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Kean University leaders traveled by bus to accept students to the Kean Scholar Academy
Kean Admits First Students into Kean Scholar Academy

Kean Admits First Students into Kean Scholar Academy

Kean President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D., and other leaders brought thrilling news to students in four New Jersey communities, as the Kean Scholar Academy bus tour rolled out to deliver formal acceptances to the new dual-enrollment program.
Well wishes from family and friends for the Honors graduates
Kean Celebrates 1,135 Honors Graduates of the Class of 2021

Kean Celebrates 1,135 Honors Graduates of the Class of 2021

Kean University’s highest-achieving graduates in the Class of 2021 were recognized for their perseverance and academic success at the University’s virtual Honors Convocation on Friday, April 30. 

Get Ready for the Biology Revolution, Distinguished Lecturer Tells Kean Community

Get Ready for the Biology Revolution, Distinguished Lecturer Tells Kean Community

Kean University launched virtual Research Days — two days of research presentations by more than 1,400 students and faculty — with a Distinguished Lecture by futurist Jamie Metzl, who told the Kean audience to prepare for the biology revolution.
Holly Taylor in a red bandana, white shirt and jeans jacket, in front of a white wood frame wall.
TV Star Holly Taylor Graduates with Honors from Kean

TV Star Holly Taylor Graduates with Honors from Kean

While acting full time on the television shows The Americans and Manifest, Holly Taylor was also pursuing a degree in graphic design at Kean University. Her dream of earning a college degree has come true as she graduates with the Class of 2021.
Kean Student Plans to Pitch Musical to Broadway

Kean Student Plans to Pitch Musical to Broadway

Four years ago, Sam Royster began writing a musical about Josephine Baker, the Harlem Renaissance entertainer, French Resistance spy and celebrated Civil Rights activist. On the brink of his graduation from Kean University, he’s ready to pitch it to Broadway and share it with the world.

A graphic image with the names Melissa Tito, Maria Dominguez and Robin Landa
Students Contribute to Fourth Edition of Professor's Book

Students Contribute to Fourth Edition of Professor's Book

When Michael Graves College Distinguished Professor Robin Landa was preparing for the publication of the fourth edition of her book, Advertising by Design, she turned to graduating seniors Melissa Tito and Maria Dominguez for design assistance.
Kean Associate Professor Mia Zamora, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Leads Worldwide Socially Just Academia Project

Associate Professor Leads Worldwide Socially Just Academia Project

A Kean writing professor is collaborating with colleagues around the world on an initiative to create a new global vision for higher education that fosters equity and inclusion in teaching practices and scholarship and welcomes new voices into academia.

Kean math graduate Angel Rivera sits at a laptop with a Chubb water bottle nearby.
Hard Work and Networking Launch Math Grad to Career of His Dreams

Hard Work and Networking Launch Math Grad to Career of His Dreams

Enrolling at Kean Ocean and switching his major from management to math put the Class of 2021's Angel Rivera on the path toward his dream job, a lucrative career as an actuary.
African Transfer Student Excels in Computer Science at Kean University

African Transfer Student Excels in Computer Science at Kean University

Xavier Doh came to the United States from Togo, Africa when he was 24 years old and began his journey to study computer science in a new language and culture. Now he’s poised to begin a career as a software developer.

 

Kean students in a GLAB study lounge
Students Delve into History of Pandemics and COVID-19 Experiences

Students Delve into History of Pandemics and COVID-19 Experiences

Professors of the history department are team teaching a History of Pandemics course, focusing on past and present pandemics and featuring a student-led oral history project about the COVID-19 outbreak.