Oct 14, 2011
Atlantyca Creates Geronimo Stilton Scholarship Program for Chinese and Italian Women
Atlantyca Entertainment announced this week the inauguration of the Geronimo Stilton Scholarship Program, a €10.000 fund created to encourage women to study international business and trade exchange between Italy and China.
The scholarship will be awarded to two women, one from China and one from Italy, who are pursuing Master of International Business degrees. The Chinese student will be invited to attend the Master of International Business (MIB) of Università Cattolica di Milano. The Italian student will be invited to attend Fu Dan University of Shanghai. Both students will be offered a full year of study in international business at these prestigious universities.
The Italian student will be chosen this month, and the Chinese student will be named in March.
“We are eager to encourage more young women to enter the challenging field of international business in an even more challenging market like the Chinese one with a scholarship that will help young women achieve independence in a field typically dominated by men,” said Atlantyca Entertainment CEO Claudia Mazzucco “To invest in this educational endeavor demonstrates our confidence in the Chinese marketplace, a country that continues to offer us enormous success and tangible business opportunities.”
Mazzucco was bestowed with the 2010 Manager Woman Award by Fondazione Italia Cina, in recognition of her continued dedication to creating and implementing a flow of innovative ideas to consistently support the expansion of children’s literacy between China and Italy. Fondazione Italia Cina in partnership with Milano Finanza, bestowed the award at the annual awards ceremony held November 2010 in Milan.
Atlantyca Entertainment maintains an office in Beijing, which opened in 2010, dedicated to business development activities with primary focus in publishing and translation rights internationally. Atlantyca represents some of today’s leading literary properties, including Mondadori’s top properties and works with leading publishers including Qingdao Publishing, Tianjin Chinese World Books, and People’s Literature Publishing House. Translation agreements, for the company in China, surpassed more then 360 in Atlantyca’s first year of establishing the office.
