Kean University

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**Kean University**
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Motto	Semper Discens
Established	1855
Type	Public
President	Dawood Farahi
Location	Union,Main Campus Elizabeth, East Campus, New Jersey, USA
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Kean Cougar
Website	http://www.kean.edu

For other uses, see Kean.

Kean University (formerly Kean College of New Jersey, and previously Newark State Teachers College) is a New Jersey state (public) university in Northern New Jersey. The campuses are in located in Union, Hillside, and Elizabeth, New Jersey.

The university was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey. In 1958, it moved from Newark to Union, site of the Kean family's ancestral home at Liberty Hall. Today, there are about 7600 full-time and 2400 part-time undergraduate and 3,060 graduate students at the five undergraduate and one graduate colleges. The school is primarily a commuter school, with less than 2,500 students living on campus. It is a large, public liberal arts school, most known for its education program and graduating the most teachers in the state of New Jersey.

The university is named for the Kean family and Robert Kean, who served New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 to 1959, and owned the property where the university sits. Former New Jersey Governor, and head of the 9/11 commission, Thomas Kean, is Robert Kean's grandson, and is a more notable living descendant of the school's original property owners.

Kean runs an NCAA Division III sports program, with national rankings in soccer and baseball. The Mascot is the Cougar, and the school colors are generally white, blue, silver, and baby blue.

Kean was granted university status on September 26, 1997. While maintaining its significant role in the training of teachers, Kean has become a comprehensive institution offering 48 undergraduate and 28 graduate degree programs serving some 13,000 students. The university also known for the physical therapy program which it holds in conjunction with UMDNJ attracting students statewide. Across five undergraduate colleges and the Nathan Weiss Graduate College, Kean's academic programs cover a range of disciplines.

Kean is a metropolitan, comprehensive, interactive, teaching university. A campus dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in higher education, Kean University supports a student-centered learning environment that nurtures the development of the whole student for rewarding careers, lifelong learning and fulfilling lives in a global society. It maintains a commitment to excellence and equity in enrollment, instruction and administration.

Kean is accredited by all major accrediting organizations. Many majors have accreditation in their field.

[edit] Alumni

Jon Gerwald, drummer of Blue

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It is claimed that one of the founders of Outback Steakhouse is a graduate

[edit] External links

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Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., founded at Kean University in 1975

New Jersey Athletic Conference
Buffalo State^† • Kean • Montclair State • New Jersey • New Jersey City^‡ • Ramapo^‡ • Richard Stockton^‡ • Rowan • Rutgers-Camden^‡ • Rutgers-Newark^‡ • SUNY Cortland^† • Western Connecticut State^† • William Paterson ^† football-only member ^‡ non-football member