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110-508: It was founded on December 1, 1975, at Kean University (formerly known as Kean College) in Union, New Jersey . It was the first of several Latino fraternities to be established during the fuerza phase of the Latino collegiate Greek movement that defined much of the late 1970s and 1980s within the mainland United States. In 1992, Lambda Theta Phi was the first Latino Greek-lettered organization in

220-498: A $ 1.1 billion genomic medicine laboratory on the campus of UConn Health. The laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution based in Bar Harbor, Maine . According to the agreement, Jackson Laboratory will enter into a collaborative research agreement with UConn Health and will create at least 300 positions within 10 years, 30 percent of total employees being senior scientist positions. Once fully developed,

330-551: A Certificate Entry into Nursing (CEIN/BS), an accelerated pre-licensure program. At the graduate level, Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Masters of Business Analytics and Project Management (MSBAPM) and an MS in Financial Risk Management are offered. In August 2017, UConn's first-ever permanent residence hall for students outside the Storrs campus was opened at Stamford. The six-story, 116 unit building

440-479: A basketball court, indoor track, and bleacher seating for 3,200. There are several fraternities and sororities available to students. The Student Government Association of Kean University is the full-time undergraduate governing body of Kean University. This student government provides programs for students to address student concerns about the university. They also provide funding to over 300 recognized student groups. In addition to athletics, Kean University has

550-481: A fuel cell power plant at its Depot Campus that will supply the campus with clean and efficiency energy, cooling and heating. The installation of a ClearEdge Power , formerly UTC Power, PureCell System was made possible through a federal stimulus grant from Connecticut's Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (now the Connecticut GreenBank). The University of Connecticut Police Department

660-466: A group by fraternity members, resulting in damage to property and being placed in a dark room where he was slapped. Two individuals involved were charged with second-degree hazing and harassment; one pled guilty to harassment and was fined, while the other remains pending a court appearance. Pledges also reported being forced to maintain a vow of silence, endure strenuous physical exercises, and were denied adequate sleep. In response, Cornell University banned

770-770: A high-tech approach to learning with internet access in classrooms, laboratories, student amenities and public spaces. Design for the new UConn building was led by Aaron Schwarz , then of Perkins Eastman . The Stamford Campus of the University of Connecticut offers complete undergraduate degree programs in thirteen majors as well as the Bachelor of General Studies Degree Program. Majors are American Studies, Business Administration (BSBA), Business Data Analytics (BSBDA), Financial Management (BSFM), Digital Media and Design (BA) and (BFA), Economics, English, Human Development and Family Sciences, History, Political Science, Psychology, and

880-673: A higher level of academic and public recognition. Becoming Kean University of New Jersey on September 26, 1997, Kean soon added the Nathan Weiss Graduate College. In 2003, Dawood Farahi was elected president of Kean University by the unanimous vote of the board of trustees. 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 . In recent years, besides its campuses in Union and Hillside, New Jersey ,

990-774: A member of the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) for most sports while men's volleyball competes as a member of the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) and men's lacrosse competes in the Coastal Lacrosse Conference (CLC). On May 29, 2007, Kean University won their first Division III College World Series, winning the national title in baseball. In 2011, the NCAA alleged that the university had committed several violations of NCAA rules. Consequently,

1100-624: A member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) in 2004, though it discontinued its membership in 2014. The organization has 182 chapters made up of various undergraduate and alumni entities throughout the United States. In 2007, The fraternity was temporarily suspended from Cornell University following a hazing incident on February 23, where pledges were subjected to physical and psychological abuse. A pledge reported being violently removed from

1210-576: A plan to divide the university into separate schools and colleges in Business, Education, Home Economics, Colleges of Arts and Sciences, and College of Agriculture . This was also the year the School of Social Work and School of Nursing were established. Master's degrees had been awarded since 1920, but the Graduate School was established after the reorganization of the schools in 1940, as well as

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1320-491: A result, the fraternity was suspended for five years, from Fall 2023 to Spring 2029, and its charter was revoked by its national organization. In 2024, The fraternity's chapter at the University of Connecticut was suspended following the arrest of the former chapter president on charges related to hazing activities. The individual was accused of physically assaulting a pledge who failed to complete push-up exercises, leading

1430-766: A satellite campus in Toms River, New Jersey , a campus in the Skylands Region of New Jersey and an international campus in Wenzhou , China. The building of the estate on which Kean University is situated was begun in 1760, when lawyer William Livingston , who would become New Jersey 's first elected governor on August 31, 1776, and a Revolutionary War patriot and signer of the United States Constitution , bought 120 acres (0.49 km ) in then- Connecticut Farms and Elizabethtown , across

1540-466: A separate library building was added in 1974. Also in the mid-1970s, the academic program was expanded to provide a four-year degree in several fields of study. In 1990, planning began for a new UConn Stamford Campus in the heart of downtown Stamford. One of the first UConn 2000 building projects, the new campus opened in 1998, offering a variety of academic programs including undergraduate and graduate degrees. The contemporary glass-enclosed campus features

1650-416: A specific location. The new members were reportedly required to wear uniforms, were prohibited from leaving or eating outside the location, and had to pay additional costs for this forced living arrangement. Members were also allegedly assigned numbers based on their height and referred to by their numbers rather than their names. The chapter was accused of continuing operations despite an Interim Suspension. As

1760-518: A state-funded program called UConn 2000 was passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and signed into law by then- Governor John G. Rowland . This 10-year program set aside $ 1 billion to upgrade campus facilities, add faculty, and otherwise improve the university. An additional $ 1.3 billion was pledged by the State of Connecticut in 2002 as part of a new ten-year improvement plan known as 21st Century UConn . An agreement

1870-497: A variety of clubs and organizations, all ran by students. There is a club for everyone, and if one does not already exist, students are encouraged to create their own through the Center for Leadership and Service. Kean University already offers over 300 recognized student groups. Kean is the home of Premiere Stages , a professional theatre company that works with Kean students in the production of its plays. Its Premiere Play Festival

1980-766: A wide range of liberal arts and sciences courses and degrees to over 1,400 undergraduate and more than 600 graduate students. Due to the UConn Hartford's proximity to the State Capitol and legislative offices, the university's School of Public Policy is based at the Hartford campus. The University of Connecticut's School of Social Work, established in 1948, sits alongside the University’s Hartford Campus. Located at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford, UConn's Graduate Business Learning Center

2090-644: Is China's first and only full-scale American-style university, but the plans became caught up in red tape in the Beijing government. In 2012, the issues were resolved and Kean officials traveled to China to break ground on this joint venture. In 2016, the first students from Wenzhou-Kean University graduated. The campus sits on 500 acres and has won several rewards for its integration of American and Chinese layout and architecture. Classes are in English and over 120 degree programs are offered. Students of Kean USA have

2200-540: Is a fully functional police agency with the same statutory authority as any municipal police department in the State of Connecticut. State and internationally accredited, the department is responsible for protecting lives and property at the University of Connecticut and all adjacent areas within the jurisdiction of the UConn Police Department. This includes the main campus in Storrs and the regional campuses. The UConn Division of Public Safety also includes

2310-597: Is a state-designated research university. The university was founded in 1855 in Newark, New Jersey , as the Newark Normal School, then became New Jersey State Teachers College in 1937. In 1958, the college was relocated from Newark to Union Township , site of the Kean family's ancestral home at Liberty Hall . After its move to the historic Livingston-Kean Estate , which includes the entire Liberty Hall acreage,

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2420-663: Is also home to the university's Music and Pharmacy libraries, and the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center , home to the university's archives and special collections. Each of the regional campuses also have their own libraries. These libraries are tied into the Babbidge library through a shared catalogue. The Babbidge-based collection places UConn among the top 30 universities in the nation for library holdings and funding, containing more than 2.5 million print volumes, approximately 2,500 current print periodicals, more than 35,000 journals through

2530-483: Is an annual new play competition. Kean Stage brings the performing arts to students and the community. The Jazz & Roots Music Festival launched in 2021 on the Lawn at Enlow Hall. Kean also offers a variety of art galleries across campus. Galleries are open to the public and mostly have free admission. The Galleries showcase student work, globally recognized artists, and organized collections from National Geographic ,

2640-481: Is designed for academically qualified students who are attending a Connecticut community college and who are planning to transfer to the University of Connecticut in Liberal Arts & Sciences, Agriculture, Health & Natural Resources , Business, or Engineering. Each year, more than 1,000 transfer students are admitted to the university. As of 2017 , of the entering freshman at the main campus, 54% ranked in

2750-697: Is home to the UConn School of Business. In 1942, the University of Connecticut was invited to Waterbury at the request of a group of citizens, headed by the Waterbury YMCA. Named the Waterbury Extension Center, it offered primarily certificate-granting technical courses taught at the YMCA for 253 students who were mostly of returning veterans looking for an affordable and easily accessible means of earning and education. Gradually, as

2860-550: Is intended to house 290 students. In August 2017, UConn formally opened its new campus in downtown Hartford, after nearly 40 years in neighboring West Hartford. The new campus is located within Hartford's Front Street neighborhood—a portion of the Adriaen's Landing project. The centerpiece of the new campus is the historic Beaux-Arts , which had been the former headquarters of the Hartford Times . UConn Hartford offers

2970-608: Is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Its gothic-style buildings, constructed in 1925 (except for the new library, which was completed in 1996), housed the Hartford Seminary until 1981. The law school has approximately 325 students and a student:faculty ratio of 4.1:1. UConn Law has repeatedly been ranked the top public law school in New England by U.S. News & World Report , and

3080-442: Is located in Wenzhou , Zhejiang Province , one of the richest, fastest growing Chinese provinces. The Chinese campus has a growing student body. In 2009, the administration unveiled a major reorganization plan touted as the "first step" in privatizing the university. Faculty reacted negatively to the plan, including a 2010 vote of "no confidence." One year later, the university's president, Dawood Farahi came under scrutiny from

3190-646: Is named. Weiss was committed to wide access to higher education, especially for first-generation college students, while fostering vastly expanded new programs in the sciences, health cares, business, and academic and administrative computing. Weiss led the school to its status as a multi-purpose institution. In 1973, Newark State College was renamed Kean College of New Jersey for the Kean family, whose members include Congressman Robert Winthrop Kean , U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senator John Kean of New Jersey , former New Jersey Governor and 9/11 Commission chairman Thomas Kean , U.S. Senator Hamilton Fish Kean , Julia Kean,

3300-484: Is steam, and where possible sidewalks were laid over the underground connectors to keep the snow off. In 2005, a cogeneration plant was activated, which generates most of the electricity for the campus, and uses the exhaust steam for the campus central heating system. The university owns its own public water system and waste water treatment facility. With the support of local industry, UConn is also developing and using fuel cell technology. In April 2012, UConn commissioned

3410-935: Is the fourth-largest institution of higher education in New Jersey and is currently comprised of five colleges and the Nathan Weiss Graduate College . Kean University also hosts numerous research institutions, perhaps most prominently the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics , the Kean University Human Rights Institute , the Holocaust Resource Center, the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center, and Liberty Hall. It has

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3520-596: The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art. The campus has undergone a transformation in recent years, including new Marine Science and Project Oceanology buildings, a new research vessel, and renovations of the Branford House, the gymnasium, and the main Academic Building. The campus was formerly the summer home of Morton Freeman Plant , a 19th-century railroad, steamship, and hotel magnate. Branford House

3630-676: The American Museum of Natural History , and more. The galleries are located on Kean USA's Main Campus and Liberty Hall Campus. University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut ( UConn ) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut , United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School , named after two benefactors. In 1893,

3740-675: The Big East Conference as the Huskies , UConn has gained recognition for its women's and men's basketball programs. The Huskies have won 23 NCAA championships. The UConn Huskies are the top women's basketball program in the nation, having won a record 11 NCAA Division I National Championships (tied with the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team ) and a women's record four in a row (2013–2016), in addition to over 40 conference regular season and tournament championships. UConn

3850-627: The Civil War , but the numbers of men enrolled declined as young men joined the Union Army . Following the Union victory in the war, increasing numbers of Catholics, largely the children of immigrants, began to enroll beginning the school's theme of a diverse student body that would continue to evolve over the next 150 years; by 1911 the children of immigrants exceeded thirty percent of the student body; since that time, Kean University has become one of

3960-661: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources , the Graduate School, the Neag School of Education , the School of Nursing, the School of Business , the School of Dental Medicine , the School of Medicine , the School of Engineering , the School of Social Work, the Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Law and

4070-474: The Hudson River from his New York City home, in hopes of establishing a country residence. By 1772, extensive grounds, gardens, and orchards had been developed and a 14-room Georgian-style house had been built under the supervision of Livingston. In its first year of occupancy the new house, christened Liberty Hall, was the residence of both Livingston and Alexander Hamilton . In 1773, Livingston moved to

4180-567: The New England Board of Higher Education 's Regional Student Program (NERSP), allowing students from the five other New England states to enroll at the university at a reduced out-of-state tuition rate if their intended major is not offered by one of their in-state universities. The university also participates in a special guaranteed admissions program with the Connecticut Community Colleges (CCC) that

4290-885: The United States Senate from 1899 to 1911. Senator Kean lived at Liberty Hall when not in Washington, D.C., and held annual New Year's receptions for his political supporters at the estate. After the death of Senator John Kean the house passed to his nephew, Captain John Kean, a National Guard cavalryman and president of the National State Bank, the Elizabethtown Water Company, and the Elizabethtown Consolidated Gas Company. Captain John Kean

4400-537: The 2010-11 women's basketball team be vacated. Located on the main campus, Kean Alumni Stadium is a multipurpose athletic facility that serves as home for the university's football, field hockey, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, and men's and women's track and field teams. With NYC and NJ being selected as the host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup , Alumni Stadium and other Kean facilities will be used as practice and training facilities. The Harwood Arena opened in 2006. It features

4510-709: The 241-seat Nafe Katter Theatre, and the 116-seat Studio Theatre. CRT is a member of the Theatre Communications Group , the national service organization for the professional theatre . The Storrs campus also houses the J. Louis von der Mehden Recital Hall, the William Benton Museum of Art , and the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry . In the 1960s, drama students from UConn participated in Theatre on Tour, which

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4620-459: The Broadway building until 1958, when it moved to the current Union Township, New Jersey campus. World War II brought sweeping changes to the college with some 300 students serving in the armed forces and seven Newark State students losing their lives on active duty. During the war, President Roy L. Shaffer pledged to keep the college "rolling" as part of the "moral and intellectual defense" of

4730-551: The Central YMCA allocated some space in their building for evening classes. The enrollment during this period increased to 662 students in the fall of 1947 and the establishment of an accredited, full-time undergraduate program, at the newly designated Waterbury Branch of the University of Connecticut. In August 2003, the Waterbury campus moved to a new 95,000 square foot downtown campus. The U-shaped, three-story building at

4840-670: The College of Health Professions and Human Services, a self-serve cafe, the President's House, and the Ruth Horowitz Alumni House. Several NBA teams have practiced at Jacqueline Towns Court, including the Minnesota Timberwolves , Milwaukee Bucks , and more. A campus in Toms River, New Jersey , called Kean Ocean is currently in operation and is temporarily housed at Ocean County College until

4950-517: The Connecticut General Assembly and was signed into law by Governor Dannel Malloy in 2013. The funds will be used over a 10-year period to hire 250+ new faculty, increase undergraduate enrollment by 6,580 students, and upgrade aging campus infrastructure. Money has also been allocated to build new STEM facilities, construct new STEM teaching laboratories and to create a premier STEM honors college. NextGenCT will also allow for

5060-482: The Doctoral Program for graduates which was authorized in 1943. PhDs have been awarded since 1949. The schools of law and pharmacy were also absorbed into the university. In 1958, the School of Education established the first high school in the town of Mansfield, E. O. Smith High School , as a laboratory school for teacher training and education research. The high school, which lies adjacent to campus,

5170-608: The Kean Federation of Teachers leadership who accused him of multiple errors on his resumes. After hiring an independent law firm to review Farahi's resume, the Board of Trustees of Kean University voted 7-4 with one abstention to retain him as president of the university. The following year, in April 2012, the NCAA accused the university of "major violations" and placed all of its sports teams on probation. This turmoil attracted

5280-777: The Kean University Holocaust Resource Center, the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics (NJ STEM), the Kean University Human Rights Institute, and the Liberty Hall Museum National Historic Landmark . Kean's Main Campus (121.5 acres (0.492 km )) is located in Union, New Jersey and contains most of the university's buildings and institutions. All resident students reside on

5390-409: The Main Campus. The Liberty Hall Campus (28.5 acres (115,000 m )) is also in Union Township , across Morris Avenue from the main campus. The East Campus (35.4 acres (143,000 m )) is located in Hillside, New Jersey in the former Pingry School campus. It hosts Nathan Weiss East Campus, as well as additional athletic fields, the East Campus Gym, Jacqueline Towns Court, Enlow Recital Hall,

5500-424: The National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) in 1992. Additionally, the fraternity published "The History of Lambda Theta Phi" in 1994, authored by Jesus A. Peña, Esq., which serves as an authoritative text on its history. The Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity Educational Foundation was established in 1998, aimed at awarding scholarships and grants for leadership and educational development. The fraternity also became

5610-433: The New England Law Library Consortium and the Northeast Research Libraries Consortium. The Dodd Research Center has also formed a partnership with the African National Congress to share materials with South African scholars. The UConn campus at Storrs is home to the Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) run by the Department of Dramatic Arts. The theatre complex has three venues, the 486-seat Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre,

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5720-402: The Normal School faculty and students worked in war-related fundraising and relief efforts. In the following decade the normal school raised its standards further, as evidenced by a 1925 announcement that "students who are deficient in spelling...will be dropped from the school" and by the 1928 extension of the normal school program to three years. The Great Depression brought challenges for

5830-543: The School of Fine Arts. Founded in 1921, the University of Connecticut School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The campus is located just outside the downtown core of Hartford, minutes away from the Connecticut State Capitol , state courts and agencies, and the offices of Hartford's law firms and corporations. Law students have ready access to all of these institutions for study, externships , clinical education, practice, and employment. The campus

5940-411: The Storrs campus during their term of office, Bill Clinton in 1995 and Joe Biden in 2021, to dedicate the first and second iterations of the Dodd Center for Human Rights , respectively. The Dodd Center has brought an array of other world figures to the campus including Madeleine Albright , Elie Wiesel , Oscar Arias , and Mikhail Gorbachev . Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush visited

6050-435: The U.S. to join the North American Interfraternity Conference , which became the sole national umbrella conference of the fraternity after it rescinded its membership with the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations in 2014. Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. was founded on December 1, 1975, at Kean College in Union, New Jersey by a group of ten men of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Ecuadorian descent. Alongside

6160-452: The UConn Fire Department, and Office of the Fire Marshal and Building Inspectors. UConn campuses are equipped with a blue-light system which allows students to press an emergency button which will notify the police to come to that location. Next Generation Connecticut is a multi-faceted $ 1.5 billion plan to build the state's economic future through strategic investments in science, technology, engineering, and math disciplines (STEM). It passed

6270-415: The United States Supreme Court Henry Brockholst Livingston . In 1798, the house was sold to George Belasise , Lord Bolingbroke and his wife Isabella. The new owners established an English boxwood maze that still stands today and made extensive additions to the principal outbuildings of the property, established or improved a large hot house , and developed the gardens, introducing rare shrubs and trees to

6380-485: The University of Connecticut began offering extension courses at the former Stamford High School to provide education for GIs returning from the Korean War. In the fall of 1952, the university formally established a regional campus in Stamford. Upon inception, UConn's Stamford Campus offered five courses — English, Mathematics, History, Speech, and Sociology, and enrolled 21 part-time students. A newly constructed UConn Stamford Campus opened in 1962 on Scofield Town Road, and

6490-669: The attention of the university's regional accreditor who initially demanded answers from the university in 2011 and briefly placed the university on probation in 2012. On May 11, 2020, Lamont Repollet, Ed.D., was selected as the 18th president of Kean University by the Kean University Board of Trustees. Kean University offers 50+ undergraduate programs, 70+ doctoral, master's and certificate programs, and 23 online programs in its six colleges: Kean University offers dual-degree programs with several universities, including Rutgers University , Fairleigh Dickinson University , and Howard University . Kean hosts research institutions including

6600-435: The basement of Beech Hall in 1929. The university's first librarian was Edwina Whitney , who served from 1900 to 1934. The library then moved to the Wilbur Cross Building and remained there until the 1970s. The current main library, Homer Babbidge, was formerly known as the Nathan Hale Library. It underwent renovations completed in 1998; at the time it was the largest public research library in New England. The Storrs campus

6710-452: The building was named in honor of the former head of the botany department. The Torrey Life Sciences Building houses offices for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Biology Central Services. Because it is situated in a fairly rural area, the UConn campus has facilities that allow it to be virtually self-sufficient. All heat on campus

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6820-434: The campus after leaving office. The primary and original UConn campus is in Storrs, a division of the Town of Mansfield , 22 miles (35 km) east of Hartford , Connecticut's capital, and bordered by the towns of Ashford , Coventry , Willington , and Windham . The campus is easily accessible from nearby thoroughfares US Route 6 in Windham and Interstate 84 in Tolland. The University of Connecticut Libraries form

6930-474: The city's schools through quality teaching. The academy was designed to improve the skills of teachers whom Congar correctly viewed as lacking in formal training. Newark Normal School was the first Normal School created in New Jersey, and one of the earliest in the nation, with an inaugural class of 85 students, mostly women and primarily Newark High School alumni. Most of the college's first students were white, middle class, Protestants. Classes continued during

7040-454: The college maintained a focus on educating teachers it was quickly developing itself into a comprehensive institution. By the early 1950s, post-war growth had severely strained the college's facilities, causing a need for a new campus. The purchase of the Kean Estate in Union Township, then called the "Green Lane Farm", allowed for a new campus in 1958 at the site of the Kean family's ancestral home at Liberty Hall . The following year, in 1959,

7150-411: The construction of student housing and a digital media center at the Stamford campus, and allow for the relocation of the Greater Hartford campus back to downtown Hartford. UConn's Avery Point campus overlooks Long Island Sound in the town of Groton . It is home to the National Undersea Research Center, the Connecticut Sea Grant College , Project Oceanology, the Long Island Sound Resource Center, and

7260-404: The curriculum of the college was radically revised in an effort to have teachers "professionalized" and enhance the status of the institution. In 1913 the state took control of the college and the School was renamed the New Jersey State Normal School at Newark . The school moved to a new building at Fourth Street and Belleville Avenue (later Broadway Avenue) that year. In 1917, during World War I,

7370-426: The demand for courses grew, and enrollment increased, certain facilities at Leavenworth High School were used. Each semester about a dozen undergraduate courses were offered and a sizeable non-credit program was added. Four years later in the fall of 1946, the local Advisory Committee, working with the local Board of Education, secured the Begnal School on Charles Street. In addition to the facilities on Charles Street,

7480-468: The eJournal locator, 2.8 million units of microfilm, 180,000 maps at the Map and Geographic Information Center (New England's largest public map collection), millions of electronic books, and an array of free electronic information sources. The UCL also license approximately 265 electronic search databases, many of which contain the full-text of research journals, monographs, and historic documents. The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, housed at UConn Health,

7590-424: The education benefits offered under the GI Bill of Rights drove men to apply at unprecedented levels, including more African-American students. As the post-war Baby Boom generated a large demand for new teachers, the college found itself broadening in the face of student desires for a broader curriculum that quickly expanded to encompass the liberal arts and sciences, the professions, and graduate education. While

7700-662: The facility is projected to employ 600 scientists and technicians. The state of Connecticut has approved $ 291 million of the total capital and research budget; Jackson Laboratory will raise the balance of $ 860 million through federal research grants, philanthropy, and service income. The University of Connecticut is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Students at UConn can pursue over 100 majors, eight undergraduate degrees, 17 graduate degrees and five professional degree programs. Students choose from 87 different minors at UConn, including areas of study not offered as formalized majors. UConn participates in

7810-453: The fourth floor of the building serving as both a classroom and event space. The University of Connecticut's Waterbury campus serves more than 1,000 students annually and offers nine four-year undergraduate degrees. The University of Connecticut at Torrington , founded in 1957, was closed in May 2016 due to low enrollment numbers. In January 2012, Gov. Malloy announced that Jackson Laboratory (JAX) had reached an agreement to launch

7920-494: The grounds, and possibly laying out the grounds west of the mansion. In 1811, the Kean family acquired the Livingston estate when Peter Kean purchased Liberty Hall in trust for his mother Susan Livingston Kean Niemcewicz (women not being eligible to own property in their own right at the time). Susan Livingston Kean, a niece of Governor Livingston, was the widow of John Kean , a Continental Congress delegate and advocate for

8030-468: The historic James Townley House , and Kean Hall, which historically housed the library of United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean and served as a political meeting place, the school became Newark State College, a comprehensive institution providing a full range of academic programs and majors. Renamed Kean College of New Jersey in 1973, the institution earned university status on September 26, 1997, becoming Kean University of New Jersey. Kean University

8140-615: The home with his wife, Susannah French of New Brunswick , and their children, full-time. Liberty Hall experienced damage from the Revolutionary War by both British and American forces, and the property featured prominently in the Revolutionary War's Battle of Connecticut Farms . The property was restored and Livingston continued to maintain the gardens and grounds as governor until his 1790 death. The estate passed to Livingston's son, future Associate Justice of

8250-428: The institution changed its name to Newark State College , completing its transformation from a college of education to a comprehensive institute of higher education. President Eugene Wilkins retired in 1969, following the successful transition of the college from Newark to Union , and the successful inaugural years of Newark State College. Wilkins was succeeded by Nathan Weiss, for whom the Nathan Weiss Graduate College

8360-599: The intersection of East Main Street and Phoenix Avenue was designed to serve more than 1,200 students, faculty and staff, replacing the collection of buildings and houses that has served the Waterbury campus for decades. The new facility was dedicated on October 9, 2003. In January 2016, UConn Waterbury dedicated the newly renovated St. Patrick's Hall also known as the Rectory as the newest addition to its campus. The Rectory Building added two floors of classroom and office space with

8470-622: The involved individuals from campus and initiated a review by the Fraternity and Sorority Affairs office. The fraternity would once again be suspended at the college in 2018 for more incidents of alleged hazing. In 2017, Lambda Theta Phi was suspended after allegations of underage drinking, hazing, and sexual assault surfaced at the University of Central Florida . Reports indicated that pledges were coerced into exhausting physical and mental exercises while being subjected to fraternity chants containing racial slurs and threats of violence. One member

8580-565: The largest public research collection in the state. The main library is the Homer D. Babbidge Library , on Fairfield Way in the center of campus. In 1882, Charles Storrs donated the first volumes to the university library collection (specifically, of the agriculture school). The university formerly housed its primary library collections in the Old Whitney building, one of the first agriculture school buildings. The library migrated from Old Main to

8690-583: The largest university in Connecticut by enrollment. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". UConn is one of the founding institutions of the Hartford - Springfield regional economic and cultural partnership alliance known as New England 's Knowledge Corridor . UConn was the second U.S. university invited into Universitas 21 , an international network of research-intensive universities. Competing in

8800-469: The most dramatically significant changes to the house and property in its history, transforming the house into a 50-room Victorian Italianate structure. Another John Kean , son of John Kean II and Lucinetta Halsted Kean ("Lucy Kean"), inherited the estate after their deaths. John Kean served in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885, and again from 1887 to 1889, and in

8910-438: The name changed again to Connecticut Agricultural College, and, in 1933, to Connecticut State College. In its current form, the College of Agriculture is the oldest of the university's colleges and professional schools. On May 26, 1939, Governor Raymond E. Baldwin signed the bill that allowed Connecticut State College to have its name changed to the University of Connecticut. The following year, trustees organized and developed

9020-758: The nation's most diverse schools. In 1863 the Normal School students became formally required to teach in Newark Public Schools after graduation. In 1879 the Normal School program was extended to one year, and in 1888 to two years. The first classes of the Normal School met at Newark High School, then located on Washington and Linden Streets in Newark. In 1878, the Normal School moved to the Market Street School for about two decades before moving back to Newark High School in 1899. In 1898

9130-404: The nation. The accelerating changes during World War II altered the nature of the college as its students, faculty, and curriculum became more diverse, the campus underwent physical changes, and the student body changed dramatically. One young veteran, writing home from occupied Germany, predicted that the college would see a lot more men's faces after the war, which turned out to be very accurate;

9240-770: The new campus is built. The new building is called the Gateway building which opened in December 2012. The Skylands Campus is the newest addition of the Kean University expansions. It is located in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson, New Jersey , an hour's drive from the main campus. Kean University began construction on a campus in Wenzhou , in Zhejiang Province , China in 2007 and was formally established on March 31, 2014. Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU)

9350-523: The option to spend up to a year studying at WKU for no additional tuition cost with compensated airfare. In 2023, the campus student population was 4,500 students and is on track to have 7,000 students on campus by 2025. The university's athletic teams are known as the Cougars and the school colors are Kean Blue and light blue. Kean competes at the NCAA Division III level in 14 sports as

9460-406: The process of becoming almost completely inactive at the undergraduate level. The founders of Lambda Theta Phi recognized a need to unite Latino students, nurture their leadership skills, emphasize the importance of education, and foster a commitment to community and culture. They saw the establishment of a fraternity as a means to achieve these goals, leading to the creation of Lambda Theta Phi, under

9570-683: The ratification of the Constitution in South Carolina who served as the first cashier of the Bank of the United States . Having died from a respiratory disease that developed as a result of being held prisoner of war at sea during the Revolution, Kean died at 39 and Susan Livingston Kean remarried to Count Julian Niemcewicz , a Polish nobleman who fled Poland after fighting unsuccessfully for Polish independence from Russia but returned in

9680-615: The school as enrollment and the overall number of teachers hired in New Jersey declined sharply. In 1934 a great milestone was reached when the normal school became a four-year college and the State Board of Education authorized it School to grant a bachelor's degrees, a Bachelor of Science in education. In 1937 the college was renamed the New Jersey State Teachers College at Newark and remained in

9790-474: The school became a public land grant college, then took its current name in 1939. Over the following decade, social work, nursing, and graduate programs were established. During the 1960s, UConn Health was established for new medical and dental schools. UConn is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . With more than 32,000 students, the University of Connecticut is

9900-498: The specific identity and name as a Latino fraternity. The creation of Lambda Theta Phi alongside fellow Kean College sorority Lambda Theta Alpha kickstarted the post-1975 wave of the Latino Greek Movement , which followed the "principio" (principle) phase kickstarted by student activism on college campuses in 1898. Lambda Theta Phi has achieved several milestones, including becoming the first Latin fraternity to join

10010-795: The staff of Governor Pennington with the rank of colonel, was an original stockholder of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, served as the first president of the Elizabeth and Somerville Railroad, as a vice president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, as president of the National Bank of New Jersey, as president of the Elizabethtown Gaslight Company (later known as Elizabethtown Gas Company) and Elizabethtown Water Company lived at Liberty Hall for 60 years and made

10120-506: The support of brothers of the college's oldest local social fraternity (Sigma Theta Chi) and a local Veterans' fraternity. Prior to this, there were no Latin fraternities in the mainland United States at the undergraduate level with multiple active chapters. The Greek-letter organizations existing at the time primarily served Anglo and African-American demographics, with various Latin American focused organizations having long been dormant or in

10230-453: The top tenth of their high school class and 89% in the top quarter. UConn's retention rate is among the best for public universities in the nation, with 93% of students returning for their sophomore year. UConn ranks third out of 58 public research universities on basis of graduation time, with the average time to graduate being 4.2 years among those who graduate within 6 years. Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through

10340-514: The university has recently completed additional expansions to Toms River, New Jersey , which houses an Ocean County satellite campus, as well as the People's Republic of China. In 2006, the university announced that it was seeking approval from the Chinese and U.S. educational governing bodies to be the first American university to open an extensive University campus on Chinese soil. The new campus

10450-427: The university instituted a self-imposed ban on post-season play for Fall 2011 for the men's soccer, women's soccer, and women's volleyball teams. In April 2012, the NCAA concluded that "major violations" had occurred, and that all 13 varsity athletic teams would be on probation until April 2016, that the women's basketball team would be banned from post-season play in 2013. The NCAA also mandated that all records for

10560-450: The victim to quit the fraternity. A second arrest was made on similar charges against the same individual. The university emphasized a zero-tolerance policy toward such behaviors and initiated an investigation into the incidents. Kean University Kean University ( / ˈ k eɪ n / ) is a public university in Union , Elizabeth , and Hillside, New Jersey . It is part of New Jersey 's public system of higher education and

10670-613: The wake of Napoleon 's successful campaigns. To honor her second husband Susan Kean changed the name of Liberty Hall to Ursino , the name of Niemcewicz's Polish estate. Peter Kean, the only son of Susan and John Kean, 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. His son, John Kean II, inherited Liberty Hall. John Kean II, who served on

10780-592: The wife of U.S. Secretary of State and New York Governor Hamilton Fish , First Lady of the United States Anna Symmes Harrison , New Jersey State Senator and United States Senate nominee Thomas Kean Jr. , and John Kean of South Carolina, a delegate to the Continental Congress . Elsa Gomez became the first female president of Kean College in 1989 and served until 1994. By the 1990s the student body of Kean College

10890-587: Was accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated individual at a fraternity after-party. The University of Central Florida conducted an investigation, leading to the fraternity's suspension from all campus activities. For events in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, the Phi chapter at University of Florida was investigated for hazing violations. Allegations included subjecting new members to food and sleep deprivation, forced alcohol consumption, forced calisthenics, and confinement to

11000-420: Was among the most diverse in New Jersey. The academic quality of the institution improved towards the end of the 20th century as more members of the faculty, in rapidly escalating numbers, pursued teaching innovations, original scholarship and research, and external grants and funding. By the time Kean College of New Jersey became a university in 1997, under President Ronald L. Applbaum, the institution had achieved

11110-525: Was an initiative to bring dramatic performances to "bring live drama to grass-roots theatre fans" across New England. They performed Lady Windemere's Fan , for instance, at Hotchkiss School in 1968. UConn is the only institution in the United States that offers a master's degree in puppetry. Among the research facilities on campus is the George Safford Torrey Life Sciences Building. Built in 1961, in 1980

11220-515: Was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School. It was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs , brothers who donated the land for the school as well as initial funding. The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station was founded in 1887. Women began attending classes in 1891 and were officially admitted in 1893, the same year that it became Connecticut's land-grant college and was renamed Storrs Agricultural College. In 1899,

11330-479: 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. The university was founded by Stephen Congar , Newark's Superintendent of Schools, who founded the Newark Normal School with the goal of ensuring the continued improvement of

11440-705: Was his mansion overlooking Long Island Sound, completed in 1904. The estate included what is now the Shennecossett Public Golf Course, which was turned over to the State of Connecticut in the 1930s. During World War II, the remaining portion of the Plant estate was leased to the Coast Guard as a training center, and the Avery Point Light was built. It was later converted into the University of Connecticut at Avery Point. In 1951,

11550-828: Was most recently in 2020 ranked 52nd of American law schools. There are four scholarly journals edited on campus: the Connecticut Law Review , the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal , the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal , and the Connecticut Journal of International Law . According to the National Science Foundation , UConn spent $ 269 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 88th in

11660-485: Was one of eight federally funded National Network of Libraries of Medicine libraries from 1991 to 2001. The University of Connecticut School of Law houses the School of Law Library at its campus in Hartford. The Stowe and Law libraries have catalogues separate from the Babbidge system, making the total library holdings of the University of Connecticut much higher than the 2.5 million print volumes of Babbidge. UConn participates in several outside library consortia, including

11770-603: Was operated by the University of Connecticut until 1987, when it became the regional public high school. E.O. Smith has maintained an Agricultural Science education program since its time as a part of UConn, and junior and senior high school students may take classes for credit on UConn's campus. During the 1970s, UConn Health was established in Farmington as a home for the new School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine. John Dempsey Hospital opened in Farmington in 1975 and has been operated by UConn ever since. In 1995,

11880-585: Was reached in 2012 to launch Jackson Laboratory's $ 1.1 billion genomic medicine lab on the Farmington UConn Health campus as part of the Bioscience Connecticut initiative. In 2013, Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Next Generation Connecticut, committing $ 1.7 billion in funding over a decade to enhance UConn's infrastructure, hire additional faculty, and upgrade STEM initiatives. Two U.S. presidents have visited

11990-772: Was the last resident of Liberty Hall and was responsible for much of its preservation. Liberty Hall has had many distinguished visitors, including Martha Washington , who stayed at Liberty Hall during her husband's inauguration and President George Washington who visited his wife there not long after his swearing-in in New York City. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay was married to Governor Livingston's daughter, Sarah, at Liberty Hall. Other guests included Lewis Morris , Lafayette , Elias Boudinot , and several presidents after Washington, including Ulysses S. Grant , William Howard Taft , Herbert Hoover , Gerald Ford , George H. W. Bush , and Bill Clinton . Kean University

12100-662: Was the son of Katharine Winthrop Kean and United States Senator Hamilton Fish Kean whose library was housed at Kean Hall, a building constructed for that specific purpose in 1912. A frequent political meeting place in the first years of its life, Kean Hall now houses the undergraduate admissions office and administrative offices including the Presidential Suite and the conference room for the Kean University Board of Trustees. Captain John Kean's wife, Mary Alice Barney Kean , an historian and preservationist,

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