PARAMUS, N.J. – A weeklong series of events will spotlight health and wellness at Bergen Community College.
The College’s annual organ donation awareness day will kick off “Building Healthy Communities: A Celebration of Health” Friday, April 10. At 11 a.m. in the Moses Family Meeting & Training Center at the College’s main campus, 400 Paramus Road, keynote speaker and heart transplant recipient Yvonne Payne will deliver the keynote address. Her husband, Fox Business anchor Charles Payne, will join her. The NJ Sharing Network, an organ donation advocacy nonprofit, will co-sponsor the event with the College. The group will also bring its annual 5K “Celebration of Life” walk to the College’s main campus Sunday, April 12. For more information on the walk, please call (908) 514-1761.
Additional events planned during the College’s health week include:
*The “Healthcare Green for Healthier Environments Conference” that will focus on sustainable practices for healthcare providers, Friday, April 10 at 9 a.m. at Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands, 1280 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst. For more information, please call (201) 447-7488.
*A mental health first aid course Friday, April 17 at 8:30 a.m. at the main campus. For more information, email [email protected].
*Free wellness days with activities – such as yoga and massages – information tables and health screenings at each of the College’s locations in Paramus, Hackensack and Lyndhurst. The events are open to the public.
Health and wellness remain focus areas for Bergen – the College enrolls 741 students in health professions programs such as dental hygiene, nursing and medical office assistant. The region’s only Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center, dedicated specifically to the instruction of health careers, remains under construction at the main campus. The three-story facility will open next year.
Additionally, late last year, the federal government chose the College to direct a consortium of 12 two-year colleges, more than 20 employers and 10 workforce investment boards as part of a $15 million job-training grant to fund a regional healthcare career pathways system. The College expects to prepare more than 2,000 people for entry into new careers.
Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu) based in Paramus is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling nearly 16,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields.
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