Amedisys is putting up $1 million toward the construction of a new complex for LSU’s E.J. Ourso College of Business. The Baton Rouge-based home-health company made the announcement at a news conference today. Eli Jones, dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business, says Amedisys had pledged to make the donation over four years, but paid it off early. “That says a lot about the character of the leaders at Amedisys,” he says. Bill Borne, the founder of Amedisys and a member of the business college’s Hall of Distinction, says the donation shows the company’s commitment to enhancing learning opportunities. LSU had to raise $30 million in order to get another $30 million in matching state funds for the new business school building. Jones says the school has raised its share through donations, pledges and internal loans and hopes to break ground by early 2010.
Amedisys donates $1 million for LSU business building
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