MAHWAH, N.J. – Officials from two Bergen County institutions – Bergen Community College and Ramapo College of New Jersey – have signed an agreement streamlining the transfer process for music majors. The deal allows Bergen graduates with an associate of fine arts in music business or technology to enter Ramapo with more than 60 credits toward a bachelor of arts in music industry or production already completed.

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PARAMUS, N.J. – As federal legislators weigh the possibility of merit-based, no-cost community college tuition for all U.S. residents, New Jersey high school juniors and seniors in the top 15 percent of their class already have the opportunity through the NJ STARS program. Administrated by the state’s Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, the program awards the merit-based scholarships at New Jersey’s 19 community colleges, including Bergen Community College.

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PARAMUS, N.J. – In the first Bergenstages production of the spring 2015 semester, a young Helen Keller – blind, deaf and mute since infancy – learns the meaning of language by the will of her committed teacher, Anne Sullivan. Bergen Community College’s student-produced show draws light to the uplifting true story of “The Miracle Worker,” opening Friday, Feb. 27.

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PARAMUS, N.J. – With 223 Nigerian schoolgirls still missing after a kidnapping perpetrated by terrorist group Boko Haram, artist Mary Mihelic’s “Running Girls” seeks to convey the strength and courage of those who escaped. Mihelic’s series of life-sized mixed media works represent the latest exhibition in Gallery Bergen, located at Bergen Community College’s main campus.

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PARAMUS, N.J. – Headlined by speakers Dr. Roger Mitchell Jr., a forensic pathologist and author, and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D., director of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and an art exhibition curated by the Tenafly-based Society of African Missions, Bergen Community College will recognize a century of black life, history and culture during February’s Black History Month.

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