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Homecoming 2008

Thanks to all who attended the Homecoming festivities!
We had record numbers in attendance.

The weather was beautiful!

The Friday night banquet was sold out with 300 in attendance. We were pleased to present Alumni Hall of Fame Awards along with the Wendy's Athletic Hall of Fame awards. Congratulations to our award recipients!

Over 120 alumni attended the Friday night Ale @ Al's.
Classes gathered, you could hear the squeals and watch the hugs as friends who hadn't seen each other in 20, 30 or 40 years reunited!!!  

Our first ever Homecoming Saturday morning mass at the Grotto was beautiful!  Thanks Fr. Marc!

A special thanks to the Wingate by Wyndham for sponsoring the Tailgate. Over 500 alumni attended. Class pictures were taken by Jeff Baker a Carroll student who is an amazing photographer. Thanks to Patty White '82 for printing the pictures right on the spot!

The game was AMAZING!!!
Our student athletes work so hard and coaches do an outstanding job!
The Saints won 31 to 13! Way to Go CARROLL SAINTS!!!

Saturday night's Taste of Helena downtown at the Park Plaza Hotel had over 140 in attendance.  They enjoyed sampling Helena area micro-brews, wine tasting and hors d'oeuvres.  The giggles from looking at old yearbooks and Prospectors of what they looked like "once upon a time...." brought back the memories!

Sunday morning after a lovely mass at St. Charles Chapel - full of beautiful etched glass by Fr. Dan Hillen, we enjoyed brunch in the cafeteria before saying farewell for now...

We hope to see you all here next year (September 2009) as we celebrate a Century of Champions for Carroll's Centennial Year Homecoming!!!

ALUMNI AWARDS

The Alumni Hall of Fame Award and Young Alumni Award were presented at the Wendy's Hall of Fame Awards Banquet on Friday, September 26th. Below, the awardees are introduced at the game.

from right to left: Carroll President Dr. Tom Trebon, Awardee Kris Goss '02, Candie Cain '82, Awardee Dr. Jeff Johnson '98, Awardee Mark Semmens '82, Awardee Pat Molloy '75 and Kathy Ramirez '87.

Alumni Hall of Fame Awardees
 
Pat Molloy '75
Over the past 30 years, Pat has organized her Carroll class reunions and served in a caring, kind connection to her fellow alumni across the nation, going above and beyond in letting others know when an alumnus needs a helping hand, a kind word, or a prayer. In her professional life, Pat is a resource coordinator for employment options, helping people with disabilities find and maintain jobs and build their independence and self-esteem.

Mark Semmens '82
Mark has been a board member and past chairman of the Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corporation, a leading student loan orginization and financing organization. From 2000 to 2007, he was a member of the Montana Board of Regents and is a current member of the Carroll College Board of Trustees. Over the past 16 years, he has volunteered his spare time coaching soccer, t-ball and basketball for countless numbers of children in the Great Falls community. In the Church, he shares his talents in finance and leadership by serving on various boards and committees and at the Catholic school his children attended.

Young Alumni Awardees

Dr. Jeff Johnson '98
Jeff is a scholar, author and educator who has already left his mark on the history and teaching professions. His forthcoming book, "They Are All Red Out Here: Socialist Politics in the Pacific Northwest, 1895-1925," will be released before year's end by the University of Oklahoma Press. An assistant professor at Augustana College (South Dakota), he has earned several honors, including being named a 2008 visiting fellow with the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institute at Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute. He has also received the Montana Historical Society's 2007 James H. Bradley Fellowship and the 2007 Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Grant from Augustana College.

Kris Goss, Class of 2002
Kris while still an undergraduate at Carroll, was a standout in student government and on the nationally and regionally award-winning Talking Saints forensics team.  He became actively involved in Montana politics, working on the successful campaign of Governor Judy Martz, and during his last years at Carroll assisted the Martz transition team. After his graduation from Carroll, the governor named Kris her education policy advisor and later, her deputy communications director. As a University of Montana law student, he served as a representative to the American Bar Association and was awarded a 2007 Liaison Award for that work. He also co-founded a new organization, the Rural Advocacy League. Since earning his law degree in May 2007, he has clerked for a federal judge in Great Falls.

Summer Reunion 2008

Great fun was had by all who came!

The winning golf team... (Marty Heller, Tom Allen, Con Lacey, Bob Peterson)	Taste of Helena brings back memories...
Great conversations at the Alumni Meeting...
Taking a ride on the tour train...
Lots of great times...