This & That

• Spring graduate open houses are scheduled from 6–8 p.m., on Tuesday, April 20, in Hennessy Hall at the College at Florham, and on Thursday, April 22, in Dickinson Hall at the Metropolitan Campus. Prospective graduate students can learn about the University’s newest programs such as the MA in teaching with dual certification in elementary education and teacher of students with disabilities, master of sports administration, MS in homeland security and MA in forensic psychology as well as obtain information about financial aid, tuition reimbursement and payment plans. For preregistration or for more information, call 201-692-2554 (Metropolitan Campus), 973-443-8905 (College at Florham) or e-mail grad@fdu.edu.

• The Knightscapes literary magazine is collecting gently used books for a Knightscapes Book Drive grab bag event to raise funds for its 10th anniversary edition. Novels, poetry, nonfiction, graphic novels, comics and audio books (no textbooks) may be dropped off at the English department in the basement of Robison Hall, Metropolitan Campus until Monday, April 12. The grab bag event will be on Tuesday, April 20. In celebration of its spring 2010 issue, Knightscapes is holding Knightscapalooza on Monday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., in the Metropolitan Club, Alumni Hall. The event will feature readings by contributors and a talk by special guest, David Marcus, author of Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges — and Find Themselves. Refreshments will be served. For information e-mail knightscapes54@gmail.com.

• The University Players, the student theater group on the Metropolitan Campus, is presenting “The Elephant Man” from Thursday, April 15, to Saturday, April 17, at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m., at the Russell H. Ratsch Experimental Theater in the lower level of University Hall, Metropolitan Campus. Written by Bernard Pomerance, the production will be directed by Ellen Spaldo, English and University Players faculty adviser (Metro), and James Rana, art/media studies (Metro). The cast includes Thomas Swanzey, English and associate dean, Petrocelli College (Metro); and students Brian Becker, Melissa Dilger, Aura Leon, Bamidele Ojo, Nelvia Rawheath, Karissa Redd, Athos Vardouniotis and Ning (Ivy) Yu. Ticket prices are $10 for the public and $5 for FDU faculty, staff and students; senior citizens; and children. For information e-mail spaldo@fdu.edu.

• Teams of faculty, staff, students and alumni will walk to fight cancer at the first Relay for Life overnight fundraising event to be held at the Metropolitan Campus from Thursday, April 8, to Friday, April 9, at the Rothman Center. The opening ceremony and Survivor Lap, an inspirational time when survivors are invited to circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victories that have been achieved over cancer, begin at 9 p.m. Registration starts at 7 p.m. All proceeds will go directly to the American Cancer Society. For information contact Jessica McMillan, director, international student services (Metro), at 201-692-2743 or jlm@fdu.edu or go to http://www.relayforlife.org/fdunj .

• The Friends of Floram is sponsoring a lecture, “Music for Millionaires: The Residence Organ in the Gilded Age,” by Troy Joseph Simmons, architectural historian of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., on Sunday, May 2, at 3 p.m., in Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall, College at Florham. Tickets are $25 at the door, and this includes a reception following the lecture. For information call Susan McConville, executive director of development, University advancement (Metro), at 201-692-7008 or mcconvil@fdu.edu.