Bergen Community College

As the chief ambassadors of Bergen Community College, the 20-time NCMPR Paragon and Medallion Award-winning Office of Public Relations and Marketing supports most facets of the College’s internal and external promotion and communication – including generating publicity in local media, reporting news, placing advertisements, maintaining the College’s presence in social and electronic media, producing collateral to support programs, events and initiatives and disseminating information regarding faculty, staff and student accomplishments through printed, electronic and video mediums. To request the department’s assistance with a project, please fill out the project initiation form. Click here for instructions on how to fill out the form.

Some of our featured work includes:

• The Bergen Daily (daily email calendar of events/information)
• Inside Bergen Community College (monthly printed newsletter)
• Studio Bergen: Remix (monthly television news magazine)
• Inside Studio Bergen: Remix (monthly email companion to Studio Bergen: Remix)
• #NewsFeed (monthly news clip aggregator)

We’re located in Room A-210 in the Pitkin Education Center, and can be reached by telephone at 201-447-7120, by fax at 201-689-1193, or by e-mail at [email protected].

Larry Hlavenka Jr., Ed.D.
Executive Director of Public Relations
201-689-7057

Kristy Italiano
Director of Marketing
201-689-8802

Jessica Fargnoli, Ed.D.
Assistant Director of Public Relations
201-879-7925

Tom DePrenda
Manager of New Media Services
201-493-3694

Presley DePugh
Public Information Assistant
201-879-8849

Cristina Grisales
Graphic/Web Designer
201-447-7435

Frank Hablawi
Web Developer
201-879-8815

Nancy McAllister
Customer Service Associate
201-493-3655