CROSSES, HOLY WATER, BLOOD AND FANGS Sounds like the makings for a pretty interesting Mass, but it's what's actually taking the stage tonight, October 14, with the Carroll Theatre Department opening night for Dracula in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. The play continues for a two-week run this Friday through Sundays, October 15-17 and again next Thursday through Sunday, October 21-24. Thursday through Saturdays, shows are at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. General tickets are $10; students and guests over 60 are $8. Thursday showings are free to Carroll students with ID. All tickets must be purchased at the door. The last Dracula performance at CarÂroll was done in the 1970s, says Theatre Director Chuck Driscoll (who in former years played the leading vamp), and this version is different from any we've staged before. Faithful to the Bram Stoker novel, the play is less Hollywood, more starkly (and darkly) real and certainly not suitable for the little ones: rated PG-13 for violence and sexually suggestive scenes. Get a biteful of details at the Helena Independent Record website's Your Time feature here: http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/article_f79a8f34-d688-11df-9f2d-001cc4c002e0.html SPEAKING OF THE STAGE Next Monday and Tuesday, October 18 and 19, the Carroll College Theatre Department will hold auditions open to the Carroll and Helena community for its upcoming holiday production of A Christmas Carol. Auditions will take place both nights at 7 p.m. in the Merton Acting Studio, downstairs in the Carroll Campus Center. According to the play's director Michael McNeilly, he has 12 to 14 roles to fill. All ages welcome at auditions, with parts available from young Tiny Tim to old Scrooge. "This highly acclaimed adaptation from Doris Baizley premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and ran for five subsequent years," McNeilly says of the play, which promises fun hijinks. "A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer in your pants. Singing, dancing, mime and juggling are all a part of this active and entertaining piece," adds McNeilly. For more information, contact McNeilly at 447-4308. REFORM SCHOOL Carroll College has unveiled a new course tackling the entire healthcare reform law that was passed by Congress several months ago. Believed to be the only one of its kind, the Carroll healthcare course beginning this spring was the brainchild of Carroll Assistant Professor of Theology Brian Matz (photo right) and Assistant Professor of Political Science Zachary Callen (photo left). They got plenty of media coverage about this unique new academic offering last week. Check out the Montana Public Radio report during its Evening Edition broadcast here: http://www.mtpr.net/program_info/2010-10-05-132. KRTV News in central Montana carried a story, which is available for viewing here: http://www.krtv.com/news/carroll-college-course-will-examine-entire-healthcare-reform-law/ A full press release on the new class is online here: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13920 SEALED WITH A KISS Carroll's highly successful student-led fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is back again this year: Up 'Til Dawn tonight and tomorrow night. This evening, October 14, it's 5 to 9 p.m., with festivities on Friday, October 15, from 7 p.m. to the wee hours of Saturday morning, if you choose to stay up 'til dawn. You need only attend one session, and you need not pull an all-nighter to participate. Free food and entertainment will be offered both nights. Expect free goodies from Domino's Pizza, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chili's and more. A St. Jude patient will visit on Friday night to join the fun and inspire hearts. Anyone writing 35 letters will be entered in a drawing to win an iPod, and 50-letter writers could win an iPad. 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, and all the rest. 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 OPEN BOOK, OPEN HOUSE Next Wednesday, 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. Carroll's new computer lab upstairs in the library is one of the showpieces of the Centennial Campaign effort, with plans underway to create a learning commons in the Corette. NOT FOR PROFIT, BUT FOR LIFE Carroll College is continuing its Nonprofit Management Professional Development Series workshops aimed at nonprofit professionals, board members and volunteers, with new courses starting next week. The series was launched last year at Carroll with a slate of two-day workshops scheduled approximately once a month, designed to accommodate the schedules and budgets of working adults, with the opportunity for participants to strengthen their resumes and job skills with focused, real-world training offered by experts in the nonprofit arena. Tuition is $75 for each two-day workshop. The courses being offered this month and beyond in Carroll's Nonprofit Management Professional Development Series will all be held in the Carroll Campus Center and include: "Internal Controls and Risk Management" on Thursdays, October 21 and 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, with instructors Dawn Wrigg, CPA, manager at Rudd and Company, and Scott Holton, CPA, CFE, a partner with Rudd and Company. "Nonprofit Law: An Overview for the Nonprofit Practitioner" on Fridays, November 12 and 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with instructor Dr. Russ Cargo of Carroll's Business Department and guest speakers. More of these workshops are scheduled beyond November. Check out details here: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13944 Log on to http://www.carroll.edu/academics/adult/index.cc for a link to the registration form. On-site registrations will be accepted. For more information, contact Dr. Russ Cargo at rcargo@carroll.edu. STUDENT NEWS In the News The Carroll College Talking Saints forensics team (photo right) warmed up for their approaching defense of the Northwest Regional Championship by taking a young squad to Casper College in Casper, Wyo., last weekend, when they placed second in school sweepstakes. Only four of the team's 10 upper-class members competed during this fall break event, but the 13 students who made the trip won 24 awards. In all, five of the six new Talking Saints team members won awards, according to coach Brent Northup. For more, read: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13955 The women's Saints cross country runners got some great press recently, focusing on the team spirit and supportiveness each member offers the corps, with veteran racers bringing up the next generation of winners. Read all about it at: http://helenair.com/sports/article_70f8b4d4-d1d2-11df-bed8-001cc4c002e0.html Carroll student Dylan Werst appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine's online 2010 "Bachelor Blowout," a listing of eligible guys from every state. As expected, Dylan represents the Treasure State. Events Accounting and business students and all others in the Carroll community are welcome to attend today's Business Department Lecture Series panel discussion, sponsored by First Interstate Bank and presented by the Montana Society of CPAs in cooperation with the Carroll Business Department. The October 14 panel takes place at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall room 331 and is designed to inspire students to pursue accounting as a career-it's one of the fastest growing professions out there, with no contraction in sight. Featured speakers will include Carroll 1990 graduate Margaret Herriges, communications director for the Montana Society of CPAs, Jill M. Burger, CPA with Great West Engineering Inc., Karen E. Simpson of the Montana Legislative Services Division, John H. Steinhoff, CPA of JCCS PC, John Iverson, CPA, MBA of Mead Johnson Pharmaceuticals, and Charity A. Rowsey, CPA with Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co PC. 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 Study Abroad Don't miss the upcoming meetings to sign on for exciting study abroad opps! Today, October 14, at 12:30 p.m. in St. Charles room 18, meet with Assistant Professor of Political Science William Parsons about the March 2011 trip to Washington D.C. And, next Tuesday, October 19, anyone interested in the May 2011 trip to the Middle East and Jerusalem with Assistant Professor of History Jeanette Fregulia should meet with her at 12:30 p.m. in St. Charles room 18. Careers For the next nine weeks, Carroll Career Services will present a series of live webinars featuring national career experts on job searches and career building. Geared for graduating seniors, the sessions are free and open to all students. Webinars are held on Thursday evenings from 8 to 9 p.m. in Trinity Hall lounge. Refreshments will be served. Students can participate in one or all webinars, and those who attend them all will receive a certificate of completion. For details on the webinar series and to send your intention to attend, contact Career Services at careers@carroll.edu Visit http://talentmarks.com/webinars.aspx for more on the speakers. A new 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 Events Alumni headed to the Fighting Saints vs. Battlin' Bears football game at Rocky Mountain College in Billings this 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 MONDAY, October 18!!! In the News The Reverend Edward Kohler (photo right), who attended Carroll in 1964-66, of the Diocese of Helena is the recipient of the 2010 Lumen Christi Award, a prestigious national award given annually to a Catholic who has dedicated their life to serving in American dioceses in need. Fr. Kohler has ministered to the people of Montana for the past 33 years. Currently he serves the people of the Native American Blackfeet Nation as the pastor of Little Flower Parish in Browning, an area where 70 percent are unemployed, 30 percent have drug or alcohol abuse problems and nine out of 10 children come from broken homes. As part of the award, Fr. Kohler will receive $25,000, as will his diocese, for use in growing ministries in the communities he serves. Fr. Kohler has elected to donate his entire reward to support the De La Salle Blackfeet School, founded by him and the Christian Brothers in 2001. To date, 27 of the school's 29 alumni have graduated high school, compared to the current 56 percent high school graduation rate of Native Americans in Montana. For more, read: http://www.diocesehelena.org/news-events/press-releases/2010-10-05.html During homecoming week, Carroll College inducted five individuals and one team into the Wendy's of Montana/CC Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2010 inductees include football players Brian Mellen, Doug Peoples and Sean Joyce; basketball player Angie Herr; basketball coach Gary Turcott and the 1973 football team. Full writeups on all these honorees are available online here: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/newsitemview.php?id=13924 Katie Neff, class of 1998 and a veteran member of Carroll's Talking Saints forensics team, was married on October 2, 2010, to Stephen (Steve) Kaminski. Katie met Steve in Chicago while matriculating at the famed Second City comedy theater and iO Theater (Improv Olympic). They have enjoyed a seven-year courtship by living and performing improv and sketch comedy around the world, including in Las Vegas for two years and most recently on NCL cruise line with The Second City. The two currently reside in West Hollywood and are enjoying playing the "Actor's Lottery." They wed at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Jerome, Idaho.
In Memoriam In its July 31, 2009, edition, QNs reported the July 25, 2009, death of alumnus Robert "Bob" Edwin Sullivan (photo left), a 1935 graduate of Mount St Charles High School (part of Carroll College back in the early days after our founding). A recent story looking back on his life of achievement was recently published in the Missoulian newspaper here: http://missoulian.com/lifestyles/hometowns/article_aeffaefe-cfc0-11df-b99e-001cc4c03286.html His contributions to Carroll are too great to count, but include endowed scholarship funds and service on Carroll's Board of Trustees in 1973-89 (and the title of trustee emeritus). He received the Carroll Borromeo Award in 1961 and an honorary doctorate from Carroll in 1965. A memorial to celebrate Sullivan's life occurred last Saturday, October 9, at the University of Montana School of Law in Missoula. FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Carroll Associate Professor of English Loren Graham's new book, The Ring Scar, has received one of its first reviews. Feast your eyes at: http://ecstaticdoggerel.blogspot.com/2010/10/poetry-for-sadder-wiser-50-percent.html Today at 4:30 p.m., Carroll's October Faculty Colloquium in the Campus Center's Roger's Board Room will feature Assistant Professor of Political Science Zac Callen delivering, "Railroad Ties That Bind: Antebellum American Politics and State Building." It's free and open to faculty and staff. Next Monday, October 18, Carroll Fine Arts Professor Ralph Esposito (photo left) will present a slide show and talk on his six-week Fulbright experience in Bulgaria and Greece during the summer of 2008. His talk, featuring images and discussion of the region's art and culture, will begin at 7 p.m. in St. Charles Hall room 034. It is free and open to the public. As part of his sabbatical leave, Carroll History Professor Bob Swartout (photo right) has been invited, as a two-time senior Fulbright scholar in Korea, to attend a special celebration in Seoul to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Korea's Fulbright program. While in Korea, he will participate in a conference entitled "Toward Peace in Korea and the World." He will also be delivering a paper on the history of Korean-American relations to the students and faculty of Seoul International School. In late October, during a one-week visit to China, he will be giving a paper on Sino-Korean relations and international law to the students, parents and faculty of Concordia International School in Shanghai, and he will also be directing a workshop on East Asian history for teachers drawn from throughout the many international schools located in Shanghai. Finally, he will also speak to the students, parents and faculty of the British International School, also in Shanghai. The arrangements for Bob's trip and for the various talks that he will give there, are being made by Mark Johnson, a Carroll 1998 history graduate who now teaches in Shanghai. Carroll College has welcomed a number of new faculty members this academic year. These scientists and published authors come from coast to coast and include Meredith Krutar, Brandon Sheafor, Kevin Stewart, Ananda Morse Abelin, Richard Timmins and Christopher Collins. In addition, Carroll has two visiting professors on campus this academic year: Jeff Roche in the History Department and John Runda in sociology. More about these new faces on campus is online here: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13929 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 Soccer is at home in Nelson Stadium this Saturday at 1 p.m. Football and volleyball are away, as is cross country. Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news at www.carroll.edu/athletics COMING EVENTS Ongoing to December 10: Carroll Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall presents "Glacier: Losing a Legacy," a photographic exhibit 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. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission. Photo left: Courtesy USGS October 19 and 26: Swing dance classes continue under the teaching of Carroll Dance Team Coach Jaime Hamlin, 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Campus Center each night. Latin dance lessons will follow next month. Students participate free, otherwise the cost is $25 per person for each three-week session. For more info, contact Jackie Clawson at jclawson@carroll.edu 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 27: Carroll College will host a special local food meal and educational talk that is free and open to the public. "Eating Our Way to a More Sustainable and Resilient Local Community" will feature guest speakers Jacob and Courtney Cowgill, organic farmers who own and operate Prairie Heritage Farm in Conrad, Mont. The free event will also include an all-local meal prepared in cooperation with students from Carroll and Helena High and Helena community members. Those attending will be able to meet some of the local farmers who grew the produce for the evening meal. The event begins at 6 p.m. in the Carroll College Campus Center. Bluegrass and Americana music will be provided by The Hayseeds (photo right). For more information, contact Cole Mannix, Carroll assistant director of Community Living and volunteer coordinator, at 447-4373 and see the full press release at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13959 October 29-30: Fr. Jerry Lowney's students in the Social Problems class will "Trick or Treat for the Needy," at the corner of Lyndale-Euclid and Benton Avenue to raise money for Helena Food Share, God's Love homeless shelter and the Good Samaritan Store. Look for these hardworking students during daylight hours at this busy Helena intersection, and give generously to those who need it most this coming holiday season. 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 and Helena Festival of the Book partner up for a dual event, "Crossing the Divides," with Montana writers reading from their works of history, poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction that probe Montana past and present. On Thursday, November 4, the festival kicks off with this year's keynote speaker Verlaine Stoner McDonald, the author of The Red Corner: The Rise and Fall of Communism in Northeastern Montana. There is no cost to hear McDonald speak at Carroll College's Trinity Hall lounge at 7 p.m. The festival continues on Friday, November 5, with the Montana Historical Society hosting a free panel discussion focusing on leftist politics in Montana starting at noon, featuring McDonald, Anne Pettinger Cantrell and Professor Jeffrey Johnson, a Carroll 1998 history graduate and the author of They Are All Red Out Here: Socialist Politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1895-1925. Also on Friday, Carroll College will host a number of literary readings by Carroll students, faculty and regional authors from 1 to 4 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. Open readings by Carroll students and community authors will take place in the Campus Center from 4 to 5 p.m. Afterwards, the Holter Museum of Art will host a reception and book fair at 6 p.m., with gala readings by guest authors beginning at 7 p.m. On Saturday, November 6, the Holter will again be the venue for Helena Festival of the Book activities, with writer's workshops, a poetics lecture and author readings, plus a James Welch retrospective panel discussion and film preview. For more info, read:
