Tag: Rider University
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Brookdale administrators and Rider University announce agreement
Administrators at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, recently signed a new program-to-program transfer agreement with Rider University, Lawrenceville. The agreement facilitates the transfer of credits toward a bachelor’s degree at Rider. It also provides guaranteed admission for Brookdale students who earn an associate’s degree into five additional Rider programs, according to a press release. “Our partnership…
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Rider University unveils diversity and inclusion murals
Rider University and Artworks, Trenton’s downtown visual arts center, recently unveiled three new murals in the university’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion. Painted by local artists Leon Rainbow, Marlon Davila and David Gillespie, in collaboration with Rider University students and Trenton high school students, the murals feature a number of symbols to illustrate the wealth…
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Rider University receives $4 million gift to fund expansion of Science and Technology Center
Rider University broke ground on a new wing of its Science and Technology Center on Nov. 30, and announced a $4 million leadership gift from alumnus Michael J. Hennessy ’82 in support of the project. The gift is the largest ever received at Rider for the sciences. The university plans to name the building the…
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Coaches, athletes read children’s books focusing on Black culture
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced its Time Out for Black Lives initiative, which aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. Time Out for Black Lives has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children’s books in entertaining videos, all…
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Rider University to offer Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting
Rider University will offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Acting for Film, Television and Theatre beginning in the fall of 2021. The program is a Professional Actor Training Program to prepare artists for the 21st-century. Rider’s B.F.A. program trains actors not only for the stage, film and television, but also for web series, voiceover…
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Win a full scholarship to Rider University
Business-minded high school students can win a full, four-year tuition scholarship to Rider University in the 2021 Norm Brodsky Business Concept Competition. The annual competition challenges high school seniors, juniors and sophomores to develop an innovative business idea and present it in front of a panel of judges. Seniors will compete for the grand prize of…
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Rider University presidential appointment renewed
The Rider University Board of Trustees has renewed the appointment of President Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D., for two years beyond his current agreement, to July 31, 2024. Robert S. Schimek ’87, chairman of the board, said this was a unanimous decision of the trustees that “reaffirms our steadfast belief in President Dell’Omo’s leadership of our…
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Rider announces measures to reduce tuition ‘sticker shock’ and strengthen educational value
Rider University announced a series of new measures intended to strengthen the overall value of a Rider education, including a 22% reduction of annual undergraduate tuition, as well as support for career preparation and academic success. Beginning in the fall of 2021 for all new students, Rider will reduce its base undergraduate tuition from $45,120…
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Rider University task force will evaluate Van Cleve house, other possible ties to slavery
Seeking to learn more about its potential ties to slavery, Rider University has created a task force to research its possible historical relationship and connection with slavery and enslaved people. The Task Force on Rider University and the History of Slavery, which was formed last month, expects to present its report in the fall, said…
