September 4, 2009 QuickNotes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 EDITION
CARDINAL RULES

Two of the leading events to recognize our college's centennial year are arriving next Sunday and Monday, September 13 and 14, with the much-anticipated visit of His Eminence Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington. The cardinal will deliver the homily at the September 13 annual Mass of the Holy Spirit, taking place at 7 p.m. in the lovely Cathedral of St. Helena. Because of space limitations, this event is open exclusively to Carroll students, faculty and staff, with the Carroll College Choirs providing uplifting music to set the mood.

On day two, Monday September 14, the entire community is invited to hear Cardinal McCarrick as he headlines the inaugural Carroll Centennial Catholic Lecture Series presentation at 7:30 p.m. in the Carroll Campus Center. The ceremony will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center, with the college conferring an honorary doctorate on His Eminence, followed by the cardinal's address on Pope Benedict's newest encyclical, "Charity in Truth." In his talk, Cardinal McCarrick will particularly discuss the encyclical's teachings on social justice in the global economy and workers' rights, including the commitment to supporting trade unions.Free and open to the public.

AAAARGH!

Anyone hankering to don an eyepatch or aspiring to look like Keira Knightley in a tricorn take heed: next Wednesday and Thursday, September 9-10, you are invited to auditions for the world premiere of Michael McNeilly's"Pirate Play." This all-new musical comedy will take the stage this November 5-15 and will need the talents of pirates good, evil and amorous! To try out, head to the Campus Center's Merton Acting Studio at 7 p.m. either night. Auditions are open to students, faculty, staff and the Helena community.

BIN SAVING YOUR PLASTIC?

This weekend, recycle it at the S.A.V.E. Foundation's next plastics recycling drive, September 4-7. They'll take your Type 1 clear, Type 2 solid color (laundry detergent, orange juice bottles), and Type 2 translucent (milk jugs) (but no yogurt containers or motor oil containers of any type). Recycling takes place at the Helena YMCA field just east of Carroll College during daylight hours. As always, please give your bottles a quick rinse, toss the lids in the garbage, and sort the plastics by type. To volunteer as a recycling assistant, call 406-449-6008 or go to www.savemobile.org and sign up.

PHONING IT IN

The IMPACT Annual Fund Alumni Phonothon for student scholarships kicks off on Monday, September 14, and will continue through December 3. Seventeen student callers will be contacting Carroll alumni during the fall campaign in hopes of raising money to immediately support students with financial need at the college. Our friendly student callers hail from California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Nevada and Washington, and as always they love to hear your Carroll stories, memories and experiences. Reminisce with a young Saint and show them how much you love your college and its promising future alumni by supporting the IMPACT Annual Fund this centennial year.

GETTING CLOSURE

For the upcoming Labor Day holiday, the Corette Library will have a few closed days and altered hours, as follows:

Saturday, Sept. 5: Closed        

Sunday, Sept. 6: Closed

Monday, Sept. 7: Open 1 p.m. to midnight

END OF AN ÉIRE

Book your ticket now on the Carroll journey to Ireland this October 2-12, led by Carroll Professor Murphy Fox and Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez. Only 8 seats left, and our travel agent needs to have everyone enrolled by September 18, so sign up today by visiting www.carroll.edu/alumni/travel/index.cc  for more details or by calling Kathy Ramirez at 406-447-5185.

THREE WEEKS TO GO!

The countdown continues to one of the year's blockbusters: our Centennial Homecoming 2009, coming to your favorite Catholic campus this September 25-27. This will be, beyond doubt, our biggest Homecoming ever! For all you alums and history buffs, we've been dusting off Hilltoppers, Prospectors and old photos and have found unearthed some amusing lore and pictures of Carroll life over the past century.  Just a taste of what you'll see (and what you should certainly not try without first consulting your doctor): water fights on the ramps of St. Charles; ice block sledding down Guad Hill, Saga trays and slip 'n slides; mud football; the Smokers; Softball Weekend . . . .

Check out the full Homecoming schedule and the list of your fellow alumni who are already planning to be there on the web at www.carroll.edu/alumni/homecoming.cc Register online today--or do it "old school" by calling Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at 406-447-5185.

A special Homecoming Howdy goes out to all our Carrolleers of years gone by. Please plan to bring your lovely singing voices and your memories to our special Homecoming Saturday night event just for you. Sneak peak: we've dusted off the LPs (we call it vinyl nowadays), tapes (precursor of the CD) and photos from the archives for you to savor.

ROYALTIES DUE

The Alumni Office is also looking for Carroll royalty from all years, 1909-2009. We're compiling a list now of all former Carroll kings, queens and courts for Homecomings and other events of the past, but we know the roster is not yet complete. If you know a royal or have your own crown stored away in the attic, contact Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at as soon as you can! To celebrate the coronated, we will capture history with a professional photograph on the steps of St. Charles on Homecoming Friday at 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, all royalty from our first 99 years are invited to escort the 2009 court onto the field at half-time.

RACEY STUFF!

All students, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy the company of our Carroll Racing Saints at three of their upcoming meets. First off, you are cordially invited to run with the Carroll cross country squads as they compete in an open time trial this Saturday at Rimini Road. The men will run four miles, the women three, on an out-and-back course. Anyone wishing to race a Saint should meet at the Carroll PE Center at 8:30 a.m. (don't park in PE Center lot due to the football game). Everyone should be back to campus by 11 a.m. in time for tailgating.

And, with Carroll hosting the Carroll Open XC Meet on Saturday, September 26 (Homecoming weekend), volunteers are needed for course set-up and officiating. Occurring on the Carroll campus, the meet will feature challengers from Rocky Mountain College and other schools. Call Coach Bill Ballinger at 406-461-9008 or email if you have any questions about this Saturday's Rimini Road race or wish to volunteer to help at the Carroll Open.

Finally, in conjunction with Saints Cross Country Invitational Meet at Homecoming, enter the Centennial 5K Fun Run on Saturday, September 26, with the race starting at Carroll's Scullon Field at 10 a.m. Registration is $25 and available online at: https://www.advancement.carroll.edu/SSLPage.aspx?pid=277

STUDENT NEWS

Mark thy electronic calendars for the Graduate and Professional School Fair on September 29, when you can meet recruiters from a variety of graduate programs from across the nation. To get ready, attend the workshop, "Strategies to Gain Admission to Competitive Graduate Programs," offered on Wednesday, September 30, at 3 p.m. and again on Thursday, October 1, at 3:30 p.m. To sign up for the workshop, email   and indicate which date you prefer.

Next Thursday, September 10, start dreaming of an Asian adventure of a lifetime: join Professor Beth Wilson to discover how you would benefit from the Carroll study abroad journey to Thailand and Hong Kong over Christmas break 2009. Meet at 12:30 p.m. in Simperman Hall room 331. For more info, call Shannon Ackeret at 406-447-4469.

Much more info on upcoming entertainment, retreats, student-only specials and more is listed and updated constantly on the Carroll student webpage: http://www.carroll.edu/students/activities/index.cc

GRACE IN GIVING

Carroll's professional staff can help you make the most of your investments while making a difference in the lives of Carroll students. We publish a free, weekly e-newsletter for alumni and friends interested in learning more about charitable planned giving and how it can benefit you. You can peruse the newsletter online at: http://www.carrollgift.org/sample_email.jsp?WebID=GL2005-0460. Interesting, quick-to-read articles of interest to Boomers and Beyond, the giving-inclined and anyone interested in maximizing their personal finances are published in this helpful online source. To subscribe, click here: http://www.carrollgift.org/contact.jsp?P=2&WebID=GL2005-0460.

If you would like to ask a question about giving to Carroll, whether right now or sometime in your future, contact Carroll Director of Development Daniel Minor at 406-447-5528 or by email at:

ALUMNI NEWS

In the News

Retired Ambassador Robert E. Waska, Sr. (left), class of 1950, of Santa Rosa, Calif., writes in to QNs, "With the death of Ted Kennedy this week, my thoughts went back to l958 when I was the American vice consul in Naples, Italy. Ted Kennedy and his then-wife, Joan, came to Naples on a state visit, and I was their escort officer for their visit, including taking them to an audience with the Pope in Rome. I remember it so well as the famous Achille Lauro, then the Mayor of Naples, was in the greeting line as well."

Alysa Eaton, class of 2001, is engaged to marry Dustin Semans on March 6, 2010, at the First Baptist Church of Montana. Alysa works for the Montana Legislature as a programmer/analyst.

Thanks to donor funding, Carroll Campus Ministry was able to provide Katie Murray, class of 2008, a stipend to assist the department part-time with women's faith formation and outreach to juniors and seniors.  

Misti Sandon, class of 2008, has announced that she and her fiancée Andrew Tremmel welcomed the birth of their little girl, Kennedi Grayson Tremmel, on July 28, 2009.

FACULTY NEWS

On October 8, 2009, Assistant Professor Gary Fischer, P.E. (right), of Carroll's Department of Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science will give a presentation at the annual conference of the Montana Association of Dam and Canal Systems (MADCS) in Great Falls at the Great Falls Holiday Inn. The presentation will be on a technical note he developed for the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Dam Safety Program titled "Technical Note 1: Analysis of Spillway Adequacy in Montana." Technical Note 1 is a guidance document for engineers to analyze and design spillways in accordance with Montana Dam Safety criteria. It focuses on utilizing data unique to Montana and providing input parameters for the hydrologic program "HEC-HMS," a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rainfall-runoff simulation model. The magnitude of spillway inflow design floods are based on the potential for loss of life downstream in the event of dam failure.

STAFF NEWS

Chad Gray, assistant director of Community Living and Student Activities, spent some of this past summer in Scotland, where he enjoyed a professional development opportunity working with outdoor activities and student housing at the International Summer School of Scotland in St. Andrews, Scotland. The students in the program represented over 32 nationalities, with Carroll, Montana, USA, well-represented, thanks to Chad. 

MASS SCHEDULE

Schedule Changes: There will not be an 11:45 a.m. Mass in Borromeo today, September 4, due to the funeral for the mother of Professor Emeritus Fr. Jerry Sullivan in Butte at 11 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church. Regular Masses will continue next week.

Campus Center: Sunday at 8 p.m.

St Joseph's Chapel (Borromeo):

Monday-Thursday at 12:05 p.m.    

Friday at 11:45 a.m.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday at 4:20 p.m.

St. Charles Chapel:                   

Monday-Friday at 11:10 a.m.
Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel (Guad): 

Saturday 10 a.m. (This Mass time is subject to change based on certain weekend events such as retreats, service trips, etc.)

Confession is offered at St. Charles Chapel on Wednesday, 8:15-9:15 p.m. and at St. Joseph's Chapel Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 4-4:20 p.m. Confession is also available by calling Fr. Marc at 447-4869 or by email at .

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament occurs in St. Charles Chapel on Wednesdays, 8:15-9:15 p.m.

NEW this year: Praise and Worship led by David Casey takes place in Guadalupe Chapel on September 10, October 1, November 5, and December 3.

ATHLETICS

In the News

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) recognized all nine Carroll athletic teams as All-Scholar Teams for the 2008-2009 academic year for achieving above a 3.00 grade point average for both semesters. The team grade point averages for each team last year were: 3.052 for football; 3.148 for men's basketball; 3.193 for men's cross country; 3.243 for women's soccer; 3.286 for women's basketball; 3.422 for men's golf; 3.527 for women's volleyball; 3.534 for women's cross country; and 3.589 for women's golf. Congratulations to our Carroll student-athletes!

Highlights

Big Athletics weekend at home for our fans, starting tonight, with Saints Soccer at 4 p.m. against Bellevue in Nelson Stadium. The stadium continues to rock on Saturday, when Fighting Saints Football will dim the MSU-Northern Lights at 1 p.m. On Sunday, return to our campus turf of champions to catch Saints Soccer against Southern Oregon U. at 1 p.m.

For everything purple and gold, check Carroll's colorful new Athletics website, where you'll find news, schedules and much more! Click it and get with it at: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/

COMING EVENTS

Ongoing: The Carroll Art Gallery is now displaying the first in its centennial series, "Carroll Connected: Alumni," now through October 2, featuring ceramics, sculpture and painting by Carroll alumni who work as professional artists from coast to coast. You are invited to view original works by: Yumi Kiyose (class of 1983), Mary Larson Mahar (class of 1995), Michele Firpo-Cappiello (class of 1986), Cole (Karwhite) Adams (class of 1998) and Andrea (Waitt) Bonifacio (class of 1993). The gallery, located in St. Charles Hall, is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays; closed weekends and college holidays. Admission is free. Call 406-447-4302 for information.

Ongoing: The Corette Library now has on exhibit an interesting new Centennial Archive Display of historic Carroll images and documents, created by Laura Ottoson, who provided the photo research and editing for Dr. Bob Swartout's "Bold Minds and Blessed Hands." This display will be added to throughout the year-check it out during regular summer library hours: now through July 17, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Memorial Day and July 3 for the holidays.

Ongoing: The Myrna Loy Center continues its discounts for Carroll students, faculty and staff (with Carroll ID) during its popular Tightwad Tuesdays, with $2 film admission. On non-Tuesdays, tickets are just $4.50 for Carroll audience members. Discount tickets for top acts live on the Myrna stage are also available to the Carroll community, with students admitted for $7 and faculty/staff for $15. Find the Myrna on 15 N. Ewing Street, just off Broadway Avenue and across from the courthouse. Check out the Loy schedule at www.myrnaloycenter.com.

September 15: Brown bag lunch with Thomas Garrity, Ph.D., of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine's Department of Behavioral Science, Hoff-Kavanagh Room in the Campus Center, 12:30 p.m. Free and open to everyone interested in health care and the future of medicine in the U.S.

September 15: The first Lowney-Hunthausen Lecture, with Thomas Garrity, Ph.D., of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine's Department of Behavioral Science, presenting "Healthcare Challenges in Appalachian Kentucky: Current Strategies for Meeting Unmet Needs Through Medical Education," lower level of the Campus Center at 7 p.m. Hosted by Fr. Jerry Lowney, professor of sociology. Free and open to the public.

September 16: Free public lecture, "Antibiotics and Superbugs" by award-winning science speaker Dr. Ariel Fenster, at 3:30 p.m. in the Carroll College Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater, room 101/202. This event is sponsored by the Montana Section of the American Chemical Society and Carroll Department of Natural Sciences. For more information, read the full press release at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=12393

September 16: Auditions for "A Night of One Acts," in the Merton Acting Studio downstairs in the Campus Center, 7 p.m.

September 16: Dr. Kelly Cline kicks off his annual astronomy lecture series with "Time Travel: Loopholes from Einstein's Relativity," 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre, room 101-202. Free and open to the public. In his talk, Dr. Cline will explore how Einstein's theory of relativity means that time travel into the future could really happen, and he will show that laboratory experiments demonstrate how it actually works on a small scale. Time travel into the past is a harder question, yet some scientists have proposed ideas about how even this might be done.

September 18-19: S.A.V.E. Erase Your E-waste electronics recycling event, with most electronic items from old computers, TVs and fax machines and more accepted. September 18 from 3 to 7 p.m. and September 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kmart parking lot in Helena. Costs and other details will be posted at Savemobile.org website. Past e-waste events have collected up to 80,000 pounds of outdated electronics.

September 21: Senior accounting students are invited to vie for a job with the firm of Altman and Rogers, which will have representatives on campus to interview for staff accountant positions. Last year, this firm hired three of our graduating seniors. Those in the know say that accounting firms hire in September and October for the following June, so your best professional job opportunities are likely to occur this semester. To sign up for an interview, please contact Rosalie Walsh in Career and Testing Services, 447-5530 or email at .


September 23: Dr. David Walton (left), a Partners in Health doctor and key associate of humanitarian Dr. Paul Farmer, be the official Alpha Seminar speaker, presenting "Living a Purpose Driven Life," 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center. Walton's visit will cap off the freshman Alpha Seminar summer reading assignment, "Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer," which details Farmer's bold and revolutionary health care ministry in Haiti. For more, read the full press release at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=12394

September 25-27: Carroll Centennial Homecoming.

September 26: A Homecoming reception for "Carroll Connected: Alumni" exhibit in the Carroll Art Gallery (St. Charles Hall) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to meet the artists and the exhibit curator, Carroll Fine Arts Professor and Gallery Director Ralph Esposito.

September 24-27: Centennial Showcase of the play, "Spoon River Anthology," by Charles Aidman; a dramatic piece based on the work of Edgar Lee Masters. Through the poetry of Edgar Lee Masters, we meet the former inhabitants of Spoon River, and learn the lessons of their lives, spent during the years around the founding of Carroll College. September 24 -26 at 7 p.m. with a September 27 matinee at 3 p.m. Directed by Chuck Driscoll, with musical direction by Jodi Mattson. In the Carroll Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. Tickets $11 general admission, students/seniors $8, Carroll faculty and staff always free and students free on Thursdays and Sundays. For the complete Performing Arts season details, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/theatre/season.cc

September 29: Panel discussion, "Healthcare: Privilege or Right?" sponsored by the Carroll Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, 7 p.m., lower level of the Campus Center. This interdisciplinary panel of Carroll faculty will discuss access to healthcare in America and will include: James Cross, Ph.D. (Theology), Rev. Jeremiah Lowney, Ph.D. (Sociology), Elvira Roncalli, Ph.D. (Philosophy), Maria Brosnan, MSN, ACNP-BC(Nursing), Zachary Callen, Ph.D. (Political Science), and moderator Christopher Fuller, Ph.D. (Theology). Free and open to the public.

October 5-9: Fall Break, no classes.

October 13: Second in the series of the Lowney-Hunthausen Lectures brings us a forum on alcohol and drugs, hosted by Fr. Jerry Lowney, professor of sociology.

October 14: Telemark Ski Film, Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre, room 101-202, 7:30 p.m., presented by Josh Madsen and sponsored by the Carroll Adventures and Mountaineering Program (CAMP).

October 16: Dr. Kelly Cline presents, "Comets: Messengers from the Past," 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre, room 101-202. Free and open to the public.

October 17: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the 5 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.

October 22: Tim O'Brien, author of "The Things They Carried," which was a finalist for both the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, will give a reading and presentation in the lower level of the Campus Center in the late afternoon, open to the public. He will also be speaking later in the evening at the Helena Middle School. His visit is sponsored by the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, with Carroll College as a partner for the event.

October 24: Good Samaritan Ministries and Thrift Store 7th Annual Style Show, entitled "Hooray for Hollywood!" At the Gateway Center (1710 National Avenue in Helena). Noon silent auction, with style show down the runway starting at 1 p.m. Models and displays will wow fashion fiends with clothing and accessories spanning the decades, all of which has been donated to the Good Sam store throughout the year. All proceeds of the show and auction benefit the Assistance Ministry, serving over 900 people annually with financial and in-store help. Fiscal year 2008-2009 financial assistance totaled $145,000. With the current state of our economy, the increased cost of living, loss of jobs, and other needs, the number of families needing help is soaring, and this is a festive way to assist them. To find the Gateway Center, turn right off Last Chance Gulch onto National Ave., pass Wheat Montana, and you'll spy the center on the right-hand side of the second block.

October 30: President's Dinner, with Carroll presidents, Centennial Campaign leaders, alumni and faculty honoring our heritage, our history and the annual Insignis Award recipient.

November 4: Founder's Day.

November 4-6: Interfaith Symposium, "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony," sponsored by Carroll's Departments of Theology and Philosophy. This three-day event will explore the keys that open beliefs of Christians, Muslims, and Jews to interreligious harmony. Keynote speakers include: Mohamed Elsanousi, director of communications at the Islamic Society of North America; Jill Carroll, executive director of the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance; and Joseph Subbiondo, the president of the California Institute of Integral Studies. Entertainment and an opening night 13th-century Mediterranean buffet.

November 5-8 & 12-15: Mainstage world premiere of "Pirate Play" written and directed by Carroll Improv MasterMichael McNeilly. Curtain is 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays with a 3 p.m. matinee each Sunday. All shows in the Performing Arts Center, Old North, St. Charles Hall. Mokey McNeilly directs his own highly entertaining musical creation, starring good pirates, bad pirates, pirates in love and hijinks on the bounding main. Aaarrrgh! Tickets $11 general admission, students/seniors $8, Carroll faculty and staff always free and students free on Thursdays and Sundays. For the complete Performing Arts season details, go to: http://www.carroll.edu/academics/theatre/season.cc

November 15: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the 11 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.

November 18: Dr. Kelly Cline presents "Infinity and Beyond: From Mathematics to the Big Bang and Black Holes," 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheatre, room 101-202. Free and open to the public.

November 22: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the St. Cecilia Day Mass at St. Mary Catholic Community in Helena. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.

December 2: Alpha Seminar Conference, Simperman Hall, 6-9 p.m.

December 10: "A Night of One Acts" by Carroll Performing Arts students, in the Merton Acting Studio downstairs in the Campus Center, 7 p.m.

December 12: Choreography recital by Carroll choreography students at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.

December 13: Carroll College Choirs Christmas concert, Cathedral of St. Helena, 4 p.m. Free. The program contains a cappella selections and carols for Christmas and features larger works by Giovanni Gabrieli and Daniel Pinkham for choir, brass quartet, and organ. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Psurny at 447-4807.

AND, COMING IN 2010!

January 18: MLK Day, no classes. Annual service day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day Forum sponsored by Father Jerry Lowney.

February 5-7: Centennial Showcase performance of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. With guest director Katie Wright, this Senior Showcase project for senior Bryan Ferriter will feature myriad talents of Carroll student thespians. This is an edited version, a revival of a 1994 version of Shakespeare's classic tale of revenge.

February 6: Headlights Spaghetti Dinner, St. Mary's Church, 5-8 p.m. Fund-raiser for the upcoming service abroad trip to the Guatemala Mission.

February 10-13: Carroll hosts the Rocky Mountain Theatre Association Youth Festival, a week of workshops, guest artists, and a variety of shows at theatres throughout Helena.

February 16: Lowney-Hunthausen Lecture by Ken Wooden, Ph.D., a sociologist and the celebrated author of "Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America's Incarcerated Children." Ken Wooden has appeared on ABC News "20/20," CBS "60 Minutes," and NBC News. As the founder of Child Lures, Ltd., a firm dedicated to developing strategies for protecting children from sexual exploitation and abduction, he has testified before Congress several times. Sponsored by Sociology Professor, Fr. Jerry Lowney.

March 18 -21 & 25-28: Centennial mainstage play, "A Piece of My Heart," by Shirley Lauro, featuring guest director and Carroll performing arts alumnus Peter Ruzevich, class of 1993. This true drama brings us six women-five nurses and a country-western singer--who have returned from Vietnam and shows us each life affected by war, ending with a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. This play's selection was inspired by the Carroll College Nursing Program and the college's connection with Captain Diane Carlson Evans, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, R.N., the founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, who received an honorary doctorate from Carroll last May. Curtain is 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.

April 16-17 & 24-25: Carroll Theatre for Children series presents "Charlottes Web," based on the classic and beloved book by E.B. White, featuring direction by senior Kelly Clavin and design by junior Kailey Portsmouth. Curtain is 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.

April 25: Carroll College Choirs spring concert, St. Mary's Catholic Church, 4 p.m.

April 26: Honors Convocation, 7 p.m., Campus Center.

May 6-7: Theatre Alumni Reunion and "Carroll Theatre History," a performing arts review of Carroll theatre from 1913 to present in a multi-media show that includes archive photos and reenactments of selected plays and music from our past. Curtain is 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, St. Charles Hall, Old North.

May 8: Commencement and Centennial Gala.

Many more Centennial events are listed on the Carroll website at: http://www.carroll.edu/forms/about/history/calendar.pdf