May 16, 2014
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Saints Go Marching Out
A "grateful" Raven Dryden receives the Michael Murphy award from President Evans
Senior Speaker Stuart AllynPhotos courtesy of Ridle Photography
Close to 300 Saints walked across the stage last weekend to receive their coveted diplomas at the 104th Carroll College commencement ceremonies.
After hearing the encouraging words of commencement speaker Mr. Mark Semmens and senior speaker Stuart Allyn, additional awards and honors were bestowed on students and faculty alike.
The Michael Murphy Award for Outstanding Collegiate Citizenship was presented to Raven Dryden, a communications studies major from Missoula, Montana. Dryden has been active on campus with the Chamber Choir, Campus Ministry and the student newspaper. She also participated in several service trips including traveling to Guatemala through the Campus Ministry Headlights program and to Argentina with Montana Dental Outreach through the Carroll Outreach Team. Dryden is known for her humbleness, deep faith, care for others, sense of peace and positive leadership.
The college’s Bishop Gilmore Memorial Award for Outstanding Scholarship, awarded to seniors who have attained the highest grade-point average after four years at Carroll, was awarded to nine graduates: Samuel Cotnoir of Frenchtown; Alaina Hull of Yakima, Washington; Shelby Kramer of Billings; Sandra Kroll of Helena; Joni McMahon of Helena; Susan Metzger of Billings; Carey Phelan of Lolo; Shannon Schober of Portland, Oregon; and Paige Williams of Lakewood, Colorado.
Two annual faculty awards were also conferred. The Outstanding Teaching Award recipient was nursing professor, Donna Greenwood. The Distinguished Scholar Award was awarded to Dr. Jennifer Lowell, professor of Health Sciences, for her academic accomplishments as well as her collaborative research with other faculty members.
The college also announced that two retiring faculty members, Dr. Ron Stottlemyer and Dr. Robert Swartout, have both been conferred the title of professor emeritus.
Congratulations to all our Saints! You will be missed but we are excited to see where your Carroll education takes you!
View coverage and photos of the graduation ceremonies in the Helena IR.
View the full press release announcing the student and faculty recipients of the special awards and honors.
View commencement speeches and photos.
Faculty/Staff News
Hosting History
The History Departments of Carroll College and The University of Montana jointly hosted the 2014 Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference, which is the largest of the organization’s regional conferences. The conference was held April 10-12, 2014 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Carroll took five senior history majors this year. The presenters were:
Eric Bond, Work which Was Done without Real Benefit: Recruitment for the German East Africa Campaign
Emily Dean, German Prisoners of War during WWII: The Civilian and Prisoner Experience in the Bitterroot Valley
Alex Gaiser, Sadam. Sadam. Sadam. Sadam.
Caitlin Rock, Unsung Heroes: an Expansion upon the Cold War Scholarship
James Thomas, Economic Importance of the Early Western United States
Additionally, three faculty members attended the conference, chaired and commented on panels, and chaired the program committee, including: Dr. DJ Cash, Dr. Jeanette Fregulia and Dr. Gillian Glaes.
Pictured from left to right: Alex Gaiser, James Thomas, Caitlin Rock, Emily Dean, and Eric Bond
What Does it All Mean?
Dr. Christopher Fuller, Carroll’s Dean of Mission Integration and Effectiveness, has been invited to participate in the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Catholic mission assessment project being undertaken in conjunction with the Catholic Higher Education Research Consortium.
This 1 ½ - 2 year project focuses on providing guidance for Catholic higher education institutions on how to assess the Catholic identity on campus, and has two broad goals: to develop high quality measurement tools that meet the mission assessment and program development needs of a wide range of institutions; and to produce a best practices guide to help institutions develop useful approaches to the task of demonstrating how their unique institution advances its understanding of Catholic and congregational identity.
In offering him a position on the committee, it was noted that Dr. Fuller’s experiences as a faculty member, theologian and mission officer provide a valuable contribution to the work being undertaken. In addition, Carroll being a diocesan institution will be beneficial to the project as well.
Dr. Fuller has spent the past year coordinating and facilitating Catholic identity and mission initiatives with the Carroll College community. His participation in this project will most certainly help Carroll as we continue to evaluate what it means to be a Catholic college.
Prolific Poetry
Kevin Hadduck, Director of the Carroll Academic Resource Center, has published over 100 poems in nearly two-dozen, mostly peer-reviewed journals.
This spring, he added two more published pieces.
"Hunger Drives the Crescent Swallow's Wings" appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of Plainsongs, p. 37.
"Easter, Good Lord, Again" appeared in the Easter issue of The Cresset, March 2014, Vol. LXXVII, No. 4, p. 62.
Student News
Scoring an Academic Hole-in-One
Carroll College led the conference with eleven Saints golfers being recognized as 2013-2014 Frontier Conference Academic All-Conference recipients.
To be eligible for the team, the student-athlete must be at least a sophomore in standing, maintain a 3.0 GPA and be enrolled at school the previous two semesters.
Carroll College Men’s Academic All-Conference honorees:
Andy Boyer, sophomore, psychology major from Kalispell
Zane Clark, sophomore, biology major from Tacoma, Washington
Connor Hausauer, senior, secondary education/political science major from Bozeman
Michael Lavin, sophomore, health science major from Kalispell
Taylor Ratliff, senior, health/p.e./sports management major from Fairfield
Carroll College Women’s Academic All-Conference honorees:
Meagan Dooney, senior, biology major from Portland, Oregon
Teryn Green, senior, health science major from Anaconda
Jackie Mee, senior, nursing major from Libby
Kara Osterback, sophomore, computer informational systems major from Chattaroy, Washington
Amanda Roberts, junior, nursing major from Helena
Alexa Pyette, sophomore, biology major from Great Falls
Make Room in the Trophy Case
Carroll College defensive back and recent graduate Mike Siegersma was among the 17 recipients of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame scholar athlete award for the foundation’s Montana Chapter.
A GPA above 3.0 is one requirement for eligibility, along with an all-conference selection and history of community involvement and leadership.
The foundation took nominees from all five high school football classifications, the five Frontier Conference schools and the state’s two FCS universities.
This award caps off a stellar year for Siegersma where he was also recognized as a First Team All-American by Beyond Sports Network, National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete of the Day, First Team Frontier All-Conference and nominated for the National Football Foundation’s Campbell Trophy.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Read All About It
The students may all have left campus but the last issue of the year for their student newspaper The Prospector remains.
Check out the May issue and get introduced to next year's editors Sydne Cook and Jay Bouchard; hear what has been happening on campus; and see where the future leads for some of our graduating seniors.
Alumni News
IN MEMORIAM
Mark Joseph Byrd passed away April 24, 2014 in Yakima, Washington. Mark was born March 2, 1957 in Martin City, Montana, moved with his family to Spokane, Washington in 1964, and then to Colfax, Washington several years later. After high school, Mark proudly served his country in the Marine Corps as an embassy guard in Leningrad Russia for two years during the cold war and then two years in New Zealand.
After completing his tour of duty Mark attended Carroll College, where numerous family members have and currently do attend. Mark lived in Helena for several years and began a sales career with Schwan’s, of which he gained national awards and recognition for his sales abilities. Mark relocated to Spokane, married and began a family, which includes five beautiful girls.
Read more on his life here.
Dona L. Felstet passed away May 4, 2014, at Village Health Care Center in Missoula. Dona was born Nov. 9, 1937, in Missoula to parents Joseph N. and Evelyn H. Boyer. She lived in the Frenchtown Valley all her life, attending Frenchtown schools and graduating from Frenchtown High School in 1955 as Salutatorian. She attended Carroll College in Helena, and later earned an accounting certificate from Missoula Technical Center.Dona married Duane Felstet, her high school sweetheart and best friend, in 1958 and recently celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary.
Dona’s life theme is a verse from Timothy 4:7 that says “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.”
Read more on her life here.
Sister Cara Lee (Thomas Maureen) Foley, of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, died April 28, 2014, at Brookdale Place at Harbor Glen in Spokane. Cara Lee was born March 12, 1936, in Spirit Lake, Idaho, daughter of Thomas F. and Margaret C. Bubb Foley.
She joined the Sisters of the Holy Names in 1954 and began her college education. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry and Theology from Marylhurst College, and a Master of Arts degree and a doctorate in sacred doctrine from St. Mary's Notre Dame.
Her ministries were mostly at the college level in both teaching and administration at Fort Wright College and Carroll College. She was selected for leadership in her religious community from 1992 to1996, after which she returned to Carroll College.
Sister Cara Lee loved to be of service. She was competent in so many areas, from administration to baking to gardening and sewing to creating prayer services and environments.
Read more on her life here.
Kathleen “Katie” Malone Galovic (’64) passed away unexpectedly on November 19, 2013, leaving us all with saddened hearts. Katie was born in Missoula on January 20, 1943, to John and Eveline Malone.
Katie worked in the laundry room at St. Patrick Hospital as she went through school at Sacred Heart Academy for Girls. She saved every penny and her father matched all those pennies to send her to Carroll College where she graduated with a degree in nursing in 1964. She worked the majority of her career in the emergency room at Holy Family Hospital where she made many life-long friends. She cherished each of those friendships dearly.
Read more on her life here.
The circle of life for our father, friend and mentor, Daniel John O’Neill IV (’77) has now been completed. He was brought into this world July 12, 1955, in South Bend, Indiana, through his parents Daniel John and Helen Marie (Petersen) O’Neill.
DJ was raised in Butte and was a student of St. Anne’s Elementary School and Butte Central High School. DJ continued his education at Carroll College where he also played football for the Saints and graduated with a degree in biology in 1977. Ever the adventurer, and accompanied by his good friends Dan Hitchcock and Tony DeJesus, DJ traveled at 55 mph across the United States and Canada in his yellow Volkswagen Beetle.
DJ learned the skills of dentistry at the University of the Pacific in San Francisco, California. Ever the optimist, DJ moved his bride back to Butte in 1982, at a time when the mines had closed and the local economic forecast was dismal. Here is where they would build a family of their own and impress into each of their five children a foundation of faith, friendship, courage and strength-and the belief in family unity and unconditional love and acceptance.
In his faith community, DJ went on many missionary medical missions over the years, each time taking a different child with him to expose them to the world around them. Along with all the jobs, DJ always created time to recreate – hiking, biking, whitewater rafting, camping and celebrating life with his many friends and family.
Read more on his life here.
Anne Marie Semsak passed away March 7, 2014, in St. James Healthcare. Anne Marie was born on March 2, 1938 in Butte, the daughter of Ralph Albert and Monica Catherine (Prendergast) Olsen.
Anne Marie was educated at the Immaculate Conception Parochial School and graduated in 1956 from Girls Central. She also attended Carroll College in Helena.
The savior of many a troubled Butte youth, Anne Marie was a long-time member of the Butte-Silver Bow Probation Department as a Juvenile Probation Officer. Her outgoing personality, social nature, and genuine love of people was evident by her long list of activities. She will always be remembered as a very loyal, loving friend.
Read more on her life here.
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