February 13, 2015
Cascade'ing Competition
Starting in the fall, Carroll men’s and women’s soccer (and softball in the spring of ‘16), will have a host of new schools to compete against in conference play. Carroll, along with fellow Montana NAIA schools Rocky Mountain College and the University of Great Falls, have been approved for Associate Membership to the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC).
President Tom Evans was thankful to the CCC presidents for this decision. “It is another example of how the Frontier and Cascade Conferences can work together to provide the best athletic experience for our students by ensuring that they can play their schedules closer to home in Montana and the Northwest, experience better opportunities for post season play and compete against schools with similar enrollments and missions. I believe that both of our conferences and the entire NAIA are stronger as a result of this decision," said Dr. Evans.
With the addition of these schools, the CCC anticipates having 14 men's soccer teams, 12 women's soccer teams and 10 softball teams. The number of teams competing also increases the number of automatic qualifiers to the NAIA national tournaments from one to two in each sport.
Carroll, along with Rocky and UGF, will continue to compete in the Frontier Conference in all other sports.
Read more here.
Finessing Fitness
New half-court gym
New cardio room
The Carroll P.E. Center just unveiled the newly remodeled Carroll College Fitness Center. The new center features a half-court gym with basketball and volleyball courts, an expanded workout room with cardio equipment, multiple televisions, new flooring, water stations and other aesthetic improvements.
“We recognize the importance of providing nice facilities and upgraded spaces for our students in order for them to have additional avenues to exercise not only their minds but their bodies as well,” said Tom McCarvel, vice president of community relations and facilities. “We are happy to be completing the finishing touches and welcome students, faculty and staff to enjoy the new fitness area.”
This remodel was a joint initiative between college administration, the facilities department and ASCC.
Saints Shindig
Join the Saints Athletic Association in raising money for our student-athletes and athletic programs at the annual Saints Shindig, Friday, February 20 in the Campus Center.
Mingle with your fellow Saints and Carroll coaches for this fun, low-key affair. Dress is casual and the theme is “Saints Tailgate”, so come wearing your favorite Saints gear!
Social hour with no-host bar begins at 6 p.m. with dinner and the reverse raffle starting at 7 p.m. Great food, 50/50 drawing and silent auction items will also be available. $15 for dinner, $100 for a raffle ball. RSVP at 447-4480. Lots of prizes, last ball standing wins $2,500 cash.
Student News
Making it 25!
Pictured left to right: Carroll Talking Saints Desirae Kivett (junior, Spokane), Anna Hoerner (junior, Spokane) and Hanna Hillier (junior, Jerome, Idaho) celebrate a lighter moment at the Western Washington regional forensics tournament.
The Talking Saints won more than 40 awards and earned a share of the regional championship for the 25th consecutive year at the regional tournament held at Western Washington University on January 30-February 1. Whitworth University won the tournament, with the Talking Saints a close second.
One week later on February 7, Carroll qualified three students for the National Individual Events Tournament at the district tournament in Corvallis, Oregon. Juniors Hanna Hillier and Desirae Kivett and sophomore A.J. Kelso are headed to the national championships at Lewis & Clark College on April 4.
Carroll will also send four World Debate teams to the national championships in Anchorage, Alaska, April 10-13.
At Western Washington Carroll dominated World Debate, sweeping the top three places in the junior division and winning the open division. Carroll won eight World Debate speaker awards and freshman Ryan Kotek was named the region’s “rookie of the year,” winning the Orv Iverson award.
Ryan Kotek of Boise led the squad winning both novice extemporaneous speaking and novice impromptu, while placing second in Junior World Debate and third in prose.
Ryden Meyer, a junior from Portland, and Mark Schmutzler, a junior from Helena, won their second regional tournament in World Debate, taking the second and third place speaker awards, respectively.
Three of the four teams in the junior World finals were from Carroll, including the winners junior Nick Modrow of Billings and sophomore A.J. Kelso of Longmont, Colorado. The other Carroll final teams were Kotek and Becca Poliquin of Hamilton, Montana, and Tori Hill of Sidney, Montana and Luke Kendall of Stevensville, Montana.
Carroll swept the top four places in novice prose and the top three in novice impromptu. Poliquin won prose, followed by freshman Freddy Gray of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Kotek and Kendall. Kotek won impromptu, followed by Poliquin and Hill.
Jake MacDuff, a freshman from Seattle, placed second in junior impromptu. Hanna Hiller, a junior from Jerome, Idaho, reached finals in three open interpretation events.
Prospecting for News
The February Prospector, Carroll’s student newspaper, is hot of the presses and features stories as varied as tv auditions in Hollywood, winter break service trips to India, Ecuador and Browning, new chefs and directors, slip ‘n slide myths, Talking Saints victories and favorite professor surveys.
Plus a host of other stories in between. Check it out at http://ow.ly/IY7IW.
Faculty/Staff News
Web Debut
Carroll's Leslie Olsen, center, taping the NASFAA webinar.
Leslie Olsen, Carroll financial aid coordinator, was a presenter for the NASFAA’s (National Association of Financial Aid Administrators) Consumer Information Disclosure webinar February 11. After seeing Leslie present on the topic at the regional conference, the NASFAA flew Leslie to Washington, D.C., to film the webinar.
The webinar focuses on the federal requirements that a school must provide to students, the Department of Education, and others. Leslie is the lead person on Carroll’s consumer information disclosure requirements and developed the website which hosts Carroll’s information www.carroll.edu/about/information.
Upcoming Events
Deities - the Sacred of the Hindu and Buddhist Exhibit, Jan. 26 - Mar. 6, Carroll Art Gallery, St. Charles Hall, Carroll College
This exhibit features sacred artworks from Tibet and India. Included are a collection of Tibetan Thangkas plus sculptures of gods and goddesses from India. The Tibetan Children's Education Foundation and their project manager's private collection have generously loaned art for this show.
The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and is closed weekends and college holidays. For more information, visit the Visual Arts Current Gallery webpage or call 447-4302.
Saints Athletic Association (SAA) Shindig, Feb. 20, 6 p.m., Campus Center, Carroll College
This is a casual fundraising event for Saints athletics and is open to the public. Come mingle with the coaches in this fun and informal setting. 50/50 drawing, Blackout Bingo and silent auction items will also be available. The theme is "Saints Tailgate" so attend wearing your favorite Carroll College Saints gear!
For questions, contact Associate Athletic Director Bennett MacIntyre, bmacintyre@carroll.edu, 447-4374.
Why We Love Animals: Understanding the Therapeutic Value of Pets, Guest speaker Dr. Aubrey Fine, Ed.D., Feb. 24, 7 p.m., Trinity Lounge, Carroll College
Animal lovers, or even just those who are curious about the role animals play in our lives, should come to hear psychologist, professor, animal assisted therapy expert, author, and popular speaker Dr. Aubrey Fine. He will tug at heartstrings with stories of working with companion animals in his practice. His affinity and skill working with children and animals earned him the nickname by the L.A. Times of being the living Dr. Doolittle.
Dr. Fine is considered one of the grandfathers and founders of animal-assisted therapy. He authored the Handbook on Animal Assisted Therapy, Our Faithful Companions and Afternoon with Puppy: Inspirations from a Therapist and His Animals, among other books and articles.
Perspectives on Islam, Feb. 27 & 28, Plymouth Congregational Church, 400 S. Oakes, Helena
Sponsored by the Carroll College Artaza Center for Excellence in Global Education, University of Montana Professor Samir Bitar will be leading several discussions and lectures regarding perspectives on Islam.
Feb. 27, 7 p.m.: Professor Bitar will discuss "A Personal View of Being a Palestinian Muslim in Montana"
Feb. 28, 10 a.m.: Professor Bitar will discuss "The Arab Spring: Causes and Consequences"
There will be a buffet lunch following the lecture at the Mediterranean Grille for those who register interest in advance – cost is $12 for lunch. Call 442-9883 to register.
Partial funding for the Speakers Bureau program is provided by a legislative grant from Montana's Cultural Trust and the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, call Ed Stevenson, 438-1295.
First Annual Lecture on Faith and Reason: "Science and Religion: The Myth of Conflict," Guest lecturer Dr. Stephen Barr, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware, Mar. 5, 7 p.m., Lower Campus Center, Carroll College
Sponsored by the Carroll College Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice, the Physics Program, the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, the Annette Moran Center and Student Activities
Professor Barr will argue that the supposed conflict between science and religion has really been a conflict between "scientific materialism" and religion. He contends that the science-versus-religion myth is based on an outdated view of scientific history and a skewed interpretation of what science has actually discovered. He will begin by telling the story of the relation between Christianity and science, including some dramatic facts that are relatively little known. He will then discuss five great discoveries of the twentieth century, primarily in physics, and argue that they are more consonant with the traditional Jewish and Christian view of the cosmos and of human beings than with materialist philosophy.
Shamrock Soiree, Annual Fundraising Event for Carroll's Engineers Without Borders, Mar. 27, 6:30-11:30 p.m., Great Northern Hotel Ballroom, 835 Great Northern Boulevard, Helena
Come join Carroll's EWB and celebrate St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Engineers, as they dance the night away in honor of St. Patrick's Day. The Soiree will feature hors d'oeuvres, live and silent auctions, live music, dancing, and a cash bar.
Proceeds will be used to support the Engineers Without Borders-USA Carroll College Student Chapter and their service projects in Mexico, Guatemala and St. Lucia. Tickets are $25 each and $15 for Carroll students. Contact Morgan Spear at mspear@carroll.edu for more information.
Mark your calendars – Upcoming Alumni Events:
Alumni Lunch with President Evans: March 16, 12 p.m., Campus Center, Carroll College
Dr. Evans will be providing a campus update. A lunch buffet will be served. $15 per person. RSVP by March 10 to Kathy Ramirez, kramirez@carroll.edu or 406-447-5185.
Purple and Gold Jubilee Reunion: May 15-16
Make plans to join your classmates - classes of 1945, 1955 and 1965 - and be part of Carroll's 2015 commencement weekend festivities in May.
Alumni & Friends Marian Shrines of France Tour: May 21-June 2
Join President Evans and his wife Lisa on a tour of the Marian Shrines of France.
Highlights include: Paris, a dinner cruise on the Seine River, Notre Dame, Versaille, Giverny – the house and gardens of Monet, the home of St. Terese of Lisieux, the beaches of Normandy, St. Michael Abbey, Contreau Distillery, an overnight in a chateau, Lourdes and much more.
View the complete itinerary here or contach Kathy Ramirez, 406-461-3214 or kramirez@carroll.edu.
Alumni & Friends Gathering at New Glarus Brewery, New Glarus, Wisconsin: June 27
Homecoming 2015: September 18-19
Mark your calendars and plan to return to campus this fall for Homecoming. All alumni, parents and friends are invited to attend. Special reunions will be held for all former ASCC members and the classes of 2005, 1995, 1985, and 1975. Stay tuned for more details.
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