Bergen Community College

PARAMUS, N.J. – Unrelenting winter weather complicated Bergen Community College operations during late 2020 and early 2021 with snow and ice seemingly piling up every few days. But thanks to the efforts of the College’s dedicated facilities, buildings and grounds and public…

Bergen’s main campus safeguarding during the COVID-19 pandemic. PARAMUS, N.J. – As Bergen Community College continues to offer the majority of its spring 2021 classes remotely, an expanded slate of courses will begin Feb. 9, giving students a flexible, “late-start” option for…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will continue its “Cinema Ciccone” silent film program virtually with a complimentary “Gangster Classics of the Silver Screen” series hosted by film, stage and television star Tony Darrow, of Goodfellas and The Sopranos, in February. Darrow…

PARAMUS, N.J. – The closure of Bergen Community College’s STEM Student Research Center during the COVID-19 pandemic did not stop a group of biology students from conducting research on the very topic that prevented their on-campus work: COVID-19. The scientific community took…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Eleven metropolitan area theatres, including the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College, have come together to perform on the “Investors Bank Virtual Stage” with the “Theatres Together: Performing for a Purpose” benefit concert Friday, December 18 at…

PARAMUS, N.J. – The Bergen Community College Board of Trustees has named Eric M.  Friedman, Ph.D., the eighth president of New Jersey’s largest community college. The board announced his hiring to a three-year contract at the Dec. 1. meeting of the College’s…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College and Jersey Mike’s Subs (305 Route 17 South, Paramus) celebrated the spirit of the season by showing gratitude for those faculty and staff who worked on-campus this semester with a complimentary luncheon featuring socially-distanced sandwiches. Representatives…

The Bergen PRIDE team. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College students raised more than $1,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – North Jersey chapter’s “Out of the Darkness” virtual annual walk this month. The College’s “Bergen PRIDE” team consisted of…

Dorothy Leung Blakeslee, Adam Silverstein, Joseph Barreto and Gerard L. Carroll. PARAMUS, N.J. – During its annual reorganization meeting Nov. 4, the Bergen Community College board of trustees unanimously approved its officers for this year. The board selected longtime member Dorothy Leung…

Jorge Hernandez. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College Managing Director of Athletics Jorge Hernandez recently earned an appointment to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s equity, diversity and inclusion council – racial equality subcommittee. “The College is extremely proud to have Jorge…