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Bergen Community College graduates span nearly 50 years.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College alumni, representing nearly 50 years of graduates, will gather for an annual recognition dinner next month.

Hosted by the Bergen Community College Foundation and Alumni Network, the event will take place Thursday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Terrace at Biagio’s, 299 Paramus Road, and features passed hors d’oeuvres with an open bar, a buffet dinner, wine, beer and soda throughout the evening and a program honoring successful alumni and contributors. All Bergen alumni are welcome to attend. Tickets are $75; students and veterans will receive tickets for $50. Please purchase tickets at tiny.cc/bergenalum16 by Thursday, Nov. 10.

This year’s honorees are:

*Living Legacy Award – The Seven Graduates of the DiNardo Family (John, Gerard, Denise, Darlene, Diane, Vincent, Darrilyn and Estelle “Chickie”), of Ridgewood;

*Distinguished Achievement Award – Tracy Rand, managing director, Office of Specialized Services, Bergen Community College;

*Rising Star Award – Maria DeAbreu Pineda, of Hackensack, valedictorian, class of 2014.

For more information, please call (201) 447-7117 or email [email protected].

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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