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More than 10 ethnic minority groups and organisations will perform at the Wetland Park Cultural Festival January 26 to February 1 to celebrate the Lunar New Year and World Wetlands Day 2009.

Deaths

Tom Kennedy, class of 1954, of Thurmont, Md., died on December 3, 2008. After Carroll, he graduated from the University of Montana law school and served in Washington, D.C., for the Department of Defense, the Veterans Administration and the Department of Justice. He also was a member of the staff of several subcommittees in the U.S. House of Representatives. His private law practice was centered in D.C. Superior Court and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. During his career, he was a member of the Montana State Society (with two terms as president), the Democratic Club of D.C., the John Carroll Society and the National Press Club.

In the News

Dr. William A. Shields, class of 1964, is among three new members who have joined the Titusville, Penn., Area Health Center Foundation board of directors. Shields serves as president of the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville, a post he has held since August 2005. He has more than 35 years of experience in higher education as a teacher, researcher and administrator. He has served as president of five institutions, both public and private. Prior to coming to UPT, he held interim presidencies at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. After graduating from Carroll, he received his master's and doctorate in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Richard Buswell (right), class of 1966, of Helena, was recently featured in the Helena Independent Record for 88 works of his outstanding photography being recently included in Yale University's Collection of Western Americana. Dr. Buswell's black and white photos of Montana's ghost towns are included in collections of 172 museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Bibliothčque Nationale de France in Paris. For more, read: http://www.helenair.com/.

Courtney Ramberg, class of 2008,  reports that she and her husband Zachary Ramberg, also class of 2008, welcomed new bambino Ryan William Ramberg (left) on December 8, 2008.