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By Kiara Mays | Published by Oct. 2, 2018 Kean University’s Board of Trustees voted to increase wages for student workers to $10 an hour, from $8.60 an hour, at its first meeting of the semester held earlier this month. While many items were discussed, the pay increase was one of the most highly anticipated decisions to be made. According […]
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By Joshua Rosario | Published by Oct. 2, 2018 Kean University’s Masters of Public Administration (MPA) program was denied accreditation this summer and the university is appealing the decision. The MPA program remains accredited while they go through the appeal process. If the appeal is unsuccessful, MPA graduates would be at a disadvantage competing in a job market with graduates […]
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By Salimah McCullough | Published by Sept. 17, 2018 ANNOUNCEMENT- The College of Liberal Arts is hosting the first CLA Convocation Tuesday September 18 in Wilkins Theatre from 2 to 4 p.m. The event is for students who major in Communications, Sociology, Psychology, English, History and Asian Studies to come together and be exposed to the different programs the college […]
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Published by May 9, 2018 | By Tower Staff For the third consecutive year, The Tower, Kean University’s independent, student news organization, has been recognized as one of the top three college newspapers in New Jersey, public or private. The New Jersey Collegiate Press Association (NJCPA) gave The Tower third place honors for General Excellence, the most coveted category in […]
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Published by May 9, 2018 | By Joshua Rosario After being excused from attending Professional Development Days, several faculty members still received official reprimands from the University administration in February, according to the Kean Federation of Teachers President James Castiglione. These faculty members attended some sessions and were excused from attending other sessions for reasons such as teaching, vacation time […]
Read morePublished by May 9, 2018 | By Rafaela Teixeira A memo was sent to all adjunct faculty by the Office of the Provost and President of Academic Affairs on March 15 that stated new requirements are in order for adjunct professors to be considered for class scheduling for Fall 2018. The memo, which was sent via email through individual department […]
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Published by May 9, 2018 | By Dan Papa Phil Murphy has been governor of NJ for ninety-one days thus far. One of his biggest campaign promises was to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (Dist-22) believes that they will have it legalized by the end of the year. Murphy has updated the medical marijuana conditions list […]
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Published by May 9, 2018 | By Lena Zhu The increase in course caps has become a major issue at Kean University since February. The limbo state in which some course capacity numbers may increase affects students and faculty. Some professors reported in March that various administrators were telling them that their course capacity will be increased in apparent violation […]
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Published by May 9, 2018 | By Lena Zhu On Tuesday, April 17, the University Senate unanimously approved of a document that construed that teachers and students should not be carrying guns on the school campus. The document, created by Dr. Barry Mascari of the Counselor Education Department and Dr. Christopher Lynch from the Communication Department, further states that only […]
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By Lena Zhu | Published by April 13, 2018 The mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida hit home for Kean graduate student Susan Landsman, who is the mother of an eighth-grader. Landsman said her daughter has constant shooter drills in her school that involves knowing how to defend herself with a shooter. In these active shooter […]
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