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Broadway’s Leslie Odom Jr. to Deliver Nathan Weiss Graduate Commencement Address

Broadway’s Leslie Odom Jr. to Deliver Nathan Weiss Graduate Commencement Address

Tony Award-winner and author Leslie Odom Jr. will be the featured speaker at the Kean University Nathan Weiss Graduate College Commencement on Tuesday, May 15 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark.

Broadway’s Leslie Odom Jr. to Deliver Nathan Weiss Graduate Commencement Address

Broadway’s Leslie Odom Jr. to Deliver Nathan Weiss Graduate Commencement Address

Tony Award-winner and author Leslie Odom Jr. will be the featured speaker at the Kean University Nathan Weiss Graduate College Commencement on Tuesday, May 15 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark.

Kean Rocks Through the Ages

Kean Rocks Through the Ages

Think of it as Kean’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – an exhibition, curated by Holocaust and Genocide Studies graduate student Frank Harpster, that looks back at the big name artists who have performed at the University over the last 40 years. 
U.S. Senator Cory Booker to Speak at Kean Undergraduate Commencement

U.S. Senator Cory Booker to Speak at Kean Undergraduate Commencement

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, a widely respected political leader who served as mayor of Newark before being elected to the U.S. Senate, will speak to more than 2,500 students and their families on May 17 during Kean University’s Undergraduate Commencement at Newark’s Prudential Center.

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Kean Opens Bright New Child Care Center

Kean Opens Bright New Child Care Center

Kean University’s youngest students now have a new preschool space to learn and grow.

Kean University Awarded National Grant for History Lab

Kean University Awarded National Grant for History Lab

Two Kean University history professors have received Kean University’s first national Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) grant to create a “history lab” that will use virtual reality to bring to life not only a historic wedding from nearly 245 years ago, but also the cultural and political world

Kean University Awarded National Grant for History Lab

Kean University Awarded National Grant for History Lab

Two Kean University history professors have received Kean University’s first national Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) grant to create a “history lab” that will use virtual reality to bring to life not only a historic wedding from nearly 245 years ago, but also the cultural and political world

Kean Students Offered Perspectives on Human Rights and Law Enforcement

Kean Students Offered Perspectives on Human Rights and Law Enforcement

UNION, N.J. – Two events at Kean University’s Miron Student Center on Friday, December 8, challenged students to expand their worldview.

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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.