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Welcome to Carroll's electronic newsletter QuickNotes, a weekly (and in summer, bi-weekly) synopsis of the news and happenings around Carroll College. QuickNotes is intended to keep Carroll's students, alumni, friends and employees in touch with college accomplishments and activities. It is not a message board but an informational resource for the Carroll community and its supporters.

Please forward your copy of QuickNotes on to alumni and friends of Carroll to keep them up-to-date about campus events.

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THE CENTENNIAL-REVEALED!

Events from April 2009 through 2010 to mark Carroll's Centennial Celebration have now been officially released. Hot off the wire, it's available online for viewing and travel planning-we've got something for everyone, from arts to lectures to faith (and interfaith) events and much more. Get an eyeful at: http://www.carroll.edu/forms/about/history/calendar.pdf.

TALKING THEIR WAY TO THE TOP

Carroll's Talking Saints forensics team talked up a storm over spring break, qualifying nine students for individual events nationals, while a freshman won the novice national championship in extemporaneous speaking. Freshmen Kaitlyn Lamb of Whitehall, Mont., and Sarah Brown of Vancouver, Wash., traveled to Houston to compete in the Novice National Championships reserved for first-year college competitors. Lamb won first in extemporaneous speaking, while Brown was a close third. Together the two reached quarterfinals of debate, and Brown won fourth in informative speaking. The combined showing was enough to earn Carroll a fifth place sweepstakes award.

Meanwhile, at Whitworth College in Spokane, Wash., other members of the team were competing to earn qualifying spots to the National Individual Events Tournament. Every Carroll student at the tournament won a ticket to the championships in Akron, Ohio, on April 4-6. For more, see the press release at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=11666.

1491 MANN

Next Monday, March 23, Charles C. Mann, the author of the acclaimed book "1491," will be at Carroll College to deliver a lecture, "A history of the Americas before Columbus," in the Campus Center's lower level starting at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the lecture. Mann's visit to the capital city is sponsored by Carroll's Latin American Studies Program with a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the Associated Students of Carroll College, the Indian Education Division of the Montana Office of Public Instruction, and the Helena Indian Alliance. A big feature story on Mann will appear in this Sunday's Helena Independent Record--look for it at newsstands or on the paper's website at: http://www.helenair.com/.

In his book "1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus," Mann challenges the conventional wisdom that the Americas were sparsely populated continents before the Europeans arrived on its shores. Using recent archaeological and anthropological research, he shows how the western hemisphere probably held more people than Europe and documents the evidence of Mayan, Incan, and Aztec science and math advances. What the Europeans brought were diseases such as small pox and hepatitis that decimated up to 90% of some native populations. "1491" urges a rethinking of pre-European history in the Americas and a re-examination of how we live with the environmental consequences of colonization.

MIME FOR THE TAKING

Tonight, March 20, get down to the Performing Arts Center in St. Charles Old North to partake in "A Night of Improv," starring master thespian and comedian Michael McNeilly and Mimeprov, Carroll's improvisation troupe. Like all actors, they MUST have an audience, so your role is critical in this production. Be there at 7 p.m. ready to laugh-and participate!

HORSING AROUND

Next Thursday, March 26, the annual Charlies Film Festival awards night rolls out the red carpet in the PE Center, starting at 7 p.m. Free admission, free popcorn, and a free viewing of the top films in the running for the "Charlie Horse" statuettes for Carroll's student filmmakers, including best picture, best director, best actor and actress and other (sometimes dubious) honors.

X MARKS THE SPOT

Also next week, astronomer Dr. Niel Brandt, an expert on high-energy astrophysics, x-ray astronomy and black holes, will be visiting campus as an American Astronomical Society Shapley Program-sponsored speaker. On Thursday, March 26, Brandt will offer a special midday talk, "Recent Results from the Deepest Chandra Surveys: Adventuring Through the Distant X-ray Universe" at 12:30 p.m. in Simperman Hall room 114. Free, including free pizza and beverages, courtesy of our Carroll Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science Department. Then, on Friday night, March 27, the big event we've all been waiting for: Dr. Brandt's presentation of "X-raying Active Galaxies: Exploring the Environments of Supermassive Black Holes," at 7 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheater, room 101/202. It, too, is free and open to the public, with plenty of outstanding visuals on the universe's darkest objects.

Dr. Brandt's Friday night talk begins Carroll Astronomy Weekend, this year celebrating the International Year of Astronomy. On Saturday, March 28, Astronomy Weekend continues with star talks, demonstrations, telescope displays and much more, all in the Carroll Campus Center's lower level from noon to 4 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. The full slate is listed in the press release online at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=11470.

BREAKING THE HABITAT

This spring break, a group of Carroll College students and staff participated in a different kind of spring break experience: working with the Habitat for Humanity of Gallatin Valley in Belgrade, Mont. The group helped out at the Habitat Restore, which is a thrift store for appliances, construction materials, furniture and paint.  Reorganizing donations, cleaning up aisles and shelves, marking out bar codes, and ripping out sink faucets were their tasks on day one. On the second and third days of their service work, the Carroll group served on-site, putting up a drywall ceiling, puttying holes and cracks, sanding, and other construction labor. Carroll's volunteers were:  Kelcie Dickerson, Kylie Carpenter, Matea DaRosa, Emily Slayton, Dava Donwen, Krystal Pool, Dylan Werst, Michelle Metzger, Emily Mullin, Nicholas Ryhajlo, student group leader Alyssa Welch, and Assistant Director of Student Activities and Leadership Chad Gray.

STUDENT NEWS

The Carroll College Father Butko Awards in Freshman Writing, recognizing top writing from the college's Composition Program, is taking applications now through April 8. All students enrolled in English 101/English 102 during the 2008-2009 academic year are eligible, with prizes including up to five scholarships, valued at $250 each, for the winning essays. All entries must be submitted, along with a completed submission form, to the Academic Dean's Office in O'Connell Hall by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. All essays submitted must be anonymous and must have fulfilled a regular class assignment (regardless of whether a grade was given). Students are encouraged, however, to revise essays before submitting them. Any essay composed solely for the competition is ineligible. All essays must be typed, double-spaced, on white, 8 ½" x 11" paper and free of any remarks or grade. Only one entry per student. Submission forms are available from the student's instructor or from Joan Stottlemyer at the Academic Resource Center. Winners will be notified by the Department of Languages and Literature and will be recognized at the Honors Convocation on April 27, 2009.

Housing Sign Up Day is this Saturday, March 21, in the Campus Center. If you have not yet received your lottery number or would like to double-check your number, please stop by the Student Life Offices in O'Connell Hall. Freshman and sophomores are required to live on campus for the 2009-2010 school year. 

The Coffeehouse at Guad, coming to campus this April 16 in Guad Lounge, will be holding open auditions all next week. If you play an instrument, sing, or have any other talent that might entertain, please sign up to audition (or get more info) by contacting Keith at 447-4373 or by emailing kyannessa -is-at- carroll -dot- edu. All auditions will take place next Tuesday through Friday in the Guad Chapel.

ALUMNI NEWS

Deaths

Beverly Jane Kimble, class of 1953, of Buffalo, Wyo., died on Jan. 17, 2009. She earned her R.N. degree from Carroll and raised her family with her husband in many states and countries during his Air Force career, finally settling in Buffalo in 1990. For more on her life, read: http://buffalobulletin.com/articles/2009/03/11/obituaries/doc49b7dc0420bbf671569950.txt.

Francis J. McCarvel, Esq., who attended Carroll 1956-58, died on March 14, 2009. After attending Carroll, he earned his bachelor's degree in industrial relations from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Mo., and went on to graduate from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1962. Ever proud to be an attorney, he represented the profession with integrity, practicing law in various Montana locations. In 1973, he settled in Glasgow, Mont., where he established a practice that lasted for more than 25 years. In 2001, he moved to Helena, and finally retired in 2006. He was always thrilled to call himself a Carroll Saint. For more on his life, read: http://www.helenair.com/articles/2009/03/17/obits/mccarvel_090317.txt.

In the News

Stephanie (Mazanek) Gabris, class of 1978, is now employed as the executive assistant to the president of the Art Institutes of New York City, a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation of Pittsburgh.

Class of 2003 psychology alumnus Andrew Edgar recently and successfully defended his master's thesis, which clears the way for him to graduate this May with a master's in clinical psychology at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee.

Mark Esponda, class of 2005, has joined American Federal Savings Bank in Helena, Mont., as assistant vice president/commercial loan officer at the Prospect Office. He has four years of banking experience in the Helena area and holds a bachelor's degree in business from Carroll.

For 2009, the Seattle University School of Law's Center for Global Justice selected four student fellows for two separate research and advocacy projects pertaining to global justice issues. One of those selected was second-year law student Jen Segadelli, class of 2006, who is pursuing a degree with emphasis in international criminal law and human rights advocacy, with a particular interest in global women's issues. She is currently a member of the Public Interest Law Foundation and the Seattle Journal for Social Justice and is authoring an article supporting right to jury trials in juvenile proceedings. Ms. Segadelli plans to spend the summer studying international criminal law and human rights advocacy in Johannesburg, South Africa, before spending a month working for a magistrate in Uganda. Her Center for Global Justice fellowship is centered on assessing the causes and proposed solutions from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Africa Commission Report. More info on her and the other fellows is available at: http://www.law.seattleu.edu/Centers_and_Institutes/Center_for_Global_Justice/Student_Fellows/2009-2010_Fellows.xml.

Melissa Mildenberger, class of 2007, and Ryan Berg, class of 2008, both of Spokane, Wash., are engaged to marry on Aug. 7, 2009. Melissa is a registered nurse at Sacred Heart Medical Center. Ryan is a civil engineer at Varela and Associates Inc.

FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS

Administration News

Dr. Paula McNutt, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Canisius College, has accepted the position of Carroll's senior vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. Dr. McNutt taught in Canisius College's Religious Studies Department for 15 years, served as the department chair and spent the past six and a half years as dean of arts and sciences. She will join the Carroll community on August 1, 2009.

Faculty News

Carroll's March Faculty Colloquium occurs next Thursday, March 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Campus Center, with lecturer Dr. Kelly Cline presenting, "The Mystery of the Solar Magnetic Cycle: Insights from Supercomputer Simulations."

Associate Professor of English and published poet Loren Graham has been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prizes in American Literature for his poem "Silly Umbrella," which appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Two Rivers Review.  This is Graham's eighth time to be nominated for Pushcart.

Carroll College professors Steve Harper (associate professor of computer science) and Jonathan Matthews (associate professor of education) went to Southern California for their spring break and came back national champions. On March 15 in Huntington Beach, Calif., Matthews, 52, was the first finisher among competitors in all age groups in the USA Track & Field's National Masters 20-Kilometer Racewalking Championships. The race attracted dozens of competitors over age 40 from across the country and Canada. Matthews's winning time was 1:39:19. Meanwhile, Harper, 57, was first in the 55-59 age group with a finish of 2:01:40. This is Harper's first national championship. Matthews has multiple national championships and 22 American records.

On Saturday, April 4, Associate Professor of Sociology Fr. Jerry Lowney will hold a signing of his new book, "Stoned, Drunk, or Sober? Understanding Alcohol and Drug Use Through Qualitative, Quantitative, and Longitudinal Research," at the Montana Book Company (331 N. Last Chance Gulch) in Helena from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more on the book, see the press release at: https://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=11713.

Dr. Lynn L. Petersen, associate professor of music, received a commission from a student who attends the same high school she attended some thirty years ago. Wyatt Smith, a senior at Luther Preparatory School (formerly Northwestern Preparatory School), commissioned Petersen to compose an organ solo for his upcoming senior recital. Smith studies organ with Mrs. Bethel Zabell, who was Petersen's piano teacher. The piece was commissioned in memory of Mrs. Zabell's husband, Franklin, who also taught at the prep school and was Petersen's choir director.

Staff News

Carroll Director of Campus Events and Conference Services Sarah Windmueller and her husband Jeff welcomed new baby Caderyn James to the world on March 12, 2009. 

FAITH MATTERS

For the Lenten season, Campus Ministry is offering Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. in the St. Charles Chapel on Fridays, followed by campus Mass at 3:30 p.m. and singing of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 4 p.m.

A weekly calendar of all Campus Ministry offerings is available online at: http://www.carroll.edu/images/main/ministry/calendar.gif. Everything from Masses to regular get-togethers are listed for each day of the week. Everyone is welcome!

ATHLETICS

The Carroll College men's basketball team concluded its exciting and successful season by just missing a berth in the NAIA national tournament after the 32-team field was announced on March 11. The Saints, who finished the season 20-7 overall, 9-5 in the Frontier Conference, were ranked 30th among votes in the NAIA poll. But, with other conferences receiving automatic berths into the tournament, the Saints slipped to the 33rd spot, just one away from making it to the tournament, which begins March 18 in Kansas City, Mo.

Frontier Conference honors were bestowed on members of the men's squad, with senior point guard Chad Vaculin and freshman post Andy Garland heading up the all-conference team. Garland also earned Freshman of the Year, while senior post Chris Kaschmitter was named Defensive Player of the Year.

Get all the news on the Saints at the Carroll athletic website: http://www.carroll.edu/athletics/.

COMING EVENTS

Ongoing: In the glass cases outside the Carroll College Art Gallery (room 034 St. Charles Hall), "The Fulbright Connection: Contemporary Bulgarian Artists, living in the U.S."-the last of three exhibits of paintings by Bulgarian artists. Bulgarian Artists Abroad was founded in 2007 in Chicago with the idea of promoting Bulgarian culture throughout the world. Their aim is to unify all artists of Bulgarian origin who live outside their home country. In the United States they have members in New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, New Orleans, Wichita, Detroit, and San Francisco. This display runs through the end of April and features the work of Vassi Vaseski, Lubo Velkov, and Ivo Yoshovski.

Ongoing: Annual Student Art Exhibit in the Carroll Art Gallery, St. Charles Hall, running through the end of April. Works by students in recent art classes will be featured including photographs, drawings, paintings and ceramics. Students whose work is included are David Lewallen, Samantha Carnes, Kim Hilton, Aleks Navratil, Kasia Shipman, Nick LeTang, Morgan Bell, Ivy Rennfield, Liz Phillips, Julian Rogers, Mark Poore, Kari Halvorson, Jennifer Jameson, Scott Sorensen, Miranda Mireles, Cheline Perry, Garrett Thompson, Madelene Levesque, Whitney Fisher, Sonny Silverthorne, Amy Nutcher, Jeff Bank, Kerry Cuchine, Caitlin Carroll, Rebecca Loberg, Allison McKinney, Amanda Svab, Andrew Chenovick, Ben Barille, Dani Allen and Jess Forbes. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 406-447-4302.

March 21: Junior-Senior Banquet.

March 27-28: Senior Showcase of the play, "When the Rainbow Bends," directed by Carroll senior Ryan Danielson. A powerful story about the lives of three people when one of them contracts AIDS. Merton Acting Studio in the Campus Center.

March 30: Support Carroll's in-residence professional ballet, Artisan Dance, in its upcoming summer performance season by attending Dining for Dance at On Broadway Restaurant, 106 E. Broadway, in Helena. Come in for dinner from 5:30 p.m. to closing, when 50% of all proceeds will support Artisan Dance. The upcoming season takes place July 29, 30 and 31 at the Myrna Loy Center, with professional ballet dancers from around the nation performing under the direction of AD founder, master choreographer and Carroll Artist-in-Residence Sallyann Mulcahy. For more info on Dining for Dance, contact Mulcahy at 447-5508.

April 1: Carroll Career Fair, PE Center.

April 2: FBI recruiters will hold a special information session in the lower level of the Campus Center on April 2 from 9 to 10 a.m. If you have any interest in the possibility of a career with the FBI, plan to attend. Seniors can take the qualifying exam for becoming an FBI Special Agent also on April 2-this is the only such exam that will be given in Montana this year. Get online and complete the application and submit a resume to the FBI by the end of February in order to qualify to sit for the Phase I exam. Go to http://www.fbijobs.gov/, hit the left menu bar under ‘career paths,' then ‘special agents.' The Phase 1 Exam will be in the Carroll Campus Center from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

April 2-4: Carroll College's Dept. of Civil Engineering and Montana State University co-host the 2009 ASCE Pacific Northwest Regional Student Conference at Carroll, where 300 students from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington will gather to promote civil engineering and participate in various competitions. Competitions will include steel bridge design and construction, concrete canoe design and races, and a professional paper competition on sustainability in civil engineering. Sponsored by Pacific Steel & Recycling, a Great Falls-based employee-owned company, which provided a $50,000 gift to Carroll College last year, of which $20,000 will support this ASCE regional conference at Carroll. For more, see the press release at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=11481 or visit http://www.carroll.edu/academics/engineering/conference/index.cc.

April 3-4: Senior Showcase performance of "The Lion in Winter," work for mature audiences about the intrigues of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, in the Merton Acting Studio (Campus Center).

April 5: International Fair at Carroll from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Avila DeSmet Room, lower level of the Campus Center. Free for Carroll students and faculty, $3 for non-Carroll students, $5 for families. International food and conversation with Carroll students and others from around the world, including: Japan, Korea, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, China and many more! Learn about all of these different countries while enjoying authentic cuisine.

April 10 and 13: Easter break, no classes.

April 17: Telluride Mountain Film Festival comes to Carroll, one of just three Montana venues, 6:30-10 p.m. in Simperman Hall's Wiegand Amphitheater. Go to http://www.mountainfilm.org/ for more info. Sponsored by the Carroll Adventures and Mountaineering Program (CAMP).

April 17: Saints Athletic Association Auction in the Carroll PE Center. For more information about becoming a member of the Saints Athletic Association or the auction, contact Associate Director of Athletics Renee Wall at 406/447-5413 or at rwall -is-at- carroll -dot- edu.

April 18-19: Softball weekend.

April 19: Sacraments of Initiation, 7 p.m., Campus Center upper level.

April 24-26:  Performing Arts Department Theatre for Children series concludes with "Story Theatre," by Paul Sills. Directed by Michael McNeilly. Meet Henny Penny, the Golden Goose, Venus and the Cat, the Fisherman and His Wife, The Robber Bridegroom, the Bremen Town Musicians, and other fable favorites. Shows are Friday and Saturday, April 24-25, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. All in the Performing Arts Center.

May 1: Last day of classes.

May 8-9: Centennial Celebration Kickoff at Baccalaureate and Commencement. Featuring a signing of the new Carroll history book, "Bold Minds and Blessed Hands - The First Century of Montana's Carroll College," by Dr. Bob Swartout, the unveiling of Bob Morgan's new Carroll painting, "Reason Through the Light of Faith," Golden Year Graduates Dinner, Baccalaureate Mass and much, much more!

May 11: Summer semester begins. Four sessions continue through July.

May 14-17: The Parish Nurse Center at Carroll College is celebrating its 10^th anniversary this year by again offering its Basic Parish Nurse and Health Minister Preparation Course and renewal events in Carroll's Simperman Hall. A renewal event for parish nurses and health ministers will also be held on Carroll's campus on May 16-17, 2009. For more information, contact Dr. Cynthia Gustafson, director of the Parish Nurse Center and chair of the Department of Nursing at Carroll College, at cgustafs -is-at- carroll -dot- edu or at 406-447-5494. Information is also available at www.carroll.edu/parishnurse. See the full press release at: http://www.carroll.edu/about/pressreleases.php?id=11688.

May 15-17: The annual St. James School of Nursing banquet and celebration at the War Bonnet Hotel in Butte. The St. James Nursing class of '59 will be honored. For more information, call Claire Holman at 406-723-4258 or Deanna Thomas at 406-782-4435. 

May 27-29: Gathering of Diocesan Colleges at Carroll College. Faculty, staff, administrators and trustees of the U.S. diocesan colleges along with diocesan representatives meet annually to discuss advancing institutional missions, supporting vocation, implementing these goals.

July 18: Symphony Under the Stars at Carroll College, celebrating the Carroll Centennial with a Carroll Alumni Reunion.

July 26: World premiere of an original musical ballet honoring the life, spirit and poetry of our late and beloved Theology Department Chair Sr. Annette Moran at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena. The July 26, 2009, premiere performance of "A Tribute to Sr. Annette Moran" will bring us an original song cycle composed by Carroll Associate Professor of Music Dr. Lynn Petersen, with poetry sung by an operatic soprano and interpreted by the professional ballet dancers of Artisan Dance, with all-new choreography by its Director Sallyann Mulcahy.

July 29-31: Artisan Dance summer ballet performances at the Myrna Loy Center, featuring nightly performances of "A Tribute to Sr. Annette Moran."

AND COMING NEXT FALL!

September 13: Mass of the Holy spirit and Centennial Catholic Lecture Series, with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former Archbishop of Washington, D.C.

September 25-27: Carroll Centennial Homecoming, with the Fighting Saints taking on UM-Western on Saturday, Sept. 26. Join us as we celebrate a Century of Memories for all class years. On Friday, enjoy a campus tour, golf tournament, and the Hall of Fame Banquet celebrating a Century of Champions including alumni awards. Cap off the night walking down memory lane with copies of old Prospectors and Hilltoppers dating back to the early 1900s while enjoying drinks and desserts. Begin Saturday morning with a fun run, Mass at the grotto, tailgate, class pictures and of course the Fighting Saints football game. Saturday night, step back in time on Scullon Field, with a 1950s Sunday radio show, the 1960s Carrolleers, homecoming floats, painting the C, Eggel Kneggel, the Borro Boys serenades, music by Rob Quist & much more! Centennial alumni art shows will also take place during Homecoming 2009, with the Carroll Art Gallery featuring  original works by Yumi Kiyose (class of 1983), Mary Larson (class of 1995) and Michele Firpo-Cappiello (class of 1986).

October 30: President's Dinner, with all living presidents of Carroll College and guests along with the annual Insignis Award Recipient, recognition of the Centennial Campaign leaders and supporters and more.

November 4-6: Interfaith Symposium, "To Each a Key: Unlocking the Door to Interfaith Harmony," sponsored by Carroll's Departments of Theology and Philosophy. This three-day event will explore the keys that open beliefs of Christians, Muslims, and Jews to interreligious harmony. Keynote speakers include: Mohamed Elsanousi, director of communications at the Islamic Society of North America; Jill Carroll, executive director of the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance; and Joseph Subbiondo, the president of the California Institute of Integral Studies. Entertainment features Zvek Ensemble (original Ladino and Middle Eastern music) and an opening night 13^th-century Mediterranean buffet.

Many more Centennial events are listed on the Carroll website at: http://www.carroll.edu/forms/about/history/calendar.pdf.