THEM'S THE BREAKS
Next Monday through Friday, October 4 through 8, is Carroll's Fall Break, with classes resuming on Monday the 11th. In addition to rest and study time, the week will give some Carroll Saints a service respite. The Carroll Outreach Team is using the break to offer a week of free dental care in Honduras. Meanwhile, nine Campus Ministry students will be helping out at the De La Salle Blackfeet School in Browning, Mont. (follow the Campus Ministry blog next week to track the action at: http://carrollministry.wordpress.com/) The Campus Ministry students include the talents of George Lund, Ryan Anderton, Chelsea Ford, Samantha Anderson, Maddie Woodruff, Colleen Hoag, Angela Keller, Hayley Dahlem and Elizabeth Thompson.
Also during break, our student chapter of Engineers Without Borders is sending a team to the Diocese of Helena Mission in Guatemala to continue planning, designing and implementing improvements to the water system serving the mission school. In its current state, the water system is contaminated and it is very susceptible to damage. This October EWB trip will assess the damage from recent heavy rains and mudslides in the area so that the team can modify and adapt its water system design.
BREAK WITHOUT BORDERS
Carroll's Guatemala Mission Engineers Without Borders team members this Fall Break will include Carroll Engineering Professor and EWB faculty advisor Willis Weight and students Grant Williams, Jennings Anderson, Kevin Semmens and Mallory Mumma. (Dan Wetstein, the vice president for CH2M Hill in Denver, Colo., is the lead professional mentor for Carroll EWB Guatemala projects.) Carroll EWB has a second Guatemala team working on improvements to the mission school and medical clinic structures to assure they will survive a strong earthquake. Kurt Keith, a licensed professional engineer with Morrison-Maierle, Inc, in Bozeman, Mont., is the lead professional mentor for this phase of the endeavor, which involves Carroll student Sydney Bronson. While the "earthquake team" will not travel to Guatemala this time around, it will prepare the groundwork for the future, with a report including recommendations and an implementation plan.
If you would like to support Carroll EWB projects, please send your donations to Professor John Scharf at Carroll College, 1601 N. Benton Ave., Helena, MT 59625. You can also make donations to Carroll EWB at the EWB-USA web page (www.ewb-usa.org); just be sure your donation is designated for the Carroll College student chapter. All Carroll EWB professional mentors and faculty advisors pay 100% of their own travel expenses, and each student travel team member contributes $250 to help cover their expenses. It costs approximately $1,000 per person per service trip, so for $500 you can sponsor a Carroll student and be recognized on the Carroll EWB donor plaque in the Civil Engineering Building. All donations, large or small, are greatly appreciated.
A BREAK FROM THE ORDINARY
Fall Break hours at key campus hotspots are:
Saints' Shoppe Bookstore: Closed all next week, October 4-8.
Corette Library: Closed Saturday and Sunday (October 2-3); Open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Closed Friday and Saturday (October 8-9) and reopening Sunday, October 10, from 1 p.m. to midnight
PE Center and Fitness Center: Closed Saturday and Sunday (October 2-3); Open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Closed Friday-Sunday (October 8-10).
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH IN BOISE
The Carroll Talking Saints forensics team won first in the school sweepstakes at the season's opening tournament at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho, on September 23-24. It was an impressive weekend for Carroll freshman in novice debate. Tessa Berg of Missoula, Mont., Emily Dean of Butte, Mont., Stephen Maddock of Sammamish, Wash., and Conor Summers of Issaquah, Wash. were semifinalists. The Carroll Team won 31 awards overall. For full details, go to: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13898
TAKING THE CREDIT
Montana Credit Unions for Community Development (MCUCD) recently announced that it was recently awarded $117,600 from Assets for Independence (AFI) for the Montana Matched Education Savings Account (MT MESA), a project partnership of the Student Assistance Foundation, Carroll College, University of Montana, MCUCD, and local credit unions in Missoula and Helena. In distributing $200,000 of financial and educational assistance among 78 hardworking, first-generation college students, this MT MESA project will target current Carroll College and University of Montana students who are financially struggling. This program, involving matching funds, encourages savings, responsible personal budgeting, focused educational spending and lifelong financial stability.
TEAM JACOB RULES!
Alright: just because Carroll's Theatre Department is staging a hot, grown-ups only pre-Halloween vampire play doesn't mean we'll be seeing fisticuffs between Edward and Jacob partisans (but Jacob is totally hotter!). However, feel free to don your cool Twilight apparel for the October 14 opening night of Dracula in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. The play continues for a two-week run on Thursdays through Sundays, October 14-17 and October 21-24. All shows are at 8 p.m. General tickets are $10; students and guests over 60 are $8. The October 14 and 21 showings are free to Carroll students with student ID. All tickets must be purchased at the door. This production is rated PG-13 for violence and sexually suggestive scenes, hence is unsuitable for young audiences.
For an infusion of details, sink your teeth into the press release here: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13897
INVASION OF THE BLACK FLIES
Carroll James J. Manion Endowed Chair of Biology Gerald Shields reports that two recent publications in the scientific literature were based in part on the work of his undergraduate research students: Brooke Christiaens (class of 2009), Amber Hartman (class of 2010), Michelle (Norton) Van Leuven (class of 2009) and Mike Kratochvil (class of 2010). Dr. Shields says, "I am particularly proud of the work of Kratochvil because all of the collections, chromosome analyses and DNA sequencing were done right here at little Carroll College. Also, the paper indicates that DNA divergence, at least in black flies, is not complete when types become reproductively isolated. This runs counter to ‘accepted dogma on speciation'."
The publications in question are the article "Reproductive Status and Continuity of Taxa of the Simulium arcticum complex (Diptera: Simulidae) at the Clearwater River, Montana (2007, 2008, and 2009)" by Dr. Shields, Christiaens, Van Leuven and Hartman, published in Western North American Naturalist 69(4), 2009. And, the article, "Good species behaving badly: Non-monophyly of black fly sibling species in the Simulium arcticum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae)" by a group of authors including Dr. Shields and Kratochvil, published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57 (2010).
A GLACIAL PACE IS PRETTY FAST THESE DAYS
On October 18, the Carroll Art Gallery will present its latest exhibit, "Glacier: Losing a Legacy," featuring striking new glacier retreat photographs created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that visually illustrate the effects of climate change on Glacier National Park. The before-and-after images reveal dramatic glacial decline over a century and are consistent with predictions that all of the glaciers in the park will disappear by 2030. In order to illustrate, document, and analyze this recession, USGS scientists paired historic glacier images with contemporary photographs of the same areas.
The exhibit will continue to December 10. Free and open to the public, the gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. (Photo right: Grinnell Glacier - courtesy USGS)
SEND A LOVE LETTER
Carroll's highly successful student-led fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is back again this year: Up 'Til Dawn. The kick-off Up 'Til Dawn event will occur on Thursday, October 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. and again on Friday, October 15 (from 7 p.m. to the wee hours of Saturday morning). You need only attend one session, and you need not stay up all night Friday to participate!
This letter-writing campaign is easy to join: simply show up with addresses of your family and friends, and Carroll students will do the rest-providing letters, envelopes, postage, plus food, prizes and entertainment. The effort will raise money to support St. Jude's work finding cures and curing cancers, with no child ever turned away, even if they cannot pay. For more information, email: uptildawn@carroll.edu
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
At last weekend's NAMI Walk in Helena, Carroll came out in force, with around 80 students, faculty and staff perambulating for the cause (Photo right). The event raised money and awareness for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which called the NAMI Walk in Helena a blazing success.
Sodexo has hired four Carroll students-three freshmen and one senior-as interns to work on sustainability issues in our Dining Services operations. The student team has established both short-term and long-term goals-which include 20% reduction in food waste by the end of this academic year, 70% reduction in post-consumer waste in three years and zero waste within five years. Conversations have started on composting, plastics recycling, gardening, and consumer waste educational initiatives. Linda Bahr, our new general manager of Carroll Dining Services, has been very enthusiastic about the sustainability interest among our students and brings an abundance of energy and green ideas to the table.
In other sustainable food news, this year the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice at Carroll started a small, pilot organic community garden on campus in the old greenhouse outside St. Albert's Hall (Photo left). After refurbishing the old greenhouse, Campus Compact and S.A.V.E. club members, with the help of the Carroll College Biology Department, were able to enjoy a fruitful growing season. The greenhouse was just the first step, and finding a location on campus for an outside garden is next. The plot, to be called 'The Justice Acre,' will give students and community members hands-on experience in gardening and harvesting their own crops. Sites on campus and even on flat rooftops are under discussion, as is the possibility of fertilizing the campus plots with composted food waste from Dining Services. More soon on these exciting developments.
Events
Carroll students in their senior year are invited to attend the third annual Professional Etiquette Dinner on November 18, from 6 to 8 p.m., sponsored by Career Services, Alumni Relations and Sodexo. The meal is preceded by a networking session where participants get to practice juggling hors d'oeuvres and punch while greeting people and carrying on conversation. During the elegant multicourse meal, students learn the basics of proper dining, with coaching from a professional etiquette trainer. The dinner is free to Carroll seniors, courtesy of corporate sponsors, who will be sending company representatives to the dinner to network with students. Seating is limited, so register early by sending your name, phone contact, and academic major to careers@carroll.edu.
Classes and Careers
Beginning the week after Fall Break, Carroll is offering a one-credit Career Development and Life Planning course (LAS 185), offered Tuesdays at 3:45-5:20, beginning October 12. The class meets for two hours per week for the rest of the semester. The course will be offered again in spring, when it meets one hour per week for the entire semester. To enroll, contact the Registrar's Office. This class is appropriate for freshmen and sophomore students.
Another course, The Job Campaign for Graduating Seniors (LAS 489), is being offered this coming spring semester to help graduating seniors compete for professional career opportunities. Job market trends, resume and cover letter composition, interviewing, salary and benefits negotiations, networking, budgeting and personal finance issues and much more will be covered in this course, which meets on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:20. Contact the Registrar to enroll.
ALUMNI NEWS
Alumni Events
Alumni headed to the Fighting Saints vs. Battlin' Bears football game at Rocky Mountain College in Billings on Saturday, October 16, are invited to a tailgate starting at 11 a.m. on the east side of the field, north end of the parking lot. Game kick-off is 1 p.m. Brats will be provided, so please bring something to share like a salad or dessert, and bring your own beverages (note: Rocky is a dry campus, so tailgate respectfully).
Last call for VINO! Alumni in the Greater Bay Area of California are invited to a special Carroll gathering on Saturday, November 6, from 1 to 4 p.m., featuring a picnic lunch, wine tasting & tour at the Somerston Vineyard at Priest Ranch, 3450 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena, Calif. Tickets are: adults $40 (includes lunch, tour & wine), children 10 and under free, ages 11-20 just $15. Register online at www.carroll.edu/alumni or email Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni@carroll.edu or call 406-447-5185. Please RSVP by October 15!!!
First Class Wine Tour: On November 3-6, Carroll alumni will enjoy a spectacular multi-day wine-tasting vacation, with visits to 14 different wineries. (This is a completely separate excursion from the Somerston/Bay Area gathering noted above.) If you can't make the full tour, five different options to participate are available. Check out photos and all the choices at: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/clubs/areaclubs/northernca.cc The last chance to register is THIS COMING MONDAY, October 4, so call or email Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez today at kramirez@carroll.edu and 406-461-3214.
In the News
Homecoming Weekend's Smoker Reunion, bringing Saints boxing greats back to share memories and honor their coach Hank Burgess, was an inspiration, with many tears and even more laughter from the two dozen or so fighters attending the brunch last Saturday. (Photo right: 1975 Smokers)
For a little history of the program, and great quotes from Professor Emeritus Burgess, check the story in the Helena Independent Record here: http://helenair.com/news/local/article_b6e12a2e-c7a2-11df-bf16-001cc4c03286.html
In Memoriam
The Dalles, Ore., resident Dr. Raymond Koch, a former dentist and Carroll Navy V-12 student, died on Sept. 20, 2010. He came aboard the Carroll Navy unit on July 1, 1944, and was transferred to the University of Washington in November 1945, when the Carroll program ended. He later served as an officer in the Korean War. Ray was one of the most faithful of Carroll's Old Salty V-12 reunion attendees over the years, and he is missed by his fellow V-12 veterans, whose numbers are dwindling. For more on his life, read: http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/community/obituaries/2010_obits/09/09-28-10_raymond_koch.shtml
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Carroll Associate Professor of English Loren Graham has announced that his book of poetry, The Ring Scar, was published last week by Word Press. The sonnet and anti-sonnet poems in the volume tell the story of a divorcing couple, Don and Emmy, and is believed to be the first such poetry book of its kind ever written. The Ring Scar will soon be available at the Carroll Saints' Shoppe Bookstore, and it can also be purchased on Amazon and other online booksellers. Graham reports that he will be doing three poetry readings from the book in Texas over Fall Break, and QNs will report more in a future edition regarding his book reading event on campus.
Bob Maffit, Carroll class of 1976, the executive director of the Montana Independent Living Project (MILP), is pleased to announce that Dr. Libbie Chute of Carroll's Department of Sociology and Anthropology has been elected president of the MILP's board of directors. She has been serving on the board as a director for the past three years. A nonprofit, MILP supports community-based services that directly facilitate independence, productivity and quality of life for people with disabilities. The organization has four branch offices providing services to consumers living in 14 Montana counties. According to MILP, Dr. Chute is uniquely suited for this position, given her academic work, especially her doctoral interest involving chronic illness and disability.
Christian Frazza has accepted the position of director of Carroll's Corette Library. Over the past year, he has been serving as interim director, and the college is thrilled to have him continue offering his leadership and his extensive library and archive expertise to the campus.
Dr. Lauri Fahlberg, Carroll associate professor of Community Health, recently attended the 15th Annual International Yoga Conference in Estes Park, Colo., where she began work on developing a collaborative stress-reduction program for cancer patients. Dr. Fahlberg holds the highest level of teaching certification presently available through the Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500), the governing body for Yoga instructors.
CAMPUS MINISTRY
Mass times, ministry links, sacrament information and plans for Headlights service immersion trips are all available online at the Carroll Campus Ministry webpage here: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
Father Jerry Lowney is offering Mass Monday through Friday at noon in Borromeo Hall's St. Joseph Chapel.
ATHLETICS
News Homecoming Weekend was blessed: before the big Saints vs. Tech game, the Carroll College Open (our only home cross-country meet of the season) saw the women Saints runners nearly perfect on the day. Freshman Rhianna Grossman (Photo right: in purple) won the event handily while the rest of the squad swept the other Frontier Conference teams on the field of glory at Bill Roberts Golf Course. For the complete story, trot to http://helenair.com/sports/college/article_8e935d9a-c931-11df-b095-001cc4c03286.html
As for Carroll Golf, the men's and women's teams this past week posted milestone victories, with the Saints posting one of their strongest finishes in history at the University of Great Falls Golf Tournament on Tuesday. For a full course of all the details, read: http://helenair.com/sports/golf/article_cec006ae-cb8c-11df-8534-001cc4c03286.html
The National Football Foundation has announced that Carroll senior Mike Waldenberg has been named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, presented annually to college football's top scholar-athlete. Waldenberg is one of one of only seven NAIA student-athletes selected for the honor, which is considered college football's "Academic Heisman." A total of 121 semifinalists were named from all divisions of college football. Waldenberg joins seniors Jordan Craney of Montana State and Andrew Selle of Montana as representatives from Montana colleges and universities. The NFF Awards Committee will select up to 15 finalists and announce the results via national press release on Thursday, October 28. Each finalist will be recognized as part of the 2010 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, receiving an $18,000 post-graduate scholarship. The Campbell Trophy winner, who will have his scholarship increased to $25,000 and receive a 25-pound bronze trophy, will be announced live at the NFF's Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 7.
Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news at www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
October 12: Carroll College has added regular intro dance classes to its intramural program, and both students and non-students are welcome to join in. On October 12, 19 and 26, Swing will be offered by Carroll Dance Team Coach Jaime Hamlin from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Campus Center. Latin dance lessons will follow the next month, also for three weeks. Students participate free, otherwise the cost is $25 per person for each three-week session. Throughout the year, new dance classes will be offered to give you the sharp skills you need to cut the rug in style. For more info, contact Jackie Clawson at jclawson@carroll.edu
October 14: October Faculty Colloquium at 4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center's Roger's Board Room, with Assistant Professor of Political Science Zac Callen delivering, "Railroad Ties That Bind: Antebellum American Politics and State Building." Free.
October 18 to December 10: Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents "Glacier: Losing a Legacy," a photographic exhibit. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission.
October 20: The Carroll Corette Library will host an open house from 4 to 5 p.m., to offer the Helena and campus communities a glimpse of recent changes in the library and a vision for the future. Carroll Associate Music Professor Lynn Petersen and the Carroll Jazz Combo will provide music.
October 21: The Carroll College Jazz Combo performs jazz in the Carroll Campus Center's upper level from 4 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public.
October 30: Good Samaritan Style Show fundraiser, themed "All Aboard," at the Helena Civic Center, with doors opening at noon and the show beginning at 1 p.m. Proceeds benefit Good Samaritan Ministries in Helena, which won Carroll's Borromeo Award in 2009.
November 1: Dr. Russ Cargo's Business and Non-profit Leadership course at Carroll will host a leadership symposium, "P.I.G.G." (for Process of Influencing Group Goals) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the upper level of the Campus Center. Details TBA.
November 4-6: Carroll Literary Festival. Details TBA. November 5: November Faculty Colloquium at 4 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center, with Assistant Professor of History Jeanette Fregulia presenting, "Reconsidering Terrorism and Counter Terrorism in Israel and the Middle East." Free. November 16: The Carroll College Jazz Combo performs jazz in the Carroll Campus Center's upper level from 4 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public.
November 18-20: Carroll Theatre Department presents the one-hour, two-act dramatic opera, The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti. Directed by Dr. Robert Psurny in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
December 2-5, 9-12: Carroll Theatre Department presents Christmas Carol by Doris Baizley. A revival of a holiday classic under the direction of Maestro Michael McNeilly in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
December 17: Christmas break begins.
January 10: First day of classes for spring 2011 semester. January 10 to March 1: The Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents St. Johns Bible, a new exhibition. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission.
February 17-20, 24-27, 2011: Carroll Theatre Department presents Tartuffe: Born Again, translated and adapted by Freyda Thomas from the original French by Moliere. Directed by Chuck Driscoll. A modern treatment of the classic comedy by the French Renaissance master, where Tartuffe is posing as a televangelist. In the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall.
March 14 to March 27: The Carroll Art Gallery presents the Annual Student Show in the gallery located in St. Charles Hall. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission.
April 7-10, 14-17, 2011: Carroll Theatre Department presents The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and Benjamin Bunny) by R. Eugene Jackson and music by David Ellis. A musical version of the children's favorite just in time for Easter takes place in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall.