FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 2010
William Penn Names Alumni Association Award Recipients
Each year, the Alumni Association of William Penn University presents the following three awards at the Recognition Banquet of Homecoming weekend:
Distinguished Career Award
Among the foundational concepts that underlie the mission of William Penn University is leadership. The individual honored with the Distinguished Career Award is one who has established a reputation as a leader in his or her chosen career field. Honorees are alumni whose success inspires current students to use their own Penn experience to become leaders.
Distinguished Career Award recipient: Ray Blue. Saxophonist/Educator/Clinician Ray Blue has studied and performed music all his life. Jazz, R&B and soul music became Blue’s passion in high school and he started playing for dances and in clubs at the young age of 15. Blue has played and recorded with a host of world renowned musicians and performed in festivals and on stages around the globe. His first CD, Always with a Purpose was released in 2001 and his most recent, a 2010 release is entitled Berries & Blues. Blue is the founder and Executive Director of Cross-Cultural Connection, Inc. a non-profit performance and educational organization that promotes jazz performance in educational and community institutions world wide.
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