Bergen Community College

PARAMUS, N.J. – The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program has named Bergen Community College as one of the nation’s top 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Selected from 1,000 public two-year colleges,…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Producing some of the greatest standards when American jazz hit the high notes: “Embraceable You,” “I Got Rhythm” and “But Not for Me,” “Salon Songbook: The Gershwins and Friends,” a celebration of songwriting’s most successful sibling partnership, will play…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College and Ridgewood Moving Services President and CEO Cynthia A. Myer (right) have partnered to establish a “career closet” at the main campus, 400 Paramus Road, that will provide students with free professional and formal attire donated…

Dakota Librescu, of Fair Lawn, as Hamlet, and Kristina Craig, of River Edge, as Ophelia. PARAMUS, N.J. – Regarded as one of the great works in the English language, William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” will open Bergenstages’ fall theatrical series Friday, Oct. 27 at…

Bergen’s 167-acre main campus in Paramus. PARAMUS, N.J. – As the institution celebrates its 50th anniversary, Bergen Community College will host its fall open house at the main campus for prospective students and their families Thursday, Nov. 2 from 5 to 7…

Orlando Fonte PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Orlando Fonte, of Weehawken, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad in Seville, Spain, during the fall 2017 academic term. His departure for Spain,…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Taking musical cues from around the globe, Bergen Community College’s music department will present “A Musical Geography: Around the World in 80 Minutes” in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre (400 Paramus Road) Thursday, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Conceived…

In the inaugural Hero 5K, more than 100 runners and family members supported U.S. military veterans. PARAMUS, N.J. – In an event tailor-made for the Flash, Bergen Community College’s second annual “Hero 5K Run” encourages participants to dress as their favorite superhero…

Bergen Community College students prepping a high-altitude balloon for flight before the Aug. 21 solar eclipse. PARAMUS, N.J. – This summer, Bergen Community College STEM students launched a high-altitude balloon to capture images of the solar eclipse, recorded geologic activity around the…