PARAMUS, N.J. – Recent Bergen Community College graduate and honor student Isaac Alejo-Reyes has joined the institution’s board of trustees as its alumni representative. Elected by students, the alumni trustee serves on the College’s governing body with full voting rights during a one-year term. Alejo-Reyes, of Cliffside Park, took the oath of office at a regular meeting of the board July 12.
Alejo-Reyes, who graduated as part of Bergen’s class of 2016 in May, distinguished himself as a member of the College’s internationally recognized chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of two-year institutions. Earlier this year, Alejo-Reyes earned enshrinement into the regional chapter member hall of honors and received both regional and international recognition as a distinguished chapter member. While at Bergen, he also served as an English, Spanish, math and biology tutor and peer mentor. Alejo-Reyes now attends Rutgers University, studying animal science and entomology.
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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