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Kean Industrial Design Grad Wins Top National Award
Kean Industrial Design Grad Wins Top National Award
Recent Kean industrial design graduate Emma Mantell ’19 is one of five regional winners of the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) Student Merit Award, the highest national student award of the professional organization.
Kean's Commencement Singers and Signers Prepare for the Big Stage
Kean's Commencement Singers and Signers Prepare for the Big Stage
Kean students audition to sing and perform sign language interpretation of the national anthem at the undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies every year. Kean News met up with this year's performers last week as they were preparing for the ceremonies.
Kean Ocean Drummer Snares Success With Viral Videos
Kean Ocean Drummer Snares Success With Viral Videos
For Kean Ocean graduating senior Julianna Mascia, drumming has gone from a cure for high school distraction to the launchpad for an international career. See how this public relations student used social media to earn sponsorships, land touring gigs and build connections with artists like the Jonas Brothers.
Students Help Make Theatre Sensory Friendly for All
Students Help Make Theatre Sensory Friendly for All
The sound level in Wilkins Theater was lowered, the house lights were cut in half, and a team of Kean graduate students provided sensory friendly sand play, crafts, games and a crawl-through tunnel during a recent performance of the children’s show Pinkalicious: The Musical.
Kean Education Students Bring Flair for Dance to Child Care Center
Kean Education Students Bring Flair for Dance to Child Care Center
The young children of the Kean University Child Care and Development Center recently got the chance to practice yoga and dance as part of a class conducted by Kean's physical education and early childhood education majors.
Grammy-Winning Gospel Singer Got Her Start at Kean
Grammy-Winning Gospel Singer Got Her Start at Kean
The Rev. Stefanie R. Minatee, D.Min., has performed gospel with Queen Latifah and Ray Charles, but her career really started with a decision she made at Kean - to major in music.
Newark Museum Internship Puts Kean Senior on Path Toward Arts Leadership
Newark Museum Internship Puts Kean Senior on Path Toward Arts Leadership
Kean University art history student Jennifer Zuniga is being groomed as a future leader in the art world with a prestigious three-year internship at the Newark Museum. The Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative internship exposes college students to the full range of museum departments, paying them while training them in all aspects of the business.
Ars Vitalis at Kean University Presents the Music of Lowell Liebermann, February 21 at Enlow Hall
Ars Vitalis at Kean University Presents the Music of Lowell Liebermann, February 21 at Enlow Hall
Liebermann, who resides in Weehawken, is one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded living composers
UNION, N.J. –– Ars Vitalis: The New Jersey New Music Forum at Kean University will present an evening of compositions by Lowell Liebermann.
Theatre and Music Students Perform with Tony Winner Kelli O’Hara
Theatre and Music Students Perform with Tony Winner Kelli O’Hara
You know you’re having a good day when Tony Award-winner Kelli O’Hara insists on singing a second song with you before a sold-out crowd. That’s what happened to 20 Kean University theatre and music students who auditioned to perform To Build a Home from the Broadway show The Bridges of Madison County with O’Hara at her recent Kean Stage concert.
Wines Found at Liberty Hall Sold at Auction; Will Improve Access to Museum
Wines Found at Liberty Hall Sold at Auction; Will Improve Access to Museum
A collection of centuries-old Madeira wines uncovered at Liberty Hall recently went up for auction at the famed Christie’s auction house in New York, and the proceeds will help restore a 1920s-era elevator at the landmark museum that was once the home of New Jersey's first-elected governor.