News Archive

President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D., joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, Kean students and national leaders on a virtual panel to discuss solutions to the national student loan debt crisis.

A Kean senior and a recent graduate were each honored by the NJ Ad Club for being among New Jersey's best young professionals in their field.

Four years ago, Tricia Cenit wasn’t sure she could afford college. Now, after receiving a scholarship at Kean, her designs are in "The New York Times."

The new Office of Alumni Engagement will work to build stronger ties with the University’s 100,000 alumni and foster programs that support current Kean students.

Kean grad student Antoinette Antonucci '20, '21 M.S., who was accepted to six prestigious doctoral programs, developed a passion for scientific research in the laboratory at Kean.

Five recent Kean alumni working in advertising will be mentored by top creative leaders in the field in a new national program designed to increase diversity and inclusion both in advertising campaigns and among the people who create them.

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 Ocean graduate Kristen Weinbel ’20 earned top honors and started her own social media marketing and digital marketing company as a student, while also dealing with a rare medical condition. 

Kean graduate Eric Cruz '11, who developed a new, convertible sneaker called Muvez Footwear and pitched the product on the reality TV show Shark Tank, came away with a $200,000 investment from hip-hop clothing mogul Daymond John.