Donors such as Bergen Community College Foundation board member Philip and Kathleen Ciarco provided $163,875 for students.
PARAMUS, N.J. – The Bergen Community College Foundation awarded $163,875 in scholarships to 123 students during a May 3 ceremony at the institution’s main campus, providing critical financial support to help them continue toward earning a degree.
Students become eligible for scholarships by achieving various academic and demographic benchmarks assigned to each award. The Foundation leads the application and disbursement process, which has totaled nearly $20 million since its inception in 1982. Contributions to the Foundation can be made at tinyurl.com/GiveBergen or by calling (201) 447-7117.
Spring 2017 scholarship recipients, by hometown:
Andover
Geraldine Mae Lua – Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., $1,000
Belleville
Xaymaraliz Dumeng – Diana Oquendo MD Scholarship, $1,000
Bergenfield
Dawn Recuerdo – Helen Haber Fund, $500
Bogota
Rolando Flores – Michael J. Esposito Restricted Scholarship, $2,000
Carlstadt
Vincent Tattoli – PSE&G STEM Scholarship, $1,500
Nicolette Filippone – Southpole Foundation Scholarship, $1,500
Cliffside Park
Evelyn Navarro Salazar – Alumni Network BCC Scholarship, $1,000
Svetlana Balotska – Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., $1,000
Silvia Maresca – Dr. Richard Ciccone Endowed Scholarship, $1,500
Yenny Masmela – Leo Foundation Endowed Scholarship, $1,000
Michael Comas – Ombogo School Scholarship, $376
Sequioa Moran – Stephen Gold Memorial Scholarship, $500
Sibora Peca – Steven & Lynn Novak Scholarship, $1,000
Daniella Naymeddin – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Clifton
Takashi Yashiro – PSE&G STEM Scholarship, $1,500
Merve Tig – Seymour Lewis Biology Scholarship, $1,000
Kushal Swami – Verizon Scholarship, $1,000
Closter
Andressa Amaral Rafael – Dr. Bernard Casella Scholarship, $1,000
Maria El Haj – Holly Schepisi Scholarship, $500
Cresskill
Caroline Sabsoul Moreno – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Jagerynn Verano – Prof. Robert Neil Ender Memorial Mathematics Scholarship, $3,000
Pamela Brignoni – Southpole Foundation Scholarship, $1,500
Denville Erica Garcia – Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., $1,000
Dumont
Amanda-Rachel Garcia – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
East Rutherford
Doruk Aslan – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Edgewater
Saori Kikuchi – SUEZ NJ Scholarship, $1,000
Elmwood Park
Kelly Nutile – Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., $1,000
Klaudia Chmura – Michael Orlando Memorial Scholarship, $500
Claudia Smagacz – Dr. Bernard Casella Scholarship, $1,000
Chinomso Kanu – Traphagen Family Scholarship, $1,500
Englewood
Joseph Bell – Michael J. Esposito Restricted Scholarship, $2,000
Rejare Reid – Ombogo School Scholarship, $879
Joseph Sanchez – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Sara Grant – Southpole Foundation Scholarship, $1,500
Yookyeong Sim – Southpole Foundation Scholarship, $1,500
Fair Lawn
Natalie Tomakh – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Matthew Khowong – Prof. Robert Neil Ender Memorial Computer Science Scholarship, $1,000
Tamar Eskenazi – Stephen Gold Memorial Scholarship, $500
Fairview
Doreta Biba – Anthony Schepisi Memorial Fund, $1,000
Fort Lee
June Cutrupi – Gourmet Dining Scholarship Fund – Hospitality, $2,000
Garfield
Jelena Melnichenko – Bogota Savings Bank Scholarship, $1,000
Alison Almiron – Dr. Bernard Casella Scholarship, $1,000
Isaac Reyes – Dr. Bernard Casella Scholarship, $1,000
Michael Villafranca – Ethel Burns Scholarship, $500
Fatbardha Kapo – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Pedro Ugarte-Varon – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Zhane Ball – Philip Begonja Memorial Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Elda Pere – Prof. Robert Neil Ender Memorial Mathematics Scholarship, $3,000
Anthony Penna – Wilmington Trust, An M&T Company Scholarship, $1,000
Hackensack
Oswaldo Fernandez – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Bryan Medal – David &May Bogen Scholarship, $1,000
Samuel Azner – David A. Gille Memorial Nursing Scholarship, $1,500
Juleen Reid – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Georgina Reid – Paul David Walter Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
Tammy Woodard – R2D2 Scholarship, $1,500
Rayyan Islam – Wilmington Trust, An M&T Company Scholarship , $1,000
Hamberg
Andreanna Nordland – Suzanne “Pooh” Helff Fund, $2,000
Harrington Park
David Wang – B. Kaye Walter and Philip J. Ciarco Emerging CC Leadership Scholarship, $500
Hawthorne
Gabriela Correa – Gourmet Dining Scholarship Fund – Hospitality, $2,000
Hillsdale
Mary Mortensen – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Liam Caruth – SUEZ NJ Scholarship, $1,000
Jersey City
Amine Ahmiri – Ethel Burns Scholarship, $500
Kearny
Mike Rodriguez – Alumni Network BCC Scholarship, $1,000
Lorena Iglesias – Dr. Bernard Casella Scholarship, $1,000
Erin Moran – Stryker Orthopaedics Restricted Scholarship, $1,500
Lodi
Armela Mahilaj – Ciarco Family Scholarship , $1,000
Kayla Romero – College Club of Ridgewood, $1,000
Hetkumar Patel – Indian Americans of Paramus Scholarship , $1,000
Anthony Horta – Michael J. Esposito Restricted Scholarship , $2,000
Remila Jasharllari – R2D2 Scholarship, $1,500
Sulaiman Sesay – Robert Hekemian Scholarship, $1,000
Nicole Cacciatore – Southpole Foundation Scholarship, $1,500
Lyndhurst
Betania Martins DaCosta – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Mahwah
Zachary Alba – Molly & Daniel Hekemian Scholarship, $850
Monroe, New York
Stephanie DeSilva – John MacQuaide Memorial Scholarship, $1,500
Moonachie
Amy Alexander – Dr. Bernard Casella Scholarship, $1,000
New Milford
Keanu Carbon – Hamm Family Scholarship, $1,000
Erna Kajayan – Reverend Carnig Antranik Hallajian Endowed Scholarship, $1,500
North Arlington
Lara Esteves-Teixeira – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
North Bergen
Alexander Cuervo – Alumni Network BCC Scholarship, $1,000
North Haledon
Elton Ndreu – Red Fox Scholarship Fund, $1,000
Nutley
Ekaterina Knyazeva – Alumni Network BCC Scholarship, $1,000
Victoria Christopher – Dr. Richard Ciccone Endowed Scholarship, $1,500
Jesse Kent – PSE&G STEM Scholarship, $1,500
Hannah Benjamin – Verizon Scholarship, $1,000
Oakland
Lisa Marie Bioletti – William M. Orr Endowment, $1,500
Palisades Park
Lila Nikou – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Elizabeth Ramirez – Dr. Bernard Casella Scholarship, $1,000
Stephanie Rim – Lakeland Bank Scholarship, $2,000
SeongYeol Park – Lester Bogen Fund Scholarship, $1,000
Tatenda Samakande – Molly & Daniel Hekemian Scholarship, $850
Paramus
Charles Barreto – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Claudia Tona VillaCorta – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Sihane Lita – Tolve Hospitality/Culinary Arts Scholarship, $1,000
Paterson
Ashley Viera – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Ramapo
Shira Bunick – Delta Dental Foundation, Inc. , $1,000
Ramsey
David Hunter – Meadowlands Scholarship for Historical Study, $500
Ridgefield
Hafsa Oksuz – Alumni Network BCC Scholarship, $1,000
Sung Bong Kim – Gourmet Dining Scholarship Fund – Hospitality, $2,000
Ridgewood
Roberta Gasparic – Audrey Stephan Endowed Nursing Scholarship, $1,250
Christina Brigliadoro – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Ringwood
Anthony Ghattas – Dill Family Scholarship, $1,580
River Vale
Un Yung Kim – Maura Soehnlein Memorial Scholarship, $1,500
Rochelle Park
Shijil Philip – Stryker Orthopaedics Restricted Scholarship, $1,500
Rutherford
Jaclyn Fitzpatrick – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Suffern, New York
Gail Fernandez, B. Kaye Walter and Philip J. Ciarco Emerging CC Leadership Scholarship, $500
Olena Yemtchuk, Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., $1,000
Teaneck
Kristine Kim – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Maria Lancheros – David &May Bogen Scholarship, $1,000
Brycen Gaines – Jeremiah & Yolanda Ciancia Foundation Endowed, $1,000
Kyoungha Lee – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,000
Tenafly
Eleonora Tatazi – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Waldwick
Shelley Capener – Oritani Bank Charitable Foundation Scholarship, $2,500
Wallington
Monika Klimas – Alumni Network Nursing Scholarship, $500
Washington Township
Andrea Solimando – Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., $1,000
Wayne
Hannah Tallorin – Delta Dental Foundation, Inc., $1,000
Yousif Shamil – Robert Hekemian Scholarship, $1,000
West New York
Yhorman Prieto – Ciarco Family Scholarship , $1,000
Westwood
Keera Williams – Leo Foundation Endowed Scholarship, $1,000
Wood Ridge
Maryam Echreshzadeh – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Woodland Park
Rafiullah Naveed – Louis Girshon Memorial Endowed Scholarship, $1,500
Wyckoff
Lyndsey Sanford – Ciarco Family Scholarship, $1,000
Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls 15,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.
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