Bergen Community College

Claudia Rubner and Bonnie Platter. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College adjunct professors Bonnie Platter and Claudia Rubner have earned the 2026 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award for their commitment to teaching and student success. Nominated by…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College has partnered with FirstGen Forward, a first-generation college student advocacy nonprofit, to collaborate on initiatives focused on improving student outcomes through data-informed strategies and research. The organization selected Bergen as one of its next collaborator colleges…

Bergen Community College student-athletes include the members of the Region 19 East Region B men’s soccer championship team. PARAMUS, N.J. – Three “rookies” will join the Bergen Community College athletics roster this fall with women’s wrestling, men’s volleyball and women’s flag football…

Bergen Community College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., and Board of Trustees Treasurer Patrick Fletcher. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College Board of Trustees Treasurer Patrick Fletcher has received the Ronald D. Winthers Community College Trustee Leadership Award from the New Jersey Council of…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Four Bergen Community College honors students placed first in their categories at the 34th annual Beacon Conference, an interdisciplinary showcase for community college student research. Sixteen Bergen students presented their research at this year’s conference hosted virtually by the…

Miloida “Milly” Hilaire PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College women’s track and field student-athlete Miloida “Milly” Hilaire placed first in the high jump competition at the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III National Championship last month. The first-year student cleared a…

Student Hind Fettachi (fourth from left) led the Bergen team. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College students traveled to the National Model U.N. Conference in New York City this spring and returned home with two major awards. Out of 5,000 students from…

Members of the Alpha Epsilon Phi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College’s internationally recognized chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of two-year colleges, has added a batch of new awards to its trophy case. The…

Christine Dunning, Ray Parente and Ethan Benell. PARAMUS, N.J. – The Bergen Alumni Theatre troupe will present a production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield, next month in the Ender Hall Lab…

Bergen Community College Commencement 2026 took place at the Prudential Center on May 15. NEWARK, N.J. – Nearly 1,100 members of the Bergen Community College class of 2026 rocked the Prudential Center during the institution’s 57th annual commencement exercises on May 15….