November 5, 2008

For almost as long as there has been standardized testing, the debate has raged over why minority students have historically underperformed. Charges of cultural bias and laments of underfunded urban school districts have long been accepted as being at least partially culpable for the scoring disparities, but others have been consumed with exploring the issue in search of a more satisfying explanation. Among them is Joshua Aronson, Ph.D., who visited Rider University on October 29 to deliver the second annual Marvin W. Goldstein Lecture on Prejudice Reduction. More


Jason Thompson may now be filling it up in the NBA, but the men’s basketball program at Rider University wants you to know the team he left behind is just fine, thanks. Set to tip off the 2008-09 season, the Broncs will count on players like London native Justin Robinson, a contender for the 2012 British Olympic team, in their quest for the MAAC title. More


A trip to Israel got James Ottavio Castagnera thinking about the impact of terrorism at American universities, a topic he explores in his forthcoming book, Al Qaeda Goes to College, published by Greenwood Press. Castagnera, the associate provost and associate counsel for Academic Affairs at Rider University, says that events over the past decade may have actually increased the level of academic freedom and the ability of scholars to explore the issue of terror. More
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  • Weekend Promises Fun for All of the Rider Family
    Family Weekend at Rider University promises fun for the whole Rider family from Friday, November 7, through Sunday, November 9, with performances, games and award ceremonies. Students and their families will also have the chance to cheer on the men’s basketball team at Alumni Gym on Saturday night. In addition, the Cranberry King and Queen will be crowned on Friday and this year’s Andrew J. Rider Scholars honored on Saturday.

  • Brush Up that Résumé for the Fall Career Fair
    Rider undergraduate, graduate students and alumni will have a chance to market themselves to prospective employers on Thursday, November 6, during the Fall Career Fair in BLC Cavalla Room. More than 65 companies from fields ranging from finance and retail to nonprofits and state and federal government will be represented from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

  • Cabaret Marks a First for School of Fine and Performing Arts
  • The curtain will rise on Cabaret at the Yvonne Theater beginning on Thursday, November 6, at 7 p.m., marking the first musical theater production on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus as part of the new School of Fine and Performing Arts. Directed by Pat Chmel and set in 1929-30 Berlin on the eve of the Nazis’ rise to power, Cabaret is a stunning musical considered to be one of America’s musical theater classics.

  • Local Districts Get CONNECT-ED to Phase II of Outreach Program
    • More than 70 K-12 science and math teachers and district supervisors attended the CONNECT-ED Phase II Kickoff Event at Rider on October 28 to learn how professional learning communities, or “PLCs,” can help “big-ideas thinking” in science and math take root in their classrooms and throughout their districts. By attending, past participants of CONNECT-ED took the first steps toward leading these CONNECT-ED PLCs in their districts.


  • Rider to Host Events for Life Sciences Week
    Freeman Dyson, a physicist and mathematician best known for his work in quantum field theory, is a professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Dyson will discuss Domesticated Biotechnology, just one of a number of events featured during 2008 New Jersey Life Sciences Week at Rider University from November 17 to 21.



  • On Fire!! Sparks Interest in Literary Exploration
    The second issue of On Fire!! A Literary Journal of the African Diaspora will premier on Monday, November 10, in the Bart Luedeke Center Cavalla Room from 7 to 9 p.m.


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