Get inspired by Josh Sundquist, cancer survivor and paralympic athlete, at 8:30 p.m. in Sweigart Auditorium.

Dr. Rev. DeForest B. Soaries, former New Jersey Secretary of State, gave the keynote address during the closing ceremony of Rider University’s Black History Month Celebration on February 28.

Students are invited put their leadership and team-building skills to the test on Sunday, April 15, when they race across the Richard A. Coppola Pool — in cardboard canoes.

In a February 27 address sponsored by the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver recalled her political origins, discussed the state’s most pressing issues, and said that the partisan divide is greatly overstated among the state’s voters.

Historian Robert Gerwarth will deliver the 20th annual Emanuel Levine History Lecture, entitled Hitler’s Hangman: The Life and Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942), on Wednesday, March 7, at 7 p.m. the Sweigart Auditorium The event, which is free and open to the public, is presented by Rider’s Department of History.

The 50th Anniversary Celebration of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences continues with the two-day film symposium, 1962 at the Movies: A Mini-Course in Film Culture, on February 29 and March 1 in Sweigart Auditorium. Dr. Gerald Peary ’64 and Dr. Joe McElhaney of Hunter College are featured speakers.