Bergen Community College

BERGENFIELD, N.J. – Even for those players who went bust at the annual Bergen Community College Veterans Committee Poker Tournament, their stack of chips went to a good cause. In total, 54 players helped raise more than $3,200 for the College’s student…

Members of the Otis family watch as “Carol D. Otis Way” becomes a reality in Teaneck. TEANECK, N.J. – The township’s governing body recently passed a resolution that not only recognized the impact on the community of longtime resident Carol Otis, but…

PARAMUS, N.J. – American Pharmaceutical Review has published Bergen Community College students’ research, “Microbiology of COVID-19: The Rise of the Mutants, Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Variants as a Response to Evolutionary Pressures to Optimize Viral Transmissibility and Replication” in its July/August 2021 issue….

PARAMUS, N.J. – In recent years, Bergen Community College has taken numerous steps to strengthen its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts that promote access and support the success at the institution. Among the initiatives, the College convened an equity council of faculty,…

“An Attempt to Communicate with Reality” in Gallery Bergen. PARAMUS, N.J. – In what organizers call a “virtual exit” that will bring visitors back to “the real world,” Gallery Bergen will open its doors for a closing celebration of its current installation,…

Ginny Lackey & the Hi-Fi Band. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College students and faculty will headline the inaugural “Bergenstock,” a music festival featuring an all-Bergen County lineup of singers and songwriters, Sunday, Sept. 12 from 1 to 6:30 p.m. at the…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Five Bergen County high school students claimed first-place honors in the 45th annual Bergen County High School Writing Contest sponsored by the Bergen Community College English department. The contest, co-directed by Bergen professors Geoffrey Sadock, Ph.D., and Peter Helff,…

Child Development Center Director Sally Dionisio with the children of student-parents. PARAMUS, N.J. – Just weeks after announcing its plans to erase $5 million of debt for 2,000 of its students, Bergen Community College will offer tuition-free enrollment at its on-campus early learning facility…

The community college seeks to ignite the region’s recovery. PARAMUS, N.J. – When it comes to the region’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Bergen Community College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., wants the community to know “Bergen means business.” “At the…

Bergen Community College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., and Stockton University President Harvey Kesselman, Ed.D. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College has signed a dual admission and transfer partnership agreement with Stockton University that will help students make a smooth transition from…