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Student Organization Directory

We offer the chance to connect with others and contribute to common goals on campus and in the community, while having the time of your life and making friendships and connections you’ll value for years to come. Don’t wait! There’s a place for you here at Rider. For more information contact the Office of Campus Life at 609-896-5327 or email Dave Keenan.

Most of the clubs and organizations are based out of Rider’s Lawrenceville Campus. Those based on the Princeton Campus are indicated for your convenience. Also, most are open to membership from students on both campuses, however, some are designed to serve students specifically from one or the other. Those groups are marked with an (*) asterisk.


Student Governments and Councils


Fraternities and Sororities - Social


Fraternities and Sororities - Honorary/Academic

  • Alpha Kappa Delta - Advisor: Dr. Barry Truchil
    The international honor society in sociology. Students are eligible if they are either a sociology major or minor.

  • Alpha Lambda Delta - Advisors: Ada Badgley and Dr. Julie Drawbridge
    The national freshman honors society.

  • Alpha Psi Omega - Advisor: Dr. Patrick Chmel
    An honorary theatre fraternity that supports the main stage theatre seasons and produces its own shows in our studio theatre. Proceeds from these events often go to charity organizations. 

  • Beta Alpha Psi - Advisors: Dr. Maria Sanchez and Dr. J. Drew Procaccino
    A worldwide co-ed professional accounting, finance and computer/business information organization which recognizes academic excellence and complements members' formal education by providing interaction between students, faculty and professionals, as well as fostering lifelong growth, service and ethical conduct.

  • Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) - Advisor: Dr. Kelly Bidle
    A national honor society for students of the Biological Sciences.

  • Beta Gamma Sigma - Advisor TBD
    The honor society serving business programs accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB International)

  • Delta Phi Alpha - Advisor: Dr. Margaret Schleissner
    The national German honor society. 

  • Delta Sigma Pi - Advisor TBD
    A professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.

  • Kappa Delta Pi - Advisor: Dr. Peter Hester
    A national honor society for education majors. Membership based on academic performance and faculty nomination.

  • Omicron Delta Epsilon - Advisor: Chuck McCall
    International Economics Honor Society.

  • Omicron Delta Kappa - Advisor: Larry Johnson
    The Omicron Delta Kappa Society is the national leadership honor society for college students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership, and exemplary character.

  • Order of Omega - Advisor: Michael Stumpf
    Order of Omega is a national honor society for initiated members in fraternities and sororities. The members of Order of Omega represent the top 3% of Rider's Greek community and are of junior or senior standing. Criteria for membership include character, scholarship, service and leadership. Those members initiated into Order of Omega represent a well-rounded student and are charged with giving back to the campus and Greek community. Greek students seeking membership must go through an application and interview process to join.

  • Phi Alpha Theta - Advisor: TBD
    Phi Alpha Theta is the professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians.

  • Phi Beta Delta - Advisor: Dr. Mary L. Poteau-Tralie
    Phi Beta Delta honors those who serve internationalism - the idea of a world connected, of respect for different traditions, of the need for education to enhance knowledge of the many cultures that are part of a globe that we all must share.

  • Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia - Advisor: Joe Capone
    Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is a men's music fraternity.  The Object of this Fraternity shall be for the development of the best and truest fraternal spirit; the mutual welfare and brotherhood of musical students; the advancement of music in America and a loyalty to the Alma Mater.

  • Phi Sigma Tau - Advisor: Joel Feldman
    To serve as a means of awarding distinction to students having high scholarship and personal interest in philosophy, to promote student interest in research and advanced study in this field; to provide opportunities for the publication of student research papers of merit; to encourage a professional spirit and friendship among those who have displayed marked ability in this field; to popularize interest in philosophy among the general collegiate public.

  • Pi Delta Phi - Advisor: Dr. Mary L. Poteau-Tralie
    The national French honor society. 

  • Pi Omega Pi - Advisor: Dr. Michael Curran
    Honors organization for business education majors.

  • Psi Chi - Advisors: Alison Thomas-Cottingham and Dr. Chrystina Dolyniuk
    The national honor society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology.

  • Sigma Delta Pi - Advisor: Dr. Nydia Rivera Gloeckner
    The national Spanish honor society.

  • Sigma Iota Epsilon - Advisor: Dr. Thomas Ruble and Dy. Joy Schneer
    An honorary professional fraternity in management and human resources, is open to juniors and seniors in the Management and HR department who have a GPA of 3.2 or higher overall and at least a 3.5 GPA in the major (having taken 2 or more courses beyond MGT 201. Sigma Iota Epsilon is affiliated nationally with the Academy of Management and the American Management Association.

  • Sigma Gamma Epsilon - Advisor: TBD
    The honorary society of earth science majors. Students who major in the geosciences are eligible for induction in their junior year, provided they have maintained a 2.75 GPA in the major.

  • Sigma Tau Delta - Advisor: Professor Rebecca Basham
    The national English Honor Society has a chapter at Rider, which qualified students are invited to join.

  • Sigma Xi - Advisor: Dr. Richard Alexander
    The national scientific research honor society.
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Academic Interest Organizations

  • ACDA, Princeton based
  • Accounting Society
  • Achieving Language Fluency in Spanish (ALFS)
  • Computer Information Systems Society (CIS)
  • DAARSTOC (Developing Administrative Abilities and Resources Through the Synergistic Training of Organizational Competencies)
  • Economics Club
  • Entrepreneurial Studies Club
  • French Club
  • German Club
  • Global Multinational Studies Society
  • History Club
  • Human Resource Management Association (HRMA)
  • Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
  • Law Society
  • Marketing and Advertising Student Association (MASA)
  • MENC, Princeton based
  • National Model United Nations
  • Political Science Society
  • Psychology Club
  • Public Relations Society
  • SNATS, Princeton based
  • Student Education Association (SEA)
  • Writer's Block
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Club Sports

  • Baseball
  • Dance Team
  • Equestrian Club
  • Ice Hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Roller Hockey
  • Ski and Adventure Club
  • Swim Club
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Multicultural Clubs

  • Asian Students at Rider (ASAR)
  • Black and Hispanic Alliance (BHA), Princeton based
  • Black Student Union (BSU), Lawrenceville based 
  • Franco Intalian Culture Association (FICA), Princeton based
  • Gay and Straight Alliance (GSA)
  • Latin American Student Organization (LASO)
  • Latinos for Academic & Social Excellence (LASE)
  • Rider International Community of Students (RICS)
  • Rider's Organization of Caribbean Affiliated Students (ROCAS)
  • Unity Club
  • Women's Center
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Special Interest

  • Chess Club
  • College of Republicans
  • Council for Exceptional Children
  • Photography and Digital Imaging Club
  • The Rider News
  • ROOTERS (Rider Out of Towners)
  • Rider University Bronc Band (RUBB)
  • Rider University Network (RUN)
  • The Rider Vibes
  • Student Alumni Association
  • Student Blood Council
  • The Shadow Yearbook
  • University of Democrats of America
  • Venture
  • Westminster Glee Club, Princeton based
  • Westminster Journal, Princeton based
  • WRRC 107.7 FM
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Service Clubs and Organizations


Spiritual/Religious Organizations