1. Bergen Trustee Chair Named Among Nation’s Best
PARAMUS, N.J. – The American Association of Community Colleges has selected Bergen Community College Board of Trustees Chair Dorothy Blakeslee as a finalist for the “Trustee of the Year” award as part of the organization's annual Awards of Excellence program.
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2. Bergen Innovation Center Brings Real-World into Classroom
LYNDHURST, N.J – Anchored by newly renovated Bloomberg Finance, cybersecurity and gaming laboratories that will provide students with comprehensive experiential learning opportunities, The Innovation Center at Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands has opened. College President Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., cut the ribbon on the facility alongside Board of Trustees ...
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3. Bergen Board of Trustees Adds Pair
PARAMUS, N.J. – The Bergen Community College Board of Trustees recently welcomed two new members to the institution’s governing body. Ana Marti, the director of field-based education at Caldwell University, and Marisa Person, the student-elected alumni representative, took the oath of office at the board’s August 1 and September 6 ...
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4. Two Join Bergen Board of Trustees
PARAMUS, N.J. – Two Bergen County residents with extensive experience in government, education and nonprofits have joined the Bergen Community College Board of Trustees. Damon Englese, of Dumont, and Howard Haughton, of Englewood, took the oath of office at the board’s May 7 meeting. Their terms will expire October 31 ...
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5. Diploma Day: Commencement Scheduled for May 16
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College will celebrate its class of 2023 during the institution’s 54th annual commencement exercises on Tuesday, May 16 at 10 a.m. at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.
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6. STEM Student Secures National Honor
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College student Lisa Nam has earned the 2022-23 Terry O’Banion Student Technology Award and Student Developer Champion Award from the League for Innovation in the Community College. Nam, of Teaneck, will receive $1,000 for educational expenses and a plaque commemorating her achievement. The international nonprofit organization ...
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7. Two-Part Celebration Awards $700k to Students, Welcomes President
PARAMUS, N.J. – In a two-day extravaganza hosted by the Bergen Community College Foundation at the institution’s main campus, the nonprofit awarded more than $700,000 to student scholarship recipients, recognized the donors who made the scholarships possible and officially welcomed Eric M. Friedman, Ph.D., as the College’s eighth president. ...
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8. Traphagen Firm Caps Kindness Acts with $10k for College Foundation
PARAMUS, N.J. – In honor of the firm’s first 50 years, Traphagen CPAs & Wealth Advisors, of Oradell, completed 50 acts of kindness to give back to the community they serve, saving the biggest for last - a $10,000 donation to the Bergen Community College Foundation. Bergen officials, including Board of ...
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9. Teaneck Street Named for College's Departed Board Chair
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 authorized the renaming of Birch Street in her honor. Otis, a philanthropist and former Bergen Community College Board of Trustees chair, passed away in ...
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