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NPRE PhD student Josh Spencer celebrated St. Patrick's Day 2009 in style Tuesday by sporting his beret and kilt (green in color, of course!). Of Irish and Scottish descent, Spencer has been playing bagpipes for 15 years now, from Montana to Illinois and everywhere inbetween. He's even played in Scotland!

Spencer had another reason to celebrate Tuesday: he had just finished his PhD dissertation and was preparing for his defense in the next couple of weeks. After that, he and his wife have plans to travel to Groton, Connecticut, where Spencer will begin work building nuclear submarines for General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division.