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- Topic: After Kean
Kean Ocean Graduate Started Own Company as a Student
Kean Ocean graduate Kristen Weinbel ’20 earned top honors and started her own social media marketing and digital marketing company as a student, while also dealing with a rare medical condition.
Kean Graduate Steps into Success on TV’s Shark Tank with ‘Muvez Footwear’
Kean graduate Eric Cruz '11, who developed a new, convertible sneaker called Muvez Footwear and pitched the product on the reality TV show Shark Tank, came away with a $200,000 investment from hip-hop clothing mogul Daymond John.
Kean Grad Spreads the Word About Climate Change at U.N. Forum
Kean alumnus Michael Favetta ’07, a former TV weatherman who has built a successful career around the weather, recently presented at a United Nation climate change forum in Taiwan on the topic, "Communication Climate Change."
Kean Associate Dean’s Drawings Included in Smithsonian Collection
Four drawings by Michael Graves College Associate Dean Rose Gonnella are part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) Sara Roby Foundation Collection in Washington, D.C.
A Bachelor’s Degree at 72
At the age of 72, Kean Ocean student Michael Bradic checked something off his bucket list — getting a bachelor’s degree in history — and became the oldest graduate in the Kean University Class of 2019.
Cougars Climb Higher at Kean Commencement 2019
VIDEO: The 2019 graduate and undergraduate classes of Kean University celebrated their commencements at NJPAC and the Prudential Center.
Cougars Climb Higher at Kean Undergraduate Commencement 2019
Actor Jeff Daniels, nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway blockbuster To Kill a Mockingbird, delivered a powerful address at the Kean University Undergraduate Commencement on May 23, exhorting the Class of 2019 to help repair a divided nation.
A ‘Model’ Kean Graduate
Not many students can say they worked their way through college as a Versace model, but Kean Ocean’s Trevor Signorino is the exception.
Father and Daughter to Graduate from Kean Together
For Kean graduates Welena and Wisner Noel, Kean’s Commencement will truly be a family celebration. The father and daughter will both receive bachelor’s degrees at the undergraduate ceremony on May 23 at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Women Take the Lead at Graduate Commencement
Women receiving advanced degrees from Kean University’s Nathan Weiss Graduate College took a bow to thunderous applause, and the music of Beyoncé, at the graduate college commencement ceremony, held at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Friday, May 17. Nearly 80 percent of the Class of 2019 are women.