Sophomore, Junior, Seniors... come whitewater rafting With CAMP on September 1st! Trip Cost is $65 and includes a full day of guided whitewater rafting, a light breakfast, lunch, transportation, and FUN!

Bus will leave Carroll at 7:30 a.m. on September 1st and return around 5:00 p.m. A more detailed informational email will be sent out before the trip.

Register online

Come celebrate with Campus Ministry. All welcome.

Cor/Via are separate Campus Ministry formation groups for both women and men so that each gender can ask questions and explore issues that are relevant to their unique take on life. They both meet every Tuesday that classes are in session from 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• Cor's default location is the Maronick Board Room in the Campus Center.
• Via's default location is the Campus Ministry Center (below the Chapel).

Find out more about Cor and Via formation groups.

The Census Day snapshot will take place at 5:00pm. 

Enjoy Bingo? Come join us in Simp 101! Come win prizes like a UE boom speaker, hammock, Hydroflask, and many more!

Brought to you by CSA.

Freshmen! This is your chance to represent your class in the student body government, ASCC.

There are four ASCC Senators per class. The ASCC Senate is the legislative body of student government. The Senate exists to provide discussion and proper responses regarding student issues and affairs while considering the input of Carroll College students, administration, and the greater community of Helena. The ASCC Senate is responsible for making final decision on Bills of Legislature brought to the Senate floor. Senators represent not only their classmates, but Carroll College as an institution and community. Senators are charged with the responsibility to act in in the best interest of their classmates and Carroll College.

Please type on this application and include a basic resume.  Applications are due by 11:59 PM on September 2.

If you would like to run for a Senate position please fill this out this application and return it to Savannah Hoikkala at shoikkala@carroll.edu. If you have any questions, please stop by the ASCC table at the Club Fair.

Download the application

Every Thursday @ 5pm, Meet at the HAC and come explore a new trail every week!

Event location: Sidewalk between Trinity Hall and Borromeo Hall.

• Activities start at 9:00am with registration and warm-ups!
• Opening Ceremony at 10:30am
• Walk starts @ 11:00am

You can register to walk and donate at www.alz.org/walk.  The Carroll Team is Go Saints (Click on the Team name). You can join and/or donate to the team.  

Join the Walk to End Alzheimer's on Saturday, Sept 7.

Questions? Please contact Candie Cain at ccain@carroll.edu.

Come watch the first film in the foreign film language series: Mustang.

Go to: redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: gosaints.

Reasons to participate in this drive:

• Critical Need: O Negative, B Negative and Platelet Donors due to a current blood and platelet shortage.
• January is National Blood Donor Month, the perfect time to resolve to give more life by being a blood donor.
• Winter weather and illness can make it difficult for the American Red Cross to maintain a sufficient blood supply at this time of year. Healthy, eligible donors are urged to give now.
• The Red Cross must collect nearly 14,000 blood donations every day for patients in need.
• Type O negative is the universal blood type and what emergency personnel reach for in trauma situations when there isn’t time to determine a patient’s blood type. This blood type is also often used for babies who need transfusions.
• Type O positive is the most common blood type and can be transfused to Rh-positive patients of any blood type. This blood type is also often used for babies who need transfusions.
• Types A negative and B negative can be transfused to Rh-positive or negative patients.d

Please join Professor Jeanette Fregulia for this FYI session to learn more about the history of Russia and Ukraine program.

Cor/Via are separate Campus Ministry formation groups for both women and men so that each gender can ask questions and explore issues that are relevant to their unique take on life. They both meet every Tuesday that classes are in session from 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• Cor's default location is the Maronick Board Room in the Campus Center.
• Via's default location is the Campus Ministry Center (below the Chapel).

Find out more about Cor and Via formation groups.

Go to: redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: gosaints.

Reasons to participate in this drive:

• Critical Need: O Negative, B Negative and Platelet Donors due to a current blood and platelet shortage.
• January is National Blood Donor Month, the perfect time to resolve to give more life by being a blood donor.
• Winter weather and illness can make it difficult for the American Red Cross to maintain a sufficient blood supply at this time of year. Healthy, eligible donors are urged to give now.
• The Red Cross must collect nearly 14,000 blood donations every day for patients in need.
• Type O negative is the universal blood type and what emergency personnel reach for in trauma situations when there isn’t time to determine a patient’s blood type. This blood type is also often used for babies who need transfusions.
• Type O positive is the most common blood type and can be transfused to Rh-positive patients of any blood type. This blood type is also often used for babies who need transfusions.
• Types A negative and B negative can be transfused to Rh-positive or negative patients.d

Please join Professors Kelly Parsley and Dean Pavlakis for this FYI session to learn more about the Public Health in Uganda program.

Learn how to sail with Canyon Ferry Sailing Center! We leave 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept 11 from the HAC

$20. Meeting at the HAC Gear Room. Transportation and instruction is provided for the 2hr lesson. We should be back on campus by 8pm.

Sign Up Here

We are going to be having the first CCSNA meeting of the year on Wednesday 9/11 at 7:30pm! Meet in the Old Charlies Chapel (2nd floor Charlies by the Nursing Professor Offices).

All classes are welcome! Snacks will be provided!

The Carroll College Student Nurses’ Association (CCSNA) is the college chapter for the state and national Student Nurses’ Association. CCSNA brings students together to help further the growth of nursing, providing opportunities for education, experience, service and fellowship. Attendance at state and national conventions allows students to have an active voice in the future of nursing. CCSNA is involved with a variety of campus and community events and projects.

Every Thursday @ 5pm, Meet at the HAC and come explore a new trail every week!

Carroll College’s Gender Studies Program and the Departments of Political Science and International Relations and Languages and Literature are hosting political and communications strategist Jennifer Palmieri on campus, Thursday, September 12 at 7 p.m. Ms. Palmieri will be presenting a talk: Gender and Politics.

Jennifer Palmieri is the author of the number 1 New York Times bestselling book Dear Madam President and an accomplished political and communications strategist. Jennifer served as head of communications for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and White House communications director under President Barack Obama. She was also White House deputy press secretary for President Bill Clinton, national press secretary for the Democratic Party, and national press secretary for the 2004 John Edwards for President campaign. She is also a frequent contributor to national print and television outlets. Jennifer resides in Edgewater, Maryland with her husband, Jim Lyons.  

This event is free and the Helena community is encouraged to attend.

It's fall intramural sports time! Register for Coed and Men's Flag Football and Coed Ultimate Frisbee!

Registration closes on IMLeagues September 8 @ 11:55PM Leagues will run September 9 - October 24.

Register Now

Come tailgate on the Guad lawn with CSA! Free food, drinks, and goodies for spirited Carroll fans!

Come cheer on the Fighting Saints football team!

Tickets vary in price by seat location. New this season are General Admission tickets (sections A, B, F and G) and hillside tickets will be priced at $60 for adults and $40 for children and seniors. Club level seats are priced at $310, while Section D tickets are $160. Section C and E will be available for $80. A Saints Athletic Association membership is required to purchase Club Level seating.

Tickets are on sale online, at the PE Center front desk, or over the phone at (406) 447-4480 and can be purchased between 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. during weekdays.

Our fall NAMI speaker this fall is Penn State University's Cecilia McGough.  Cecilia founded Students With Schizophrenia at Penn State.  You can see her TED Talk, I Am Not a Monster on YouTube.

About Cecilia McGough

Cecilia McGough is an astronomer, activist and a writer as a Penn State Schreyer Honor College Scholar pursuing as major in Astronomy and Astrophysics.  Cecilia is the Founder and current President of Students with Schizophrenia at Penn State University.

5.1 MILLION PEOPLEWHO HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA RIGHT NOW IN THE WORLD WILL END THEIR OWN LIVES WITH SUICIDE!

Schizophrenia is hallmarked by the following characteristics that may or may not include: hallucinations, delusions, and/or scattered thoughts.  Schizophrenia does not currently have a strong global platform, even though 1.1% of the world’s population over the age of eighteen have some form of  schizophrenia.  This is 51 million people worldwide. Yet we go mispresented. Often we are called “crazy.”  We are called “insane.” We are designated as “skitzo.” We become the plot twist at the end of a movie and a costume around Halloween time.

Even within the mental health community, schizophrenia is shied away from because it make people feel “uncomfortable.”   In one of the most referenced books written about schizophrenia, “Surviving Schizophrenia” authored by E. Fuller Torrey, M. D., the first chapter is entitled “The Inner World of Madness,” and within it, I quote:

“Schizophrenia is madness.  Those afflicted act bizarrely, say strange things, withdraw from us, and may even try to hurt us.  They are no longer the same person ---- they are mad!”

I am not “mad.”  Yes, I am frustrated because what type of unaccepting world do we live in that half of the people who have schizophrenia take measures to end their own lives through suicide at least once?  I fall into that statistic.  That is 25.5 million people taking measure to end their own lives with 5.1 million resulting in death.  This is even more shocking when you realize that the peak age to have a schizophrenic break is early adulthood, the same age range as the typical college student.  Yet, there is no organization anywhere worldwide specifically focused on empowering college students who have schizophrenia.  We need to do something about this.  Again, 5.1 million people who have schizophrenia right now will take their own lives through suicide.  Schizophrenia is not a niche topic.  The need for cognitive equality for schizophrenia is prevalent, and the time to act is now.

If a person has cancer or another physical illness and is open about their diagnosis, the community would support them.  5k runs are set up.  People wear colored ribbons at fancy events and fundraisers.  People are not afraid to write Facebook posts, tweets, and use hashtags to show support for those who have cancer.  If a person who has cancer goes to seek medicine or has a hospital stay, this is not only socially acceptable but also expected.  No one would question their decision.  It make sense – if you are sick, then getting to correct professional medical help is what you are expected to do.  However, if a person has schizophrenia is open about their diagnosis, they are more often than not shunned, feared, and questioned by society.  Just like mental health in general, a person with schizophrenia is more likely to be an abuse victim rather than the abuser.

For example, I lived in a homeless/abuse shelter for a short time during my high school career.  I personally have had four psych ward stays because I have acknowledged that I have a chemical imbalance in my head.  In the best interest for my health, I need to be in the hospital during major medicine changes.  The first antipsychotic that I was put on dropped my blood pressure dramatically.  I was unable to get out of bed.  I had a liquid coming out of my ears.  Looking back, I am very thankful that I voluntarily checked myself into a psych ward and had the professional medical team there; otherwise, I might not be here today.  No one should be afraid to seek medical treatment.

In the Fall of 2017, we decided to launch Students With Schizophrenia.  It is time to empower and UNLEASH resources to help students who have schizophrenia to complete their education, live healthy live and fulfilled lived, and have the ability and opportunity to pursue their dreams.  Student With Schizophrenia globally premiered it business model for the first time at the UNLEASH LAB 2017 in Denmark as a direct response to fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Carroll will be conducting its 6th medical outreach trip to Mexico from January 6–12, 2020. Join us for a Medicine in Mexico Informational Meeting on Monday, September 16 from 7:00 – 8:00 pm in Saint Charles 017.

Trip Details:

• Sophomores, juniors & seniors encouraged to apply
• Students interested in health care careers (especially pre-med and nursing) are encouraged to apply
• Preference will be given to students who have some Spanish speaking ability, or are in pre-medicine, nursing, or health science.

Contact Kyle Strode kstrode@carroll.edu or Shannan Ackeret: sackeret@carroll.edu for more information.

Informational Meeting:

The trip leaders will describe the trip and the selection criteria, talk about costs and travel details, explain their expectations of participants and answer questions. The trip is led by Char and Tim McInnis, alumni of Carroll College and parents of three former Carroll students, Kerri, Megan and Colin. Char is a pediatrician and Tim is an ophthalmologist. Carroll chemistry professor, Kyle Strode, will join the group as the faculty representative.

More about the trip:

The group will travel on January 6th to Santa María del Mexicano, a Catholic orphanage and school in the rural arid highlands of central
Mexico. For the next five days, the students will assist the medical team in checking in and interviewing the patients (students, faculty and
staff at the facility), performing eye exams, conducting physicals, treating minor medical issues and administering medications. The group will spend part of the 6th day in the larger city of Querétaro before flying back to Helena on January 12th.

Retired Montana State Supreme Court Justice Jim Nelson will deliver the Carroll College 2019 Constitution Day Lecture titled “Ask Not What You Can Do.” Justice Nelson’s goal with this lecture is to send the audience home with the task of creating outside the box, their own personal vision of what their federal and state Constitutions can do for them to meet the challenges of our present age. He will discuss these challenges by way of example. The lecture will be followed by a Q & A from the audience.

This lecture is sponsored by Carroll College Constitutional Studies and the Department of Political Science and International Relations.

This event is free and open to the public.

About Justice James C. Nelson

Jim Nelson served as a Justice on the Montana Supreme Court from May 1993 until January 2013.  He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in business (cum laude) from the University of Idaho in 1966 and his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from George Washington University in 1974. 

Prior to serving on the Court, Jim engaged in the general practice of law in Cut Bank, Montana, for nearly 20 years, representing individuals, small businesses, ranchers and farmers in domestic relations, real estate, litigation, contract, wills probate, estate and oil and gas matters. Additionally, he served as the Glacier County Attorney and prosecutor for 14 of those years. Jim was active in numerous community affairs and organizations and served the State of Montana in various capacities including as a member and chairman of the State Board of Oil and Gas Conservation and as a member of the State Gaming Advisory Council and the Governor’s Advisory Council on Corrections and Criminal Justice Policy.

Jim has always been an outspoken advocate for civil rights and for a fair, impartial and independent judiciary. He is the recipient of the Montana Trial Lawyers Public Service Award, 2013; the Montana American Civil Liberties Janette Rankin Award, 2013; and the American Bar Association Stonewall Award, 2014. Jim is a frequent contributor of op-eds to state newspapers.

Jim is a veteran, having served as an officer in the United States Army.  

Cor/Via are separate Campus Ministry formation groups for both women and men so that each gender can ask questions and explore issues that are relevant to their unique take on life. They both meet every Tuesday that classes are in session from 8:30-9:30 p.m.

• Cor's default location is the Maronick Board Room in the Campus Center.
• Via's default location is the Campus Ministry Center (below the Chapel).

Find out more about Cor and Via formation groups.

Carroll College Fall Career and Graduate School Fair, 9 AM - 2:30 PM, PE Center. Students, alumni, and community members will have an opportunity to approach employers to inquire about job opportunities and internships or gain information about the each organization, career field, or industry.

Register here!

Come Tie Dye a shirt, socks or a bandana for the Homecoming Football game! You can also bring anything white to tie dye! 

Meet at the HAC Gear room. No sign up needed! Free & all equipment provided including bikes!!!

Every Wednesday night Intramurals will have open availability for anyone who wants to play lawn games! We will have spike ball nets, cornhole boards, dodgeballs, ultimate frisbees, basketballs, soccer balls, etc. available for use!

We'll be using the Guad practice fields or HAC Gym depending on weather.

Contact Ary Ekola at aekola@carroll.edu for questions. Brought to you by Intramurals and CSA.

Important Pre-pharmacy Meeting - Thursday, September 19, 12:30 - 2:00 PM in SH 114

Kyle Strode, Carroll Pre-pharmacy Advisor
Amy Diepenbrock, Feik School of Pharmacy

Dr. Strode and Dr. Diepenbrock will discuss pharmacy as a career, how to best prepare yourself for pharmacy school and how to strategize to have the highest probability of acceptance into pharmacy school.

Dr. Diepenbrock will also be available all-day on Thursday, September 19th and in the morning Friday, September 20th for one-on-one meetings with individual students. To schedule a meeting with Dr. Diepenbrock, please contact Dr. Strode at kstrode@carroll.edu.

Dr. Diepenbrock is the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the Feik School of Pharmacy at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.

Please join Professor Anneliese Renck & Professor Kyle Strode for this FYI session to learn more about the  Chemistry and Culture of Cuisine in France program.

Every Thursday @ 5pm, Meet at the HAC and come explore a new trail every week!

Come kayak to the Gates of the Mountains with CAMP! Kayaks and transportation provided! Sign Up Here.

Come tailgate on the Guad lawn with CSA! Free food, drinks, and games for all Carroll students.

Homecoming Court will be announced during halftime!

Come cheer on the Fighting Saints football team! At halftime the homecoming royalty will be recognized!

Tickets vary in price by seat location. New this season are General Admission tickets (sections A, B, F and G) and hillside tickets will be priced at $60 for adults and $40 for children and seniors. Club level seats are priced at $310, while Section D tickets are $160. Section C and E will be available for $80. A Saints Athletic Association membership is required to purchase Club Level seating.

Tickets are on sale online, at the PE Center front desk, or over the phone at (406) 447-4480 and can be purchased between 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. during weekdays.

Join Carroll's own live improv comedy troupe for a homecoming show in the Flex Theater at 7pm!

Parents, Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff - you are all invited!

Come join us in this special Homecoming Swing Dance! If you don't know how, come and learn to swing dance and have some fun!

Parents, Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff - you are all invited!