Bergen Community College

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Bergen Community College class of 2016 travelled the path of 46 years of predecessors, shaking the hand of President B. Kaye Walter, Ph.D., before receiving their degrees May 19. This time, however, a decidedly different venue –…

PARAMUS, N.J. – With more than 300 guests representing education, government, healthcare and industry in attendance, Bergen Community College officials cut the ribbon on the $25.5 million Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center May 17. The facility represents the institution’s project as part…

Roger Opstbaum, Ph.D., and Susan Klarreich, Ph.D. PARAMUS, N.J. – Susan Klarreich, Ph.D., and Roger Opstbaum, Ph.D., have become the 44th and 45th Bergen Community College faculty members to earn the rank of “professor emeritus” – an honor awarded to retired faculty…

Noémie Broussoux-Coutard and Theranda Jashari. TRENTON, N.J. – Bergen Community College students Noémie Broussoux-Coutard and Theranda Jashari have earned spots on the all-state academic team. Sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of two-year colleges, the Coca-Cola Foundation and the New…

PARAMUS, N.J. – With the opening of the $25.5 million Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center approaching May 17, Bergen Community College hosted a weeklong celebration of health and wellness – “Building Healthy Communities: A Celebration of Health” – through April 28. The…

Professor Steven Fischer, Ph.D., Center for Food Action Coordinator Lisa Pitz, Professor Sydney Birnback, Ph.D., and Professor Fred Golub. PARAMUS, N.J. – Three longtime Bergen Community College faculty members – Professor Steven Fischer, Ph.D., Professor Sydney Birnback, Ph.D., and Professor Fred Golub…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Just months after selling out a holiday performance in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College, Bergen Sinfonia will return for a spring concert featuring Broadway favorites this month. Led by conductor Murray Colosimo, and complemented by…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Maycie Schmidt (pictured) has won the president’s award for best speaker at the institution’s ninth annual speech competition. Schmidt, of Rochelle Park, presented “Fair Trade,” which examined how consumers can make a difference in the…

  PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College professor Maria Makowiecka, Ph.D., has earned the institution’s 2015-16 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award. “Professor Makowiecka has consistently provided leadership for student success initiatives at the College for the past…

PARAMUS, N.J. – More than 250 students, faculty and staff from Bergen Community College and 22 institutions across the region – including Bergen aviation major Robert Gomez, of Paterson, and engineering science major Abreham Mindaye, of Lyndhurst – participated in the College’s…