Rider will posthumously award a doctorate to Eugene Marsh ’13, ’18. . . He was enrolled in Rider’s Doctor of Educational Leadership program and had already completed part of his dissertation at the time of his death in January. Eugene's wife, Elaine, will accept the degree on his behalf during a ceremony on May 8. . . . Eugene was passionate about using his education as a means to help other people and was particularly focused on mentoring and counseling veterans and Black people. For his dissertation, he was researching how student-veterans could be better supported in making informed decisions about their major of study and career goals at the outset of their education. Learn more at rider.edu/news.