Bergen’s Latest COVID-19 Information (Last Updated Aug. 26)
PARAMUS, N.J. – Seventeen Bergen Community College student-athletes have earned postseason honors for their academic and on-the-field accomplishments. “Our student-athletes faced many challenges this semester due to juggling pandemic protocols, their schoolwork and their athletic exploits,” Bergen President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D.,…
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PARAMUS, N.J. – Returning after a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, registration has resumed for students ages 7 to 18 years old in the summer “Kids and Teens Program” at Bergen Community College. The program, offered through the College’s Division…
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PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will become one of the only community colleges in the country to offer a course in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer studies this fall. College officials, students, faculty, staff and members of the LGBTQ community…
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Bekim Bruka, Genesis Capellan, Ignacio Leon and Laila Metwaly. PARAMUS, N.J. – Following in the footsteps of a dozen Bergen Community College alumni, four class of 2021 graduates have earned the most prestigious award for junior college students – the Jack Kent…
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PARAMUS, N.J. – Selected as one of only 10 winners among 1,500 applicants, Bergen Community College student Melissa Jara has earned the $9,000 2021 Motorola Solutions Foundation Engineering Scholar award from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Jara, of Hackensack, also receives…
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Valedictorian Crystal Yoo at commencement 2021. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College celebrated the most resilient graduates in its history during a live stream virtual commencement ceremony May 13. President Eric M. Friedman presided over the ceremony – his first as the…
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PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Jade Tollis has earned the 2021 Phi Theta Kappa Hites Transfer Scholar award and received a $7,500 scholarship. Tollis, of Teaneck, represents one of only 10 students selected from more than 3,700 applicants to receive…
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PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Bekim Bruka has earned a $5,000 scholarship for his baccalaureate studies as a Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite Scholar. Bruka, of Palisades Park, represents one of 15 Guistwhite recipients selected by a panel of independent judges…
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PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College students Genesis Capellan and Crystal Yoo have added another award to a semester filled with recognitions for them: a spot on the 2021 New Jersey All-State Academic Team, recognizing them as two of the top community…
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Members of Bergen’s award-winning Phi Theta Kappa chapter and President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D. PARAMUS, N.J. – Adding to its reputation as one of the world’s finest chapters of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the honor society of two-year colleges, Bergen Community College’s…
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