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Welcome to MyRider, your online community for Rider University and Westminster Choir College alumni. Rider pride has never been stronger, that's why this is the perfect time to join your fellow alumni in the fastest growing trend on the Web - social networking. MyRider provides a free, safe place to find your classmates from years past and renew the bond that started right here on campus. MyRider is your online resource for news, alumni and campus events, as well as exclusive benefits and services.

Rider University and Westminster Choir College License Plates


With over 40,000 Rider and Westminster alumni and students calling the Garden and Keystone States their home, we would like to start alumni license plate programs. The catch is that we need 500 people signed up for each plate in New Jersey and 300 in Pennsylvania before we can submit our requests. If you are interested in this opportunity, click here for more information and to sign up.

Vote for Rider Alum and Student in mtvU Competition

One Rider University alumna and one student could have the opportunity to grace the red carpet for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards this March. Kelly Dixon, a December 2009 graduate, and Gina Grosso, a junior Communication major, have been selected as one of the top 10 pairs of finalists in the MTV U Oscar® Red Carpet Correspondent Contest. Visit mtvU.com red carpet competition to vote.

SBI’s Decade of Dominance Continues

Call it a decade of dominance for the Small Business Institute (SBI) at Rider. The SBI, a program through which teams of graduate students or senior Business majors provide confidential consulting to small businesses and organizations under faculty supervision, has once again seen a team from Rider recognized in national competition. Lisa Teach, who earned an M.B.A. in August 2009, and current graduate student Christian McCracken, earned third place in the national Small Business Institute Consulting Project of the Year competition this winter.

Students Learn Leadership on the Go at Wawa

Rider students seeking a role model in business leadership and excellence need only follow the footprints that lay before them. Over forty years ago, Howard Stoeckel ’67 found himself with a degree and trying to open the doors to a career. Stoeckel, now the CEO of the Wawa, Inc., shared his thoughts on business with a group of 20 Rider students at the Wawa Leadership Trip on January 21 at Wawa Corporate Headquarters.

McEwen Keeps Banks in Check

Before his junior year of high school, Terry K. McEwen M.B.A. ’98 was unsure about his future career goals. That all changed when he sat down with his history teacher, George Warren. “He gave me insight about the banking industry because math was one of my strongest fields,” McEwen recalled. After following his instructor’s advice, McEwen is now the highest-ranking African-American in the state’s banking industry, having served as director of the Division of Banking of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance since 2006.

Fall 2009 Issue of Rider Magazine is Now Online

The fall 2009 issue of Rider magazine, a magazine for alumni and friends, is now available online with features that include active Web page links, videos and related stories of Rider alumni, faculty and students.