Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will give a free lecture at the Jay and Linda Grunin Center for the Arts at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, as part of the Blauvelt Speaker Series. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. No reservations are required.

The Grunin Center is located on the Ocean County College main campus, on College Drive in Toms River.

Johnson served as U.S. secretary of homeland security from December 2013 to January 2017, leading the third-largest cabinet department of the…