Join us for a weekend of events bringing together Rider alumni, students, parents, family and friends!
Date & Time
50 Year Reunion of Class of 1973 and 50 Year Society Luncheon
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Cobblestone Creek Country Club
2170 Lawrenceville Rd
Lawrence Township, NJ 08648
No Cost
Alumni from the Class of 1973 are invited with a guest to celebrate their 50th reunion with members of the 50 Year Society including Classes from 1972 and prior with their guest. Join alumni for lunch while you reconnect.
ODK Induction Ceremony
7:00 p.m.
Rue Auditorium - Anne Brossman Sweigart Hall
No Cost
The Rider Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, invites inductees and their families to celebrate the leadership contributions of our newest members with this formal ceremony to officially welcome them to the Circle. Reception immediately following in the lobby.
Trivia Night with Broncs of the Last Decade (BOLD)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Muller’s Pub - Bart Luedeke Center
Cash Bar
Join BOLD alumni from the Classes of 2014 to 2023 for a fun night of trivia from past to present!
Organize a team or play solo to compete for prizes. All are welcome. Presented by Quizzoholics. Light bites will be provided.
Field Hockey
Rider hosts Long Island University
7:00 p.m.
Ben Cohen Field
No cost
Tennis Alumni Day
9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Tennis Courts
No Cost
All former Rider tennis players are invited to play with current student athletes. Afterwards, look for our table at the tailgate!
Alumni Awards and Science Stairway of Fame Ceremony
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
The Mike and Patti Hennessy Science and Technology Center
Room 102, The DiDonato Family Lecture Hall
No Cost
Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of alumni during these award presentations. Congratulations to all the 2023 recipients!
- Distinguished Alumna Award - Holly A. Hempel '96
- Lawson R. McElroy Award - Edward J. Butler '86
- Gordon E. Prichard Award - David W. Molnar '76
- Harold L. Conover Award - Gregory G. Owens '76
- Outstanding Young Alumnus Award - James J. Vasil '14
- Performing Arts Merit Award - Brian K. Delate '75
Ultimate Frisbee Alumni Game and Reception
9:30 a.m.
Game
Behind Daly Dining Hall
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
The Mercer Room in Daly’s Dining Hall
No Cost - Sponsored by Rider Ultimate Frisbee
An annual tradition featuring current RUF students taking on their alumni counterparts!
Campaign T-Shirt Sale and Scavenger Hunt
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Parking Lot
All students, alumni and Homecoming guests are welcome to support Rider's Campaign, Transforming Students -Transforming Lives, by purchasing a Rider t-shirt or by picking up our Campaign Scavenger Hunt map to win a free prize.
55 Years of Model UN Reunion
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Flag Raising Ceremony
In front of the Franklin F. Moore Library around the flag pole
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
NJM Community Room - Bart Luedeke Center
$10 per person. Registration required.
We invite members and alumni of Model UN to come back to campus to reunite and connect with each other. We will begin with a UN Flag Raising Ceremony followed by lunch.
Ghoulish Gathering Broncs Tailgate with Children’s Halloween Costume Contest
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Parking Lot
Advanced purchase cost is $5 per person (age 2 and up) for one food truck meal ticket. Current students must purchase a ticket. Only one ticket per person. On site cost is $10 per person. Food tickets will be distributed at the event. Advanced purchase price available until noon on Friday, October 27.
Current food trucks:
- La Coqueta
- Delorenzo's
- 1911 Smokehouse BBQ
- Thai Cha Chak
- House of Cupcakes Desserts available for purchase at the tailgate and not included in food truck ticket purchase.
Beer and wine cash bar.
Students, alumni, families, faculty and staff are invited for an afternoon of live music, activities, and food from local food truck vendors before the Men’s Exhibition Basketball Game. Rain location - SRC Courts.
Children's Halloween Costume Contest - Noon
For ages 12 and under. Prizes will be awarded.
Business in Action - Come support the students by shopping for their products. The Business in Action program provides first-year students with the opportunity to tie classroom learning to real-world applications. Teams work together to develop and execute a small business plan which includes selling their product.
Rider Alumni Book Signing at the Broncs Tailgate
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Parking Lot
Come have your fellow alumni author sign their book for you! Their books will be available for purchase.
Here is the list of authors and their book titles:
- Rick Alexander '73
My Other Life: A Combat Soldier in Vietnam - Felicia V. Bland '97
Never Give Up! Creative Journal 2 - Mark Braff '77
Sons of Baseball: Growing Up With a Major League Dad - Sanjana Butala '23
13 Haunted Stories - Scott Chalmers '83
The Desert Player
Faith After Death - Part One: Hope Forsaken
Faith After Death - Part Two: Hope Awakened - George A. DeFrehn '99
Is Anybody There? Memoir of a "Functional Alcoholic - Michael DeLorenzo '20
The Super Guide to Becoming a Superhero - Becky Libourel Diamond '90
The Gilded Age Cookbook - Marty Devlin, Director of Intramural Athletics 1965-1980
Ol' Buddy Marty:
With Average Ability and Supreme Effort, All Things Are Possible;
A Memoir Sprinkled With Wit, Wisdom, and Inspiration - Robbin Farr '93
Becoming Echo - Heather Hodson '99
Women Who Hate Other Women - Stephen Johnson '13
VR Nana Volume 1
VR Nana Volume 2 - Kenneth S. Karcinell '64
I'm Gonna Teach
Characters - Maggie Nelson Kline '69 (will not be present)
Brain-changing strategies to trauma-proof our schools: a heart-centered movement for wiring well-being
Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience
Trauma through a child’s eyes: awakening the ordinary miracle of healing: infancy through adolescence - Pat Lombardi '15
Junk Sale: Stories & Essays
The New Jersey Food Truck Cookbook - Tamare Love '09
The Busy Professional’s Self-Care Handbook: Prioritizing Your Well-Being - Michael Lutz '70
God’s Master Plan - Andrea McLean '21
Flap Your Way to Success
Girls Can SOAR - Matthew Menkowski '76 (will not be present)
History of New Jersey Wrestling Volume I, II, III, IV & V - James Morgart '01 '02 '07
The Haunted States of America: Gothic Regionalism in Post-war American Fiction - Sarah Nisbett '09 (will not be present but has presigned book stickers)
Drawn On The Way: A Guide To Capturing the Moment Through Live Sketching - Michael Parker '92
Positive Influence: Leadership in a Time of Crisis - Elaina Parsons '99
Black Licorice - Louis Picone '92
The President Is Dead!: The Extraordinary Stories of Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond
Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon - Janyce Pilenza '72
My Dearest Luvina - Joel Plagg '98
I'm a Choir Director??!
Singing in the Moment - Daniel Simpson '76
Inside the Invisible - Amanda Sorrento '21
Annika & the Fairy Circle - Kelly Speed '07
One More Time Please: A Day of Adventure, A children’s book. - Richard Telofski '88
Insidious Competition - The Battle for Meaning and the Corporate Image - Dean Unkefer '64
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Israel ISP Reunion Dessert Reception
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Lynch Adler Hall Room 202
No Cost
Join fellow alumni as we celebrate the 50 year reunion of 1973 Israel ISP at a dessert reception.
Men’s Basketball Exhibition Game
Rider hosts Georgian Court
1:00 p.m.
Alumni Gym
Free General Admission Tickets available at gobroncs.com/tickets using passcode MBBHC23
* Limited quantity available and only 4 tickets per customer
Students must claim their free ticket separately at gobroncs.com/tickets
Delta Phi Epsilon's Haunted House
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Delta Phi Epsilon House
$5 per person
Come if you dare to Delta Phi Epsilon’s Annual Spooktacular Haunted House to help us support and raise awareness for Cystic Fibrosis! There will also be booths that feature additional haunted house attractions including wicked baked goodies, fang-tastic raffles, and spine chilling face painting! Even come show off your best Halloween costume to get into the spooky spirit! To enter the haunted house, a ticket can be purchased at the door for only $5! All proceeds will go to support Cystic Fibrosis.
20th Reunion of the Class of 2003
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Muller’s Pub - Bart Luedeke Center
Cash Only
Calling all alumni to join the Class of 2003 as they celebrate their 20th anniversary. Family activities will take place on the lawn outside Muller's Pub.
Snacks provided. We invite you to join us for the tailgate and basketball game beforehand. Look for the Class of 2003 Reunion table at the tailgate!
Join us for dinner at the Ivy Inn Princeton as alumni owner, Richard Ryan '01, is offering us a special price for this event. The cost is $30 per adult which includes soda, pizza, wings, mozzarella sticks and salad, tax and gratuity. Cash bar. Pay at the restaurant. Children are welcome. Please contact Cherie Nalbone '04 at 267-566-2863 if you have any questions. RSVP to the dinner here.
40th Reunion of the Class of 1983
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Muller’s Pub - Bart Luedeke Center
Cash only
Calling all 1983 alumni to join fellow classmates back to campus. We invite you to join us for the tailgate, basketball game and then meet in the pub. Look for the Class of 1983 Reunion table at the tailgate!
Volleyball
Rider hosts Manhattan
6:00 p.m.
Alumni Gym
No Cost
EOP Hall of Fame Dinner
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cavalla Room - Bart Luedeke Center
$50 per person - Register here
You are cordially invited to join Rider EOP for the 2023 black tie alumni induction celebration. If you are unable to join us, consider sponsoring a student for $25. Registration ends Monday, October 23, 2023. Proceeds from the event will benefit the EOP Emergency Fund.
Nominations are now being accepted through October 9, 2023. Nominate an alumni here.
Westminster Chapel Choir & Jubilee Singers Concert
7:30 p.m.
Gill Chapel
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 students/seniors.
Join the Westminster Chapel Choir & Westminster Jubilee Singers for a combined concert.
Box Office: (609) 896-7775 Ticket Link here.
Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, September 6th.
Entre’Acte: Come Together
Neal Tracy, director
7:30 p.m.
BLC Theater - Bart Luedeke Center
No Cost
Join our Second-Year Musical Theatre majors as they present a cabaret of the six revolutions of rock music that started the evolving conversation with Gen-Z, that has made them the most diverse, accepting, equality minded and environmentally concerned generation ever.
Admission is FREE for this event. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
This event is open to the public.
Delta Phi Epsilon's Haunted House
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Delta Phi Epsilon House
$5 per person
Come if you dare to Delta Phi Epsilon’s Annual Spooktacular Haunted House to help us support and raise awareness for Cystic Fibrosis! There will also be booths that feature additional haunted house attractions including wicked baked goodies, fang-tastic raffles, and spine chilling face painting! Even come show off your best Halloween costume to get into the spooky spirit! To enter the haunted house, a ticket can be purchased at the door for only $5! All proceeds will go to support Cystic Fibrosis.
Entre’Acte: Come Together
Neal Tracy, director
2:00 p.m.
BLC Theater - Bart Luedeke Center
No Cost
Join our Second-Year Musical Theatre majors as they present a cabaret of the six revolutions of rock music that started the evolving conversation with Gen-Z, that has made them the most diverse, accepting, equality minded and environmentally concerned generation ever.
Admission is FREE for this event. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
This event is open to the public.
Volleyball
Rider hosts Iona
5:00 p.m.
Alumni Gym
No cost
Volleyball Wine Down Post Game Gathering
7:30 p.m.
NJM Community Room - Bart Luedeke Center
$30 per person includes beverages and hors d'oeuvres.
Come cheer on our Women's Volleyball team and then join us for a Wine Down Post Game Gathering.
Muller’s Pub
Fri, October 27
5:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sat, October 28
Food Orders: 11:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Bar: 1:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sun, October 29
1:00 - 9:00 p.m.
On Campus dining
(special times)
Saturday, October 28
Starbucks: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wendy's: 11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Marketplace: 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Daly's: 9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Bookstore
Fri, October 27
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sat, October 28
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sun, October 29
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Hyatt Place Princeton Special Room Rate
3565 US Highway 1
Princeton, NJ 08540
The rate is $154 per night for arrival October 27 or 28 only. All reservations, booking details and policies are through Hyatt Place Princeton and not associated with Rider University. Please direct any question to the hotel directly.
A limited number of rooms at this rate are available to reserve by calling Hyatt Central Reservations and informing the reservation agent of the group code or by going online to Hyatt Place Princeton's website and entering the group code under "Special Rates".
Group Code: G-RUHB
Hyatt Central Reservations: 1-888-591-1234
Hyatt Place Princeton Website Group Booking Link, to edit the length of stay select "edit" in the dark colored banner towards the top of the page
Last day to reserve at group rate: September 27, 2023 11:59PM
Cancellation Policy: 48 hours prior to arrival date to avoid 1 night penalty of room and tax.