Alumni Awards
The Alumni Awards Committee is responsible for establishing and implementing policies and procedures that will govern the alumni awards program and will include the following responsibilities:
- Administration of the program
- Coordination with University departments, offices, and personnel
- Receiving nominations and reviewing nominees’ qualifications
- Selecting award recipients
- Promote the alumni awards program
THE ALUMNI AWARDS
The following awards are those for which the committee is responsible: the Harold L. Conover Leadership Award, the Gordon E. Prichard Award for Volunteer Service, and the Distinguished Alumnus/a Award. The committee will add additional alumni awards when and if they are established.
NOMINATION PROCESS
Any member of the Rider University Alumni Association and Rider Community is eligible to nominate alumni for these awards.
ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARDS
- Nominees must be alumni of the University and must be in good standing at the time of graduation.
- Current alumni awards committee members or their immediate family members are not eligible to receive these awards.
- 2/3 majority vote is required for all recipients of the Gordon E. Prichard Award for Volunteer Service.
- Award recipients are expected to be present at the awards ceremony unless awarded posthumously.
- Nominations are for the current year only.
- Alumni can be nominated for more than one award.
PRESENTED
Awards recipients are invited to an event during Reunion Weekend in June of each year.
Click here to download the nomination forms for each alumni award:
- Harold L. Conover Leadership Award
- Gordon E. Prichard Award for Volunteer Service
- Distinguished Alumnus/a Award
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