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ALUMNI NEWS Events This Saturday, September 24, the Carroll Saints visit the Montana Tech Orediggers for a 6 p.m. game, meaning the alumni tailgate begins at 4:30 p.m. in full, warm sunshine. Get to the fun by heading to the purple and gold balloons on the infield, where Carroll alums can enjoy free fried chicken and pork chop sandwiches. Bring a salad or dessert to share. Please note that Tech has changed its alcohol policy, so now all alcoholic drinks must be purchased from the college's beer garden. Homecoming Homecoming is less than a month away! For all events in full detail, check out www.carroll.edu/alumni Highlights include the Friday @ 4 reception, Hall of Fame Banquet sponsored by Wendy's of Montana, Mass at the Grotto, alumni tailgate sponsored by the Wingate, football and volleyball games and the Carroll Theater production of The Women of Lockerbie. A Last Chance Mixer on Saturday night at Bleacher's caps a perfect weekend. At the Hall of Fame Banquet, Carroll will confer its 2011 Alumni Awards on these fine graduates: Erin Butts (photo left) (2003), receiving the 2011 Young Alum Award, has served as an Americorps VISTA volunteer and has journeyed from coast to coast assisting the Catholic Campaign for Human Development in promoting poverty awareness. She has directed a street outreach program for homeless youth in Alaska and now works with the National Native Children's Trauma Center assisting tribal communities across the state. Rev. Richard Clifford (photo right, second from left) (1948) and Tom Twichel (photo below left) (1957) will be inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame. After graduating from Carroll Fr. Clifford became a Maryknoll priest and has dedicated his life to mission service. He currently runs a free lunch program for children in a poor area of Mérida on Mexico's Yucatán peninsula. To hear Fr. Clifford speak about the children, visit http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.php/multimedia?vid=86 Twichel died this past July after living a life exemplifying Carroll's mission. His support of Carroll and other good causes included helping start the Century Club (now called Saints Athletic Association), bringing athletic tournaments to Helena, soliciting donations for the PE Center gym and Nelson Stadium, sponsoring basketball players, serving as a fourth degree knight with Knights of Columbus and coaching small fry football. Stay tuned to next week's QuickNotes for more information on the Athletic Hall of Fame recipients, Hank Burgess, Joe Horne, Anna McMahon, Benji Robinson, JD Solomon, Justin Thomas and the 2000 Saints Football Team. The Warren Nelson Award for support of Saints Athletics will go to Ray Kuntz, class of 1977. Register for all Homecoming events now online at http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/homecoming.cc In the News Dr. Ann Marie Miner (photo right), class of 2004, is a licensed psychologist in Portland, Ore., where she has opened a practice, Cascade Counseling and Assessment. After graduating from Carroll, she was accepted to the APA accredited Clinical Psychology program at Pacific University then completed her internship at the University of Puget Sound's Counseling Health and Wellness Services in Tacoma, Wash., and a post-doctoral fellowship with Kaiser Permanente in Salem, Ore. While with Kaiser, she ran the Neuropsychological Assessment program for the Salem area and developed an interest in psychological and neuropsychological assessment. The autumn 2011 edition of Distinctly Montana magazine was just released this week, and 2004 graduate Alex "Papu" Rincon was discussed in a feature story, "Educating Young Entrepreneurs," starting on page 78. Carroll Associate Professor of Business Julie Mull was also quoted on the business plan requirement as a capstone for our Carroll business majors like Papu. Shawn Holland, class of 2008, has joined D.A. Davidson & Co. in Helena as a financial consultant. He assists individual investors and businesses in reaching their financial goals, providing a variety of investment products, services and solutions through the firm. Holland previously worked in D.A. Davidson's Financial Planning Department and as a loan analyst and underwriter with Mountain West Bank. Ben Seitz, class of 2009, is the campaign director for the Helena fall 2011 40 Days for Life Campaign. This marks his third time as campaign director for the event, which will kick off September 29 at Helena's Memorial Park with 40 Days for Life co-founders as guest speakers delivering their keynote at 5:30 p.m. The 40-day campaign will feature prayer, fasting and vigils. Alex Pfannenstiel (photo left), class of 2010 and former Saints offensive lineman, was in a feature story about his life after college, including his busy schedule as the sideline reporter for Carroll football games on Helena's KBLL AM 1240, a full-time tutor for Indian Education For All at Helena Middle School, an assistant football coach at Capital High School, and his coming stint as announcer for Helena Bighorns hockey games later this fall. His most rewarding work is in the classroom tutoring Native American students who need extra help in school and a place to feel safe and valued. Read more: http://helenair.com/where-are-they-now-pfannenstiel-keeps-himself-busy/article_923b763e-e0f6-11e0-b83d-001cc4c002e0.html Lauren Jane Vogl and Eugene Francis Burke, both class of 2010, were married on June 10, 2011, at the Cathedral of St. Helena. Lauren is employed by the Children's Hospital in Boston. Eugene is working toward his graduate degree at McCallum School of Business at Bentley University. They reside in Boston, Mass. In Memoriam Thomas George Tokarski (photo right), class of 1964, died on September 17, 2011, following a two-year struggle with leukemia. His professional career was with the family business, Parco Neon Sign Company in Livingston, Mont., where he worked with his father, Steve, and brother Joe. Tom was instrumental in keeping the business up to date by introducing computer technology into the design and production of their products. Following the deaths of both Steve and Joe in 2006, Tom was the sole owner and operator of the business. Tom was a longtime member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Livingston, where he served as a communion minister, visited the sick and shut-ins, and served on the pastoral council. For more on his life, read: http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_e11ebb2e-f0fd-5eb1-84c4-88fe89ba0f48.html#ixzz1Ybd5N7cS FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS Events The IMPACT Faculty/Staff Campaign kicks off this year on September 29, with Computer Science and Math Professor Phil Rose and Registrar Cathy Day serving as co-chairs. Faculty and staff are warmly invited to participate again this year as volunteers-please contact our co-chairs to get involved. The campaign concludes with a celebration at St. Albert's Hall on October 28. In the News Professor Belle Marie (photo left) of Carroll's Business Department was recently notified that her article, "Microfinance: From Developing Nations to the U.S." was accepted for publication in the September edition of the peer-reviewed journal, Insights to a Changing World. Associate Professor Julie Mull (photo right) has just received word that she passed the July 2011 Certified Financial Planner® exam on her first attempt-the percentage of participants that passed the exam was 52.3%. The exam is administered three times per year and has an average pass rate of about 60% for first time test takers, 40% for second timers. Test takers are required to have completed minimum prerequisite preparation including a bachelor's degree and a number of master's level courses, and most like Mull have years of industry experience. Now, Mull must still submit her work experience and official transcripts and wait for the background check to be completed in order to receive authorization to use the CFP® designation; only 80 registered CFP® professionals work in Montana. CAMPUS MINISTRY Sociology Professor Emeritus Fr. Jerry Lowney celebrates Mass at noon in Borromeo Hall's Chapel Monday through Friday. All are welcome to attend the ever-popular Sunday Night Mass at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center main lounge, celebrated by Fr. Marc Lenneman, our chaplain and Campus Ministry director. Other Mass times and dates throughout the week, including services and sacraments in Guadalupe and St. Charles Halls, are listed at: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/worship/mass.cc For all Campus Ministry news, including retreat info, homilies and discussions of Catholic social justice issues, check out: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/ ATHLETICS Tune In The Frontier Conference will have five football games broadcast live on TV via local CW networks statewide (and on the internet through Lyon Productions), including these Carroll games: THIS SATURDAY, September 24, versus Montana Tech October 1 versus MSU Northern October 15 versus Rocky Mountain College at Homecoming October 29 versus UM-Western in Dillon. Beartooth NBC in Helena also broadcasts Carroll games, with online viewing of Fighting Saints LIVE at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/fighting-saints-live.html KBLL 1240 AM radio in Helena broadcasts the Saints games, with online listen/watch options at: http://www.network1sports.com/station/kbll#menus The Carroll website offers live watch options at http://www.livestream.com/fightingsaints In the News The Carroll golf team made history Tuesday as it won a Frontier Conference tournament for the first time during the Carroll College Classic at Green Meadow Country Club in Helena. Junior Ben Ternes from Helena and senior Jim Mee from Libby led the way for the Saints duffers. Upcoming Home Game Schedule Volleyball: Saints host UM-Western in the PE Center at 7 p.m. this Saturday night Soccer: Carroll hosts College of Idaho in Nelson Stadium this Sunday at 1 p.m. Golf, Football and Cross Country are away this weekend. For more info and other scheduled games for all teams, go to http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/index.cc COMING EVENTS Ongoing to September 30: Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) welcomes everyone to view its first 2011-2012 exhibit, "CORITA," featuring works by Corita Kent, a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Community. The display is multimedia, with original serigraphs, posters, and videos. Corita Kent, also known as Sister Mary Corita, gained international fame for her vibrant serigraphs during the 1960s and 1970s. She ran the Art Department at Immaculate Heart College until 1968, when she left the order and moved to Boston. Corita's art reflects her spirituality, commitment to social justice, hope for peace, and delight in the world that takes place all around us. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays, and is always free of charge. This Carroll exhibit is made possible through the support of the Myrna Loy Grants to Artists Program. More info on Corita Kent's art is at: https://www.corita.org/ October 10-December 9: The Carroll Art Gallery (Carroll College's St. Charles Hall) continues its exhibit series with paintings by religion scholar Lisa Sweet. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays, and is always free of charge. More info is at: http://academic.evergreen.edu/s/sweetl/ October 10: John Sanchez, whose talk last winter was rescheduled for this fall, will speak on Columbus Day on the topic of Native Americans in the media. His talk, "American Indians: How the News Media Shapes American Indian Identity and Policy in the United States," begins at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Free and open to the public. In his lecture, Sanchez will focus on public perceptions of American Indian identity in the 21st Century as framed and dictated by news media and popular films. Sanchez has been named one of the leading scholars in the field of intercultural studies by The Communication Institute for Online Scholarship, and he is a Freedom Forum Teaching Fellow. His tribal affiliation is Yaqui/Apache. October 13-23: Carroll Theatre Dept. presents The Women of Lockerbie, a contemporary drama by Deborah Brevoort directed by Carroll Theatre alumna Julia Porter (class of 2005). All performances in the Carroll College Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall). Dates are October 13-15 and 20-22 at 7:30 p.m., with 3 p.m. matinees on October 16 and 23. General admission $10, students and seniors $8. Carroll faculty and staff always get in free, and Carroll students always admitted free on Thursdays and Sundays. A story on Brevoort's visit to Carroll in September is online at: http://helenair.com/news/local/emotion-at-heart-of-lockerbie-play/article_7d137ef8-ddce-11e0-907a-001cc4c03286.html October 14-17: Homecoming. For all info, to to: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/homecoming.cc October 20: Dr. Kelly Cline presents "Creating Black Holes in the Lab" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free. October 25: Carroll Jazz Combo concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free. October 28-November 13: Carroll College Theatre Dept. presents: A Little Night Music, a musical with book by Hugh Wheeler, music/lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on Ingmar Bergman's film and co-produced with the Helena Theatre Company. Directed by Carroll Director of Improv Michael McNeilly with music direction by the Helena Symphony's Maestro Allan Scott, this light opera musical is a first for Helena. All performances at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena at 7:30 p.m. on these dates: October 28-29 and November 9-13. Ticket prices are: $18 for general admittance, $15 for Carroll faculty and staff and $10 for Carroll students. For tickets and more information, call the Myrna Loy at 406-443-0287. November 4: Carroll College President's Dinner, Campus Center, 5:30 p.m. with social hour followed by the meal and program celebrating the college's loyal friends and sustaining benefactors. November 17: Dr. John T. Vandeberg presents the next in Carroll's Business Department Lecture Series with a free public talk, "‘HIGH TECH-HIGH TOUCH': Enabling Speed of Light in Fiber Optic Communication Around the Globe," at 4 p.m. in Simperman Hall. Details TBA. Vandeberg is the former president and CEO of CERAC Incorporated. December 1: Dr. Kelly Cline presents "Is Pluto a Planet?" at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre. Free. December 1: Carroll Jazz Combo Fall Concert in the Carroll Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. December 12: Carroll Jazz Combo concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free.
September 23, 2011 QuickNotes
ON THE ROSTER: JOIN CARROLL'S NEXT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM! At this Sunday's NAMIWalk for mental illness awareness, Carroll's Saints for Hope squad is in the running for biggest team in the nation, but to win we need YOU to join the national championship juggernaut. Last year, if everyone who walked with Saints for Hope had officially registered, we'd have been the nation's leading team. This year is redemption time: to join Saints for Hope on September 25, just show up and sign up at the Carroll table no later than 12:15 p.m. at Memorial Park, across from the huge American flag east of Carroll's campus. You can also enroll online at: http://www.nami.org/walkTemplate.cfm?Section=NAMIWALKS&template=/customsource/NAMIWalks/WalkerInstructions.cfm&walksiteID=119®type=TMEM In addition to getting cool sunglasses, everyone who preregisters with a friend and shows up for the NAMIWalk on Sunday will receive a free athletic commemorative cup with a Clif Bar-using the cup at Carroll concession stands allows you to get a large beverage for the price of a small. (For this cool incentive, thanks go out to Sodexo General Manager Linda Bahr and Sodexo's Carroll student promotions/sustainability interns Anthony Rosales, Katie O'Leary, Dana Miller, Katie Connelley and Nikole Drummond!) The NAMIWalk raises awareness and funds for NAMI Montana, a nationally-recognized organization that supports, educates and advocates for Montanans who live with mental illness. This year's organizers are hoping to se over 2,500 walkers and $125,000 raised. Even if you are not walking to raise money, your presence is meaningful to show your support for those struggling often in silence and isolation. Helena's NAMIWalk is the second largest in the US (after the event in Los Angeles), so this is a very significant demonstration of hope for those with mental illness and the families who love them. Don't forget to wear your Carroll colors! SAINTHOOD REQUIRES MIRACLES All Carroll Saints, and even the Carroll beatified community, are invited to make another miracle this Saturday at the annual Carroll Up 'Til Dawn rummage sale to help the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. For bargains and fabulous finds, get down to the lower level of the Campus Center on September 24 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is free, with sale proceeds all going to help kids at St. Jude win the battle against cancer. Almost everything at the sale will be priced at $5 and less, even the "antique" treasures, says Carroll Assistant Director of Community Living and Community Outreach Coordinator Jackie Clawson. The rummage sale is part of Carroll's yearlong Up 'Til Dawn fundraising campaign for St. Jude. Each year, Carroll students involved in the campaign raise over $30,000 to benefit St. Jude cancer patients, who are provided care regardless of their families' ability to pay. News of other miracles: At last week's Helena Family Promise inaugural Cardboard Tent City fundraiser to help local homeless families, Carroll students were on hand at Memorial Park to serve meals to the local volunteers staying out all night in solidarity with the poor. Our Carroll student servants were Anthony Rosales, Ashley Carney, Sarah Boyd, Kelsea Kimerly, Carly Toepfer, Whitney Wear, Cheyenne Kroll and Kat Mundell. The donated food and beverages served to the 40 fundraising high schoolers and their chaperones were provided free courtesy of Sodexo and Carroll's Office for Student Life, and the event raised $2,000 for Family Promise. REPOSE AND REMEMBER A new place of rest and contemplation quietly arrived on campus this fall in memory of beloved Carroll professor, alumnus and friend Jim Trudnowski, who died unexpectedly on November 23, 2010. After his death, Jim's family, including wife Kathleen Trudnowski, Carroll's Wellness Center director, planted a tree in his honor with the intention of installing a bench on campus. A Carroll Athletic Hall of Famer, Jim's love of Saints Athletics made the installation of the bench around Carroll's first football game the ideal moment. Befitting Jim's humble nature, the bench almost stole into its home beside the Carroll Corette Library on the Friday before the Saints played Eastern Oregon. "It was done without any fanfare, really. I was there with the guy who had done the bench and one of the football players came by and asked me what I was doing. He came over to see the bench and was really emotionally affected and said he was glad that was done for Jim and he would share it with the others," Kathleen reports to QNs. "The next day, there were two little girls sitting on the bench with a vase of flowers and having a little party. It reminded me of our two little granddaughters and I thought how happy Jim would be to have them sitting there with him." Thanks to help from Carroll Grounds Director Gerald Landby and Vice President for Advancement Tom McCarvel, the bench stands in an ideal spot, Kathleen adds. "It is the perfect place, looking out at the mountains and toward our home on Canyon Ferry where Jim so enjoyed fishing whether it be summer or winter, being near the library (a must for one's education) and overlooking the stadium with his love of sports. Carroll was truly Jim's second home, and he would want to be here to encourage, listen and help students, faculty and staff and let them know that they have his support and wishes for peace in whatever they are going through." (Photo right: Jim Trudnowski) MOTHER EARTH'S PROBLEM WITH TECHNOLOGY Electronic waste tossed into our landfills is creating worldwide toxicity to soil and water resources, but you can do something about it locally. SAVE, the go-getter recycling organization begun at Carroll College and run by Carroll alums, is sponsoring the annual Erase Your E-Waste event this Saturday (September 24) at the Kmart parking lot (1700 Cedar St., Helena) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. With partners Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Yellowstone E-Waste Solutions, SAVE will be accepting old electronics for recycling. While a small fee applies to most recycled electronics (a dollar or less in most cases), a new deal makes this event pretty sweet: PC towers and laptop computers will be accepted FREE for Helena residents. (Businesses with a large amount of computers to turn in should schedule a pre-event pick-up at 406-861-4920.) A complete list of nominal fees for specific items is here: http://www.yellowstoneewaste.com/images/pdfs/Helena_Pricelist_Sept2011.pdf SAVE can always use additional volunteers to help the event run smoothly-just call them to volunteer at 449-6008. E-HEROES OFF TO THE BATTLEFRONT! This Saturday, September 24, Carroll is sending its first-ever team to the regional ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest, being held at Montana State University in Bozeman. ACM is the main professional organization for computer science. Our Carroll team includes junior Nathan Woods, senior Jennings Anderson and sophomore Dane Bullen (photo right, seated left to right). During the contest, the teams are given 5 hours to solve between 8 and 12 programming problems, and they must submit solutions as programs in one of the programming languages Java, C, or C++, with Carroll's team using Java. The winner is the team which correctly solves the most problems. Each team can only use one computer, so strong social skills are as important as computer science acumen. With Carroll's emphasis on a well-rounded liberal arts education for all, Nate, Jennings and Dane are already competition-ready top contenders. Cheer them on and watch for results in future editions of QNs! STUDENT NEWS Academics It's time for desperation to take a fall migration: Carroll's Academic Resource Center fall tutoring schedule is up and running, with help offered in a variety of subjects, including writing, the sciences, math, languages and more. Drop-add is for the birds: Check the schedule at http://www.carroll.edu/academics/resources/schedule.cc and get down to ARC in Simperman Hall 140-145 (near the computer labs) for some expert intervention today or at least before the snow flies! Next Monday through Friday is Graduate School Awareness Week. Events include the annual Graduate School Fair on Thursday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby-visit with representatives from regional grad-school programs. A Graduate School Admission Workshop will be held in room 107 O'Connell Hall on September 26, 27 and 28, with sessions occurring 4-5 p.m. daily. Plan to attend one and learn strategies for getting into the best grad schools, with expert presenter Don Asher. Next Thursday, September 29, Accounting, Business and Economics Professor Beth Wilson will host an info session for her 2012 Spring Break education abroad trip to the Amazon. Hear all the news on this return to the rainforest at 12:30 p.m. in St. Charles room 18. Bring your lunch and listen to tales of high adventure in the wildest outdoor classroom on earth. For further education abroad help, contact Shannon Ackeret at 447-4469 or sackeret@carroll.edu Campus Events Tonight (September 23), Carroll Student Activities brings comedy duo Team Submarine (photo right) to the upper Campus Center at 8 p.m. Free to students. Saturday night's Foam Dance will create some kind of new mess behind St. Charles Hall from 7 to 10 p.m. For bubbly personalities only.