Bergen Community College

HACKENSACK, N.J. – With an agreement reached by Bergen Community College and the Bergen County Historical Society, the group’s library will reopen in a new home Thursday, Nov. 6 located within the College’s Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center at 355 Main Street.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Coinciding with Veterans Day, Combat Paper NJ and Bergen Community College’s Gallery Bergen will join forces to feature the art of military veterans in an upcoming exhibition. Combat Paper NJ representatives will sponsor a weeklong series of workshops – Monday, Nov. 10 to Friday, Nov. 14 at the College’s main campus – open to all local veterans seeking to participate and provide art for the exhibition. Workshops will feature Combat Paper NJ’s signature process of turning former military uniforms into paper, providing a canvas for artistic expression.

PARAMUS, N.J. – The 2014-15 Bergen Community College Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre “Curtain Up!” series continues with the Ridgewood chamber music ensemble Palisades Virtuosi Friday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will take place at the College’s main campus, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, N.J. Tickets are $35 for the general public, $20 for senior citizens and $10 for students.

PARAMUS, N.J. – The flight took more than a day, but the impact could last a lifetime.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Officials from Bergen Community College and the Bergen County Technical Schools have signed an agreement establishing a technology high school program residing at the College’s main campus. The inaugural class of approximately 20 ninth-grade students will enter the Applied Technology High School in September 2015. This four-year high school program will allow students to earn college credits that can be applied toward an associate degree at Bergen. This associate degree will enable students to enter the workforce as engineering support technologists, or matriculate to a four-year college to earn a B.S. degree in a related engineering or technology field. Hands-on technological training experiences, internships, and an industry-recognized certification will complement the academic curriculum.

LYNDHURST, N.J. – The Bergen Community College Alumni Network recognized the contributions of three alumni – including two College staff members – and one member of the faculty at the fifth annual alumni dinner Oct. 9. The event, held for the first time at Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands, located at 1280 Wall Street West, honored (from left): Honors Alumni Network Founder Steven Chung (‘12), of Bayside, N.Y., with the Dr. Judith K. Winn School of Honors Outstanding Alumni Award; Assistant to the Athletic Director Elaine Korinko (‘79), of North Haledon, with the Alumni Hall of Fame Award; Vice President of Facilities Planning, Operations and Public Safety William Corcoran (‘76), of Ridgewood, with the Living Legacy Award; and Associate Professor Joseph Sivo, Ph.D., of Fair Lawn, with the Rising Star Award. Bergen’s alumni outreach aims to reconnect graduates with the College through special events, career services and ambassadorship. More than 48,500 students have graduated from Bergen since its 1965 inception.

LYNDHURST, N.J. – Bergen Community College officials, including (from left) Paramedic Science Director/Professor Jennifer McCarthy, President B. Kaye Walter, Ph.D., Dean of Health Professions Susan Barnard, D.H.S. and Board of Trustees Chair E. Carter Corriston, formally unveiled the institution’s newest associate in applied science degree program, paramedic science, at an Oct. 7 ceremony.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Leading a consortium of 12 two-year colleges, more than 20 employers and 10 workforce investment boards, Bergen Community College has received a $15 million job-training grant from the federal government to fund a regional healthcare career pathways system.

PARAMUS, N.J. – The 2014-15 Bergen Community College Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre “Curtain Up!” series will continue with the Brubeck Brothers jazz quartet Friday, Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will take place at the College’s main campus, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, N.J. Tickets are $35 for the general public, $20 for senior citizens and $10 for students.

PARAMUS, N.J. – Gallery Bergen’s latest exhibition, “Pets, Beasts & Dinner: Relations Between Human and Animal Creatures,” opened Sept. 16 featuring the painting, sculpture, photography and videography of 14 global artists. The exhibition examines the relationship between humans and animals as friends and food, pets and predators.