April 24, 2008

Dr. Joseph Nadeau may be retiring from Rider University at the end of June after 37 years, but the outgoing dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences isn’t answering the beck and call of his easy chair just yet. More



There are a few different ways to explain just how far Rance Robeson II had to travel to get to Rider University. He can tell you about how 10 years ago, he was homeless yet still managed to complete a year of community college in Queens after being sent packing from his parents' home in the tough Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. More



The air was unseasonably warm that spring day. The sky was blue, the cherry blossoms were pink, and Brown was Gray - Dr. Carol Brown, that is, who was named the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Nancy Gray Award at Rider's University Day on April 10. More




Dr. Chrystina Dolyniuk, associate professor of Psychology, recently presented a paper entitled "Using Developmentally Appropriate Narratives to Promote Inclusion of Children with Autism within New Jersey Schools. What's been done? Where do we need to go?" at the Sixth Annual HICE International Conference on Education in Honolulu. She also served as session chair for one of the special education panels. More

  • Forever Young: Rider Softball Field Named for Benefactors
    Even though the Rider softball team swept a doubleheader from Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rival Siena on April 12, the day’s biggest hit may have come between games when the Herb and Joan Young Softball Field was officially dedicated before a sparkling new grandstand filled with fans, family members and friends of Broncs Athletics.


  • The Rider News Dominates N.J. Press Association Contest
    The Rider News took home 11 awards, including four first-place titles in the 2008 New Jersey Collegiate Press Association (NJCPA) Better College Newspaper contest. Because the student newspaper won 10 prizes, it also received the Sweepstakes Award, in recognition of earning the most titles for a four-year college. It’s also the most awards The Rider News has received in a single contest.


  • Rider Breaks Ground on New Residence Halls
    They wanted it, and they got it. Citing the desire of an increasing number of students to experience campus life residentially, Rider President Mordechai Rozanski led a team of ceremonial shovel-wielding dignitaries in breaking ground at the site of the University's new West Village residence halls on Tuesday, April 15, on the Lawrenceville campus.

  • Moving Out? Don't Trash it! Recycle it!
    It’s the end of the academic year, and besides term papers and finals, there’s a greater challenge that looms over students’ heads. It lurks behind closed doors. As students move out of dorms and apartments, many will face a year’s worth of unwanted items. Fortunately, students in Foundations of Leadership (LDP 200) will hold “Don’t trash it! Recycle it for those who need it!” on Friday, April 25, on the Lawrenceville campus.


  • Westminster Opera Theater Presents La Clemenza di Tito
    Westminster Opera Theater will present Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, at 8 p.m. in the Princeton Regional Schools Performing Arts Center in Princeton. The production will be fully staged with orchestra and sung in Italian with English supertitles. The music director is Daniel Beckwith, and the stage director is Marc Verzatt.


  • Broncs Run the Stable at NIT/MBWA Awards
    Three members of the Rider University basketball program were honored at the 75th annual NIT/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association College Basketball Awards Dinner at the Giants Stadium Club in East Rutherford, N.J., on Thursday, April 17.
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