Acclaimed comic actor Tom Papa ’90 will give the keynote address at the annual Film and Media Studies Symposium, Just for Laughs: A Mini-Course on Film and Television Comedy, on Wednesday, February 27, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Sweigart Auditorium.

A group of aspiring secondary English teachers from Rider earned some valuable experience during the fall semester through a writing partnership between Rider’s School of Education and freshmen from Notre Dame High School in Lawrence.

We’ve asked a small group of recent graduates to share their stories so you can see why Rider means results.

Amanda Burke ’10 was selected to the Olympic Performance Squad for 2013, one of 26 divers who exhibit the skill and determination it takes to become 2016 Olympic Team members and compete in the Olympic Games.

Dr. Patricia Mosto, dean of Rider’s College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences.

Long before Vickie Weaver became Rider’s director of Public Safety, she was a sculptor interested in teaching art. Now, the president-elect of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Association is shaping safety policy for thousands of students worldwide.