Hoffman Receives Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship

Dana Hoffman

Dana M. Hoffman of Bechtelsville, PA, a junior accounting major at Rider University, has been selected as one of 27 recipients nationally of a 2006 Delta Sigma Pi Undergraduate Scholarship. Delta Sigma Pi is the international co-educational professional business fraternity.

Each year the Delta Sigma Pi Leadership Foundation awards more than 25 undergraduate scholarships in addition to graduate fellowships to its members across the country. All of these financial awards are made possible through endowed Foundation funds. The scholarship awards are based on academic achievement, fraternal service, community service and letters of recommendation.

Hoffman was one of four Delta Sigma Pi students to receive a scholarship under the National Dean’s List Scholarship program. She holds a 4.0 grade point average in her major and an overall GPA of 3.9 at Rider.

A dean’s list student each of her first four semesters, Hoffman is involved in the College of Business Administration’s honors program and the University’s Baccalaureate Honors Program. She has also received the Athletic Academic Achievement Gold Award four straight semesters and was a member of the winning Rider team in Johnson & Johnson Business Case Competition.

Hoffman participates in many campus activities. As a member of Delta Sigma Pi, she is the current vice president of finance and has served as fundraising chair. She is a member of Rider’s cheerleading squad. In addition to cheering at men’s and women’s basketball games, she performs and appears at several other campus events.

As a student ambassador, she represents the University one-on-one with prospective students and accompanies those individuals to class and lunch. She has served as a volunteer peer mentor to help acclimate freshmen to the University.

“It is definitely an honor to receive the scholarship especially because it represents all of Delta Sigma Pi,” Hoffman said. “It makes me feel that all the hard work I’ve put into college and my activities is even more worthwhile.”

When she was a prospective student, Hoffman said Rider was the second to last school she visited. “When I got here, I knew Rider was the right place,” she said. “It was the right location and environment for me. I liked the business school’s accounting program and faculty. I love it here at Rider. There are even more opportunities here than I thought I would have. My college experience has been more than I would have expected.”

After graduating in May 2008, Hoffman plans to attend Rider for a fifth year to pursue either a Master of Accountancy or a Master of Business Administration degree. She would like to work in corporate accounting, but her long term goal is to move up in management to possibly become a controller. She is the daughter of Tim and Nadine Hoffman of Bechtelsville.

Bluestein Wins a Wall Street Journal Achievement Award

Ari Bluestein

Ari Bluestein of Elkins Park, PA, a Rider University MBA student and a May 2006 graduate with a dual degree in finance and entrepreneurial studies, has been named one of The Wall Street Journal’s 2006 Student Achievement Award winners. For more than 60 years, The Wall Street Journal has honored exceptional students across the country with this prestigious award.

Currently working as a graduate assistant in Rider’s Office of Alumni Relations, Bluestein earned dean’s list honors each of his semesters as an undergraduate.

He also participated on the College of Business Administration’s Small Business Institute undergraduate team that scored in the top 10 in 2006 National SBI Case Competition for its case study of Rider’s CONNECT-ED program. CONNECT-ED is a Central New Jersey-based partnership of 13 public school districts, two independent schools, two universities, one community college, one corporation, and other community partners, which capitalizes on the resources of all partners to enhance the quality of professional development for science and math teachers in the region.

A self-admitted entrepreneur at heart, Bluestein was the founder of Rider’s club baseball team that plays a full 30-game schedule against other colleges and universities in the northeast. A little more than one year ago, he started his own online business called Sportsfanbase.com. It is an interactive community where sports fans can make their own predictions of games, delve into sports trivia or enjoy a variety of editorial content.

The College of Business Administration is one of a handful of schools that has formed an academic partnership with The Wall Street Journal. The partnership began in fall 2003. Other WSJ partner institutions include Case Western Reserve, Harvard Business School, Texas Christian University, University of Pittsburgh, Villanova University and Wake Forest University.

Through the partnership, Rider business students, faculty and staff receive The Wall Street Journal, are entitled to a WSJ online account and have access to support materials. This affords the business school the opportunity to better integrate across functional disciplines and stay current on today’s rapidly changing business developments.

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