about alumni inclusion, collaboration, and civic engagement. JAMES KING ’94, Bellingham, Wash., is the new director of the Bellingham Parks and Recreation Department.
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’83, Missoula, and a group of friends from his college days at UM flew into the Moose Creek Ranger Station in the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. They spent three days hiking, fishing, and catching up. They also visited the site where a plane carrying ranger district personnel crashed into the Selway River in June 1979. Robert, who was supposed to have been on that plane, ended up taking a different Forest Service job in Missoula a couple of days before the crash.
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Be Watching. The award is one of the annual BC Book Prizes presented by the West Coast Book Prize Society. TAMI HAALAND ’82, M.A. ’85, Billings, published a
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new book of poetry titled When We Wake in the Night. She also was one of three recipients of the Montana Arts Council Innovation Award for Literature in 2012, and she recently received an Outstanding Faculty award from the students of Montana WWW.UMT.EDU/MONTANAN
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Greg Beach ’79, Missoula; David Richardson ’78, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Brian Richardson; Harry Dobbins; Jeff Dobbins ’80, Tucson, Ariz; Robert McCue. Below: Names of the victims of the 1979 Selway River plane crash are listed on a memorial plaque near the crash site. From left to right:
State University–Billings, where she is a professor of English and creative writing. In addition to her work at the university, she has taught creative writing at the Montana Women’s Prison for the past four years as a part of the MSU-Billings Pathways to Self-Sufficiency program. RICHARD ROESGEN ’84 was named publisher of the Daily Advertiser in Lafayette, La. ROBERT C. THOMAS, M.S. ’87, Dillon, co-wrote a new volume of Mountain Press Publishing’s popular Roadside Geology series. The book explores the diverse and expansive geology of Yellowstone country with nineteen road guides designed to take visitors
on a tour of the area’s geological history and present characteristics.
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’91, Colorado Springs, Colo., recently was named government affairs and public policy director for the Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs. LYNNE SCALIA ’91 is the new principal at Park High School in Livingston. Before taking on that position, she spent eight years as the principal at Monforton School. Under Lynne’s direction, the small public school grew from 141 to 265 students, making it the largest rural school in the Gallatin Valley. Her career in education has spanned twenty-one years, during which she has served as WILLIAM MUTCH
a teacher, principal, and superintendent. JASON MULCAHY ’92 was hired by VirTra Systems as the company’s liaison to the government and military community. Based in Tempe, Ariz., VirTra is a leading provider of firearms simulation systems for military training facilities, law enforcement agencies, and other organizations. PETER ELLSWORTH, M.S. ’93, recently became the vice president of exploration at Colombia Crest Gold Corp., a gold mining company based in Medellin, Colombia. BRIAN HANSON ’94 recently took over as principal at Steilacoom High School in Steilacoom, Wash. He previously served as the assistant principal at Daybreak Middle School near Vancouver, Wash. MATT HOLMES ’94, Polson, and his wife, Heather, recently were selected as Treasured Montana Artists by Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Matt and Heather specialize in ceramics, mixed media art, and oil paintings. An exhibit of their work was displayed at the Capitol Building in Helena this past summer. MARION KELLO ’94, Memphis, Tenn., recently graduated from Leadership Memphis, a four-month program that prepares city leaders to address community issues through diversity and
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FRANCESCA ABBATE,
M.F.A. ’95, Beloit, Wisc., recently published a book titled Troy, Unincorporated, which offers a retelling of Chaucer’s tragedy, Troilus and Criseyde, through characters who find themselves adrift in the towns and industrialized farmlands of south-central Wisconsin. Francesca is an associate professor of English at Beloit College. JULIET JIVANTI ’95, Bellingham, Wash., recently released a DVD titled Ayurvedic Yoga: Yoga for Your Body Type. After
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burning out in a hightech career, Juliet found bliss in studying and teaching Ayurveda—an ancient Indian health science. “I MONTANAN FALL 2012 |
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