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Academics

Under
Dell’Omo’s
leadership,

the number of
students living
on campus

increased from
1,140 in 2005
to 1,990 in fall
2014. Less than

40 percent of
full-time under-
grads lived on
campus in 2005,

versus nearly 60
percent today. At
the same time,

full-time under-
graduate enroll-
ment has grown
35 percent, from

2,928 10 years
ago to 3,968 in
fall 2014.

NEW SCHOOL
Rider names Dr. Gregory G. Dell’Omo as next president

he Rider University Board of Trustees has named the Presidential Search Committee. “I am certain that Greg is
Gregory G. Dell’Omo, PhD, as the school’s seventh the right candidate who will provide the direction and vision re-

president. Dell’Omo will succeed Mordechai Rozanski, quired to continue the momentum Rider has experienced over
who’s retiring on July 31, 2015. After serving as presi-
the past decades, while leading our university into the bright

dent of Robert Morris University (RMU) in Pittsburgh future our community deserves.”
Tfor 10 years, Dell’Omo will assume the presidency on Aug. 1, During Dell’Omo’s years as the seventh president of RMU,

2015. Rider is currently celebrating its 150th anniversary, which he oversaw the school’s continued transformation from a
will culminate with Dell’Omo’s oicial inauguration.
regional, commuter-based institution to a comprehensive resi-

“After a very thorough, inclusive, and comprehensive selec- dential university that draws full- and part-time students from
tion process, involving all facets of the Rider community, not only the Pittsburgh area but across the country and around

including deans, chairs, faculty members, student leaders, the globe.

administrators, union representatives, alumni, and board mem- Dell’Omo led RMU through the completion of its most recent
bers, the board is extremely confident in the selection of Greg five-year strategic plan and its most comprehensive capital

Dell’Omo as Rider’s next president,” says Michael B. Kennedy, campaign. The fundraising campaign ended in September 2012
chairman of the Rider University Board of Trustees and chair of
and raised $41 million, exceeding its goal.

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