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The roster of the 2016-17 women's basketball team.

The roster of the 2016-17 men's swimming and diving team.

The roster of the 2016-17 women's swimming and diving team.

As part of the 2017 Arts and Creativity Festival, Carthage hosted the "Here I Stand" Creativity Competition. In partnership with the Luther 500 Celebration, the competition encouraged submissions that celebrated the theme of "Here I Stand." Participants entered in the categories of visual arts, performing and interdisciplinary arts, and written word.

For just the second time in program history, a Carthage College men's basketball player has been named the D3hoops.com All-Region Rookie of the Year, as freshman center Brad Perry received the Central Region's honor on Monday. Perry joins Carthage assistant coach Steve Djurickovic as the only winners of the award with Djurickovic's honor coming back in 2008 when the Red Men were in the Midwest Region.

The Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League announced on Tuesday that for the first time this season the Carthage College Red Men have swept the weekly awards as Griffin Shields earned the Offensive Player of the Week and Cody Bolan received the Defensive Player of the Week.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Monday that Carthage College's Maddie Griffin has been named the CCIW Women's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Lady Reds last week.

"An exciting season," said head coach Bosko Djurickovic. "Great credit to a resilient group of guys. As I said earlier, I have certainly coached more talented teams, but I don't know if I have ever had more fun with a team. When you win as many games as we have there is something that is right. These guys from one-to-twelve really did a good job all year long of picking each other up, making plays as they needed to be made."

The roster of the 2016-17 men's basketball team.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced on Wednesday that Carthage College's Pawel Jaworski has been named the CCIW's Men's Tennis Player of the Week following the Red Men's weekend in Iowa. Jaworski becomes the second Red Men to receive the honor in 2017, joining Herman Abban who received the honor on February 22nd.

Hailey Morgan's exhibit "Pike River Farm: A Folk Art Model" is on display at the Kenosha History Center.

Carthage College softball players Katie Herron and Hailey Rothstein were named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Softball Players of the Week. Herron earned CCIW Pitcher of the Week while Rothstein pulled down CCIW Hitter of the Week. This marks the second time Herron registered the weekly honor in her career as she captured CCIW Pitcher of the Week on March 22, 2016. Rothstein's honor was the first of her career.

The MCVL announced that Carthage College senior libero, Cody Bolan, has been named the MCVL's Defensive Player of the Week following Carthage's win at Lakeland on Saturday. In the five set thriller over Lakeland University on Saturday, Bolan recorded a new Carthage College men's volleyball program record with 34 digs to give him 6.80 digs per set in the Red Men's lone match of the week.

Carthage students participated in their first hackathon Feb. 18-19 - and came home with a second place win! Congratulations to computer science majors Sydni Baluch '19, Austin Haskell '18, and Ryan Mahoney '18. Their team took second place in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's MadHacks programming competition. This national competition lasts about 30 hours, and involves more than 350 students in teams of up to four students each. The theme of this year's MadHacks was Games.

A team of highly skilled and dedicated Carthage College students achieved outstanding results in the 2017 CFA Research Challenge which took place on Feb. 16 in Madison.

A group of Carthage voice students competed at the Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition. Sophomore Laura Smith, from the studio of Prof. Elena Batman, was awarded the second prize in the sophomore women category. Laura faced tough competition from the most important music schools in the Chicago area.

The CCIW announced on that Rachel Mussell has been named the CCIW Women's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week following her performance in Tennessee on the Lady Reds' opening weekend. Mussell totaled eight goals and one assist for the 1-1 Lady Reds last week. She finished with two goals in the season opener at Sewanee on Saturday, followed by six goals and one assist in a 19-16 win against Birmingham Southern on Sunday.

The Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League announced that Carthage outside hitter Marc Hansen has been named the MCVL Offensive Player of the Week following his two performances last weekend. Hansen led Carthage to a 2-0 week with home wins over Greenville College and Fontbonne University to move the #6 Red Men to 7-1 overall and 6-0 in the MCVL.

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin announced that Carthage College's Herman Abban has been named the CCIW Men's Tennis Player of the Week. The honor is the first of his career and the first by a Carthage player this season. Abban, a junior from Accra, Ghana, went 4-0 between No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles over the weekend, which moved his record to 12-0 this spring.

Carthage College students participated in the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Region III festival in Indiana. ACTF is a premier festival for college and university theatre programs, with undergraduate and graduate students competing in the festival.

Carthage College students participated in the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Region III festival in Indiana. ACTF is a premier festival for college and university theatre programs, with undergraduate and graduate students competing in the festival.

For the first time under head coach Seth Weidmann and for the seventh time in program history the Carthage College Red Men have won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.

Carthage College women's basketball junior guard Morgan Harris was named to the 2016-17 College of Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District Team on Thursday morning. Harris was named to the District 6 team, which comprises of schools in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. The Arlington Heights, Ill. native holds a 3.94 cumulative grade point average as a biology major.

Students on the "Spanish Language Immersion in Guatemala" study tour traveled to northern Guatemala where they studied and experienced rural life in and around an agricultural community.

The "Kodaly Music Pedagogy in Context" study tour focused on the study of the Kodaly Method, one of the most important music pedagogy methods in the Western World.

The "Experiencing the Franco-Caribbean Culture of the Guadeloupe" study tour aimed to immerse students in the culture of Guadeloupe and to learn about the art and history of this French Caribbean "departement."

The "Women in Public and Private Spaces: The Intersection of Gender, Politics and Religions in Ancient Rome" study tour examined and analyzed the roles of women (elite and non-elite) in contributing to the political, social, and religious lives of Rome (both public and private areas).

Students on the "Namibia: A Sociocultural Journey" study tour had direct interaction with many of Namibia's distinct cultures. This experience was designed for the adventurous student, one who enjoys pitching in to help, conversing with nature, and does not mind the challenges of bush camping.

The "Mythological Japan and Musical Storytelling" study tour allowed members of the Carthage Wind Orchestra to discuss the use of mythological figures and storytelling within the historical context of ancient Japan.

Students on the "International Business and Cultural Analysis of Sweden" study tour learned about international business and marketing as they explore Goteborg, Sweden.