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Carroll College Achievements for Academic Year 2008-09

Carroll Centennial kicked off at Commencement 2009

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees awarded to Montana-born author Dr. Ivan Doig; Captain Diane Carlson Evans, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, R.N., the founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Very Reverend David M. O'Connell, C.M., president of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

The Borromeo Award for outstanding community service to Good Samaritan Ministries of Helena

Kickoff weekend included Dr. Bob Swartout's signing of his Carroll history book, "Bold Minds and Blessed Hands," and Bob Morgan unveiling prints of his new Carroll painting, "Reason Through the Light of Faith."

 

Faculty Achievements

Associate Professor of English Loren Graham was selected to receive a $25,000 literature fellowship in creative writing from the National Endowment for the Arts for 2009. Graham was one of 42 American poets chosen for the fellowship this year from a pool of over 1,000 applicants.

Also in spring 2009, Graham was nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prizes in American Literature for his poem "Silly Umbrella," which appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Two Rivers Review.  This was Graham's eighth time to be nominated for Pushcart.

Professor Ralph Esposito won a Hays-Fulbright 2008 Summer Seminar in Greece and Bulgaria

At commencement 2009, the 2009 Distinguished Scholar Award was presented to Professor of History and History Department Chair Dr. Robert Swartout, Jr.

Also at Commencement, the 2009 Outstanding Teaching Award was conferred upon Associate Professor of Computer Science R. Stephen Harper.

New Endowed Academic positions created included:

Carroll hired Dr. Paula McNutt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Canisius College, as our new senior vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, effective August 1, 2009

Dr. Kelly Cline continued his astronomy lecture series with six free public talks throughout the academic year and, for last summer's Symphony Under the Stars, wrote the script for Buzz Aldrin's reading during Gustav Holst's  "The Planets"; he also wrote regular astronomy columns for the Helena Independent Record and appeared on KTVH "Montana Skies"

Professor of Communication Brent Northup was invited to serve for the 10^th year as an adjudicator for the Irish Times Debating Final in Limerick, Ireland, in February 2009

Dr. Lauri Fahlberg, associate professor of Community Health and chair of Health Sciences, began her tenth year as a contributing editor for "Montana Woman" magazine. 

The Montana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in August 2008 named Dr. Gloria Lambertz the association's Honor Award recipient at the summer annual conference in Missoula, Mont.

In August 2009, English Professor Ron Stottlemyer spoke at the Rim Country Land Institute annual benefit dinner in Billings, Mont., giving a talk, "Literature and the Night Sky;" and in February 2009 he presented his paper, "The Mystical Theology of the Cloud of Unknowing" at the 15^th annual conference of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Tempe, Ariz.

In October 2008 and May 2009, Engineering Professor Gary Fischer presented talks about cured-in-place pipe to the Association of Dam Safety Officials and the Montana Association of Dam and Canal Systems; he served as the faculty mentor for Carroll's inaugural co-hosting of the April 2009 ASCE student conference

In February 2009, Carroll Engineering Professor Willis D. Weight, Ph.D., P.E., presented a talk to the morning education class at the 64^th annual Montana Water Well Driller's Association (MWWDA) meeting in Helena. Also in February, Dr. Weight presented a technical paper at a national water conference of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (USDA/CSREES). His talk, "Groundwater Surface-Water Interaction of First-Order Riparian Drainages impacted by Conifer Encroachment," is a result of a three-year funded study by the USDA.

Natural Sciences Professor Dan Gretch presented "Infectious Diseases" at the Great Falls Clinic-University of Great Falls "Mini-Med School" in March 2009; he also presented "From the Laughing Death to Mad Cows and Wasted Deer: the Wrath of a Rogue Protein" at the University of Montana-Western in April 2009.

In September 2008, Nursing Professor Donna Greenwood presented "Rural Public Health Nursing Practice and the Montana Nurse Practice Act" at the Montana Public Health Association Conference.

In fall 2008, Dr. Barry Ferst presented two talks: "Comparisons and Contrasts in Islam, Judaism and Christianity" at the Helena Education Foundation and "The Three Abrahamic Faiths" at a Unitarian-Universalist meeting in Helena; In summer 2008, he received a grant from the Summer Leadership Program of the MOFET Institute in Israel

Dr. Mark Smillie presented "Ethics and the Transition from Curative to Palliative Care" at St. Peter's Hospital Ethics Committee in November 2008; In September 2008, he presented "One God; Three Persons" during Helena's Theology on Tap Series.

In March 2009, Dr. Anne Perkins presented "Understanding the Mind of the Horse" at the Bodega Bay, Calif., Equine Guided Education Association

In May 2009, Dr. James Cross of Theology presented "God's Promise to Abraham's Children: the Magnificent as Interreligious Lectio Divina" at the College Theology Society Convention in South Bend, Ind.

In October 2008, Dr. Brian Matz of Theology presented, "Reading Early Christian Social Homilies with Ricoeur," at the International Symposium on Paul Ricoeur: Poetics and Religion in Leuven, Belgium.

In November 2008, Associate Professor of Music Lynn L. Petersen joined soprano Heather Barnes in a recital of music by Mozart, Barber, Debussy, Strauss at St. Peter's Episcopal Cathedral in Helena

Publications

Manion Chair of Biology Gerald Shields published "Reproductive Status of Two Taxa of Black Flies at the Clearwater River, Montana" in Western North American Naturalist in 2009.

Engineering professor Dr. Willis Weight published a book, "Hydrogeology Field Manual, 2^nd edition" in 2008 with McGraw-Hill Publishing.

English Professor Loren Graham's second poetry book, "The Ring Scar" has been accepted for publication

In spring 2009, Graham also announced that the literary journal River Styx  accepted his poem, "The Episode of the Encyclopedia Salesman," for publication; that his poem, "The Dilemma," was accepted for publication by the Antioch Review; and his poem "Storyin" was accepted for publication in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of Poet Lore.

Broadcast journalism professor Dr. Doreen Kutufam will present a paper, "Gendering of Health Communication Campaigns: Applying Cultural Relevancy and Gender Identity Theories," at the International Association of Mass Communication Researchers conference in Mexico City July 21-24, 2009.

Dr. Cynthia Gustafson published a chapter entitled, "The Nurse in Parish Nursing" in a book, Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community, 7th edition, which is the leading textbook for public health nursing (our students use this book for their community health nursing class)

Dr. Lynn L. Petersen, associate professor of music, has a new collection published by Augsburg Fortress entitled "In Royal David's City: Carols for Piano." (spring 2009)

Dr. Petersen also announced that Augsburg Fortress published her new work, "Starry Crown Suite and More: Hymn Tune Settings";  "Starry Crown Suite," was commissioned by the American Guild of Organists and premiered at the 2007 AGO Regional Convention in Portland. In addition, three of Dr. Petersen's hymn settings for organ appear in Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments, Volume 4, published by Augsburg Fortress; Dr. Petersen's arrangement of "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me" for trombone and organ was performed at the Organ Spectacular in Missoula on October 19, 2008; and Dr. Petersen composed the music for three psalm settings and one canticle in "Christian Worship: Supplement," a hymnal supplement published by Northwestern Publishing House

In spring 2009, Dr. Petersen was also commissioned by a senior at Luther Preparatory School (formerly Northwestern Preparatory School) to compose an organ solo for his senior recital.

Dr. Jennifer Elison, Nursing Dept. professor, announced in February 2009 that her book, "Liberating Losses: When Death Brings Relief" (Perseus Books, 2003), co-written with Chris McGonigle of Helena, is being translated for a 2009 debut publication in Japan.

Rev. Jerry Lowney, sociology professor, published a third book, "Stoned, Drunk, or Sober? Understanding Alcohol and Drug Use Through Qualitative, Quantitative, and Longitudinal Research," published by University Press of America, Inc. (Aug. 2008).

Business, Accounting, and Economics instructor Ann Spehar's commentary "The Great Moderation and the New Business Cycle" was published in the Jan.-March 2009 edition of World Economics

In 2009, Dr. James Cross published a chapter entitled, "Justice, Peace, and Catholic Identity in Archbishop Hunthausen's Letter on Matrimony," in Catholic Identity and the Laity (Orbis, 2009)

This academic year, Dr. Christopher Fuller had two book reviews published: "Images of the Word: Hollywood's Bible and Beyond" in Review of Biblical Literature; "Teaching the Bible through Popular Culture and the Arts," in Teaching Theology and Religion.

Dr. Alan Hansen's paper, "On the emergence of ‘culture' and ‘cultural difference' in group interviews about health and diabetes," was presented at the National Communication Association in Sand Diego, Calif., in November 2008 and received the Top Paper Award for the association's International and Intercultural Communication Division; his " ‘Ay ay vienen estos juareños': On the positioning of selves through code-switching by second-generation immigrant college students," will be published in a book (published conference proceedings), Telling Stories: Building Bridges among Language, Narrative, Identity, Interaction, Society and Culture.

Dr. Jeanette Fregulia of the History Department published an article, "Widows, Legal Rights, and the Mercantile Economy of Early Modern Milan," in Early Modern Women, an Interdisciplinary Journal in fall 2008; her paper, "Mercantile Women and Neighborhood in Catholic Reformation Milan," was presented at the Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting in LA, Calif., in March 2009

Dr. Gillian Glaes presented "Organizing Identities: Immigrant Associations and the Post-Colonial African Immigrant Community in France, 1960-1981" at the Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation Biennial Black History Conference in Seattle, Wash., in March 2009 and " ‘Africans against Algerians . . . the exploited against the exploited': Media Representations of the 1963 Saint Denis Riot" at the Western Society for French History Annual Conference in Quebec in November 2008-this paper is also being published in the conference's proceedings; her paper, "Policing the Post-Colonial Order: Local Politics, French Surveillance, and the African Immigrant Community in Paris, 1960-1970" is being published in Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques: Special Volume on Colonial Violence; and her book review of Doris H. Gray's "Muslim Women on the Move: Moroccan Women and French Women of Moroccan Origin Speak" has been published in the H-France Review Vol. 9 (February 2009).

In February 2009, English Professor Debra Bernardi presented a paper, "Big Love(s): The Uses of Polygamy Narratives in American Culture," at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association meeting; and she has published a chapter " ‘Sublimest Heaven' and ‘Corruptest Earth': Sexuality in Margaret Fuller's Italian Writings" that will appear in a book about American Women Writing about Italy.

Academic Achievements

Four new courses in the Department of Engineering were established, with three classes in environmental engineering and a fourth in traffic and safety engineering.

In spring 2009, Carroll offered a new course, "Energy and the Environment," funded by the Congressional appropriations grant that was awarded to the college last summer and taught by Dr. Willis Weight, Carroll's new environmental engineering professor.

Carroll's Parish Nurse Center celebrated its 10^th anniversary this year by again offering its Basic Parish Nurse and Health Minister Preparation Course in May 2009

In fall 2008, Carroll opened the Wiegand Undergraduate Research Center,  funded by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation. Our science and nursing facilities also received generous support from the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust and Carroll alum Roy Simperman

 

New Scholarships and Gifts

The Roy F. Simperman Science Scholarship was developed for the 2009-2010 academic year and funded by Roy F. Simperman; awarded to four students

In fall 2008, the Hearst Foundations board approved a $100,000 grant to increase the Hearst scholarship endowment. Hearst funds over 1,300 of such endowments at private liberal arts institutions across the nation. Most are capped at $200K, but Carroll stands out as one of the few that have been raised to a total of $300,000.

In fall 2008, Pacific Steel & Recycling announced its donation of $50,000 each to Carroll College, with Carroll devoting $20,000 of the gift to co-host the 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers Northwest Regional Student Conference at Carroll in April 2009

Mike and Mary Chaet donated $300,000 of cardiovascular and weight training equipment to create a Personal Training Institute in the Carroll PE Center.

  

Forensics

At the end of the season, two Talking Saints won awards at national championships of forensics and the team finished 15^th in school season sweepstakes of more than 300 ranked schools.

This was the 14^th consecutive year the Carroll debate team has received team awards at the national tournament and the 14^th consecutive year the team has been ranked in the top 20 schools at season's end. During that span, the Talking Saints parliamentary program has been ranked in the top 10 exactly 10 times and in the top five, 8 times.

This was also the 16^th time in the last 20 years the team has won an award at individual events nationals.

Carroll freshman Kaitlyn Lamb won the novice national championship in extemporaneous speaking.

The Talking Saints won the Northwest Forensics Conference regional championship tournament, clinching its 19^th consecutive regional forensics title.

 

Math Modeling Contest

In February 2009, 33 Carroll students successfully completed the 2009 Mathematical Contest in Modeling, an international competition in which undergraduate students work in teams of three and spend 96 hours developing a mathematical model to solve one real-world problem from a choice of three scenarios. This year, four Carroll teams were ranked Meritorious winners (top 10 - 20%), two were awarded Honorable Mentions, and five teams were ranked Successful Participants.

Mathematical Contest in Modeling Meritorious Winner Ben Dunham also finished with the highest score in Carroll College history in the 69^th William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, held on December 6, 2008. In this six-hour exam, 3,627 contestants from 545 institutions participated. Dunham placed in the top 22% of all students taking the exam. Dunham finished with a 14, while over half of all participants received a score of zero.

 

Engineering

In April 2009, 250 students from universities across the region attended the American Society of Civil Engineers student conference at Carroll, the first time Carroll hosted this event

At the ASCE student conference, the Carroll team and its canoe, the "The Mighty Mo," took third place in the concrete canoe competition

 

Service Work

In February 2009, Carroll's Student Nurses Association hosted a baby shower for Noelle, the Nursing Department's Maternal & Neonatal Birthing Simulator. Witnessing Noelle giving birth, the students also collected baby gifts and money donated to Florence Crittenton.  

Carroll's award winning Up 'Til Dawn student-led fund-raising effort for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital brought in a total of over $25,000 for the 2008-09 academic year; Up 'Til Dawn fund-raising for the past three years (since it's inception on campus) has surpassed $100,000

During spring break 2009, 11 Carroll students and 1 staff member volunteered for the Belgrade, Mont., Habitat for Humanity, working in the Restore and on a construction site.

During spring break 2009, 20 Carroll Headlights students and two Campus Ministry staffers volunteered with the Rochester, NY, Sisters of St. Joseph and with the Cincinnati, Ohio, Franciscans for the Poor

During spring break 2009, four Carroll students and Prof. Jack Oberweiser joined Montana Dental Outreach Teams in a dental care service work week in the poorest regions of Haiti

In spring 2009, students in Theology Prof. Chris Fuller's Wealth and Poverty in the Bible course each committed to twenty hours of community service, culminating in a Hunger Banquet, illustrating the distribution of poverty in the world, in April 2009. Fuller's students served: Florence Crittenton Home, Helena Food Share, God's Love Men's Shelter, God's Love Family Transitional Shelter, Good Samaritan, Head Start, and Habitat for Humanity.

In April 2009, Father Jerry Lowney's Social Problems course students launched their spring project "Helping the Babies," raising $1850 in cash and approximately $800 worth of baby formula, diapers, clothing and toys, all sent to Catholic Social Services.

In spring 2009, Carroll's Introduction to Public Relations: Part II class volunteered their pr skills to help the Friendship Force (fostering international cultural exchange and understanding) and the local Head Start Extravaganza

At the Helena Food Share drive during the Saints' December 6, 2008, NAIA semifinal game in Nelson Stadium, over three tons of nonperishable foods were brought in by local businesses and fans.

In November 2008, Carroll's Engineers Without Borders (EWB) student chapter sent a team to the Santa Maria Orphanage in Mexico to follow up on the work EWB performed at the orphanage last May.

In October 2008, Carroll students and Patrick Harris and Chad Gray of Student Activities planted trees and put the garden to bed at Helena's Florence Crittenton Home.

In October 2008, Good Samaritan Ministries hosted its major fund-raiser, the Stylish Seasons Fashion Show, in the Campus Center

In September 2008, 20 Carroll students in the Human-Animal Bond Program volunteered with Prof. Anne Perkins to assist riders and veterinarians at the Pioneer Cabin Endurance Ride near Helena, a 2-day race with 25-mile, 50-mile and 75-mile routes

 

Lectures

In May 2009, award winning instructor Leo Bird, Jr., gave a lecture, "Blackfeet Skies," explaining the astronomy and star lore of the Blackfeet Indian people.

In April 2009, April 6, Columbian activist Nidia Castellano presented "Women Resisting War in Colombia"

To Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, in March 2009 Carroll presented a keynote speaker from the American Astronomical Society's Shapley Program: black hole expert and high-energy astrophysicist Dr. Niel Brandt, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State University, gave a lecture, "X-raying Active Galaxies: Exploring the Environments of Supermassive Black Holes"

In March 2009, Charles C. Mann, author of "1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus," gave a lecture: "A history of the Americas before Columbus"

In February 2009, a panel discussion, "The Consistent Ethic of Human Life - Catholic Social Justice Teaching," included panelists Sen. Roy Brown (R-Billings); Sen. Mitch Tropila (D-Great Falls); theologian Dr. John Ries; Colleen Dunne of Carroll Campus Ministry; and Marietta Jaeger-Lane

In February 2009, the Helena Education Foundation and Carroll College sponsored University of Montana professor and Nobel laureate Steve Running to present a lecture "Where is Montana's Climate Going? And Will We Have Any Water?"

In February 2009, the Korea Economic Institute presented a panel discussion, "Fallout Northeast Asia: Consequences of the Global Economic Crisis and Nuclear Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula" co-sponsored by the Carroll History Department. Speakers included L. Gordon Flake, executive director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Thomas Byrne, senior vice president of Moody's Investor Service; and Nicole Finnemann, director of research and academic affairs for the Korea Economic Institute.

In January 2009, Carroll and Humanities Montana hosted Rick Wartzman, California historian and author, presenting "Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's ‘The Grapes of Wrath'."

In February 2009, economist Dr. Jerry Pohlman, new to Carroll's faculty starting fall 2009, gave a lecture, "Economic Outlook: 2009 and Beyond"

In January 2009, Pamela Knous, executive vice president and chief financial officer for SUPERVALU, gave a lecture on the food retail industry during the economic downturn

On January 19, 2009, Carroll's Martin Luther King Day forum featured Fr. Jerry Lowney, Rev. George Harper, and Dorothy Harper presenting "Segregation, Integration, and Jubilation in the Old South."

In December 2008, Sherry Jones, author of "The Jewel of Medina," gave a lecture, "Too Hot for Random House: ‘The Jewel of Medina' and Self-Censorship"

In December 2008, Political Science Professor Erik Pratt hosted a panel presentation, "Working for Development," including panelists Kevin Downs, class of 2003) and Michelle Radosevich (class of 2002).

In October 2008, Carlos Euceda, Mexico Solidarity Network grassroots organizer from Honduras, discussed the Mérida Initiative, also known as Plan Mexico

In October 2008, Helena Civic Television Executive Director Stephen Maly and Emmy-award-winning former correspondent for ABC News Clay Scott presented "Balkan Souls," a slideshow discussion of their recent expedition to Kosovo and Bosnia.

In November 2008, Carroll celebrated its 99th year Founder's Day observance with a Founder's Day Lecture presented by Dr. Richard Berberet, class of 1966 and longtime entomology professor at Oklahoma State University. His talk was entitled, "Science and the Divine: Revealing the Wonders of God's Creation". At the event, he received the Alumni Achievement Award. 

In November 2008, Dr. Jeff Johnson, class of 1998 and  professor of history at Augustana College, discussed his new book published by the University of Oklahoma Press, "They Are All Red Out Here: Socialist Politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1895-1925."

In November 2008, speaker Dave Bruno presented "How Stuff Moves: The Consumer Journey" as part of the Helena Education Foundation's Great Conversations event

In October 2008, Robert P. Bates of the University of Florida Food Science and Human Nutrition Department presented, "What You Always Wanted To Know about Chemicals in Foods but Were Afraid To Eat," sponsored by the Carroll College Department of Natural Sciences and the Montana Section of the American Chemical Society

In October 2008, Carroll hosted a panel discussion, "Meltdowns, Bailouts and Rescues: The Cause and Cure of the Current Global Financial Crisis," featuring panelists: Carroll economics instructor Ann Spehar, political science Professor Dennis Wiedmann, and Mark Semmens, managing director of investment banking for D.A.Davidson and a Carroll Board of Trustees member.

In October 2008, the Talking Saints forensics team hosted an Obama/Biden versus McCain/Palin Presidential Debate on campus

In August 2008, Alpha Seminar hosted a lecture by "Ordinary Wolves" author Seth Kantner

In September 2008 "Enduring Presence: the Image of the Virgin Mary in Contemporary Art," a lecture by H. Rafael Chacon, Ph.D., Professor of Art History and Criticism, The University of Montana-Missoula, was held in conjunction with the "Highly Favored: Contemporary Images of the Virgin Mary" art exhibit

 

Performing Arts

In February and March 2009, Carroll Performing Arts Department presented the classic Shakespeare comedy, "As You Like It" directed by Chuck Driscoll

April 24, Carroll's Theatre Department presents a one-night-only staging of "An Act of Your Imagination" directed by Michael McNeilly

In April 2009, Senior Showcase staging of "The Lion in Winter"

In March 2009, Senior Showcase of the play, "When the Rainbow Bends," 

In January 2009, Senior Showcase performance of "American Roulette" by Chris Evans, a Montanan.

Throughout the academic year, the Carroll College Choir and Chamber Choir gave a number of performances in Montana communities, including an Advent and Christmas concert at the Cathedral of St. Helena and a spring concert at St. Mary's; the choirs also sang for hundreds of students at high schools including Bozeman, Belgrade, Missoula, Kalispell, Butte Central Catholic and Great Falls Central Catholic during the choirs' spring tour

During Christmas 2008, Carroll's Performing Arts Dept. staged "A Carroll Family Christmas Program," which was rebroadcast on Christmas Eve on KBLL radio; its "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus" was directed by Prof. Chuck Driscoll

In December 2008, the Performing Arts students presented "A Night of One Acts"

In October and November 2008, Carroll Performing Arts and the Myrna Loy teamed up to stage "The Producers," with direction and expertise provided by Carroll professors Chuck Driscoll, Michael McNeilly, Nancy Harper and Robert Psurny.

  

Visual Arts

In May 2009, in conjunction with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure, the traveling exhibit, "Every Woman Matters" occurred in the Fortin Science Center Scola.

In April and May 2009, "Autumn Reflections, Colors of the Earth and Sky by Nancy Grabowski" was on exhibit in the Corette Library

In January and February 2009, Linda McCray's exhibit, "Agape: Abstract Spiritual Paintings of Love" in the Corette Library

In August through October 2008, "Highly Favored: Contemporary Images of the Virgin Mary" in the Corette Library and St. Mary's Church

Excellence and Degrees parts I through III in the Carroll Art Gallery throughout the academic year, brought by Prof. Ralph Esposito

"The Fulbright Connection: Contemporary Bulgarian Artists, living in the U.S." outside the Carroll Art Gallery throughout the academic year, brought by Prof. Esposito

Student Art Exhibit in spring 2009 in the Carroll Art Gallery, a showing of Esposito's students' work

In October 2008, two large murals by Helena artist Bob Morgan were installed at Carroll, purchased by local Western art lover Jack Collishaw

 

In the News

In February 2009, Carroll College chemistry students received news coverage for the environmental cleanup of Spring Meadow Lake State Park, where our students discovered heavy metals contamination 7 years ago

For 12 years in a row, Carroll College biology students during spring 2009 finished in the top five percent of colleges administering the Biology Subject Exam. This year, a total of 381 colleges administered the exam to 21,681 students. As a cohort, our Saints students finished in the 95th percentile compared to the students at other colleges administering the exam.

In January 2009 the Carroll Fighting Saints football team was named the "FieldTurf NAIA Football Team of the Year" during the 2008 FieldTurf football awards at the American Football Coaches Association Convention (AFCA) in Nashville, Tenn.

Carroll 2003 alum and country singer Jason DeShaw and his band The Country Way opened for the Oak Ridge Boys on March 8, 2009, at the Helena Civic Center.

The September 18, 2008, talk on campus by Barack Obama's senior economic adviser Austan Goolsbee in Simperman Hall Wiegand Auditorium was picked up with photo by media as far away as California and Arizona.

 

Campus Events

In February 2009, Carroll hosted the state high school We The People competition, a simulated congressional hearing with the winning team advancing to the national competition in Washington, DC.

In January 2009, Carroll College, NorthWestern Energy, and the Burton K. Wheeler Center on Public Policy at Montana State University brought a two-day energy conference to campus, with 300 people attending "Realizing Montana's Energy Future," including keynote speeches by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and U.S. Senator Jon Tester, plus an opening welcome from Carroll Professor Murphy Fox.

In November 2008, the 6^th annual Carroll Literary Festival featured a keynote reading by poet Melissa Kwasny

At Homecoming 2008, the Alumni Hall of Fame inducted Pat Molloy and Mark Semmens and the inaugural Young Alumni Award went to Dr. Jeffrey Johnson and Kris Goss (Dr. Jeff Johnson, history class of 1998, just had his monograph, " 'They Are All Red out Here': Socialist Politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1895-1925," published by the University of Oklahoma Press and has just accepted a faculty position in 20th-century American history at Providence College in Rhode Island. Jeff has spent the past four years teaching at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD.)

In April 2009, the Telluride Mountain Film Festival appeared before a sold out crowd in Simperman's Wiegand Amphitheatre, with all proceeds benefiting the Bob Marshall Wilderness Association

In March 2009, the annual Charlies Film Festival awards occurred in the PE Center

In February 2009, actors James Cromwell and Mike Farrell hosted a showing of the movie "The Green Mile" at Carroll College, hosted by a group opposing Montana's death penalty

 

Green Initiatives

In February 2009, Carroll's $2.8 million investment in energy efficiency with Johnson Controls (JCI) last summer paid a five-figure dividend when NorthWestern Energy officials presented the college with a rebate check for $40,000 after Carroll upgraded the lights and lighting systems across campus.

Carroll Dining Services began new sustainable practices including:

Through the JCI project, Carroll has made large, measurable steps, including but not limited to:

The Facilities Department has gone green with these and other initiatives:

The Carroll Saints Shoppe bookstore has instituted green moves including selling products made from recycled products.

SAVE has expanded recycling efforts at Carroll home football games in the tailgate area.

 

Athletics

The Fighting Saints football team made it to the national championship game in Rome, Ga., where they fell to the University of Sioux Falls; the Fighting Saints also won their 9^th consecutive Frontier Conference title

Carroll was named a Champions of Character institution and, in the 2007-2008 academic year

Saints soccer led the nation as the number one NAIA Scholar Team for its combined 3.89 grade point average.

In that same time span, seven of the college's nine teams (soccer, football, women's cross country, volleyball, women's basketball, men's and women's golf) earned NAIA Scholar Team recognition, with grade point averages all above 3.0.

Carroll football senior linebacker Owen Koeppen was named NAIA Player of the Year

Saints volleyball reached the semi-final of the Frontier Conference Tournament and finished the regular season in fourth place in the Frontier Conference

Saints soccer won back-to-back Frontier Conference championships in 2007 and 2008

Men's basketball concluded its 2008-2009 season by just missing a berth in the NAIA national tournament.

Women's basketball finished the season with a loss in the first round of the Frontier Conference playoffs

 

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