October 9, 2009

In high school, Amelia Corney was an accomplished student-athlete. In the afternoons, Corney played golf for Spring-Ford High School in Montgomery County, Pa. By night, she competed for the USS Tiger Sharks club swim team at The Hill School in nearby Pottstown. It was not until her junior year of high school, however, that Corney encountered her toughest competition. In September 2007, at the age of 16, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. More


A history buff since grade school, Robert Fisher had been attending lectures at the David Library of the American Revolution in Washington Crossing, Pa., for years before ever enrolling at Rider University. So when the senior History major had the opportunity for an internship at the Library, regarded as the top institution in the world for the study of the American Revolution, he could not pass it up. Now, though Fisher is fond of studying the past, he already has his sights on the future, including a subject for his doctoral dissertation. More

Dr. Barry Seldes remembers when he first encountered Leonard Bernstein. It was a hot summer day in the late 1950s 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. More
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  • Better, Not Bitter
    Veteran television and film actor Markus Flanagan will speak to Theater, Musical Theater and Westminster Choir College students about his book One Less Bitter Actor: The Actor’s Survival Guide, on Thursday, October 22, in the Yvonne Theater. In the book, Flanagan takes a mentor’s approach to helping actors address all the unforeseen issues that only come from living the actor’s life. He focuses not so much on the “how-to,” but more on the “how-to-deal-with-the-how-to” that every performer needs to learn in order to manage a career.

  • Food for Thought
    Rider students with an eye on politics enjoyed a unique opportunity to dine with three local political figures in a friendly, relaxed and conversational setting on October 1 at the Trenton Marriott. Dinner with the Elite: Exploring New Jersey Politics, sponsored by the Center for the Development of Leadership Skills and the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, allowed students to learn the ups and downs of governmental affairs from three uniquely different points of view.

  • Unity Days Will Focus on Social Justice
    “Social Justice” is the theme for this year’s Unity Days, which will feature a screening of the documentary film War Child and a keynote address by its subject, former Sudanese child soldier and current hip-hop artist Emmanuel Jal. The annual event, held this year from October 14 to 19, brings students, faculty and staff together, and celebrates all the diverse elements that make up the Rider community. Unity Days will also offer workshops that aim to celebrate social change and progress in civil rights and diversity.

    • New CCS Program Clears Hurdles for Latino Students
    When Ruth Rodriguez ’08 first enrolled in Rider University’s College of Continuing Studies (CCS) in 2005, she did so to honor her father’s wishes. A mother of four, she didn’t think she was “cut out for college but gained courage and enrolled in CCS,” and eventually became an Andrew J. Rider Scholar. In order to alleviate the obstacles to enrolling in higher education that Rodriguez and many other Latino students face, CCS has created the new Fomentamos Tu Futuro program to help provide support and guidance for the students of Latino descent.
    • Law and Justice Program to Honor Poritz
    • The Rider University Law and Justice Program’s 14th annual Distinguished Contribution Award will be presented to retired New Jersey Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz, the first woman to hold the post on the state Supreme Court, for her outstanding achievements in law and justice. The award will be presented after an address by Poritz at a luncheon on Tuesday, October 20, at 11:30 a.m. in the Fireside Lounge of the Bart Luedeke Center on the Lawrenceville campus.

    • 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.

     
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