Kean Ocean Advisement
NEWLY ADMITTED STUDENTS for Summer and Fall 2025 must receive academic advisement prior to registering for courses. Students are required to meet with an academic advisor prior to registering for courses each semester to help you stay on track for graduation and review any pending transfer credits.
Summer/Fall 2025 Registration Sessions:
Wednesday, July 9th, 2025 10am-3pm
Tuesday, July 29th 2025 10am-3pm
Click HERE to schedule your appointment for advisement via your admissions portal. If you have difficulty making an appointment, please reach out by phone to 908-443-2500 or via email to keanocc@kean.edu.
These sessions will be held in-person in the Gateway Building, Building #101 on the campus of Ocean County College. Check-in for your advisement appointment in the lobby of the Gateway Building. You will receive directions from there to your academic adviser's location.
Have questions or need assistance reserving your appointment? Email keanocc@kean.edu or call (908)443-2500.
CONTINUING KEAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Continuing students should meet with their academic adviser every semester. An advisement hold will be placed on your record each semester on your road to graduation.
Please email your adviser as listed below to request an advisement meeting:
Accounting/Finance: Thomas Metz, tmetz@kean.edu
GATE 316
Biology: Dr. Nancy LaFleur, nlafleur@kean.edu
GATE 217
Biology/Environmental Science: Dr. Daniela Shebitz, dshebitz@kean.edu
Biology-Health Professions: Dr. Adriana Tagliaferro, adrtagli@kean.edu
GATE 219
Communication: Courtney Atkins, catkins@kean.edu
GATE 415
Criminal Justice: Fernando Linhares, flinhare@kean.edu
GATE 317
Elementary/Secondary Education:
Students with Last Name A-M: Patricia McDermitt, pamcderm@kean.edu
GATE 421
Students with Last Name N-Z: Linda Attanasio, lattanas@kean.edu
GATE 423
English: Dr. Mia Fiore, mfiore@kean.edu
GATE 425
Exercise Science: Betsy Esposito, kennedye@kean.edu
History: Dr. Catherine Nicholson, cnichols@kean.edu
Management: Christian Clarke, cclarke@kean.edu
GATE 319
Marketing: Dr. Kyungwon Lee, kylee@kean.edu
GATE 314
Mathematics: Dr. Eilidh McKemmie, emckemmi@kean.edu
GATE 227
Nursing: Dr. Prisca Anuforo, anuforop@kean.edu
Physical Education: Lisa Szekeres, szekerel@kean.edu
Physical Education: Eunice Pschorr, epschorr@kean.edu
Psychology: Dr. Jane O'Brien, janobrie@kean.edu
GATE 231
Public Service & Administration: Dr. Claire Yun, jyun@kean.edu
Recreation/Sports & Event Management: Dr. K.T. Kim, kyoungk@kean.edu
Therapeutic Recreation: Jill Kellett, jkellett@kean.edu
Sociology: Dr. James Gamvas, gamvasj@kean.edu
GATE 419
Approved to take OCC courses based on major program articulation sheet?
- Complete the Course Work at Another Institution form, including the bottom Payment Authorization area to begin the approval process.
- To save the filled form for emailing, you may print to complete then scan in via email or use CTRL+P and instead of printing, choose Save as PDF, then save with your name and the semester the form is related to.
- Email to your advisor directly requesting approval for the courses entered.
- Once your advisor has signed the form, they will email it to finaid@kean.edu to begin the Financial Aid process.
- Have questions about this process? Contact Financial Aid at finaid@kean.edu.