October 25, 2007 - Princeton, Lawrenceville Campuses to Celebrate Family Weekend, Founder's Day
On Friday, October 26 and Saturday, October 27, Westminster Choir College will celebrate its Family Weekend on the Princeton campus, and Rider’s Lawrenceville campus will hold its annual Family Day festivities on November 3.
The Westminster campus invites families to choir and theater rehearsals, concerts, class sessions, and a Coffeehouse, where parents can socialize while students display their talents. The weekend will end with a Chapel Choir concert at Princeton High School and a closing family reception in the Playhouse. In addition to the families, all members of the campus community are invited to join the festivities.
On the Lawrenceville campus, activities will include family educational sessions, a Family Day luncheon, open houses, campus hayrides, musical entertainment and the crowning of the new Cranberry King and Queen.
Founder’s Day
A special highlight of Rider’s Family Day on Saturday, November 3 is the Founder’s Day awards ceremony, a tradition that honors Rider’s top students as Andrew J. Rider Scholars. The program begins at 11 a.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater. The Scholars have been selected based on their grade point averages in the past year.
The award, named for Rider’s founder and first president, honors the top one percent of sophomores, juniors and seniors in each of Rider’s five academic colleges and schools – the College of Business Administration, the School of Education, the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Continuing Studies, and Westminster Choir College.
During the program, Dr. John Baer, professor of education, will receive the Dominick A. Iorio Faculty Research Award. Dr. Barry Truchil, associate professor of sociology, will give the faculty address and Ruth R. Rodriguez, a senior from the College of Continuing Studies, will deliver the student address. President Mordechai Rozanski will award certificates to 57 students during the ceremony.
This year’s Rider Scholars are:
College of Business Administration
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Dana M.Hoffman
Man Sung Bae*
Nicole Alexandra Addesso
Matthew P. Nissen**
Alex D’Amico
Erin C. Bethke
Sergiy Sachko
Simphiwe S. Mhlanga*
Melissa J. Cloonan
Ryan Sydorko
Leah Waldron
College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences
School of Education
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Dawn R. Baines
William Coughlin*
Meghan E. Brett
Kathleen J. Hasson
Patrick Thomas Gaston*
Emily Ann DiPaolo
Jennifer A. Kamm**
Ashley N. Weitz
Michelle A. Mazzulla
Amy Legvari**
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Erin E. Ludwig
Joshua Chave*
Stephanie L. Lauer
Mandi Magnuson-Hung
Meighan E. Hogate III*
Joanne Nosuchinsk
Stephanie Mostaccio**
Richard C. Sando*
Jennifer L. Poorvin
Elizabeth M. Ryan*
Krista Wettengel*
Aurora L. Slothus
Baris Yakin*
College of Continuing Studies
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Kimberly L. Bohonko
Timothy Burns
Sanjeev Bassi
Denise L. Jerolymack
Patrick J. McWain
Aljermire Dewberry
Courtney Morris
Sherita A. Whetstone
Patricia Cashill Headley
Ruth R. Rodriguez
Sean Wild
Westminster Choir College
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Emily Adams**
Celia Barry*
Stephen Buzard
Elizabeth Allen
Emma-Grace Dunbar
Brittany Michelle Godfrey
Lauren A. McDowell*
Shane Magargal*
Christopher McWilliams
Danielle Lynn Meola*
Karol Nowicki
Thomas Sheehan
* Second-year scholar
**Third-year scholar
