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 Kean Wellness Center Welcomes University Community to Expanded Services

The Kean Wellness Center has services to help students, faculty and staff make informed lifestyle choices. The newly refurbished Kean Wellness Center and the introduction of Uwill, a free telehealth mental health counseling service for students, will further support the well-being of the campus community.
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Camp Abilities and Kean University Team Up

Kean University faculty and students participated in New Jersey’s first-ever Camp Abilities sports camp at the Field of Dreams in Toms River, giving young people with visual impairments a chance to play ball. Watch them in action!
Students play volleyball at Harwood Arena in Kean's KUBS volleyball clinic.

Kean KUBS Volleyball Clinics Teach More than Sports

The Kean University Building Stronger (KUBS) Urban Communities program has launched volleyball clinics to bring pre-college students onto Kean’s Union campus for sports and an introduction to college life.

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Kean Enrollment Grows to Highest Total in History

More than 17,000 students from 82 countries and 35 states are registered at Kean University this fall, marking record enrollment that showcases the urban research university’s tremendous growth worldwide.
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Whimsical Sculptures with a Dark Haunt Come to Galleries at Kean

HouseBroken, an exhibition by New York-based interdisciplinary artist Melissa Stern that explores the range of emotions and experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown, is on display at the Galleries at Kean University through Friday, December 8.
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Kean Assistant Vice President Selected for National Leadership Academy

Kean Assistant Vice President for Student Retention and Dean of Students Marvin Adames, J.D., joins the latest cohort of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo.
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Kean Q&A: College of Liberal Arts Welcomes Dean Jessica Thurlow, Ph.D.

A student-centered academic leader who was drawn to Kean’s "deep focus on access and affordability," Thurlow plans to nurture and grow programs in the CLA and create connections among Kean's colleges and across its campuses.
James Konopack, new dean of CHPHS, stands in front of NAAB

Kean Q&A: Dean James Konopack, Ph.D., Joins CHPHS

A New Jersey native, Konopack envisions the College of Health Professions and Human Services as a leader for interprofessional education and collaborative, evidence-based practice, and a cultivator of "future generations of healthcare practitioners and scholars."

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Kean Reveals New Keanu Mascot

Kean University unleashes its power as New Jersey’s research university to give the Kean cougar mascot a makeover for the new school year. Check out Keanu’s transformation.
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Lacrosse Player’s Journey from Nigeria to Kean University

Oluwafemi “Femi” Fadipe was born in Nigeria and moved to the Bronx in middle school. Little did he know that lacrosse – a sport he had never heard of – would lead him to Kean, where the architecture major is now excelling on the field and in the design studio.
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Kean Awards Nearly 3,000 Bachelor’s Degrees to Class of 2023

A celebratory air and a sea of Kean blue filled the Prudential Center in Newark as Kean’s graduating seniors crossed the stage at Undergraduate Commencement.
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Kean Holds Festive Graduate Commencement

Friends, family and the Kean community celebrated graduate students at a commencement ceremony at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The University conferred 653 master's and doctoral degrees on graduates in the Class of 2023.
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Kean’s Podcast 'Urban Impact' Celebrates First Season

On the 10th and final episode of Season One of Kean’s podcast, Urban Impact, hosts Barbara George Johnson, JD, and Michael Salvatore, Ph.D., recall their favorite moments from the first season. Hear what caught their attention as the podcast’s season draws to a close.

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