Kean University is a public university in Union and Hillside, New Jersey.
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15 Facts About Kean University
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Kean University was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey, as the Newark Normal School.
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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.
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In recent years Kean University has expanded to a satellite campus in Toms River, New Jersey, a campus in the Skylands of New Jersey and has a foreign campus in Wenzhou, China.
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Peter Kean University, the only son of Susan and John Kean University, 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.
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John Kean University 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.
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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.
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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.
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Kean University offers more than 50 undergraduate programs and over 60 doctoral, master's and certificate programs in its seven colleges:.
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Campus in Toms River, New Jersey, called Kean University Ocean is currently in operation and is temporarily housed at Ocean County College until the new campus is built.
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In 2012 the issues were resolved and Kean University officials traveled to China to break ground on this joint venture.
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Kean University competes at the NCAA Division III level in 14 sports as a member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference for most sports while men's volleyball competes as a member of the Continental Volleyball Conference and men's lacrosse competes in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference .
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Kean University is the home of Premiere Stages, a professional theatre company that works with Kean University students in the production of its plays.
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Kean University is a census-designated place covering the residential population of Kean University's Main, Liberty Hall, and East campuses in Union County.
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