Memorial service for Professor Rebecca Basham Sept. 18

A memorial service for Professor Rebecca Basham, playwright and member of the Department of English, will be held on Friday, Sept. 18, at 4:30 p.m. in the Fireside Lounge of the Bart Luedeke Center. A reception will follow in the Art Gallery. Rebecca came to Rider in 2002 where she taught playwriting, screenwriting and literature courses, as well as contributed to the Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and Film and Media Studies programs. She directed the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program from 2004 to 2007, and she received the Sadie L. Ziegler-Bernice Gee Award in 2010, an award presented to the person who has most significantly contributed to ending gender-based discrimination.  Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Professor Rebecca Basham and will be directed to a scholarship for Rider students in her name. Checks may be made payable to Rider University, Office of Advancement Services, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Please note in the memo line that the contribution is made in memory of Rebecca Basham.