BUFFALO; New York-
After 2 years of  Coronavirus  restrictions  Canisius College
Accounting Department has resumed the holding of its annual banquet. The latest
has been held on April 20.

This event is held annually to recognize
the achievements of accounting students and to recognize the outstanding
accomplishments of the program graduates. At the banquet, the Talal
Abu-Ghazaleh International Award for Excellence in the Accounting Programs was
granted to Mr. Sean Balcerzak who will graduate in May with a Master’s degree
in accounting.

The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Award was
established in 1988 following the visit of HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder
and chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global), to Canisius College,
during which he was highly impressed by the quality of the accounting program
at the college  and decided as a result to support it by providing an
annual award to one of its graduates.

This year’s award was presented on behalf of Dr.
Abu-Ghazaleh by Dr. Edward Gress, professor emeritus of accounting and a
consultant to TAG.Global, who expressed his gratitude to Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh for
his continuous support to the accounting programs at the College.