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Youngblood to receive journalism peace awardBy - October 2, 2008 - 1:06 pmEmail this article | Printer friendly page Steve Youngblood, associate professor of communication arts, has been selected to receive a "Peace Award in Journalism" during the Crescent Peace Society's 12th annual Eid Celebration and Awards Dinner on Sunday, Oct. 12, in Overland Park, Kan. Youngblood has organized peace journalism seminars in the U.S., Azerbaijan and the Republic of Georgia, and he is a two-time J. William Fulbright Scholar -- going to Moldova in 2001 and Azerbaijan in 2007. The Crescent Peace Society is a non-profit organization that serves as a focal point of action in the Kansas City area for raising awareness of different Muslim cultures. In addition, four students in Park's International Center for Music will perform during the event: Christian Fatu, violin; Sunnat Ibragimov, cello; Victoria Martirosyan, piano; and Gulrukh Shakirova, piano. |