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Kean Mid-Year Convocation Will Showcase Data to Share University’s Progress in Equity

Kean Mid-Year Convocation Will Showcase Data to Share University’s Progress in Equity

Showing Kean University’s strength in numbers, President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D., will host a Mid-Year Convocation on Thursday, March 2, to share data updating Kean’s progress in addressing equity gaps.

Kean alumna Khabirah White
Business Graduate Helps Navigate Diversity Roadblocks in the Workplace

Business Graduate Helps Navigate Diversity Roadblocks in the Workplace

Khabirah White '12 strives to be a leader in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion through her work in the healthcare industry.
Breathing Life into Discarded Items: Exploring Sayaka Ganz’s Sculpture

Breathing Life into Discarded Items: Exploring Sayaka Ganz’s Sculpture

Artist Sayaka Ganz uses discarded everyday plastic items like utensils, toys and other household objects to create beautiful animal sculptures in her exhibition, Reclaimed Creations. Now on display at the Liberty Hall Academic Center Gallery, the artwork carries a deeper message about the importance of conservation and sustainability.
Kean alumna Rabia Ashraf and her mother posing for a selfie in a car
Kean Students Succeed in Publishing Creative Writing

Kean Students Succeed in Publishing Creative Writing

From poems to short stories, Kean students and alumni are seeing their creative works in print.
Kean students work with students from other universities in the New College Challenge
Architecture Students Helping Redesign Florida College

Architecture Students Helping Redesign Florida College

Kean is one of six universities selected for the New College Challenge, in which architecture and design students reimagine a Florida college campus to address environmental, sustainability and other challenges.
Why Students Love Kean University

Why Students Love Kean University

This Valentine's Day, we showcase the love our students have for Kean University. In this video, students share what makes Kean so special to them, from our supportive community to our engaging academics.

Dr. Daniela Shebitz, a woman with long, dark hair, smiles in a image with the words Urban Impact, Episode 3.
Urban Impact Episode 3: “Are Urban Farms and Micro Forests the Key to a Healthier Planet?”

Urban Impact Episode 3: “Are Urban Farms and Micro Forests the Key to a Healthier Planet?”

On the third episode of Kean’s podcast, "Urban Impact," ethnobotanist and chair of the Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, Daniela Shebitz, Ph.D., talks about how environmental researchers at Kean are breathing new life into urban spaces.
Nia Phillips is a Kean graduate and physician assistant
Kean Biology Graduate Encourages Diversity in Medicine

Kean Biology Graduate Encourages Diversity in Medicine

A physician assistant and podcast co-host, Nia Phillips '14, DMS, is passionate about patient care and empowering Black listeners to pursue careers in medicine.
Author James McBride speaks with moderator Deonte Griffin-Quick, a Kean alumnus
Author James McBride Urges Kean Audience to ‘Move Your Heart to a Better Place’

Author James McBride Urges Kean Audience to ‘Move Your Heart to a Better Place’

The award-winning author spoke during Kean’s Black History Month celebration as part of the President's Distinguished Lecture Series, offering a message about inclusion, kindness and the power of education.
Celebrating Black History Month: A Walk Through Time with Historical Wax Figures

Celebrating Black History Month: A Walk Through Time with Historical Wax Figures

Kean University kicked off Black History Month with a one-day exhibition of several prominent Black historical figures from The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Check out our video to see how students, faculty and staff connected with history as they viewed the wax figures.