NJ Bankers Association Employees To Get Tuition Discount At Rider

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — Rider University has formalized a partnership agreement with the New Jersey Bankers Association that includes tuition assistance for its employees, the university announced.

Rider will provide a 20 percent tuition reduction for New Jersey Bankers Association employees. The reduction applies to all undergraduate, part-time graduate on-campus and select online programs. Rider offers more than 70 undergraduate programs and over 40 graduate programs.

Each year, the New Jersey Bankers Association’s charitable foundation sponsors Rider's Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a free seven-week summer intensive that provides veterans expert guidance on developing a new business concept or growing an existing business.

"The New Jersey Bankers Association has made a meaningful investment in our Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, providing the means for vets to pursue their dreams of owning their own businesses," Rider President Dr. Gregory G. Dell'Omo said. "We're pleased to extend our support to their employees by providing tuition assistance."

At the signing ceremony, held on Rider's Lawrenceville campus, two graduates of the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program spoke about their experience and the successful businesses they have launched since participating in the program.

“Rider University and NJBankers have long enjoyed a partnership that benefits veterans so when the university approached us about tuition assistance, we were pleased to offer the program to our members,” New Jersey Bankers Association President and CEO John E. McWeeney, Jr. said. “The ability to get or supplement their education will certainly contribute to their success as well as the success of their bank.”

Founded more than 115 years ago, the New Jersey Bankers Association is a trade association representing 83 banks and more than 200 service providers. It provides a variety of services to members including government relations at both the state and national levels, education and professional development, and employee health and welfare insurance benefit programs through its licensed insurance brokerage facility, Bankers Cooperative Group.

For more information about the partnership, visit rider.edu/njbankers.