Bergen Community College

MAHWAH, N.J. – Officials from two Bergen County institutions – Bergen Community College and Ramapo College of New Jersey – have signed an agreement streamlining the transfer process for music majors. The deal allows Bergen graduates with an associate of fine arts in music business or technology to enter Ramapo with more than 60 credits toward a bachelor of arts in music industry or production already completed.

PARAMUS, N.J. – With St. Patrick’s Day just a few days later, Irish folk-rockers the McLean Avenue Band will play Bergen Community College Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre.

PARAMUS, N.J. – As part of Women’s History Month, women musicians will perform the work of women composers during Ars Electronica’s “Beautiful Women, Beautiful Music: The Nature of Aesthetics” concert at Bergen Community College.

PARAMUS, N.J. – In the first Bergenstages production of the spring 2015 semester, a young Helen Keller – blind, deaf and mute since infancy – learns the meaning of language by the will of her committed teacher, Anne Sullivan. Bergen Community College’s student-produced show draws light to the uplifting true story of “The Miracle Worker,” opening Friday, Feb. 27.

PARAMUS, N.J. – With 223 Nigerian schoolgirls still missing after a kidnapping perpetrated by terrorist group Boko Haram, artist Mary Mihelic’s “Running Girls” seeks to convey the strength and courage of those who escaped. Mihelic’s series of life-sized mixed media works represent the latest exhibition in Gallery Bergen, located at Bergen Community College’s main campus.

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PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College has recognized the work of six faculty with national awards from the League of Innovation in the Community College.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Headlined by speakers Dr. Roger Mitchell Jr., a forensic pathologist and author, and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ph.D., director of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and an art exhibition curated by the Tenafly-based Society of African Missions, Bergen Community College will recognize a century of black life, history and culture during February’s Black History Month.

PARAMUS, N.J. – With 634 students completing 35,000 hours of community service last year, Bergen Community College has made the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the seventh consecutive time. The list recognizes institutions that have incorporated service learning programs into their curricula and campus environment. Bergen represents one of only three New Jersey community colleges on the 2014 list.