NOVEMBER 30, 2012

CARROLL CHRISTMAS CONFECTION

As the snow falls and temperatures drop, Carroll College Theatre found there is no better way to huddle against the cold than to enjoy a rich recipe of classic Christmas stories set to the sounds of the season. The department’s new play, < em>A Christmas Pudding, starts tonight, Nov. 30, and will play through this weekend and next in the Carroll Theatre.

Among the scenes in A Christmas Pudding are some of the most memorable and enduring holiday writings of all time, including selections from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Francis P. Church’s Yes Virginia There is a Santa Claus and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Along with these classic pieces are new and delightful selections that range from humorous to inspirational to dramatic. Songs include Joy to the World, the Muppets’ Bless Us All and Carol of the Bells, plus pieces in Latin and some musical numbers like Throw the Yule Log on Uncle John that you’ve probably never heard before.

The play’s director, Carroll Theatre Professor Chuck Driscoll, has been working in theatre for 40 years as teacher, actor, builder, designer and director. A multitude of Carroll student acting talent will grace the St. Charles Hall Old North stage, including seniors Emily Hilliard, Steven Sacchi, Caroline Schafer, Skye Summers and Mary Williams. Community members and students from local schools will also act and sing in the production.

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with a 1 p.m. Sunday matinee. Free admission for Carroll students and employees; otherwise general admission is $10, with students/seniors $8 (cash or checks only). Call 406-447-4304 for ticket reservations. Seating is on a first come-first served basis, and the auditorium opens 30 minutes before the show.

2,000 BAGGED DURING PLANET HUNTING SEASON

Tonight, Nov. 30, math and astronomy professorDr. Kelly Cline wraps up his fall semester lecture series with “The Kepler Mission:  Discovering 2,000 Planets" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre. NASA’s Kepler space telescope was built to find Earth-like planets orbiting around nearby Sun-like stars. 

Launched in 2009, Kepler has now discovered 2,321 new planets, with new discoveries continuing to make fresh news.  Of these newfound worlds, most are big Jupiter-sized planets, but 207 are similar in size to the Earth.  Kepler has even found 48 planets orbiting at the right distance from their stars for water to exist in liquid form.  In his talk, Dr. Cline will address the possibility that these remote planets might harbor oceans and perhaps life.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, DADDY-O

Next Thursday, Dec. 6,< strong>Pink & Blues will be the theme for the Carroll College Jazz Combo’s Fall Concert, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Theatre. The Combo will bring renditions of Henry Mancini’s theme from The Pink Panther plus blues-based tunes Comin’ Home Baby, Jimmy Heath’s Gingerbread Boy, and Nat Adderley’s One For Daddy-O. The program also includes Blues for Dr. E., a new jazz chart composed by Combo director Dr. Lynn Petersen to celebrate the inauguration of Dr. Thomas Evans. The combo will perform Dixieland tune Alabama Jubilee, big band-era standard Moten Swing, Eddie Harris’ funky Listen Here, and Feeling Good.  Two vocalists join the band on the standards Watch What Happens, My Foolish Heart, I Thought About You, The Man That Got Away, Cole Porter's Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, and a cha-cha version of Pick Yourself Up. Admission is free and open to the public.

DOUBLE YOUR DIFFERENCE

The annual Engineers Without Borders-USA corporate matching campaign has begun, allowing you to double your donation to Carroll’s EWB student chapter, which provides clean water, sanitation, agricultural, and structures projects in Guatemala and Mexico. You can make your donation, and get it 100% matched, by going directly to the EWB-USA Carroll campaign page at: https://ssl.charityweb.net/ewbusa/pfp/carrollcollegeofmontana.htm

As proof of Carroll’s EWB effectiveness, after the recent Guatemala earthquakes, the Diocese of Helena’s Guatemala mission school director Angel Saquilá Cuá reported that La Asunción School survived nearly without a scratch. Cuá  wrote: “Thanks to you (EWB group) for the two walls constructed, it helped greatly during the seismic event we had in Guatemala. They helped support the increased weight that is in the library. Once again many thanks and I hope that we have another opportunity to build more walls in the places where they are lacking.” A full story on the EWB wall-building project at the school appeared on page 18 of the fall 2012 Carroll Magazine: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/resources/magazine/

As of today, our EWB reports it has surpassed its $3,000 fundraising goal by nearly two thousand dollars, which has propelled Carroll EWB to the top 10 most successful EWB chapters. The top EWB chapter gets an added $5,000 bonus prize. (Last year, Carroll EWB ranked second in gifts: let's make 2012 our championship year!) Carroll EWB sends a special shout-out to its 2012 corporate sponsors: CH2M HILL, Pentair, CDM Smith, AECOM, Haskell and the EWB-USA board of directors. They will match your donation dollar-for-dollar until the matching funds are depleted. Matching funds are limited, so please act quickly! 

WRAP ARTISTS ON CAMPUS

On Saturday, Dec. 8, Carroll’s Campus Ministry Headlights students invite the campus community and the general public to have their Christmas gifts expertly wrapped for a small fee, which will help our Headlights students embark on a Christmas service trip to the Diocese of Helena’s mission school and clinic in Guatemala. Gift wrapping will occur in the Carroll Fortin Science Center lobby from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gift wrap fees are $3 for a small box, $5 for a medium-sized box and $8 for a large item. Free gourmet coffee, cinnamon rolls, and plenty of holiday cheer will be on hand. The 14 students leave for Guatemala on December 14 and are paying their own way. The fundraising from the gift wrap event will help defray their travel expenses. Donations of gift wrap paper are being accepted—contact Campus Ministry Headlights Director Colleen Dunne at cdunne@carroll.edu

IT’S TIME TO SHARE WITH SHODAIR

The Carroll College Student Nurses Association is once again asking for support of its annual gift drive for the children at Helena’s Shodair Children’s Hospital. Drop boxes for unwrapped gifts will be accepting donations until Wed., December 12 at the Christmas tree in the Fortin Science Center lobby (Scola), outside the nursing office  at 415 Simperman Hall, and in the O’Connell Hall lobby. In addition to the new clothing items listed below, students are also collecting gently used clothing and books for the children and adolescents at Shodair: these items can also be left in the drop boxes. A Beartooth NBC TV “Class Act” feature story on the gift drive was aired this past Wednesday—check it out at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/features/class-act/29271-class-act-shodair-christmas-gift.html

Unwrapped items being sought include: art supplies (no scissors), puzzles and board games, trading cards, Lego or other building toys, Beanie Babies, My Little Pony, Pillow Pets, Nerf balls, action figures/Transformers, Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars, hand-held games, DVDs (G and PG movies, nature and science films), hats and gloves for boys and girls ages 5-17, pajamas, slippers and socks for boys and girls ages 5-17, shirts, jeans or sweatpants for boys and girls ages 5-17, personal care items like scented lotions, combs and brushes, fleece blankets and gift cards so nurses can shop especially for each child. (Please, no sharp or breakable items, including ceramic or glass ornaments, and no items like Easy Bake Ovens).

Our local Shodair Hospital has been caring for Montana’s children since 1896. Today, its medical specialists continue that legacy of caring, providing critical specialized psychiatric treatment for children suffering from mental illness and other conditions. Shodair is Montana’s only Children’s Miracle Network hospital.

CARROLL TV

Our presidential inauguration Academic Symposium’s keynote address by education leader and Carroll grad Janel Keating is on YouTube—if you missed her delightful talk last month, catch the whole thing at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ylrnGD-10&feature=youtu.be

STUDENT NEWS

This Saturday at Pet Town in Helena, Carroll’s Anthrozoology Club is holding a holiday fundraiser from noon to 3 p.m. Get photos of you and your pets with Santa, and support the club’s efforts to bring to campus a top-notch national speaker on the use of anti-terrorism dogs.

Carroll’s Enactus club (previously known as Students in Free Enterprise, or SIFE) has been awarded two grants to date, including Campbell’s Soup Let’s Can Hunger ($400) and Sam’s Club Step Up for Small Business ($1,500). The former is funding Enactus community classes at the Montana Veterans Shelter and on campus, with a focus on preparing healthy meals on a limited budget. Enactus is also holding a food drive, with a goal of bringing in 5,000 pounds of food prior to April 15, 2013. With the Sam’s Club grant, Enactus is planning to assist The Gallery at the Montana Veterans Foundation (318 Fuller Ave. in downtown Helena) in the marketing and promotion of their business, which showcases artwork and crafts made by veterans. In addition to all this, Enactus has been bringing speakers to campus each month and will continue its speaker series this academic year.

< strong>Colors, Carroll’s annual literary magazine, is now accepting submissions for the 2012-2013 issue. Published by Carroll’s Department of Languages and Literature, the magazine showcases the work and creativity of students, alumni, and the community. Please submit your work (short stories, poetry, critical essays, biographical stories/memoirs) to editors.colorsmag@gmail.com and include a brief author bio. The deadline is February 12, 2013.

$20 discount ski passes to Great Divide are still available each week. The low $20 price is for students, faculty and staff with ID—only four tickets per person weekly. Just bring your ID and payment (cash or check only) to the Carroll Student Activities Office downstairs in the Campus Center. No refunds; no scalping.

For all student news on events, club activities, retreats and much more, go to www.carroll.edu/students.

ALUMNI NEWS

Holiday Cheer

The annual Carroll College Alumni Christmas Party will be held next Thursday, Dec. 6. It all begins with a Mass at 4:30 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Chapel (Borromeo Hall). Then,it’s on to the Fortin Science Center Scola for the Christmas goodies and libations, with crafts and activities for the kids, all from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Santa is expected to jet in at around 6:30 p.m., reindeer permitting. Please RSVP to Kathy Ramirez by December 1 by emailing alumni@carroll.edu or text/call 406-461-3214.

In the News

District Judge Thomas McKittrick (photo right), class of 1966, who has been the Eighth Judith District (Mont.) judge for 30 years, will retire at the end of December. From his bench in the Cascade County Courthouse, Judge McKittrick has presided over thousands of cases and has earned the enduring respect of the local bar. Get briefed on his most challenging moments, his emotional first case as a judge, his youth spent supporting his family and working at the Anaconda Smelter, and life wearing the robe from Virginia to the Treasure State at: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20121119/NEWS01/311190016/Judge-McKittrick-winds-down-30-year-career-bench

The Butte Central Education Foundation recently honored Kathie Foley and Tom Downey, classes of 1967 and 1975 respectively, with the 2012 Butte Central Catholic Schools Distinguished Graduate award. The award is co-sponsored by the National Catholic Education Association and is given to graduates who exemplify the values they were taught in Catholic schools. After earning her education degree at Carroll, Foley taught at the Harrison School in Butte, Butte YMCA Pre-school Program and in 1986 joined the faculty at Central Elementary, where she remained until retirement in 2012. Downey was a Carroll Fighting Saint and, after earning his business degree, became a Certified Insurance Counselor and has been a licensed insurance consultant with the state of Montana since 1980. He is currently a senior vice president with Payne Financial Group.

Brooke Whiting, class of 2000, was recently awarded the Region 8 District of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Excellence in Advising: Professional Academic Advisor Award. After graduating from Carroll, Whiting went on to earn a master’s in education focused on higher education administration in 2005 from Washington State University. She has worked as an undergraduate academic coordinator in WSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, since August 2006 and currently advises 600 undergraduate students. She lives in Pullman, Wash., with her husband, Josh Whiting, also an academic coordinator at WSU, and their two boys, Aaron and Carson, both 4. (Whiting family in photo left)

Jay Jagelski (photo right), class of 2004, was named head coach of the Missoula (Mont.) Sentinel boys’ basketball team last March following a five-year stint at Class C Victor, Mont., High, where he coached boys’ varsity to an 80-32 overall record. At Carroll from 2001-2004, Jagelski played for Saints basketball and graduated with a history degree. He spent one year as an assistant coach under Carroll’s Head Basketball Coach Gary Turcott. Jagelski is currently teaching U.S. and world history at Sentinel High. He and his wife, Olivia, have a 7-month-old son, Jett. Score much more at: http://missoulian.com/sports/high-school/boys-basketball/meet-jay-jagelski-new-sentinel-coach-ready-to-roll/article_d0892954-305f-11e2-87b4-001a4bcf887a.html

Dr. Callie Riggin, class of 2004, joined the Helena Pediatric Clinic in August. After graduating from Carroll, she earned her medical degree at the University of Washington and completed her pediatric residency training at the University of Arizona.

Laurel Cifala and Ellis Beckwith, classes of 2007 and 2008 respectively, were recently married at the Gallatin Gateway Inn near Bozeman, Mont. The bride is a senior account executive at Edelman, a global public relations firm. The groom is a design engineer at KPFF Consulting Engineers, Special Projects Division. They live in Seattle, Wash. (Newlyweds in photo  left)

Rachelle Ann Marie Dhane, class of 2007, is engaged to marry Aaron James Clark. She is a database technician at the Diocese of Helena.  The couple is planning a Jan. 18, 2013, wedding at the Cathedral of St. Helena. (Couple below in photo right)

Page Kelly Piccolo, class of 2007, is one of Helena’s world-class ceramic artists currently holding a holiday sale of her fine work.A fifth generation Montanan, Piccolo began taking community classes at the Archie Bray Foundation in 2003 and after graduating from Carroll with a degree in history started her own private studio practice. Shortly after her daughter’s birth in 2010, Piccolo learned she had been juried into both the Kansas City Tea Bowl National as well as Lark Books “500 Vases.” Now, after a two-year hiatus, Piccolo is returning to clay with enthusiasm and her contemporary rustic aesthetic.

The firm of Anderson ZurMuehlen has hired two staff consultants: Andrew Sekora, class of 2012, and Mary Currin, class of 2012. Sekora has accounting experience in audit examinations and tax preparation for individuals, and he is a member of the Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants. Currin has accounting experience in tax preparation for individuals and audit examinations and is also a member of the Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants. Anderson ZurMuehlen is the largest Montana-based accounting and business advisory firm with six locations throughout the state.

In Memoriam

On Nov. 24, 2012, Vernon Edgar “Bud” Clinch (photo left), class of 1952, died at age 82. After his youth working on several different ranches in the Butte, Mont., area and in the Big Hole Valley, he enrolled at Carroll and became a starting guard on the football team, editor of the student newspaper and a member of the debate team. At Carroll, Bud met his future wife and soul mate, Beverly May Brady of Helena, whom he married in 1952 at St. Helena’s Cathedral. In 1953, Bud began his service in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in San Francisco at the main Navy radio station. After his time in the Navy, Bud was hired by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co., where he worked for 27 years, traveling and working throughout Montana and also spending a six-year stint in New Jersey working for Bell Laboratories. After retiring from Mountain Bell, Bud worked as an electronics teacher at the Helena College of Technology. For more on his life, read: http://missoulian.com/news/local/obituaries/vernon-e-bud-clinch/article_41f9dc60-396a-11e2-92e2-001a4bcf887a.html

FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS

Today, Nov. 30, Carroll’s November Faculty Colloquium features Dr. Jeremy Johnson of the Political Science Department presenting “Supplanting the New Deal?  The Republican Party Confronts the Welfare State” at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Maronick Board Room.

The new jazz chart composed by Dr. Lynn L. Petersen (photo left), entitled “Three Way Stop” appears on the album Zoot Suit, released earlier this year under the WSU Recordings label.  The album features compositions and arrangements by Washington State University music faculty, students, alumni and friends recorded by the WSU Jazz Big Band between 2009 and 2011.  As part of her sabbatical in 2009, Petersen studied jazz composition with WSU Jazz Big Band director Dr. Gregory Yasinitsky and was present at the studio session when her piece was recorded.  In the CD notes, Yasinitsky writes, “Thanks . . . to Lynn Petersen, Carroll College professor, for writing her terrific ‘Three Way Stop’ especially for our group.”  The album is available through iTunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/zoot-suit/id518068414?ign-mpt=uo%3D4.  More information about the album can be found at http://libarts.wsu.edu/music/audio/albums/.

Carroll Controller Lori Ladas has accepted an accounting position working with Montana’s Drumlummon Mine.  Lori’s last day of employment is today, Nov. 30. The college has appointed Kari Brustkern, CPA, to the controller’s position, effective December 3.  Kari has served as the assistant controller in the Carroll Business Office since August 2008 and brings brings extraordinary leadership skills and accounting expertise to her new post.

FAITH AND SERVICE

Sunday’s popular 8 p.m. Mass continues in the Campus Center.

For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/

ATHLETICS

In the News

At NAIA nationals, Carroll cross country Carroll College women’s cross country team ran to a fifth-place finish in its third straight appearance at the NAIA Cross Country National Championships on Saturday in Vancouver, Wash., and the men’s team finished 24th in its debut on the big stage. For the triumphant tale from start to finish, read: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/cross-country/carroll-college-women-s-xc-fifth-at-naia-nationals-men/article_927045da-30f0-11e2-9ece-001a4bcf887a.html Four Carroll College runners were honored as Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes—get the vital statistics at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/cross-country/carroll-xc-runners-earn-academic-honor/article_b5387428-3084-11e2-8cd7-0019bb2963f4.html

Also propelled to the NAIA national tourney was Saints’ women’s volleyball, which defeated Jamestown College 3-0 in the first round of the NAIA National Tournament—for the first time held here at Carroll, propelling them to the second round of the national championships held this week, in Sioux City, Iowa. The Saints lost in Iowa, but overall gave us a season to be proud of.

John Gagliardi (photo right), the winningest coach in college football history, has retired from coaching at age 86, after 60 years at Division III St. John’s University. He got his start at Carroll College, where he coached he Fighting Saints and, some say, saved the Carroll pigskin program. Get all the extra points at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/winningest-college-football-coach-carroll-program-savior-gagliardi-retires/article_2c72d156-32dc-11e2-9a73-0019bb2963f4.html

Home games

Women’s basketball is at home in the PE Center this afternoon at 3 p.m. vs. Walla Walla. Get results and all athletics news and upcoming games at home and away at www.carroll.edu/athletics.