October 30, 2009 QuickNotes
OCTOBER 30, 2009
HOMECOMING FOR THE GHOST OF ST. CHARLESThis festive, family friendly occasion offers a respite from the cold for the estimated 1,000 local trick or treaters expected to attend. This translates to about 60,000 pieces of candy handed out. If you would like to donate a bag of goodies to the cause, just drop it off in the Office of Student Life in O'Connell Hall or in the Student Activities offices downstairs in the Campus Center.
Meanwhile, today the annual Broadwater School Halloween parade hits Carroll, with nasty creatures of the small variety trekking to campus buildings for treats and smiles from our staff.
Also on Oct. 31, two student dances. First, the Rocky Horror Dance, sponsored by Carroll's Gay Straight Alliance, takes place in the lower level of the Campus Center from 8 to midnight (tickets $3 with Carroll ID, $5 for all else) with prizes for best costume and best Rocky Horror attire. And the College Christian Fellowship-sponsored third annual Barn Dance at Kleffner Ranch from 8 to midnight. Free admission to the Barn Dance gets you a swing dance competition, prizes, pumpkin carving, bonfire, food, cider and hot chocolate.
WHAT ABOUT THE GHOSTS OF PRESIDENTS PAST?
Tonight, October 30, Carroll's annual President's Dinner takes place in the Campus Center. For the centennial, we are using this occasion to honor the college's living past presidents: Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen, Rev. Anthony Brown, Monsignor Joseph Harrington, Dr. Francis Kerins, Dr. Matthew Quinn and Rev. Stephen Rowan. Our bedrock Centennial Campaign donors will also be recognized. In prior years, this event has also seen the conferral of the annual Insignis Award for outstanding generosity and commitment to service. This year's winners, Dr. and Mrs. James and Joan Schneller (class of 1956 and 1957), could not be with us tonight, but they will receive the award later on this coming spring during a formal Insignis Award ceremony.
SHOCKING NEWS
Carroll College recently installed Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) throughout campus. AEDs are first-response emergency equipment for use on victims of a sudden heart emergency. The installation of the devices and training of college emergency responders to use them was made possible by a gift of approximately $25,000 from Carroll board of trustees member Shaun Corette and his wife Mary Ann Corette of Chevy Chase, Md. The AEDs were supplied to the campus at manufacturer's cost by Carroll alumnus Glenn Bliss (class of 1991), the president of General Distributing Company, a Great Falls medical supply vendor. Bliss partnered with Carroll College in the past by donating a ventilator/compressor system valued at $20,000 for use in the Carroll Nursing Department lab.
In all, Carroll now has fifteen AED units, with one installed in every major campus building and a roaming unit for use by emergency responders employed by the college. This project began with a student government initiative last spring. The Associated Students of Carroll College's executive officers Patrick Manning (a spring 2009 graduate), Blair Parker, Lani Franks-Ongoy and Jimmer Natwick researched and wrote a proposal asking the school to purchase the AEDs. The students presented their proposal to the college board of trustees during its spring 2009 meeting on campus, and the board warmly welcomed the proposal. For more, read the press release at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=12626
THREE FAITHS, ONE CAMPUS
Next Wednesday through Friday, November 4-6, one of the most anticipated centennial celebration events finally arrives. Dr. Barry Ferst, professor of philosophy, has spent many months putting together a three-day interfaith symposium entitled, "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony," sponsored by Carroll's Departments of Theology and Philosophy. The three-day event brings to campus Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from across the nation to dialog with faculty, students and the Helena community, including local faith leaders.
National speakers include: Mohamed Elsanousi (left), director of communications and community outreach at the Islamic Society of North America; religious studies scholar and writer Dr. Jill Carroll (right), adjunct associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University, where she also directed the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance until June 2009; Rabbi David Sandmel (lower left), Ph.D., the director of life-long learning at Temple Sholom in Chicago and Crown-Ryan Professor of Jewish Studies at the Catholic Theological Union; Dr. Joseph L. Subbiondo, president of California Institute of Integral Studies; and Dr. Elizabeth Ursic, professor of religious studies at Mesa Community College in Phoenix, Ariz., who will present the Sister Annette Moran Memorial Lecture entitled, "The Face of Female Spirituality."
The three days will also see a Wednesday Middle East buffet dinner and a special Sweets of the Mediterranean dessert buffet on Thursday. Reservations are required for these delicious happenings, with tickets $25 each. Call 406-447-4324 or email bferst -is-at- carroll -dot- edu to get your place at the table.
Biographies of the symposium's national speakers and their talk summaries are available here: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=12561
The full schedule of interfaith symposium events is available here: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=12559
LIVING WITH ZAPATISTAS
On Wednesday, November 4, students from Missoula high schools and the University of Montana will be stopping at Carroll during their Northwest speaking tour to share their experiences living with Mexico's anti-globalization revolutionary group known as the Zapatistas. The students' presentation, "Rebel for Dignity," will describe their summer 2009 time in Chiapas, Mexico, where they lived with and learned from the revolutionaries. This presentation will irreverently question capitalism, power, privilege and exploitation.
Witness "Rebel for Dignity" in the Campus Center's Hoff-Kavanagh room at 7 p.m. Free and open to the public, it is co-sponsored by Carroll's Department of Languages and Literature, SSEEJ (Students for Social Economic and Environmental Justice), SESJ (Students for Economic and Social Justice), Two Rivers GMB of the Industrial Workers of the World, University of Montana's Latin American Studies Department, Helena Peaceseekers and Witness for Peace.
BOOTY CALL
Pirate's booty, that is! Next Thursday, November 5, Carroll Director of Improv Michael McNeilly's musical "The Pirate Play" will make its world premiere on the Carroll Performing Arts Center stage in Old North, St. Charles Hall. McNeilly directs his own highly entertaining musical creation, starring a menagerie of scurvy scalawags bearing eyepatches, fishnets and tricorn hats. And, it's even got social commentary on the high seas with its star villain Count Long Gone Madoff. With crooked bankers and honorable pirates racing for gold treasure, the show offers up lively original music to delight all ages.
The musical features local actress Lori Carey as the pirate captain and Carroll alumnus Randy Fuhrman as Madoff. Other cast members include: Carroll alumni Brian Browitt (class of 2008) and Garrett Armstrong (class of 2009) and Carroll students Kailey Portsmouth, Mary Holbrook, Nikki Baker, Michelle Metzger, Andrew Testerman and Caroline Schafer. Young Helena thespian Caelan Cummings, who played Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol" two years ago on the Carroll stage, returns as the cabin boy.
"The Pirate Play" will be showing two weekends only: November 5-7 at 7 p.m., with a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee on November 8; and on November 12-14 at 7 p.m., with a final 3 p.m. performance on Sunday, November 15. Carroll students admitted free on Thursdays and Sundays. Faculty and staff are free for all performances. For non-Carroll theater-goers, tickets are $11 general admission, $8 for seniors and students. Call 447-4304 and leave a message to reserve tickets.
CHANGE 4 CHANGE
Carroll College has joined the Schools for Schools program to support the Invisible Children Movement, which is trying to rebuild war-ravaged Northern Uganda while raising awareness about the plight of children affected by the war, including those enslaved as soldiers. In Schools for Schools, a U.S. educational institution partners with a school in Uganda to get it up and running. Carroll has been paired with Gulu High School, and to support it the Carroll community will be embarking on a number of fundraisers throughout the year.
The first is Change 4 Change, and it's simple. Just toss your spare coins in the five water jugs stationed around campus, with two in the Campus Center, two upstairs in O'Connell Hall and one in Guadalupe Hall. Every little bit helps, so lighten your wallet and feel good about it.
At the end of the semester, Carroll will also hold a drive to help purchase books for our Uganda school-more later on this. For more info, contact Megan Rennie at mrennie -is-at- carroll -dot- edu. Check out the Invisible Children Movement at: www.invisiblechildren.com
SAINTS TV: THE SERIES PREMIERE
Years in the making, it's finally here! The first broadcast of Saints TV on KTVH (NBC affiliate Channel 12 or 12.1 in Helena) will air this Sunday, November 1, at 10:30 a.m. The student producers are Blair Parker, Andrew Chenovick, Matt Smith and Corey Rickman. We also have an array of students from Communication 165 debuting their reporting, anchoring and film production skills on the show, so tune in to feast your eyes on quite a Saints spectacle. If you can't watch Sunday's premiere, we should have episode one available for a peek on the Carroll website on November 2.
Meanwhile, Carroll's long-running "Saints and Scholars" show airs again next Wednesday night on Helena Civic Television, cable channel 11, with special guest Dr. Barry Ferst discussing the November 4-6 interfaith symposium, bringing Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders to campus for a series of enlightening discussions.
STUDENT NEWS
Events
Next Tuesday, November 3, students can meet library representatives who will be offering information on new scholarships for library science graduate studies and a new University of North Texas master's degree program in library and information sciences. This inaugural distance learning degree program is unique and easy: you can complete it by attending two four-day seminars plus some online distance learning. The library representatives will be in the Campus Center upstairs from noon to 2 p.m. with all the latest information about these two opportunities. The University of North Texas Department of Library and Information Sciences' new master's program begins with two seminars to be held in Missoula in September 2010 and in Billings in January 2011. This is an all-new ALA-accredited master's program for Montana-there's never been an easier way to enter the library profession.
Anyone yearning to serve God and work in one of the world's most beautiful settings next summer should consider a paid position with A Christian Ministry in the National Parks. Visit the ACMNP information table on November 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby to learn more. Check out www.acmnp.com for further information.
In the News
Carroll's new equestrian team, part of our Rodeo Club, recently competed in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) contest in Twin Falls, Idaho, where Carroll riders entered events such as hunt seat equitation, equitation over fences, western equitation and reining. Carroll's "Frequent Flyers" team brought home high honors, with Kirsten Svennungsen placing first in two of her three classes for the weekend. Cait Budde and Jared Engels (right) also galloped away with first place standings during the show. Freshman Maddie Ross not only placed first in her intermediate fences division but also managed an overall high point rider win. Carroll's Frequent Flyers tied for reserved high point, putting them in second place among six experienced colleges. The team's next show will be held in Missoula on Nov. 7-8. Read more on the ride at: http://www.helenair.com/sports/other/article_2b2a7990-c2cb-11de-ab10-001cc4c002e0.html
For much more on student activities and news, check the Carroll Students webpage: http://www.carroll.edu/students/
ALUMNI NEWS
Events
Due to the overwhelming response to the spring 2010 Treasures of Italy tour, Carroll Alumni Relations has decided to open the trip up to more participants. A second tour bus has been added to the itinerary, leaving room for all of you who were disappointed when this popular trip sold out early on. The 12-day base tour to Italy will be May 17-28, 2010, with the optional tour extension to Oberammergau, Germany, for the famous Passion Play. For a complete itinerary and pricing information visit: http://www.carroll.edu/alumni/travel/index.cc
These will not last long, so if you are interested contact Alumni Director Kathy Ramirez at alumni -is-at- carroll -dot- edu or at 406-447-5185.
In the News
Lynn (Jimmerson) Maciver, class of 1995, and husband Angus welcomed their second son, Sorley Matthew Maciver, on October 23, 2009. He joins big brother Iain, who was born on Christmas Day 2007.
The Family Psychological Center recently announced that Kristi Erickson, class of 1995, has joined the center as a psychological resident. She completed her graduate work at Fielding University and has worked in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings with children, adolescents and young adults.
Vincent George Kalafat (left), class of 2003, married Theresa Marie Julius on August 1 at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Catholic Church in Parma, Ohio. A graduate of Notre Dame Law School (where he served as editor in chief of the Notre Dame Law Review), Vincent is employed by the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz in Forest Hills, N.Y., where the couples resides.
Anne (Petesch) Ramey, class of 2003, and husband Patrick married on July 7, 2007 (7/7/07) and on 6/7/09 welcomed baby Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ramey (right). The family lives in Seattle, Wash.
Meg Loberg, class of 2003, recently graduated with a doctorate in clinical psychology from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore. In March 2009, she successfully defended her dissertation entitled "The Experience of Victimization of Intellectually Delayed Inmates in Oregon Department Of Corrections." She completed an APA-approved internship at Washington State University Counseling and Testing Services in June 2009 and was selected as the psychology resident in crisis management and medical psychology for Washington State University and Pullman Regional Hospital. She began her residency in August 2009.
As part of the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, Lindsay Thompson, class of 2006, presented a October 29 talk, "From the Rocky Mountains to the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Montana's Reaction to the Vietnam War," in the Carroll Campus Center.
In Memoriam
Rebecca ‘Becki' Andrea Rohyans of Helena died on October 22, 2009, after a short bout of H1N1 and pneumonia. She was born with Down syndrome on Sept. 16, 1975, and went on to become a Special Olympian, graduate from Capital High and take a number of Carroll courses. From 1995 to 2005, Becki took approximately one Carroll course every semester. For more on her life, read: http://www.helenair.com/news/local/obituaries/article_2e682f9a-c11c-11de-917c-001cc4c03286.html
FACULTY NEWS
Carroll Associate Professor of English Debra Bernardi just returned from the Fourth International Conference of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers, held in Philadelphia, where she presented a paper entitled "Desires Turn Dangerous: Edith Wharton and Constance Fenimore Woolson in Italy."
On October 27, as part of the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, Carroll Professor of History Bob Swartout (left) offered a fascinating look at film during the 60s. In his talk, he demonstrated how 60s cinema, especially popular commercial films, reflected the changing issues and attitudes of the decade.
STAFF NEWS
Yvonne Kunz, Carroll's Department of Military Science/ROTC administrative assistant, has a solo art exhibit, "Extraction State," on display at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena this November 6-30. An artist's reception will take place at the Myrna on November 6 from 6 to 9 p.m., and all are welcome to attend.
ATHLETICS
This weekend, volleyball has a Halloween home game against University of Great Falls in the PE Center at 2 p.m. Prizes will be given out to fans for the best costume, and students can enter a drawing for a Carroll yearbook. Saints football against UM-Western is away, as is soccer at University of Great Falls. Cross country is training to prepare for the November 6 Frontier Conference Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah. Men's basketball is away in Dillon, and women's basketball takes to the court for the first time this season next Friday in the PE Center.
For everything purple and gold, check Carroll's Athletics website, where you'll find news, schedules and much more at: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/
COMING EVENTS
Ongoing: This week, the Carroll Art Gallery opened the second in its centennial celebration exhibits in the "Carroll Connected" series. The new show gives us art from the collections of Carroll faculty and administrators, including President Tom Trebon and Professors Sam Alvey, Kyle Strode and Robert Swartout, plus Professor Emeritus of Music Joe Munzenrider. Running through December 10, this exhibit is free of charge in the Art Gallery in St. Charles Hall, open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, closed weekends and college holidays.
Ongoing: The Corette Library now has on exhibit the centennial archive display of historic Carroll images and documents on the top floor, north wall.
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 30: The October Faculty Colloquium will feature Dr. Kyle Strode presenting "Water Disinfection in Guatemala: Integrating Chemistry and Service" in Trinity Hall Lounge at 4 p.m.
November 3: Part of the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, the film showing of "Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delaney," featuring Captain Diane Carlson Evans (right), who received an honorary doctorate from Carroll College during last May's commencement, at 7 p.m. in the Lewis and Clark Library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, in Helena. Captain Diane Carlson Evans, R.N., U.S. Army Nurse Corps, the founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation, is featured in this Emmy-winning documentary on the nurses of Vietnam. Captain Evans will share her first-hand knowledge of the casualties of the Vietnam War and the sacrifices of the women who served as nurses.
November 4: Founder's Day.
November 5: Part of the Lewis and Clark Library's "Big Read Under the Big Sky III" program, retired Carroll Political Science Department Chair and Professor Emeritus Dennis Wiedmann will present "Domestic and Electoral Politics of the '60s" at 7 p.m. in the Lewis and Clark Library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch, in Helena.
November 9: Carroll is observing the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall with a continuing campus lecture and film series. On Monday, November 9, the series builds with a lecture, "Commemorating the Berlin Wall: 20 Years after the Fall," by Dr. Gillian Glaes (left), modern European historian in Carroll's Department of History, at 7:30 p.m. in the Simperman Hall Wiegand Amphitheater (room 101/202). Free and open to the public.
November 11-12: Matthew Kelly, New York Times bestselling Catholic author and popular worldwide speaker, will present two talks on becoming the best version of yourself. He will appear at 7 p.m. in the Carroll PE Center each night (new material each evening). Young people, those searching for faith, devoted parishioners, priests and public are welcome to this energizing, dynamic event. Suitable for ages 12 on up. Sponsored by Carroll College Campus Ministry and OYYAM (Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry).
November 12-13: The 7th annual Carroll Literary Festival will welcome guest keynote author Maile Meloy, the award winning author of two novels and two short story collections, who will read from her latest work on Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. Free. On Friday, Associate Professor of English Loren Graham, an award winning poet, will read from his forthcoming book, "Mirrow," at noon in Trinity Hall lounge. The Festival continues after Graham's reading on Friday and includes the presentation of poetry, prose and critical papers by students from Carroll and other Montana colleges. Presentation sessions will be scheduled throughout Friday afternoon in the Campus Center's lower level. All readings are free and open to the public.
November 15: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the 11 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
November 16-17: Carroll students will have a chance to learn more about summer internships with the Federal Highway Administration, which will have reps on campus on November 16 and 17. Contact Career Services at careers -is-at- carroll -dot- edu to schedule an interview.
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 19: Part of the Helena Education Foundation's Great Conversations program, Carroll will co-sponsor a panel discussion, "The Future of the Media" at 7 p.m. in Trinity Hall lounge. Panelists will include University of Montana School of Journalism Dean Peggy Kuhr, Associated Press Western States Division Director Jim Clarke and Helena Independent Record Editor John Doran. Carroll President Tom Trebon will moderate.
November 22: The Carroll College Choirs will provide music for the St. Cecilia Day Mass at St. Mary Catholic Community in Helena.
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.
AND, COMING IN 2010!
January 18: Martin Luther King Day. Fr. Jerry Lowney is organizing events including an 11 a.m. Mass in honor of Dr. King in St. Joseph's Chapel, Borromeo Hall; outreach volunteer work by students, faculty and staff starting at noon to mark Community Service Day; and a 7:30 p.m. Martin Luther King Day Forum, with speakers to be announced.
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.
February 19: Third annual Senior Etiquette Dinner, 6 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center. RSVP to: careers@carroll. Seating is limited.
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 "Charlotte's 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 with music of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, fine dining, and all kinds of fancy stuff. Once in a lifetime, baby-so save the date, all you Saints. More details later!
Many more Centennial events are listed on the Carroll website at: http://www.carroll.edu/forms/about/history/calendar.pdf
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