ATLANTA, Nov. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Kennesaw State University has partnered with The M&A Source, one of the nation’s largest organizations of middle market merger and acquisition professionals, to provide continuing education to their member professionals and prospective members.

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After a lengthy vetting process, The M&A Source named Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University as academic provider for their large membership base. Through this partnership, the unique Coles M&A Academy will provide various continuing education programs and resources, including a special certificate-based program designed exclusively for M&A Source members and prospective members. The certificate program will focus on analytical and business tools needed to lead M&A Source professionals and their clients through successful M&A transactions from strategy assessment to valuation, diligence, tax planning, and post-deal integration.

“The M&A Source provides opportunities for M&A practitioners to learn more about the profession, improve key skills, and become more valuable to clients.” said Gary Papay, CBI, M&AMI, CMEA, president of CK Business Consultants and current Secretary of The M&A Source. “I personally worked on the team that selected Coles College and am very confident that the Coles M&A Academy curriculum will enhance the breadth of education The M&A Source already makes available to its members.”

“Coles College has a strong commitment to the support of mid-career managerial and executive education,” said Mike Salvador, Co-Director of the Academy and Director of Executive Education Programs at Coles College of Business. “This partnership will assure that the dedicated professionals who comprise The M&A Source membership will have access to focused and up-to-date skills development in the complex world of the M&A transaction.”

The M&A Source certification program is expected to be offered twice annually as a five-day intensive workshop, with the first session targeted for March 2015. The Coles M&A Academy will continue to offer their existing programs to professionals outside of The M&A Source membership, with the next six-day session starting in December 2014. For more information, visit http://coles.kennesaw.edu/execed/manda/.

The Michael J. Coles College of Business is the second-largest business school in Georgia, offering 12 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), and is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The College’s part-time MBA program was ranked first in the state among public institutions and 22^nd in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek in its 2013 business school rankings and among the country’s top 50 programs by U.S. News & World Report in its annual “Best Graduate Schools 2014.”

For more information, please contact Paula Stanton, at paula.stanton@kennesaw.edu or by telephone at (770)499-3481.

Founded in 1991, The M&A Source promotes professional development of merger and acquisition professionals so that they may better serve their clients’ needs and maximize public awareness of profession intermediary services available for middle market merger and acquisition transactions.

For more information contact: The M&A Source at 404.477.5810 or visit www.masource.org.

Media Contact: JOHN ZAYAC, The M&A Source, 303-758-4000, Zayac.John@IBGBusiness.com

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SOURCE The M&A Source