This month, Jonathan Meer (far right), vice president for university advancement; Christina Spoegler (far left), director of corporate and foundation relations and Dr. Sigfredo Hernandez (second from right); associate professor of marketing and director of Rider’s Minding Our Business program (MOB), met with Donald M. Tretola (second from left), regional public affairs manager at PSE&G, to discuss the strides made by the program. Tretola presented Hernandez a check earmarked for MOB programming during the 2006-2007 academic year. Since 1996, MOB has trained and mentored more than 700 students, ages 10 to 14, in starting and running their own businesses. MOB currently has a 12-week after-school spring program geared for middle school youngsters (a team-oriented approach), a summer program which provides individualized training, and an advanced program for summer program alumni who are operating their businesses with need of additional training.