The Gregg ’86 and Pamela (Swartz) ’87 Rosen Endowed Scholarship
Criteria: (Amount Equal to One Full Annual Tuition Award) The Gregg Rosen ’86 and Pamela (Swartz) ’87 Rosen Endowed Scholarship will be awarded to students majoring in Business or Early Childhood Education with a grade point average of 3.0 or better.
Gregg Rosen ’86 and his wife, Pamela (Swartz) ’87 Rosen, share a deep allegiance to their alma mater. Worcester State University not only helped provide a foundation for full and successful lives—it is also the place where the couple met.
Gregg, who grew up fewer than five miles from the campus, says that his WSU education played a significant role in preparing him for a successful business career. “The University helped me build confidence and expand upon my strengths,” he says. “During my junior and senior years, my business classes began to extend into the real world through experimentation and presentation. Through these classes, I saw my skills develop and began to recognize the road I needed to follow to enter the competitive world of corporate business.”
Today, Gregg is president of NES Group, a company that specializes in all aspects of bank design and construction, as well as a president of the Worcester State Foundation Board.
Pam also believes that her college years helped to prepare her for her life today as the stay-at-home mother of three wonderful children. “My children and my husband are the career I have chosen to take and I have never looked back at my decision to be at home,” she says. “My education had an important impact on my values and choices.”
Despite the success they enjoy today, Gregg and Pam Rosen remember the financial challenges of paying for college. “Growing up in a family of four children and having an older brother in his second year of college, I understood the financial burden that was already placed upon my parents,” Gregg recalls. “If it weren’t for scholarships and other financial aid outlets, I might not have been able to attend college myself.”
“With our scholarship, we hope to help a well-deserving student each year by removing some of the financial stress of college tuition so that he or she can focus more directly on their studies,” explains Pam.
With the establishment of The Gregg ‘86 and Pamela (Swartz) ’87 Rosen Endowed Scholarship, the Rosens hope to give back and say “thank you” to the institution and the many people who helped them along the way. They add, “We hope that the values we learned will be instilled in future graduates so that they may become contributing alumni of Worcester State University in years to come.”