College of Business and Public Management
Homecoming Breakfast Honoring the Hynes Family
Monday October 18, 2021
Dean Wang and the Kean University Foundation hosted a special breakfast for the Hynes family last weekend. Homecoming had extra meaning this year as the College welcomed home Jim Hynes, class of 1963, and 18 of his family for a breakfast in their honor.
Mr. Hynes grew up in Elizabeth and served with the United States Navy before attending Newark State College (which we all now know as Kean University). He began his career at Dow Chemical and worked at several other companies before founding Churchill Plastics in 1989.
He has never forgotten his roots at Kean and remains active on the Kean University Foundation Board of Directors. His significant financial contributions are recognized across campus at the baseball stadium, a bridge on campus, and now Hynes Hall, the new home of the College of Business and Public Management.
Global Experience: International Consulting Projects
Monday July 26, 2021
The Global Practicum final presentations included two impressive international consulting projects. The first team, mentored by Professor Brandi Calavano, included 17 Kean CBPM students who worked with NOOSTRIM, an innovative start-up from Pau, France. NOOSTRIM specializes in food packaging. The consulting project evaluated their global expansion plan.
The second team, mentored by Professor Tom Metz, included 10 Kean students and 7 German students from HOF University. The team evaluated global market opportunities for industrial manufacturer, Frenzelit.
Each summer, senior BS-Global Business students complete consulting projects as their capstone course. Normally students visit the host country for several weeks to work directly with company representatives but COVID-19 travel restrictions required that the work be completed remotely. “Not many people can have this experience and use it in their job, and I had it, and I am pretty sure that in my job now and in the future, I’ll improve even more”, Roberto J Alcivar – Kean Student Team Leader.
About the College
A rapidly changing world demands confident leaders with creative approaches to today’s opportunities and challenges — in business, public management and criminal justice. Kean’s College of Business and Public Management gives you the education and experience you need to claim your place as an innovator in the global economy.
Whether you see yourself on Wall Street, at a multinational, midsized or small company, or as an entrepreneur, a Kean business degree gets you where you need to go. Kean’s immersive experience — with internships, mentors and classroom collaboration with local companies and nonprofits — is the rock solid foundation on which you can build the career of your dreams.
Maybe your interests lie in public management or public security. The School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration has a proud history of graduating the best in New Jersey — men and women who are serving in elected office, public management and policing. Through networking, internships and hands-on classroom learning, our students graduate ready to tackle the most pressing public policy and policing issues of our day.
The College of Business and Public Administration offers the following undergraduate programs:
We also offer the following graduate programs:
Kean’s College of Business and Public Management is also home to the Small Business Development Center, which provides a variety of services and resources to small business owners and entrepreneurs.
The College of Business and Public Management connects you to the knowledge, internships and networks you need to thrive in your professional life. Most importantly, it connects you to your future.
Welcome from Dean Jin Wang, Ph.D.
Welcome to the Kean University College of Business and Public Management, a place of learning, growth and opportunity for our students.
In the midst of these very challenging times, we each do best by staying true to our strengths and our purpose. At the College of Business and Public Management we have a long history of providing great educational opportunities to our students through relevant courses and highly qualified faculty.
Today that means ensuring that our courses are delivered in ways that are both effective and safe. During the fall semester, we delivered all of our courses remotely. This spring, some of our seniors are returning to face-to-face instruction and our new Cisco Immersive Technology classrooms provide the flexibility of having on-site students engage in the same class with students connecting remotely.
We look forward to returning to face-to-face class meetings in the fall and will continue to adjust our course delivery methods as safety protocols allow. Rest assured that we are committed to providing the high quality instruction and courses that ensure our students can continue to move forward toward graduation and successful careers.
Winston Churchill is credited with saying that one should never let a good crisis go to waste. This season has stretched each of us in unique ways and opened new opportunities in education accessibility as well as business. I encourage you to review our programs and decide how completing your degree at Kean University will open new doors as we all look forward to the post-pandemic world.
In fall 2020, we opened the new home of the College of Business and Public Management, Hynes Hall. The 90,000 square feet facility has everything that you need to succeed as a leader of tomorrow, including a “Bloomberg room” where students will work on the Bloomberg business intelligence software and a virtual “library in the sky”, plenty of student gathering space, and classrooms with state-of-the-art immersive technology that integrate classroom and remote learners. Add to that, a rooftop deck with a view of New York City, I think you will agree the College of Business and Public Management is a place where you can make your professional career aspirations into reality.
I invite you to look carefully at what the Kean University College of Business and Public Administration has to offer, including opportunities at Wenzhou-Kean University in Wenzhou, China. Reach out to us at cbpm@kean.edu with any questions.
