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Braddock Honored by Mercer Chamber of Commerce
Beverly Braddock, special events and projects manager at Rider, was recently named Volunteer of the Month by the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce for her contributions to the success of the Chamber’s Career Connection Expo, sponsored annually and hosted by Rider University.
Duque Earns Fulbright to Syria
Dr. Adriano Duque, director of External Honors and assistant professor of Spanish at Rider, is currently conducting research in Syria as part of the Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program. Duque is the 17th Rider faculty member to receive a Fulbright.
Ithaca College Awards Honorary Degree to Westminster’s Sweet
Soprano Sharon Sweet, a member of the faculty at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, had the honorary Doctor of Music bestowed upon her by Ithaca College at its 114th Commencement ceremony this past spring. Perhaps best known for her worldwide performances in the title role of Aida, Sweet earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Ithaca College School of Music in 1978.
Composing Philosophies -- Seldes’ Bernstein Book Is on Key
Dr. Barry Seldes remembers when he first encountered Leonard Bernstein. It was a hot summer day in 1956 when Seldes, then an undergraduate at the City College of New York, left class to hear music coming from the college’s amphitheater. There, the New York Philharmonic was in rehearsal and Seldes saw and heard the legendary composer playing the piano. Now, in his new book, Leonard Bernstein: The Political Life of an American Musician, Seldes examines the relationship between Bernstein’s musical and political lives.
The 2009 - 2010 Rider University Faculty Lecture Series
The Rider University Faculty Lecture Series is a forum for faculty to share high-quality research primarily with other faculty and administrators. On Thursday, October 15, from 4:30 - 6 p.m. in Sweigart Hall, Room 115, Dr. Matthew Goldie, Department of English, will speak on "This Island Earth: Insularity in Ancient and Medieval Literature, Science, and Maps." .
Pasqua Brings Bonner Experience to New Post
Like many college graduates, Annie Pasqua describes her undergraduate years as a transformative experience. In Pasqua’s case, one program in particular challenged her to step out of her comfort zone and make a difference. As a freshman at Lees McRae College in North Carolina, the Tennessee native joined the Bonner Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by Bertram and Corella Bonner that strives to promote community involvement in students across the country.
Westminster Faculty Recital Series Presents Salons, Cafés and Cabaret
Pianist Eric Hung and mezzo-soprano Amy Hartsough will perform café and cabaret songs sung in Paris, Berlin and Shanghai from the 1900s to the 1930s on Wednesday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. Admission is free.
Scholarly Activities -- September 2009
Dr. Sylvia Bulgar, professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teacher Education, was invited by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to travel to Washington, D.C., in order to serve on the National Selection Committee, which will select the recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in the Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Grushow to Cycle for the Climate
The Energy and Sustainability Steering Committee is organizing a trip for all students, faculty and staff to Lambertville to cheer on the cyclists, including Alexander Grushow, chair of the Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics department, and support a good cause for climate action. The cyclists will bike through Lambertville/New Hope between 9 and 10 a.m. on Sunday, September 27.
Three Honored For Distinguished Service with Frank N. Elliott Awards
Mary Kildea, administrative associate for the Department of Communication and Journalism, Harry I Naar, professor of Fine Arts, and Barbara Fruscione, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences, received the prestigious Frank N. Elliott Award for Distinguished Service during the Opening Fall Convocation on September 3.
TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment Meeting
Eligible Rider University employees have received an invitation to attend the semi-annual TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, at 10 a.m. in Sweigart Auditorium. Eligible employees will be able to enroll in the University retirement plan effective October 2009.
Rebovich Institute Launches ‘Governing New Jersey’ Series
Rider University will host the Governing New Jersey series in September when all three major candidates in the state’s gubernatorial race will appear in the University’s Bart Luedeke Center Theater over the course of a week to discuss their views on the issues that face the Garden State. The appearances by Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine, Republican candidate Chris Christie and independent candidate Christopher Daggett are free and open to the public. The Governing New Jersey series is sponsored by the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University.
History of Rider Exhibit at Trenton City Museum
“Rider: The First 99 Years” will be exhibited at Ellarslie from September 17 – November 15, 2009. A Lecture by Dr. Walter Brower and Archivist Robert Congleton will be given at the museum on October 25, 2009 at 2 p.m.
Rozanski Strikes Positive Notes at Fall Convocation
Rider University President Mordechai Rozanski convened Fall Convocation to begin the new academic year on Thursday, September 3, in the Bart Luedeke Center Cavalla Room. He opened by reiterating his springtime Town Hall pronouncement that he would rather be at Rider than anywhere else.
Joyner to Shine in Lawrence Hall of Fame
Rubin Joyner’s three-sport athletics career at Lawrence High School will be recognized when he is inducted into Lawrence’s Athletic Hall of Fame during halftime of the high school’s home football game and then during a formal dinner at Mercer Oaks Golf Course on Saturday, October 24.
Rider Welcomes Two New Deans
Two new deans will rely on their academic experience and love of knowledge to help steer Rider’s academic future. Dr. Patricia Mosto is the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences (CLAES), while Dr. Sharon J. Sherman of Hopewell, N.J., is the new dean of the School of Education.
Rider’s Ranking Elevated by U.S. News & World Report
In its annual "America's Best Colleges" issue for 2010, U.S. News & World Report has once again placed Rider University in the top tier of its Best Universities - Master's North category.
OIT Announcement -- Scheduled Telephone and Voicemail Outage
Please be advised that all telephone services, including voicemail, will be unavailable on the Westminster Choir College campus between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, while we perform required upgrades to the system.
Mosto is New Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences
Dr. Patricia Mosto of Pitman, N.J., is the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences (CLAES) at Rider University. Mosto, who will also serve as a professor of Biology, assumed her roles at Rider on July 1. Mosto succeeds Dr. Joseph E. Nadeau, who retired after serving 11 years as dean. Mosto brings 26 years of teaching experience and 13 years of administrative experience in higher education.
Sherman is New Dean of the School of Education
Dr. Sharon J. Sherman of Hopewell, N.J., is the new dean of the School of Education at Rider University. Sherman, who began work on August 1, succeeds Dr. Carol Brown.
Convocations Will Open 2009-10 Academic Year at Rider
The 2009-10 academic year at Rider University will get under way in September with three traditional ceremonies to welcome back faculty, staff and students to its Lawrenceville and Princeton campuses.
Rider’s Ranking Elevated by U.S. News & World Report
In its annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue for 2010, U.S. News & World Report has once again placed Rider University in the top tier of its Master’s Universities North category. Rider rose this year to No. 30, up five slots from last year’s poll. The “America’s Best Colleges 2010” rankings were released on August 20.
Jacobson Presents at World Forum for Early Care, Education
Dr. Tamar Jacobson, chair of the department of Teacher Education and director of the Early Childhood Education program at Rider, recently participated in the World Forum for Early Care and Education in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Scheduled Telephone, Voice Mail and E-mail Outage
Please be advised that during the period of time from Thursday, August 27, to Saturday, August 29, the Office of Information Technologies will be performing required upgrades in two phases that will involve significant e-mail and telephone outages.
OIT Announcement - Scheduled Telephone and Voicemail Outage
Please be advised that all telephone services, including voicemail, will be unavailable on the Lawrenceville campus between the hours of 6 a.m. Saturday, August 8, and 6 a.m., Sunday, August 9, while we perform required upgrades to the system.
Fourth of July Concert and Fireworks Display
Rider University will host Lawrence Township's Independence Day celebration on Saturday, July 4, with a concert and fireworks. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. with the fireworks display set to start at 9:45 p.m. The rain date is Sunday, July 5.
In Memoriam -- Dr. Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt
It is with deep regret that Rider University announces the passing of a member of our community, Dr. Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt, professor of Spanish. Ludmila passed away suddenly after suffering a fatal heart attack in her home in Lawrenceville on the evening of Monday, July 13. She had been a faculty member in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures since 1983.
Anna Robbins Celebrates 50 Years at Rider
Even the few Rider students of today who know that Gee Hall was named to honor Bernice Gee have a hard time imagining Rider’s longtime treasurer as someone accessible beyond the sepia-toned memories of the University’s past. To Anna Robbins, however, Bernice Gee is as real as the residence hall that bears her name. It was Gee who brought Robbins into the Rider community as an eager clerical worker back in 1959. Today, Robbins – now Rider’s bursar – still brings the same enthusiasm to her job each day as she did 50 years ago.
Honoring 1,205 Years of Longtimers’ Service
The close of the academic year and the passage of another year’s class from students into the legions of Rider University alumni are annual rites of spring on campus. These yearly milestones are met with much fanfare that draws thousands of friends and family members to Lawrenceville every May. But Rider also makes it a point to honor the administrators, faculty and staff members who have kept the institution moving smoothly through these annual cycles. Members of the Rider and Westminster Choir College communities who have devoted 20 or more years of service were fêted by the University on Wednesday, May 6, at the annual Longtimers Reception
Commencement Traffic Advisory
Commencement will be held on the Lawrenceville campus on Thursday evening, May 14, for all graduate and CCS students. The undergraduate Commencement ceremony will be held on Friday morning, May 15. With a large number of visitors and vehicle traffic anticipated on both days, the following traffic guidelines will be implemented.
Sethi Earns Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship to Teach in Hyderabad
Robbie Clipper Sethi’s writing has seen her weave American culture into that of India, using experiences and observations from her own narrative to help shape her fiction. Sethi, a professor of English, will now be able to meld her American perspectives with those of students at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in Hyderabad, India, through the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship she was awarded in April. Through the program, Sethi will teach creative writing to IIIT students at the central India campus.
Naar’s Work Purchased for Permanent Vassar Collection
Harry I. Naar’s drawing Tangled View was selected for purchase through the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Fund and has been accepted into the permanent collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The black-and-white ink drawing was one of four works Naar was invited to display at the Academy’s Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts this spring.
Scholarly Activities - May 2009
Dr. Jack Sullivan, professor of English and American Studies, appears on documentary special features for the following new Alfred Hitchcock DVDs: Rebecca (newly released by MGM), Vertigo (Universal), Rear Window (Universal) and Psycho (Universal). In addition, the paperback version of Sullivan’s book Hitchcock’s Music was cited as one of the Best Paperbacks of the Year by the London Financial Times.
Roderick McDonald Earns Guggenheim Fellowship
Dr. Roderick McDonald has spent his entire career researching and teaching Caribbean, Latin American, African American and African history, but if his enthusiasm has flagged one bit, it’s impossible to detect in his manner. McDonald’s passion for his research isn’t his alone, as he recently became the first faculty member in Rider history to earn a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His was one of just 180 such grants for 2009-10 for artists, scholars and scientists in all fields from across the United States and Canada.
Praise for Rider’s Prudence and Cooperation at University Update Address
Collaborative contingency planning and disciplined budgeting have helped Rider University weather the turbulent economic times thus far, according to President Mordechai Rozanski, who spoke to an audience of administrators, faculty, staff and students at the University Update Address in the Bart Luedeke Center Cavalla Room on Tuesday, April 21.
Healy, Wadley Join Annual Giving Team
University Advancement recently welcomed two new team members whose energy and expertise is anticipated to bolster the Annual Fund. Ilyndove Healy is the new director of Annual Giving, and Katharine Wadley ’02 is the new associate director of Annual Giving.
On With the Show -- Pat Chmel is Retiring after 31 Years
If a Broadway show enjoyed a marvelously successful three-decade run before closing, you could imagine the celebration and fanfare that would surely follow the final curtain. Alas, the curtain is falling on Patrick Chmel’s career at Rider, and his popular 31-year run was celebrated by a cast of hundreds inside the Bart Luedeke Center Cavalla Room on Friday, April 3.
Rutkowski Receives Nancy Gray Award
Michael Rutkowski's commitment to Rider University was recently recognized when he was named the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Nancy Gray Award at Rider’s University Day on April 7.
Two Students, One Faculty Member Recognized at Annual Colloquium
Two undergraduate students and one faculty member were honored for their commitment to improve the status of women during the annual awards ceremony at the 2009 Gender and Sexuality Studies Program Colloquium on April 2.
Scholarly Activities - April 2009
Jean Kutcher, administrative director of the Teaching/Learning Center and the Science Education and Literacy Center (SELECT), has received the United States Labor Department grant from the executive committee of the Central Jersey BIO-1 WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) program.
Col. Carey to Receive Alumni Achievement Award from Department of Communication and Journalism
Colonel Roger E. Carey, an alumnus of Rider University, will receive the Alumni Achievement Award from the University’s Department of Communication and Journalism on Monday, March 30, at 5 p.m. The award will be presented at the annual Ceremony of Merit, at which students in the department are recognized for exemplary performance in academics and service. Col. Carey will give an address on the importance of pursuing excellence.
‘Asha: Hope with Asian Twist’ to Benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Asian Students at Rider (ASAR) will hold "Asha: Hope with Asian Twist," a charity event, featuring dance, poetry readings and live music, to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
One Stop Services & Career Services to Hold Information Sessions About Rider Advantage
One Stop Services & Career Services will be holding information sessions about Rider Advantage throughout the month of April. The Rider Advantage rewards academic performance, builds student leadership, and facilitates career planning with a generous incentive grant that helps bridge the tuition gap between your first and second year of college. The grant is awarded in addition to other financial aid and scholarship awards that you may receive, regardless of need.
Small Business Consultants Conceive Winning Ways
For years, Rider’s College of Business Administration has encouraged its students to learn, experience and lead. The College’s Small Business Institute (SBI) has taken the concept of “experience” to heart, giving students valuable familiarity with real-life business situations before they even earn their degrees. The results have been fruitful, as two teams from Rider earned national honors for their work at the Small Business Institute Association’s 33rd Annual National Conference from February 12 to 14 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Register for a Seminar on Conducting Class Activities in Public Online Spaces
Come Celebrate University Day on April 7
The entire Rider community is invited to celebrate University Day on Tuesday, April 7. Traditionally, University Day is celebrated on or near April 13 each year to recognize the day in 1994 when Rider officially achieved university status.
Call for Nominations for 2009 Nancy Gray Award
The Nancy Gray Award Selection Committee is seeking nominations for this year’s Nancy Gray Award, one of the highlights of University Day, which will be held on April 7. Please submit your nomination no later than March 27, 2009.
Call for Nominations for the 2009 Dominick A. Iorio Faculty Research Prize
The Honors Council is seeking nominations for the 13th Annual Dominick A. Iorio Faculty Research Prize.
Actors, Director of ‘The Pillowman’ Recognized By Kennedy Center
Two actors in Rider’s recent production of The Pillowman, along with the play’s director, received praise for their performances from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. They will be recognized during the Center’s American College Theater Festival next year.
Come Celebrate University Day on April 7
The entire Rider community is invited to celebrate University Day on Tuesday, April 7. Traditionally, University Day is celebrated on or near April 13 each year to recognize the day in 1994 when Rider officially achieved university status.
Prober’s Business of Sports Elective Takes Students Behind the Scenes
Pick up the phone and give the defending World Series champions a call, and the first three words you’ll hear from a cheerful receptionist are, “World Champion Phillies!” It’s a fun reminder of the business behind the game, how the marketing minds of Philadelphia’s Major League Baseball franchise eagerly seize the immediate appeal of the team’s recent on-field success.
Rider Gets Fit Through Health, Fitness Initiatives
A number of members of the Rider community are taking advantage of campus programs geared toward a happy and healthy lifestyle. Through a number of health and wellness initiatives, close to 200 participants, including students, faculty and staff, are reaping the benefits of exercise, healthy eating and teamwork.
Actors, Director of ‘The Pillowman’ Recognized By Kennedy Center
Two actors in Rider’s recent production of The Pillowman, along with the play’s director, received praise for their performances from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. They will be recognized during the Center’s American College Theater Festival next year.
Markoe to Deliver Annual Dominick A. Iorio Research Lecture
Andrew Markoe, professor of Mathematics, will present the annual Dominick A. Iorio Research Lecture, Tomography: Medical Imaging from the Mathematical Point of View, on Friday, April 3, in the Daly Dining Hall Princeton Room following a dinner set to begin at 5 p.m.
Scholarly Activities - March 2009
Dr. Hernán Fontanet, assistant professor of Spanish, had his new book, Modelo y subversión en la poética de Leónidas Lamborghini, published by Mellen Press. According to the publisher, Lamborghini is one of the most well known, but least studied, contemporaneous Argentinean poets.
Call for Nominations for 2009 Nancy Gray Award
The Nancy Gray Award Selection Committee is seeking nominations for this year’s Nancy Gray Award, one of the highlights of University Day to be held on April 7. Please submit your nomination no later than March 27, 2009.
DEADLINE EXTENDED - Call for Nominations for the 2009 Frank N. Elliott Award
Nominations will be accepted for the 2009 Frank N. Elliott Award for Distinguished Service through Friday, March 27, 2009.
Picture This -- Naar Selected to Exhibit Works in Academy of Arts and Letters Show
Harry Naar is one of just 30 artists from across the United States who have been selected to participate in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts by the famed American Academy of Arts and Letters. The participants will be considered for eight awards in art from the exhibit, which will be held in the Academy’s New York gallery from Tuesday, March 10, until Sunday, April 5.
CDLS Offers New Leadership Opportunities
Sparked by the new influence of Laura Seplaki, the Center for the Development of Leadership Skills has been offering new activities and programming this year, including a workshop for student athletes and musicians, and a networking event for female student leaders, in order to enhance leadership training university-wide. Seplaki took over the reins as associate director of the Center for the Development of Leadership Skills (CDLS) and director of the Center’s Leadership Development Program (LDP). College of Business Administration Assistant Dean John Farrell is the director of CDLS.
Areas of Exploration -- Franz Tapped to Lead Area Studies Program
Dr. Barbara Franz can call upon her own international background in her new role as director of Rider’s Area Studies minor program, but she figures her own varied academic background might provide a more solid foundation than anything else. “It’s a very multidisciplinary program,” said Franz, a native of Austria who studied Communications in her homeland before coming to America to pursue advanced degrees in History and International Relations. “It will really work well with all kinds of majors.”
Small Business Consultants Conceive Winning Ways
For years, Rider’s College of Business Administration has encouraged its students to learn, experience and lead. The College’s Small Business Institute (SBI) has taken the concept of “experience” to heart, giving students valuable familiarity with real-life business situations before they even earn their degrees. The results have been fruitful, as two teams from Rider earned national honors for their work at the Small Business Institute Association’s 33rd Annual National Conference from February 12 to 14 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
United for a Greater Community
Rider University’s campaign in support of the United Way of Greater Mercer County is now under way. An independent, nonprofit organization, United Way plays many roles in its work to address the underlying causes of human problems and to create lasting changes in people’s lives – turning donor investments into results that matter in our neighborhoods.
Matthew Boyd Goldie to Present at CUNY, Princeton
Matthew Boyd Goldie, of the department of English, will give two presentations on his upcoming book, The Idea of the Antipodes.
Aetna Wellness Presentations March 17 and 25
Human Resources has invited Rider University’s health insurance provider, Aetna, to present an informative seminar entitled Getting the Most Out of Your Health Benefits With Aetna.
Nominations Open for Distinguished Teaching Award
The University Honors Council is seeking nominations from faculty and students for the prestigious Distinguished Teaching Award.
Scholarly Activities - March, 2009
Dr. Phillip Lowery of the Department of Biology has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health for his proposal entitled Mutagenesis and Functional Screening of Casein Kinase 1 Epsilon (CK1e) for Circadian-Relevant Phenotypes. The award is for $188,913 and is for the period of December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2011.
CONNECT-ED Train-the-Trainers Workshop
TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment Meeting
Eligible employees have received an invitation to attend the semiannual TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment meeting scheduled for Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m. in Sweigart Auditorium. All eligible employees will be able to enroll in the University retirement plan effective April 2009. All Rider employees are also welcome to participate, as our TIAA-CREF representative explains the various investment options and other features of the retirement plan. Enrollment packets and current investment information will be provided at the meeting.
Outstanding Citation -- Peters Honored for Bibliographical Excellence
Dr. Pearlie-Mae Peters had studied to become a secondary-school English and theater arts teacher while at Grambling State University, but was pushed by her professors to continue her education at the master’s and doctoral level. “My professors thought I had great potential,” said Peters, who graduated with the highest academic average in her program. Their instincts were correct, as Peters recently earned her most recent in a line of professional honors when she received the Modern Language Association Bibliography Fellows Award in San Francisco.
Eder Teaches in Panama Through Fulbright Program
Students in the Management Information Systems seminar, which Dr. Lauren Eder taught at the Universidad de Panama, came well prepared for the midterm. “They came in with ink cartridges and paper, and some students even brought in printers,” Eder said. “In an emerging country like Panama, people do what they need to do to get something done.” Similar to her class, Eder, the chair of the Department of Computer Information Systems, became resourceful and adaptable while she taught the Ph.D. seminar as part of a Fulbright Specialists Program during Rider’s winter break in January.
Materna Accepted into Academy for International Education
Dr. Linda Materna, the director of Rider’s Center for International Education, has been accepted into the NAFSA: Association of International Educators’ Academy for International Education. This nine-month program will provide Materna, along with 50 participants from various U.S. universities and institutions, the opportunity to broaden their base of knowledge and network throughout the field of international education.
Deborah Rosenthal to Speak at Spring Semester Faculty Lecture Series
The Rider University Faculty Lecture Series is a forum for faculty to share high-quality research primarily with other faculty and administrators. The content of each presentation depends on the faculty member’s current research or artistic interests. Each presentation is approximately forty minutes, followed by a question and answer period, and a reception. Please join us this Thursday, February 26, in the BLC Art Gallery from 5 to 6 p.m. as Deborah Rosenthal, professor of Fine Arts, presents Deep Time: Landscape Metaphors in Abstraction.
CONNECT-ED Leadership Institute - Winter Training
Rider "Pack the House Challenge" and National Girls and Women in Sports Day on February 15
The Rider University Department of Athletics will compete in the NCAA sponsored "Pack the House" Challenge on Sunday, February 15 during its women's basketball game against Niagara University at 2 p.m. The goal of the program is for each participating school to set a women's basketball attendance record.
Scholarly Activities
Mary Morse, associate professor of English, was one of three speakers invited to the Delaware Valley Medieval Association meeting at Princeton University on December 13. Her paper, Julitta and Quiricus: Childbirth Protectors in Medieval English Manuscripts and Devotional Traditions, examined prayers to the martyred mother-child saints Julitta and Quiricus in a number of English manuscripts, including birthgirdles.
TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment Meeting
Eligible employees have received an invitation to attend the semiannual TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment meeting scheduled for Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m. in Sweigart Auditorium. All eligible employees will be able to enroll in the University retirement plan effective April 2009.
Painted from Memory – Deborah Rosenthal’s Work Reveals the Landscape of Her Thoughts
Deborah Rosenthal chuckles a bit at the inquiry, and you know it’s not the first time she’s heard it. She repeats the question just asked of her: “What kind of paintings do I paint? I always say there are two kinds of painting – good and bad. I’m constantly striving to do the former.”
Idol and Idyll: Figure + Landscape in the Work of Deborah Rosenthal and Barbara Goodstein
Idol and Idyll: Figure + Landscape in the Work of Deborah Rosenthal and Barbara Goodstein is curated by Deborah Rosenthal, Professor of Fine Arts, Rider University for the Rider University Gallery. This exhibition showcases the work of a New York painter, Deborah Rosenthal, and a New York sculptor, Barbara Goodstein, who have known each other for many years, and whose work shows cross-influences and common interests.
Step Up to the Challenge to Keep Your Heath, Fitness Resolutions
Before you know it the holidays will be behind you, and it’ll be time to make your new year’s resolution. The Rider Recreation Programs and the Student Recreation Center staff know how hard it can be to keep resolutions, especially when it comes to health and fitness.
Luncheon and Information Session: Leading Short-Term International Travel Projects
Join the Center for International Education for a luncheon and information session on Tuesday, February 10, 2009, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge. The luncheon is limited to 25 so sign up early!
Rider Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Department of Athletics would like to invite you to the 2009 Athletics Hall of Fame Induction ceremony being held on Saturday, February 7, 2009.
January Faculty Development Days
Presidential Inauguration
All Rider University faculty, staff and students are invited to gather together as a community to witness the historic moment when Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, January 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Science Building, Room 102. Managers should use their best discretion in determining whether it is important to keep their office staffed, at least minimally, during this time.
3/18/08
Propane Tank Flaring - March 18
The propane tank system located to the south of the Maurer Center is being removed on Tuesday, March 18 (during the week of spring break).
September 11, 2008
TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment Meeting
Eligible Rider University employees will be receiving an invitation to attend the semi-annual TIAA-CREF Open Enrollment Meeting scheduled for Friday, September 19, at 10 a.m. in Sweigart Auditorium.
Visiting Rider Professor Featured on History Channel’s Terrain
Dr. William B. Gallagher, visiting assistant professor in the Department of Geological, Environmental, and Marine Sciences (GEMS), will be featured on The History Channel’s program Terrain on Monday, September 22, at 9 p.m.
Westminster Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Concert on January 26
Westminster Choir College of Rider University will pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a special concert on Monday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the Westminster campus in Princeton. Admission is free, and the community is invited to attend.
Area Studies and the Political Science Department Welcome Geopolitical Analyst and Celebrated Author Parag Khanna on February 3
Parag Khanna, director of the Global Governance Initiative and author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, will speak in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater on Tuesday, February 3, at 7 p.m. Khanna’s appearance is sponsored by Area Studies and the Department of Political Science.
Faculty Development Days Offer Day and Evening Sessions
From January 21 - 23, Faculty Development Days will include two keynote speakers and 12 different sessions focusing on Advisement, Innovative Instruction, and Diversity. Three of the technology sessions will be repeated in the evening for anyone unable to attend daytime sessions.
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST
Stasolla, Peters Earn Fall 2008 Mazzotti Awards
Debbie Stasolla, associate vice president for Planning, and Dr. Pearlie-Mae Peters, professor of English, have been named the recipients of the Fall 2008 Mazzotti Awards. The Mazzotti Awards offer opportunities for women faculty and staff members to attend leadership development programs that will benefit the Rider community and assist recipients in their professional advancement.
Rider’s EOP Turns 40
Commemorating a landmark year for access to learning, Rider University’s Educational Opportunity Program held a special EOP 40th Anniversary and Holiday Celebration in the Princeton Room of the newly renovated Daly’s Dining Hall on Wednesday, December 10. About 30 people, including EOP staff, students and advisory board members, were on hand to honor the state-sponsored program that enables low-income New Jersey residents to attend college.
Understanding New Reporting and Disclosure Requirements--A Virtual Seminar
