Carthage College

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced the winners of their Cross Country Athletes of the Week Tuesday morning, with Carthage College junior Thomas Olenek receiving the honor on the men's side. The West Chicago, Ill. native led the Red Men this past Saturday at the Loyola University Lakefront Invitational with a time of 27:37.6 in the men's 8K. Up against a field that included student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II, and III, as well as JUCO and NAIA runners, Olenek placed 65th overall and helped Carthage finish 13th out of 31 as a team, fourth among NCAA Division III schools.

Jessica Sendef '21 recently published an article for Frontiers for Young Minds. Carthage College professor Arryn Robbins was a co-author on the article. Sendef is majoring in both psychological science and neuroscience, and serves as a peer tutor for research methods and statistics in the Psychological Science Department. Sendef's article "How Scientists Use Statistics, Samples, and Probability to Answer Research Questions" was written for children and covers introductory concepts in statistics. Frontiers for Young Minds is a unique journal because the peer-review process is completed by children. For Sendef's article, a 12-year-old child read her manuscript and provided feedback about their interest and understanding of the topic presented in the article. Frontiers for Young Minds is open access, meaning all articles are free to read online. Many educators use articles from this journal in their classrooms. Sendef's article, which is her first published work, has already had 1,200 views since being published.

Carthage College senior Megan Behrendt was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday, October 1. In the lone match for the Lady Reds last week, Behrendt registered nine kills off 18 total attacks for a .500 attacking percentage in CCIW competition against Wheaton (Ill.). The Lindenhurst, Ill. native also tallied two aces, three blocks and one assist.

Carthage College football kicker and punter David Collins was selected as the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon. The sophomore took the field four times on punt duty this past Saturday in the Red Men's 36-7 win over Carroll, netting a total of 172 yards with a 43.0 average. His longest punt of the day went a career-best 50 yards. Collins came on to kick following three touchdowns for Carthage, going a perfect 3-3 on extra points, while kicking off four times and recording three touchbacks. This marks the first CCIW player of the week honor for the Carthage football team this season, and first since Kameron Stubblefield won defensive player of the week on October 1, 2018. The Red Men's last special teams player of the week winner was Tommy Bazarek, who won the award on October 2 in 2017. Carthage will host Washington University this Saturday at Art Keller Field, with kickoff scheduled for noon.

Carthage Theatre's production "Up and Away" was honored with multiple national awards at the 50th Annual National Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.

Carthage Theatre's production "Up and Away" was honored with multiple national awards at the 50th Annual National Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.

Marquell Williams '20 has been hired as an intern for the fall semester by the American Enterprise Institute, a non-partisan policy research think tank in Washington, D.C. Marquell Williams '20, majoring in math and economics, participated in the 2019 AEI Summer Honors Program, where he studied poverty and a welfare policy agenda for the 21st century with AEI scholar Brent Orrell. Marquell feels the coverage of poverty in the Carthage symposium "The Spirit Level: A Humanistic Approach to Poverty and Inequality," with Professors Danielle Geary and Ronald Cronovich, and in intermediate macroeconomics with Professor Cassie Lau helped prepare him for the AEI program. After winning an essay competition in the summer program against students from top U.S. universities, Marquell was encouraged to apply for the internship by research fellow Mr. Orrell. This fall, he will research cross-disciplinary topics such as automated intelligence, criminal justice reform, and the opioid epidemic as they relate to workforce development.

After just the first week of the season, junior linebacker Kevin O'Boyle has begun to earn national recognition, as he was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week Tuesday morning. O'Boyle led the Red Men this past Saturday on defense against Wisconsin-Oshkosh, totaling 11 tackles, seven of them solo, for his most since October 13 of last season. The Plainfield, Ill. native also added 1.5 tackles for a loss, and returned a blocked field goal minutes before halftime 85 yards to give Carthage a 13-10 lead at the intermission.

Carthage biology major, Owen Lewer '20 recently took home the award for best poster at the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Conference. The poster outlines the undergraduate research project titled "Space Phage: Expanding an Undergraduate Course-based Research Experience" Owen is conducting this research with faculty advisors Dr. Deborah Tobiason and Dr. Andrea Henle, along with research team members from the University of Wisconsin River Falls. Their research centers around phages, viruses that infect bacteria, and their life cycles in space-like environments. So far, they have been doing controlled experiments in a lab setting and experiments in a simulated microgravity setting. They plan to send phages out to the International Space Station for 30 days where the phages will be monitored in a true space setting. The team will monitor how stable the phages are in space in order to determine if they could be used on future space missions to control bacterial numbers. The award comes with a prize of a $1,000 travel stipend, which Owen will use to present their research at other conferences.

Last spring, Carthage student Miranda Paikowski '20 traveled to Aix-en-Provence, France for study abroad. Miranda studied at the Institute for American Universities (IAU), where she took advanced French courses in French and Francophone literature, linguistics, and translation. She was also a member of IAU's French Honors Program, which consisted of its own seminar. While studying in Aix, she was awarded a certificate for Excellence in French, which was appointed during her program's graduation ceremony. Her professor and head of the French Honors Program, Muriel Cros, appointed her the award for her determination to succeed and advanced comprehension of the French language and culture. The Excellence in French certificate is given to one student each semester at IAU and is the highest achievement one can earn in IAU's French Program. This year, Miranda will act as the French fellow for students studying French at Carthage, and she will complete her French thesis in Spring 2020.

Carthage College senior setter Ellie LeCount was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Volleyball Setter of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday, September 10. LeCount helped the No. 19 Lady Reds go 3-1 in play last week with victories over Concordia (Wis.) (3-1), Lakeland (3-0) and Bethel (Minn.) (3-1) at the Pointers Invitational hosted by Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The native from Racine, Wis. collected a total of 127 assists during the week along with 46 digs. Carthage turns their attention to their home-opener in the Tarble Arena this Wednesday, September 11, as they host Lake Forest College at 7 p.m.

Every month National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) members write and submit "Of the Month" (OTM) nominations. These OTMs are submitted in a variety of categories including resident assistant, advisor, diversity program, educational program, and institutional faculty just to name a few. These nominations are then submitted to GLACURH (Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls), who then pick one winner per category for the entire region.

Carthage senior setter Ellie LeCount was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Volleyball Player of the Week following her performances during opening weekend. A native of Racine, Wisconsin and St. Catherine's High School, LeCount was named the Tournament MVP at the Southwestern Fall Invitational as the Lady Reds opened the season with four three-set sweeps. She averaged 11.17 set assists (134 total) including 30 against Whitworth, 26 vs. Hardin-Simmons, 38 against Whittier and 40 against Southwestern. LeCount also had 10 digs against Southwestern and nine each against Hardin-Simmons and Whittier.

Carthage sophomore forward Morgan Verbeten was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Soccer Player of the Week. A native of Libertyville, Illinois and Libertyville High School, Verbeten became the first Lady Reds player in six years to tally a hat trick as she scored all three of her team's goals in a 3-1 win over Kalamazoo on Saturday, August 31. All three of Verbeten's goals came in the second half as Carthage moved to 2-0-0 on the season.

Alec Digirolamo '22 and Alexandria Wheeler '21 presented their mathematical research to a national audience at the beginning of August.

Carthage College students selected to the Collegiate Water Polo 2019 Women's Varsity Scholar-Athlete Team. To be selected, student-athletes must be active participants on the team and a full-time student at the institution which nominated them. Students must also have a 3.2 cumulative Grade Point Average or higher.

Every month National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) members write and submit "Of the Month" (OTM) nominations. These OTMs are submitted in a variety of categories including resident assistant, advisor, diversity program, educational program, and institutional faculty just to name a few. These nominations are then submitted to GLACURH (Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls), who then pick one winner per category for the entire region.

The Carthage College Choir seized two first prizes, winning both categories at the renowned annual Internationaler Chorwettbewerb Spittal an der Drau, an international competition hosted in Spittal, Austria.

190 Carthage College student-athletes were recipients of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Academic All-Conference honors for the winter and spring seasons. This was announced on Thursday, July 18.

More than 450 students graduated from Carthage College in May of 2019.

On July 8, two members of the 2018-19 Carthage College women's golf team were named Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars.

Carthage College men's track & field senior mid-distance athlete Dane Rasmussen was named to the 2019 Google Cloud College of Sports Information Directors of American (COSIDA) Division III Men's Track & Field Academic All-American Third Team.

Andy Szun, Noah Lindner, and Brody Ilstrup members of the Carthage College men's lacrosse team landed a spot on the 2019 Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IMLCA) All-West Region Team.

More than 900 students have been named to the Carthage College dean's list for the spring 2019 semester.

Two members of the Carthage College women's track & field team earned All-American honors on day two of the 2019 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship at the Spire Sports Complex in Geneva, Ohio.

Two members of the Carthage College water polo team earned spots on the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) 2019 Women's Division III All-America Team.

Year-end award for Criminal Justice and Sociology majors that is decided on excellence by the faculty

Year-end award for Criminal Justice and Sociology majors that is decided on excellence by the faculty.

Year-end award for Criminal Justice and Sociology majors that is decided on excellence by the faculty.

Two Carthage College student-athletes were named to the CCIW All-Central Region Team.