Men’s volleyball wraps up 2017 season

By Sara Ridgway | Published May 8, 2017 The men’s volleyball team reigns as Skyline Conference Champions for the sixth consecutive season. After going undefeated in conference play during the 2017 season, the Cougars faced St. Joseph’s College – Long Island in the semifinals of the conference playoff s for a three-set win. Advancing to the finals, Kean faced The […]

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Women’s lacrosse in hope of postseason run

  By Greg Patuto | Published May 8, 2017 Before the season began, head coach Jordan Trautman had one thing in mind and that was for her team to make it back to the postseason. With conference play winding down, the women’s lacrosse team is right where they need to be. The Cougars are 14 games into their season and […]

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American Cancer Society cancels Relay for Life at Kean

By Rose Marie Kitchen | Published April 7, 2017 After four years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has officially put their Relay for Life partnership with Kean University on hold because of fundraising benefits. Relay for Life is a team fundraising event where members take turns walking for hopes to live in a world without cancer. Each event lasts from […]

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Leslie Jones joins Kean for Unity Week

By Monica Sudfield | Published April 7, 2017 Saturday Night Live (SNL) comedian Leslie Jones filled the Wilkins Theater with laughter on March 16, 2017, as a special guest to celebrate this year’s Unity Week. Jones’ routine, which incorporated stories from her youth, relationship humor, and audience interaction, was raunchy. “This isn’t SNL. I’m a bad person,” warned Jones right […]

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Union Mayor complains about new dorms

By Joshua Rosario | Published April 7, 2017 The mayor of the Township of Union addressed Kean University’s Board of Trustees at its public meeting on Monday, March 6, about the university’s plans for construction of new residence halls on the grounds of the Campus School North buildings. Suzette Cavadas spoke against the University’s plans, claiming that the university did […]

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Kean Gospel Choir sets out to win two years in a row

By Jennifer Padilla | Published April 7, 2017 The Kean University Gospel Choir (KGC) has been selected, for the second year in a row, as a finalist in this year’s McDonald’s Gospelfest. The McDonald’s Gospelfest will be held at Newark’s Prudential Center on Saturday, May 13. “I am ecstatic about the McDonald’s Gospelfest,” said Rochanda Fegins, a graduate student in […]

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ACM-W organization wins start-up grant

By Kiara Mays | Published April 7, 2017 A new Kean University group devoted to advancing women in computer science machinery has been awarded a $3,000 grant to sponsor activities that will help lessen gender inequality in the male dominated field. The Association for Computing Machinery-Women Student Chapter (ACM-W) entered the national ACM-W student seed fund competition and proceeded to […]

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Kean graduate Halkias named teacher of the year

By Gail Fredricks | Published April 7, 2017 Nicole Halkias, a graduate of Kean University, wanted to be a graduate for many year and recognized for teacher of the year in Cranford. Halkias is now a fifth grade teacher and has been recognized as Teacher of the Year at Brookside Place School in Cranford. An anonymous nomination came from a […]

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Who knew Kean had a center for cybersecurity?

By Rafaela Teixeira | Published April 7, 2017 The Center for Cybersecurity is about three things: academic courses, a laboratory under development and working with the state to teach young minds about cybersecurity awareness. The center started on January 4th, 2016 and began with a request by Kean University’s President Dawood Farahi to further grow the Center for Cybersecurity. Originally, […]

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