October 5, 2018 Insider: Solar Saints

SUN RUN FUN
Carroll College will soon be home to the largest on-campus solar photovoltaic array in Montana after having received a $48,000 incentive through NorthWestern Energy.
The 38 kW solar array, which will be installed on the roof of the Campus Center, will generate nearly $6,000 worth of electricity annually. This renewable generation project received funding through the NorthWestern Energy Efficiency Plus (E+) Renewable Energy Program. 
In collaboration with the Sleeping Giant Citizens Council and Helena Vigilante Runners, Carroll College is hosting a Helena Sun Run to raise funds to potentially increase the size of the campus solar array. This year’s Helena Sun Run will be Saturday, October 6 at 10 a.m. The run will start and end at the Carroll College Campus Center and the greater Helena community is invited and encouraged to participate and register here. Read more.
BEING LOCAL
The second issue of Helena's newest publication The Local - Helena is fresh off the presses. Check out what makes Helena such an awesome town to live, work, play and get an education in! Lots of Carroll alumni involved in the production of the magazine plus the stories, like the one on the General Mercantile, now owned by Carroll alums, Lindsey Barnes ‘85 and Aaron Lamphear ‘85.
FLURRY OF FUN
What a fall semester it has been! Here are some snapshots from just a few Carroll events these past several weeks from Homecoming to the Nursing White Coat and Hand Blessing Ceremony to yesterday's Blessing of the Animals.
Student News
HONORS & ACCOLADES
Carroll College junior Jessica Schmitz from Billings, Mont., was recently awarded a Civic Engagement Scholarship by the Montana Campus Compact. The award recognizes students who have dedicated significant time and resources to volunteer projects while they are pursuing a degree or certificate. Schmitz is the president of both the Carroll Outreach Team (COT) and Enactus, where she volunteers her time to many efforts from organizing food drives to working with a program that provides students in need with backpacks full of nutritious meals to eat over the weekends. She is also a coach for youth fast pitch softball.
TALKING SAINTS OFF TO A STRONG START
Taylor Potts & Thomas Trangmoe at Rocky. Wyoming Debate Champs: Haleigh Meredith, Teigen Tremper, Josh Mansfield, Frank Stumbo, Peri Dropping and Kelsie Watkins