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Kean University

Kean University (/ˈkn/[10]) is a public university[11] in Union and Hillside, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education.

Kean University
Former names
Newark Normal School (1855–1913)
New Jersey State Normal School (1913–1937)
New Jersey State Teachers College (1937–1959)
Newark State College (1959–1973)
Kean College of New Jersey (1973–1997)
MottoSemper Discens (Latin)
Motto in English
Always Learning
TypePublic university
EstablishedApril 1855; 168 years ago (1855-04)
AccreditationMSCHE
Academic affiliations
Sea-grant
Endowment$78.7 million (2020)[1]
PresidentLamont Repollet[2]
ProvostDavid Birdsell[3]
Academic staff
1,432[4]
Administrative staff
352[5]
Students16,633[4]
Undergraduates13,719[4]
Postgraduates2,914[4]
Location,
U.S.
CampusMetropolitan, urban, mid-size city
121.5 acres (49.2 ha) (Main Campus)
35.4 acres (14.3 ha) (East Campus)
28.5 acres (11.5 ha) (Liberty Hall Campus)
NewspaperThe Tower [6]
Colors Navy
 White[7]
NicknameCougars
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III-NJAC
CSAC, CVC[8]
MascotKeanu the Cougar[9]
Websitewww.kean.edu

Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School. Initially established for the exclusive purpose of being a teacher-education college it became New Jersey State Teachers College in 1937. In 1958, following a post-war boom of students and increasing demands for a more comprehensive curriculum, the college was relocated from Newark to Union Township, site of the Kean family's ancestral home at Liberty Hall. After its move to the historic Livingston-Kean Estate, which includes the entire Liberty Hall acreage, the historic James Townley House, and Kean Hall, which historically housed the library of United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean and served as a political meeting place, the school became Newark State College, a comprehensive institution providing a full range of academic programs and majors.

Renamed Kean College of New Jersey in 1973, the institution earned university status on September 26, 1997, becoming Kean University of New Jersey.[12]

Kean University has subsequently grown to become the third-largest institution of higher education in New Jersey and currently comprises five undergraduate colleges and the Nathan Weiss Graduate College. Kean University also hosts numerous research institutions, perhaps most prominently the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics, the Kean University Human Rights Institute, the Holocaust Resource Center, the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center, and Liberty Hall. In recent years Kean has expanded to a satellite campus in Toms River, New Jersey, a campus in the Skylands Region of New Jersey and has a foreign campus in Wenzhou, China.

History edit

Livingston-Kean Estate edit

 
Liberty Hall, the ancestral home of the Livingston and Kean families and an important center of Revolution-era American politics and culture, was built in 1760 by New Jersey's first governor, William Livingston. The mansion and grounds, on Kean's Liberty Hall Campus in Union, now serve as an American history museum and center for historic research.
 
Governor William Livingston supervised the construction of Liberty Hall, initially a home that quickly became a key place in the shaping of United States
 
Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, resided at Liberty Hall with Livingston while attending academy in Elizabethtown

Livingston, Hamilton, and the American Revolution edit

The building of the estate on which Kean University is situated was begun in 1760, when lawyer William Livingston, who would become New Jersey's first elected governor on August 31, 1776, and a Revolutionary War patriot and signer of the United States Constitution, bought 120 acres (0.49 km2) in then-Connecticut Farms and Elizabethtown, across the Hudson River from his New York City home, in hopes of establishing a country residence. By 1772, extensive grounds, gardens, and orchards had been developed and a 14-room Georgian-style house had been built under the supervision of Livingston. In its first year of occupancy the new house, christened Liberty Hall, was the residence of both Livingston and Alexander Hamilton. In 1773, Livingston moved to the home with his wife, Susannah French of New Brunswick, and their children, full-time.

Liberty Hall suffered damage from the Revolutionary War by both British and American troops, and the property featured prominently in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Connecticut Farms.[13] The property was restored and Livingston continued to maintain the gardens and grounds as governor until his 1790 death. The estate passed to Livingston's son, future Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Henry Brockholst Livingston. In 1798, the house was sold to George Belasise, Lord Bolingbroke and his wife Isabella. The new owners established an English boxwood maze that still stands today and made extensive additions to the principal outbuildings of the property, established or improved a large hot house, and developed the gardens, introducing rare shrubs and trees to the grounds, and possibly laying out the grounds west of the mansion.[14]

In 1811, the Kean family acquired the Livingston estate when Peter Kean purchased Liberty Hall in trust for his mother Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (women not being eligible to own property in their own right at the time). Susan Livingston Kean, a niece of Governor Livingston, was the widow of John Kean, a Continental Congress delegate and advocate for the ratification of the Constitution in South Carolina who served as the first cashier of the Bank of the United States. Having died from a respiratory disease that developed as a result of being held prisoner of war at sea during the Revolution, Kean died at 39 and Susan Livingston Kean remarried to Count Julian Niemcewicz, a Polish nobleman who fled Poland after fighting unsuccessfully for Polish independence from Russia but returned in the wake of Napoleon's successful campaigns. To honor her second husband Susan Kean changed the name of Liberty Hall to Ursino, the name of Niemcewicz's Polish estate.

Peter Kean, the only son of Susan and John Kean, who married Sarah Sabina Morris, a granddaughter of Lewis Morris, the first royal governor of New Jersey, and served as colonel of the Fourth Regiment of New Jersey and an escort of Lafayette on his tour of New Jersey predeceased his mother. His son, John Kean II, inherited Liberty Hall. John Kean II, who served on the staff of Governor Pennington with the rank of colonel, was an original stockholder of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, served as the first president of the Elizabeth and Somerville Railroad, as a vice president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, as president of the National Bank of New Jersey, as president of the Elizabethtown Gaslight Company (later known as Elizabethtown Gas Company) and Elizabethtown Water Company lived at Liberty Hall for 60 years and made the most dramatically significant changes to the house and property in its history, transforming the house into a 50-room Victorian Italianate structure.

Another John Kean, son of John Kean II and Lucinetta Halsted Kean ("Lucy Kean"), inherited the estate after their deaths. John Kean served in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885, and again from 1887 to 1889, and in the United States Senate from 1899 to 1911. Senator Kean lived at Liberty Hall when not in Washington, D.C., and held annual New Year's receptions for his political supporters at the estate.[citation needed] After the death of Senator John Kean the house passed to his nephew, Captain John Kean, a National Guard cavalryman and president of the National State Bank, the Elizabethtown Water Company, and the Elizabethtown Consolidated Gas Company. Captain John Kean was the son of Katharine Winthrop Kean and United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean whose library was housed at Kean Hall, a building constructed for that specific purpose in 1912. A frequent political meeting place in the first years of its life, Kean Hall now houses the undergraduate admissions office and administrative offices including the Presidential Suite and the conference room for the Kean University Board of Trustees.[15] Captain John Kean's wife, Mary Alice Barney Kean, a historian and preservationist, was the last resident of Liberty Hall and was responsible for much of its preservation.[16]

Historic non-residents associated with Liberty Hall edit

Liberty Hall has had many distinguished visitors, including Martha Washington, who stayed at Liberty Hall during her husband's inauguration and President George Washington who visited his wife there not long after his swearing-in in New York City. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay was married to Governor Livingston's daughter, Sarah, at Liberty Hall. Other guests included Lewis Morris, Lafayette, Elias Boudinot, and several presidents after Washington, including Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.

Newark Normal School edit

 
Newark, New Jersey was a growing, increasingly diverse metropolis in the late 19th century, largely due to the arrival of European immigrants.

Kean University was founded in April 1855 in Newark, New Jersey as the Newark Normal School, a Saturday morning school initially established for the exclusive purpose of being a teacher-education college for the educators of the city of Newark. The university was founded by Stephen Congar, Newark's Superintendent of Schools, who founded the Newark Normal School with the goal of ensuring the continued improvement of the city's schools through quality teaching. The academy was designed to improve the skills of teachers that Congar correctly viewed as lacking in formal training. Newark Normal School was the first Normal School created in New Jersey, and one of the earliest in the nation, with an inaugural class of 85 students, mostly women and primarily Newark High School alumni.

Most of the college's first students were white, middle class, Protestants. Classes continued during the Civil War, but the numbers of men enrolled declined as young men joined the Union Army. Following the Union victory in the war, increasing numbers of Catholics, largely the children of immigrants, began to enroll beginning the school's theme of a diverse student body that would continue to evolve over the next 150 years; by 1911 the children of immigrants exceeded thirty percent of the student body; since that time, Kean University has become one of the nation's most diverse schools. In 1863 the Normal School students became formally required to teach in Newark Public Schools after graduation. In 1879 the Normal School program was extended to one year, and in 1888 to two years.[17] The first classes of the Normal School met at Newark High School, then located on Washington and Linden Streets in Newark. In 1878, the Normal School moved to the Market Street School for about two decades before moving back to Newark High School in 1899. In 1898 the curriculum of the college was radically revised in an effort to have teachers "professionalized" and enhance the status of the institution.

New Jersey State Normal School edit

In 1913 the state took control of the college and the School was renamed the New Jersey State Normal School at Newark. The school moved to a new building at Fourth Street and Belleville Avenue (later Broadway Avenue) that year. In 1917, during World War I, the Normal School faculty and students worked in war-related fundraising and relief efforts.[18]

In the following decade the normal school raised its standards further, as evidenced by a 1925 announcement that "students who are deficient in spelling...will be dropped from the school" and by the 1928 extension of the normal school program to three years. The Great Depression brought challenges for the school as enrollment and the overall number of teachers hired in New Jersey declined sharply. In 1934 a great milestone was reached when the normal school became a four-year college and the State Board of Education authorized it School to grant a bachelor's degrees, a Bachelor of Science in education.[17]

New Jersey State Teachers College edit

In 1937 the college was renamed the New Jersey State Teachers College at Newark and remained in the Broadway building until 1958, when it moved to the current Union Township, New Jersey campus.[18]

Impact of World War II edit

World War II brought sweeping changes to the college with some 300 students serving in the armed forces and seven Newark State students losing their lives on active duty. During the war, President Roy L. Shaffer pledged to keep the college "rolling" as part of the "moral and intellectual defense" of the nation.

The accelerating changes during World War II altered the nature of the college as its students, faculty, and curriculum became more diverse, the campus underwent physical changes, and the student body changed dramatically. One young veteran, writing home from occupied Germany, predicted that the college would see a lot more men's faces after the war, which turned out to be very accurate; the education benefits offered under the GI Bill of Rights drove men to apply at unprecedented levels, including more African-American students.

As the post-war Baby Boom generated a large demand for new teachers, the college found itself broadening in the face of student desires for a broader curriculum that quickly expanded to encompass the liberal arts and sciences, the professions, and graduate education. While the college maintained a focus on educating teachers it was quickly developing itself into a comprehensive institution. By the early 1950s, post-war growth had severely strained the college's facilities, causing a need for a new campus.[18]

Newark State College edit

The purchase of the Kean Estate in Union Township, then called the "Green Lane Farm", allowed for a new campus in 1958 at the site of the Kean family's ancestral home at Liberty Hall. The following year, in 1959, the institution changed its name to Newark State College, completing its transformation from a college of education to a comprehensive institute of higher education.

President Eugene Wilkins retired in 1969, following the successful transition of the college from Newark to Union, and the successful inaugural years of Newark State College. Wilkins was succeeded by Nathan Weiss, for whom the Nathan Weiss Graduate College is named. Weiss was committed to wide access to higher education, especially for first-generation college students, while fostering vastly expanded new programs in the sciences, health cares, business, and academic and administrative computing. Weiss led the school to its status as a multi-purpose institution.

Kean College of New Jersey edit

In 1973, Newark State College was renamed Kean College of New Jersey for the Kean family, whose members include Congressman Robert Winthrop Kean, U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator John Kean of New Jersey, former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission chairman Thomas Kean, U.S. Senator Hamilton Fish Kean, Julia Kean, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State and New York Governor Hamilton Fish, First Lady of the United States Anna Symmes Harrison, New Jersey State Senator and United States Senate nominee Thomas Kean Jr., and John Kean of South Carolina, a delegate to the Continental Congress.

Elsa Gomez became the first female president of Kean College in 1989 and served until 1994. By the 1990s the student body of Kean College was among the most diverse in New Jersey. The academic quality of the institution improved towards the end of the 20th century as more members of the faculty, in rapidly escalating numbers, pursued teaching innovations, original scholarship and research, and external grants and funding. By the time Kean College of New Jersey became a university in 1997, under President Ronald L. Applbaum, the institution had achieved a higher level of academic and public recognition.

Kean University edit

Becoming Kean University of New Jersey on September 26, 1997, Kean soon added the Nathan Weiss Graduate College.[19] In 2003, Dawood Farahi was elected president of Kean University by the unanimous vote of the board of trustees.[20]

Kean University has grown to become the third largest institution of higher education in the State of New Jersey, after Rutgers University and Montclair State University. In recent years, besides its campuses in Union and Hillside, New Jersey, the university has recently completed additional expansions to Toms River, New Jersey, which houses an Ocean County satellite campus, as well as the People's Republic of China.[12] In 2006, the university announced that it was seeking approval from the Chinese and U.S. educational governing bodies to be the first American university to open an extensive University campus on Chinese soil. The new campus is located in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, one of the richest, fastest growing Chinese provinces. The Chinese campus has a growing student body.[21]

In 2009, the administration unveiled a major reorganization plan touted as the "first step" in privatizing the university.[22] Faculty reacted negatively to the plan, including a 2010 vote of "no confidence."[23] One year later, the university's president, Dawood Farahi came under scrutiny from the Kean Federation of Teachers leadership who accused him of multiple errors on his resumes.

After hiring an independent law firm to review Farahi's resume, the Board of Trustees of Kean University voted 7-4 with one abstention to retain him as president of the university.[24] The following year, in April 2012, the NCAA accused the university of "major violations" and placed all of its sports teams on probation. This turmoil attracted the attention of the university's regional accreditor who initially demanded answers from the university in 2011 and briefly placed the university on probation in 2012.[25][26]

On May 11, 2020, Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., was selected as the 18th president of Kean University by the Kean University Board of Trustees.[27]

Names over the years edit

  • 1855: Newark Normal School
  • 1913: New Jersey State Normal School
  • 1934: New Jersey State Teachers College at Newark[28]
  • 1959: Newark State College[18]
  • 1973: Kean College of New Jersey
  • 1997: Kean University

Academics and research edit

Colleges and schools edit

Kean University offers more than 50 undergraduate programs and over 60 doctoral, master's and certificate programs[29] in its seven colleges:

  • The College of Business and Public Management
    • Global Business School
    • School of Accounting and Finance
    • School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration
    • School of Management and Marketing
    • Small Business Development Center
  • The College of Education
    • Office of Teacher Certification and Alternate Route Programs
    • School of Curriculum and Teaching
    • School of Special Education and Literacy
  • The College of Liberal Arts
    • School of Communication, Media and Journalism
    • School of English Studies
    • School of Fine and Performing Arts
    • School of General Studies
    • School of Psychology
    • Department of History
    • School of Social Sciences
    • Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
  • The Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics and Technology
    • School of Integrative Sciences and Technology
    • Department of Applied Mathematics
    • Department of Biological Sciences
    • Department of Chemistry and Physics
    • Department of Computer Science and Technology
    • Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
  • Michael Graves College, Architecture and Design
    • School of Public Architecture
    • Robert Busch School of Design
  • The College of Health Professions and Human Services
    • School of Nursing
    • School of Health and Human Performance
    • Department of Genetic Counseling
    • School of Physical Therapy
    • Department of Occupational Therapy
    • School of Communication Disorders and Deafness
    • Department of Athletic Training
    • School of Clinical Psychology
    • Department of Counselor Education
    • Department of Graduate Social Work
    • School of Physician Assistant Studies

Education program edit

Kean University has a Teaching College. While maintaining its significant role in the training of teachers, Kean has become a comprehensive institution and served 15,939 students in fall, 2010.[30]

Research institutions edit

 
New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics, known as the STEM building

Kean hosts research institutions including the Kean University Holocaust Resource Center, the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics (NJ STEM), the Kean University Human Rights Institute, and the Liberty Hall Museum National Historic Landmark.

Campuses edit

Main Union Township Campus edit

Union Township houses the university's Main Campus (121.5 acres (0.492 km2)) and Liberty Hall Campus (28.5 acres (115,000 m2)) in Union and its East Campus (35.4 acres (143,000 m2)) in Hillside. The main campus is located in Union Township, New Jersey.

Main Campus edit

 
Kean Hall

The Main Campus of the Union Township campus is located in Union, New Jersey and contains most of the university's buildings and institutions, the university residence halls and residence life, and is the main center of undergraduate activity. The main campus is the location of the undergraduate colleges, most academic halls, the administration buildings, Kean Hall castle, Nancy Thompson Library, the Holocaust Resource Center, the Human Rights Institute, the University Center, the Maxine and Jack Lane Center for Academic Success, the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery, the Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Wilkins Theatre, Zella Fry Theatre, and the Little Theatre. The main campus also hosts the majority of the dining facilities and places to purchase university and commercial food and drink, thought the other campuses do offer some similar facilities; all resident students reside on the Main Campus. Alumni Stadium and Harwood Arena are located on the Main Campus. The New Jersey Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology (NJCSMT or NJ STEM) is located across Morris Avenue from most of the Main Campus, next to the university's Liberty Hall Campus.

Liberty Hall Campus edit

The Liberty Hall Campus in Union houses the National Historic Landmark Liberty Hall Museum, the Liberty Hall Carriage House, the Liberty Hall Fire Company, and the surrounding gardens and orchards.

East Campus edit

The East Campus is located behind the Liberty Hall Campus in Hillside, New Jersey, in the former Pingry School and hosts the East Campus Building and Nathan Weiss Graduate College as well as additional athletic fields, gyms, a cafe, and the Ruth Horowitz Alumni House.

Ocean County edit

 
Kean has opened a satellite campus in Toms River, New Jersey, in addition to its main campus in Union Township.

A campus in Toms River, New Jersey, called Kean Ocean is currently in operation and is temporarily housed at Ocean County College until the new campus is built. The new building is called the Gateway building which opened in December 2012.

Wenzhou-Kean University edit

Kean University originally planned to open a campus in Wenzhou, in Zhejiang Province, China in 2007. Kean University-Wenzhou would have been China's first full-scale American-style university, but the plans became caught up in red tape in the Beijing government.[31] In 2012, the issues were resolved and Kean officials traveled to China to break ground on this joint venture. In 2016, the first students from Wenzhou-Kean University graduated.[21] In 2018, the graduating class included 381 students.[32]

Skylands Campus edit

The Skylands Campus also known as Kean Skylands, is the newest addition of the Kean University expansions. It is located in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson, New Jersey, an hour's drive from the main campus.[33]

Athletics edit

The university's athletic teams are known as the Cougars and the school colors are navy, white, and Columbia blue.[8] Kean competes at the NCAA Division III level in 14 sports as a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) for most sports while men's volleyball competes as a member of the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) and men's lacrosse competes in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (CLC).[8]

On May 29, 2007, Kean University won their first Division III College World Series, winning the national title in baseball. In 2011, the NCAA alleged that the university had committed several violations of NCAA rules. Consequently, the university instituted a self-imposed ban on post-season play for Fall 2011 for the men's soccer, women's soccer, and women's volleyball teams.[34]

In April 2012, the NCAA concluded that "major violations" had occurred, and that all 13 varsity athletic teams would be on probation until April 2016, that the women's basketball team would be banned from post-season play in 2013.[35][36] The NCAA also mandated that all records for the 2010-11 women's basketball team be vacated.[36]

In addition to the varsity sports, Kean university also sponsors intramural sports such as basketball, dodgeball, kickball, flag football, indoor soccer, and volleyball.[37]

[38]

Kean Alumni Stadium edit

Located on the main campus, Kean Alumni Stadium is a multipurpose athletic facility that serves as home for the university's football, field hockey, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, and men's and women's track and field teams.

The stadium, which seats 5,400 people, features a Sprinturf field as well as an eight-lane synthetic surface track, was constructed in 1998, on the site formerly known as Zweidinger Field.

Harwood Arena edit

The Harwood Arena opened in 2006. It features a basketball court, indoor track, Athletic Hall of Fame, concession stand, ticket sales, locker rooms, and faculty and staff offices. At game time, bleacher seating is available to 3,200 Cougar fans.

Greek life and student organizations edit

 
Premiere Stages, a theatre developed at Kean University in 2004 by dramatist and professor John J. Wooten

Greek life edit

There are dozens of fraternities and sororities on campus.

Student organizations edit

Student Organization of Kean University is the Full-Time Undergraduate governing body of Kean University. This student government provides programs for students to address student concerns about the university. They also provide funding to a large number of student groups.

Other clubs and arts programs edit

In addition to athletics, Kean University has a variety of clubs.[39]

Performing and visual arts at Kean edit

Kean is the home of Premiere Stages, a professional theatre company that works with Kean students in the production of its plays.[40] Its Premiere Play Festival is an annual new play competition.[41] Kean Stage brings the performing arts to students and the community.[42] The Jazz & Roots Music Festival launched in 2021 on the Lawn at Enlow Hall.[43]

Demographics edit

Kean University CDP
 
 
 
Kean University
Location of Kean University in Union County
 
 
Kean University
Location in New Jersey
 
 
Kean University
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 40°40′44″N 74°13′53″W / 40.6790154°N 74.2314660°W / 40.6790154; -74.2314660
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
CountyUnion
Area
 • Total0.30 sq mi (0.77 km2)
 • Land0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Population
 • Total1,522
 • Density5,212.33/sq mi (2,011.96/km2)
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
FIPS code34-36484[47]
GNIS feature ID2806105[45]
Websitewww.kean.edu

Kean University is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the residential population of Kean University's Main, Liberty Hall, and East campuses in Hillside Township and Union Township in Union County.

It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census, and reported a population of 1,522.[48] The CDP population consists of those resident at the time of the census and will differ from the population of the student body.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
20201,522
U.S. Decennial Census[49]
2020[46]

2020 census edit

Kean University CDP, New Jersey – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2020[50] % 2020
White alone (NH) 534 35.09%
Black or African American alone (NH) 614 40.34%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 2 0.13%
Asian alone (NH) 59 3.88%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 8 0.53%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 25 1.64%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 280 18.40%
Total 1,522 100.00%

Notable alumni and staff edit

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • Official athletics website

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Kean University ˈ k eɪ n 10 is a public university 11 in Union and Hillside New Jersey It is part of New Jersey s public system of higher education Kean UniversityFormer namesNewark Normal School 1855 1913 New Jersey State Normal School 1913 1937 New Jersey State Teachers College 1937 1959 Newark State College 1959 1973 Kean College of New Jersey 1973 1997 MottoSemper Discens Latin Motto in EnglishAlways LearningTypePublic universityEstablishedApril 1855 168 years ago 1855 04 AccreditationMSCHEAcademic affiliationsSea grantEndowment 78 7 million 2020 1 PresidentLamont Repollet 2 ProvostDavid Birdsell 3 Academic staff1 432 4 Administrative staff352 5 Students16 633 4 Undergraduates13 719 4 Postgraduates2 914 4 LocationUnion New Jersey U S CampusMetropolitan urban mid size city 121 5 acres 49 2 ha Main Campus 35 4 acres 14 3 ha East Campus 28 5 acres 11 5 ha Liberty Hall Campus NewspaperThe Tower 6 Colors Navy White 7 NicknameCougarsSporting affiliationsNCAA Division III NJACCSAC CVC 8 MascotKeanu the Cougar 9 Websitewww wbr kean wbr eduKean University was founded in 1855 in Newark New Jersey as the Newark Normal School Initially established for the exclusive purpose of being a teacher education college it became New Jersey State Teachers College in 1937 In 1958 following a post war boom of students and increasing demands for a more comprehensive curriculum the college was relocated from Newark to Union Township site of the Kean family s ancestral home at Liberty Hall After its move to the historic Livingston Kean Estate which includes the entire Liberty Hall acreage the historic James Townley House and Kean Hall which historically housed the library of United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean and served as a political meeting place the school became Newark State College a comprehensive institution providing a full range of academic programs and majors Renamed Kean College of New Jersey in 1973 the institution earned university status on September 26 1997 becoming Kean University of New Jersey 12 Kean University has subsequently grown to become the third largest institution of higher education in New Jersey and currently comprises five undergraduate colleges and the Nathan Weiss Graduate College Kean University also hosts numerous research institutions perhaps most prominently the New Jersey Center for Science Technology and Mathematics the Kean University Human Rights Institute the Holocaust Resource Center the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center and Liberty Hall In recent years Kean has expanded to a satellite campus in Toms River New Jersey a campus in the Skylands Region of New Jersey and has a foreign campus in Wenzhou China Contents 1 History 1 1 Livingston Kean Estate 1 1 1 Livingston Hamilton and the American Revolution 1 1 2 Historic non residents associated with Liberty Hall 1 2 Newark Normal School 1 3 New Jersey State Normal School 1 4 New Jersey State Teachers College 1 4 1 Impact of World War II 1 5 Newark State College 1 6 Kean College of New Jersey 1 7 Kean University 1 8 Names over the years 2 Academics and research 2 1 Colleges and schools 2 2 Education program 2 3 Research institutions 3 Campuses 3 1 Main Union Township Campus 3 1 1 Main Campus 3 1 2 Liberty Hall Campus 3 1 3 East Campus 3 1 4 Ocean County 3 1 5 Wenzhou Kean University 3 1 6 Skylands Campus 4 Athletics 4 1 Men s sports 4 2 Women s sports 4 3 Kean Alumni Stadium 4 4 Harwood Arena 5 Greek life and student organizations 5 1 Greek life 5 2 Student organizations 5 3 Other clubs and arts programs 6 Performing and visual arts at Kean 7 Demographics 7 1 2020 census 8 Notable alumni and staff 9 References 10 External linksHistory editLivingston Kean Estate edit nbsp Liberty Hall the ancestral home of the Livingston and Kean families and an important center of Revolution era American politics and culture was built in 1760 by New Jersey s first governor William Livingston The mansion and grounds on Kean s Liberty Hall Campus in Union now serve as an American history museum and center for historic research nbsp Governor William Livingston supervised the construction of Liberty Hall initially a home that quickly became a key place in the shaping of United States nbsp Alexander Hamilton a Founding Father and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury resided at Liberty Hall with Livingston while attending academy in ElizabethtownLivingston Hamilton and the American Revolution edit The building of the estate on which Kean University is situated was begun in 1760 when lawyer William Livingston who would become New Jersey s first elected governor on August 31 1776 and a Revolutionary War patriot and signer of the United States Constitution bought 120 acres 0 49 km2 in then Connecticut Farms and Elizabethtown across the Hudson River from his New York City home in hopes of establishing a country residence By 1772 extensive grounds gardens and orchards had been developed and a 14 room Georgian style house had been built under the supervision of Livingston In its first year of occupancy the new house christened Liberty Hall was the residence of both Livingston and Alexander Hamilton In 1773 Livingston moved to the home with his wife Susannah French of New Brunswick and their children full time Liberty Hall suffered damage from the Revolutionary War by both British and American troops and the property featured prominently in the Revolutionary War s Battle of Connecticut Farms 13 The property was restored and Livingston continued to maintain the gardens and grounds as governor until his 1790 death The estate passed to Livingston s son future Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Henry Brockholst Livingston In 1798 the house was sold to George Belasise Lord Bolingbroke and his wife Isabella The new owners established an English boxwood maze that still stands today and made extensive additions to the principal outbuildings of the property established or improved a large hot house and developed the gardens introducing rare shrubs and trees to the grounds and possibly laying out the grounds west of the mansion 14 In 1811 the Kean family acquired the Livingston estate when Peter Kean purchased Liberty Hall in trust for his mother Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz women not being eligible to own property in their own right at the time Susan Livingston Kean a niece of Governor Livingston was the widow of John Kean a Continental Congress delegate and advocate for the ratification of the Constitution in South Carolina who served as the first cashier of the Bank of the United States Having died from a respiratory disease that developed as a result of being held prisoner of war at sea during the Revolution Kean died at 39 and Susan Livingston Kean remarried to Count Julian Niemcewicz a Polish nobleman who fled Poland after fighting unsuccessfully for Polish independence from Russia but returned in the wake of Napoleon s successful campaigns To honor her second husband Susan Kean changed the name of Liberty Hall to Ursino the name of Niemcewicz s Polish estate Peter Kean the only son of Susan and John Kean who married Sarah Sabina Morris a granddaughter of Lewis Morris the first royal governor of New Jersey and served as colonel of the Fourth Regiment of New Jersey and an escort of Lafayette on his tour of New Jersey predeceased his mother His son John Kean II inherited Liberty Hall John Kean II who served on the staff of Governor Pennington with the rank of colonel was an original stockholder of the Camden and Amboy Railroad served as the first president of the Elizabeth and Somerville Railroad as a vice president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey as president of the National Bank of New Jersey as president of the Elizabethtown Gaslight Company later known as Elizabethtown Gas Company and Elizabethtown Water Company lived at Liberty Hall for 60 years and made the most dramatically significant changes to the house and property in its history transforming the house into a 50 room Victorian Italianate structure Another John Kean son of John Kean II and Lucinetta Halsted Kean Lucy Kean inherited the estate after their deaths John Kean served in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885 and again from 1887 to 1889 and in the United States Senate from 1899 to 1911 Senator Kean lived at Liberty Hall when not in Washington D C and held annual New Year s receptions for his political supporters at the estate citation needed After the death of Senator John Kean the house passed to his nephew Captain John Kean a National Guard cavalryman and president of the National State Bank the Elizabethtown Water Company and the Elizabethtown Consolidated Gas Company Captain John Kean was the son of Katharine Winthrop Kean and United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean whose library was housed at Kean Hall a building constructed for that specific purpose in 1912 A frequent political meeting place in the first years of its life Kean Hall now houses the undergraduate admissions office and administrative offices including the Presidential Suite and the conference room for the Kean University Board of Trustees 15 Captain John Kean s wife Mary Alice Barney Kean a historian and preservationist was the last resident of Liberty Hall and was responsible for much of its preservation 16 Historic non residents associated with Liberty Hall edit Liberty Hall has had many distinguished visitors including Martha Washington who stayed at Liberty Hall during her husband s inauguration and President George Washington who visited his wife there not long after his swearing in in New York City Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay was married to Governor Livingston s daughter Sarah at Liberty Hall Other guests included Lewis Morris Lafayette Elias Boudinot and several presidents after Washington including Ulysses S Grant William Howard Taft Herbert Hoover Gerald Ford George H W Bush and Bill Clinton Newark Normal School edit nbsp Newark New Jersey was a growing increasingly diverse metropolis in the late 19th century largely due to the arrival of European immigrants Kean University was founded in April 1855 in Newark New Jersey as the Newark Normal School a Saturday morning school initially established for the exclusive purpose of being a teacher education college for the educators of the city of Newark The university was founded by Stephen Congar Newark s Superintendent of Schools who founded the Newark Normal School with the goal of ensuring the continued improvement of the city s schools through quality teaching The academy was designed to improve the skills of teachers that Congar correctly viewed as lacking in formal training Newark Normal School was the first Normal School created in New Jersey and one of the earliest in the nation with an inaugural class of 85 students mostly women and primarily Newark High School alumni Most of the college s first students were white middle class Protestants Classes continued during the Civil War but the numbers of men enrolled declined as young men joined the Union Army Following the Union victory in the war increasing numbers of Catholics largely the children of immigrants began to enroll beginning the school s theme of a diverse student body that would continue to evolve over the next 150 years by 1911 the children of immigrants exceeded thirty percent of the student body since that time Kean University has become one of the nation s most diverse schools In 1863 the Normal School students became formally required to teach in Newark Public Schools after graduation In 1879 the Normal School program was extended to one year and in 1888 to two years 17 The first classes of the Normal School met at Newark High School then located on Washington and Linden Streets in Newark In 1878 the Normal School moved to the Market Street School for about two decades before moving back to Newark High School in 1899 In 1898 the curriculum of the college was radically revised in an effort to have teachers professionalized and enhance the status of the institution New Jersey State Normal School edit In 1913 the state took control of the college and the School was renamed the New Jersey State Normal School at Newark The school moved to a new building at Fourth Street and Belleville Avenue later Broadway Avenue that year In 1917 during World War I the Normal School faculty and students worked in war related fundraising and relief efforts 18 In the following decade the normal school raised its standards further as evidenced by a 1925 announcement that students who are deficient in spelling will be dropped from the school and by the 1928 extension of the normal school program to three years The Great Depression brought challenges for the school as enrollment and the overall number of teachers hired in New Jersey declined sharply In 1934 a great milestone was reached when the normal school became a four year college and the State Board of Education authorized it School to grant a bachelor s degrees a Bachelor of Science in education 17 New Jersey State Teachers College edit In 1937 the college was renamed the New Jersey State Teachers College at Newark and remained in the Broadway building until 1958 when it moved to the current Union Township New Jersey campus 18 Impact of World War II edit World War II brought sweeping changes to the college with some 300 students serving in the armed forces and seven Newark State students losing their lives on active duty During the war President Roy L Shaffer pledged to keep the college rolling as part of the moral and intellectual defense of the nation The accelerating changes during World War II altered the nature of the college as its students faculty and curriculum became more diverse the campus underwent physical changes and the student body changed dramatically One young veteran writing home from occupied Germany predicted that the college would see a lot more men s faces after the war which turned out to be very accurate the education benefits offered under the GI Bill of Rights drove men to apply at unprecedented levels including more African American students As the post war Baby Boom generated a large demand for new teachers the college found itself broadening in the face of student desires for a broader curriculum that quickly expanded to encompass the liberal arts and sciences the professions and graduate education While the college maintained a focus on educating teachers it was quickly developing itself into a comprehensive institution By the early 1950s post war growth had severely strained the college s facilities causing a need for a new campus 18 Newark State College edit The purchase of the Kean Estate in Union Township then called the Green Lane Farm allowed for a new campus in 1958 at the site of the Kean family s ancestral home at Liberty Hall The following year in 1959 the institution changed its name to Newark State College completing its transformation from a college of education to a comprehensive institute of higher education President Eugene Wilkins retired in 1969 following the successful transition of the college from Newark to Union and the successful inaugural years of Newark State College Wilkins was succeeded by Nathan Weiss for whom the Nathan Weiss Graduate College is named Weiss was committed to wide access to higher education especially for first generation college students while fostering vastly expanded new programs in the sciences health cares business and academic and administrative computing Weiss led the school to its status as a multi purpose institution Kean College of New Jersey edit In 1973 Newark State College was renamed Kean College of New Jersey for the Kean family whose members include Congressman Robert Winthrop Kean U S Congressman and U S Senator John Kean of New Jersey former New Jersey Governor and 9 11 Commission chairman Thomas Kean U S Senator Hamilton Fish Kean Julia Kean the wife of U S Secretary of State and New York Governor Hamilton Fish First Lady of the United States Anna Symmes Harrison New Jersey State Senator and United States Senate nominee Thomas Kean Jr and John Kean of South Carolina a delegate to the Continental Congress Elsa Gomez became the first female president of Kean College in 1989 and served until 1994 By the 1990s the student body of Kean College was among the most diverse in New Jersey The academic quality of the institution improved towards the end of the 20th century as more members of the faculty in rapidly escalating numbers pursued teaching innovations original scholarship and research and external grants and funding By the time Kean College of New Jersey became a university in 1997 under President Ronald L Applbaum the institution had achieved a higher level of academic and public recognition Kean University edit Becoming Kean University of New Jersey on September 26 1997 Kean soon added the Nathan Weiss Graduate College 19 In 2003 Dawood Farahi was elected president of Kean University by the unanimous vote of the board of trustees 20 Kean University has grown to become the third largest institution of higher education in the State of New Jersey after Rutgers University and Montclair State University In recent years besides its campuses in Union and Hillside New Jersey the university has recently completed additional expansions to Toms River New Jersey which houses an Ocean County satellite campus as well as the People s Republic of China 12 In 2006 the university announced that it was seeking approval from the Chinese and U S educational governing bodies to be the first American university to open an extensive University campus on Chinese soil The new campus is located in Wenzhou Zhejiang Province one of the richest fastest growing Chinese provinces The Chinese campus has a growing student body 21 In 2009 the administration unveiled a major reorganization plan touted as the first step in privatizing the university 22 Faculty reacted negatively to the plan including a 2010 vote of no confidence 23 One year later the university s president Dawood Farahi came under scrutiny from the Kean Federation of Teachers leadership who accused him of multiple errors on his resumes After hiring an independent law firm to review Farahi s resume the Board of Trustees of Kean University voted 7 4 with one abstention to retain him as president of the university 24 The following year in April 2012 the NCAA accused the university of major violations and placed all of its sports teams on probation This turmoil attracted the attention of the university s regional accreditor who initially demanded answers from the university in 2011 and briefly placed the university on probation in 2012 25 26 On May 11 2020 Lamont Repollet Ed D was selected as the 18th president of Kean University by the Kean University Board of Trustees 27 Names over the years edit 1855 Newark Normal School 1913 New Jersey State Normal School 1934 New Jersey State Teachers College at Newark 28 1959 Newark State College 18 1973 Kean College of New Jersey 1997 Kean UniversityAcademics and research editColleges and schools edit Kean University offers more than 50 undergraduate programs and over 60 doctoral master s and certificate programs 29 in its seven colleges The College of Business and Public Management Global Business School School of Accounting and Finance School of Criminal Justice and Public Administration School of Management and Marketing Small Business Development Center The College of Education Office of Teacher Certification and Alternate Route Programs School of Curriculum and Teaching School of Special Education and Literacy The College of Liberal Arts School of Communication Media and Journalism School of English Studies School of Fine and Performing Arts School of General Studies School of Psychology Department of History School of Social Sciences Center for Interdisciplinary Studies The Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science Mathematics and Technology School of Integrative Sciences and Technology Department of Applied Mathematics Department of Biological Sciences Department of Chemistry and Physics Department of Computer Science and Technology Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Michael Graves College Architecture and Design School of Public Architecture Robert Busch School of Design The College of Health Professions and Human Services School of Nursing School of Health and Human Performance Department of Genetic Counseling School of Physical Therapy Department of Occupational Therapy School of Communication Disorders and Deafness Department of Athletic Training School of Clinical Psychology Department of Counselor Education Department of Graduate Social Work School of Physician Assistant StudiesEducation program edit Kean University has a Teaching College While maintaining its significant role in the training of teachers Kean has become a comprehensive institution and served 15 939 students in fall 2010 30 Research institutions edit nbsp New Jersey Center for Science Technology and Mathematics known as the STEM buildingKean hosts research institutions including the Kean University Holocaust Resource Center the New Jersey Center for Science Technology and Mathematics NJ STEM the Kean University Human Rights Institute and the Liberty Hall Museum National Historic Landmark Campuses editMain Union Township Campus edit Union Township houses the university s Main Campus 121 5 acres 0 492 km2 and Liberty Hall Campus 28 5 acres 115 000 m2 in Union and its East Campus 35 4 acres 143 000 m2 in Hillside The main campus is located in Union Township New Jersey Main Campus edit nbsp Kean HallThe Main Campus of the Union Township campus is located in Union New Jersey and contains most of the university s buildings and institutions the university residence halls and residence life and is the main center of undergraduate activity The main campus is the location of the undergraduate colleges most academic halls the administration buildings Kean Hall castle Nancy Thompson Library the Holocaust Resource Center the Human Rights Institute the University Center the Maxine and Jack Lane Center for Academic Success the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery the Nancy Dryfoos Gallery Wilkins Theatre Zella Fry Theatre and the Little Theatre The main campus also hosts the majority of the dining facilities and places to purchase university and commercial food and drink thought the other campuses do offer some similar facilities all resident students reside on the Main Campus Alumni Stadium and Harwood Arena are located on the Main Campus The New Jersey Center for Science Mathematics and Technology NJCSMT or NJ STEM is located across Morris Avenue from most of the Main Campus next to the university s Liberty Hall Campus Liberty Hall Campus edit The Liberty Hall Campus in Union houses the National Historic Landmark Liberty Hall Museum the Liberty Hall Carriage House the Liberty Hall Fire Company and the surrounding gardens and orchards East Campus edit The East Campus is located behind the Liberty Hall Campus in Hillside New Jersey in the former Pingry School and hosts the East Campus Building and Nathan Weiss Graduate College as well as additional athletic fields gyms a cafe and the Ruth Horowitz Alumni House Ocean County edit nbsp Kean has opened a satellite campus in Toms River New Jersey in addition to its main campus in Union Township A campus in Toms River New Jersey called Kean Ocean is currently in operation and is temporarily housed at Ocean County College until the new campus is built The new building is called the Gateway building which opened in December 2012 Wenzhou Kean University edit Kean University originally planned to open a campus in Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province China in 2007 Kean University Wenzhou would have been China s first full scale American style university but the plans became caught up in red tape in the Beijing government 31 In 2012 the issues were resolved and Kean officials traveled to China to break ground on this joint venture In 2016 the first students from Wenzhou Kean University graduated 21 In 2018 the graduating class included 381 students 32 Skylands Campus edit The Skylands Campus also known as Kean Skylands is the newest addition of the Kean University expansions It is located in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson New Jersey an hour s drive from the main campus 33 Athletics editThe university s athletic teams are known as the Cougars and the school colors are navy white and Columbia blue 8 Kean competes at the NCAA Division III level in 14 sports as a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference NJAC for most sports while men s volleyball competes as a member of the Continental Volleyball Conference CVC and men s lacrosse competes in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference CLC 8 On May 29 2007 Kean University won their first Division III College World Series winning the national title in baseball In 2011 the NCAA alleged that the university had committed several violations of NCAA rules Consequently the university instituted a self imposed ban on post season play for Fall 2011 for the men s soccer women s soccer and women s volleyball teams 34 In April 2012 the NCAA concluded that major violations had occurred and that all 13 varsity athletic teams would be on probation until April 2016 that the women s basketball team would be banned from post season play in 2013 35 36 The NCAA also mandated that all records for the 2010 11 women s basketball team be vacated 36 In addition to the varsity sports Kean university also sponsors intramural sports such as basketball dodgeball kickball flag football indoor soccer and volleyball 37 Men s sports edit Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Lacrosse Soccer Track and Field Volleyball Women s sports edit Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Track and Field Volleyball 38 Kean Alumni Stadium edit Located on the main campus Kean Alumni Stadium is a multipurpose athletic facility that serves as home for the university s football field hockey men s and women s soccer men s and women s lacrosse and men s and women s track and field teams The stadium which seats 5 400 people features a Sprinturf field as well as an eight lane synthetic surface track was constructed in 1998 on the site formerly known as Zweidinger Field Harwood Arena edit The Harwood Arena opened in 2006 It features a basketball court indoor track Athletic Hall of Fame concession stand ticket sales locker rooms and faculty and staff offices At game time bleacher seating is available to 3 200 Cougar fans Greek life and student organizations edit nbsp Premiere Stages a theatre developed at Kean University in 2004 by dramatist and professor John J WootenGreek life edit There are dozens of fraternities and sororities on campus Student organizations edit Student Organization of Kean University is the Full Time Undergraduate governing body of Kean University This student government provides programs for students to address student concerns about the university They also provide funding to a large number of student groups Other clubs and arts programs edit In addition to athletics Kean University has a variety of clubs 39 Performing and visual arts at Kean editKean is the home of Premiere Stages a professional theatre company that works with Kean students in the production of its plays 40 Its Premiere Play Festival is an annual new play competition 41 Kean Stage brings the performing arts to students and the community 42 The Jazz amp Roots Music Festival launched in 2021 on the Lawn at Enlow Hall 43 Demographics editKean University CDPCensus designated place nbsp nbsp nbsp Kean UniversityLocation of Kean University in Union CountyShow map of Union County New Jersey nbsp nbsp Kean UniversityLocation in New JerseyShow map of New Jersey nbsp nbsp Kean UniversityLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 40 40 44 N 74 13 53 W 40 6790154 N 74 2314660 W 40 6790154 74 2314660Country nbsp United StatesState nbsp New JerseyCountyUnionArea 44 Total0 30 sq mi 0 77 km2 Land0 29 sq mi 0 76 km2 Water0 01 sq mi 0 01 km2 Elevation 45 43 ft 13 m Population 2020 46 Total1 522 Density5 212 33 sq mi 2 011 96 km2 Time zoneUTC 05 00 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 04 00 Eastern EDT FIPS code34 36484 47 GNIS feature ID2806105 45 Websitewww wbr kean wbr eduKean University is a census designated place CDP covering the residential population of Kean University s Main Liberty Hall and East campuses in Hillside Township and Union Township in Union County It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census and reported a population of 1 522 48 The CDP population consists of those resident at the time of the census and will differ from the population of the student body Historical population CensusPop Note 20201 522 U S Decennial Census 49 2020 46 2020 census edit Kean University CDP New Jersey Demographic Profile NH Non Hispanic Note the US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos may be of any race Race Ethnicity Pop 2020 50 2020White alone NH 534 35 09 Black or African American alone NH 614 40 34 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 2 0 13 Asian alone NH 59 3 88 Pacific Islander alone NH 0 0 00 Some Other Race alone NH 8 0 53 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 25 1 64 Hispanic or Latino any race 280 18 40 Total 1 522 100 00 Notable alumni and staff editMain article List of Kean University peopleReferences edit Kean Foundation Annual Report 2020 Presidential Announcement www kean edu Kean University May 11 2020 Retrieved November 27 2020 Kean Appoints Nationally Recognized Communication Scholar as Top Academic Leader www kean edu Kean University June 10 2021 Retrieved September 9 2022 a b c d Kean University Institutional Profile 2018 PDF state nj us Kean University pp 6 13 Retrieved February 11 2020 FactSheet09FA pdf PDF Kean University Retrieved July 30 2010 Nalbantov Andrey May 3 2023 The Tower THE TOWER The Independent Voice of Kean University Kean University National Collegiate Athletic Association April 13 2019 Retrieved April 13 2019 a b c Kean University Quick Facts Kean Athletics Retrieved February 12 2020 Gaynor Jalen AN INTERVIEW WITH KEANU THE COUGAR The Tower May 6 2022 Accessed December 20 2022 Now going by Keanu Kean s cougar gave a behind the scenes look into what it takes to be a great mascot On April 7 Kean released a youtube video filmed with the cougar several students and President Lamont Repollet revealing the mascot s new name would be Keanu Felzenberg Alvin S 2006 Governor Tom Kean Rutgers University Press p 5 ISBN 978 0 8135 3799 3 From the time James Kean arrived in South Carolina the Keans took pains to retain the proper pronunciation of their name which rhymes with rain rather than with green Statement to Senate No 3811 PDF Senate Higher Education Committee State of New Jersey Archived from the original PDF on December 1 2021 Retrieved December 1 2021 a b myKean History of Kean Keanalumni org 2010 Archived from the original on June 28 2010 Retrieved August 3 2010 Brigade org The Brigade of the American Revolution www brigade org Archived from the original on October 4 2011 Retrieved June 15 2017 History Liberty Hall Museum Retrieved May 29 2015 Kean Foundation Home Liberty Hall Museum Retrieved May 29 2015 a b From a Kean Country Estate to a State University Archived from the original on August 17 2011 Retrieved June 20 2011 a b c d From a Kean Country Estate to a State University Archived from the original on August 17 2011 Retrieved August 11 2011 Keanalumni org President s Office Retrieved May 29 2015 a b 2016 Annual Report Retrieved August 12 2019 Kean University faculty fight drastic reorganization plan Archived June 1 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved September 26 2009 Robin Wilson November 7 2010 Big Changes Frustrate Faculty at Kean U Chronicle of Higher Education Retrieved July 5 2012 Split Board Backs Kean University s Leader Under Fire for Resume The New York Times February 16 2012 Retrieved June 15 2017 Kelly Heyboer July 5 2012 Kean University president takes issue with accrediting agency s probation decision The Star Ledger Retrieved July 5 2012 Kelly Heyboer November 16 2012 Kean University re accredited for 10 years after lengthy battle The Star Ledger Retrieved November 17 2012 Biography of Lamont Repollet Ed D Kean University Kean University Retrieved July 23 2020 Songe Alice American Universities and Colleges A dictionary of name changes Scarecrow Press Metuchen N J 1978 p 99 Colleges and Schools Kean University www kean edu Retrieved April 13 2019 http kean edu KU Facts and Figures Kean University Facts and Figures Centenary College closes satellite schools in China Taiwan after finding rampant cheating Retrieved July 25 2010 Wenzhou Kean University About Us Retrieved August 12 2019 Kean Skylands Kean University www kean edu Retrieved November 28 2019 Kean to implement sanctions on soccer programs women s volleyball after NCAA violations The Newark Star Ledger 30 September 2011 NCAA drops hammer on Kean University basketball warns athletic department of penalties to come The Newark Star Ledger 19 April 2012 a b NCAA cites Kean athletics for lack of institutional control violations The Newark Star Ledger 19 April 2012 Kean University Intramurals intramurals keanathletics com Retrieved April 13 2019 Kean Athletics www keanathletics com Retrieved April 13 2019 Clubs Retrieved January 25 2009 Archived August 22 2009 at the Wayback Machine Wells Stephen September 14 2008 Sounds of Silence and Anguish The New York Times Premiere Stages at Kean University Announces 2023 Premiere Play Festival Finalists May 24 2023 Mission amp History Kean Stage April 27 2021 Thousands attend Kean University s second Jazz amp Roots Music Festival Union News Daily ArcGIS REST Services Directory United States Census Bureau Retrieved October 11 2022 a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Kean University Census Designated Place a b Census Data Explorer Kean University CDP New Jersey United States Census Bureau Accessed June 15 2023 Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey Missouri Census Data Center Accessed June 9 2023 Kean University CDP New Jersey United States Census Bureau Retrieved March 13 2022 Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades United States Census Bureau P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE 2020 DEC Redistricting Data PL 94 171 Kean University CDP New Jersey United States Census Bureau External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kean University Official website Official athletics website40 40 44 N 74 13 53 W 40 6790154 N 74 2314660 W 40 6790154 74 2314660 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kean 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