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Sophomore Becomes Dean for a Day
Sophomore Becomes Dean for a Day
Sophomore Jianna Pisa, of Williamstown, switched places for the day with Kean College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Dean Jonathan Mercantini, Ph.D. Pisa won CLA’s inaugural Dean for a Day, a competition designed to increase collaboration between university faculty, administration and students.
Kean Offers In-state Tuition to Students Affected by Natural Disasters
Kean Offers In-state Tuition to Students Affected by Natural Disasters
Amy Morales was sleeping when Hurricane Maria ripped through her home in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico last September, breaking windows and sending clothes and debris flying through the house and into the storm outside.
“It felt like a cyclone,” said Morales, 20. “It was horrible.”
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.
Stirring World War I Event To Be Recreated on Stage at Kean University
Stirring World War I Event To Be Recreated on Stage at Kean University
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 tells the remarkable true story of war and peace in the words and songs of the soldiers who lived it
Kean Alumnus Creates Branding for Roselle Park Arts Festival
Kean Alumnus Creates Branding for Roselle Park Arts Festival
Kean University alumnus William Weaver ‘17 was recently recognized by Roselle Park for designing the logo for the township’s annual Arts in the Street Festival. Roselle Park Mayor Carl Hokanson presented Weaver with a certificate of appreciation for his work.
In Her Element: STEM Student's Summer Internship in Politics
In Her Element: STEM Student's Summer Internship in Politics
The summer before starting her graduate studies in Biotechnology at Kean University, and just weeks after graduating from Kean with a Bachelor of Arts in science and technology, Chelsea Mann ’17 worked at a summer internship––in politics.
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.
Kean University Students Connect Design to Social Change
Kean University Students Connect Design to Social Change
For Immediate Release: November 28, 2017
Family Legacy Inspires Kean Professors' Film About Pioneering South African Journalist
Family Legacy Inspires Kean Professors' Film About Pioneering South African Journalist
In the 1950s and ’60s, South Africa’s Drum magazine attracted an avid following with its candid reports about township life under apartheid. No reporter was better known than Henry Nxumalo, or “Mr. Drum” to the magazine’s readers.
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.