Inauguration Program

Program

Welcome

Ms. Marrin Chapman ‘25
Mr. Jack Conway ‘26

Presentation of the Colors

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps student representatives

Processional

Helena Symphony

National Anthem

Carroll College Choirs

Invocation

Bishop Austin A. Vetter, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Helena and Chancellor of Carroll College

Introduction to the Inauguration

Dr. Joyce Stewart ’79, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Mr. Bob Heberly, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees

Ms. Monica Gomez ‘00, Secretary of the Board of Trustees

Greetings

Tribal Welcome
Mr. Don Wetzel, Jr., Member of the Board of Trustees; Tribal Liaison for the Montana Department of Labor & Industry 

From the City of Helena
The Honorable Emily Dean ‘14, Mayor of Helena

Celebrating Dr. Glowienka’s Leadership Journey

Former Student and Mentee
Dr. Kellie O’Rourke ‘12, Assistant Professor of Biology

Colleague and Mentor
Dr. Grant Hokit, Professor of Biology

Faculty
Dr. Katherine Greiner ‘05, Interim Dean of Mission for Faculty and Academics

Staff
Mr. Butch Biskupiak, Former Director of Facilities, 48 Years of Service

Alumni
Ms. Dannette Sullivan ‘72, Former Carroll Registrar and Trustee

Board of Trustees
The Reverend Patrick Beretta, Former Chair of the Board of Trustees

Student Body
Ms. Maria Ackerman, Class of 2027, President of the Associated Students of Carroll College

Presentation of the President and Greetings on Behalf of Institutions of Higher Learning

Dr. Donna Carroll, President of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Investiture of the President

Bishop Austin A. Vetter, D.D.
Dr. Joyce Stewart ‘79
Mr. Bob Heberly
Ms. Monica Gomez ‘00

Presidential Acceptance

Dr. Jennifer Glowienka, President

Choral Performance

Now the Lord Is the Spirit
Dr. Jonathan Embry, Composer
Carroll College Choirs
Dr. Michael Gray, Director of Carroll College Choirs

Benediction

Bishop Austin A. Vetter, D.D.

Recessional

Helena Symphony 

The Delegates

From Academic Institutions and Learned Societies
Listed in order by founding date

1887

Gonzaga University
Dr. Thayne M. McCulloh, Former President

1891

College of Idaho
Dr. David Douglass, President

1893

Montana State University
Dr. Elizabeth Burroughs, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Concordia University, St. Paul
Dr. Eric LaMott, Provost and Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Kimberly Craig, Vice Provost of CSP Global

University of Montana
Dr. Adrea Lawrence, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

University of Montana Western
Dr. Estee Aiken, Chancellor

1900

Montana Technological University
Dr. Johnny MacLean, Chancellor

1927

Montana State University Billings
Dr. Kim Hayworth, Vice Chancellor for Student Access and Success

1932

University of Providence
Dr. Caroline Goulet, President
Dr. Barbara Aranda-Naranjo, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

1939

University of Montana - Helena College
Dr. Sandra Bauman, Dean and CEO

1947

Oregon Institute of Technology
Dr. Tom Connor, Alumnus

1975

Chief Dull Knife College
Eva M. Flying, President

Keynote Speaker

Donna M. Carroll, Ed.D.

President, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities President Emerita, Dominican University

In 1994, Donna Carroll became the 10th president of Dominican University in Illinois, the institution’s first lay leader and one of the youngest presidents in the country.

Dr. Carroll describes her current position as President of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as an “unexpected blessing.” After 28 years as a president, including a year as interim president of North Central College, Dr. Carroll has the opportunity to help advance Catholic higher education at a national level and mentor a new generation of lay presidents.

Throughout her career, Dr. Carroll received the Strangers No Longer Award from the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Moral Courage Award from Faith in Public Life, and the Dominican Veritas Award, among others. In 2022, ACCU honored her with the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC Award for outstanding contributions to Catholic higher education.

Dr. Carroll received her bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College and her master and doctoral degrees in higher education administration and counseling from the University of Cincinnati. She has received honorary degrees from Edgewood College, Fordham University, Albertus Magnus College, and Scranton University.

Read Dr. Carroll’s full biography at www.carroll.edu/donnacarroll.

Jennifer Glowienka, Ph.D.

On July 1, 2026, Dr. Jennifer Glowienka officially began her tenure as the 20th President of Carroll College, becoming the first woman to serve as the college’s fully appointed president in its 117-year history.

A member of the Carroll community for more than two decades, President Glowienka joined the biology faculty in 2003 and has held numerous leadership positions, including Chair of the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Assistant Dean of Instruction, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, and Interim Co-President. As Carroll’s chief academic officer from 2021 to 2026, she led the college’s academic programs, strategic planning, accreditation, and new program development.

As president, Dr. Glowienka is leading Carroll’s vision for the future by strengthening its Catholic mission, preserving the exceptional on-campus liberal arts experience, and expanding educational opportunities through graduate, online, hybrid, and professional programs that serve learners at every stage of life.

Having served Carroll for more than two decades as a professor, administrator, and leader, President Glowienka is committed to building on the college’s strong foundation while creating new opportunities that expand access, strengthen academic excellence, and ensure Carroll continues to serve students and communities for generations to come.

An evolutionary botanist by training, Dr. Glowienka has secured more than $1.5 million in external research grants and is committed to undergraduate research and student success.

Dr. Glowienka earned her bachelor’s degree from Boise State University and her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder.

President Glowienka’s background in botany gives special meaning to the inauguration theme, Rooted in Mission. Cultivating the Future. It reflects a presidency firmly grounded in Carroll’s Catholic mission while looking with optimism toward the college’s future.

Presidents of Carroll College

Carroll College

Founded in 1909 by Bishop of Helena John Patrick Carroll, Carroll College began as Mount St. Charles College, a male-only diocesan institution housed in a single structure, St. Charles Hall, that enrolled Montana middle-school and high-school students in the hopes of attracting a collegiate student body. The college’s establishment was an ambitious project, completed along with Bishop Carroll’s other priority: the construction of the Cathedral of St. Helena. US President William Howard Taft was present at the school’s June 1909 cornerstone laying, when Bishop Carroll declared the college’s central purpose of providing a thorough liberal education that would equip students with knowledge and virtue for their pursuit of leadership in any vocation. Mount St. Charles graduated its first college student, Patrick McVeigh, in 1916. To honor its founder, the college was renamed Carroll College in 1932. When the Great Depression and World War II threatened the college’s closing, Carroll’s president, Rev. Emmet Riley, attracted the federal Navy V-12 Program to campus, invigorating enrollment and facilities, thus saving the college. After World War II, enrollment began a steady upward trend, with an all-time high of 500 enrolled by 1949, thanks to the influx of GI Bill veterans and the college’s first female students admitted to the newly created nursing education program in 1946. Two women would become Carroll’s first female graduates in 1948, and by 1952 Carroll became fully co-educational. In 1978, Carroll College adopted its official Mission Statement, authored by the late Rev. Jeremiah Sullivan, professor of history at Carroll, which recognized Carroll’s role as a liberal arts college in the ecumenical tradition of the Second Vatican Council. The Mission Statement remains the college’s guiding document, and a new format was affirmed and adopted in 2014. Today, Carroll College enrolls 1,100 undergraduate and graduate students from across the United States and around the world, representing a wide range of ages, backgrounds and religious faiths. Carroll’s growing graduate and post-baccalaureate offerings extend its educational mission beyond the undergraduate experience, with additional programs in development to serve learners at every stage of their educational journey. Carroll’s motto, Non scholae, sed vitae, “not for school, but for life,” has long reflected the purpose and promise of a Carroll education. It speaks to an education that prepares students not only for meaningful careers, but for lives of intellectual discovery, faith, service and engagement with the world around them.

The Mace

In medieval times, a mace was a spiked war club wielding an effective authority among combatants. Later it became a ritualized symbol of authority and, when vested within the academic community, it has often signified the authority of teaching or learning. The mace is usually carried before ecclesiastical or academic bodies by the verger (carrier of the mace) as a mark of jurisdiction.

The design of the mace was modified to include the college seal and is decorative. Carroll’s mace was designed in 1989 by the Reverend Daniel Hillen, late Carroll alumnus and long-time fine arts professor.

The Chain of Office & Medallion

The chain of office and medallion serve as symbols of the president’s authority and of their custody of the college seal and are worn by the president at formal academic functions. The chain is anchored by the college’s seal set in silver and gold.

The Shield

Pierre de Chaignon la Rose of Cambridge, Massachusetts, completed design of the current Carroll shield in 1934.

The two lions and the cross featured on the shield derive from the coat of arms claimed by the college’s founder, Bishop John Patrick Carroll.

Bishop Carroll used the Irish coat of arms for the Carroll family, with one alteration: he replaced the center sword with a cross.

De Chaignon la Rose, to convey John Patrick Carroll’s role as Bishop of Helena, included a chevron element beneath the feet of the lions. This element echoes the chevroned background found on the coat of arms of the Diocese of Helena.

Mission Statement

Founded in 1909 by Bishop John Carroll, Carroll College is a Catholic, diocesan, liberal arts college in the ecumenical tradition of the Second Vatican Council.  It advances its mission by fulfilling the following objectives.

Instilling an enduring wonder for knowledge that will prepare students for leadership and their chosen vocations

As a liberal arts school, Carroll College acknowledges the practical role of preparing its students for a career, but it also affirms the traditional role of providing for the expansion of the intellectual, imaginative, and social awareness of its students. It is dedicated to providing for its students the means for their full realization of a dual goal of vocation and enlightenment. Thus, while providing substantial professional and pre-professional programs, the College encourages and expects all students to participate in a broad spectrum of academic disciplines.

Offering an integrative and value-centered education rooted in freedom of inquiry

As an academic community, Carroll College affirms its commitment to the principle of freedom of inquiry in the process of investigating, understanding, critically reflecting upon, and finally judging reality and truth in all fields of human knowledge. As value-oriented, Carroll College is committed to and deeply involved in the further dimension of free deliberation and decision-making regarding values and personal commitment. Each student at Carroll, through personal and institutional means, is exposed to value systems with which one can readily identify, including secular values such as the worth of work and the use of the intellect, humanistic values centering on the uniqueness and dignity of the person, and religious and moral values concerned with one’s relationship to God, self, and others.

Engaging faithfully the intellectual tradition and the teachings of the Catholic Church

As a Catholic college, Carroll is obligated to treat judgments concerning ultimate reality and decisions concerning ultimate value at both an academic and a pastoral level. This obligation involves the College’s relationship to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, defined as “the perennial, authentic, and infallible teaching office committed to the Apostles by Christ and now possessed and exercised by their legitimate successors, the college of bishops in union with the pope.” Carroll College is committed to present faithfully within its curriculum the magisterial teachings of the Catholic Church. At the same time, it acknowledges the special role of the theologian, who--although not a part of the authoritative teaching body of the Church--makes available to the Magisterium his or her scientific competence, while acting as a mediator between religion and culture by carrying on an academic dialogue with philosophy, science, the liberal arts, the believing community, and secular society.

Serving all with humility, especially our neighbors who are poor and marginalized

As a college founded by and related to the Diocese of Helena, Carroll has a special obligation to provide for the spiritual needs of the college community. At the same time, the resources of the College’s Theology Department, and campus ministry organization are available for the special religious needs of the diocesan community as a whole. Moreover, Carroll College rededicates its spiritual, academic, and social resources to the service of the citizens of Montana, its home, and to the worldwide human family through continuing efforts to guarantee to individuals, to groups, and especially to the marginalized the right to life, to personal and social dignity, and to equality of opportunity in all aspects of human activity.

Welcoming all persons of good will in a cooperative journey toward truth and virtue

In the ecumenical tradition of the Second Vatican Council, Carroll College is committed to a policy of open participation by members of all religious faiths and all persons of good will in the total academic and spiritual experience of the college community. While standing fast by the teaching of the Catholic Church, and avoiding a false conciliatory approach foreign to the true spirit of ecumenism, Carroll College welcomes in love and respect the full participation of other Christians and non-Christians in an ecumenical dialogue and in a truly humble and charitable joint venture in the common search for the Ultimate Truth and the Ultimate Good which is the final goal of all education.

Officially adopted by the Carroll College Board of Trustees May 26, 1978 New format officially adopted by the Carroll College Board of Trustees November 7, 2014

Order of the Procession

Color Guard
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Mace Bearer
Former Presidents
Current and Former Board of Trustees
Delegates of Colleges, Universities, and Learned Societies
Honored Guests
Executive Leadership Team
Faculty
Staff
Student Leadership
Guest Speakers
Bishop and Chancellor, Bearer of the Presidential Chain of Office & Medallion
President