March 8, 2012

Soaries Urges Students to ‘Know Your Story, Know Others’’

Dr. Rev. DeForest B. Soaries, former New Jersey Secretary of State, gave the keynote address during the closing ceremony of Rider University’s Black History Month Celebration on February 28.

Dr. Rev. DeForest B. Soaries spoke at the closing ceremony of Rider’s Black History Month Celebration on February 28.

Assembly Speaker Oliver: ‘N.J.’s partisan divide is dramatically overstated’

In a February 27 address sponsored by the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver recalled her political origins, discussed the state’s most pressing issues, and said that the partisan divide is greatly overstated among the state’s voters.

Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-34) shared her thoughts on the state of New Jersey politics at Rider on February 27.

Rider Named a Finalist in CFA Investment Research Challenge

This was the University’s first year to compete in the competition where university-sponsored teams that research and analyze a designated publicly traded company, prepare a written report and then present their findings to a panel of judges.

From left, Elizabeth Williams, Damien Hughes and Imola Bordas participated in the CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge.

Rider Men Win MAAC Swimming & Diving Championship, Women Runner-Up

The Rider men's swimming and diving team won its first championship since 2004, while the women finished as runner-up for the third year in a row.

2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Champions

STAFF PROFILE

Making the Right Call

In a recently published child and school psychology book, Dr. Stefan C. Dombrowski joins Rider colleague Dr. Karen L. Gischlar ’03, as well as Dr. Martin Mrazik of the University of Alberta, to present a thorough collection of research on a number of severe, though not frequently seen, psychological disorders in children

Dr. Stefan Dombrowski was the recipient of Rider’s Dominick A. Iorio Faculty Research Prize at Commencement 2011.

STUDENT PROFILE

Journalism Major Will Go On ‘The Record’ This Summer

Junior Journalism major David Pavlak is one of just five students selected by the New Jersey Press Foundation to receive a competitive paid internship with a newspaper this summer. Pavlak, of Bloomingdale, N.J., will spend eight weeks working for The Record of Woodland Park.