PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Bekim Bruka has earned a $5,000 scholarship for his baccalaureate studies as a Phi Theta Kappa Guistwhite Scholar. Bruka, of Palisades Park, represents one of 15 Guistwhite recipients selected by a panel of independent judges…
read morePARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College students Genesis Capellan and Crystal Yoo have added another award to a semester filled with recognitions for them: a spot on the 2021 New Jersey All-State Academic Team, recognizing them as two of the top community…
read moreMembers of Bergen’s award-winning Phi Theta Kappa chapter and President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D. PARAMUS, N.J. – Adding to its reputation as one of the world’s finest chapters of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), the honor society of two-year colleges, Bergen Community College’s…
read morePARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will celebrate the most resilient graduates in its history during a live stream virtual commencement ceremony Thursday, May 13 at 5:30 p.m. Bergen President Eric M. Friedman will preside over the ceremony – his first as…
read moreBergen Community College culinary students will operate the café at Volvo’s headquarters in Mahwah. MAHWAH, N.J. – Volvo Car USA is partnering with Bergen Community College’s culinary program to open and operate a corporate café at Volvo Cars’ new United States headquarters…
read morePARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Dahyun (Crystal) Yoo has earned the 2021 All-USA Academic Team Scholarship, an award that recognizes her as one of the top 20 community college students in the U.S. Approximately 80,000 students applied for the $5,000…
read morePARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Genesis Capellan has earned recognition as a 2021 Coca-Cola Gold Scholar, securing a $1,500 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation and Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society of two-year colleges. Though more than 2,000 applicants…
read morePARAMUS, N.J. – Gallery Bergen will host a virtual exhibition opening of “An Attempt to Communicate with Reality” featuring an installation by Newark artist Gianluca Bianchino Tuesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. on the Gallery Bergen Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GalleryBergenAtBergenCommunityCollege/ and on…
read moreHealthcare represents the No. 1 employment sector in Bergen County. PARAMUS, N.J. – As the region’s economy begins to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, Bergen Community College’s Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development offers jobseekers new apprenticeship opportunities in healthcare and…
read morePARAMUS, N.J. – Last year, the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University “#RealCollege” survey revealed that 37 percent of the 1,177 Bergen Community College students who responded to the study faced food insecurity at some point during a…
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