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Kean Lecturer Brings Music into Early Childhood Education
Kean Lecturer Brings Music into Early Childhood Education
"Guitar Bob," also known as Kean Lecturer Robert Messano, believes music motivates children to learn and succeed. Watch him and Kean's graduate education students bring a love of music and literacy to area children.
Q&A: Athletes' Mental Health — Clinical Sports Psychologist Donald R. Marks, Psy.D.
Q&A: Athletes' Mental Health — Clinical Sports Psychologist Donald R. Marks, Psy.D.
The clinical sports psychologist and director of clinical training for Kean University's doctoral Combined School and Clinical Psychology program says society needs to create a culture of compassion for athletes, and he warns against the dangers of the concussion epidemic in American sports.
Two Kean History Professors Named New Jersey Public Scholars
Two Kean History Professors Named New Jersey Public Scholars
Kean University history faculty members Frank Argote-Freyre, Ph.D., and Sue Kozel will be giving lectures throughout the state over the next two years as newly named New Jersey Public Scholars.
Kean Student Helps People Young and Old Explore a Bug’s Life
Kean Student Helps People Young and Old Explore a Bug’s Life
Making people squirm is part of Kean Ocean biology student Mario Cunha’s off-campus job. As an outreach educator at a Toms River insect museum, Cunha takes the “bugseum” on tour to schools, libraries, museums and other sites around the state, hosting presentations.
Lost Boy of Sudan to Sign Latest Book at Human Rights Institute
Lost Boy of Sudan to Sign Latest Book at Human Rights Institute
One of South Sudan’s “lost boys,” Nathaniel Chol Nyok, will present a talk and sign copies of his memoir, Days of Refugee: One of the World’s Lost Boys of Sudan, on Thursday, November 14, from 5-7 p.m. at Ursino Steakhouse & Tavern on Kean University’s campus.
Kean Hosts Google Women in Computing Event
Kean Hosts Google Women in Computing Event
Undergraduate women in computer science, information technology and related fields were invited to Kean from across the region to learn about research and graduate opportunities in computer science at a Google-sponsored event hosted by Kean's School of Computer Science and Technology.
Provost Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., Named Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
Provost Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., Named Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
Provost and Vice President for Research and Faculty Jeffrey H. Toney, Ph.D., will spend the summer of 2020 as a visiting scholar in the Harvard University Department of the History of Science researching the topic, How Amateurs Changed the World: Philosophical Foundations of Scientific Discoveries.
Music Professor Tours with Iconic Rock Band
Music Professor Tours with Iconic Rock Band
Adjunct Professor James Musto III, director of the Kean Percussion Ensemble, applied his classical music training to classic rock recently, playing the timpani for The Who during the band's Moving On! tour.
Kean Welcomes New Dean to College of Business and Public Management
Kean Welcomes New Dean to College of Business and Public Management
Jin Wang, Ph.D., an experienced business education leader, was recently named the new dean of the Kean University College of Business and Public Management as it prepares for a new era of growth and a move to a state-of-the-art building, Hynes Hall, set to open in 2020.
Kean Teacher of the Year Named, Excellence Awards Presented
Kean Teacher of the Year Named, Excellence Awards Presented
Associate Professor Mia Zamora, Ph.D., the director of both the Kean University Writing Project and the Master of Arts in Writing Studies program, has been named Teacher of the Year by the Kean University Alumni Association.