Bergen Counselor Receives NJ Award for Counselor Excellence

Saturday, January 13 2007, 10:11 AM EST

Contributed by: Bergen Community College, Office of Public Relations

Award recipient Professor Baila Zheutlin
Award recipient Professor Baila Zheutlin
Professor Baila Zheutlin, of Paramus, is the 2006 recipient of the New Jersey Community College Counseling Association Award for Counselor Excellence—an annual award that recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of a community college counselor. Criteria for the award include: implementing counseling interventions that have significantly contributed to the success of students, and counselor performance that has made a significant impact in the lives of students.

“Professor Zheutlin has dedicated many years to serving our students and supporting the entire Bergen community. She is a role model and mentor to many of us who work with her,” said Darleen McGrath Florance, Director of Student Development, who nominated Professor Zheutlin for the award. “Her performance as a counselor, especially in the work she does for transfer students, is exemplary.”

Professor Zheutlin—who began her tenure at Bergen in 1976—is a graduate of Montclair State University (M.A.) and Radcliffe College (B.A.). 

Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling more than 14,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs, and certificate programs. More than 10,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, and the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack. Information about the College is available at http://www.bergen.edu or by phoning the Welcome Center at 201-447-7200.

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