Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014
59 top students will receive awards on Founder’s Day during Family Weekend
by Aimee LaBrie
Each year during the Founder’s Day Awards Ceremony during Family Weekend, the Andrew J. Rider Scholars are honored. A namesake for Rider's founding father, this award is given only to the top one percent of seniors, juniors and sophomores 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.
The awards are based on the students' grade point averages.
President Mordechai Rozanski will award certificates to 59 students during the ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center Theater with a reception to follow in the Cavalla Room.
This year’s Andrew J. Rider Scholars are:
| College of Business Administration | ||
| Seniors | Juniors | Sophomores |
| June Kieu Jessica Lascano Timothy Monticchio* Ellen Sherwood Manuel Vargas** |
Jessica Crowell-Graff Michelle Hong* Geoffrey Watman |
Vincenzo Antinozzi Matthew Begley Michael Gorski |
| School of Education College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences |
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| Seniors | Juniors | Sophomores |
| Jennifer Dowling** Kaitlin Jenkins* Alison Sudol* Lindsay Tamuzza |
Courtney Crawford* Michaela Hady* Jenna Wilush* |
Mary Frances Prugno Samantha Traina Victoria Zerambo |
| College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences | ||
| Seniors | Juniors | Sophomores |
| Lauren Adams Josephine Boyle* Elizabeth Huang** Samantha Parrino Thomas Reddington II |
Sarah Diefenbach* Eva Truncellito* Elizabeth Urban* |
Elizabeth Carlson Elissa Lomakova Jenna Quasmieh Nina Rodriguez |
| College of Continuing Studies | ||
| Seniors | Juniors | |
| Tyler Ferst Amanda Reed-Darby Sarbpreet Singh Michael Weisser |
Laura Cerrito Krista Logan |
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| Westminster College of the Arts | ||
| Westminster Choir College | ||
| Seniors | Juniors | Sophomores |
| Christianna Barnard Allison Griffiths* Meaghan Metzger* Erinn Sensenig |
Sara Boyd Thomas Heidenreich Jessica Stanislawczyk* |
Mallory Murphy Annalotte Smith Rui Wu |
| School of Fine and Performing Arts | ||
| Seniors | Juniors | Sophomores |
| Sean Cackoskir* Frances Diaz-Mendozza Matthew Fairlee* Courtney Mayes** |
Megan Broussard Marissa Girgus* Kimberly Patton* |
Ellington Berg Caysi Dennis Madeline Prentice |
*second-year scholar
**third-year scholar