It’s hard to believe that another summer has come and gone and now, with the arrival of fall, the start of a new academic year and the accompanying re-energization of campus. Like returning students, alumni have opportunities to come back to campus, too, and share in these experiences.
Plans are underway for an exciting Homecoming on Oct. 27, which will include events that celebrate 50 years of the Equal Opportunity Program (EOP), the 10th anniversary of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, and various athletic events including a 5K Color Run in support of women athletes and Greek Life, to name a few. Please save the date and join us for this exciting opportunity to network with current students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff. I encourage you to visit rider.edu/homecoming for a full list of events being held.
Another exciting program I would like to mention is a legacy email program that has been implemented for our recent graduates. All 2018 graduates will retain their rider.edu addresses for life. This will allow Rider graduates to retain a permanent connection to the University and keep informed of important updates, events and other communications from their alma mater. In the next several months, all alumni will have the opportunity to request a rider.edu email so be sure to look in the spring magazine or through your current email on how to obtain an address.
My best to all of you for an incredible fall and I hope to meet as many of you as possible at upcoming functions!
Marci Gnandt ’00,’03
President, Alumni Board of Directors and Alumni Association