| Rider University | |
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| Motto | In Omnia Paratus (In all things prepared) [1] |
| Established | 1865 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | $50 million[2] |
| President | Mordechai Rozanski |
| Academic staff | 236 full time [3] |
| Students | 5,790 [3] |
| Undergraduates | 4,050 [4] |
| Postgraduates | 1,204 [3] |
| Location | Lawrenceville, NJ, U.S. |
| Campus | suburban, 303 acres (1.23 km2) [3] (1.2 km2) |
| Colors | Cranberry and white [3] |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I MAAC, NEC (field hockey only), CAA (wrestling only) [5] |
| Sports | baseball, cross-country, golf, soccer, tennis, wrestling, volleyball, basketball, softball, swimming & diving, track & field [5] |
| Nickname | Broncs |
| Affiliations | CIC,[6] NAICU,[7] Sanda University |
| Website | www.rider.edu |
Rider University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It consists of five academic units: the College of Business Administration, the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences, the College of Continuing Studies, and the Westminster College of the Arts (which has two divisions: the School of Fine and Performing Arts and Westminster Choir College, the latter which is located in the nearby borough of Princeton). In addition to regional accreditation, the undergraduate and graduate programs in business are accredited by AACSB, and the professional education graduate programs are accredited by NCATE. Rider University is considered selective.[8] It was ranked in the 2012 US News & World Report America's Best Colleges guide at number 21 in the Regional Universities North category.[9] Rider University is also listed in the Princeton Review The Best 376 Colleges 2012 edition, where it is also ranked #13 Least Beautiful Campus, #18 Dorms Like Dungeons, and #11 Students Study the Least. There are 5,982 undergraduate and graduate students attending.[10]
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At the conclusion of the Civil War, Henry B. Bryant and Henry D. Stratton, operators of a chain of business schools decided to open a school in New Jersey. On October 1, 1865, The Trenton Business College was established in Trenton, New Jersey, located in Temperance Hall at the corner of South Broad and Front Streets. Andrew Jackson Rider became its first president.[11] President Rider was also known as a leading force in the cranberry industry, as he owned 500 acres of cranberry bogs near Hammonton, New Jersey. (One of the school colors is cranberry, incidentally.)
President Rider steered the business school through a period of growth, and the school continued to move to larger quarters. In 1896 women were admitted to the school. In 1897, the school was renamed The Rider Business College. President Rider stepped down the following year. In 1957 Rider introduced liberal studies leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree.[11] The institution officially became known as Rider College upon its move to East State Street in Trenton in 1921, and the following year the New Jersey Board of Education granted Rider College permission to confer the degrees of Bachelor of Accounts and Bachelor of Commercial Science. Rider College moved to Lawrenceville in 1964. It affiliated with nearby Princeton Westminster Choir College in 1991, merged with Westminster in 1992 and became a university in 1994.[12]
Rider has invested more than $100 million since 2004 to construct new and renovate existing facilities for teaching, performing arts, residences and recreation. In 2005 Rider completed its 63,000-square-foot (5,900 m2) Student Recreation Center (SRC), a new 186-bed residence hall, and three-story additions to Ziegler and Hill Residence Halls, visually symbolizing the renewal taking place on both campuses. It contains locker rooms, a 3,600-square-foot (330 m2) fitness room with cardiovascular and strength training equipment, about 30 workout machines; 10 with built-in TVs, two group-exercise studios, three multi-purpose courts for basketball, tennis; and volleyball, 3-lane elevated track, and game room.[13]
In 2007 President Rozanski announced the creation of the School of Fine and Performing Arts to integrate the Lawrenceville and Princeton campuses and expand programming for the arts.[14]
In recent years President Rozanski announced new academic programs and new financial aid resources that will help students be able to afford to attend Rider.[15] In the summer of 2009, construction was completed on a new, environmentally-friendly 150-bed residence hall on the Lawrenceville campus, and more than 300 new parking spaces. In the summer of 2010 the University began two construction projects, a new, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-silver certified, 21,250-square-foot (1,974 m2) academic building to be built next to Moore Library, and an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) expansion of the Bart Luedeke Center Theater, that will include dressing rooms, an orchestra pit, black box theater and a dance studio.[16] Both are scheduled to be completed by the Fall 2011 semester.[4] As of 2010 fundraising is continuing toward completion of several future facilities priorities including a new performance complex on the Princeton campus, complete with classrooms, rehearsal and performance space, a large reception lobby and a connector to the Playhouse.[15][17] Fundraising and planning are also under way to extensively renovate Alumni Gym on the Lawrenceville campus in order to enhance venues for men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and wrestling.[18]
The 280-acre (1.1 km2) Lawrenceville campus is in a suburban area three miles (5 km) north of Trenton and five miles (8 km) south of Princeton. The modern facilities, designed to meet the academic, social, and recreational needs of the Rider faculty and students, are clustered and within easy walking distance of one another on the large park-like campus.
The Westminster campus is in Princeton, New Jersey.
Traditional liberal arts programs of study are offered on the Lawrenceville campus, as well as undergraduate business and education studies. The Westminster campus offers musically-based curricula.
The College of Business Administration offers two graduate degrees: the Master of Accountancy (M.Acc.) and the Master of Business Administration (MBA).
The Department of Graduate Education and Human Services offers five master of arts degrees and 25 certification programs. MA degrees are offered in Counseling Services; Curriculum, Instruction, and Supervision; Educational Administration; Reading and Language Arts; and Human Services Administration. Among the many certification programs is a Graduate-Level Teacher Certification program. In addition, two educational specialist degrees are offered: an Ed.S. degree in Counseling Services and an Ed.S. degree in School Psychology.
Memorial Hall, the Science and Technology Center, the Fine Arts Center, Joseph P. Vonna Academic Annex, the Stephen A. Maurer Physical Education Building, Anne Brossman Sweigart Hall (Business Administration), North Hall (History & Philosophy) contain the classrooms and laboratories for all curricula. A general access lab containing terminals, microcomputers, and laser printers is located in the Fine Arts Center; other computer labs are located in Anne Brossman Sweigart Hall, Memorial Hall, and at Westminster Choir College. Central VAX systems provide electronic mail, conferencing, and Internet access tools.
Currently on Rider's Lawrenceville Campus, there are twelve social Greek organizations which are members of the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Council or the Intercultural Greek Council. There are four fraternities, and eight sororities. In addition to these social Greek organizations, there are numerous professional and honorary fraternities. About 10% of the Rider community is involved in fraternity and sorority life.
In the Spring, the Greeks hold "Greek Week". During Greek Week, the Fraternities and Sororities compete in a variety of events which change from year to year; however, every year there is a philanthropy event. Past events have benefited St. Jude's Juvenile Cancer Center, as well as paralysis research, neurological disorder research, and various other causes. The 2010 winners of Greek Week were Tau Kappa Epsilon and Zeta Tau Alpha.
There are also two fraternities located on the Princeton campus (Westminster Choir College): Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Sigma Alpha Iota, a men's and women's music fraternities, respectively.
The Franklin Moore Library supports the academic programs with a collection of more than 481,000 volumes, 2,000 periodical titles, 650,000 microforms, 134 online databases, electronic access to 42,000 journals, and an audiovisual collection. Materials are cataloged in Library of Congress classification and are accessible through an online catalog, part of the library's automated catalog/circulation/acquisitions system. Online database searching is available to complement the library's on-campus holdings. Westminster Choir College’s Talbott Library has specialized music resources including 75,000 books, music scores and periodicals, a choral music reference collection of more than 80,000 titles and more than 31,000 sound and video recordings
Athletic teams are nicknamed the Broncs. The school competes in the Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
The intercollegiate sports program at Rider was started by coach Clair Bee in the 1920s. Two of the school's most famous athletic alumni are former Notre Dame basketball coach and current ESPN sportscaster Digger Phelps, who played basketball at Rider from 1959 to 1963 and Jason Thompson who played basketball at Rider from 2004 to 2008 and was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 12th pick of the 2008 NBA Draft while never winning a MAAC championship or appearing in the NCAA Tournament.
The university competed in football until 1951, when the university was placed under investigation after allegations of paying recruits, as well as improper benefits for players on the team. The NCAA asked the school to discontinue the football program, and the Broncs have not fielded a team since. Rider students often proclaim their football team "undefeated since 1951," as they have not existed since that time.
As of January 20, 2007, there are 78 members in the Rider University Athletics Hall of Fame.[21] The University has recently redesigned their sports logo.[22]
Its current president is Dr. Mordechai Rozanski, who is Rider's sixth president. Dr. Rozanski became president on August 1, 2003 following the retirement of former president, Dr. J. Barton Luedeke.
Rider has had six presidents:[23]
Rider University has approximately 40,000 living alumni worldwide. Rider alumni are distinguishing themselves in the fields of business, government, and sports.
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