October 2, 2017 Insider: Join the Fun!

CALLING ALL PARENTS!
It is shaping up to be a beautiful fall weekend for this week’s Family & Homecoming Festivities! Events start this Thursday, October 5 and continue throughout the weekend. 
This is a wonderful opportunity for parents and siblings to celebrate being part of the Carroll College family along with their students. Join alumni and the Carroll community as we enjoy theatre performances in the state-of-the-art FLEX Theatre; cheer on our Saints in soccer, football and alumni basketball; tour all the new beautiful spaces on campus; and worship together in the newly opened All Saints Chapel.
For a full schedule of events and to register visit: www.carroll.edu/alumni.
Looking forward to welcoming all our parents and alumni back to the hilltop!
CELEBRATE OUR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Help us kick off the Saturday Homecoming activities with the Athletic Hall of Fame Brunch which will see the induction of six individuals and two teams to the 2017 Saints Athletics Hall of Fame. The 2017 inductees are Andy Brown ’05 (Basketball), Jason Grovom ’99 (Football), Tom McCormick ’93 (Football), Cassidy (Merrick) Sanders ‘07 (Soccer), Emili Woody ’06 (Basketball), Tiffany (Hopfauf) Hofer ‘97 (Volleyball), the 2007 National Championship Football Team and the 2005 National Semifinal Men’s Basketball Team.
Read more about the inductees and purchase tickets for the brunch here.
Faculty News
SAINTS IN THE NEWS
Carroll’s Brad Maddock, assistant director of student activities and leadership as well as director of CAMP, was recently included in a front page article of the Helena IR for his collaborative work in creating climbing routes on Mount Helena. “It really just came from a love of rock climbing and wanting to do it as a community thing, to bring more of the community of Helena into climbing,” Maddock said. Read it here: At the whim of the rocks': Rock climbers work with city to establish routes on Mount Helena.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Matthews, professor of education, for successfully defending his USA Track & Field’s National 40K Racewalking Championship in the 60-64 age group on September 9 in Owego, New York. Matthews, 61, finished fourth overall, against all competitors, with a time of 4:08:56. Joining him was Professor of Computer Science Steve Harper. Harper was disqualified in the 40K race but had been on pace for an age-66 record when he was forced to retire at the 37K mark. Dr. Matthews is an instructor for the HPE 101 Fitness Race Walking course at Carroll. Read more.
IN MEMORIAM