Tag: Rider University
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Attorney General named as defendant in Westminster Choir College legal action
Opponents fighting Rider University’s sale of Westminster Choir College have adjusted their legal tactics by dropping their federal lawsuit against the deal and suing New Jersey’s Attorney General in a separate legal action. Howard McMorris, a former Westminster trustee, and six other plaintiffs last week named Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal as a defendant in…
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Foundation interested in purchasing Westminster Choir College
A Westminster Choir College graduate leading a campaign against Rider University’s planned sale of her alma mater said on June 27 that a nonprofit organization she leads would try to raise the money to buy the college and its Princeton campus rather than see them sold to a foreign buyer. “Being independent has been the…
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Westminster Foundation will keep up fight against sale of choir college
A group made up of Westminster Choir College alumni and others plans to go to state court and before the state Department of Education to stop the sale of the music school to a foreign buyer, the group’s lawyer said on June 25. Members of the Westminster Foundation of Princeton, New Jersey Inc., also made…
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Rider University will host fireworks show June 30
Fireworks will burst in the air over Rider University next week, during Lawrence Township’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show. The fireworks show is set for June 30 on the lawn bordering Centennial Lake in the middle of the Rider University campus. The rain date is July 1. Fireworks aficionados can begin arriving around 6…
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Upper Freehold resident named director of Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics
Micah Rasmussen of Upper Freehold Township has been named the new director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics. The institute is located at Rider University, Lawrenceville. Rasmussen is a 1992 Rider graduate. Rasmussen brings more than 26 years of experience in political, governmental and public communication and has spent more than 15 years…
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Rasmussen named director of Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics
A Rider University graduate who studied under the late Professor David Rebovich, the founder of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, has assumed the directorship of the Rider University-based institute. Micah Rasmussen took over the reins of the Rebovich Institute on June 1. He succeeds former director Ben Dworkin, who resigned in January to…
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On Campus
Dylan C. Genther of Monroe graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rider University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He was a graduate of Monroe Township High School’s Class of 2014.
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Professors caution sale of Westminster could be losing proposition for Rider
An analysis by one retired and two current Rider University professors raises questions about the financial health of the prospective buyer of Rider’s Westminster Choir College, in a deal the professors suggest could end up costing the university millions of dollars. The 13-page paper, written by professors Gerald Klein, Arthur Taylor and Michael Brogan, was…
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Freehold Borough employees will get tuition break at Rider University
FREEHOLD – The Freehold Borough K-8 School District has formalized a partnership with Rider University, Lawrenceville, that will provide a tuition reduction to school district employees who attend the Mercer County university. The partnership was signed by Superintendent of Schools Rocco Tomazic and Rider President Gregory Dell’Omo during a ceremony at the Park Avenue Complex…