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. more info...

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...

Westminster Choir College of Rider University alumnus James Byrne has received a Fulbright Scholarship to work as an English Teaching Assistant in Germany for one year, starting September. more info...

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...

Jamiyl Mosley, area director of residence life at Rider, is this year’s recipient of the University’s prestigious Nancy Gray Award. more info...

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..

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...

The College of Continuing Studies will be adding six distance learning courses and offering a special housing package where students who register for six credits per session will pay only $200 for housing cost this summer. more info...

Beginning in September 2006, Rider University's Communication Department will be unveiling a new name and a new curriculum, and adding two new faculty. more info...