featured in a recent news story from Alabama about her participation in the PBS American Experience Freedom Ride to commemorate the sacrifices of the original Freedom Riders during the US civil rights movement. DeMarce's comments on the unique journey and what she learned about the commonality between the Freedom Riders and the Native American struggle for justice is online at: http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/13253107/article-Anniston-bus-murals-unveiled?instance=1st_left ALUMNI NEWS Events Come aboard for the Carroll Alumni & Friends Alaskan Cruise next July 2012 with our hosts, Carroll alumni Dr. Gerald and Pat Shields (photo right), both class of 1966, with over 30 years experience in Alaska. Set sail with us July 27, 2012, on the Celebrity Millennium 7-day cruise from Vancouver, BC, along the inside passage to Seward/Anchorage. The optional cruise tour (land extension) continues until August 9 from Anchorage to Talkeetna Denali, concluding in Fairbanks. Cruise Highlights include: watching glaciers calving off icebergs as high as 10-story buildings; traveling into the habitat of caribou, grizzly and brown bears, humpback whales, sea lions, soaring eagles; and experiencing a private tour of Ketchikan (the salmon capital of the world and home of the largest collection of carved totem poles) Cruise Tour Highlights include: travel on a glass-domed train car, the Wilderness Express, to Denali National Park; journeying into the Tundra Wilderness near Mt. McKinley; and looking for Alaska's big five: caribou, moose, bear, grey wolves and Dall sheep In Fairbanks, ride the Riverboat Discovery Sternwheeler; visit an Athabascan Indian village; enjoy Northern Inua performances featuring storytelling, songs and athletic events from the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics and feast on a delicious Alaskan salmon bake Celebrity offers 21 cabin options from economy inside staterooms to luxurious suites. The earlier you book, the more choices you have, as staterooms are filled on a first-come basis. For complete itinerary and more information visit http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/travel/index.cc  or contact Kathy Ramirez in the Carroll Alumni Office kramirez@carroll.edu  406-447-5185. In the News Priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on May 11celebrated the annual Jubilee Mass held at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta to honor priests reaching significant milestones in their ministry this year, with golden jubilarian Father Thomas R. Flynn (photo right), class of 1958, among the honorees. A priest of the Diocese of Helena, Mont., he was ordained in Rome, Italy, on July 16, 1961. In 1970, Father Flynn completed his studies at Columbia University in New York where he received his doctorate in French philosophy. A respected scholar who has penned four books and co-edited three others, Father Flynn arrived in Atlanta in 1978, and has been serving as Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. Prior to Father Flynn's arrival in Atlanta, he served as assistant professor at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.; visiting scholar, St. Mary's College Seminary, Baltimore, Md.; and assistant professor at Carroll. Father Flynn was named Emory University "Scholar-Teacher of the Year" in 1986 and was the first recipient of the prestigious teaching award from Emory University, the George P. Cuttino Award, given in recognition of his excellence in undergraduate mentoring. In 2006, he received an honorary doctorate from Carroll College. James F. Smith, MD, class of 1981, has recently become chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Creighton University School of Medicine.  Dr. Smith graduated with a degree in biology from Carroll and attended St. Louis University School of Medicine.  He completed training as a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist and has been on the faculties of Stanford University and New York Medical College prior to taking the position at Creighton. Lyn Geronimi (photo left), class of 1985, teaches independent living and consumer math to at-risk students at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Wash. After graduating from Carroll, he embarked on a career helping developmentally challenged people of all ages, including working in Montana with disabled adults at Helena Industries and volunteering for Special Olympics. When he came to Kamiak 13 years ago, he developed and implemented a new class called 'Independent Living' for special ed students. For much more, read: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110523/NEWS01/705239953/1058/COMM0617 Breanna Celeste Dorseth, class of 2004, will exchange marriage vows with Brandon James Spitzer on July 30, 2011, at Riverside Country Club in Bozeman, Mont. (Couple in photo right) Heather M. Ready (photo left), class of 2004, has joined the Billings law firm of Karell Dyre Haney PLLP as an associate attorney. She has practiced law in Billings since receiving her Juris Doctorate from the University of Montana School of Law in 2007. Ready's primary areas of practice include real estate, estate planning and commercial law. Joshua Haines, class of 2006, married Amanda Vetter on September 16, 2010, in Boise, Idaho. Joshua is employed by Icon Credit Union. (Couple in photo right) On May 16, 2011, Michael William Chaet was born to Ben Chaet, class of 2008, and wife Julie Chaet, with paternal grandparents, Carroll adjunct professor Mike Chaet and alumna Mary (Dehler) Chaet, class of 1976, reporting that this is their first grandchild. Mary Kate McIntyre, class of 2010, recently started her job as director of the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Foundation in Glasgow, Mont. During her Carroll undergrad experience, Mary Kate served as a workstudy for four years in the Carroll Office of Advancement, as did her fellow alumna Kayla (Corrigan) Sanders, class of 2006, who now serves as the assistant director of development for the Montana Tech Foundation in Butte, Mont. Both report that their workstudy jobs at the college gave them vital experience helping them land their current posts. Josh Saunders, class of 2009, is engaged to marry Montana Public Radio journalist Emilie Ritter this September. Josh is an accountant for Jordahl & Sliter in Kalispell, Mont. (Couple in photo left) Michelle Metzger, an elementary education graduate of 2011 from Billings, Mont., has been accepted into the Lasallian Association of New Catholic Educators program. This summer, Metzger will teach at an underserved Catholic school in Memphis, Tenn., while she works toward obtaining her master's degree through Christian Brothers University in Memphis. In Memoriam Glenda Gloria (Gibson) Fleming (photo right), Carroll nursing class of 1963, a registered nurse and Army veteran, died of lung cancer on May 13, 2011, at her home in Belt, Mont. She entered the Sisters of Charity School of Nursing through Carroll College, and served in the Army Student Nurse Corps until discharged for medical reasons. Glenda worked as an R.N. mostly in OB/GYN labor and delivery at the Columbus, Deaconess, and Benefis Hospitals in Montana. She worked with Dr. Handwerk for 23 years at the Great Falls Clinic before retiring. She then returned to work with Cascade County Aging Services until declining health forced her to quit. For more on her life, read: http://missoulian.com/news/local/obituaries/article_f29ec77c-7f0a-11e0-ac3f-001cc4c03286.html FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Karla Hokit of Carroll's Corette Library has been granted a developmental leave that consists of reducing her hours to half time beginning in fall 2011 so that she can perform her job while obtaining a master's degree in library science. Carroll Admission Counselor Jessica Savage has been granted a developmental leave to obtain a master's degree at Stanford University.  CAMPUS MINISTRY Fr. Jerry Lowney is celebrating Mass throughout the summer at noon every weekday, Monday through Friday, in St. Joseph's Chapel, Borromeo Hall. As usual, all are welcome! ATHLETICS Victory Sports Network announced Monday that Carroll College quarterback Dane Broadhead, running back Chance Demarais and defensive back Brian Strobel will grace the cover of the national edition of the ninth annual Victory Sports Network NAIA Football Preview magazine. This year the magazine will feature five different covers spanning every region of NAIA Football. It can be purchased now for $14.95 at www.victorysportsnetwork.com. For more on the story behind the cover, read: http://helenair.com/sports/football/college/article_937cb5bc-8692-11e0-a952-001cc4c03286.html The Saints Athletic Association Auction held in April raised over $125,000 for student-athlete scholarships. Go Saints, and go Saints supporters!  Carroll Athletics complete coverage is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/index.cc COMING EVENTS Ongoing: Sallyann Mulcahy, 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 7:45 p.m. in the Arthur Vining Davis Dance Studio downstairs in the Campus Center. The class of both men and women of all ages is growing, but is still taking new members. For more information, contact Mulcahy at 447-5508 or email thelifedancer@gmail.com July 16: 8th Annual Summer Symphony Under the Stars at Carroll College, with the Helena Symphony presenting Harlem Renaissance including the works of jazz legend Duke Ellington. Free, public picnic-style seating on the lawn, plus a limited number of chairs to go on sale this June. Concert begins at 8:30 p.m. and ends with the traditional fireworks extravaganza. July 27-29: Ballet Montana, in-residence at Carroll, presents its 17th summer season with The Inquisition of Don Miguel and Cuarteto Romantico. At the Myrna Loy Center in Helena, 8 p.m. July 24-30: The 27th annual Carroll College Gifted Institute in-residence program for gifted students entering 5th through 9th grades.  August 22-September 30: The Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) begins its 2011-2012 exhibit season with works by Corita Kent, a member of the Immaculate Heart Community. More info is at: https://www.corita.org/ October 14-17: Homecoming October 17-December 4: The Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) continues its exhibit series with paintings by religion scholar Lisa Sweet. More info is at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/s/sweetl/