September 24, 2009 QuickNotes

OUR FOUNDER SEZ: "IT'S ON!"

Bishop Carroll, photo left, wants everyone to know that, in case they haven't been keeping up with current events, Carroll's Centennial Homecoming has finally arrived. The weekend holds more items of interest than QNs can, in the interest of space, recount here. Here are some of the highlights:

FRIDAY SIZZLE

11 a.m.: Rick Blessinger Memorial SAA Golf Tournament, Green Meadow Country Club, contact Jennifer Bingham to register or 406-447-4480

1-4 p.m.: Registration in the Campus Center

1:30-2:30 p.m.: Reception for all Carroll Royalty at the Fortin Scola

2:30-4 p.m.: Fr. Dan Shea & Dr. Bob Swartout present "History of Carroll" with book signing of "Bold Minds and Blessed Hands" in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater

4 p.m.: Saints Soccer game in Nelson Stadium

5 p.m.: Social Hour for Wendy's Hall of Fame Athletic & Alumni Awards Banquet in the  tailgate area near PE Center, banquet celebrating a century of champions starts at 6 p.m. with tickets $35

7:30 p.m.: Centennial Pep Rally, St. Charles Hall steps

8-11 p.m.: Saints at Sunset, all-class gathering, in the tailgate area outside Nelson Stadium, with music, snacks, no-host bar, free admission

CENTENNIAL SATURDAY

9 a.m.: Mass at the Grotto with Fr. Marc Lenneman

10 a.m.: 5K Centennial Fun Run at Carroll Cross Country Invitational, Scullon Field, $25 entry fee for runners/walkers

10 a.m.: Tailgating, sponsored by Wingate by Wyndham, plus class and Carrolleer  pictures-check the Homecoming website (below) for times

1 p.m.: Kick off, Saints vs. Western

4:30-6:30 p.m.: Reception for "Carroll Connected: Alumni" art exhibit, St. Charles Hall Art Gallery

6 p.m.-midnight: "Celebrating a Century of Memories" in the PE Center, including dinner, no-host bar, and a 30-minute comedy extravaganza, "Century of Fun," a visit from President Taft, followed by dancing to the music of Rob Quist and the Mission Mountain Band, $35 per person

6-10:30 p.m.: Night at the Museum at ExplorationWorks! museum across the highway from Carroll, in the Great Northern Center; for ages 7 to 14, with games, Dance Dance Revolution, flight simulator, engineering with Legos, pizza, snacks and more. Call 406-447-1800 to sign your kids up!

SLEEP-IN-AND-YOU'LL-MISS-OUT SUNDAY

10 a.m.: Mass in Borromeo Chapel, Brunch after the service

12:30 p.m.: Saints for Hope at the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) Walk fundraiser, Memorial Park (across from YMCA and big flag in Helena), be there 10 minutes early for team photo

For ALL Homecoming events, see http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/homecoming.cc

AHEAD OF THE GAME?

If you've already registered for Homecoming, pick up your tickets at these places and times:

Friday, September 25: 1-4 p.m., Campus Center

Friday, September 25: 4-8 p.m., PE Center lobby

Saturday, September 26:10 a.m.- noon, alumni tailgate tent outside Nelson Stadium

BUT, WHAT DO I WEAR?

We've received lots of calls about the dress code for Homecoming 2009, and the word of the weekend is CASUAL. OK, for the Friday night awards dinner, you can certainly go business casual, and many suits have been spotted at this august event in the past. For all other shindiggery, arrive casual, comfortable and, if you like, in Carroll colors!

YOU CAN'T DAM SPOON RIVER

Some would say the crown jewel of Homecoming Weekend is the game, others would say it's the Saturday night show and dance, but QNs suggests the Performing Arts centennial mainstage production of "Spoon River Anthology," playing now through Sunday only in the Performing Arts Center. Curtain is 7 p.m. tonight through Saturday, with a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee. A great story about the production is on the Helena Independent Record website today at:http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/article_2a3194a2-a8cb-11de-9cfc-001cc4c002e0.html

Carroll students admitted free on Thursday and Sunday. Faculty and staff get in free for all performances. Otherwise, tickets are $11 general admission, $8 for seniors and students. Call 447-4304 and leave a message to reserve tickets.

SAINTS IN WINGED SANDALS

Saints of the fleetfooted Mercury variety will be celebrating Homecoming with a special campus hosting of the third annual Carroll Cross Country Open this Saturday. This is the only home meet of the year for our Racing Saints cross country teams. Volunteers are still needed to help out for the women's race at 10 a.m. and the men's contest at 10:30. Both are 5K courses, and the contests should be wrapped up by 11:15, well in advance of the big game. Visiting teams include Rocky Mountain College, Westminster, Flathead Valley, and Blackfeet Community College. Concurrent with the Open, alumni, faculty, staff and local runners are welcome to join in at the starting gun for the women's and men's 5K races.

If you want to lend a hand with course set-up, course marshalling, and result tabulations, report at the volunteer meeting tonight (Thursday, Sept. 24) at 7:30 p.m. in room  176 of the PE Center.

BENCHWARMERS WANTED

As a centennial project, Carroll Fine Arts Professor Ralph Esposito (right) has installed his clay bench outside the Corette Library. The Seiler Memorial Bench, previously previewed in QNs, is a lovely visual memorial for Art Seiler, a former trustee of Carroll. The story about the creation of the bench appeared in the summer 2009 edition of Carroll Magazine. Look for our new campus addition, rest a while in its comfy brick upholstery, and take in a glorious view of campus and Helena in this working centennial art installation.

ANOTHER CARDINAL OPPORTUNITY

If you missed Cardinal McCarrick's recent speech on campus, you have plenty of opportunities to hear him again by watching the rebroadcasts on Helena Civic Television, cable channel 11, on these upcoming dates:

Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 27, at 3:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, the Cardinal's more private discussion with faculty, staff and students during "Carroll in Conversation" is also available for viewing at the Helena Independent Record website in two parts. Check it out in the "Videos" listings, posted on the IR homepage: http://www.helenair.com/

NO HESITATING FOR HAITI

Last weekend, our Alpha Seminar freshmen got ready for this week's Alpha guest speaker, Dr. David Walton, by hosting a fundraiser-dance to benefit Walton's Haitian clinic serving the poorest of the poor. QNs is proud to report that the fundraiser, "Helping Hands for Haiti," made over $1,200, thanks to a generous Carroll community.

Last night, Dr. Walton was introduced before his Alpha Seminar talk by Carroll grad Dr. Stephen Sullivan (left), Carroll class of 1996, a pediatric plastic surgeon who has spent half his time over the past year performing an array of surgeries at the Haiti Partners in Health clinics run by Dr. Paul Farmer and Dr. Walton. Next month, Dr. Sullivan and his new wife (and fellow surgeon) Helena begin their new careers as a pediatric surgery faculty members at Brown University Medical School. Dr. Sullivan says he'll continue working for the Haiti clinics about one-fifth of his time.

Check out the story on Carroll's Haiti connection and Dr. Walton here:http://www.helenair.com/news/local/article_0f4ceba8-a8d2-11de-a642-001cc4c03286.html See the video of the interview here: http://www.helenair.com/news/local/article_0f4ceba8-a8d2-11de-a642-001cc4c03286.html?mode=video

Next Wednesday night, check out Carroll's weekly program, "Saints and Scholars" on Helena Civic Television, cable channel 11, with Professor JackOberweiser and Carroll senior Louis Bartoletti (photo right: left and third from left) discussing Dr. Walton's life of service, and their own Haiti healthcare outreach--both their successful dental mission last spring and their planned return this winter. "Saints and Scholars" airs every Wednesday at 8 p.m.

SHILLING FOR STARBUCKS

Last Friday's visit from a Starbucks film crew to record a commercial at Carroll turned into a festive YouTube video of our students and faculty cutting loose. Check it out here (and be patient while the video feed loads on your computer, or it will pause and skip): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ3U5IucCHk. For the press coverage on the filmmaking on campus, check out http://www.helenair.com/news/local/article_7bb82020-a4de-11de-a605-001cc4c002e0.html

RECOVER FROM HOMECOMING WITH HEALTHCARE

Next Tuesday, September 29, as part of our ongoing Catholic Social Justice series, the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice brings us a timely panel discussion, "Healthcare: Privilege or Right?" at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. An 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). It is free and open to the public.

"MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!" PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN

And, two years later, down it came. Now, 20 years after the fall, Carroll celebrates one of the landmark events of the 20th century. Next Thursday, October 1, Carroll German instructor Gwynn Mundinger, Assistant Professor of History Gillian Glaes and junior history major Lindsay Ward will host the first in a series of campus commemorations of the 1989 Berlin Wall's destruction and, in the same year, the Velvet Revolutions ousting communist regimes throughout Eastern Europe. The celebration begins with a free, public screening of "The Promise," a film that looks at life in the eastern-bloc countries from 1961 through the 1980s, on Thursday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater. This is the first film in a series of three to be shown this academic year-more later in future editions of QNs.

STUDENT NEWS

On Tuesday, September 29, students are welcome to attend the Carroll Graduate and Professional School Fair, with recruiters from a variety of graduate programs from across the nation, in the Campus Center lobby, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

On September 30 and October 1, follow up with the workshop, "Strategies to Gain Admission to Competitive Graduate Programs," offered onWednesday, September 30, at 3 p.m. and again on Thursday, October 1, at 3:30 p.m., both days in the Hoff-Kavanagh Room of the Campus Center. To sign up, email   and indicate which date you prefer.

ALUMNI NEWS

In the News

Seth Hanser (photo right: standing far right), class of 1999, is in the news for his reprised role in the raucous production of the musical comedy, "The Full Monty," showing now through October 10 at the Billings, Mont., Venture Theatre. After living and working in Seattle and Helena, Hanser and his wife Erin O'Leary moved back to Billings a year ago with their two young daughters. He starred in this production just a few years ago in Montana's capital city, where it was held over by popular demand at the Myrna Loy Center. Check out the story here: http://www.billingsgazette.com/entertainment/enjoy/article_11743b9e-a3ef-11de-9a94-001cc4c03286.html

Kandice (Lesofski) Lytton, class of 2008, writes that she married James Lytton, class of 2010, in July 2008, and last spring was accepted into the Mayo Clinic doctorate of physical therapy program in Rochester, Minn. In the program, she is in the good company of fellow Carroll grads Brenda Stephenson, class of 2007, and Kyle Cicero, class of 2006, who are both in their second year of PT studies. Kandice writes, "All three of us are enjoying it tremendously. We would like to thank Carroll for the excellent job in preparing us for our graduate studies. The curriculum isn't easy, but even our professors have noted that Carroll students seem to come better prepared."

Renee Heinert, class of 2009, is engaged to marry James Vulk in October 2010. She is currently working as a nurse part-time for West Mont in Helena and has accepted a nursing position at the VA Hospital in Tampa, Fla.

FACULTY NEWS

At last weekend's annual Mount Helena Classic run, the man voted sharpest dressed was Carroll Chemistry Professor John Salzsieder (left), who journeyed to the summit and back down in his tuxedo. Check the story on the capital city's epic black-tie climb at: http://www.helenair.com/sports/running/article_adb8dc60-a5ae-11de-b2f5-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story

Associate Professor of Community Health Lauri Fahlberg has been selected for inclusion in the 2009-2010 edition of Montclair Publishing's "Who's Who in College Faculty." The editorial staff of the publication selected Dr. Fahlberg for this honor based on a review of her credentials and accomplishments as chair of Carroll's Health Sciences Division of the Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, where her specialty is community health. She is also involved in service outreach for Helena Food Share and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.

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."

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.

October 5-9: Fall Break, no classes.

October 13: Second in the series of the Lowney-Hunthausen Lectures, "Stoned, Drunk or Sober?" at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Should the drinking age be lowered to 18 years? Should marijuana be legalized? Should Montana have stricter DUI laws and increase enforcement? Hear these topics discussed by panelists including Carroll students Carol Silgailis and Mark Mailander; representatives from the State of Montana law enforcement; and others. Moderated by Fr. Jerry Lowney, professor of sociology. Free and open to the public.

October 14: Public showing of the all-new telemark ski movie, "The Freeheel Life," by Telemark Skier Magazine editor Josh Madsen, as part of a 50-date US tour, in Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheatre, room 101-202, 8 p.m., presented by Madsen and sponsored by the Carroll Adventures and Mountaineering Program (CAMP). Free admission, thanks to Carroll Student Activities.

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 16: Retired U.S. Senator John Warner and Retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn will give a free, public lecture on national security, energy policy and climate change. Sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust, the talk begins at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center.

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 Master Michael 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 9: IMPACT Business Campaign Kickoff Breakfast

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: IMPACT Friends and Parents Spring Phonothon begins

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 9: IMPACT Business Campaign Wrap Up CHEERS Party.

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 shows from 1913 to present in a multi-media production with 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