Bergen Community College

TRENTON, N.J. – Bergen Community College students Chennelle Brown and Zhyldyz Makhmutova have received the New Jersey Council of County Colleges (NJCCC) Richard and Ann Wellbrock Chair Scholarship. The NJCCC, the statewide advocacy organization for New Jersey’s 18 community colleges, offers the…

Bergen Assistant Director of Continuing Education and Workforce Development Jhonatan Garcia and construction management program certificate earner IyaSokoya Karade. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College recently recognized 20 certificate program graduates enrolled under a $4 million state grant program that sought to…

Bergen Community College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., ACCT Vice President for Membership and Educational Services Robin Matross Helms, Linn-Benton Community College President Lisa Avery and Deputy Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges Julian Gravatt. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – The Association of Community…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Maria Frometa Lora has earned one of 50 spots in the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Leader-in-Residence Program for the 2024-25 academic year. Frometa Lora will serve as a HACU ambassador on the…

PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College class of 2024 graduate Kaylie Quezada has joined the institution’s Board of Trustees as alumni representative. Quezada, Bergen’s former student government association president, took the oath of office at the board’s October 8 meeting. She will serve a one-year…

Runners at the 2023 Hero 5K starting line. PARAMUS, N.J. – After raising $15,000 for Bergen Community College student military veterans in 2023, the institution’s Hero 5K run will return for its ninth year on Sunday, November 3. The event, sponsored by…

Zachary Ingledue, as Elwood P. Dowd, and Gabriella Cornier, as Veta Louise Simmons in “Harvey.” PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College’s student theatre troupe, Bergenstages, will open its 51st season on Friday, October 25 with a production of “Harvey.” Delving into timeless…

Mr. Gone’s Peter Furlan also teaches at Bergen Community College. PARAMUS, N.J. – Mr. Gone, a band “keeping the flame of psychedelic electric jazz burning,” will celebrate the genre’s legends during an October performance presented by the Institute for the Creative Arts…

A $3 million federal grant will provide new support services for Bergen Community College students. PARAMUS, N.J. – The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a $2.97 million grant to develop support programs that will help students remain enrolled and positioned…

Bergen enrolls nearly 12,000 students in degree and certificate programs. PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will host an open house for prospective students and their families on Thursday, October 10 at the institution’s main campus at 400 Paramus Road in Paramus….