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A significant donation from an Edwards School of Business alumnus allowed the school to renovate and refurbish its “tired and shabby” reading room into a sleek, modern student centre.

In a statement, Edwards School of Business dean Daphne Taras said the “heart of the school” was in dire need of updating and, when she first saw it, “reminded me more of a Dickensian orphanage than a place for 21st century students to mingle and work.”

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The upgrade became possible after Larry Moeller — who graduated from the school in 1980 and currently serves as vice president of finance at Edco Financial Holdings — and his family donated $500,000 toward the project. Their donation was then matched by the University of Saskatchewan, for a total of $1 million.

“For decades this room has served as the nucleus of daily student life at the Edwards School of Business … By making this gift I wanted to inspire support and encourage all students in their journeys to become leaders in business and society at large,” Moeller said in a statement.

The room, which now contains new furniture, meeting rooms and audio-visual equipment, has been renamed the Moeller Resource Room. Edwards School of Business Students’ Society president Callan Kimber said in a statement that the new space “saw students flood back to the (school’s) top floor.”