Buildings and Facilities
Administration Building – Offices of Student Accounting, Financial Aid, Financial Services, Registrar and Human Resources.
Bruce Hall – Named for Guy V. Bruce, professor emeritus. These areas contain classrooms, shops and science laboratories.
Carole Hynes Field House – Located at the center of Alumni Stadium, Hynes Field, and Cougar Field, the field house contains restroom and concession facilities as well as a weight room and viewing area on the second floor.
D’Angola Gymnasium – Gymnasiums, swimming pool, and dance studio. Named in memory of Joseph A. D’Angola, head of the Health and Physical Education Department and Dean of Men, 1935-1956, and for Anita B. D’Angola, head of Women’s Physical Education, 1916-1956.
Downs Hall – Meeting rooms, Health Services, Counseling Services, Campus Ministry, and Police Headquarters. Named for Martha Downs, chairperson of the Mathematics Department.
East Campus Facility – The East Campus is the home of the Nathan Weiss Graduate College. In addition to meeting rooms and classrooms, the East Campus also houses the departments of Communication Disorders & Deafness, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Educational Leadership, Graduate Management Studies, and the Alumni House. The facility also houses Enlow Hall, which hosts a variety of recitals and performances.
Gateway Building (Kean Ocean) – Ocean County College and Kean University have formed a strategic partnership to enhance educational offerings. The 72,000-square-foot Gateway Building (whose use is divided equally between Kean and OCC) is located on OCC’s main campus in Toms River, New Jersey and opened in September, 2013. It has been designed to achieve LEED Silver Certification. The Kean Ocean facilities in the Gateway Building include: administrative offices, a laptop classroom/lab, a graphic design computer lab, a multipurpose lecture hall, 14 classrooms, a conference room and board room, a coffee/sandwich shop, lounge areas, and ancillary spaces.
Green Lane Academic Building – This facility includes classrooms, faculty offices, student study spaces, and conferencing and event space. This building houses the Michael Graves College (which includes the Robert Busch School of Design and the School of Public Architecture) and the Global Business School. It is also the home of a full-service Barnes and Noble student bookstore and retail store and café.
Harwood Arena – Connected to D’Angola Gym and named for Lowell Harwood, Trustee Emeritus, this state of the art arena is the gateway to the institution’s sports complex. It houses the administrative offices for all of the Cougar teams, and includes a computer lab for student athletes. Highlights of the arena are the three basketball courts with bleacher seating for 2,500 spectators, circled by a 750-foot-long raised track on the second level.
Dorothy Grant Hennings Hall – Named for Dorothy Hennings, distinguished professor emerita from the Department of Instruction, Curriculum and Administration, and George Hennings, professor emeritus from the Department of Biological Science.
Hutchinson Hall – Instructional Resource Center, lecture hall, television station, Media and Publications, and faculty offices. Named for John C. Hutchinson, former chairperson of the Department of Sociology.
Hynes Hall – This facility includes classrooms, faculty offices, student study spaces, and conferencing and event space. The 6th floor is a Virtual Library dedicated to student use. Named for alumnus Jim and Carol Hynes.
Kean Hall – One of the original Kean estate buildings and a faithful replica of Norman architecture, paneled with oak from Nottinghamshire, the traditional retreat of Robin Hood. Built by Senator Hamilton Fish Kean, it housed the Senator’s extensive private library and became a meeting place for politicians and statesmen.
Liberty Hall was the home of New Jersey’s first governor, William Livingston. For 200 years, Liberty Hall has remained in the Kean family, from whom the University acquired its land in 1954. James Townley House (c. 1790) is listed in both the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places. An example of a late-18th/early 19th-century farmhouse, it is particularly significant as one of the few extant period buildings reflective of the area’s early rural character in what is now a predominantly urban environment.
Liberty Hall Academic Center – This facility includes classrooms, faculty offices, student study spaces, and conferencing and event space. This building houses the Historic Research Library and the History Department.
Maxine and Jack Lane Center for Academic Success -- Named for alumna Maxine Lane and her husband, Jack. The building contains a lecture hall for 125 students, 20 seminar rooms, 13 computer labs and 77 offices. It also houses a radio station and the Karl and Helen Burger Gallery -- Named after the parents of noted artist and Kean professor emeritus Carl Burger, the gallery is the largest on the university campus.
Miron Student Center – Little Theatre, Cougars Den, Game Room, lounges, Center for Leadership and Service, meeting rooms, Campus Convenience Store, food court and eateries including Jersey Mike’s Subs, Smashburger, and Auntie Anne’s Pretzels.
Nancy Thompson Library – Individual and group seating and study rooms; Starbucks; extensive print and online collections; houses the Holocaust Resource Center and adjoins the Human Rights Institute. Named for Nancy Thompson, chief librarian from 1914 to 1957.
North Avenue Academic Building – Completed in Summer, 2016, this facility includes classrooms, faculty offices, student study spaces, and conferencing and event space. This building houses the Computer Science, Nursing, and Physical Therapy programs. It also includes a 500 seat multi-media auditorium and a new Au Bon Pan café.
Ruth Horowitz Alumni House – East Campus-meeting rooms.
George Hennings Science Hall – Classrooms and research laboratories, planetarium, faculty offices.
Princeton Campus – 44 Patton Avenue, know as "The Warehouse" was Michael Graves home, studio and museum. Together with 40 Patton Avenue, the property serves as a conference center, seminar space and resource for architectural and design students.
STEM Building – (New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics) The six-story building contains science labs, technology-enhanced classrooms, a 320-seat auditorium and a full-service restaurant.
Skylands Campus – The Kean Skylands campus opened in 2019 and is located on 44 acres of protected land in Jefferson, NJ. The campus is home to two buildings: the Cabin, Lodge, and a Skywalk. The Cabin offers six classrooms and an open observation deck. The Lodge has seven classrooms, two laboratories, multiple student lounges and multi-purpose spaces, an indoor gymnasium, and faculty offices. The Skywalk connects both buildings and has an outdoor classroom dubbed "The Treehouse".
Technology Building – Classrooms, faculty offices, Office of Computer and Information Services, and Child Care and Development Center.
Townsend Hall – Administrative, faculty offices, and classrooms. Named for M. Ernest Townsend, president, 1929-1939. The original building is connected to Bruce Hall.
Vaughn-Eames Hall – Workshop and exhibit space for the fine and theatre arts, Murphy Dunn Theater, Zella Fry Theater, studios and classrooms. Named for Lenore Vaughn-Eames, alumna and member of the faculty. Home of the James Howe Gallery – original changing exhibitions of two- and three-dimensional works - contemporary and historical - and works by faculty, alumni and art majors.
Wilkins Theatre for the Performing Arts – 956-seat semicircular proscenium theatre, box office, music department, practice studios, classrooms and reception hall. Named for Eugene G. Wilkins, president of the University from 1950 to 1969.
Union/Townley Train Station – The station located adjacent to the main campus provides easy access to the campus on the Raritan Valley Line.
Residence Halls
Cougar Hall – This residence hall houses approximately 385 students and is named after the Kean mascot, representing Kean Spirit & Pride.
Dougall Hall – Freshman Residence Hall. Named for John B. Dougall, president of the University from 1944-1950.
Freshman Residence Hall – The freshman residence hall houses 420 students. It features Kean University’s first live-and-learn community on its eighth floor, which is reserved for students studying sustainability and natural applied sciences.
University Apartments – Four mid-rise buildings with apartment accommodations for 1,000 men and women. Named in honor of Mary B. Burch, member of the Board of Trustees; Mary B. Bartlett, member of the faculty; and Laura E. Rogers, alumna and member of the faculty; and in memory of Ralph P. Sozio, student at the University.
Upperclassman Residence Hall – The upperclassman residence hall houses 408 students. It features a 50-seat screening room, computer lab, game room, and dining hall.
Whiteman Hall – Freshman Residence Hall. Named for Harriet E. Whiteman, dean emerita.