SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
RUN FOR THEIR LIVES
This Saturday is the Carroll Outreach Team’s annual Hope for Haiti 5K Fun Run, raising money for the people of Haiti still recovering from devastating earthquakes. It starts at 10 a.m. at Batch Fields parking lot just north of campus past the railroad tracks. Check in prior to 10 at the Carroll PE Center and have $10 entry fee ready if you’re a student, $18 for non-student adults. Be early so the race can start on time. The route will take participants on a race through campus, and proceeds go to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people. (Photo right: Prof. Jack Oberweiser, far right, with Haitian patients seeking care during Carroll Outreach Team dental mission) For more info, contact COT event coordinator Jonathan Lenz at jlenz@carroll.edu.
DOING IT WORLD STYLE
On Sept. 22-23, Carroll’s storied Talking Saints forensics team competed in its first major tournament using its newly adopted World Debate style at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. The Saints took home both the first and second place speaker awards, plus earned a spot in the championship round. Thirty teams from nine states competed in the World Debate event. The win marked the second straight week that the Talking Saints had swept the top speaker awards at a World-style debate tournament. The team took the top four team awards in World Debate and the top five speaking awards at the Rocky Mountain Fall Scrimmage tournament in Billings, Mont., on Sept. 14-16.
At Air Force, Chris Axtman, a senior from Portland, Ore., won top speaker in the tournament, followed closely by his partner Megan Towles, a senior from Huntington Beach, Calif. Both Axtman and Towles received the coveted Falcon Trophies for their victories. Towles and Axtman also won top speakers and the first place team award at the Rocky Mountain tournament the week before. Tanner Van Wyck, of Nampa, Idaho, the Talking Saints sole competitor in individual events at Air Force, won two second place awards in poetry and program oral interpretation. Van Wyck was also a finalist in persuasive speaking at Air Force.
Also of note in the Billings contest, that contest ended in the maternity ward of St. Vincent's hospital in Billings where the tournament host and Carroll graduate Shelby Jo Long Hammond (class of 2000) gave birth to Ava Joyce. All 12 members of the Carroll team visited mother and baby to present a stuffed frog to little Ava before driving home. (New mother and baby surrounded by champion talkers, photo left)
BEASTLY BLESSINGS
Next Thursday, Oct. 4, Carroll’s Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice and Carroll Anthrozoology Program will co-host the annual Blessing of the Animals on the Feast of St. Francis at 3:15 p.m. in front of Borromeo Hall’s fountain entrance near the Hunthausen Center (weather permitting). Our Anthrozoology students will be bringing their horses and dogs for this event, open to all Carroll employees and students. Feel free to bring your well-behaved pets that play well with others and can comport themselves with appropriate spiritual deference and quietude for about 45 minutes.
THEY’RE PEOPLE, NOT PERCENTAGES: SOCIAL JUSTICE FILMS ON CAMPUS
The Carroll College Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice is presenting two public showings of social justice-oriented films next week, with free admission. The films concern the working poor in America and the human cost of climate change.
On Tuesday, Oct. 2, the documentary film, < strong>The Line, will premiere nationwide, with the Carroll screening at 8 p.m. in O’Connell Hall room 101. The film examines the lives of those living and working near or below the poverty line and how they have been affected by the Great Recession. From Chicago to the Gulf Coast to North Carolina, the film documents the lives of Americans with goals, dreams and jobs all struggling to make it above “the Line.” http://thelinemovie.com/
On Thursday, Oct. 4, the Hunthausen Center, partnering with the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change, will present a free screening of Academy Award-nominated documentary Sun Come Up at 7 p.m. in lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. Sun Come Up follows the relocation of the world’s first global warming refugees: the Carteret Islanders, driven by rising water from their ancestral land on a remote South Pacific island chain to search for a new home. The search is of dire consequence: the Carteret are asked whether their island will sink first, or whether their people will starve beforehand. They face acceptance in a new land and the violence of lingering civil war there, along with the threat of losing their cultural identity. http://www.suncomeup.com/film/Trailer.html
ENTER THE DRAGON
What is it like to be dying while wondering if you did enough, learned enough and loved enough during your lifetime? Carroll College explores this question in the world premiere of the uproarious and touching new musical, < strong>George and the Dragon, premiering October 12 in the Carroll Theatre (Old North, St. Charles Hall).
Doug Sheehan, the writer and composer of George and the Dragon, has not only written four other plays but is also an award-winning TV actor who starred on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and General Hospital. Directing the piece is Professor Michael “Mokey” McNeilly, who also acts the part of George.
Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. on Oct. 12-14, 19-21, 26-28. Seating is on a first come-first served, and the house opens at 7 p.m. Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $8 for students and seniors.
TOO MANY NAMES TO NAMI
We can’t here name all 174 members of Carroll’s Saints for Hope team participating at last weekend’s NAMI-Montana Walk, but suffice it to say that the fundraising done for the cause through the football game’s 50/50 drawing, donations gathered during the student Homecoming dance, and the NAMI Walk itself brought it around $3,000. Along with financial support for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Saints for Hope sent a message of compassion to those struggling with mental illness.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE CALL?
Carroll students have begun calling alumni to raise student scholarship support for IMPACT Annual Fund. New this year is the $5,000 Trustee Match Challenge for those who make their first gift to Carroll. See more details at: http://www.carroll.edu/giving/impact.cc
CARROLL IN CAMO
Lots of great news about Carroll’s ROTC and veteran students this past week. First up: Zach Wagner (photo left), an MS-4 cadet (or fourth-year student) logged a record-setting physical fitness score, part of a Leadership Development Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, Wash., this past summer. Some 6,000 cadets participated. He credits the physical training he receives at Carroll, along with tenure on Saints cross country, for much of his accomplishment. Pull up details at: http://helenair.com/news/local/rotc-cadet-at-carroll-sets-fitness-record/article_03655eba-0487-11e2-8cc5-001a4bcf887a.html
As for our veterans, Carroll’s special classes and financial support for vets and their dependents got the spotlight in the Sunday Independent Record, which highlighted Carroll’s repeat selection as a Military Friendly School and our Yellow Ribbon Program, providing the best private higher education essentially free of cost to qualifying veterans and their family members. Details are served at: http://helenair.com/lifestyles/earned-opportunity/article_d9d4f3a0-0484-11e2-96bc-001a4bcf887a.html
STUDENT NEWS
In the News
Courtney Jones, a Carroll senior who just finished a summer internship with Fox News in New York, is now a college roving reporter with a blog about higher ed related issues. Check her latest submission, regarding the relative value of internship experience versus study abroad, at the Fox News site: http://www.foxnews.com/fncu/current-interns/blog/2012/09/25/studying-abroad-truly-giving-students-leg
Events
Next Wednesday, Oct. 3, Carroll’s food service partner Sodexo brings us a special visiting chef to serve Indian cuisine in the St. Thomas Aquinas Dining Hall (STAC): Chef Salket Patwary (photo left), born in Bangladesh and raised in Bahrain, has served superstars like Shania Twain and the Green Bay Packers and specializes in Indian cuisine. After receiving his culinary management degree, he rose in the profession, becoming a Sodexo “signature chef” in 2009. He has entered and won various culinary competitions across the country, including the California Date Competition, Las Vegas Odyssey, Kansas City BBQ Society and American Culinary Federation Competitions.
Classes
Finding your ideal career path just got easier, with Carroll’s new Strength Finders 2.0 Assessment and Leadership Certificate Program. Begin by taking free classes to obtain your Personal Leadership Certificate. Find your top strengths, make better decisions, work more effectively with people and lead a happier life. Get all the details at: http://www.carroll.edu/students/activities/leadership/index.ccGet started by emailing leadership@carroll.edu to enroll in the "Understanding Your Strengths" class of your choice, starting Oct 3.
Adventure
Tomorrow, Sept. 29, is the Carroll Adventure in Mountaineering Program (CAMP) Rock Climbing Clinic from 2 to 6 p.m. It’s an intro course, with CAMP providing the gear. Email campgear@carroll.edu with your name and what equipment you will need (harness, shoes, everything), and get ready to eat rock, baby!
Saturday night, celebrate your successful climb at the Swing Dance in the upper Campus Center at 8 p.m.
For all student news on events, club activities, retreats and much more, go to www.carroll.edu/students.
ALUMNI NEWS
In the News
Alums flocked to campus for last weekend’s Homecoming 2012, and among them was Gene Etchart, class of 1933 and believed to be Carroll’s oldest alum, dating back to the days when the college was called Mount St. Charles. (Photo right: Etchart, left, with former Carroll president, Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen, at Homecoming game) For more Homecoming photos, check the Carroll Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/carrollcollege
During the annual 2012 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Performance ceremony held recently in Helena, Cheri (Purnell) Seed, class of 1983, was recognized for her service to the Office of Public Instruction and participation in the Montana Interagency Coordinating Council for State Prevention Workgroup. Also receiving a Governor’s Award was Carroll adjunct professor Ron Baldwin, who works as a Technology Services Division Administrator in Helena.
Becky Ellis (photo left), class of 2003, a PhD candidate in Latin American history at the University of New Mexico Department of History, was recently awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research in Argentina. Her research examines the construction of institutions for the blind in Argentina in the first half of the twentieth century and the ways which Argentine notions of labor and gender both encouraged and limited the expansion of blind interests during this period. Her Fulbright research will begin in January 2013, when she will start focusing on archives and interviews in Buenos Aires. From there, she expects to spend 2-3 months conducting research in the provinces of Salta, Mendoza and Santa Fe. This is a 9-month Fulbright grant, but with an additional research fellowship from the Latin America and Iberia Institution of the University of New Mexico, she will be able to remain at work in Argentina a full year.
In Memoriam
Michelle Connole (photo right), class of1971, died on Sept. 16, 2012, at her home in Helena after over two years battling cancer. After earning her Carroll medical technology degree, Michelle worked in research at the University of Washington. After the birth of her children, she returned to school to obtain her certification as a paralegal. She worked at various law firms in Seattle, including the MacDonald, Haugue and Bayless law firm. She returned to Helena in 2004 and worked as a paralegal, finishing her career with the Crowley Fleck law firm in Helena. For more on her life, read: http://helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/michelle-connole/article_786df26c-022a-11e2-8aa5-0019bb2963f4.html
FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS
Today, Sept. 28, Carroll’s September Faculty Colloquium features Professor Gerry Shields (photo left) presenting “Chromosomal Speciation in Black Flies(Diptera: Simuliidae)” at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Maronick Board Room.
FAITH AND SERVICE
For all Campus Ministry news, Mass and sacraments schedules, homilies and much more, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/ministry/
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 Sept. and Oct. 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.
October 2: Carroll College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) will host a seminar on non-profit grant writing at 6 p.m. in Simperman Hall, room 331. Carrie Koppy, director of resource development and marketing for NeighborWorks Great Falls, will be the guest speaker.
October 6-9: Fall Break
October 11: Open House for Carroll Student Services offices, Borromeo Hall, from 1 to 4 p.m., with free treats. Meet the staff and see the digs for the Carroll offices of Career Services and Testing/Internships, ARC (Academic Resource Center), Academic Advising, Education Abroad and International Programs, Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice and Veterans’ Services.
October 12: Carroll Theatre’s world premiere of a new play, < strong>George and the Dragon, in the Carroll Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 12-13, 19-20 and 26-27. Sunday 3 p.m. matinees are on Oct. 14, 21 and 28. Written by award winning Hollywood writer/actor/director Doug Sheehan and directed by Carroll College Director of Improv Michael McNeilly, this musical takes a unique look at aging, set in the present and the long ago land of fantastic dragons, knights-errant, and rip-roaring princesses—with gymnasts and Celtic dancers, too.
October 16: Carroll’s Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center present the next in its Be(com)ing Church Between Past and Future series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening for Vatican II, with Dr. Mathijs Lamberigts of the Centre for the Study of Vatican II—Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Belgium presenting “Vatican II and its Legacy: Preparing a Future for the Past” at 7 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. Free.
October 17: Holocaust survivor Irving Roth speaks about his experiences in Nazi death camps and his miraculous reunion with the American serviceman who saved him from Buchenwald. At 7 p.m., lower level of the Campus Center. Free. For a sneak preview, check out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/05/irving-roth-holocaust-survivor-rick-carrier-soldier-liberator-reunion_n_1129673.html
October 24: Dr. Kelly Cline continues his popular astronomy lecture series with "Cryptography: The Secret Science of Codes," at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall’s Wiegand Amphitheatre.
October 25: Carroll Career Services will sponsor its annual Meet, Greet & Eat: Networking & Dining Etiquette for the New Professional at 6 p.m., for Carroll seniors who want to learn proper etiquette and manners to use at formal business meals. The dinner is preceded by a networking session with hors d'oeuvres and punch; during the multi-course main meal a professional etiquette trainer guides participants through the fine dining experience. Free to seniors, the dinner is courtesy of our corporate sponsors, who send company representatives to the dinner to mingle with prospective future hires. This event is free, but seating is limited; to register send your name and major to careers@carroll.edu.
October 27: The Carroll Nursing Department presents national performer Pippa White at 2 p.m. in the Campus Center. For a preview of her unique show, see http://www.pippawhite1co.com/perf_possession.htm
November 3-10: Inauguration of Dr. Tom Evans as 16th Carroll president. Inauguration events include: a November 5 Academic Symposium from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center, followed by the 2 p.m. Inaugural Ceremony in the PE Center, with a reception afterward in the Campus Center, all open to the public. On Saturday, November 10, a 9 a.m. Community Mass at the Grotto, open to the public, will be followed by the Fighting Saints Tailgate outside Nelson Stadium. For all event details, go to: www.carroll.edu/inauguration
November 8: Carroll Literary Festival, part of the Carroll inauguration celebration, will feature keynote speaker Paula Marks, PhD, historian of the American West, in the Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
November 15: Carroll Theology Dept. and the Sister Annette Moran Center present the next in 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. Free.
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 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 piece provides a perfect evening to warm hearts, stir memories and give laughter during the holiday season. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays Nov. 30-Dec. 1 and Dec. 8.; Sunday 3 p.m. matinees are Dec. 2 and 9. All in the Carroll Theatre.