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Kean announces consultant to review employment practices after MLK Day protest

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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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Kean website back online after repeated hacks

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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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WATCH: Protesters demand Farahi’s resignation at rally

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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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Kean’s full-time faculty union to join ministers in tomorrow’s rally

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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Dec. 10, 2015 A coalition of ministers who have called for the university president to resign are expecting about 150 people to attend a rally tomorrow at noon by the S.T.E.M building which will highlight alleged discrimination at Kean. Members from the university’s full-time faculty union, the Kean Federation of Teachers (KFT), are expected to […]

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A statement from President Farahi

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Dr. Dawood Farahi’s Remarks: Conversation Civility and Acceptance Dec. 1, 2015 at 5:30pm Dr. Dawood Farahi | Published Dec. 9, 2015 The Kean Community is relieved to learn today from Union County prosecutor Grace Park that the individual who sent the abhorrent tweets two weeks ago has been identified and charged. We are saddened to learn that the person allegedly […]

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Stop the hate | Op-Ed

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By Tykime Davis | Published Dec. 9, 2015 In 2015 alone, police in the United States have shot and killed 31 unarmed black people, according to statistics by The Washington Post. “A year after Michael Brown’s fatal shooting, unarmed black men are seven times more likely than whites to die by police gunfire,” states The Post, which is compiling a database […]

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Police: McKelvey claims she’s received death threats; Former Student Org prez defends her

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By: Rebecca Panico | Published Dec. 2, 2015 The Union Township Police Department confirmed that Kayla-Simone McKelvey called Kean University police yesterday after she claimed that she received death threats. McKelvey, 24, was charged on a third-degree count of creating a false public alarm after allegedly posting threats to Twitter that threatened to shoot black students and claimed that a […]

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