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Kean grad Emir Hamzic is making a career as an elite tennis coach
Kean Grad Serves for Success in Tennis World

Kean Grad Serves for Success in Tennis World

Kean alumnus Emir Hamzic ’20, a national collegiate tennis champion, is now putting his athletic skills to work becoming a leader in the tennis coaching world.

Andrea McArdle performs a streamed concert from Kean's Enlow Recital Hall
Broadway Star Andrea McArdle Shines in Streamed Holiday Concert at Kean

Broadway Star Andrea McArdle Shines in Streamed Holiday Concert at Kean

Broadway’s original Annie, Andrea McArdle, will perform a holiday concert of hope and joy streamed from Kean’s intimate Enlow Recital Hall, making her first concert appearance since the start of the pandemic.

Kean Business Plan Competition 2020 winners Mark Gaglioti, Daniel Ojeda, Jose Rodriguez
Kean Teams Shine in University’s Virtual Business Plan Competition

Kean Teams Shine in University’s Virtual Business Plan Competition

A web-based academic planning tool for college students and a “reverse bidding” app linking local businesses to prospective customers took top honors at the Kean University 2020 Business Plan Competition.

Marina Cat and the book telling her story
Kean Student Pens ‘Purrfect’ Children’s Book

Kean Student Pens ‘Purrfect’ Children’s Book

The inspiration for Kean student Jason Van Woeart’s first children’s book came in the form of a small, stray calico cat named Marina Cat. The English education major wrote "The Adventures of Marina Cat: who ate my food?" after meeting and feeding the feline at a Carteret marina.
A screen shot of a Zoom event. Dr. Lamont Repollet speaks to First-Generation Students via Zoom. He is a Black male wearing a white shirt, gray suit jacket and striped tie, sitting in front of a wood-panel wall. Six people appear in Zoom boxes to the left of the frame.
Kean Honors Students Who Are First in Their Families to Attend College 

Kean Honors Students Who Are First in Their Families to Attend College 

A weeklong series of events at Kean University marking First-Generation College Celebration Day culminated in a virtual address by President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D., in which he encouraged first-generation students to “be extraordinary.” 

Brad Butler II is a motivational speaker and Kean grad. He spoke to Kean's football team.
Kean Grad Overcomes Obstacles to Become Motivational Speaker

Kean Grad Overcomes Obstacles to Become Motivational Speaker

Brad Butler II experienced his parents’ substance abuse, his own academic struggles and finances so strained he sometimes slept in his car when he couldn’t afford the gas to drive home. But the Kean alumnus used those challenges as motivation and is now an award-winning motivational speaker, student advocate and success coach.
Kean University Associate Professor of Latin American history Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D.
Q&A: Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D., Demystifies the Electoral College

Q&A: Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D., Demystifies the Electoral College

When does the Electoral College vote? Do electors get paid? How is the presidential electoral process working this year? Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D., a Kean associate professor of history and former elector sheds light on this hot topic.
A Thankgiving feast on a table
Q&A: A Recipe for Dealing with Family Friction at Thanksgiving

Q&A: A Recipe for Dealing with Family Friction at Thanksgiving

Roxanne Ruiz-Adams, DSW, LCSW, is a lecturer in the Kean University Department of Graduate Social Work in Nathan Weiss Graduate College and has a family therapy practice in Montclair. Kean News talked with her about how to manage family conflict at Thanksgiving, whether your family is coming together virtually or in small, in-person gatherings.
Dawn Adams-Harmon
Goodbye ‘Glass Ceiling,’ Hello ‘360-Degree Gender Sphere’

Goodbye ‘Glass Ceiling,’ Hello ‘360-Degree Gender Sphere’

Kean management Lecturer Dawn Adams-Harmon, DM, has developed a new theory for the invisible barrier to women’s career advancement in STEM fields, with research findings that replace the “glass ceiling” with a “360-Degree Gender Sphere.”
Professor Celene Krauss
Q&A: New Jersey Is a Leader on Environmental Justice

Q&A: New Jersey Is a Leader on Environmental Justice

Kean sociology Professor Celene Krauss, Ph.D., an expert on the intersection of gender, race, class and environmental justice, spoke to Kean News about environmental justice, the role of women, and the impact of Black Lives Matter.