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- On November 10, Rider's Global and Multinational
Studies major videoconferenced with Fairleigh Dickinson University
and the Ambassadors Club, United Nations. The speaker was H.E.
Mr. Crispin Grey-Johnson, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of Gambia to the U.N. The topic was African Development: Governance
and Sustainability.
- On Dec. 5, the Student Global Village, sponsored by the Global
and Multinational Studies major, met for the 10th time this fall
semester, to continue their semester-long dialogue with university
students in Cairo, Egypt. On October 24, they were joined by Congressman
Rush Holt, who has taken an interest in this initiative. The Student
Global Village was begun by Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano,
adjunct assistant professor of political science, as a seeds-for-peace
effort, and an intellectual program for training those interested
in careers in diplomacy, international studies, business, teaching,
and public life. Last spring semester Dr. Fiske-Rusciano received
a grant from the Kettering Foundation to further analyze the effects
of this sustained dialogue on opinion formation. The videoconferences,
run by the students on both campuses, have been divided into three-
and four-week-long topics: 1) students' ideas of future Arab/U.S.
relations, 2) exploring the roots of terrorism, and 3) how to
lessen the gap between wealthy and poor nations. Besides the weekly
videoconferences, the students on both campuses discuss issues
on an online forum during the week. They were very pleased when
Congressman Rush Holt asked to be a part of the online discussion.
A Ford Foundation grant has been awarded to support and expand
the Student Global Village project at Rider University.
- The play “Wrinkles,” by Rebecca
Basham, assistant professor of English, has been selected
for an award as 'Best New Play' for 2005 by the San Diego Theatre
Critics Circle. She will be honored at an awards ceremony in San
Diego on January 30, 2006.
- Harry I Naar, professor of fine arts and director
of the Rider University Art Gallery, has received a $5,000 grant
from the Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission (via
the New Jersey State Council on the Arts) in support of gallery
programming for 2006.
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