Earn the New Student Engagement Experience Point

(Available to all Freshmen and first-year Transfer students only)

All first-year students should attend Rider events to earn this point!

  • No matter which semester is your first, you have one full year to complete this experience.  If you are a spring semester transfer, you have through the following spring to earn this point.
  • You must submit the New Student Engagement Experience form in Canvas while you are a first-year student.  After your first year, you are no longer eligible to earn this point.
  • Why should you worry about earning just one point?  For most students, your Engaged Learning requirement is to earn points in at least two different Engaged Learning categories. This point, earned in the Civic and Community Engagement category, will help you meet the two-category requirement.

Attend six Rider events that you will place into the following themes. You can’t use more than two (2) events per theme, so be sure to attend a variety of different types of events.

Themes

  • Sporting Event / Intramurals 
    • Examples: any Division I sports event; Club or Intramural Sports or Adventure Club 
  • Lecture / Workshop / Teach-In Event
    • Example: Social Media Addiction lecture; Panel Discussion on Spike Lee's School Daze
  • Art Performance
    • Examples: Rider play or dance performance; poetry slam; a recital or opera performance; ArtBEAST
  • Health, Wellness & Spirituality Event
    • Examples: Strive to Thrive Workshop; Oct-SOBER-Fest; Meals on Wheels
  • Diversity Event
    • Example: Celebration of Lights; Martin Luther King Day of Service; Unity Day event
  • Campus Tradition Event 
    • Example: Cranberry Fest; Family Weekend; R Factor; Scream Screen

The events listed above are examples.  It is possible to use an event in a theme other than where it is shown above.  For example, Celebration of Lights is an example under the Diversity theme, but it may also be considered a Campus Tradition.  Whichever theme you place an event under, be sure to support that choice when you write your reflection in the Canvas form.

Keep track of the events you attend on a Tracking Form

Use the event tracking form below to record information about the events you attend. The form provides a way to keep track of the event details that you will need. It also provides a way for you to write a couple of thoughts about the event that will be useful when you write your reflection. Download the form to your computer and enter information as you attend events.

New Student Engagement Experience Event Tracking Form (PDF)

What to do after attending six events?

 Submit an Engaged Learning Experience on Canvas

You will Self-Enroll for Engaged Learning in Canvas the first time you use it.


1: Enter the “Join” URL for the course: https://canvas.rider.edu/enroll/GCJ4MC

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2: Select “Enroll in Course.”

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3: Select “Go to Course”

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4: Select “Assignments” (left side of the page)