October 27, 2017 Insider: Successful Saints

TALKING SAINTS TAKE ON TWO COUNTRIES & THREE CITIES
In a tale of three cities, the Carroll College Talking Saints Forensics Team won awards at three separate tournaments in two countries held in Denver, Calgary and Spokane on October 20-22.
Headlining the weekend, seniors Becca Poliquin of Hamilton, Montana, and Tori Hill of Sidney, Montana, (pictured above) won the Rocky Mountain Championships in British Parliamentary debate held at Denver University, defeating a huge field of 80 teams from 10 states.
“After they announced that we had won, coaches and teams from all the other schools came up and congratulated us,” said Hill. “I got to talk about medical ethics in my final speech, which was fun because I got to apply knowledge from my major and my future career to an activity I love.”
Read more about their success in all three tournaments. (Pictured below: Teigen Tremper and Josh Mansfield with the tournament directors from the University of Calgary.)
STEM & STUDY ABROAD
Oftentimes students in STEM majors wonder how feasible it is to study abroad and still graduate in four years given how rigorous their course schedules can be. Kerri McInnis, a double major in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Spanish, shares how she was able to spend six months studying in Valparaiso, Chile, during her junior year. Kerri offered the following advice, “No matter what you are studying, a multicultural education is and will be crucial to solving global issues. Academics should never get in the way of global adventure and vice-versa; in fact, the directly support each other.” Read more.
THINKING ABOUT BEING A SAINT?
Do you know a student who is considering Carroll College or should be? Let them know about our upcoming Open House for Prospective Students, Friday, November 10 from 9-3:30 p.m. Have them join us for an interactive scholarship workshop, tours of campus with current students, lunch on campus, a current student panel, and financial aid session for parents. Read more for registration and schedule of events.
Saints Athletic News
HONORS & ACCOLADES
Seven Carroll College softball student-athletes were named National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American Scholar-Athletes, and the team earned NFCA All-Academic Team honors with an overall GPA of 3.235.

To earn All-America Scholar-Athlete honors, an athlete must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Carroll was the only Cascade Conference team to make the list of the top 45 schools in the NAIA. Read more.
Twenty-five Carroll student-athletes on the men’s and women’s soccer teams have been named U.S. Bank academic all-conference in the Cascade Collegiate Conference. To qualify for the academic all-conference honor, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore and maintain a 3.20 GPA.