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Thanks for joining us on October 25, 2025 for Alumni & Family Day.

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For any questions, please email us at alumni@rider.edu​.&²Ô²ú²õ±è;

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø Wrestling Gathering
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Canastra Health Center
No Cost
Join the team for an open practice from 9 – 10 a.m. in the Tim Morrison & Family Wrestling Room, followed by an alumni, student and family gathering in the parking lot adjacent to the Gary Taylor Wrestling Center from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Legacy Family Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Daly Dining Hall, Mercer Room
No Cost 
Did you and someone else in your family attend ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø? If so, we invite you to join us for a complimentary breakfast celebrating legacy families—those who have made ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø a part of their family story across generations.

Ultimate Frisbee Game and Lunch
9:30 a.m. (lunch immediately following) 
No Cost
Fields behind Daly Dining Hall 
An annual tradition featuring current ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø Ultimate Frisbee students taking on their alumni counterparts!

50-Year Society Brunch
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Bart Luedeke Center, Cavalla Room
No Cost
Can you believe that 50 years have gone by since you graduated from ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø? Celebrate your milestone reunion with your fellow classmates and enjoy a celebration with the 50th reunion class and members for the 50-year society (those who graduated 50 years and back from ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø).

Family Feud
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
Fine Arts Building, Yvonne Theater 
No Cost
Get ready to bring the fun and battle it out Family Feud-style at Alumni & Family Day! Gather your crew and compete for bragging rights in this crowd-favorite showdown!

Ultimate Frisbee Alumni Lunch
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Daly Dining Hall, Mercer Room
No Cost 
Come celebrate after the game! Please note the Lunch is open to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø Ultimate Frisbee alumni, current players, and their guests only! 

Meet and Greet with Dr. Darryl Mace, our new Vice President of Community Engagement and Belonging
Noon - 1 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center, Center for Community and Belonging
No Cost
Stop by and say hello to Dr. Mace in the Center for Community + Belonging during your campus visit. Under his leadership, the new Division of Community Engagement and Belonging at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø will bring together access and opportunity, inclusion and belonging, and community engagement efforts. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø already boasts so many external connections, and our goal is to support these initiatives while building additional avenues for students, faculty, and staff to engage in meaningful and mutually beneficial work in the community.  

Haunted House
Noon - 3 p.m. and 5 - 7 p.m.
$5 entry tickets
Delta Phi Epsilon House
Join us for a spooky experience at the Delta Phi Epsilon House as we transform it into a Haunted House! The experience is for guests of all ages and scare levels, and 100% of the ticket proceeds go towards our philanthropy, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This is an incredibly impactful organization with the mission to find a cure and continue creating treatments for those living with cystic fibrosis. In addition to the Haunted House, we will be having a 50/50 raffle, face painting, tarot card readings, and candy! Stop by with your friends and family, and make a difference in helping this cause. Pay at the door with cash or credit card!

50th Reunion Celebration 
12:15 - 1 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center, NJM Community Room
No Cost
Continue the celebration with your classmates (and those friends from the class of 1974 and 1976).  Your reunion committee has been hard at work planning a special celebration for everyone. They are Bill 'Tank' Devine ’75, Susan Fehrer ’75, Judy Gold ’76, Leslie Pica Krutan ’75, Marilyn Longo Reese ’75, and Janet Lohmann Roman ’74.

Sweater Weather Social with Our New President John R. Loyack
1 - 3 p.m.
Campus Mall (in front of Canastra Hammer Arena)
No Cost; Cash Bar
Please join John and Theresa and the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø community for an all-campus celebration.

• Live music, cookie decorating workshop by Jersey Cookie Girl, Caricature Art by Michael Arnold of Speedydoodle Studios and a live pumpkin carving demonstration,.
• Over 21? Stop by the River Horse Brewery tent! Try a flight – 4 ounce pours of Maple Mother Bucker Brown Ale, Ear Wiggler IPA, Tripel Horse and Cask Away Barrel Aged Sour. Cash bar.
• Oh, and there's more...Snack foods provided by Rollin on the Rocks (seasonal mocktails), Jersey Jacket Kettle Korn, Nosh Homemade Empanadas, Under the Moon (2-3 flavors of chili), All Belgium Waffles and AJ's Dogs and Snacks.
• Be sure to join the fun and sign up for the - see link for team sign-up.
• And finally, the Alumni Association will host a Silent Auction with various prizes to bid on. 

Don't miss out on gathering with your classmates and making memories as we celebrate the 160th anniversary of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø and 100th anniversary of Westminster Choir College.

Twelfth Night
2 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
$25 adults, $20 students/seniors, $5 ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø students with valid ID
Get swept away in this musical reimagining of Twelfth Night, where mistaken identities, unspoken love, and bold new sounds meet on the shores of Illyria. With a dynamic jazz-funk score by Shaina Taub, this fresh musical take on Twelfth Night offers a vibrant experience for audiences of all ages.

Men’s Exhibition Basketball Game vs Rowan University
3 p.m. 
Canastra Hammer Arena
Tickets are available now. Please use promo code MBBHC25 

Philosophy Club 20th Anniversary Reunion 
3 - 5 p.m.
Lynch Adler Hall, Room 202
No Cost
Join us for a discussion and networking with alumni and students.

95 Years of The ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø News
5 - 7 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center, NJM Community Room
$15.00 per person/Cash Bar (Food stations to salute the nation's historic newspapers)
All alumni journalists and editors: Please join the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø News' current student staff to celebrate 95 years of the award-winning student newspaper, which was named best college paper in New Jersey in April 2025. Please encourage your fellow ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø News alumni from across the years to join us, and learn how students are transforming the organization into vital campus digital news, sports features and now podcasting!

All Greek Alumni/Student Mixer
4 - 6 p.m.
Muller’s Pub and Patio
$10.00 per person/ cash bar 
Attention all Greeks! Join us for a celebration of Greek life and the lifelong connections you established with your fellow classmates. Connect with your Greek network and encourage them to come back to ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø.

Pre-Concert and Pre-Performance Gathering
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center, Cavalla Room
No Cost
Join us before the Twelfth Night performance and the Westminster Chapel Choir & Westminster Symphonic Choir: What Gives Peace concert. Connect with alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff.

Twelfth Night
7:30 p.m.
Bart Luedeke Center Theater
$25 adults, $20 students/seniors, $5 ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½¹ÙÍø students with valid ID
Get swept away in this musical reimagining of Twelfth Night, where mistaken identities, unspoken love, and bold new sounds meet on the shores of Illyria. With a dynamic jazz-funk score by Shaina Taub, this fresh musical take on Twelfth Night offers a vibrant experience for audiences of all ages.

Westminster Chapel Choir & Westminster Symphonic Choir: What Gives Peace
7:30 p.m.
Gill Chapel
$20 adults, $15 students/seniors
Westminster's Chapel Choir & Westminster Symphonic Choir presents What Gives Peace—an exploration of the many facets of peace through powerful choral works spanning time and tradition. This concert features the Westminster Symphonic Choir as a guest choir.

Muller’s Pub Hours 
3 - 7 p.m.

Bookstore Hours 
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.