MONTREAL/December 4, 2006—
Concordia University President, Claude Lajeunesse, was awarded the Centre Jacques Cartier medal in Lyons, France yesterday. The medal was presented by the Centre's director, Alain Bideau, during the 19th edition of the Centre's annual ìEntretiensî conference. It is awarded to distinguished members of French or Quebec university, economic, political or cultural communities.
Three other Quebeckers were also honored during the ceremony: Wilfrid-Guy Licari, the head of Quebec's delegation to France; Michael L. Turcotte, Chairman of the Board of Hydro-Quebec and Roch Denis, rector of UniversitÈ du Quèbec ‡ Montrèal (UQAM).
While in France, Dr. Lajeunesse also finalized a contract and signed an agreement in principle with two French educational institutions; …cole centrale d'Èlectronique (ECE) and Institut d'…tudes Politiques de Lyon. The contract with ECE is aimed specifically at Concordia's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science. As part of the contract, the faculty will receive approximately 150 ECE students for the fall terms (Sept. to Dec.) of 2007-2008 and 2008-2009.
In the collaboration agreement with Institut d'…tudes Politiques de Lyon, the two universities will seek to encourage the development of joint educational and research efforts, periodically designating areas for specific collaboration. This may include both student and faculty exchanges in the department of political science or other related departments in the faculty of Arts and Science.
The objective of these agreements is to promote academic linkages and implement mutually rewarding initiatives focusing on student exchange, collaborative research, co-sponsorship of academic projects and conferences, sharing of scientific information and other academic collaboration including curriculum and faculty exchange.
For more information, contact Liselyn Adams at 514.848.2424 ex. 5429 or LISELYN.ADAMS@concordia.ca
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Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
