MONTREAL/November 1, 2007—
From left to right: Kathy Assayag, Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Affairs; Nathalie Bernier, Managing Partner KPMG; Sanjay Sharma, Dean of the John Molson School of Business; Mario Véronneau, CA, Partner KPMG and Michael Di Grappa, Acting President of Concordia University.
Concordia University and the John Molson School of Business (JMSB) are pleased to announce a generous gift of $250,000 from the audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP. The funds will go toward the KPMG amphitheater, a 60- seat, state-of-the-art classroom to be located on the fifth floor of the new JMSB building presently under construction at the corner of Guy Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard West.
The interactive amphitheater will feature the latest audio-visual technology, as well as advanced connections for laptops and video-conferencing. It will also have tiered seating, with oblong rows of modular tables that will enhance sightlines for both speakers and audiences.
The amphitheater, a central venue for internal and external events, will offer JMSB’s 7,000 graduate and undergraduate students a first-class facility equipped with cutting-edge teaching tools, thereby optimizing their learning experiences.
“This is an important investment in education by a leading international business firm,” said JMSB Dean Sanjay Sharma. “It reaffirms the business community’s support and confidence in the quality of JMSB programs and the calibre of its students.”
“KPMG has already invested in JMSB students by consistently hiring between 20 and 30 accounting graduates each year from the School’s first-rate accounting program. Last year alone, KMPG was the third largest recruiter of JMSB accounting students among local accounting firms,” said Nathalie Bernier, Managing Partner KPMG. “We support the JMSB program and its students because the School shares our values of leadership, integrity and quality. This is a natural partnership; an investment in education is paramount to our firm.”
The new, 15-storey JMSB building is expected to open its doors to students, faculty and staff in the fall of 2009, grouping all JMSB departments under one roof. It will be LEED certified (the Green Building Rating System’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.
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Tanya Churchmuch
Senior Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
