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Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution: 

• Concordia president and vice-chancellor Alan Shepard reflects on volunteerism, in an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette and Gazette e-edition: Shepard writes about how to engage and inspire people to do volunteer work and how to match potential volunteers with worthy causes. He mentions specifically the case of a Syrian refugee, Lana, who is now studying art therapy at Concordia. Shepard explains that Lana was brought to Concordia, in large part, thanks to the efforts of the Faculty of Fine Arts, which established a Syrian Refugee Fund last year. The opinion piece is reprised by Canada.com.
• Public picks up news of Wednesday's announcement of a $1-million gift to Concordia 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 promote research at Concordia’s PERFORM Centre. Please note: Christine Lengvari is to appear on TVA's 'Salut Bonjour' program, next Monday morning, at around 8:20.
• For the second year running, Concordia is listed among Montreal's 35 top employers in a competition managed by Mediacorp Canada Inc. The 2017 results are published in a Montreal Gazette insert, where Concordia is featured on page 14, and on the 2017 Top Employer web page. President Alan Shepard is quoted, as is Mia Consalvo, professor in the Department of Communication Studies and co-director of Milieux’s Technoculture, Art and Games (TAG) research cluster. Consalvo is pictured. The Top Employers listing is also announced in aCNW/Telbec release, reprised by Canadian Insider and JBourbonnais.org.
• University spokesperson Chris Mota is heard in an extended Radio-Canada report (first at the 47-second mark, then again at 3:54 and at 4:48) about significant increases in international student enrollment that appear to be associated with recent political developments outside Canada, notably, Brexit and the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency. Mota talks also about anecdotal evidence of greater researcher and teacher interest in Concordia. The Radio Canada report appears in text version, here.
• India Education Diary picks up a news release that notes Concordia among the universities that have extended their global business school accreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.

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