Campus Responds to Stabbing On Campus

By Justin McDaniel | Published October 19, 2023 “ In totality, it took eleven and a half minutes, from the time the altercation started to the time the victim was transported to the hospital. And I can honestly say that time did save his life, or we could be having a different conversation right now.”  That was the response from […]

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WE DECLARE

By Isabelle Guthrie | Published October 16, 2023 From Oct. 2 to Dec. 8, 2023, Kean University will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a momentous occasion for this document that made history. A mural called “WE DECLARE” by Artist-in-Residence Ricardo Roig will feature many leading human rights activists. Human Rights Institute Annual (HRI) Conference speakers and […]

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Kean University to Hold First Annual Lavender Graduation

By Emily Robles|Published by April 21, 2021 Starting this spring semester, Kean University will recognize and annually hold a Lavender Graduation in honor of students who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Like the African Heritage Graduation Ceremony, the Lavender Graduation at Kean will be a special pre-graduation event that celebrates graduating seniors at the University. The ceremony will include […]

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ICE facility in Elizabeth Becomes Center of Protest at Kean

By: Ruben Nieves|Published by March 17, 2021 A protest group is calling for Kean to end its relationship with two longtime supporters of the university because of its business connection to a controversial ICE facility in Elizabeth that has been accused of mistreating immigrant detainees. About 12 protesters, which included Kean students and alumni, held a rally on March 2 […]

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Five Spanish Program Students Accepted at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research

By: Chelsey Jaipersaud | Published by March 5, 2021.    Women’s History month is off to a great start at Kean University with the success of five women from the Spanish Program who recently had their research accepted at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Students Rosa Huanchi, Maria Kukla, Dolores Quezada, Daniela Riascos and Valerie Sanabria will present […]

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DACA Extension Gives Dreamer Students Hope

By Cindy Lazo| Published by February 24. 2021 After four tumultuous years under the Trump Administration, many Americans felt a sense of relief and hope when, hours after his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed several executive memorandums—one of which reasserts protections for DACA recipients, including Kean’s Dreamer students.  DACA, standing for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, was first established back […]

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UNIVERSITY EXTENDING REMOTE LEARNING SCHEDULE TO MARCH

  By Christian Grullon | Published by February 20, 2021   Kean University has announced that they are extending the remote learning schedule for students to early March as a result of high COVID-19 rates. Hybrid and Face-to-Face courses that were originally scheduled to start the week of February 15 are expected to begin the week of March 1, according […]

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Kean’s Art History program remains resilient despite retrenchment

By Christian Grullon | Published by October 23, 2020 Kean’s Art History program has faced some trials and tribulations with the retrenchment of staff members along with classes being cut obviously affecting the students of the program. Even through the retrenchment, which means reduction in the extent or quantity of something, reduction of costs or spending in response to economic […]

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Kean student runs for Elizabeth Board of Education

By Chelsey Jaipersaud | Published by October 23, 2020 Senior Natalie Hernandez experienced a culture shock when she realized that her high school in Elizabeth, Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health and Public Safety Academy, did not get the same care or privileges compared to the high schools for the gifted in Elizabeth. The 22-year-old, studying Global Studies and Political […]

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