{"id":26799,"date":"2014-03-05T16:59:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T21:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26799"},"modified":"2022-01-24T09:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:05:31","slug":"rosatis-100000-donation-creates-entrepreneurial-scholarship-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/03\/rosatis-100000-donation-creates-entrepreneurial-scholarship-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosati’s $100,000 donation creates entrepreneurial scholarship fund"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left: Brock alumna Deborah Rosati, Don Cyr, Goodman School of Business Dean, and Cindy Dunne, director of Co-op programs.<\/p><\/div>\n

Deborah Rosati was lured to Brock 34 years ago because of its groundbreaking co-op program, and the University alumna wants to make sure others get the same opportunity.<\/p>\n

Rosati, during Tuesday’s Monster Pitch<\/a> event, formally announced her donation of $100,000 to start the Deborah E. Rosati Entrepreneurship Co-op Fund.<\/p>\n

The five-year pledge will support entrepreneurial ventures and start-ups.<\/p>\n

“I believe in the co-op program<\/a>, I believe in entrepreneurship, and I believe in business,” she told the crowd Tuesday at Amici’s Banquet Centre. “I would like to see new ventures (and) businesses created through this co-op entrepreneurship award that would generate employment in the Niagara region.”<\/p>\n

Rosati chose Brock in 1980 because of the Accounting Co-op program<\/a>, which was the first of its kind.<\/p>\n

It’s not the first time Rosati has given back to the University.<\/p>\n

In 2005, she was part of a group of co-op grads to gift $50,000 to the program.<\/p>\n

Rosati graduated in 1984, and her astute business acumen translated into a successful career.<\/p>\n

She is currently an “ambassador and advisor” for Karma Athletics, a Vancouver-based clothing brand, and sits on the board of Canada’s National Ballet School.<\/p>\n

Rosati knows her career might have taken a different path if not for a life-changing decision 34 years ago.<\/p>\n

“I am excited to be able to give back to Brock’s co-op program as I was in the first co-op accounting class to graduate from Brock in 1984, so I am most grateful for the co-op education that I received at Brock,” she said. “When the opportunity came up to develop a co-op entrepreneurial award for young entrepreneurs, it resonated with me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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