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Events

The Carroll College Office of Alumni is hosting a Phoenix-area gathering for Saints alums, parents and friends on Sunday, March 15. It will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Desert Botanical Gardens, 1201 North Galvin Parkway, with an afternoon reception and special guests, including History Professor Dr. Robert Swartout, former Carroll President Msgr. Joseph Harrington, current President Tom Trebon and many more. The cost is $20 per person, which includes refreshments and entrance fee to the gardens. RSVP by March 10 online at www.carroll.edu/alumni or by calling Kathy Ramirez at 406-447-5185.

Deaths

Lona Mae O'Connor Corey, class of 1958, of Albuquerque, N.M., died of cancer on February 27, 2009. A Montana native, she studied nursing at Carroll and received her nursing diploma from Carroll and St. Vincent's School of Nursing in Billings. Later she earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Montana State University. For the next four decades, Lona worked as a nurse, nursing administrator, nursing educator, and nurse counselor in various hospitals in the U.S. and overseas, retiring in 2002 as the nurse counselor in the Families First Program in Socorro, N.M., a program that she helped introduce and grow in the state. For more on her life, read her obituary at: http://www.dchieftain.com/.

In the News

Dr. Alyssa (Lyra) Pitstick, class of 1993, of the Hope College (Holland, Mich.) religion faculty is one of only 12 young scholars worldwide to receive a 2009 "John Templeton Award for Theological Promise." Pitstick joined the Hope faculty at the beginning of the current school year. The Templeton recipients are recognized on the basis of their doctoral dissertations related to the topic of God and spirituality and are chosen by an international and inter-religious panel of 25 judges. Each recipient receives an award of $10,000 plus an additional stipend of up to $10,000 for two years to support giving public lectures at the invitation of academic institutions. The winners will be honored during an awards ceremony and also participate in a colloquium at the university in May. Scholars include six based in the U.S.; three in Germany; and one each in Denmark, Scotland and Norway. Pitstick wrote her dissertation while completing her doctorate in sacred theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy, in 2005.  In 2007, it was published by the Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company of Grand Rapids as "Light in Darkness: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Catholic Doctrine of Christ's Descent into Hell." Both before and after its publication, her critique of von Balthasar has been the subject of vigorous debate. For more, read: http://myhope.hope.edu/.

Christopher Mast, D.D.S., (left) class of 1997, of Helena reports that he and his wife (and Carroll alum) Aislinn Daley-MastBrian Polillo recently returned from their second-annual journey to the Diocese of Helena's mission in Guatemala, where they provided dental care for the community. They worked for six days at the mission's clinic and delivered approximately $36,000 worth of dental work to those who rarely, if ever, have access to a professional dentistry services.

Natasha Adamson, class of 2004, recently won the New Counselor of the Year Award for the State of North Dakota. She received this honor at the Annual State Conference.

Pan Pantoja, class of 2004, recently published a novel titled, "God Comes Near in Us." The novel is mostly Pantoja's creative illustrations and includes some text. Pantoja, who lives in Fernley, Nev., recently told the press that he's a professional painter, sculptor, playwright, director, author, illustrator and documentary filmmaker. In addition, he reports that he is a full-time artist-in-residence through the Sierra Arts Foundation and the Nevada Arts Council. Pan also gives four to eight hours a week helping at-risk and criminal youths in Nevada. According to a newspaper article in Nevada, Pantoja is directing a hip-hop opera, which will debut in Reno on May 30. For more, read: http://www.mtstandard.com/.

Kyle Denning, class of 2008, was recently accepted into Creighton University School of Dentistry after graduating last spring from Carroll magna cum laude in biology.