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By Julia Strugala Incoming juniors will be commemorated for their accomplishments this month with a new “Halfway to Graduation Celebration” – an event that coincidentally has special significance for those who graduated high school in 2020 and missed a traditional graduation ceremony due to Covid 19. Barbara L Harmon-Francis, Vice President of the Division of Student Success and Retention which […]
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By Cindy Lazo It was one of those quiet boring days in 2003 when the normal sounds of children shouting and laughing on our block was replaced with the light taps of rain hitting the windows of our first floor apartment. The dramatic music of my mother’s daytime telenovelas played in the background as an over exaggerated fight scene between […]
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By Davaghnia Wilson | Published March 24, 2022 From being homeless to becoming a college graduate, an attorney, a retired municipal judge, and now assistant vice president for Student Retention and Educational Innovation at Kean University, Marvin Adames has experienced it all. “I’m in this position now, I’m gonna kind of oversee it and I find that there’s a particular […]
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By Harmony Sanchez | Published March 24, 2022 If you could make an anonymous confession about anyone at Kean, what would you say? The new Kean Missed Connections Instagram account is bridging that gap for many, by allowing users to fill out a google form and share their anonymous thoughts, feelings, confessions or connections with everyone else. Created at the […]
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By: Tyra Watts | March 22, 2022 On Monday, February 28th, 2022, Kean University hosted the third installment of the four-part “Engaging in Difficult Conversations” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Facilitator Certification series. The program involves Kean University’s College of Liberal Arts, the Office of DEI, the Holocaust Resource Center, and the Global Studies program. They partnered up with the […]
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By Elaine Amico | Published February 27, 2022 The case of an 18-year-old male Tik Tok influencer accusing a female 18-year-old Tik Tok influencer of sexual harassment is capturing the attention of young singles who are talking about the role reversal claims. Sienna Mae Gomez, known for her body positivity content, and Jack Wright, a dancer known for his upbeat […]
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By Tyra Watts | Published February 27, 2022 On Jan. 24, 2022, 28-year-old Hanna Syed was tragically struck by a car on North Avenue at around 5:30 p.m., in front of the Kean University Union campus. She was rushed to the hospital but sadly passed away that same evening after succumbing to her injuries. According to local news reports from […]
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By Isaiah Joseph | February 24, 2022 Kean is home to multiple unique and talented students who express themselves through their art, however, they are feeling defeated by the building that they call home. One thing that every visual and performative artist needs to make their projects into a reality is a space where they can work, create, and somewhere […]
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By Harmony Sanchez | Published Feb 25, 2022 Earlier this year, Kean University participated in a virtual roundtable on Student Debt cancellation hosted by U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker. The roundtable garnered perspectives from undergraduate students at Kean including Junior Delia Latini. With two minutes to make her mark at the roundtable, Delia spoke on her experience with […]
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By Cindy Lazo | Published February 24, 2022 It was a Thursday morning like no other; my hands felt clammy as I kept refreshing my email, impatiently waiting for the Zoom link for my first virtual counseling session. As the clock kept ticking closer to my allotted time, the feeling of knots started to sink into the pit of my […]
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