Concordia's Thursday Report

Vol. 28, No.16

May 20, 2004

Photo of Ellen Gallery group

Staff of the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery pause for a photo at a reception for major donors on May 13: From the left, Piera Palucci, the Gallery’s Education Co-ordinator, Susan Aberman, this year’s Pateras intern, director Michèle Thériault, Nathalie Garneau, the Max Stern Curator of Art, and Nicole Gingras, the Gallery’s first Visiting Curator of Contemporary Art.
Photo by Andrew Dobrowolskyj

Gallery adds new elements, thanks to donations

The Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery can extend its reach, thanks to the generous support of several Montreal families.

At a reception for donors on May 13, Vice-Rector Marcel Danis, president of the Concordia University Foundation, announced that the Ellen Gallery Endowment Fund has grown by almost $500,000 and now stands at $2.5 million. Director Michèle Thériault introduced two new funds dedicated to programming. More

 

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Auto fixer

Eric Theobald, from the Formula SAE team, does some welding in “the cage,” an area of the Hall Building garage where the students work on their cars.

Students go sleepless to prepare for auto competitions

The Concordia chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (ConSAE) are pulling all-nighters this week, as they prepare for the annual blitz of inter-collegiate design competitions. More