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Rep.
Rush Holt Kicks off Rider's Partnership with MentorPower |
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| Rep. Rush Holt kicks off Rider's partnership with
MentorPower |
Promoting the need for greater diversity in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.-12) visited Rider University on October 1 to kick off an innovative partnership between Rider and MentorPower, Inc., a science inquiry-based mentoring program for local high school students from Trenton Central and Lawrence High Schools.
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Rider Dance Ensemble Presents Dances for Africa
Rider University's Dance Ensemble and dancers from American Repertory Ballet (ARB) will present benefit performances on Thursday, October 11 and Friday, October 12, to raise money for African orphans who have lost their parents to AIDS. more info...
Jacobson's
Advice to Teachers: Don't Get So Upset
Dr.
Tamar Jacobson, assistant professor of teacher education, is dedicated
to helping teachers relate effectively to children. In her new book,
Don't Get So Upset! Help Young Children Manage Their Feelings
by Understanding Your Own, to be published by RedLeaf Press
next year, Jacobson says that the first step for each teacher is
to look inward. more info...
Congleton Named Chair of Moore Library
Robert Congleton, former associate professor-librarian at Rider University Libraries, has been appointed chair of Franklin F. Moore Library on the Lawrenceville campus. Congleton succeeds John Buschman, who served in the post from 1996 until this past summer when he was named Associate University Librarian for Collections Development, Preservation and Scholarly Communication at Georgetown University. more info...
Ranney Receives Delta Sigma Pi National Scholarship
Sarah
Ranney of Scotch Plains, N.J., a junior marketing/advertising major
with a minor in art, has been selected as one of four national recipients
of the 2007 Founder’s Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship awarded
by the Delta Sigma Pi Leadership Foundation. more
info...
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