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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 29, 2016 With Kean abloom, it’s hard not to notice all the work that’s going on to beautify the campus. Welcoming daffodils and geraniums line the walkways in front of Kean Hall, multicolored pansies in planters on Cougar Walk, and tulips adorn the landscaped areas in the courtyard in front of the Miron Student […]
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By: Gail Fredricks | Published April 29, 2016 Student Organization failed to field candidates for some key positions in the recent election, but despite the low voter turnout history was made: Emily Cubilete was elected as Kean’s first female president. Just nine percent of the student body voted in the election, but missing from the ballot were candidates for the […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 28, 2016 Kean alumni learned and discussed about the science—and art inspired by the science—of climate change at a lecture and panel discussion held at Kean on Apr. 13. The event, titled “ArtSCAPES – Art in Science, Climate, Change and Adaption: Picturing Environments and Sustainability,” featured five panelists from separate fields of study ranging […]
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By: Redina Demushi | Published April 28, 2016 Ursino, Kean’s fine-dining restaurant open to the public, remains closed, but a ruling for back property taxes of $53,915 is still pending. According to the university, Ursino closed last September “temporarily for remodeling,” and was scheduled to reopen by the end of the fall 2015 semester. Meanwhile, a ruling has yet to […]
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By: Chiemela Igbokwe | Published April 28, 2016 You’re a student here at Kean University, you walk into a men’s room in Townsend Hall and in the first stall, the entire toilet is covered with a black garbage bag with a sign over it reading “Out of Order Sorry.” You move on to the next stall, no garbage bag, but […]
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By: Redina Demushi | Published April 28, 2016 Only eight students are currently studying abroad, not including Kean’s Wenzhou campus, while many others find it unaffordable. According to the Center for International Studies, eight students are studying abroad during this spring semester. Eleven were abroad in the fall. “I think that only having 8 individuals a semester study abroad says […]
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By: Nicole Brown | Published April 28, 2016 Kean University water showed no sign of lead contamination according to an email blast the university sent on April 12. According to the email, the university tested drinking water samples in thirty different locations on campus, including the residential halls, food services and buildings where children play and study. The university highlighted […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published April 28, 2016
Kean rejected most recommendations made by the state in an audit that tracked the use of student fees, including suggestions to implement more transparency and internal controls for fee increases.
By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 21, 2016 Kean graduate and self-proclaimed activist Kayla Simone-McKelvey admitted to tweeting numerous threats that left the Kean community “in a state of fear and panic” last November. McKelvey, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of creating a false public alarm before Superior Court Judge William Daniel on April 18,the Union County Prosecutor’s Office […]
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By Rebecca Panico | Published April 21, 2016 A state Comptroller’s report looking into how students’ fees are used at Kean and two other colleges has yet to be released, although multiple officials say they were told it would be issued in late 2015. Former spokesman for the Comptroller’s Office Pete McAleer said the report — which would also review […]
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