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Niagara University’s College of Business Administration will be taking care of a lot of important business at the Conference Center Niagara Falls on April 21.

The AACSB-accredited college hosts its 25^th Annual Business Appreciation and Accounting Banquet at 5:30 p.m., during which four business leaders and organizations are set to be honored. Being recognized this year are The Santarosa Group (Corporate Leadership Award); The Reid Group (Family Business of the Year);Canusa Logistics (Canadian Business of the Year); and Courtland Van Deusen, ’01, (Distinguished Accounting Alumnus).

The event, emceed by WGRZ-TV anchor and 1986 NU graduate Maryalice Demler, begins with a cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the award presentations.

Tickets for the banquet are $75 per person while a $1,000 sponsorship comes with a table for 10. Registration is available online at www.niagara.edu/baab. For more info, please call Gerry Catalano at 716.286.8173.

The awards banquet is preceded by a healthcare symposium that begins at 9 a.m. and is focused on how technological innovation is changing the face of healthcare delivery.

Sponsored by NU and the Healthcare Executive Forum, the symposium will feature a panel discussion and remarks from the following individuals:

• Joseph Ruffolo, President and C.E.O., Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
• Kristine Principe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & MHA Program Director, Niagara University
• Tony Pappagallo, Director of IT Project Management, Catholic Health
• Todd Folsom, Director of Information Systems and Technology Infrastructure, Kaleida Health

The cost to attend the symposium is $15. Online registration is available athttp://techinnov.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139069311.