MAY 31, 2013
BAG THE MAG ONLINE!
The spring 2013 edition of Carroll Magazine is online now, packed with popes, adventure yarns, Higgs bosons and much more. See the lovely online flip-book version at: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/resources/magazine/
FIELD OF DREAMS
At NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Marion, Ind., last weekend, two Saints walked away as #1 in the nation. First, after earning the first national title in the history of Carroll track and field by winning the pole vault during NAIA Indoor Championships, junior Easton Padden took home the national outdoor pole vault title. The women gave Carroll a supreme encore: Sophomore Kathleen Mulligan scored the NAIA’s top finish in the triple jump at Outdoor Nationals. It was a well-earned honor: During her time at Carroll, she had already competed in three national championship meets, and at all three she earned All-American status.
In all this spring, the Saints registered five NAIA All-America selections during the outdoor track and field season and added nine more during the indoor season. All told, 14 athletes received All-America recognition this past year to go along with the three individual titles and numerous academic accolades.
Read more about our two track and field national champions at: http://billingsgazette.com/sports/college/frontier-conference/carroll-college/laurel-product-padden-adds-to-national-title-collection/article_15db40b5-09c7-55a9-86e3-c3f2e92a474e.html#ixzz2UhlMnUbZ
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TRACKING A NEW COURSE
In the wake of these NAIA track and field triumphs, Carroll’s track and field and cross country head coach Matt Morris (right) has resigned, effective June 30, to pursue other coaching opportunities. Morris’ tenure as Carroll’s head coach resulted in 34 All-America honorees, three individual national champions, six runner-up places at nationals and four cross country Frontier Conference team championships (three consecutive on the women's side). On three occasions, Morris was named the league’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. Under his watch, the men’s and women’s cross country and track & field programs also maintained a 3.4 cumulative grade point average.
Stepping into the head coaching position will be Harry Clark, who spent the past year as assistant coach for the Saints. Clark joined the Carroll program last summer after spending 11 seasons as an assistant at the University of Montana where he coached the sprints, hurdles and throws. During his coaching tenure at Montana, Clark coached numerous Big Sky Conference indoor and outdoor champions. Clark got off to a great start this past season as he coached our two new national champs Easton Padden and Kathleen Mulligan. In his own college years, Clark was an outstanding athlete at both the University of Houston and Montana State University, qualifying four times for the NCAA championships in the decathlon. His highest finish helped him earn NCAA All-America honors with a fourth place finish in the national championships. Clark also competed at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival, where he had a third-place showing in the decathlon. Clark still holds the Montana State University record in the decathlon with 7,633 points.
More info on these big changes afoot in Carroll racing, go to Carroll Athletics/a> (and check the “News Room” for complete details). A story that traces how Morris launched Carroll's track and field program to year-one greatness is in the online version of the Summer 2011 Carroll Magazine (starting on page 20) here: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/resources/magazine/summer2011/index.html
FOX NEWS
Get ready for 18 holes of hilarity, and we don’t mean your golf swing: in just two weeks, Carroll Summer Theatre returns with The Fox on the Fairway, playing Fridays through Sundays for three successive weeks starting June 14. With all shows in the Carroll Theatre at 7:30 p.m., the production is directed by Carroll’s own Chuck Driscoll, with his driven cast having a ball in rehearsals right now.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, replete with mistaken identities, high-energy hijinks, over-the-top romantic shenanigans and, of course, golf.
A total of nine performances are scheduled for June 14, 15 & 16; 21, 22 & 23; 28, 29 & 30. Doors open 30 minutes before curtain time; all seats first-come, first-served. Tickets are $15 for all seating.
POST MORTEM WITHOUT BORDERS
This past academic year, Carroll’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA reached new heights. Here’s a breakdown of the biggest news from this growing campus organization. First, EWB-Carroll has 38 members, the largest club roster since its 2006 launch. According to Dave Stewart, the past president of Engineers Without Borders-USA, EWB-Carroll is ranked as one of the top five Engineers Without Borders chapters in the nation, and the Carroll group was recognized in the organization’s keynote address at its international conference in Las Vegas last spring.
Good work has led to greater financial strength: During the fall 2012 EWB-USA matching campaign, EWB-Carroll finished in the overall top 10 in both the number of donations and the amount of money raised: $11,000. In spring, Carroll’s EWB received a $10,000 grant from Thornton Tomasetti in an extremely competitive application process. Meanwhile, the St. Patty’s Day annual rite, EWB-Carroll’s Shamrock Soiree on March 15, netted over $8,000 to advance EWB-Carroll projects south of the border. With those monetary resources, EWB-Carroll has continued work on its two current projects in Mexico (pipeline and irrigation system) and Guatemala (structural retrofit to prevent earthquake damage to buildings).
PEDRO PANS FLYING IN
This coming June 13-16, a very special gathering, the Montana Cuban Reunion, will be held in Helena, with one main event on Carroll’s campus. Approximately 75 Cuban Americans from around the nation will be attending this event celebrating their unique lives as Cuban refugees who found friendship, love and prosperity in America, including right here at Carroll College, as part of Operation Pedro Pan.
The government of Cuba had been overthrown and a dictator had risen to power. Schools were closed and the clergy were ousted from the country. While the elite had fled during the civil war, the poor, fed promises from the new leader that life would now be easier, remained to await better days. Fearful that their children would be transported to Soviet death camps, Cuban middle-class parents made the most painful decision of their lives: they sent their children away to another country in the hope that one day their families could be reunited. From 1961 to 1964, in what would ultimately be known as Operation Pedro Pan, over 14,000 Cuban children aged 6 to 17 received expedited visas courtesy of the US State Department, parted with their parents and escaped Fidel Castro’s new regime. After arriving first in Miami, where they resided in temporary camps, the children were disbursed into orphanages and adoptive homes throughout the US. Many of them ended up in Helena, Mont., growing up in North Ewing Street’s Brondel Hall (above right), named after First Bishop of Helena John Brondel. Some of the Pedro Pans would go on to receive degrees from Carroll College. Meanwhile, when the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 terminated all flights out of Cuba, Operation Pedro Pan ended. Freedom Flights began on December 1, 1965, and the parents of evacuated Pedro Pan children became priority passengers, resulting in the expedited reuniting of thousands of Cuban families.
For reflections on the Cuban Americans coming to the reunion this June, and for all the information about this historic event half a century in the making, go to: http://www.brondelreunion2013.com/.
STUDENT NEWS
The Great Falls Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded nearly $10,000 in scholarships and grants at its recent annual spring luncheon. Among the winners of $2,000 scholarships apiece were Carroll pre-med students Nicole Broden and Sara LaPierre, both of Great Falls, Mont.
ALUMNI NEWS
Saints in the Sun: Summer Alumni Gatherings
Join Carroll alumni, parents and friends at these upcoming Denver-area events; to attend, please RSVP to Kathy Ramirez alumni@carroll.edu or call 406-447-5185 by June 17:
June 23: Colorado Springs—at the Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. located at 2 East Pikes Peak Avenue, 5-7 p.m. This event will be no-host, order off the menu.
June 24: Denver—Meet Carroll’s new president Dr. Tom Evans at the home of John (class of 1979) and Paula McCarvel, 6–8 p.m.
June 25: Fort Collins—at Jay’s Bistro 135 W. Oak, 6-8 p.m. This event is no host, order off the menu.
Travel
Online registration is now open for three fabulous Carroll alumni, parents and friends 2013 travel opportunities—to sign on for big fun, trek to Alumni page for full trip info.
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, a dessert sunset cruise on Lake McDonald 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
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal recently honored the winners of its annual Women in Business Awards, and Carroll class of 1969 graduate and former Carroll board of trustees chair Margaret Perryman (right) was the one female executive singled out with a Career Achievement Award. Perryman is the president and CEO of Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, and a fabulous short video of her explaining her motivations and her mission is online at:.http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/feature/women-in-business.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article
Regina Bruner, R.N., class of 1985, has been named manager of Touchmark’s new memory care facility opening at the Helena retirement community this month. Bruner recently was certified as a Best Friends Master Trainer following a multiday training with renowned Alzheimer’s author and instructor David Troxel. Touchmark’s new 19,000-square-foot center consists of 30 private and two double-occupancy residences that will provide memory care support and services to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia illnesses. Bruner, who has 28 years of nursing experience, came to Touchmark from Beartooth Billings Clinic Public Health in Red Lodge, Mont., where she served as emergency preparedness coordinator. Her previous experience includes nursing roles at Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Deer Lodge, Carbon County Memorial Hospital in Red Lodge and Carbon County Memorial Hospital/Beartooth Health Center in Red Lodge. In addition to her Carroll nursing degree, she has completed a practicum in the Cardiac Step-Down Unit at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MEDIC First Aid/CPR instructor training, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness course.
Christopher "Dirk" Williams, MD, class of 1996, was recently promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force. Lt Col Williams, an Operation Enduring Freedom Bronze Star recipient, is currently stationed at Lackland AFB, Texas, 59th Medical Wing, gastroenterology division. Upon completion of his active duty service, he plans to relocate to Billings, Mont., and enter private practice.
The family of Carroll grad Mark Dempsey, class of 2000, sends word that Mark needs the prayers of his fellow Saints. In 2006 at the age of 30, Mark was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. This year, his condition worsened. He underwent open heart surgery on May 17 to provide him a heart-pump device as a bridge to an ultimate heart transplant. He is still in the ICU unit on the 8th floor at Oregon Health &Science University Hospital in Portland, Ore., and will be there for the foreseeable future. His family sends word that Mark has always loved his Carroll years and speaks of his professors and the college staff with warm fondness.
In April 2013, Rachel Pelc, class of 2007, began work as an independent living coordinator at Florence Crittenton’s Center for Pregnant & Parenting Teens in Helena. Pelc is teaching young women in the residential program essential living skills to ensure their success independently once leaving the program. She brings a wealth of experience in building relationships with patients, nutritional expertise and setting and achieving goals to maintain physical and mental wellbeing. Prior to joining Florence Crittenton, Pelc worked at Shodair Hospital and at Capital City Health Club.
Nichole Hodgskiss, class of 2008, is engaged to marry Matthew Graber on September 14, 2013. She is a registered nurse at St. Peter’s Hospital in Helena.
Michalene Zalesny, class of 2010, was elected for a two-year term to the Greater Montana Independent Electrical Contractors board of directors during the May 9, 2013, membership meeting held in Bozeman. The IEC promotes the business interests of those engaged in the electrical construction industry. Zalesny will be attending the National Convention & Electric Expo in Portland this September. She is president and co-owner of Frontier Electric, Inc., an electrical contracting company located in Clancy.
Darla (Lease) Dexter (left), class of 2013, was recently in the news for her study of prehistoric pollen during a Carroll summer archaeological dig at Beaver Creek Rock Shelter east of Helena. Dexter became interested in archaeology while taking a Native American Studies class with Dr. Lauri Travis at Carroll, and last May she joined archaeologist and anthropologist Travis and others for a two-week dig. The Beaver Creek Rock Shelter was used by Indian tribes for more than 2,000 years as a temporary shelter for two or three people at a time, so fire hearths, bones, shells and rock flakes chipped off during the shaping of arrowheads were readily apparent at the site. Dexter chose to focus on the site’s pollen samples because the substance is an indicator for climate changes that may have dictated human behavior. Dexter collaborated with Travis and Carroll’s librarian/botanist Kathy Martin to write a paper about the pollen findings. Her paper, “Late Holocene Plant Use at Beaver Creek Rock Shelter,” is expected to be published in an upcoming edition of a Montana archeological journal. Find more details at: http://mtstandard.com/news/local/archaeology-dig-searches-for-ancient-pollen/article_d80f1b74-c106-11e2-91f9-0019bb2963f4.html#.UZqGcRcT4gU.email
From June 13 to August 2, Stephanie Lammers, a class of 2013 nursing major and European Studies graduate, will be in Warsaw, Poland, where she has been accepted into the Collegium Civitas Internship Program. She will be working at the Jewish Historical Institute and taking Polish language classes and other courses through Collegium Civitas. “Throughout my studies at Carroll, I found myself passionate about pursuing history, especially fascinated by the Holocaust,” Lammers says. “While at Carroll, I had the opportunity to interview Holocaust survivors and listen to their stories, which left me deeply impacted. I was fortunate to have compiled these stories into Honoring Their Stories, a photo book project that honors the stories of Holocaust survivors, collected through either oral interviews or memoirs. Before starting my nursing career in the fall, I saw this internship in Poland as a wonderful opportunity to travel to the places that I have read about and experience this history firsthand.” Her internship at the Jewish Historical Institute will entail conducting oral interviews and listening to Jewish men and women who seek connection to their personal history and information about lost family members. “Most of the time, these men and women come to the Institute with merely a name or a picture of their family and are seeking additional information. From the little information that we receive, we will then take this knowledge and begin to string together the elements of their story, bringing to light their past,” explains Lammers.
In Memoriam
Winston E. Selle, a Carroll V-12 Navy veteran from WWII, of Las Vegas, Nev., died March 29, 2013. He was a retired engineering expeditor.
Lenora Lillyan Barry Verlanic (left), class of 1952, died on May 14, 2013. A lifelong Anaconda resident, she worked as a registered nurse at St. Ann’s Hospital in Anaconda, Galen State Hospital and St. James Hospital in Butte. In addition to caring for her patients, she also lovingly cared for many family members and friends throughout her life. For more on her life, read: http://missoulian.com/news/local/obituaries/lenora-lillyan-barry-verlanic/article_61394132-be31-11e2-963f-001a4bcf887a.html
Dixie M. Gillis (right), class of 1953, died on May 24, 2013, in Helena. After earning her Carroll nursing degree, she began her career at the “old Memorial Hospital” and then worked at the current Sheridan Memorial Hospital until 1963. In 1956, she and her husband bought a ranch on Wolf Creek outside Helena, which they called “The Needmore Farm.” Dixie’s nursing skills were put to good use raising sheep, much to the chagrin of the local cattle ranchers. After her husband Dave’s 1981 death, she resumed her nursing career at Eventide, where she worked until she retired in the 1990s. For more on her life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/dixie-m-gillis/article_0ec8332e-c68b-11e2-b74e-0019bb2963f4.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Carroll Business Department Accounting Professor Belle Marie recently delivered a business ethics presentation at the Montana Land Title Association’s annual education seminar. The presentation addressed codes of conduct, selected ethical theories and ethical decision-making in business. Over 100 participants attended from Montana, Idaho, Washington, Colorado and Utah.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Father Jerry Lowney is willing to have summer Mass each weekday in Borromeo Hall’s St. Joseph Chapel at 12:30 p.m. as long as interest prevails. If attendance flags, he will celebrate Mass according to his own daily preferences—information to follow in that eventuality. Due to prior obligations, he also will be unable to celebrate Mass at Carroll from July 25 until August 11.
Our Campus Ministry Headlights students have returned from their visit to the Diocese of Helena mission in Guatemala. Read their reflections and see some photos of the journey at: http://carrollheadlights.org/
ATHLETICS
Dr. Carson Cunningham (left), the head boys’ basketball coach at Andrean High School in Indiana, has been named Carroll’s new head men’s basketball coach. The former standout at both Oregon State and Purdue has spent the last five years at Andrean High School (his alma mater) in Merrillville, Ind., where his teams have won 43 of their last 50 games. Cunningham has also been an instructor in the history department and the department of cinema and digital media at DePaul University in Chicago since 2006. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history at Purdue University (2000), a Master of Arts in Modern American History (2001) and a PhD in History (2006), also at Purdue. He is also scheduled to complete his MBA at DePaul this spring.
Carroll’s first female golfer to reach the NAIA national tournament, Jackie Mee (right), ended her season in Nebraska after a third-round 83 — her three-round total of 11-over, 251 left her in a tie for 91st place. It was a noble showing, with promise of greater triumph next year. More Mee on the fairway coverage is at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/golf/mee-misses-cut-at-naias-eager-to-return/article_fb161a64-c435-11e2-acdd-0019bb2963f4.html
COMING EVENTS
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.
July 20: The annual Symphony Under the Stars on Carroll’s campus.