DECEMBER 15, 1998- RIDER INDUCTS 29 STUDENTS INTO NATIONAL EDUCATION HONOR SOCIETY
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- Rider University has inducted 29 top undergraduates into the University's chapter of Kappa Phi Kappa, the national honor society for education students. Induction ceremonies were held on Thursday, December 3, on Rider's Lawrenceville campus.
The students are (with hometown, class year, and major):
| Gina Abraham Sandy Arhontoulis Jacqueline Basilio Kathleen Clymer Kristin Cook Michael Curto Dawn Marie DeLuca Erin Fitzgerald Amy Friedman Meghan Giardiello Laurie Gillespie Khalilah Goins Nickeya Holmes Christie Kelly Mandy Lehrman Stephanie Lobell Karen Long Melissa Lombardo Kelly Matthews Gary Meinhardt Jennifer Menter Nicole Mikulewicz Ryan O'Donnell Kristy Paolillo Stephanie Pinkston Linsley Robinson Lori Royce Jessica Tatulli Laura Wilkinson |
Hamilton Township, NJ Kendall Park, NJ Watchung, NJ Swarthmore, PA Riverdale, NJ Mount Holly, NJ Bethlehem, PA Morrisville, PA Verona, NJ Emerson, NJ Toms River, NJ Newark, NJ Millville, NJ Maple Shade, NJ Voorhees, NJ Hamilton Township, NJ North Brunswick, NJ Morris Plains, NJ Maple Shade, NJ Harleysville, PA Jackson, NJ Kearny, NJ Denville, NJ Burlington, NJ Delran, NJ Pitman, NJ North Hanover, NJ Nutley, NJ Merchantville, NJ |
sophomore junior sophomore senior sophomore senior junior senior sophomore sophomore junior junior junior sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore junior junior junior junior sophomore junior sophomore sophomore junior senior |
elementary education / fine arts elementary education / fine arts elementary education / psychology elementary education / English elementary education / psychology secondary education / history elementary education / psychology secondary education / history elementary education / psychology secondary education / Spanish secondary education / history elementary education / communication elementary education / communication elementary education / psychology elementary education / sociology elementary education / fine arts business education elementary education elementary education / psychology secondary education / mathematics elementary education / psychology elementary education / American studies secondary education / mathematics secondary education / English elementary education / psychology elementary education / psychology elementary education elementary education / fine arts elementary education / American studies |
Students are invited to membership in Kappa Phi Kappa if they carry a cumulative grade point average of 2.7 or higher on Rider's standard 4.0 scale. A formal induction ceremony finalizes membership.
Once inducted, students are required to contribute a minimum of six hours of community service. The honor society also meets several times per semester where guest speakers and creative activities are offered to expand students' professional and educational experiences.
Rider's department of undergraduate education within the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences' School of Education is designed to prepare students for careers in public and non-profit schools, organizations, and agencies. The department's three undergraduate degree programs in education, elementary education, and secondary education embody the highest academic and professional standards for the intellectual, personal and social development of each student in a changing world. The education degree offers majors in business education and marketing; the elementary education sequence emphasizes early childhood education; and the secondary education degree program offers dual-major options English, French, German, Spanish, mathematics, science, and social studies.
Rider University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian institution with a 353-acre main campus in Lawrenceville, New Jersey and a 23-acre campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The University offers 58 undergraduate programs and 17 graduate programs in the Colleges of Business Administration; Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences; Continuing Studies; and Westminster Choir College. Ninety-three percent of the faculty hold doctoral or other appropriate advanced degrees.
