THE END OF THE BEGINNING
The week's Carroll presidential inauguration celebrations conclude this Saturday (Nov. 10) with a Community Mass at 9 a.m. in Guadalupe Chapel (indoors from the Grotto, due to the snowstorm) and the Fighting Saints Tailgate inside the PE Center starting at 10 a.m., with the game at noon. At the Guad Mass, Fr. Jim Evans (President Tom Evans's father) will be offering the homily. At the indoor tailgate, we’ll have food and beverages and the song stylings of Professor Jack Oberweiser’s band Triple Cross.
At the Saturday Fighting Saints game versus Dickinson State U, our Carroll Enactus student club (previously known as SIFE) will be collecting canned food for the Helena Men's/Veterans’ Homeless Shelter and Helena Food Share. Paying patrons will receive $5 off the price of their admission ticket for 3 donated cans of food. Anyone—even if you’re not attending the game—is welcome to donate nonperishables: collection boxes will be near the Nelson Stadium ticket booths starting at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Finally, if you missed our inaugural ceremony, fear not: we have the text of the speeches online at: http://www.carroll.edu/inauguration. News coverage of the event can also be found on the Helena Independent Record news site at: http://helenair.com/news/local/education/carroll-college-s-new-president-shares-his-vision-in-a/article_009aa8bc-27b3-11e2-9268-0019bb2963f4.html Helena Civic TV, channel 11 in Helena, is airing both the inauguration ceremony and its film of last Monday’s academic symposium—check the HCTV website for dates and times at: http://helenacivictv.org/whats-on-channel-11/todays-schedule/ and HCTV also offers a live stream of their programming: http://helenacivictv.org/
A photo album of our inaugural fun thus far is on the Carroll Facebook site (http://www.facebook.com/carrollcollege ). Dr. Evans is also the star of a new online video at the Diocese of Helena’s website, where he discusses his new presidency and the road ahead: http://www.diocesehelena.org/resources/multimedia/behind-the-story/carroll-president-thomas-evans.html
¡VIVA LOS VETS!
For Veterans Day, celebrated at Carroll next Monday, Nov. 12, we are hosting Bring a Vet to Lunch in our St. Thomas Aquinas dining hall (serving lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.). Vets from our own student body, plus veterans signing up at the local VFW and Fort Harrison who RSVP in advance will be treated to live music, a free lunch, and guest speaker General Dale Stovall. Via Skype, we will have Iraq veteran Chris Rojo, class of 2010, speaking about the Montana flag the military donated to Carroll College—this flag was flown on the military’s final-day evacuation of five American combat casualties from Baghdad. (Rojo with flag, photo right) It will be raised during the Veterans Day event. Thus far, 20 students have donated close to 225 meals to serve interested vets who want to partake—RSVP is required: contact Sodexo/Carroll Dining Services Marketing and Promotions Supervisor Mason Siddick at msiddick@carroll.edu or 406-447-5193.
LIGHT OF THE NATIONS
Next Thursday, Nov. 15, Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continues its Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with Carroll Theology Department Chair and Professor John Ries presenting “Coming to Be Church in and through the World: Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. The event is free and open to everyone.
YES WE CAN
Now through next Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the afternoon, Carroll’s Student Ambassadors Gold Team is continuing its food drive to support Helena Food Share. Bins for donations of canned fruits and veggies, healthy cereals and bars, pasta, stuffing, peanut butter and other nonperishable items are available in most campus buildings—they’ll be picked up by the Gold Team during its 1 p.m. meeting Tuesday.
ASSUME THE POSITION
< em>Reno 911! stars Carlos Alazraqui and Cedric Yarbrough (Officers Garcia and Jones, in photo left), whose Carroll appearance was cancelled last winter due to a flight delay, will be here next Tuesday, Nov. 13, for a free 9 p.m. show in the Campus Center’s upper level. Will they still be wearing short shorts during this cold snap? Find out next week!
JACK FROST CAN’T WILT THIS GREEN
Talk about commitment to the cause: today through Monday, despite snow and wind, the SAVE Foundation will be holding its next plastics recycling drive at the YMCA parking lot just east of Carroll’s campus. Collection of type 1 and 2 plastic bottles and containers, type 1 plastic trays and aluminum cans occurs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. No motor oil containers and no lids, please; all cooking oil containers must be thoroughly rinsed. The next plastics collection will occur in two months.
GOLD PARTY REPORTS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
Go for the GOLD, an organization supporting local families who have children battling cancer, has been holding fundraisers during Carroll home games and reports that donations and proceeds from Crocs and raffle ticket sales have brought in nearly $14,000 over the last six weeks. Go for the GOLD will be selling Carroll purple Crocs again before Christmas—more details in a future edition of QNs.
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
Carroll standout debate seniors Megan Towles and Chris Axtman (photo right) are in London, England, this weekend, engaged in furious World Debate competitions that extend into next week—check the preview of their epic overseas adventure, a first for Carroll, and the trepidations of their expert coach, Carroll Communication Professor Brent Northup, at: http://helenair.com/news/local/education/carroll-debate-team-to-compete-at-oxford-cambridge/article_568ee81c-26d9-11e2-872f-0019bb2963f4.html
Carroll’s International Programs and Study Abroad were highlighted in a Beartooth NBC “Class Act” feature this week—get briefed on our expanding educational opportunities beyond the US and the impact foreign students have on our campus life at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/features/class-act/28325-carroll-s-international-programs-expand-for-more-opportunities.html
On October 26, Carroll James J. Manion Chair in Biology Gerald Shields and Associate Professor of Biology Brandon Sheafor and their students attended the 2012 M. J. Murdock Student Research Science Conference at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash. The students presented their research results examining West Nile virus, Cache Valley virus, and fungal stress in amphibians. (Photo left, from left to right: Professor Sheafor, students Max Bernt, Amanda Wregglesworth, Jon Lenz, Paige Esposito, Graham Unis, Mattie Casey and Kaitlyn Holyfield and Dr. Shields)
Job Opps
Next Tuesday, Nov. 13, Carroll students from a variety of majors will discuss their internship and research experiences at 6:30 p.m. in Trinity Hall. Free and open to everyone, the panel will offer tips on how to obtain plum internships and discuss what our students learned studying computational biology at Carnegie Mellon, working for Fox News in the Big Apple, and helping liberate modern-day slaves in Belgium.
Next Thursday, Nov. 15, is the annual Carroll Internship Fair, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Campus Center. This is your chance to grab a choice internship experience. Prospective recruiters are still being accepted: contact Nisan Burbridge, Carroll’s internship coordinator, at nburbridge@carroll.edu or 406-447-5465.
Events
This Saturday night is Carroll Student Activities’ next Swing and Swag Dance. Swing starts at 8 p.m. in the upper Campus Center; Swag begins at 10 p.m. in the Campus Center’s downstairs.
For all student news on events, club activities, retreats and much more, go to www.carroll.edu/students.
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Seattle: The Carroll College choirs invite Carroll alumni to witness the choral performance at Seattle’s St. James Cathedral during tomorrow’s (Sat., Nov. 10) Mass at 5:30 p.m. The 30-member Carroll choirs will be singing the prelude and service music.
Christmas Party: The annual Alumni Christmas Party will be held Thursday, Dec. 6, starting at 5:30 in the Fortin Science Center Scola, with Santa arriving at 6:30 p.m. Festivities start with Mass in St. Joseph’s Chapel (Borromeo Hall) at 4:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Kathy Ramirez kramirez@carroll.edu.
In Memoriam
Michael J. McPheters, class of 1963, a 33-year resident of West Chicago, Ill., died on Nov. 3, 2012. After earning his mathematics degree at Carroll, he went on to receive a master's degree from Fordham University and his MBA from the University of Chicago. He worked at AT&T-Bell Labs for 34 years until his retirement. For more on his life, read: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?n=michael-j-mcpheters&pid=160895362&fhid=6268#fbLoggedOut
Susan McGrath-Grosso, nursing class of 1989, died on Oct. 31, 2012. After becoming a registered nurse at Carroll, she began her career at St. James Healthcare in Butte, Mont., working in many different departments, including ER, ICU, telemetry, oncology and finally dialysis for the last five years of her tenure at St. James. She then went to work as a traveling nurse, bringing her caring expertise to many small hospitals throughout Montana. During this time she began working on her master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner at Gonzaga University in Spokane. Her passion for caring for the geriatric population then brought her to work in local skilled nursing facilities, including Deer Lodge, Butte Convalescent Center, and Crest Nursing Home. Most recently, she found her niche working at Butte’s Big Sky Senior Living. For more on her life, read: http://mtstandard.com/news/local/obituaries/susan-mcgrath--grosso/article_178f0900-2641-11e2-b6a3-0019bb2963f4.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Jeff Van Tine, who has taught photography at Carroll College for eight years and has been a birder since the fifth grade, will be presenting “The Sandhill Crane Bucket List Trip” at the next meeting of the Last Chance Audubon Society in Helena. His talk is at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the choir room of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Helena. It didn’t take long for Van Tine to say yes when fellow photographer Kenton Rowe asked him to co-lead a photo workshop in Nebraska during the sandhill crane migration this past March. Van Tine had heard many legendary stories about pilgrimages to view some of the 500,000 sandhill cranes that stop to refuel along the Platte River during their annual migration to their nesting grounds. For Van Tine, the trip exceeded the legends, and as a bonus he also witnessed the sunrise dance of the greater prairie chicken.
FAITH AND SERVICE
Sunday’s popular 8 p.m. Mass continues in the Campus Center.
Please pray for the Diocese of Helena’s Guatemala Mission, which was shaken but not harmed by this past week’s earthquake. Reports indicate no injuries at the mission school and clinic, but its pastoral and clinic personnel are deploying to nearby villages, where landslides and structure collapses have killed at least 50 people, with many more injured or missing. The mission was begun by Saints alum, former Carroll president and then-Bishop of Helena Raymond Hunthausen; for nearly half a century, it was run by Carroll alumnus Father Jim “Hazy” Hazelton. To learn more about the mission and support its school and clinic, go to: http://www.diocesehelena.org/offices/guatemala.html
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’s mud-caked celebration following the 2007 NAIA national championship was captured by AP photographer John Russell and graced the cover of < strong>Sports Illustrated. Now the memorable photo has been recognized as one of SI’s 100 greatest photos of all time. The magazine ranked the image of Carroll’s Brandon Day sliding to his knees at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tenn., 48th, ahead of iconic photos such as Brandi Chastain’s shirtless celebration and the victorious moment from the 1980 Miracle on Ice by the U.S. hockey team. It beat out photos of famous athletes like Joe Montana and John McEnroe. See the story (and that famous photo of our dirty Saints) at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/football/memorable-saints-photo-recognized-as-one-of-si-s-all/article_44ef8412-2969-11e2-9b9c-001a4bcf887a.html
Last Friday hosting at home, Carroll College cross country swept the Frontier Conference team titles at Bill Roberts Golf Course and earned automatic berths in NAIA national championships on Nov. 17 in Vancouver, Wash. (Photo right: Saints star runner Rhianna Grossman) Even coach Matt Morris appeared surprised and staggered after his Saints took down all comers Friday afternoon—and Morris was equally stunned to receive Frontier men’s and women’s coach of the year honors. The glory day on the course is recounted in full at: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/cross-country/carroll-cross-country-shocks-with-sweep-of-frontier-team-titles/article_6e18484e-257f-11e2-aa33-001a4bcf887a.html
And, a heartwarming story about Saints offensive line coach Jim Hogan and Fighting Saint son, senior tight end Anthony Hogan (in photo left), wrapping up this season and Anthony's college ball career is in the most recent edition of the Helena Independent Record here: http://helenair.com/sports/college/carroll-college/football/hogan-father-son-duo-blessed-to-share-field-with-saints/article_daed9fbe-2a3e-11e2-a1d1-001a4bcf887a.html
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: The Carroll Neuman Observatory is open for planetary and deep-sky viewing through the college’s 14-inch computerized scope every Thursday that is cloudless, clear and without high winds. Observing in October takes place an hour after sunset, or by 8 p.m.—whichever comes last. It is led by Carroll Neuman Astronomical Society advisor David Rotness, an avid and accomplished amateur astronomer who also is a leader of the Helena Astronomical Society. Viewing is always free and open to the public.
November 29: Students are welcome to learn about financial literacy while competing for prizes, including two scholarships of $250 each for spring semester. Starting at 6 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center’s lower level, the Financial Literary PRIZE Cab is an interactive presentation providing information and tools on various topics, from saving and spending to credit cards, budgeting and student loans. Sponsored by Carroll College and the Student Assistance Foundation.
November 29: The Helena Pierrot Project will open at 7:30 p.m. at the Myrna Loy Center with lectures by three Carroll College professors, aimed at placing Arnold Schoenberg’s, Pierrot Lunaire music in context: Dr. Gillian Glaes, history professor, will discuss the state of Europe in 1912; Dr. Elvira Roncalli, philosophy professor, will explain the impact of the events of the time on the arts and on Pierrot Lunaire, in particular; and Dr. Lynn Petersen, professor of music, will speak about Schoenberg, the music that preceded Pierrot Lunaire, and its influence on the music that followed. Petersen then will be joined onstage by the musicians — Heather Barnes (soprano), Stephan Cepeda (violin/viola), Jennifer Bewerse (cello), June Lee (piano), Christopher Kirkpatrick (clarinet), and Rachel Beetz (flute/piccolo) and Breanne Cepeda (conductor). Using live musical excerpts of the piece, Petersen will guide the audience in its listening. A full performance of the piece will follow. The evening will conclude with a discussion among the audience, the lecturers and musicians. As this important piece is rarely performed in its entirety, this is a very special opportunity for Helena audiences. For more information, visit http://helenapierrotproject.blogspot.com/ or http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/882985088/the-helena-pierrot-project.
November 30: Dr. Kelly Cline presents, “The Kepler Mission: Discovering 2,000 Planets" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
November 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.
November 30-December 9: Carroll College Theatre premieres “< strong>A Christmas Pudding,” created, edited and adapted by David Birney and directed by Carroll Theatre Director Chuck Driscoll. A holiday confection of songs, stories, poems and tales of the season by Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Frank McCourt, Emily Dickinson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, A. J. Carothers, and many others spiced with a host of traditional carols and holiday songs. This production provides a perfect evening to warm hearts, stir memories and give laughter during the holiday season. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 and on Saturday, Dec. 8. Afternoon matinees on Sundays, Dec. 2 and 9, will take place at 1 p.m. All shows in the Carroll Theatre, Old North, St. Charles Hall on the Carroll campus in Helena. Admission is $10. Students/Seniors are $8 (cash or checks only).Call 406-447-4304 for ticket reservations.
December 6: Carroll College Jazz Combo Fall Concert in the Carroll Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free.
AND IN 2013
Carroll Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center continue the Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series celebrating the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, with Carroll Theology Professor Beth Haile presenting “Something Old, Something New: Becoming Church by Reading and Responding to the Times” on January 24; the Rev. Dan Shea presenting “Sacred Liturgy: How the Church Lives and Shares the Mystery of Christ” on February 28; Theology Professor Chris Fuller presenting “Perfidious No More: Catholic/Jewish Relations Since Vatican II” on March 20; and Theology Professor Brian Matz presenting “Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches” on April 10.