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Supporting Kean’s Student Veterans

Supporting Kean’s Student Veterans

Transitioning from soldier to student is a challenge, but it’s about to get easier at Kean University.

Board of Trustees Secretary Lamont Repollet Nominated as NJ Commissioner of Education

Board of Trustees Secretary Lamont Repollet Nominated as NJ Commissioner of Education

Governor-elect Phil Murphy today nominated Kean University alumnus and Board of Trustees Secretary Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., as the next New Jersey Commissioner of Education.

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Alumna Wins Prestigious National Education Award

Alumna Wins Prestigious National Education Award

Kean University alumna Toni-Ann Palmisano got the best kind of surprise at work on Tuesday, December 19. In front of all of the students and faculty at Secaucus Middle School, where she is a math teacher, Palmisano learned that she has been honored with the national Milken Educator Award.

STEM Students Get Real-World Lab Experience Through Research First Initiative

STEM Students Get Real-World Lab Experience Through Research First Initiative

The Research First Initiative at Kean’s New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics (NJCSTM) gives undergraduate STEM students invaluable real-world research experience.
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Holocaust Scholar Peter Hayes Speaks at Kean University

Holocaust Scholar Peter Hayes Speaks at Kean University

Holocaust scholar and author of Why? Explaining the Holocaust, Peter Hayes, Ph.D., took on two key questions about the Holocaust as part of his Murray Pantirer Memorial Holocaust Scholar Lecture at Kean University.
Spotting Fake News

Spotting Fake News

If we live in a post-truth age, when facts take a back seat to emotions and personal beliefs, then College of Liberal Arts (CLA) faculty want Kean University’s students ready for it.

Michael Graves College Welcomes Graves Biographer Ian Volner

Michael Graves College Welcomes Graves Biographer Ian Volner

The Michael Graves College fall lecture series concluded on Thursday, November 16, with a talk by Michael Graves’ biographer Ian Volner. Volner is the author of Michael Graves: Design for Life, the first biography of Michael Graves.
Recent Graduate Recognized by Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Recent Graduate Recognized by Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Recent Kean graduate Marc Louis Rosario ’17 was named an Adobe Design Achievement Award semifinalist for Sharpen, a mobile app prototype featured at Research Days 2017.

Provost Speaks to the Importance of a Bachelor’s Degree

Provost Speaks to the Importance of a Bachelor’s Degree

Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., Kean University provost and vice president for academic affairs, told a statewide gathering of leaders in higher education, government and business that the value of bachelor’s degree cannot be measured in dollars and cents.