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TV Star Holly Taylor Graduates with Honors from Kean

TV Star Holly Taylor Graduates with Honors from Kean

While acting full time on the television shows The Americans and Manifest, Holly Taylor was also pursuing a degree in graphic design at Kean University. Her dream of earning a college degree has come true as she graduates with the Class of 2021.
Kean Student Plans to Pitch Musical to Broadway

Kean Student Plans to Pitch Musical to Broadway

Four years ago, Sam Royster began writing a musical about Josephine Baker, the Harlem Renaissance entertainer, French Resistance spy and celebrated Civil Rights activist. On the brink of his graduation from Kean University, he’s ready to pitch it to Broadway and share it with the world.

A graphic image with the names Melissa Tito, Maria Dominguez and Robin Landa
Students Contribute to Fourth Edition of Professor's Book

Students Contribute to Fourth Edition of Professor's Book

When Michael Graves College Distinguished Professor Robin Landa was preparing for the publication of the fourth edition of her book, Advertising by Design, she turned to graduating seniors Melissa Tito and Maria Dominguez for design assistance.
Kean math graduate Angel Rivera sits at a laptop with a Chubb water bottle nearby.
Hard Work and Networking Launch Math Grad to Career of His Dreams

Hard Work and Networking Launch Math Grad to Career of His Dreams

Enrolling at Kean Ocean and switching his major from management to math put the Class of 2021's Angel Rivera on the path toward his dream job, a lucrative career as an actuary.
A photo of Bakari Sellers.
Distinguished Lecture Series Returns Virtually with CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellers

Distinguished Lecture Series Returns Virtually with CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellers

Kean University’s popular Distinguished Lecture Series will return this month with CNN political analyst and best-selling author Bakari Sellers in a virtual conversation on the topic Education, Civil Rights and Equality: Cornerstones for Our Future.

Michael DiTomasso, Class of 2020, Kean University
Third Time’s the Charm for Michael Graves College Graduating Senior

Third Time’s the Charm for Michael Graves College Graduating Senior

Michael DiTomasso’s educational journey at Kean proves there are different paths to success. The graphic design student is graduating magna cum laude after dropping out of Kean twice before. He also is already working in his field — as an art director at a Montclair advertising agency.
Daniela Derius Rodriguez, Kean Class of 2020, poses with a photo of her mother.
Amid COVID-19 Sickness and Loss, Kean Student Graduates with Honors

Amid COVID-19 Sickness and Loss, Kean Student Graduates with Honors

Daniela Derius-Rodriguez recently lost her mother and grandfather to COVID-19, but the Kean senior pushed through sorrow and her own bout with the illness to graduate with top honors, just as her mother would have wanted.
The Human Rights Institute at Kean honors Repollet as an Outstanding Human Rights Educator in 2018.
Biography of Lamont Repollet, Ed.D.

Biography of Lamont Repollet, Ed.D.

Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., was selected as the 18th leader of Kean University by the Kean Board of Trustees on May 11, 2020 following a comprehensive national search. He will succeed Dawood Farahi, Ph.D., who has served in the role since 2003.

Hear from the Decision Makers

Hear from the Decision Makers

VIDEO: Members of the Kean University Presidential Search Committee and the Board of Trustees take us through the process that led to alumnus Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., being appointed the next president of the University. 

Kean graphic design students Claudia Argueto and Giselle Padilla
Two Kean Students Committed to ‘Writing Wrongs’

Two Kean Students Committed to ‘Writing Wrongs’

Two Michael Graves College students were selected to take part in Writing Wrongs, an intensive three-day workshop that produced a published book, Outgrowing: Stories from the LGBTQ+ Community. They both served on the book’s design team, adding design elements throughout the book to give it a more cohesive look.