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Sanda Students Prepare for Internships
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| To prepare Rider’s Sanda students for the competitive,
global workforce, the Office of Career Services presented
mock interviews and hosted an etiquette dinner for them
on January 16 in the Fireside Lounge. Sanda students from
Cohort II were interviewed by recruiters from Johnson &
Johnson, Ernst and Young, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The
students gained firsthand experience in how to present themselves
effectively for American interviews prior to returning to
China. They also obtained immediate feedback from each employer,
including tips to enhance their interviewing skills. The
events were initiated by Anne Mandel, assistant to the dean
for leadership and internships, and were coordinated by
Joyce Tyler, director of Career Services, and Claire Hamm,
associate director of Career Services. Jean Falvo and Sylvia
Hauser, associate directors of Career Services, facilitated
the etiquette dinner. |
Black Student Leadership Conference
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| Seventeen Rider University students participated in The
Carroll F.S. Hardy National Black Student Leadership Development
Conference in Washington, D.C. January 4-7. The annual,
interactive conference gives African-American students who
attend predominantly white colleges and universities opportunities
to increase their effectiveness as leaders via exercises
and activities about leadership styles, practices and theories.
Participants also network with national and international
leaders. The theme was “Chosen for Such a Time As
This: Leaders, Listeners, Problem Solvers and Bridge Builders!”
Students were selected based on their academic achievement,
leadership ability, and campus involvement. See Achievers. |
Student Global Village
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Students in Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano’s Student
Global Village (Global and Multinational Studies 285)
course produced a document last fall entitled, “Guidelines
to a Civil Society.” The document is a result of
a semester’s worth of work, videoconferencing with
students of the American University in Cairo.
“In the students’ own words they have ‘hopes
of developing a sense of global community and addressing
the urgency of the East-West divide,’” said
Dr. Fiske-Rusciano. “In our efforts, we have affirmed
a strong belief of consideration of the human dimension
when dealing with conflict resolution, and the necessity
for sustained dialogue to build and maintain a healthy,
civil society.” The document will be disseminated
across campus, to non-governmental institutions, United
States politicians and world leaders, including Desmond
Tutu and Kofi Annan. The Student Global Village will also
be held during Spring ’07, Fall ’07 and Spring
’08. Pictured are Dr. Fiske-Rusicano, adjunct professor
of political science, and participants. See Achievers.
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Stepper from Rider Appears in "Stomp the
Yard"
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| Quesi Lewis, a senior computer information systems major,
along with former Rider students, Seye Charles and Akwasi
Yeboah, are among the step show artists appearing in SONY
Films' motion picture, "Stomp the Yard," which premiered
at theaters across the country on January 12. Lewis, Charles
and Yeboah are part of "Dem Boyz," the top ranked step team
in America whose members also hail from The College of New
Jersey, Bloomfield University and Seton Hall University.
All are members of Phi Beta Sigma, a national African-American
fraternity. "Stomp the Yard" focuses on main character DJ
Williams, played by Columbus Short, a 19-year-old youth
from inner city Los Angeles, whose life is transformed once
he joins a fraternity at a historically black college. "Dem
Boyz" won a national step show competition last year, receiving
a grand prize of $10,000. For more information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/stomptheyard/ |
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