Searching For the One
Three candidates go through final steps
The search for a new provost and vice president for Academic Affairs is nearing its end. After reviewing 97 applicants and nominees since October and recently interviewing eight of the candidates who best met the position criteria, the Search Committee, led by President Mordechai Rozanski, has chosen three finalists. The three remaining candidates — Jay Harper, Donald Steven and Alexandra Logue — each participated in an open forum in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater... MORE
Governor Jon Corzine introduces Flip Schulke, renowned photographer of the civil rights era, during a ceremony in Schulke’s honor at the N.J. State Museum in Trenton.
Music enhances Hitchcock’s movies
Usually known for his intense films, director Alfred Hitchcock is also renowned for his musical styles, according to Dr. Jack Sullivan, professor of English and the ninth winner of the annual Iorio Award. Sullivan, who is the author of five books, spoke at the Bart Luedeke Center Art Gallery at the Iorio Lecture Dinner on Thursday, Feb. 23.... MORE
Rider holds even more keys to Schulke’s famous photos
Flip Schulke, one of the country’s leading photojournalists for more than 45 years, is dedicated to utilizing his influence with colleagues who were civil rights photographers to build a major repository at Rider. Schulke was honored at the N.J. State Museum in Trenton on Thursday, Feb. 23. He hoped to bring thousands of photographs beyond the 2,500 he had already promised for... MORE
NCAA early rounds hosted by Rider, SBA
For the first time, the highest level of women’s college basketball – the NCAA Tournament – will be partly hosted by the Sovereign Bank Arena (SBA) from Sunday, March 19 – Tuesday, March 21. Rider University is one of the hosts of the event, but don’t expect to get to get cranberry-colored merchandise... MORE
Comfort is the goal of Café renovations
The Cranberry Café will be sporting a new look for next September. The café will be installing renovations for a more comfortable, modern feel for the University. According to Jan Freidman-Krupnick, assistant vice president, the menu will be upgraded to provide a higher standard of food... MORE
Cornelia Dean provides wake-up call for science
Americans are extremely lacking in scientific understanding, the former science editor for the New York Times told the Rider community in a speech on Wednesday, March 1. “Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that astrology is at least somewhat scientific. Forty-five percent of Americans accept evolution,” Cornelia Dean said... MORE
Free passport
to live and work in China
Rider students will have the opportunity to travel to China this summer to tutor English and teach American culture to high school aged children, a school administrator said. Tutors will receive room and board and a stipend during the month long “summer... MORE
When assessing college quality, U.S. News and World Report is a well-known place to find answers. However, another study, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), in which Rider is currently participating, provides more inclusive data about colleges across the country, according to Ron Walker, Rider’s associate vice president for institutional analysis... MORE
