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By Leshay Jones | Published by February 14, 2020 Students and faculty at Kean are celebrating their blackness with pride this Black History Month with a calendar packed full of events. The Office of Africana Studies, along with other black student organizations, gathered outside of the clock tower Feb. 3 for the opening ceremony for the Black History Kickoff to listen to an […]
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By Cindy Lazo | Published by February 14, 2020 Kean University has announced that it will not be sending students to the Wenzhou Kean campus for the spring semester due to health concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The cancellation is a precaution as the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China and is 700 miles from Wenzhou-Kean University, continues to spread across the world, […]
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By Salimah McCullough | Published by February 14, 2020 Six General Education lecturers who say they were fired shortly after complaining about student privacy issues caused by a move to open office space have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the university. The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of Union County on Jan. 13, includes six of 10 GE professors […]
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By Tasha Dowbachuk | Published by February 13, 2020 The eldest son of the late revered civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered an impactful calling for Kean University students to embrace the concepts of social justice and to empower themselves through the power of voting. Martin Luther King III implored Kean University’s students to “rise up” and seize the […]
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By Erin McGuinness | Published by February 6, 2020 Gov. Phil Murphy, the University Senate, concerned Kean students and professors from the academic departments of other New Jersey public universities have been reacting negatively to President Dawood Farahi’s decision to retrench the university’s tenured Art History faculty. Dr. Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg, Dr. Marguerite Mayhall and Dr. Lewis Kachur, Kean’s only tenured […]
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By Harold Carias | Published by January 30, 2020 Shock waves were felt across the world as the news of Los Angeles Lakers icon and five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash was reported in Calabasas, California on Jan. 26. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Bryant, 41, was on board with eight other passengers, including […]
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By Zoe Strozewski | Published by January 29, 2020 Just days before Christmas, the students in Kean University’s Art History department found out that many of their courses were getting cut and their program was in danger of dissolution. Now, they are fighting a fight that they thought most students weren’t even aware exists. The students, all members of the […]
Read moreBy Breanna Palzer | Published by December 13, 2019 November 1 NJ Driver’s License was found Suspicious writing found in bathroom of CAS building, paper with writing on it was thrown away Purse was found Wallet was picked up from Miron Student Center Unregistered vehicle was towed from East Campus parking lot November 2 Student was taken from Vaughn Ames […]
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By Salimah McCullough | Published by December 9, 2019 Kean University is among the top 100 colleges in the United States that has had high growth in application numbers, according to 24/7 Wall Street, “a financial news and opinion company” that aggregates and republishes content from major news sites. According to an article on the university-sponsored Kean news page, posted […]
Read moreBy Siobhan Donaldson | Published by December 7, 2019 A longtime Educational Opportunity adviser for the Science and Technology programs alleges that she was let go after she was diagnosed with uterine cancer and went on medical leave, according to a complaint filed with the New Jersey Supreme Court. Elis Sosa, who began working at the university two decades ago, […]
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