RIDER UNIVERSITY

'Rider University' is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian university located in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey. The school's Westminster Choir College is located nearby in the Borough of Princeton. It consists of four academic units - the College of Business Administration, the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences, the College of Continuing Studies, and Westminster Choir College. 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.

Contents

Campus

Academic Programs

Faculty

Academic Buildings

Greek Life

Student Government

Resources

Student Population

Athletics

Academics

Gary DeVercelly

History

President

References

External links

Campus

The 280-acre Lawrenceville campus is in a suburban area three miles north of Trenton and five miles 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.

Academic Programs

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 (M.B.A.).
The Department of Graduate Education and Human Services offers five master of arts degrees and 25 certification programs. M.A. 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.

Faculty

There are a total of 55 faculty members actively involved with graduate business students through teaching or research. Of this number, 47 are full-time faculty and 8 are part-time or adjunct. Current research areas include ethics, international business, marketing to the Latino community in the United States, gender differences in career progression, entrepreneurship, health care management, and diversity.
There are a total of 37 faculty members actively involved with graduate education and human services students through teaching and research. Of this number, 13 are full-time faculty and 24 are part-time or adjunct. Current research areas include integrating the use of computers in counseling and other programs; gifted students; analysis of teaching and learning styles to improve instruction and learning; level of administrators in public health, human services, and nonprofit areas; ethnography in the reading and language arts process; self-esteem; hope; and collaboration.

Academic Buildings

Memorial Hall, the Science and Technology Center, the Fine Arts Center, the Academic Annex, the Stephen A. Maurer Physical Education Building, and Anne Brossman Sweigart Hall (Business Administration) 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.

Greek Life

Currently on Rider's Lawrenceville Campus, there are eight social greek organizations. There are four Fraternities (Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Epsilon Pi, and Zeta Beta Tau)and there are four Sororities (Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Sigma Sigma, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Delta Phi Epsilon). In addition to these social greek organizations, there are numerous trade and academic Fraternities, among which are Delta Sigma Pi, Lambda Pi Eta, etc. Rider also has a number of Intercultural greek organizations on campus.
Each fall the Social Fraternaties and Sororities, come together in a tradtion called, "Sweetheart Weekend". This is a tradion dating back many years where each Fraternity chooses one member from a Sorority to be their "Sweetheart". The reverse also happens as each Sorority chooses one member from a Fraternity to be their "Sweetheart". Traditionally, the Sweetheart will buy gifts for the Fraternity or Sorority that chose them. It return, the Sweetheart is given the privlige of wearing the letters of that Fraternity or Sorority. This is a time of great celebration and pride for the Greeks.
In a similar vein as "Sweetheart Weekend", in the Spring, the Greeks hold "Greek Week". During Greek Week, the Fraternities and Sororities compete in a variety of events in hopes of winning Greek Week. The specific events change from year to year as well as the theme, however, every year there is a philathropy event that usually runs throughout Greek Week where each Sorority and Fraternity raises money for Charity. In the past there has been money raised for St. Jude's Juvenial Cancer Center, as well as charities benefiting paralysis research, neurological disorders and various others.

Student Government

The Student Government Association (SGA) is active in advocating the wants, needs, and desires of the Rider student body. SGA is made up of subordinate governments which include the Student Entertainment Council (SEC), the Residence Hall Association (RHA), the Association of Commuting Students (ACS), the Finance Board, the Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic Council, and the Intercultural Greek Council (IGC). The Student Senate is the legislative body of the student governmentand consists of various campus representatives. SGA itself consists of an executive board, a cabinet with two team leaders, eight chairs, and two special assistants called Bronc aide and Senate aide.

Resources

The Franklin Moore Library supports the academic programs with a collection of more than 340,000 volumes, 2,000 periodical titles, 450,000 microforms, and an audiovisual collection. Materials are cataloged in Library of Congress classification and are accessible through an online catolog; part of the library's automated catalog/circulation/acquisitions system. Online database searching is available to complement the library's on-campus holdings.

Student Population

There are 5,562 ungraduate and graduate students attending.^[1]

Athletics

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. One of the school's best-known athletic alumni is former Notre Dame basketball coach and current ESPN sportscaster Digger Phelps, who played basketball at Rider from 1959 to 1963. Basketball is the school's most popular sport, though wrestling, track & field and swimming has been its strongest competitively.
The university competed in football until 1951, but has not had a football team since. The University decided that they did not want to pay the insurance of a sport with frequent injuries.
As of January 20, 2007, there are 78 members in the Rider Sports Hall of Fame. [2]. The University is currently in the process of redesigning their sports logo. [3]

Academics

Although known primarily for its Business program, Rider University is a comprehensive university.
In 1978 George A. Lager of Rider's Department of Geo sciences conducted a study on the high-temperature structural changes of olivines. The study concluded linear extrapolation of cell-unit expansion increased with heat to critical limits. Essentially remaining constant as a function of both composition and temperature. Paleontologist Richard Alexander from the Department of Geo sciences, in 1986 published his study on the resistance to and repair of shell breakage induced by Durophages in late Ordovician Brachiopods in the Journal of Paleontology.
In 1989 John W. Norbury of Rider's Department of Physics did a reanalysis of the Weizsacker-Williams method on nucleon emission via electromagnetic excitation in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. The premise of his work was that previous analysis of the comparison of Weizsäcker-Williams theory to experiment for nucleon emission via electromagnetic excitations in nucleus-nucleus collisions had not been definitive because of different assumptions concerning the value of the minimum impact parameter. This situation is corrected by providing criteria that allow one to make definitive statements concerning agreement or disagreement between Weizsäscker-Williams theory and experiment. John Norbury conducted the first complete calculations of electric quadrupole excitations in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. The neutron emission from 89Y were studied and quadrupole effects were found to be a significant fraction of the cross section. Single-nucleon removal in relativistic and intermediate energy nucleus-nucleus collisions was studied using a generalization of Weizsäcker-Williams theory that treats each electromagnetic multipole separately. Calculations were presented for electric dipole and quadrupole excitations and incorporated a realistic minimum impact parameter, Coulomb recoil corrections, and the uncertainties in the input photo nuclear data. Discrepancies were discussed. The maximum quadrupole effect to be observed in future experiments was estimated and also an analysis of the charge dependence of the electromagnetic cross sections down to energies as low as 100 MeV/nucleon was made. Calculations were presented for electric quadrupole excitations in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. The theoretical results were compared to an extensive data set and it was concluded that electric quadrupole effects provide substantial corrections to cross sections, especially for heavier nuclei. Norbury previously had corrected a calculation by Hill for the electromagnetic dissociation of 197Au and 59Co.
In 1990 Norbury, along with Lawrence Townsend of the NASA Langley Research Center discovered significant discrepancies between theory and experiment had previously been noted for nucleon emission via electromagnetic processes in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions. Their work investigated the hypothesis that these discrepancies had arisen due to uncertainties about how to deduce the experimental electromagnetic cross section from the total measured cross section. An optical-model calculation of single neutron removal was added to electromagnetic cross sections and compared to the total experimental cross sections. Good agreement was found thereby resolving some of the earlier noted discrepancies. A detailed comparison to the recent work of Benesh, Cook, and Vary is made for both the impact parameter and the nuclear cross section. Good agreement was obtained giving an independent confirmation of the parametrized formulas developed by those authors.
In 1994 Robert Kaestner Professor of Economics, estimated the effect of marijuana and cocaine use on wages. Using the 1984 and 1988 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, his study provides an update of several previous cross-sectional estimates of the effect of illicit drug use on wages, as well as the first longitudinal estimates of that effect. The cross-sectional results, which were generally consistent with the surprising findings of previous research, suggested that illicit drug use had a large, positive effect on wages. The longitudinal estimates, which controlled for unobserved heterogeneity in the sample, were mixed: among men, the estimated wage effects of both marijuana and cocaine use were negative, but among women, the effect of cocaine use remained positive and large. Because the longitudinal model wss imprecisely estimated, however, those results were inconclusive.
In 1995 Edward T. McNulty professor of Economic History of the United States, assisted by Michael T. De Gaglia, conducted a study on the correlations between the commodities futures market and previous labor and wage theories presented by David Ricardo and Adam Smith. The study examined the real necessity behind the futures market and a comparison of hedging volatility in prices versus the demand for labor and wages. The work stemmed from two previous papers written by De Gaglia on the economic history of railroads and their failure to innovate. Unfortunately, due to the untimely passing of Dr. McNulty, the study was never completed.
In 1997 Professor Ilhan Meric of the Department of Finance at the College of Business Administration conducted a study on the changes of the co-movements of the national stock markets after the crash of 1987. The principal components analysis and Box's M test results showed that the co-movement patterns of the World's stock markets changed significantly after the crash. Low correlations among national stock markets are often presented as evidence in support of the benefits of international portfolio diversification. Their findings in that study indicate that correlations among national stock markets increased substantially, therefore, the benefits of international diversification decreased considerably, after the crash.

Gary DeVercelly

On March 20, 2007, Gary DeVercelly, an 18-year-old freshman from California, was pronounced dead at a New Jersey hospital, a day after being admitted with a blood-alcohol level of 0.426 percent, more than five times the legal limit. On August 3, 2007, two Rider University administrators, the Dean of Students, and the Director of Greek Life, along with three student officers of Rider's Phi Kappa Tau chapter, were charged with aggravated hazing in connection with the death. ^[2] The case against the two university administrators was dismissed at the prosecutor's request on Aug. 28, 2007 ^[3]

History

The school was founded in 1865 as "Trenton Business College" in Trenton and became "The Rider Business College" in 1897 after founder Andrew Jackson Rider. After several re-naming s and mergers, Rider College moved to Lawrenceville in 1964. It affiliated with Westminster Choir College in 1991, merged with Westminster in 1992 and became a university in 1994.
In 2005 Rider completed its state-of-the-art Student Recreation Center (The SRC). It contains an indoor track, pool tables, and about 30 workout machines, 10 with built-in TVs.
Rider completed a $16 million construction project in 2005 which included renovations to existing dorms, a new residence hall and a new student recreation center as part of three-step strategic development plan.

President

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.

References

1.
Rider at a Glance, accessed June 6, 2006
2. "Rider U. Officials Indicted in Student's Death by Alcohol Poisoning" By Paula Waley. Chronicle of Higher Education, Monday, August 6, 2007 toll access
3. Judge Dismisses Hazing Charges Against 2 Rider U. Officials Chronicle of Higher Education Aug. 28, 2007.

External links

★ Official Rider University Web site

★ Rider University Television Network

★ Rider University Student Newspaper

★ http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM63/AM63_365.pdf.

★ http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRC/v40/i6/p2621_1

★ http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3360(198603)60%3A2%3C273%3ARTAROS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D

★ http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRC/v39/i6/p2472_1

★ http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12804572&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6