March 4, 2009

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. More



There must have been something in the water at Loyola University’s Mangione Aquatic Center in Baltimore, as 36 records were set out of 40 events at the 2009 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships during the weekend of February 12 to 14. Rider's swimming and diving teams returned home with 21 records, one team championship by the women and a runner-up finish by the men’s team, three MAAC Coach of the Year awards and three of a possible four MAAC Outstanding Performer of the Meet awards. More


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.” More


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. More
Headline News

  • 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 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.

  • Minding Our Business Sets National Standard
    While area youth might be minding their own businesses, observers of the community outreach project, M.O.B., certainly are not. As the College of Business Administration’s Minding Our Business program continues to gain in reputation, Dr. Sigfredo Hernandez, M.O.B. director and founder, received first place for the Best Practice Award in Student Experiential Learning at the Small Business Institute Association’s 33rd Annual National Conference on Saturday, February 14, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

  • 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. “Our goal for the Center was to expand upon what we have to offer to various students on both campuses and also to connect student leaders,” Seplaki explained.

  • Three Students Attend Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting
    Everyone and anyone can make a difference as long as they have a plan. That’s the advice President Bill Clinton gave nearly 1,000 students from across the United States and around the globe, including three Rider students, at the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) Meeting, held Friday, February 13, through Sunday, February 15, at the University of Texas at Austin.
  • New Westminster Podcast Focuses on Composer Morten Lauridsen
  • A conversation with noted composer Morten Lauridsen is the latest in the Westminster-to-Go podcast series on the Rider Web site. It features Westminster conductors Joe Miller and James Jordan, joined by WWFM radio host David Osenberg, discussing the composition of his Lux Aeterna and O Magnum Mysterium, which are among the most frequently performed choral works in America.

  • Pink Zone Raises Breast Cancer Awareness
  • Rider Athletics and the cheering crowd not only showed their cranberry pride during the men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader on February 21, but many athletes, coaches and audience members also wore pink to show support for breast cancer awareness. For the third year in a row, Rider participated in the WBCA Pink Zone. To show support, the Rider women’s team wore pink shoelaces and pink shooting shirts, while coaches from both the men’s and women’s teams wore pink ribbons during the games.


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