Merle Margles. Ahmad Jawarneh. Peter Ricq. Roz Knight.
Concordia in the news
Posted on March 9, 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:
- The Suburban writes about the death of Merle Margles, who ran the constituency office of former Mount Royal Liberal MP Sheila Finestone for 15 years and was married to broadcaster, community activist and former TMR councillor §idney Margles. Merle Margles attended Sir George Williams University in the late 1950s.
- Arab Herald and Non-aligned movement news network carries the news of telecommunications engineer Ahmad Jawarneh developing the first intelligent solar power bank. Jawarneh received his Master’s degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Concordia.
- La Presse profiles Peter Ricq, an artist who performed this past weekend at Osheaga with his group HUMANS and just launched his graphic novel Once Our Land. Ricq created the animation series La Ligues des super vilains on VRAK.tv alongside Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee (BFA film animation ’06), while Ricq was studying at Concordia
- Las Vegas Review Journal profiles Roz Knight, who received her Master’s in Art Education at Concorida and is an art teacher who created the City of the World Gallery, an incorporated nonprofit aimed at fostering the arts and providing a place where artists of all ages and backgrounds can come together. Knight aims to set up a network of similar galleries worldwide.