Dear alumni and friends,
This fall, we are thrilled to publicly launch Rider’s biggest, most ambitious philanthropic campaign ever. Our goal is to raise $80 million to ensure a Rider education remains transformative and affordable for every student. While quietly working on the campaign over the past few years, we have made great progress thanks to many dedicated alumni and friends, but our work is not yet complete.
Through Transforming Students - Transforming Lives: The Campaign for Rider University, we will build Rider’s endowment so that a Rider education will be within reach of more students; invest in new construction, so that our campus can inspire creativity and collaboration; and strengthen our Annual Fund, so that the University can secure the flexibility to address our most urgent needs.
The University is fortunate to benefit from the dedication of three accomplished alumni who make up our campaign leadership team. Thomas Lynch ’75, the former CEO of TE Connectivity, is serving as campaign chair. He and his co-chairs, Joan Mazzotti ’72, the former executive director of Philadelphia Futures, and William Rue ’69, the owner of Rue Insurance, have helped rally enthusiastic support of the campaign’s vision — including, notably, 100% participation from Rider’s Board of Trustees.
What does that vision look like? Picture a modern Division I athletics arena uniting the campus and surrounding community. Endowed scholarships benefiting Rider students in perpetuity. A robust Annual Fund providing maximum flexibility in support of financial aid, technology and career preparation.
Investing in Transforming Students - Transforming Lives creates all of this and much, much more.
This is, by far, the most significant fundraising effort to take place at Rider in 157 years. I hope you will join me at Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 29, at noon as we officially begin the campaign’s public phase. You can also learn how to make a difference in the lives of our students by visiting rider.edu/transform. If there was ever a time for you to invest in your alma mater, that time is now.
Go Broncs!
Sincerely,
Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D.
President, Rider University