Bergen Community College

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…

Bergen Community College faculty and staff – (from left) Tom O’Neill, Susanna Lansangan, Carrie Polnyj and JoAnne Diamantidis – in the National American University Community College Leadership doctorate program cohort meet for class on weekends at the institution. PARAMUS, N.J. – When…

  PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College Executive Assistant to the President Ursula Parrish Daniels, Ed.D., who has served the institution for 40 years, added another honor to her mantle this month. Parrish Daniels, of Hackensack, earned one of four “2016 women…

Isaac Alejo, Samuel Desind and Sara Hwang. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College’s Alpha Epsilon Phi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of two-year institutions, recently earned recognition as one of the top 30 chapters in the world – and…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College students took care of business at the first New Jersey County College Case Competition, placing first among six peer institutions. A team comprised of seven Bergen students won the inaugural competition sponsored by Rutgers Business School-Newark…

PARAMUS, N.J. – The Teaneck-based Puffin Foundation has awarded Bergen Community College’s performing arts department a $2,000 grant in recognition of its recent ARS Electronica: Within the Strings performance. The organization annually provides grants to individuals and organizations that advance the arts….

PARAMUS, N.J. – Gerard L. Carroll joined the Bergen Community College board of trustees April 5, taking the oath of office during a regular meeting of the institution’s governing panel. The Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders unanimously appointed Carroll to the…