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Students who apply to go study abroad in Wenzhou, China may be questioning what they will see or encounter. Sometimes studying abroad can be overwhelming when students do not know what to expect.
The Office of Residential Student Services offers a shuttle that takes students to off-campus locations for shopping and eating.
It is all for the kids! Kean Dance Marathon (KDM) is a student-driven volunteer group that encourages students to contribute to Kean university and the community.
Kean University is proud to see one of its alumna, Nicole Halkias, being awarded Teacher of the Year in Cranford at Brookside Place School, another example for students to see how much of an impact Kean can have on a student's ambitions and goals.
Sometimes, life can get in the way of people pursuing their education. It can be personal, family related or work related, but it still prevents them from getting a degree.
It is about that time of year again! Starting Tuesday, April 4, 2017, students will be able to register for courses, but registering is more than what it seems.
Many students after receiving their bachelor's degree go directly into the workforce or go back to school to earn a master's degree. Going to graduate school allows students to be more educated in a certain field like teaching or some form of engineering. Although some fields do not require a degree earned in graduate school, getting a master's degree is worth it.
As Kean University approaches the mid-point of the spring 2017 semester, the university reminds students about the status of their meal plan.
With the spring 2017 semester underway, education majors are going to take the Praxis I or Praxis II soon and should start preparing.
Ever feel bored, but want to do something meaningful? Go volunteer!
The one thing that many students worry about is getting a job after graduating from college. Some students are able to get a position offered to them before graduation. Others have trouble finding a job months after graduating.
Midterms are coming up and, sooner than later, finals will be right around the corner. Sometimes the library is full of students studying, and looking for another peaceful place can be time-consuming and stressful.
The Board of Trustees is looking for candidates to fill the position of Alternate Student Trustee. Students interested in the two-year position can start applying now.
Students may know about the yellow house across the street from the main campus of Kean University. That house is not just any ordinary house.
One way a student can improve his or her college life is by volunteering on and off campus.
Every year, Americans celebrate unofficial holidays following Thanksgiving; these days are Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Nowadays, even before the Thanksgiving celebration is finished, individuals turn shopping into a sport, training in case a fight ensues over the last item that would be the perfect gift for Mom. They exercise the clicker-finger to speedily click “Buy Now” on websites before they are sold out and will develop a planned out game plan for these days. As always, every event has a history, and overtime, that history holds the chance to be forgotten.
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Surrounded by friends and family? Watching the football game? People stuffing the turkey then stuffing their mouths? Check, check, and check. But wait…something is missing: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade [MTDP]. If five people were asked what Thanksgiving means to them, in return there would be five diverse answers because each person incorporates their own traditions into the celebration of the holiday. Thanksgiving is a forever changing holiday, but in 1924 came one addition—in the form of a parade—to the celebration, and this caused the fourth Thursday of November to never be the same.
Graduating college with a degree in hand, prepared to make a mark on the world, but cannot land a job. This is the experience of a decent portion of college graduates as it is no secret that the job market is tough to break into. To beef up resumes and increase the likelihood of getting their foot in the door, students are advised to take on internships. Internships are positions fulfilled by those interested in learning about a trade in a professional setting. Interns are not considered full-time employees at their place of business, but more so rather as apprentices who are often times unpaid.
Domestic. Violence. Two simple words when separate, but when placed in the same context they can instill a hodgepodge of emotions, thoughts, and reactions. Domestic violence is when one intimate partner carries out deliberate actions of abusive behavior, such as physical or sexual assault, battery, emotional abuse, threats, and/or intimidation, against the other partner. In domestic violence situations, one significant other revels in inflicting power and control as weapons against the other person in the relationship. Silvia Hernandez, executive director of El Centro Hispanoamericano in Plainfield, commented, “in your neighborhood, in my neighborhood, it’s [domestic violence] happening.”
