The Phillie Phanatic and the Gin Blossoms, an alternative pop/rock band, will be part of the excitement of Rider University’s Reunion Weekend, June 23-25.

Six Rider University undergraduate students have been selected to travel to Fuzhou, China this summer to tutor English and teach American culture to middle and high school-aged students.  They are the first to venture there as part of Rider’s on-going initiatives to prepare students for an increasingly global world.

Robert Lackie, associate professor-librarian, has been selected the 2006 recipient of the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship.  He will receive the award at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans on June 27.

Dr. Feng Chen, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Todd Weber, assistant professor of biology, were named the recipients of Rider University’s Distinguished Teaching Awards at the University’s 141st Commencement. The awards have been presented annually since 1961.

Rider University’s Minding Our Business (MOB) program produces young entrepreneurs who capture national attention.

New York Yankees manager Joe Torre told Rider University’s graduating class of more than 1,000 to get the most out of life while touching other lives along the way during the University’s 141st Commencement on a surprisingly sunny Friday morning.

At a reception in her honor, Dr. Phyllis Frakt was feted for her 32 years of service to Rider University by faculty, staff, administrators, President Emeritus Bart Luedeke, and a choir comprised of Rider’s 50 Sanda students.

Rider faculty and academic student affairs administrators will examine critical issues in higher education at Rider on Thursday, May 18 during the eighth annual Faculty Development Day. The day’s theme is “Learner-Centered Teaching: Improving Student Performance and Instructor Satisfaction.”

Dr. Frank Rusciano, professor of political science at Rider University, has published a new book entitled Global Rage after the Cold War by Palgrave Publishers.

Giselle Sylvester, a junior biochemistry major at Rider University, has won a competitive Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship that includes a $3,500 stipend for summer research.

Rider University’s Small Business Institute (SBI) has again placed in the top 10 nationally in the 2005 National Small Business Institute® student consulting case-of-the-year competition, undergraduate division.

Experts from industry, government and law enforcement will discuss issues facing professionals responsible for the investigation and prevention of fraud or for compliance with government anti-fraud regulations at Rider University’s Forensic Accounting Conference on Monday, May 8 in the Bart Luedeke Center.

Heather Horowitz, a political science major, and Perry Whiteley, a finance and global business major, are the 2006 President’s Award winners on the Lawrenceville campus and Matthew Knickman, a voice performance major, is the President’s Award winner on the Westminster campus.  President Rozanski announced the recipients at the respective award ceremonies on both campuses.

Following semester-long renovation work at the front of Moore Library and a “detour” to a ground floor entrance, the new 24-hour, wireless study lounge opened recently for individual study and small-group collaborative work.

Rider’s two commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 12 will feature distinguished individuals. At the 9:30 a.m. ceremony on the Lawrenceville campus New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre and his wife, Alice, president of the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation will receive honorary degrees.  Westminster’s ceremony at 4 p.m. will feature the commencement address by Anthony Tommasini, New York Times music critic, and the awarding of an honorary degree to Allen Crowell, former member of Westminster’s conducting faculty.

Five new Undergraduate Research Award recipients for 2006-7 have been selected. They will present their work, along with the six 2005-06 Scholars, at the Rider Celebration of Student Research and Creativity on Friday, April 21.

Jamiyl Mosley, area director of residence life at Rider, is this year’s recipient of the University’s prestigious Nancy Gray Award.

Dr. Jesse DeEsch of Langhorne, PA, an associate professor of graduate education at Rider University, received the Eminent Career Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) in Montreal on April 1.

During spring break, eight Rider University students traveled to New Orleans to help rebuild communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Dr. Donald A. Steven, provost and dean of the College and professor, School of Education, at The Citadel in South Carolina, has been appointed Rider University’s new provost and vice president of academic affairs, effective July 1, 2006, Rider President Mordechai Rozanski has announced.

Rider University Gender Studies Program will host its 2006 Colloquium Thursday, April 13.  “Imagining,” is the theme.  Free and open to the public, the event will take place from noon to 5:30 p.m. in Sweigart Auditorium in the College of Business Administration. 

To prepare for an increasingly global world, Rider University students will have an opportunity to travel to China to tutor children this summer.  Those wishing to learn the basics of Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture will be able to do so right here on campus starting this coming fall.

Rider University alumnus Gregory Lorjuste (Class of ’04) of Trenton was one of 10 individuals nationwide recently selected to participate in “Yes We Can,” a national Democratic campaign management and training program founded by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and run by his administrative fundraising arm, Hopefund.  

Dan Silberman, a junior biology major, is the co-author of a paper with six recent Rider biology graduates and Professor James Riggs that appeared in the March 2006 issue of "Immunology," a highly regarded refereed journal.

Michele Moore Schmidt of Lawrenceville, a graduate of Westminster Choir College (WCC) of Rider University,  is the recipient of the Governor’s Recognition Award for Teacher of the Year in the East Brunswick School District. 

Rider University alumnus Gregory Lorjuste (Class of ’04) of Trenton was one of 10 individuals nationwide who recently participated in participate in “Yes We Can,” a national Democratic campaign management and training program founded by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and run by his administrative fundraising arm, Hopefund.  

Dr. Dorothy A. McMullen, associate professor of accounting, has met the certification requirements to begin using the designation CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner).

Ten Rider University students will travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic during their spring recess March 10 through 18 to work in two children's orphanages and schools.

Through the efforts of the Geological and Marine Sciences Department, Rider has a weather station atop the Science and Technology Center that reports almost to the second weather conditions on campus.

Members of Rider University’s dance program will be featured in an evening and afternoon of dance in the production, “Rider Dances,” on Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5.

Joseph MacAde, who has a wealth of experience managing international student and scholar programs, has been named director of international programs at Rider University

Eighteenth-century playwright Carlo Goldino’s play, “The Servant of Two Masters” – featuring 17 Rider University student actors -- will be performed this month as the premiere for Rider’s new Fine Arts Studio Theater.

The drawings of Princeton-based artist, Thomas George, will be on display in the upcoming exhibition, “Thomas George: New Work, Drawings and Pastels,” Thursday, March 2 through Thursday, April 6 at the Rider University Art Gallery.

A graduate Small Business Institute team has placed second in national SBI Association case competition to continue the success and consulting excellence other Rider small business teams have achieved over the years.

Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano of Ewing, adjunct professor of political science at Rider University, has initiated a pilot program at Rider known as The Student Global Village, which engages students in constructive dialogue about contentious religious, racial and cultural issues.

Seventeen Sanda students and one Sanda instructor, which arrived on Rider's Lawrenceville campus in mid-January, toured New York City on Sunday, February 5, with Julie Luster, assistant dean of the College of Business Administration and Karen Kehm, an MBA student and graduate assistant. 

Boris Vilic, a specialist in innovative technologies, customer satisfaction and employee training, has been appointed executive director and associate dean of the College of Continuing Studies (CCS) at Rider University. 

Breast cancer patients, survivors and their families will have an opportunity to learn about emerging issues in breast cancer research in a day-long conference on Saturday, February 11 at Rider University in the Bart Luedeke Center.

 Rider University entered the next chapter of its partnership with Shanghai Sanda Institute January 18 as 29 new Sanda students and one faculty member arrived on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus amidst a hearty welcome from faculty, staff and students.

Some new tax provisions that began January 1, as well as some carryover provisions, can help average people minimize their taxes, maximize their wealth, and provide savings flexibility says Alan Sumutka, associate professor of accounting at Rider University for 28 years and a CPA.

Matthew Stevens, a senior finance and global business major, has been accepted into Johnson & Johnson’s highly selective Financial Leadership Development Program.  He will begin the program just 18 days after his graduation in May.