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ALUMNI NEWS Events Homecoming is just a month away! It's four days of fun, and here are a few tidbits: October 14: Don't miss the Friday@4 mixer and reunion in the Campus Center, with appetizers and a chance to catch up with your classmates plus faculty past and present. The Athletic and Alumni Hall of Fame Banquet follows at 6 p.m. October 15: Mass at the Grotto at 9 a.m., then class pictures at 11 a.m. in the PE Center. After the tailgate and big game, head to the Last Chance Mixer at Bert & Ernie's/Bleacher's on Last Chance Gulch from 6 to 10 p.m. Register for all Homecoming events now online at http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/homecoming.cc Involvement Calling all Nursing Alums! The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the Montana Board of Nursing (BON) will be visiting with Carroll's Nursing Department for three days this month. The CCNE is an accrediting body which provides an unbiased assessment of the quality of professional education programs, while the BON regulates schools of nursing in Montana with the goal of ensuring quality nursing education in order to protect the public. All Carroll nursing alumni are invited to support their alma mater by meeting with the CCNE and BON teams on Tuesday, September 20, at 4:30-5:30 p.m. in Simperman Hall room 417. The accreditation team is especially interested in visiting with nursing graduates from the past ten years (the last accreditation visit was in fall 2001). They will be interested in hearing about how the Carroll College Nursing program has prepared nurses to be exceptional professionals, and they invite comments about the future of nursing education. To get involved, contact Terri John (tjohn@carroll.edu) in Carroll's Nursing Department. Calling all Math Alumni! The week of September 11-15 marks the first-ever math alumni phonathon at Carroll to support math student achievement. If you received your degree in mathematics or a related discipline, this is your opportunity to chat with one of our math faculty or math majors to find out firsthand what's new in the program at Carroll. Over the past decade, our math faculty has launched a number of exciting academic and co-curricular activities designed to support student recruitment and retention in mathematics and related disciplines, including successful participation and top scores in international math and computer science competitions. Carroll's IMPACT Annual Fund Director, Gayle Agostinelli, says that this is the first time Carroll has conducted a phone fundraising drive focused on the needs of a single department. If you are a math alum and won't be available to talk to a student that second week in September, or if you received your degree in a different discipline but would still like to make a gift to the mathematics program, make a contribution by visiting the Carroll website at http://www.carroll.edu/giving/ and applying your gift to Math Modeling Contest Restricted Fund by clicking the Math Giving icon. In the News Helena orthopedic surgeon Dr. Brooke Hunter, class of 1976, is expected to join the Department of Veterans Affairs Montana Health Care System this November. Dr. Hunter is board certified with the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and has been in private practice in Helena since 1985. Read more: http://helenair.com/news/va-hires-helena-orthopedic-surgeon-to-ease-backlog/article_6ab705c8-d9e0-11e0-97fa-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1XO7B5TsR Missoula attorney Ed Sheehy (photo left), class of 1974, is running for the Montana Supreme Court. He is campaigning to replace Justice James Nelson, who will be retiring in 2012. Sheehy obtained his law degree from Gonzaga and currently works in Missoula as the Regional Deputy Public Defender. For more, read: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_a3583b58-da8b-11e0-b608-001cc4c002e0.html Brennan Houbrick (photo right), class of 2011, has been accepted into the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a dentist. 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 Drs. Holly Zullo and Kelly Cline report that the new book they edited, Teaching Mathematics with Classroom Voting: With and Without Clickers, has been published and is available for purchase by clicking http://www.maa.org/ebooks/ Newly hired Carroll political science professor Jeremy Johnson (photo left) was off and running during week one of classes, as he appeared on the Beartooth NBC Dunwell Report program to talk about the impact of organized labor on history, politics and the economy. Check out the broadcast online and see our new shining star glinting brightly at: http://www.beartoothnbc.com/features/dunwellreport/index.1.html Carroll welcomes Anthony Rodriguez as its new assistant grounds manager. He is a familiar face, having worked in the Carroll PE Center as a custodian before moving to Billings several years ago. Before returning to Carroll College, Anthony worked on the facilities crew at Montana State University-Billings. His skills are varied, from general labor and snow removal to fleet management and irrigation systems. His wife, Laurie Rodriguez, class of 1995, also returns to Carroll as the associate director of grants and technology. She formerly worked as Carroll's assistant director of admission and also our information management and application coordinator from 2000 through May 2006. She comes back to us from University of Mary, where she was western sites director and Department of Veterans Affairs certifying official. 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: September 24 versus Montana Tech; October 1 versus MSU Northern; October 15 versus Rocky Mountain College at Homecoming; and 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 also broadcasts the Saints games, with online listen/watch options at: http://www.network1sports.com/station/kbll#menus And, the Carroll website offers live watch options at http://www.livestream.com/fightingsaints Upcoming Home Game Schedule Football: September 10 Saints football home opener in Nelson Stadium and "Go for the Gold" Childhood Cancer Awareness Day, 1 p.m. Cross Country: September 10 time trials in Helena. Volleyball, Soccer and Golf 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/ September 15: Home Ground Radio and Carroll College host a public forum, "Whose Hospital?: St. Peter's and the Role of Hospitals in Montana's Communities" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. Moderated by Home Ground's Brian Kahn. A panel of speakers and audience questions will explore the unique role and responsibilities of Montana hospitals through an in-depth and balanced discussion of controversies surrounding St. Pete's Hospital of Helena. The recorded forum will result in a later one-hour Home Ground broadcast on Yellowstone Public Radio and Montana Public Radio statewide. September 19: Lutheran Volunteer Corps recruiter Tori Carroll will be on campus 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby. Students interested in this type of post-graduate volunteer opportunity are welcome. September 19: Carroll College and NAMI present "Recovery from Schizophrenia," a talk by Frederick J. Frese, Ph.D., at 7 p.m. in Carroll's Campus Center. Free and open to the public. Dr. Frese is a psychologist who has specialized in the area of schizophrenia for over forty years. Diagnosed with the condition when he was a young Marine Corps officer, he has worked tirelessly as a practitioner and advocate for consumers and their families. Dr. Mike Hogan, chair of the president's New Freedom Commission that is revolutionizing the delivery of mental health services in the United States, has called Frese "a national treasure." A prolific writer and outstanding speaker, revered both for his sense of humor and his remarkable ability to translate research and public policy into usable information, Frese was a panelist on PBS's Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Illness that aired in October 2009. September 26-30: 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. October 10-December 9: The Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) continues its exhibit series with paintings by religion scholar Lisa Sweet. 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 like Avatar, the Twilight series and Dances with Wolves. He will examine what newspaper and TV news editors and reporters think about American Indians and what educators teach in public schools about American Indians, often using popular news media as their source of information. Sanchez will discuss how antiquated ideas about Indian people, including the myth that they are either very poor or very rich from gambling revenues and that they only wear feathers and leather, also affect public policy in Indian country. Professor Sanchez was recently 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), in the Carroll Theatre. All performances in the Carroll 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. 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 21: Up 'til Dawn student-led fundraising program for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital presents "Rockin' for a Cause." More details TBA. October 25: Carroll Jazz Combo concert in the Campus Center, 4 p.m. Free. October 27-November 12: Carroll 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. At Myrna Loy Center in Helena. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. on October 27-29 and November 9-12; a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee plays on October 30. 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 9: Montana PBS will screen the film Freedom Riders, a production by PBS American Experience, at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre. This kicks off a Montana state tour for the film. Carroll student and Gates Milennium Scholar Rachael DeMarce participated in this past summer's 2011 Student Freedom Ride sponsored by American Experience, and she will offer comments about her adventures as a Native American travelling across America with the original Freedom Riders who fought for civil rights in the 1960s. Co-sponsored by the Carroll Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice. 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':
September 9, 2011 QuickNotes
TRUMPING TERROR Patriot Day this Sunday, September 11, is the date for our annual Mass of the Holy Spirit at 7 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. Helena. Everyone is welcome at this event, which calls us to live as reflections of God and in harmony with each other and with Carroll's mission. According to Carroll Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice Director Chris Fuller, "This year, the Mass providentially falls on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It is an especially appropriate time to gather in prayer and reflection to remember those lost and to re-dedicate ourselves to a higher love that rises above fear and hatred." September 11 is also Hazy Day at the Cathedral of St. Helena, a fundraiser for the Catholic Diocese of Helena's mission in Guatemala. It takes place in the lower level of the Cathedral from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.-stop by after any Mass to support the mission children pursuing their educations at the school Hazy built! Named in honor of Father Jim Hazelton (photo left and in center back row photo right), class of 1949, now celebrating his 47th and final year of service to the mission, the event features a Guatemalan Market of handmade Guatemalan clothing and craft items, original artwork, prints, fresh flowers and plants, children's toys and games and religious items. An ice cream social rounds out the end-of-summer fun. Information about the mission kids (including ones you can directly sponsor) will be on display and Father Hazelton will be in attendance. For further information about the event, or to donate money or saleable merchandise to Hazy Day, please call the Saint Helena Parish office at 442-5825 or Jacqueline McKenna at 442-2751. THE HURT LOCKERBIE This Sunday is the 10th anniversary of 9/11, but another high-profile terrorist airplane attack was its precursor: Pan Am 103 from Lockerbie, Scotland, which crashed 23 years ago. To commemorate the victims of both tragedies and reflect on the meaning of it all, Carroll's Theatre Department and the Helena Education Foundation are bringing American playwright Deborah Brevoort (photo right), author of The Women of Lockerbie, to campus next Monday, September 12. At 7:30 p.m., she will give a free public lecture, "The Women of Lockerbie: An Artist's View of Terrorism," in the lower level of the Carroll Campus Center. Her play will be performed this October by the Carroll Theatre Department, and while she is visiting campus she will meet with the Carroll student cast and the play's director, Julia Porter (class of 2005). Brevoort will also be interviewed by several local media outlets and on Montana Public Radio-tune in Monday at 5:30 p.m. for Montana Evening Edition's special feature with Deb Brevoort as she discusses her work with MPR News Director Sally Mauk-for MPR stations, the podcast and listen-live option, go to: http://www.mtpr.net/program_info/2011-09-08-132 GOLD CURES CANCER This Saturday, during the Fighting Saints' first home football game of the season, Carroll Athletics invites everyone to "Go for the Gold" in the fight against childhood cancer. On the field, the Fighting Saints will be taking on the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers at 1 p.m., and in the stands our fans will find plenty of ways to help local kids struggling for their lives. Carroll will be passing out 1,000 ribbons for the first thousand fans through the gates. A raffle, silent auction and "pass the hat" will occur during the game, and prizes, Irish dancing, scavenger hunts and more will complete the fun. All money raised will be kept in the community to help families who have a child being treated for cancer and will support the new St. Peter's Hospital Cancer Treatment Center, which has cared for many Helena kids. Donations will also go to the Tim Daem Endowment for pediatric cancer patients. ENGINEERS DECLARE TURF WAR The perfect golf weather and the perfect cause make this the tee time you can't afford to miss: Spots are still open for the September 16 first-ever Golf Tournament fundraiser for Carroll's student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and hole sponsorships remain available for businesses to promote their company message and logo. We need a minimum of 100 players for an 18-hole tournament-all proceeds support our future engineers in their outreach teaching and competition this year. Carroll's ASCE chapter has been recognized as one of the most active of its kind, with triumphs in the annual concrete canoe competition and long service as engineering mentors to Montana school kids. To register for this golfing fun, starting at noon on the Bill Roberts Municipal Golf Course in Helena on Friday, September 16, just fill out the form online at: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/engineering/. Entry is $80 per person or $320 per 4-person team. Please contact our ASCE Student Chapter Faculty Advisor Gary Fischer, PE, at 406-447-4571 or gfischer@carroll.edu with any questions. Businesses seeking to become hole sponsors for $150 should contact Professor Fischer asap to secure the choicest putting greens. A TAILGATE FOR THE TAILGATE Tomorrow (Saturday, September 10), right before the football game tailgate begins, earn your brats and beverages by entering the third annual Carroll Outreach Team Hope for Haiti 5K fun run. It starts 10 a.m. at Bill Roberts Municipal Golf Course parking lot, just north of Carroll's campus. Proceeds go to provide medical care and supplies for Haiti's rural people, many of whom would never see a doctor but for COT's outreach service trips. Register at active.com under Hope for Haiti or sign up at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning at the Carroll PE Center. Entry for students and kids under 12 is only $10 (adult entry is $18), which goes a long way to helping our Haitian neighbors still struggling since their devastating earthquake. Racers and walkers will get free tee-shirts and a chance to win cool prizes from local running stores. For more info, contact Carroll COT student organizer Ariel Murtagh (amurtagh@carroll.edu) Info and registration links are also online via the Carroll website at: www.carroll.edu/students/activities/clubs/outreach HUNTHAUSEN ONLINE Carroll's Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice has launched a great webpage that includes faculty resources on service learning and info for everyone about Catholic Social Teaching. They're also starting a blog to connect contemporary issues with Catholic tenets. Check it all out at: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/hunthausen/ FEELING BOTTLED UP INSIDE? Then the day of your release is at hand! This weekend is the SAVE Plastics Recycling Drive at the usual spot, the YMCA parking lot just east of campus. Today through Monday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, bring thy plastic Type 1 and 2 containers and trays for responsible reuse. Follow this link to get more information on what types of plastics SAVE will accept and learn about all the sponsors who make this ongoing popular service available in Helena. THAT'S ONE HEAVY THANK-YOU CARD It's about gratitude: the monument under construction near the Campus Center all summer-spawning plenty of inquiries at the college-is finally ready for its big day in the sun, and everyone is invited to see it formally introduced and consecrated. Next Tuesday, September 13, join us at 11 a.m. for the blessing of this wall of fame, commemorating those who made our centennial Learn-Serve-Lead comprehensive campaign a success. Campus Ministry Director and Carroll Chaplain Fr. Marc Lenneman will offer a blessing of thanks for our benefactors and our community at the event, and words of appreciation will follow to honor those who sustain our students with sacrifice and generous hearts. ON THE TUBE AND BEYOND Helena Civic Television, channel 11 in the capitol city, features plenty of Carroll coverage throughout the year. The weekly Saints and Scholars show hosted by Carroll junior Courtney Jones airs each Wednesday at 8 p.m. As for special events, tune in for replays of recent lectures on campus, including this week's astronomy talk by Dr. Kelly Cline-for live streaming and rebroadcast dates and times, go to: http://helenacivictv.org/ In other media news, Carroll's highly successful Financial Aid Department offerings for our students was the highlight of a new story in the latest national Our Sunday Visitor online edition at: www.osv.com/tabid/7621/itemid/8401/Helping-families-find-ways-to-pay-for-education.aspx DOES ANYONE HERE SPEAK JAVA? Yeah, buddy! On September 24, Carroll is sending its first-ever team to the regional ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) International Collegiate Programming Contest, to be held at Montana State University in Bozeman. ACM is the main professional organization for computer science. Our Carroll team includes senior Jennings Anderson, junior Nate Woods and sophomore Dane Bullen. 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 good teamwork is a very essential component of successful participation. Nate, Jennings and Dane have been practicing and are pumped-they ought to be, with their computer science and math professor, Dr. Phil Rose (photo right), assuring QNs that all three are top students with strong computing skills and a good chance to vie for the top spot. With our participation in this contest, Carroll is now a player in three major high-profile math and computer science competitions. As is well-known, Carroll students have taken the blue ribbon three times in the international Mathematical and Interdisciplinary Contests in Modeling (Jennings was one of the three-man team to score in the top 2 percent worldwide last spring) and continue to post strong results in the Putnam Competition, the annual mathematics contest for undergraduates in the US and Canada. STUDENT NEWS Carroll Dance Team tryouts are next Wednesday, September 14, at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center's Arthur Vining Davis dance studio. Learn hip-hop, jazz, and partner routines to perform during the 2011-2012 basketball season. No previous experience required, just a positive attitude. For more information, contact Stephanie Hopkins (509-638-9266 or shopkins@carroll.edu) or Paige Esposito (406-459-8573 or pesposito@carroll.edu).