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Rider's
Commencements to Honor Distinguished Individuals |
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Rider's
two commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 12, will feature
distinguished individuals. At the 9:30 a.m. ceremony on the
Lawrenceville campus, New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre and
his wife, Alice, president of the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation,
will receive honorary degrees. Westminster's ceremony at 4 p.m.
will feature the commencement address by Anthony Tommasini,
New York Times music critic, and the awarding of an honorary
degree to Allen Crowell, former member of Westminster's
conducting faculty.
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Fine
Arts Department to Present "Twelfth Night"
William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night,"
will be performed at
The Yvonne Theater on April 21, 22, 28 and 29. Directed by Dr.
Richard Homan, professor of fine arts, the modern-dress
production will feature
18 fine arts department student actors. more
info...
Rider
Selects Research Scholars for 2006-07
Five new Undergraduate Research Award recipients for 2006-7 have
been selected. They will present their work, along with the six
2005-06 Scholars, at the Rider Celebration of Student Research and
Creativity on Friday, April 21. more
info...
Levine Lecture to Focus on Middle Ages
Dr. William Chester Jordan, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History
at Princeton University, will deliver the 14th Annual Emanuel Levine
History Lecture at Rider University on Thursday, April 20. He will
speak on “The Truth about Sanctuary in the Middle Ages.”
more info...
Art Management Students
Produce Play in Asbury Park
Students in the arts management minor at Westminster Choir College
of Rider University will be producing a play, "Words from Arbutus
Cottage," in collaboration with Black Box Theater and Stephen
Crane House in Asbury Park, Saturday and Sunday, April 22-23, with
student performances on Thursday, April 20. more
info...
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