Founder’s Day to Honor 61 Scholars

A special highlight of Rider’s Family Day on Saturday, November 7, is the Founder’s Day Awards Ceremony, a tradition which honors Rider’s top students as Andrew J. Rider Scholars.  The program begins at 11 a.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater.  The Scholars have been selected based on their grade point averages.

The award, which is named for the founder and first president of the institution, honors the top one percent of sophomores, juniors and seniors in each of Rider’s six academic colleges and schools – the College of Business Administration, the School of Education, the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Continuing Studies, Westminster Choir College, and the School of Fine and Performing Arts.

During the program, Dr. Roderick McDonald, professor of history, will receive the Dominick A. Iorio Faculty Research Award.  Mr. Robert Lackie, professor-librarian, will present the faculty address.  President Mordechai Rozanski will award certificates to 62 students during the ceremony.

This year’s Rider Scholars are:

College of Business Administration  

Seniors
Erin C. Bethke**
Matthew MacFarlane*
Samantha Rothlein
Yan Tang

Juniors
Ellen M. Carey*
Rebecca J. McCue*
Tara Melick

Sophomores
Angelika Dybka
Alexander Pinho
Christopher Splaine
Natasha Tukeva

College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences

School of Education

Seniors
Meghan E. Brett**
Michelle M. Falconio
Jessica L. Hutchins
Diana N. Visicaro

Juniors
Angela M. DiFranco
Jessica A. Haughton*
Tara E. Vacha*

Sophomores
Patricia N. Ashmore
Brianne K. Bergen
Jessica C. Nagle 

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Seniors
Hanna Budayeva
Jessica Hoogendoorn
Stephanie L. Lauer**
Lauren Musumeci

Juniors
Eden McConnell
Lauren McConnell
Alexandra M. Ward*

Sophomores
Jennie Mugrace
Erin McCafferty
Adrienne Stazzone 

College of Continuing Studies

Seniors
Jessica L. Coons**
Diana Friscia
Louis Gallinaro*
Shirley Koenig*
Michela Monaco
Monica Rzepka

Juniors
JoAnn Brown
Diane Elrath
Jamie Gerber

Sophomores
Brian Riddle
Jose Rodriguez

Westminster College of the Arts
Westminster Choir College

Seniors
Stephen Buzard**
Thomas Cunningham*
Lydia Pirilli*
Thomas Sheehan*

Juniors
Kathleen Echols*
Michela Imbesi

Sophomores
Hannah Guerra
Heather Jones
Frank Pisaturo

School of Fine and Performing Arts

Seniors
Marlayna Allen
Michael Dylan Ferrara*
Rose Lynn
Joanne Nosuchinsky**

Juniors
Melanie Andrejev
Brianne Applegate
Matthew Cintron*

Sophomores
Christina Fuscellaro
Brittany Santos
Valerie Stevens

*Second-year scholar     **Third-year scholar