Kean University

KEAN UNIVERSITY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS/PROVOST THE OPPORTUNITY Kean University President Lamont O. Repollet, Ed.D., invites applications and nominations for Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs/ Provost. Kean, a world-class university with campuses across the state of New Jersey and around the globe, seeks an experienced, strategic and visionary chief academic officer who puts student success first in advancing a comprehensive university. The next SVPAA/Provost will work closely with President Repollet to expand the University's focus on equity and opportunity for Kean’s diverse student body while charting a course of excellence that leads Kean on a path to become the next great research university in the state. KEAN UNIVERSITY | 2 New Jersey State Teachers College at Newark, circa 1930 Newark Normal School, circa 1860 ABOUT KEAN UNIVERSITY Founded in 1855, Kean Kean University offers 50 undergraduate programs and more than 70 graduate degree and certificate options, including six doctorates, University was the first public through its five undergraduate colleges, graduate college and the post-secondary institution New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics. Degree programs span a full range of academic subjects within liberal arts, in New Jersey. From its natural sciences, social sciences, health professions, applied sciences, earliest days as a normal visual and performing arts, business, public administration, criminal justice, architecture, design and teacher education. The University is school for teacher training, accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Kean has transformed into a Kean University has over 16,000 students from 26 states and more comprehensive, world-class than 40 countries. Nearly 70 percent of them identify as non-white university with state-of-the- and 46 percent are the first in their families to go to college. As one of the most diverse universities in the nation, Kean is a federally art facilities and a faculty designated Hispanic-Serving Institution and has a long history of recognized for teaching providing an affordable, accessible and exceptional education to its culturally rich student population. distinction, scholarship and service. It is now the fourth Kean has been named the top military friendly university among public schools in the nation for its success in creating sustainable largest public university in and meaningful benefits for its student veterans, according to the New Jersey. Military Friendly Schools survey. U.S. News & World Report also named Kean a top performer for social mobility in the region two years in a row, recognizing the University’s success in helping low- income students graduate. The University’s nearly 100,000 alumni serve in positions of leadership throughout New Jersey, the United States and the world. Kean’s main campus is in Union, New Jersey, with additional locations at Kean Ocean in Toms River and the Southern Education Center in Manahawkin, New Jersey; Kean Skylands in Morris County, New Jersey; and Wenzhou-Kean University in Wenzhou, China. North Avenue Academic Building, completed 2016 KEAN UNIVERSITY | 3 UNIVERSITY MISSION Kean University is a public cosmopolitan university serving undergraduate and graduate students in the liberal arts, the sciences and the professions. The University dedicates itself to the intellectual, cultural and personal growth of all its members — students, faculty and professional staff. In particular, the University prepares students to think critically, creatively and globally; to adapt to changing social, economic and technological environments; and to serve as active and contributing members of their communities. Kean offers a wide range of demanding programs dedicated to excellence in instruction and academic support services necessary to assure its socially, linguistically and culturally diverse students the means to reach their full potential, including students from academically disadvantaged backgrounds, students with special needs, and adults returning to or entering higher education. Kean is steadfast in its dedication to maintaining a student- centered educational environment in which diversity can flourish and an atmosphere in which mutual respect characterizes relations among the members of a pluralistic community. The University seeks to combine excellence with equity in providing opportunities for all students. Kean is a teaching university, and Kean faculty dedicate themselves to student learning as well as academic rigor. The focus on teaching excellence is supported by a commitment to research, scholarship, creative work and innovative uses of technology. The focus includes the advancement of knowledge in the traditional disciplines and the enhancement of skills in professional areas. Kean is committed to providing global educational opportunities for students and faculty. Kean is an interactive university, and the University serves as a major resource for regional advancement. Kean collaborates with business, labor, government and the arts, as well as educational and community organizations, and provides the region with cultural events and opportunities for continuous learning. Kean is also committed to providing students and faculty educational opportunities in national and international arenas. MAIN CAMPUS The main campus spans more than 185 acres in Union and 5 Hillside, New Jersey and serves nearly 13,000 undergraduate and THEATRES graduate students. With a N.J. Transit train station right on campus, 7 Kean is fully accessible to students, faculty and staff throughout the GALLERIES New York metropolitan area. Over the past 15 years, the campus has transformed and expanded to become a point of pride for students, faculty, staff and alumni. New academic buildings with state-of-the art laboratories, studios and classroom space have been constructed and opened to support student learning. Those buildings include the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics, which houses the University’s STEM initiatives; the Green Lane Academic Building, which houses the University’s design programs, among others; and the North Avenue Academic Building that houses computer science and technology, physical therapy and other health sciences programs. The University also opened a modern 385-bed residence hall for freshmen in Fall 2018. Cougar Hall offers suites with the latest amenities, including a business center. Additionally, the former Pingry School on campus underwent a stunning redevelopment and renovation project that ultimately provided a home to the University’s graduate college, along with extensive clinical space for its top-ranked graduate programs in occupational therapy, speech therapy, counseling and psychology. In Fall 2019, the University opened the Liberty Hall Academic Center building on the historic Liberty Hall campus that is now home to the Department of History. The two-story building offers about 40,000 square feet of classroom and gallery space as well as a historic research library. It sits next to the Liberty Hall Museum, which was home to the first governor of New Jersey and was visited by many of our nation’s founding fathers such as George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. The museum is open for public tours and holds exhibitions throughout the year for the Kean community and visitors from across the region. KEAN UNIVERSITY | 5 Cougar Hall opened to The Liberty Hall Academic Center resident students in Fall 2018 opened in Fall 2019 Within the past year, several projects have opened, enhancing the main campus for students, faculty and staff. Hynes Hall, the new College of Business and Public Management building along Morris Avenue, opened in Fall 2020. It bears the name of Jim Hynes, a 1963 Kean graduate, and his wife Carole, who announced a significant contribution toward the development of the facility in Fall 2018. The 90,000-square-foot structure houses all of Kean’s undergraduate and graduate business and public management programs, as well as a wide variety of state-of-the- Hynes Hall opened in Fall 2020 art resources, including smart classrooms and study lounges; a “Bloomberg room” where students can work on the Bloomberg business intelligence software; a virtual “library in the sky,” and a rooftop deck with a view of New York City. In recognition of the generous historic gift that Distinguished Professor Emerita Dorothy Grant Hennings, Ed.D. ’H10 recently made to Kean University, the University also opened the George Hennings Research Wing, a modern laboratory space to expand the Science Building. The wing is named in honor of her late husband, who also served as a professor at Kean. The 10,000 square-foot project includes upgrades to the botany and zoology Hennings Research opened in Fall 2020 labs and the new organic chemistry lab. The Miron Student Center, the heart of campus life, also recently underwent a renovation of 2,800 square feet to modernize the building, establish an international food court and provide additional meeting spaces for students. The University also opened its own federally certified COVID testing lab in Kean's STEM Building in early 2021. The new lab, along with testing and vaccination sites on campus that are operated in partnership with the County of Union, make Kean a Miron Student Center renovation hub for the pandemic response in northern New Jersey, fulfilling completed in Spring 2020 the University's longstanding commitment to public service. KEAN UNIVERSITY | 6 KEAN

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