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By Christy Petillo Kean University and the Chinese Government made huge strides when they came to the conclusion to build Kean’s first foreign campus at Wenzhou University in Zhejiang Province. Branching Kean University to China has been an aspiration of President Dawood Farahi for some time. In 2006, Kean officials had begun working towards establishing a campus in Wenzhou. It is intended that by 2016, the China campus […]
Read moreBy Dasia Brown The Kean volunteer group “Be the Change” is being allotted a grant from the Hess Corporation in the amount of $500,000 to help with Newark’s “A Hundred Gardens in A Hundred Days” project. This grant came after the July 7 memorial garden, named the “Rica Jenkins Garden”, located in one of Newark’s high crime areas South14th Street, was […]
Read moreBy Brian Konchalski The Board of Trustees, on September 17, voted to extend Dawood Farahi’s, President of Kean University, contract with the university for another five years. The board voted unanimously on the resolution, 10-0, extending Farahi’s contract until 2018 at his current salary of $293,550 a year, according to numbers obtained by The Star-Ledger. He is still eligible for […]
Read moreBy Brian Konchalski The Visiting Team from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) announced preliminary findings that Kean University is now in compliance with the four standards the university had violated in a closed door meeting on Sept. 14. While the findings of the Visiting Team may be welcomed news to the university, it is still not off […]
Read moreBy Alexandria Addesso Greek Life and the Center for Leadership and Service will be holding the annual hazing videos at the University Center’s Greek Lounge at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 16. Although Kean University has no reported history of over the top hazing abuse, the viewing is a requirement for all prospective members of Greek Letter Organizations. “We do it […]
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