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‘Hoverboards’ were on sale at a kiosk in Jersey Gardens mall. The kiosk closed by the end of January. (Photo: Rebecca Panico) By: Rose Marie Kitchen | Published Feb. 10, 2016 A new way of getting from point A to point B has officially become extinct for all students on Kean University’s campuses. All faculty, staff and students were notified […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Feb. 10, 2016 A black Kean graduate charged with making death threats against black students on Twitter in November pleaded not guilty and is now seeking entry into a probation program, her lawyer said. Kayla-Simone McKelvey was charged with a third degree count of making a false public alarm after allegedly making Twitter threats against […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published on Feb. 10, 2016 With the stroke of a pen nearly a year ago, 54 maintenance workers’ positions were outsourced to a private firm. And, for those rehired by that firm, not only came the loss of income, but also the loss of a time-honored benefit for full-time employees in academia across the country – […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Feb. 9, 2016 Rev. Michael Blackwell, Kean University’s new employment review consultant who was hired after groups alleged institutional racism on campus, just wants the university “to move forward.” “I’m not trying to make noise, and I’m not asking for anyone to resign. I’m asking for Kean [University] to move forward,” Rev. Blackwell said in […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Jan. 23, 2016 Kean University announced yesterday that an independent consultant has been chosen to evaluate Kean’s employment practices after protesters raised concerns about discrimination at the university during two recent rallies. “Rev. Michael Blackwell, a seasoned professional in compliance reviews, has been engaged by the Board Governance Committee as an independent consultant to review […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Dec. 31, 2015 A year after news of Kean University’s $219,024 conference table went viral, the apparatus has generated over $22,000 for the school through rentals, the university said in a statement. Now, retired finance executive and 1970 Kean alumnus William Loehning has donated $250,000 to “underwrite” the conference table. The Green Lane Building’s sixth-floor […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Dec. 26, 2015 Kean’s website became operational once again on Dec. 23 after it had been breached several times starting Dec. 19 by a hacker, the university announced in an email blast. “None of Kean’s mission-critical operations such as financial and record-management systems, KeanWise or the University’s e-mail system were impacted,” the university said in an email blast […]
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Financial records and email were not impacted by the hack, the university said.
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published on Dec. 20, 2015 Those accessing Kean.edu and KeanWise late this morning were met with a profanity-laced message that denounced America, France and Israel. The message, which has been edited to remove profanities, read: “Do You Feel Safe ? Hacked by Red hell sofyan 2 nd time in 24 H F— Usa f— Israel f— France […]
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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Dec. 12, 2015 About 70 people gathered across the street from the S.T.E.M. building at noon yesterday to call for Kean President Dr. Dawood Farahi’s resignation and highlighted alleged discrimination against faculty, staff and students. Several ministers and representatives from the NAACP, the Kean Federation of Teachers, the People’s Organization for Progress, NJ United Students and state […]
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