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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's KUBS Program Broadens Opportunities for High School Athletes

Dec 20, 2022
The Kean K spirt logo with an image of a cougar with the word KUBS

The Kean University Building Stronger (KUBS) Urban Communities program, which introduces students to higher education through athletics, will officially launch at Kean in January with a basketball tournament featuring four New Jersey high schools.

Poster for KUBS Invitational basketball event

The KUBS Invitational Basketball Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 7 at Kean’s Harwood Arena from noon to 6 p.m., with the boys and girls teams from Ewing, Trenton, Hillside and Medford’s Lenape High School, facing off in a series of four games. 

The event is open to the public. Tickets cost $5 for adults and $2 for students and senior citizens.

As New Jersey’s urban research university, Kean works to address the underrepresentation of minority and low-income youths in higher education, athletics, the arts and STEM. 

“As Kean positions itself as an urban anchor institution in New Jersey, we are creating opportunities for students in urban communities to take part in impactful scholarship, service learning and community programs,” said Kean University President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D. “KUBS will allow our Kean student-athletes to make a difference by working with and mentoring young people from urban communities.”

Kean’s Division of Transformational Learning and External Affairs and Kean Athletics created KUBS, which will also expand access to “niche” sports such as lacrosse and golf, tennis and field hockey.

Representatives of Kean’s offices of admissions and financial aid, as well as Kean Athletics, the Student Athlete Council and more will be on campus to meet with the high school athletes and answer any questions during the tournament. 

“This is our opportunity to connect with communities that will be participating in the KUBS activities to enhance and increase exposure to Kean and college in general,” said Joseph Youngblood, Ph.D., senior vice president for transformational learning and external affairs at Kean. “It’s our opportunity to utilize athletics and sports to have a deeper level of engagement with students.”

KUBS’ partners include Trenton, Long Branch, Ewing and Hillside.

KUBS lacrosse clinic introduced students to the sport

The KUBS program took its first steps at Kean last year, with a pilot event that brought approximately 100 Black and Latino boys to Kean for a lacrosse clinic. The event was a success, Youngblood said.

“Students from urban backgrounds typically don’t have access to sports like lacrosse due to the cost of the sport and the level of training needed,” he said.

Kean graduate Michael Shapiro ’21 earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and played on the men’s lacrosse team at Kean. He now works as KUBS coordinator and assistant coach of the lacrosse team.

Shapiro, who helped run the pilot event, said KUBS is about giving students “the chance to potentially fall in love with something” that can lead to future opportunities.

“Without lacrosse, I don’t think I would’ve had the experiences, relationships or opportunities that came my way in my life. That is what I try to instill in our Kean players and those picking up the sport for the first time,” Shapiro said, adding that KUBS also lets Kean student-athletes and others develop leadership skills as mentors.

“That way when they leave this University, they stand out with the resume they’ve built for job and career opportunities.”

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