Bergen Community College

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…

Amanda Karpinski PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Amanda Karpinski, the current international president of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of two-year colleges, has earned a second leadership position with the organization – she will serve as the student representative…

Grammy nominee Curtis Lundy’s nonprofit and Bergen Community College will host “An Autumn Afternoon of Jazz” Sept. 30. PARAMUS, N.J. – Award-winning artists Curtis Lundy, Bobby Watson and Sherry Winston will headline “An Autumn Afternoon of Jazz” at Bergen Community College. Hosted…

Many fall II classes will take place at Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will begin its fall II schedule Friday, Sept. 22, providing students with a second opportunity to enroll in classes this…

Students returned to Bergen Community College’s main campus in Paramus Sept. 1. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will celebrate its 50th anniversary during the 2017-18 academic year, commemorating the 1967 hiring of the institution’s first president, Sidney Silverman, Ph.D., and the…

Peter Zalakostas PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College class of 2016 graduate Peter Zalakostas began his one-year term on the institution’s board of trustees July 11, taking the oath of office at the governing body’s regular meeting. The position, elected by current…

From left: Chris Nicolelis, Mira Fish, Tomer Zilkha, Sophia Lukac and Ronda Drakeford. PARAMUS, N.J. – This summer, eight Bergen County high school students proved they can take the heat – in the kitchen. As part of Bergen Community College’s “Kids and…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Campus Compact, a national coalition of 1,100 colleges and universities dedicated to campus-based civic engagement, has named Bergen Community College student Isaac Reyes a 2017 Newman Civic Fellow. Reyes, of Garfield, a psychology major, has performed hundreds of community…

Liv Glassman, Hannah Rosen, Jacqueline Yang, Cleopatra Lim and Sarah Schapiro. PARAMUS, N.J. – From more than 300 submissions of high school juniors and seniors, six Bergen County students claimed first-place honors in the 41st annual Bergen County High School Writing Contest…