FAREWELL, FRIEND
On Saturday, September 4, 2010, Carroll Business Department Chair Jerry Pohlman (photo right) died in an accidental drowning. In 2008, he joined Carroll as an adjunct professor of economics, following a long and successful career in the banking industry. He was well known for his annual community talks on the economy, delivered to standing-room crowds. His economics courses were exceedingly popular, and in the past year he had established new courses and workshops in not-for-profit management and banking at Carroll along with a business and banking lecture series bringing experts to campus for free, public talks. This past summer, Dr. Pohlman was appointed to an endowed professorship in entrepreneurship at Carroll. Insightful, humorous, caring, generous and sensitive to the needs of all around him, Jerry will be missed, as he is by his grieving family. For more, read http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100906/NEWS01/9060301/Carroll-professor-identified-as-drowning-victim and http://helenair.com/news/article_12a0c30a-bb10-11df-931f-001cc4c03286.html
TAILGATES, TECH AND MORE
Next weekend is Homecoming, and there's simply too much on our plate to list it all here. The center of attention is the Saints vs. Montana Tech game on Saturday, but that's but a taste of the full banquet. Get the full menu of fun here: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/
Speaking of feasts, Homecoming weekend will feature the Friday night Wendy's Hall of Fame banquet, with Rose Marie Finnegan, class of 1958, and Fr. Francis "Mac" McInnis, class of 1953, entering Carroll's Alumni Hall of Fame. This year's inductees into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday night will include the 1973 Fighting Saints football team, plus student-athlete alums Sean Joyce (class of 1996), Brian Mellen (class of 1999), former head basketball coach Gary Turcott (class of 1968), Doug Peoples (class of 1990) and Angie Wier (class of 1998). Former Carroll Dean and Academic VP Jim Trudnowski (class of 1957), a 1981 Carroll Athletic Hall of Famer, will receive the Warren Nelson Award.
To attend the Wendy's Hall of Fame Banquet on September 24 at the Great Northern Hotel ballroom, register online at www.carroll.edu/alumni or call Nona Keeler, administrative assistant for Institutional Advancement, at 406-447-4419. The social hour starts at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6:30. Tickets are $35.
MISS THIS AND MISS OUT
The arts, boxing, Mass and class reunions are in the offing during Homecoming 2010. Here are just some highlights you won't want to miss:
Theater Centennial Showcase: If you missed The Story of Theatre at Carroll College 1909-2010, A Centennial Reflection on Centennial Commencement weekend back in May, here's your chance to catch the encore. See this comedic, musical multimedia production in the Carroll Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall, at 4 p.m. on Friday, September 24.
Saints @ Sunset: Also on Friday night from 8 to 11 p.m., alumni can reconnect with friends and classmates at Sladich Fountain (in front of Borromeo Hall) and enjoy snacks and a no-host bar. In case of inclement weather, this event will be held in the Campus Center lobby.
Mass at the Grotto: On Saturday at 9 a.m., Mass at the Grotto just north of St. Charles Hall lawn is a perfect way to begin the day. The annual tailgate sponsored by Wingate by Wyndham will begin after Mass outside Nelson Stadium while class pictures are taken in the PE Center gym. Call Jennifer Bingham at 406-447-4480 or jbingham@carroll.edu to get your Homecoming Saints vs. Tech game tickets-the circus maximus starts at 1 p.m.
Smoker Reunion: Also on Saturday morning after Mass, we'll have a special reunion brunch for alumni who were involved in Carroll's boxing program and fights, known as the Smokers, from 1960 to 1983. The Smoker brunch takes place at 9:45 a.m. in the Corette Library. Photos and archival displays, plus recognition for retired professor and boxing coach Hank Burgess, are all yours for the price of $10-purchase online or reserve by emailing Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni@carroll.edu
All Class Reunion Gathering: Anniversary class years 2005, 2000, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1975, 1970, 1965, 1960, 1955, 1950 and 1945 will be gathering on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. for dinner at the Great Northern Hotel ballroom. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.carroll.edu/alumni or by emailing Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni@carroll.edu
Family Mass & Brunch: Homecoming wraps up on Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Campus Center lobby, with Carroll Chaplain and Campus Ministry Director Fr. Marc Lenneman presiding and music by David Casey, class of 1995. Brunch tickets are $12 each and can be purchased online at www.carroll.edu/alumni or by emailing Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni@carroll.edu
More Homecoming info is also listed in Coming Events in this edition of QNs!
SAINTS ON THE RUN
On Saturday, September 25, as part of Homecoming, the third annual Carroll Cross-Country Open will be run at Bill Roberts Golf Course just north of campus, and you can participate as either a spectator or a competitor! Test your racing prowess against the fleet-footed Carroll cross country team and competing student-athletes from University of Great Falls, Rocky Mountain College, Flathead Valley Community College and Blackfeet Community College. This day at the races occurs before the Homecoming football game and is a superb way to earn your tailgating libations.
The women's 5K race starts at 10 a.m. followed by the men's 8K at around 10:45 a.m. The contests will be done by noon, an hour before the Fighting Saints roar onto the field. Enter by Wednesday, September 22, via DirectAthletics at www.directathletics.com For more info, contact Matt Morris at 406-546-3705 or email him at: mmorris@carroll.edu
LOW DOWN
In February 2010, the U.S. Department of Education released its nationwide draft student loan default rates for colleges and universities, with Carroll College's draft default rate a new school record: zero. On September 13, 2010, the Department of Education updated its draft rates by releasing its official cohort student loan default rates, and as expected Carroll's finalized student loan default rate for the latest year remains zero-a new low, even for us! More on the story is online at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=13814
COT IN HONDURAS
The Saturday, September 4, Hope for Haiti 5K fundraiser for the Carroll Outreach Team (COT) was a blazing success, tripling the number of runners from last year's inaugural Hope for Haiti race and getting some great media attention. Proceeds from the event will support COT outreach and medical care missions coming up this academic year in Honduras, Moldova and Niger. You can help send COT off in style by donating clothing and medical and school supplies that COT volunteers will take to an orphanage housing 43 children during the fall break service trip to Honduras. For a list of items needed (due on September 24 in the Student Activities Office downstairs in the Campus Center), plus photos of the Hope for Haiti race and other COT activities, peruse http://www.carroll.edu/students/activities/clubs/outreach/
For newspaper coverage of Hope for Haiti, check the story at the Helena Independent Record website: http://helenair.com/news/local/article_d105540e-b8b4-11df-b526-001cc4c002e0.html
JAZZ IN THE CUBE
The Carroll College Jazz Combo performs jazz in the Carroll Campus Center's upper level from 4 to 5 p.m. once a month. These events are free and open to the public. Fall 2010 concert dates are: Thursday, September 23; Thursday, October 21; and Tuesday, November 16. For more info, contact Carroll Associate Professor of Music Lynn Petersen at 406-447-4303.
THE DARK SIDE OF TECHNOLOGY
Electronic waste is toxic, and landfills are not appropriate resting places for old electronic devices. The SAVE Foundation, with its Executive Director Matt Elsaesser, class of 2002, is doing something about it with the first of two recycling events this September. This Saturday, September 18, the Erase your E*Waste event takes place in Helena at Kmart (1700 Cedar St.), from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with electronic waste (computers, TVs, stereos, small appliances, etc.) being collected for safe and responsible disposal.
On Homecoming Saturday, September 25, SAVE will host another kind of recycling event: Trash for Trees, accepting the usual metal, paper, glass and plastic household recyclables, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Northgate Plaza off of N. Montana Avenue in Helena. Anyone interested in volunteering for either of these events can sign-up by calling 406-449-6008 or by emailing Recycle@Savemobile.org More info on SAVE events, and the list of e*waste and recyclables they'll accept, is available here: http://www.savemobile.org/
DROP IN OR DROP OUT
The Academic Resource Center at Carroll has tutoring sessions in subjects ranging from accounting and econ to math and physics. If you're in a 200-level Spanish class and all you know is "no hablo Español," the ARC experts can help! It's free and you can simply drop-in . . . and avoid dropping out. Find the friendly, competent help you need, at: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/resources/schedule.cc
STUDENT NEWS
Today, September 17, the students and faculty leader who embarked on the summer 2010 India Study Abroad journey will present "India & Exiled Tibet: Preserving Cultures in a Modern World" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Fortin Science Center Scola. It's free and open to all. Dr. Joy Holloway and her intrepid study abroad students will offer up a multimedia show and tell of their adventures, including meeting Tibetan refugee children and the Dalai Lama himself. Check out the loot they brought back: Kashmiri carpets, musical instruments, gongs and prayer flags. Lift your spirits with incense as you hear first-hand accounts of our students talking with political prisoners, and feast your eyes on traditional costumes.
Carroll students and Engineering Professor Willis Weight (in photo right) recently made news for their Spring Meadow Lake water testing in the quest to find the dreaded E. coli bacteria. Don't forget to wash your hands after reading the full story here: http://helenair.com/news/local/article_547f481c-be37-11df-94ad-001cc4c002e0.html The Carroll student photography exhibit, Behind the Wall: Faces of the Forgotten - Portraits of God's Love: Helena's Homeless Shelter, was displayed at the Lewis and Clark Library in September, with warm reviews from community members. Photography instructor Jeff Van Tine and Dr. Christopher Fuller, director of Carroll's Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, developed this project to capture the lives of homeless men on film and in short, written narratives. For the full story on the exhibit and the faculty and students behind it, read: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/article_fc46295c-b8b1-11df-ac64-001cc4c002e0.html
Keep up with the latest student news and events at: http://www.carroll.edu/students/activities/index.cc
ALUMNI NEWS
Announcements
Carroll's Nursing Department is seeking photos of nursing graduate classes for display in the department's halls on the fourth floor of Simperman Hall. The department already has photos from the nursing classes of 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1996 and 2001-2010. Now, it's time to fill in the rest of the story! If you would like to offer a copy of your nursing graduate class photo, send it electronically to tjohn@carroll.edu Hardcopy photos can be mailed to: Carroll College Nursing Dept., 1601 N. Benton, Helena, MT 59625.
In the News
The Alaska Nanooks men's basketball team in Fairbanks has hired as its new assistant coach Eric Stang, Carroll history class of 1998, for the upcoming season. Stang has spent the past 12 seasons working in a variety of collegiate programs including Division I Providence, Gonzaga and Montana State. Before Providence, Stang was head coach at Whitefish High School in Whitefish, Mont., for two years and head coach and assistant athletic director for Eureka Public Schools in Eureka, Mont., for a year. He also has spent time working in the basketball programs at Montana State (2005-2006), Portland Community College (2003-2005), Spokane Community College (2002-2003), Gonzaga (2000-2002) and the College of Saint Scholastica (1998-99). For more, read: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Stang named Nanooks men's hoops assistant coach
Carroll's History Department is pleased to welcome Annie Hanshew, class of 2003, who is teaching the U.S. history survey course for the department this fall during Dr. Bob Swartout's sabbatical. Hanshew is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah in American history and is writing her dissertation on smokejumpers in the American West.
Austin Mapston (photo left), class of 2005, who serves as Rocky Mountain College assistant director of admissions, has earned his Master of Science in public relations at Montana State University-Billings. He is currently working on a bachelor of science degree in business management at Rocky Mountain College. In Memoriam
Owen Hardage, a Carroll V-12 student in 1943, of North Charleston, SC, died on January 27, 2010. After Carroll, he became an enlisted man in the Navy until he completed three years and was discharged. He then went to college and seminary and went on to serve 27 more years as a Navy chaplain.
William E. O'Leary (photo right), class of 1953, of Helena, Mont., died on August 16, 2010. After graduating from Carroll, he went on to receive a law degree from the University of Montana in 1960. He began his career as a trial attorney for the Montana Highway Department for four years before becoming the administrator of the legal division of the Railroad and Public Service Commission in Helena. He resigned as chief counsel of the Montana Public Service Commission in April of 1973 to enter private law practice, specializing in transportation law. In 1986, Bill left private practice to join the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. He later transferred to the Montana Department of Labor before retiring in 1993. For more on his life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/article_d4f1f63c-ac1e-11df-b7aa-001cc4c002e0.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
A Great Falls Tribune article on our founding father Bishop John Patrick Carroll was recently published to highlight one of the greats of Treasure State history. Build on your knowledge of the bishop's life at: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20100907/DC5/9070328
Speaking of history, the Carroll History Department recently published its in augural newsletter. Check it out online here: http://www.carroll.edu/forms/academics/history/HistoryNewsletter1_1.pdf
Carroll Associate Professor of Community Health Lauri Fahlberg (photo left) recently gave a presentation at the 2010 Montana Public Health Association conference entitled "Improving the Health of School Children through a Service-Learning Community Partnership." Her presentation provided results and an overview of her research/service-learning project, "Don't Share the Germs!" Now in its fifth year, "Germs" is a collaborative, service-learning program by Carroll College, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, and a Helena area elementary school, and is funded by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The next two-year cycle of the "Germs" grant will begin in 2011.
On September 13, 2010, Carroll Assistant Professor of Chemistry Colin Thomas and his family welcomed new baby Rachel Kimi Thomas (photo right).
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 S
Soccer, football, volleyball and cross country are all away this weekend.
Check out the full Athletics schedule and all the latest news at www.carroll.edu/athletics
COMING EVENTS
Now to October 1: Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) presents Chicago Paintings, artwork inspired by experiences in Chicago that explore the inner city and plays with the idea of graffiti as art by Kimble Bromley, associate professor of art, North Dakota State University. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays. Free admission.
September 26: As part of Homecoming Weekend, Carroll's student, faculty and staff team, Saints for Hope, will be walking a 5K to raise money and awareness for NAMI - the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Even if you choose not to raise money, you can walk with the Saints for Hope to show Carroll cares. Wear your Saints colors-purple and/or gold-and gather at the Carroll College flag/display table at the NAMI Walk start point in Memorial Park in Helena (across from YMCA and big American flag) at 12:45 p.m. for a group photograph. The walking starts at 1 p.m., with the route winding around Carroll's campus. For more info, contact Carroll NAMI liaison Dr. Mike Franklin in Counseling Services at 406-447-5559 and by emailing franklin@carroll.edu
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, East Coast Swing will be offered by instructor Tim Pattison 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 14-17, 21-24: Carroll Theatre Department begins the 2010-2011 season with performances of Dracula, written by Steven Dietz and directed by Katy Wright and Kailey Portsmouth. A dark treatment faithful to the Bram Stoker novel in the Carroll Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 for students and those over 60.
November 4-6: Carroll Literary Festival. Details TBA.
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.
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.
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.