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Roseland NJ, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) awarded $221,500 in scholarships to 53 New Jersey-based high school and college students on April 27 at the Pines Manor in Edison. Out of 146 applicants, the NJCPA Scholarship Fund distributed scholarships to 35 college students and 18 high school students.
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Ridgewood NJ, a year after suffering a heartbreaking loss in the state championship game on the final day of the 2021 season,Freehold Township made good on its off-season promise and claimed its first outright title on Sunday in a 1-0 victory over Ridgewood in the NJSIAA Group 4 final at Alumni Field at Kean University. Ainsley Moy’s goal in the fifth minute stood up the rest of regulation, delivering the Freehold Township Patriots their first state title since 2017 and third overall.
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Associate Professor Jing-Chiou Liou, Ph.D., teaches a computer science class at Kean University, which has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency. (Photo Credit: Kean University)
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Union NJ, Kean University has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency for its academic programs and practices to address a growing national crisis — the shortage of trained cybersecurity professionals in the workforce.
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In a pilot project at Kean University, researchers are looking for new strains of the coronavirus in Union County using genomic sequencing to detect virus mutations. Photo Credit: Kean University
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Union NJ, Kean University’s COVID-19 diagnostic lab is searching for new strains of the coronavirus in Union County as part of a pilot project that uses genomic sequencing to detect virus mutations.
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Union NJ, Kean Associate Professor Jennifer Chen, Ed.D., has received a prestigious national research award to study how remote instruction has influenced the teaching practices of early childhood teachers in New Jersey.
Chen received a Foundation Award for Research on Early Childhood Teacher Education from NAECTE — the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators — to research the teaching practices of beginning early childhood teachers. The award comes with $2,000 in monetary support for her research.
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Union NJ, A complaint was filed today against Kean University seeking reimbursements amid COVID-19.
Roy Willey, a class action attorney with the Anastopoulo Law Firm representing the plaintiffs, says:
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Legislator calls for criminal investigation into Kean University’s $219K conference table
November 24, 2014, 10:13 AM Last updated: Monday, November 24, 2014, 10:22 AM
By PATRICIA ALEX
Staff Writer |
The Record
A state legislator on Monday asked for a criminal investigation into Kean University’s failure to get competitive bids for the purchase of a $219,000 conference table made in China.
Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, D-Union said he is drafting a letter to ask the Attorney General’s office to review Kean’s process in waiving the bidding for the table, which cost as much as ten times more than similar furniture purchased by other schools.
The Record reported today that Kean’s leaders had agreed to spend up to $270,000 for the 22-foot circular table that was installed in the rooftop conference space of the new Green Lane building at the taxpayer-supported school in Union Township.