LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- Catherine Kite-Strycharz of Lawrence Township, NJ, a junior computer information systems major at Rider University, has been selected as the Tutor of the Month for December, 1997, by Rider University Tutoring Services.

She was nominated for the award by the students she tutors in macroeconomics because of her knowledge of the subject and her special skills in helping students to better understand the material. Her students attribute their improved grades to her tutoring efforts.

Kite-Strycharz is a 1985 graduate of Notre Dame High School and a 1992 graduate of Mercer County Community College. She is presently employed as a systems analyst for the Mercer County Library, Lawrenceville Headquarters Branch. Upon completion of her degree work at Rider, she looks forward to continuing her work with the Mercer County Library System.

Rider University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian institution with a 353-acre campus in Lawrenceville, NJ, and a 23-acre campus in Princeton, NJ. The University offers 58 undergraduate programs and 15 graduate programs in business, liberal arts, science, education, and music. Ninety-five percent of Rider's faculty members hold doctoral or other appropriate advanced degrees. U.S. News and World Report has again ranked Rider in the top tier of northern universities based on the quality of its programs.