PARAMUS, N.J. – More than 1,000 teenagers from 18 Bergen County high schools arrived by the busload to attend Bergen Community College’s Teen STEM Day March 21 at the school’s main campus. The students participated in nearly three dozen hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workshops – such as “Being a Veterinarian” – hosted by Bergen faculty, students and industry professionals like information technology department professor Gary Correa (pictured) and veterinary technology program student Clarissa Almeida (pictured). Topics included lessons about robotics, alternative energy and other exploratory ideas.

Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu) based in Paramus is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling nearly 17,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip J. 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.

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