Marion Wagschal. Jean-Baptiste Laporte. Maziar Bahari. Sofiane Benmaghnia. Anna Sarkissian and Ameesha Joshi.
Concordia in the news
Posted on February 8, 2016
Alumni in the news
Our alumni are featured in the media locally and around the world. Vist the Alumni News section to access an archive of stories or read the latest list of stories:
- Art Lyst announces a show of the work of Marion Wagschal (BFA, '73), a former teacher of painting at Concordia, at Canada House in London.
- Athletic Training Today reprises a Concordia News article from January, 2014, profiling Jean-Baptiste Laporte (BSc, Athletic Training/Athletic Therapy, 2006), physical therapist and assistant athletic trainer with the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Robert Kilgour, a professor in the Department of Exercise Science, is quoted.
- The Newport Beach Indy writes about an upcoming talk by journalist and former Iranian political prisoner Maziar Bahari at the Newport Beach Library, later this month. Bahari, a Concordia graduate, will speak about his memoir, Rosewater: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival, and his 118-day detention in Iran’s Evin Prison.
- A release announces the nomination of Sofiane Benmaghnia as general director of Holcim Romania states that Benmaghnia earned his management accounting certificate at Concordia. The release is picked up by Romania's Business Review, The Diplomat and Romania Insider.
- Film Festivals reprises an earlier article featuring Concordia graduates Anna Sarkissian (BFA, film production, 2005) and Ameesha Joshi. The piece focuses on the documentary film With This Ring, which Sarkissian and Joshi co-directed over a ten-year period and for the making of which Concordia provided production equipment, free of cost.