Impending Winter Storm

Due to the impending storm, all classes and activities at Kean’s main campus in Union, Kean Ocean and Kean Skylands will operate remotely on Sunday, January 25, and Monday, January 26.

The University will observe a Winter Wellness Day on Tuesday, January 27, following the storm. Classes and activities will not run, and employees are not expected to work.

Due to ongoing power problems at the Kean Ocean Gateway Building, all classes and activities at Kean Ocean will also be conducted remotely on Friday, January 23, and Saturday, January 24. This only applies to Kean Ocean.

Only essential personnel should report to work as scheduled during the remote period or on Tuesday. Employees with questions about their status should consult their supervisor.

Keanu’s Kitchen will remain open for residential students on the Union campus from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday.

All vehicles parked on the Union campus must be relocated to the Vaughn-Eames overnight parking lot by 6 p.m. on Saturday to allow for storm cleanup. Vehicles parked elsewhere on campus are subject to relocation.

Kean University Historian Examines Early Quaker Ethics

Feb 23, 2018

Sue Kozel, an adjunct history professor at Kean University, examined the ways that Quaker abolitionists compromised their values as a result of their relationship with Thomas Jefferson, at a recent gathering of the oldest and largest organization of historians in the United States.

Kozel, of Cream Ridge in Monmouth County, presented her research on the panel, Thomas Jefferson's Complicated Quaker Friends, at the 2018 American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

“My research challenges the ideas of ethics and how sometimes people of good virtues and beliefs will compromise their ethics for personal or professional gain,” she said.

Kozel addressed the ethical implications of Quaker strategies to work with Jefferson in select employment, scientific or philosophical projects, including initiatives that sometimes crossed into supporting slavery.

Her presentation builds on earlier research of the complicated relationship between Quakers and Jefferson and is part of an upcoming book about Quaker business ethics.

“Whether we are discussing Thomas Jefferson and Quaker abolitionists who worked with him, or a modern-day business person looking at ethical choices, the lessons still are relevant today,” said Kozel.

Kozel has taught history classes as an adjunct professor at Kean University for 10 years. She has presented locally and internationally in Paris, France, and in Kingston, England. Her first book, Quakers and their Allies in the Abolitionist Cause, 1754-1808, co-edited with Maurice Jackson of Georgetown, was published in 2017.

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