Carroll College is a private Catholic liberal arts college in Helena, Montana, USA. Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ... A liberal arts college is an institution of higher education found in the United States, offering programs in the liberal arts at the post-secondary level. ... Nickname: Queen City Map Political Statistics Founded October 30, 1864 County Lewis and Clark County Mayor James E. Smith Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 36. ...

Carroll College opened its doors in 1910. The school was founded by John "Jack" Patrick Carroll the second Bishop of the Diocese of Helena. Originally called Mount St. Charles College in honor of St. Charles Borromeo, it graduated its first class in 1916. In 1932 the institution changed its name to Carroll College in honor of its founder. The first and largest building on campus is St. Charles Hall which lies on Capital Hill. Originally it was founded as an all-men's liberal arts diocesan college with an emphasis on preparing men for careers in priesthood, law, medicine, teaching, and engineering. 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Carlo Borromeo (October 2, 1538 - November 4, 1584), saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, son of Ghiberto Borromeo, count of Arona, and Margarita de Medici, was born at the castle of Arona on Lago Maggiore. ... For other uses, see Building (disambiguation). ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... A career is a course of successive situations that make up some activity. ... A priesthood is a body of priests, shamans, or oracles who are thought to have special religious authority or function. ... // Balancing scales are symbolic of how law mediates peoples interests For other senses of this word, see Law (disambiguation). ... This article is about the field and science of medical practice and health care. ... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill. ... Engineering is the application of scientific or mathematical principles with due reference to economics, society and environment to develop solutions to technical problems, creating products, facilities, and structures that are useful to people. ...

It has a student enrollment of 1,500. The male to female ratio is 43%/57%.

The college is home to Artisan Dance, Montana's first and only professional ballet company. Act 4 of Swan Lake: choreography by Petipa and Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky. ...

Carroll College Forensics: The Carroll College Talking Saints speech and debate team is currently #1 in their region, with 16 running regional championships and over 40 regional tournament championships. In 1999, the Talking Saints captured their first national title in parliamentary debate by winning the season sweepstakes of the National Parliamentary Debate Association. Championship is a term used to refer to various forms of sports competitions in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion; that is, the best competitor. ... A tournament is an organized competition in which many participants play each other in individual games. ...

Athletics

The Carroll College sports teams are called The Fighting Saints and compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Frontier Conference. The sports offered at Carroll are as follows. Carroll College football The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (better known as the NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. ... The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference; it was founded in 1952 and is affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in the northwestern United States, in the states of Idaho, Montana, and Utah. ...

The Fighting Saints football team is currently the defending NAIA national football champions. Under Coach Mike Van Diest, from East Helena, Montana, Carroll College has become one of only two college football programs at any level to win four consecutive national championships; in 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002. Of those four years the team has gone 53-4 and maintained a required 3.0 Grade Point Average. With a small budget, many key players are often recruited from the local area and around the state. The NAIA national football championship is decided by a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA college football teams in the United States. ... East Helena is a town located in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, about five miles east of Helena, Montana. ... Consecutive: In order, one following another, In sequence, or in line. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A grade in education can mean either a teachers evaluation of a students work or a students level of educational progress, usually one grade per year (often denoted by an ordinal number, such as the 3rd Grade or the 12th Grade). This article is about evaluation of...

Probably Carroll's most famous football graduate is current University of Louisville head coach Bobby Petrino. Carroll was also the first head coaching job for John Gagliardi, who coached there from 1949 through 1952, and went on from there to St. John's of Minnesota, where he became the winningest coach in college history regardless of division. The University of Louisville (also known as U of L, Louisville, or the Ville) is a public, state-supported university located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is mandated [1] by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a Preeminent Metropolitan Research University. ... Bobby Petrino (born March 10, 1961 in Lewistown, Montana) is the head coach of the University of Louisville football team. ... John Gagliardi (b. ... The College of Saint Benedict (CSB) and Saint John’s University (SJU) are partenered liberal arts colleges located in Collegeville, Minnesota. ...

External links

• Official Web Site

• NAIA official site