Kean University
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 campus is 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. There are about 6,300 full-time and 3,200 part-time undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students at the four undergraduate and one graduate colleges. The school is primarily a commuter school, with less then 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 descendendant of the school's orginal 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.
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Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., founded at Kean University in 1975
