Lengvari Endowment Fund. Global business school accreditation.
Concordia in the news
Posted on April 20, 2017
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- Numerous Montreal media were on hand to cover yesterday's announcement at Concordia of a $1-million gift to the university from Montreal businesswoman Christine Lengvari (BSc 72), president and CEO of insurance firm, Lengvari Financial Inc. The Christine Lengvari Endowment Fund will support scholarships for female students in the Kenneth Woods Portfolio Management Program at the John Molson School of Business and will also promote research at Concordia’s PERFORM Centre. The endowment has been established through Concordia'sPlanned Giving program: CTV Montreal News at Six (beginning at the 20:12 mark, with Lengvari speaking at the 20:33 mark), CBC Montreal News at 6:00 (from 9:12, with Lengvari speaking at 9:35), Global News Montreal(video, with text version reprised by ReportCA.net), Le Journal de Montréal and e-edition, TVANouvelles.ca. News of the gift was also carried on City Montreal's 'Breakfast Television' (no link available).
- A news release announces that Concordia is among the universities that have extended their global business school accreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International:CEO.ca, Spoke, WFMJ.com, WDRB.com, KXXV.com.