{"id":81281,"date":"2022-10-17T14:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T18:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=81281"},"modified":"2022-10-17T14:54:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T18:54:33","slug":"passion-leads-beta-gamma-sigma-inductee-to-create-change-in-niagara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/10\/passion-leads-beta-gamma-sigma-inductee-to-create-change-in-niagara\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion leads Beta Gamma Sigma inductee to create change in Niagara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when Enzo De Diviitis didn\u2019t feel like he could fully enjoy living in Niagara.<\/p>\n<p>But, along with a little help from some friends, he made the change he wanted to see in his community.<\/p>\n<p>The co-founder and Chair of Pride Niagara shared insights into civic leadership while receiving his honorary membership into Brock\u2019s Beta Gamma Sigma honours society last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up and working in the hospitality industry and working in business in Niagara, I felt confident and like I was part of something, and I felt secure in the work I was doing,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I didn\u2019t find the other aspects of my life even available in Niagara. I couldn\u2019t find a safe place, an LGBTQ2S+ space to just be myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Driven to create change, De Diviitis came together with four close friends, using their skills and passion to launch Pride Niagara. During his address to students Friday, Oct. 14, he shared how the organization has grown since its inception 12 years ago and overcome obstacles it has faced along the way.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81284\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81284\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-81284\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beta-Gamma-Sigma-2-1050x737.jpg\" alt=\"Two men holding a framed certificate between them in front of a glass window.\" width=\"423\" height=\"297\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enzo De Divitiis, co-founder and Chair of Pride Niagara, was Brock\u2019s Beta Gamma Sigma 2022 Fall Chapter Honouree. He is pictured with Goodman School of Business Interim Dean Barry Wright.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I learned is that it\u2019s worth it,\u201d he said. \u201cI love Niagara, and I want to thrive personally and professionally where I live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goodman\u2019s Interim Dean Barry Wright thanked De Diviitis for addressing the inductees and said that as a business school it\u2019s \u201cour job is to make people\u2019s lives better \u2014 and that\u2019s exactly what you do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was De Divitiis\u2019 passion and perseverance \u2014 two of Goodman\u2019s core values \u2014 that emcee Professor Paul Dunn encouraged inductees to take with them as they leave the business school.<\/p>\n<p>Beta Gamma Sigma recognizes the top 10 per cent of the undergraduate class and the top 20 per cent of the graduate class at institutions accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).<\/p>\n<p>Held in the Goodman School of Business atrium, the ceremony saw 45 new inductees \u2014 36 undergraduate students and nine graduate students \u2014 inducted into Brock\u2019s chapter.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Goodman\u2019s Beta Gamma Sigma chapter was recognized as an Honour Chapter by the organization for outstanding achievement in the 2021-22 academic year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81285\" style=\"width: 1060px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81285\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81285\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Beta-Gamma-Sigma-group-1050x720.jpg\" alt=\"Twelve of Goodman\u2019s students stand on a set of stairs with Goodman professors and honorary inductee Enzo De Divitiis.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"720\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brock University\u2019s Beta Gamma Sigma Fall 2022 inductees with Goodman School of Business professors and Fall Chapter Honouree Enzo De Divitiis (front centre).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when Enzo De Diviitis didn\u2019t feel like he could fully enjoy living in Niagara. 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