Performing in nine cities.

Four years after his last previous major league appearance, former Rider pitcher James Hoey is back in the major leagues with the Minnesota Twins after being recalled from Triple-A Rochester on April 17.

Senior Fine Arts major Matthew Cintron will host an opening reception for his Senior Honors Thesis Exhibition on Thursday, April 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Rider University Art Gallery, located on the second floor of the Bart Luedeke Center. All members of the Rider community are welcome to attend this free reception.

Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society in education, continues to grow in numbers and vigor, and that vitality was on display on April 10 when Rider’s KDP chapter, Alpha Beta Theta, inducted 103 new students into its ranks before a capacity audience in the Yvonne Theater at its annual initiation and installation of officers.

After recovering from a near deadly car crash, returning to college posed an even greater financial strain for Brianne Applegate ’11 and her family. The Amy Silvers Memorial Scholarship was the answer to their prayers.

Brendan T. Byrne says that the office of the governor of New Jersey is the most powerful such executive office in the United States, and that’s a good thing as long as the governor wants to be an agent for change. “Otherwise, why run for office?” asked Byrne, who visited Rider for a witty and insightful Q&A session on April 14 as part of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics’ Governing New Jersey series.